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  1. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Who’s to blame? The fans, of course.
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    Look, if we are talking about a specific game, let’s talk about the Dodgers game on August 10th. If we are talking about bigger picture, then address the stats I dug up and posted a few posts earlier. Sonny Gray is not being given chances to pitch deeper into games, and I think he should be, and I think it’s hurting the bullpen and the team record.
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    To clarify, he pitched 6.0 or more innings per start, in 11 out of 14 starts after the All Star break in 2019. Don't know about batters faced. That's a slightly different beast, as someone above pointed out.
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    To understand where Gray is coming from, people can go back and look at Gray's better seasons and look at how his starts trended in the latter half of those seasons. Deep into lots of games in 2015, which granted was a while back, but 2019 wasn't too far into the past where he pitched through at least six innings in a majority of his 14 starts after the All Star break.
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    I'm not interested in benchmarking each of Gray's starts against season-long or league wide averages. I'm much more interested in letting Gray pitch as deep into a game as is reasonable. Does that make sense? The season long IP average will probably shake out at about the same place regardless, between 5.0 and 6.0 innings. Some nights he should go deeper (Dodgers game 8/10 in my opinion), some nights he won't make it as far, and occasionally there will be a game where he only needs to pitch 5 innings and some other guys can get some work.
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    I will readily admit that that is what the data says. However, I think that if you go deeper into the data, and case by case, that it starts to get murky. Keep in mind Sonny Gray is an above average starter and the Twins have a below average bullpen.
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    It’s quite the high wire balancing act, to believe both that Sonny Gray would be so valuable that he’s worth trading your #1 pick for, and also that Sonny Gray can’t be trusted to pitch through six innings or face a lineup the third time. Gray wants to be the workhorse. You could see it in the clip. That’s where I come down on this as well—let him pitch and see what happens.
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    Isn't that TwinsDaily's job, @Seth Stohs @Steve Lein, to report for us whether he has had any injuries? ? So the deal with SWR is that in June, he missed a start. Then, he missed a second start. At that point he was put on the IL with an unspecified injury. Then, a week or two later, he was placed on the Covid IL. So it's not strictly a Covid thing (in fact at one point I thought I saw him celebrating a walk-off with his teammates when he was technically on the Covid IL and maybe there were protocols, don't know.) If he continues to pitch well and stay on the mound then I guess the details won't matter. I would like to see him pitch a full season at a minor league level before he joins the big leagues.
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    Gray was pissed in that clip. Anyone watching it could see it. He was good to be careful with what he said but the exact words didn’t matter. Message: delivered. Gray was absolutely pulled too soon against the Dodgers last Wednesday. Couple line drives in the fifth inning and it’s the fainting couch and smelling salts for Twins management, safer to bring in Pagan at that point. You are right there are bigger problems Pitching is more than just a science or a numbers game with stockpiling prospects. It’s also scouting, art, politics, training, blind faith, and back room deals, played out 1-to-1 in private offices or on meetings at the pitching mounds for millions to see. What have you done for me now, vs. what can you do for me later. (Trying to channel Roger Angell this morning) Pitching politics is also played in Twitter video clips. Gray wants to pitch deeper into games. What will happen in later September in a big series against Chicago or Cleveland, in the sixth inning of a close game, when Baldelli is considering whether to leave Gray in to pitch past the point where Baldelli and the Twins are comfortable? Hopefully we will find out.
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    Imagine Baltimore sneaks into the last wild card and the Twins miss out on the postseason and a chance to play them.
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    Gladden said something to that effect this afternoon.
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    Great post. It’s definitely a start to try to figure out how much injuries really are hurting (hurting the team, that is, not the ailing player with the injury). i wonder if Maeda is counted in here? He would be valuable to have, but then, we weren’t really counting on him at all this season. So on first reaction I would call Maeda’s injury as not hurting the team this season. I also wonder if this can be broken down by WAR? Seems like a lot of teams are still dealing with the injury bug. Last year was historic for injuries, if you remember. But this year I know the Dodgers and Mets have been without Kershaw and Buehler, and DeGrom and Scherzer, for stretches. The Twins don’t have equivalents for those guys. thanks!
  13. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Whether you think Gordon should have dove for that ball, or should have played it on a hop (would have been tough if you ask me), I think there needs to be someone in the dugout with some situational sense who can see how the game is playing out, how the at bat is playing out, and adjust the outfielders accordingly. Someone like Gladden who would see what’s happening, whistle out to Gordon and wave him a few steps over. imagine if Gordon was playing closer to the line and had made a diving catch to save the game! i bring this up because that play was the talk of pregame today so I imagine Gladden was all over it during the game last night as it was happening.
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    Still very young, he is…
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    Prophecy!
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    Y.R.I. (you recall incorrectly —it’s about an hour drive due south
  18. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Ugh Correa literally can’t do anything right!
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    probably because Ohtani is from Owatonna?
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    What a voice though— best dugout chatter in the game!
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    Milwaukee has been on a slide also, since trading Hader. Stuff like that is just a little too fancy for my taste.
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    What happened to Adell? I could look it up but lazy
  24. Hosken Bombo Disco
    It’s a good thing the Angels entire lineup is a black hole except for u know who
  25. Hosken Bombo Disco
    But you saw the Ravine
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