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  1. DJL44
    2024 Arizona Fall League teams and schedule (milb.com) Season starts October 4 so teams will be announced sometime in the next 2 weeks.
  2. DJL44
    Larnach is clearly injured and probably shouldn't be playing except he's still hitting the ball. If Kepler returns, I'm expecting Larnach to go on the injured list. Overall, a well-played game by the Twins. Fun to watch. Lee had a great day at the plate and in the field (nice sweep tag at 2B, good job going in the hole for a grounder). Festa is not quite there yet. He has good stuff but doesn't always locate it well and he needs a 3rd pitch to tunnel off the others. Cole Sands was terrific today in relief.
  3. DJL44
    The organization made the call that having day-to-day Buxton and Correa on the roster is more valuable than having Helman and Kiersey on the roster. I can't argue against that.
  4. DJL44
    They are STILL INJURED. The medical staff said both players will be day-to-day for the rest of the season.
  5. DJL44
    Lots of emotional projection in the comments here. Are these the true emotions of the team or emotions you are having and projecting onto the team?
  6. DJL44
    Panic is a sense of urgency
  7. DJL44
    Astros are 8-0 in Yusei Kikuchi starts. It has worked well so far.
  8. DJL44
    RF in Target Field is very different than every other stadium. It is unusual to have a short porch in RF and more unusual to have a hard surface wall on an overhang. That said, he should have had enough practice to get used to it by now.
  9. DJL44
    I would not be shocked to see Thielbar come back to the Twins on a minor league deal.
  10. DJL44
    Or maybe the league figured him out. Or maybe he's just pitching worse. Or maybe a bit of all three.
  11. DJL44
    Julien rates 1% below average and Martin rates 3% below average (in a smaller sample size). They're both below average at 2B but Martin has graded out worse than Julien.
  12. DJL44
    Julien needs to be a little less aggressive. A 33% chase rate is too high for him. He was too passive before, so this is part of learning the MLB strike zone.
  13. DJL44
    His statcast page lays it all out. 75th percentile speed, 4th percentile outfield range. His initial jump is terrible. He's making 83% of the plays when the expectation is 88%. Austin Martin Stats: Statcast, Visuals & Advanced Metrics | baseballsavant.com (mlb.com) He covers 2 feet less than an average CF. That may not sound like much but remember it's the radius of a circle. 32 feet vs 34 feet is a difference of 414 square feet of outfield that Martin can't cover. Buxton's coverage is 35.5 feet which means he covers 740 more square feet of outfield than Austin Martin.
  14. DJL44
    Martin's defense is definitely not "solid". RField of -13 in about half a season of MLB games is terrible.
  15. DJL44
    That can be fixed. Sounds like the problem is pitch selection, not mechanics.
  16. DJL44
    That chart needs to be split by handedness.
  17. DJL44
    Hitting is hard, switch hitting is harder. It should be expected that Brooks Lee will take some time to figure out big league pitchers. Right now he's switch hitting and covering 3 different infield positions. That spreads his practice time pretty thin.
  18. DJL44
    On the radio broadcast they mentioned that Zebby's movement pitches and his fastball all break away from RHB. He doesn't have much he can use on the inner half of the plate.
  19. DJL44
    Making outs on defense is also important.
  20. DJL44
    Keirsey might hang around until Kepler returns. The obvious demotion for Correa is Brooks Lee. The next obvious is Julien but he's been playing okay (650 OPS) in the last month. It's also possible someone else could use some time on the injured list.
  21. DJL44
    Magic 8 ball says "Ask Again Later". Both are doing well but AAA talent is depleted due to callups and injuries in September. Fortunately, the Twins don't have to make decisions about adding either to the roster until 2026 for McCusker and 2027 for Eeles.
  22. DJL44
    Even if they only have a 30% chance of winning an individual game it's only 50/50 that they're 0-2.
  23. DJL44
    A runner on third with no outs puts pressure on a team.
  24. DJL44
    Making a playoff pitching staff is an interesting task. Starters: Lopez, Ober, Woods-Richardson Relievers: Duran, Jax, Sands, Alcala, Thielbar That leaves 5 spots and you get to choose from Festa, Mathews, Tonkin, Varland, Henriquez, Blewett, Paddack (?), Funderburk (?). I would eliminate Blewett, take Paddack if he's healthy. The rest is an open competition. It might be Varland, Festa, Tonkin and Henriquez.
  25. DJL44
    I hope Paddack is available to go once through.
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