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  1. Cris E
    The Twins do very much have a chance to do things: they have good starting pitching, enough decent hitters that a post-season hot streak is quite conceivable, and three or four good relievers. What they need is one more arm and and some luck in October, and there are a couple candidates in this group that could fill that bullpen role down the stretch.
  2. Cris E
    Yeah, when you're wearing the armor the real vulnerable points are the exposed bone areas like hands, feet and knees. Meat bruises and heals, but Buxton's ribs and Altuve's hand aren't as elastic.
  3. Cris E
    More details on the plumbing of this from Fangraphs: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/qa-what-the-heck-did-the-angels-and-some-other-teams-just-do/ Plus in the comments someone pointed out that teams have 48 hours to claim, which is why it’s done now in time for playoff eligibility on Sept 1.
  4. Cris E
    It's already happening. So far in the past couple weeks they have sent Ryan, Ober, Castro and Buxton to the IL and I expect more are coming.
  5. Cris E
    If you don't like the results the top free agent SS are producing this year I should tell you to not look into how the top free agent starting pitchers are doing. Last time I checked I think there was one on some list of the top 50 free agents who had taken the ball all season and had an ERA under 4.00. The rest were all terrible and/or injured. Big free agents can be awesome but are frequently being paid for work done in their younger years. That's why the team options and vesting built into Correa's contract are so important.
  6. Cris E
    Baseball has a much longer seasons with more travel and time together than other sports. Teams with good and bad vibes have had great and terrible results over the past 130 years so nothing is certain, but it's hard to hide from an utter jerk over the course of eight months of being together almost daily, over half the time away from home.
  7. Cris E
    The world is not black and white, however much it would simplify posting on the internet. These guys are all very competitive and want to play, to contribute in big games, to be The Man in The Moment. He's not making excuses, he's taking the field and giving what he has. If the team thought they'd be better with him off the field he'd be next to Buxton on the couch with an ice pack. Right now they have a decent division lead and are starting to rotate guys through the IL to get them rested before October and I fully expect Correa to get a turn just like Buxton and Ober and Ryan and Castro.
  8. Cris E
    Amen: look at those 4 seamers in the mid-90s. And the graph below shows how Wallner is taking away inside pitches with his shoulder, elbow and foot. Nice article.
  9. Cris E
    I'm not sure other teams will be pissed any more than if they'd been traded for in July or gathered off waivers in earlier years. Teams can see the spots that the Angels are in and can picture the Why of these moves, and they can see the spot the Marlins are in and can see why they'd grab more than one of these guys. Players move within the scope of the rules every year and there's very little complaining. I think when FRod was able to be added to the 40 man for the playoffs as a rookie it blew up a little, but that sort of things only happens once every ten years. On the other hand I do like the Free Puppies image.
  10. Cris E
    Kepler's second half performance has as little to do with Donaldson as his first half performance. That is, Donaldson hasn't been relevant in this clubhouse in almost two years and Max has his transcendent moment five weeks ago. You want to write something relevant figure out what happened over the all star break.
  11. Cris E
    The offense stiffened up and stayed in the game, Winder salvaged the bullpen rep after a bad week, good win. Glad to see the boys pick up Lopez on the rare off night.
  12. Cris E
    So we're sending Winder back out there I hope.
  13. Cris E
    Jeffers with the adult AB. We do have a little sand on this roster.
  14. Cris E
    Kepler, YEAH! Kepler (2022) Oh...
  15. Cris E
    What. He's not going to pitch at all for a year, and last time it took a second year to find the plate. After that you are gambling that he comes back at the level he's established and then you get to bet how long he can avoid another injury. Pair that with a v e r y expensive DH (to save his legs for pitching) and you get what, a Buxton platoon partner? Another blocker to force Julien or Wallner's gloves back on to the field? Sure he'd be fun, but the deal would be $30 for the first year and then maybe 50 for 5 more, so 6 yr $280m? That does not get it done, but forgive me if I can't see the sunny side of this over the stacks of Correa and Buxton money piled up outside the trainer's room. We don't need another major bet on health.
  16. Cris E
    Good of the fielders to take some of the heat off the hitters. (Oh wait, that was Taylor taking the heat off of... Taylor.)
  17. Cris E
    D'oh! I trusted Corey and the radio (and the Ouija board.) Duran still in.
  18. Cris E
    And the bullpen Ouija board says... Winder!
  19. Cris E
    Keystone cops show the way, just like we drew it up in March!
  20. Cris E
    Kepler shows the patience. Let's see what Jeffers can do with two outs.
  21. Cris E
    Walner shows his versatility!
  22. Cris E
    So the ball is carrying a bit today...
  23. Cris E
    Meh, go back a few years and take another look. It's not as clear as you're drawing it. A bunch of those acquired hitters were never signed to be starters, most of those awesome hitters are still well under 500 ABs for their careers. and a bunch of our good hitters and bad pitchers were acquired over the past five years too. It's muddled. As said above, how long does a guy have to be in our minors for us to get to claim him? Or this: we traded for Nelson Cruz and drafted Ober and Jax. It's fun to play with obvious conclusions, but this one isn't very good.
  24. Cris E
    By the time Nashville makes more economic sense than Chicago, the old Nashville team will have moved to Oakland. This is empty posturing for more stadium subsidies. Any time Jerry Reinsdorf gets the vapors you know it's money related. Remember, all those Camden Yards clones are coming up on 30 years old and are completely used up, decrepit, unsuitable for anything more than high school softball really. We should probably get started on our Target Field replacement plans if you want my honest opinion. I'm not even sure the Twins should step foot in that deathtrap. Can we see about playing our road games at Joliet Catholic until the White Sox can come up with a better home option? Mercy.
  25. Cris E
    Eh, maybe. In 2022 they called up Celestino a couple years early and learned that of course he wasn't ready yet. Larnach and Kirriloff both would have gotten solid looks too but they were hurt. Miranda was ready and then came to camp this spring and tore up his shoulder. This year Prato hit .170 in AA before moving to AAA and hitting twice that, so pardon me if I want to see a little more. Keirsey and Severino have only had a couple weeks at AAA and they are not setting the world alight. I get that we're slooow to move guys up sometimes (ie why were the moves to AAA this late in the summer) but the moves to the majors, at least this year, are largely driven by winning rather than development, and that's appropriate. If we pull away a bit this month maybe they can do more showcasing and learn some stuff while resting the starters.
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