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Lewis is relevant to this conversation to the extent that the front office has no idea what to do with him. You and I can agree on a lot, but we won’t agree on Royce Lewis. I would have Lewis in the Twins lineup starting at shortstop against the Orioles Tuesday night. So let’s say the Twins lose, Lewis looks a little sluggish in the field, and goes 0-4 at the plate, with some missed chances to knock some runs in? Pat him on the back and say “get ‘em tomorrow” -
The “Royce Lewis problem” is a problem of the Twins’ own making. Detroit is 8-4 since moving Javy Baez to center field. Baez is 12-34 since then and has homered in three straight games. (Small sample.) Talk about trying something new and hitting on it!
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I respect this. Although I know you include Royce Lewis in this group of full time designated hitters, I do not. I think the team has an obligation to play Lewis at his drafted position and give him some run. If he plays well (enough) at third or short, and proves you wrong, all the better. If he plays subpar for too long, like Julien, then at least the rest of us fans can arrive at a consensus. A first overall pick with the “it” factor that Royce Lewis has, deserves as much.
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If anything, I think the Pohlads have been too hands-off. The conservative era of gentleman’s baseball under Terry Ryan had stopped working, and now the Derek Falvey application of StatCast baseball has clearly stopped working. It looks like the media is finally coming around, but it’s a few years too late, in my opinion. (off topic, but i can point you to an exact date…) I still have a ton of faith in this organization and the guys who work out of the limelight to get this organization turned around again. Think Mike Radcliff, who passed away in 2023. Or think of higher public profile guys like Paul Molitor and Dan Gladden who are still very involved and can spot winners.
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Can I take a crack at it? I think it also comes down to Lee did not advance because he was not expecting France to try to advance. The rule of thumb has always been, “If it’s hard hit to the left side of the infield, hold your base until it goes through.” This is how kids have been coached if they are on second or third, no force play, and less than two outs, for hundreds of years. 🙂 So whether Lee missed a sign or France hallucinated a sign that wasn’t there, Lee’s instinct kicked in once the ball was hit, and Lee expected France to stay at third. So, Lee stayed at second. At this point we can talk about decisions being taken out of players hands since the StatCast era came in, no more two-strike approaches at the plate, no more rogue base stealing or baserunning decisions being made out there (thankfully that is now changing the past couple seasons), but that’s a whole nuther discussion. So that’s my twist on it. There’s no way France or any other average runner breaks for home on that ground ball on their own accord, 10-15 years ago.
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You know one of Baldelli’s jobs is to write the lineup card, right? Gasper at DH and batting leadoff today, Brooks Lee 8th, Julien on the bench? (against a RHP)?
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Once you get to the late innings, there is not a world of difference whether the score is 2-1 or 8-7 or whatever. You do your thing at that point, and hopefully it works out. I’m sure Rocco didn’t want that Varland-Manzardo matchup in the 9th but Cleveland has a lot of lefty hitters up and down the lineup, and I’m thinking Rocco saw Coulombe as the 10th inning guy last night, tried to squeeze an inning out of Varland, and it didn’t work out.
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That is really sad to hear. He should have all the time in the world to get better, but is at the cortison shot stage already, similar to Alex Kirilloff.
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Would be nice to see the Twins come out smokin, hang a 7-spot or something in the first inning, to punctuate all this rain delay silliness
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But yes, “we have no update” is also an update that could be used more
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First pitch now announced as 8:20 CDT Play ball!!
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My guess is that the Cleveland meteorology people are calling the shots (and missing the shots)
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Twins radio said 7:50 CDT first pitch. and then the powers-that-be changed their minds again.
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To add: Cleveland probably using this as another day to rest their bullpen. :(
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The people in charge are playing 7-D chess, you see. The rest of us rubes are just along for the ride. 🙂
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Very thorough post!
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It would be funny / not funny, if Baldelli gave a bunch of specific instructions with serious face to Alcala on how to approach these batters
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Standing O for Ober
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lol yeah but everyone got buff during Covid. Hold on let me click around and find some of my personal photos to prove it
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Who’s this young Gasper kid? 🤣🙂
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Twins putting up crooked numbers
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I mean, I know Provus is basically a 10/10 Brad Pitt, but that’s not a camera shot we need to see very often
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Yeah those are the high leverage at bats that don’t show up in the box score.
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No crooked numbers, and this will work out ok tonight
