Richie the Rally Goat
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Part of this is a talent gap in the setup men that depleted the “bulk bridge” role. The setup men have been so bad, Jax needed to be more frequent than a bulk bridge. they need Bundy or Sands (or both) to move into that “bulk bridge” role, to reduce exposure of the setup men.
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I believe it was necessity to pitch him more frequently. He so quickly became the second best reliever on the team and the vets they relied on, so spectacularly failed, they needed Jax to pitch 3+ times per week.
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Chapman has played in 641 games in his career, 617.2 innings. 2 seasons over his career did he pitch more innings than games ‘12 and ‘15. I don’t think it happened as often as you remember. Rivera on the other hand: 1115 games 1283.2 innings pitched. He did throw multi innings quite a bit, and pitched more innings than games every season from ‘97 to ‘08 and 20-50 saves per season.
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I defended the Rogers for Paddack trade from a value stand point. I now regret that stance, as others mentioned it weakened an already weak bullpen to bolster and already strong rotation with an injury risk. At the time with the unknowns, trading for another starter made sense, but not your best reliever, even on a one year deal. The thing with reliever fungibility is you still need to invest in it. You can’t make relievers out of nothing and if you don’t continue to invest, you reap what you sew.
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My guess is Moran throws 50+ pitches today and gets DFA’d after the game
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Agreed, but I don’t think Pagan is “toxic”. He’s been a bad pitcher, but haven’t heard anything about him being a bad team mate, of viewed by his team mates as a disappoint or detrimental. I hope Baldelli gets better options post haste. Until he gets them, Pagan is required to carry his portion of the work load.
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They need Winder for Rotation Depth, he’s clearly a big league starter. I’d DFA Thornburg, he hasn’t pitched in a week and was the only fresh reliever last night, the manager still didn’t use him. Replace Thornburg with Sands as the long man. Just throw innings in those short start blowouts.
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This! And why is Thornburg even on the roster?
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“Let'shope last night was the last we saw of Duran, the guy's nothing but toxic for this team.” Please tell me that’s a brain fart…
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I’m with the other posters that rotation isn’t the problem and trading away the depth that makes it “not the problem” for a guy with health concerns isn’t a good idea.
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What? How? I’m at a total loss on this statement.
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Seems to me like the GM has a heavy consult at the very least, and all the way through the minors
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The manager picks his staff, but doesn’t pick the 12 years of amateur and minor league coaches those players had prior. the game adjusted to the live ball which lasted for 25 years. It’s now adjusting again, right in front of us
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I sure don’t. Full disclosure, I eat meat a couple times per week…
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Vegetables with a focused light we call a “laser beam”. Everyone deserves a warm meal… mwa ha ha ha
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The Manfred ball has suppressed home runs and scores across the MLB have dropped. We’ve seen many articles over the years of managers complain that players don’t learn the fundamentals in minor league ball (from many organizations not just the Twins). And there was this article from 2018 about why no one steals anymore. The point is the game adjusted to the live ball. now that the ball is dead again, maybe steals and situational hitting comes back. we saw the TD article about all the steals in the Twins minor league system. Seems like Times, They Are A’Changin
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I’m apparently a coward and ate vegetarian all day today
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Jorge!
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Yeah, but they only scored 2 runs
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Consistency - hits, runs and wins
Richie the Rally Goat replied to mikelink45's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
They’re 4th in the AL in runs scored, 4.4 per game but have been shut out 10 times. they score a bunch, or not at all. it seems like the very conservative run game is part of this. They’re built and coached to trot around the bases post dinger. the new Manfred ball suppresses homers, so if the hits don’t come, they struggle to manufacture on the small ball tactics. seems like this is recognized and being coached/implemented in the minors. what to do now in the majors?
