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  1. TJSweens
    I don't think so. Look at his slash line in StP. The Twins could use a productive RHB. The Twins currently have 3 players with OPS in the .500's and another 4 players in the .600's. Are you telling me a guy with his slash line, who can play both corner OF and 1B isn't at least worth a look on a team as hitting deficient as this one?
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    "The Twins can live with strikeouts if Wallner is demolishing velocity, " I reject that. The willingness to live with strikeouts is a major problem in modern hitting.
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    "ZiPs projects his 3-year WAR to be -1.3 with a .220/.300/.360ish slash line if you gave him 400-500 MLB PAs a year over that time. All the more reason I'd like to see him up here. I put no stock in WAR or ZiPs. Bring him up and find out what he can or can't do. Don't ignore him because some analytics driven bs says he won't be good.
  4. TJSweens
    I have no issue with Arcia over Culpepper right now. Arcia has a solid major league track record and was playing really well at StP. There will be other opportunities for Culpepper. Right now Keaschall isn't hitting enough to justify his glove in the lineup and Lee looks every bit the place holder that he is. I think Brooks is destined for a utility infielder role. Letting Culpepper pile up more AAA experience seems like the smart play right now.
  5. TJSweens
    Or maybe if someone else followed one of Buxton's doubles with a hit...
  6. TJSweens
    Many advanced metrics are.
  7. TJSweens
    Zebby's first start certainly earned him a second start. SWR has to be looking over his shoulder at this point. When Bradley or Able come back, he looks to be the odd man out.
  8. TJSweens
    It says that when some players swing the bat, runs cross the plate. Other players, not so much.
  9. TJSweens
    They should move him to the bullpen. 😁
  10. TJSweens
    The only hope is that Sim has an uptick in his stuff by moving to the pen. His sinker gave us some hope last year. It's getting pulverized this year.
  11. TJSweens
    Greene was considered THE pick that year. I was really hoping the Twins would take him. He has had a lot of injury issues in his own right. TJ surgery and currently on the 60 IL after getting his elbow scoped. Lewis was a late riser and there was a lot of steam in the days before the draft that the Twins would take him. I was looking forward to seeing what Lewis could do if he could stay in the lineup. So far the results are discouraging.
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    I submit that other than the last two months of last season this IS the SWR we have known. I was encouraged at the end of last year, but far from sold on SWR.
  13. TJSweens
    I don't see Brooks Lee at 3B. I'm in the camp that there is not enough arm there. I also believe the first step is a lot more critical at 3B. The ball comes faster there and reflexes are everything. If you're slow on that first step, the ball is by you. At 2B the short throw allows them to position deeper, allowing them more time to react. I'm not sure where Keaschall fits at this point as his bat has disappeared.
  14. TJSweens
    Correct. Sabato Gigante is a right handed batter. I wouldn't mind giving him a look. He has progressed a lot in the last year.
  15. TJSweens
    "Stewart opened the season injured, but recently returned" Sounds like the start of every season for Brock Stewart. It will likely be repeated two more times this year. I get that Outman sucks, but are we really lamenting the stability Brock Stewart would bring the bullpen for two weeks at a time?
  16. TJSweens
    And once again, we just can't have nice things.
  17. TJSweens
    "Prielipp has flashed promise in his first taste of the big leagues, but there is no certainty that his performance will hold over a full workload. Waiting for that answer delays the ability to address immediate bullpen needs." The obsession with moving Prielipp to the pen continues. Prielipp is outperforming other prospects as a starter at the major league level. For that matter, he is out performing SWR. Why even bring up assessing him as a reliever? The Twins shouldn't be willing to sacrifice Prielipp's development as a starter to fill a bullpen need on a team that is only going to win about 75 games.
  18. TJSweens
    Defensive metrics have a wide margin of error. I remember reading an article by the creator of the old UZR stat, where he states that in order to get a truly accurate assessment of defensive performance, you need 3 years of data on a player at a position to establish a baseline. Basically, I don't put a lot of stock in stats that say how many runs a player has saved or how many additional wins he accounts for. Just watch Buck play. He still gets to a select range of balls that the majority of center fielders don't get to. He is still one of the top center fielders. It doesn't take an advanced metric analysis to figure that out.
  19. TJSweens
    It's like the film critic who watched Jean Claude Van Dam's film debut and started his review with an apology to Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stalone.
  20. TJSweens
    Ober has really transitioned well into a baffle em with b*llspit pitcher.
  21. TJSweens
    Send Wallner to St. Paul. DFA Outman. Bring up Emma and Roden.
  22. TJSweens
    I really don't care what baseball savant said. If BS says that play was out of the realm of possibility then there are some bugs in the system. I saw a ball that landed a short distance in front of a slow footed outfielder who was pulling up to make sure the ball didn't bounce by him.
  23. TJSweens
    I am going to go against the consensus here. I think any number of right fielders make that catch that Wallner didn't. I think even Larnach makes that catch because he makes better reads, gets better jumps and is a little faster. The one Lewis couldn't bring down was a hit all the way. I liked what I saw from Prielipp for a first start. That is a bodacious slider. Going forward, I hope we see better command of pitches that aren't the slider. I'm really glad they didn't move him to the pen. I liked the heat Rojas brings. A little refinement and he could be pretty good. He has high end stuff.
  24. TJSweens
    Prielipp's slider is flat out nasty.
  25. TJSweens
    Why does every article about Prielipp ultimately steer toward moving him to the pen? He is dominating as a starter in St. Paul. Better move him to the pen. The Twins have 3 lefty relievers. They don't need to move Prielipp to the bullpen. Stay big picture with Prielipp. The rewards will be much greater.
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