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  1. DJL44
    That's inevitable. AAA is a LOT easier than the big leagues. You should expect a 200 point drop in OPS or a full run added to ERA for any player promoted from AAA to MLB.
  2. DJL44
    Vazquez is defending well enough to cancel out his bad bat. He's not the worst catcher in baseball with a regular job. If the Twins released him another team would definitely be willing to pay him the minimum to be their backup catcher. The money is a sunk cost so the Twins might as well keep him.
  3. DJL44
    They swapped bad relievers in order to get Varland a start. It's that simple.
  4. DJL44
    He admitted that the rise on his fastball is gone. Without that movement it is very hittable. Caleb Thielbar struggles in loss to Rockies (mlb.com) It's a very good article. The Twins and Thielbar know exactly what is wrong. He's very aware that he needs to fix the problem or his career may be over. The question I have is why the Twins keep running him out there when his stuff is broken. He is not a pitcher they should be using in a tie game. I think the problem is fixable but it may not happen this month or even this season. He is healthy and lefthanded which means he will keep getting chances.
  5. DJL44
    What would you do with Jose Miranda?
  6. DJL44
    I'm saying he's only received 19 innings because every time they extend his outing he's been terrible. They have every reason to keep Louie Varland on a short leash. I thought they were pushing their luck having him go 5 innings.
  7. DJL44
    Because he's been awful going through the order the 3rd time.
  8. DJL44
    And you think that was a great decision?
  9. DJL44
    So you think Rocco should play a bad hitter even more often because he's been hitting poorly?
  10. DJL44
    Yes. Through some miracle of pitch calling or game plan or whatever they coaxed a great start out of Louie Varland. Don't push it too far and watch it blow up in your face.
  11. DJL44
    Enjoy the games. A meetup could be fun.
  12. DJL44
    I think the Twins are still hoping that Matt Wallner is their big bat and Pablo Lopez is their ace pitcher.
  13. DJL44
    Miranda has the job right now. He'll still be around next year.
  14. DJL44
    If Woods Richardson maintains his performance for a whole season he'll get some Rookie of the Year votes.
  15. DJL44
    I think they need to get the bat more than the starting pitcher. Bats are cheaper as rentals than starting pitchers which means I'd be happy to obtain a rental bat. JD Martinez is just a DH at this point in his career but he's a lot better than what the Twins have been using at DH. Brandon Belt is still waiting for a contract after absolutely destroying RHP last season.
  16. DJL44
    I think they need a LH bat who can be 1B/corner OF with some pop. Santana and Miranda should be enough from the RH side and Margot has been doing the job lately as well.
  17. DJL44
    It's especially bad when the LH hitting part of the platoon (Kirilloff, Julien) has a bad year. You can't put together two below average hitters (Kiriloff & Margot or Julien & Farmer) to make an above average hitter.
  18. DJL44
    He has 800 MLB at-bats with an OPS+ of 102 and he's been protected vs LHP for most of his time in the major leagues. This might be about as good as it gets for Kirilloff.
  19. DJL44
    Good point on Martin. If they're just looking to replace Farmer he's a more likely player to promote to occasionally play 2B.
  20. DJL44
    Lee getting promoted means Correa is injured. He's 4th on the depth chart at 3B (Lewis, Miranda, Castro, Lee) and at 2B (Castro, Julien, Farmer, Lee).
  21. DJL44
    It's a huge negative against Kirilloff. His job is to crush RHP and he's not doing it. Castro makes the lineup because he can play defense almost anywhere. Kirilloff and Santana are in the lineup to hit and they can't hit better than the utility infielder. That's a problem.
  22. DJL44
    He's a switch hitter who is weakest as a RH batter. Bringing up Lee to be the RH platoon caddy at 2B makes absolutely no sense.
  23. DJL44
    I would swap him with Lee. With Kepler leaving the Twins need Emmanuel Rodriguez more than they need SS/3B Lee who is blocked by Correa and Lewis. That said, there are no untouchables, just different levels of unlikely. This team shouldn't be buying much at the deadline which means the top 3 tiers are all unlikely to be traded.
  24. DJL44
    It isn't that difficult to find a RH hitting 2B/3B, that's basically the default for the position. They're paying Farmer like he can still play SS but that's a sunk cost now. I know Brooks Lee keeps getting mentioned but he hasn't played any 2B at all (only 1 game at Fort Myers) and he's not a RH batter so he doesn't make any sense for Farmer's role. They seem to want Lee to be insurance for Correa or Lewis instead. Plus, he has a 530 OPS in AAA at the moment.
  25. DJL44
    I think he's Randy Bush 2.0.
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