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  1. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Yasmani Grandal — the better of the two Y.G. catchers (Yan Gomes being the other) Yeah pitching is #1, 2, and 3 priority, but this might make a lot of sense. The lineup will inevitably need to have some turnover, and if Castro disappears, the Twins will need that second catcher. (I do like Astudillo, but just Garver and Astudillo leaves the Twins thin in 2020.) I do half-expect the Twins to make a bid for Castro one more time. Looks like Grandal has an overall favorable platoon split too (career better as lefty batting against right handed pitchers) and if his framing is good as you say, that will help immensely.
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    The call needs to be instantaneous, or the adjustment will be too bumpy. Sounds like AFL had an intermediary whispering in the home plate ump’s ear? Here is a video I found. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=a4bJ-MfC24o Strike zone will be higher, and that pitch at 1:03... hoo boy Gardy will come out to argue that.
  3. Hosken Bombo Disco
    You can go off of ERA, but lots of posters here in this thread have dug deeper than that one stat.
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    If I recall, Bregman missed on a play just like the one Sano did. I would say hard 100+ EV contact is part of the problem. (Don’t remember which game or which series.)
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    If he is hitting, and there are positional needs, we might see him. Maybe at third, but more likely what other posters have suggested, shifting others around and Lewis at short.
  8. Hosken Bombo Disco
    This thread has to do with next year, so that’s why I was confused. Sorry.
  9. Hosken Bombo Disco
    For 2020?
  10. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I don’t know what happened to Cron’s defense the second half. Maybe his thumb injury lingered. It took Mauer a couple of seasons to really become a great fielder at first base—great post brvama. MarGo played well at first. Cruz comes back as DH for another season but beyond that, who knows. Maybe that’s where Sano is eventually ticketed, but no one else in the org is ready to step in to 3B day to day like Sano, and I’d focus free agency on pitching All which is to say I’d leave Sano at third another season, and then reevaluate.
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    The team’s execution, you say? I’m in favor of that. h/t, football coach John McKay
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    Glad to see that Levine quote. Probably should not have traded Pressly, but reflecting back on past actions is a good habit to be in.
  13. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I’m still not sure why the Twins didn’t trade for a starter at the deadline, as the Astros have done. Even if it meant offering Larnach or Kirilloff. Maybe something will change this offseason?
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    It’s not hard for me to believe that “everybody knew” the balls were going to be different, but also that no one anticipated the balls would be that much deader than the regular season baseballs. I agree it’s a problem. The Twins maybe would have started Odorizzi in Yankees Stadium, I think, had the Twins known for sure. But I don’t understand in what ways the commissioner is the enemy of the owners?
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    I still can’t believe it. I think overconfidence played a big part, too.
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    I am quoting you because of your interesting “storage facility” comment. I’m not calling it an MLB conspiracy, but there could still be shenanigans among third parties, maybe? What were the o/u betting lines for runs scored in the first round? Like I said, I’m not ready to buy in to the MLB conspiracy narrative, but on the other hand I am very sure there are very clever criminals operating in our midst.
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    But I don’t think it needs to work that way. If the Twins convert that double play in game one, couldn’t you easily see a situation where the Twins lead 3-1 or 3-2 going into the 6th or 7th inning? That’s a good sniff at a win, no?
  18. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Another decision many of us were questioning in real time was not using Castro in game two. Maybe with Dobnak, the veteran Castro calls the game differently. You can always sub in Garver later if you needed a bat and took Castro out.
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    Yes. Send Berrios out for the fifth. Absolutely. Not singling you out.
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    I wonder how much input MLB had in it, that is, is it a national decision? If it’s just a local decision, I wish they would stop it. In the Metrodome, the Twins had a rock band out in left field for a very short time, circa 1999-2000. It didn’t last long.
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    Me also. Kelly also had a peculiar way of calling out his players, but not by name or in a “throw under the bus” kind of way, but in a way that you were glad he was acknowledging something everyone could see but didn’t want to mention. If that makes any sense. For example, an outfielder takes a poor route, gets turned around on a ball, over his head and costs the team some runs. Kelly might say, dryly, “we want our outfielders to keep their 360-degree turns to a minimum.” And Kelly’s teams were not intimidated by New York, even in the lean years. Oh, and rookie manager.
  22. Hosken Bombo Disco
    And from 2012-2016, the AL Central represented in the World Series four times in a span of five years. But, small market!
  23. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Since 2002, the Yankees have never swept an opponent in any postseason series. None. Except the Twins.
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    I disagree too. Start Schoop in game one. The Twins were overthinking this. There would have been a chance to get Arraez in the game later and then start Arraez in game two. Arraez’s double was good, but hardly hard-hit, and Arraez also grounded into a double play early on which was a huge blow. You feel for the kid having a terrible game, we were all happy he healed up in time to play, but coming off the ankle sprain the right call was to start Schoop.
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    Give Polanco some credit too. Otherwise, yeah.
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