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  1. DJL44
    We may see the team pivot this year from thinking short-term (compete in 2025) to longer-term (compete in 2026-27). It could happen as soon as May. That could affect how they develop all of their minor league pitchers.
  2. DJL44
    Keirsey is not a young player. He is probably getting more playing time than he has earned. Gasper, on paper, is a player who might keep you from losing but won't help you win. Martin is the same. Rearranging the bench players isn't going to get it done. They need Correa to hit consistently to win. They need Larnach to hit for power.
  3. DJL44
    How does a home plate umpire not grant a "disengagement"? If a pitcher steps off the rubber and throws to first, can the umpire ignore that, say it wasn't a disengagement and call a ball on the pitcher?
  4. DJL44
    I'm not sure giving up home runs and walks for contact is all that encouraging. The batting average will come up but a team ISO OBP of .070 is not great and an ISO SLG of .115 is just as bad. An offense that can't get on base or hit for power is going to be bad. Assuming they get to league average for batting average they'll hit .240/.310/.355 as a team which would put them in the bottom 10 teams. That's an OPS+ of around 90-95. It's 2025 - someone needs to hit dingers.
  5. DJL44
    They might not have to pitch 2-3 full innings. Coulombe faced one batter, why can't he pitch in the next inning?
  6. DJL44
    Ronny Henriquez has pitched 5-2/3 scoreless for the Marlins
  7. DJL44
    Travis Adams could come up and pitch long relief.
  8. DJL44
    One of these days we'll get to see all 4 teams play on the same day.
  9. DJL44
    Ober's velocity was quite a bit below last season. His fastball was 90-91 and he clearly labored to get through 4 innings. Buxton's speed is in the 99th percentile on Baseball Savant this season - 29.5 ft/sec. He's fast as hell right now.
  10. DJL44
    That's most of it. How many players do the Twins have who the Dodgers, Yankees, Mets or Phillies would prefer over their own players? Are there any position players? I think it would be mostly pitching. I think the Central is still winnable, because those teams are also all flawed. Every win will matter, which is why a new manager might be necessary. Rocco isn't the worst MLB manager but he's also not the best.
  11. DJL44
    I don't think rearranging the hitters is going to help. If they want more offense, they'll need to trade pitching to get it. The only minor leaguer who looks like an upgrade on offense is Camargo over Vazquez. They need a bat at 1B.
  12. DJL44
    Mostly nothing for mostly nothing. The Twins made the trade worse by keeping Margot on the roster for the whole season instead of cutting bait when it was apparent that his athleticism had declined.
  13. DJL44
    A team of mostly the same players is playing mostly the same as they did last season. Ty France also looks mostly the same as he did last season. Christian Vazquez doesn't have a hit or a walk but somehow managed to get caught stealing.
  14. DJL44
    Louie Varland coughed up another run but Alcala and McCaughan did fine. Varland was lousy last fall and he's been lousy so far this season. 71.4% hard hit.
  15. DJL44
    Looking over the Twins statcast page compared to MLB Stat Twins MLB average Zone Swing% 65.7 66.3 Zone Contact% 83.3 81.1 Chase% 29.4 29.0 Chase Contact% 47.4 55.2 They're basically league average. Barrel% and Hard Hit% are better than average. Angle is league average 13%. The one problem they're having is not enough line drives.
  16. DJL44
    I think we will see Miranda and Julien in a platoon for the near future with Castro taking the other spot in the lineup and moving defensively between 2B and 3B.
  17. DJL44
    What a terrible photograph, I'm surprised it made it into the image archive.
  18. DJL44
    I thought the pitcher balked. It was a lot more of a balk than what was called on Pablo Lopez the other day. They called the play hoping the White Sox would make a mistake. Wallner had two strikes in the at-bat and got to start over in the next inning. In the next inning, Wallner was able to draw a walk which led to a run on the Bader HR.
  19. DJL44
    Someone else will be hurt. The top 26 players are never all healthy at the same time.
  20. DJL44
    I don't think corked bats have ever been legal.
  21. DJL44
    I don't miss Max Kepler at all
  22. DJL44
    Varland has not been impressive. The same mix of strikeouts and hard contact we saw last fall.
  23. DJL44
    The only reason they aren't using Chris Paddack like this is he has the service time needed to reject the assignment to AAA.
  24. DJL44
    Everyone seems upset that Buxton was pulled and Keirsey was put in the game. I've been hearing from people all offseason that Dashawn Keirsey would be star if they just gave him a chance. This was a chance.
  25. DJL44
    Why isn't DeAndrade in Wichita?
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