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  1. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I would like to see Paddack then get two more starts in the majors with the Twins, so that he can have that “all the way back” feeling heading into 2024.
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    What about people on this website who thought he should rest or go on the IL as soon as symptoms appeared or it was diagnosed?
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    well he reaggravated it in the game tonight, so it’s a brand new question now.
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    You are right - not too great
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    Arraez’s OPS is currently back up to .864 while Julien’s OPS stands at .843, and that’s primarily against right handed pitchers and the favorable platoon split, since Julien is mostly being protected from a disadvantageous platoon weakness. Your take on Steer is also strange to me. It looks like Steer can hit. Whatever. There was no drop off like Rooker had. Look, it’s ok to be a homer on this site, but it’s really hard to have a discussion with someone if they are just making up numbers and interpretations!
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    I don’t think Cinci has the horses to finish ahead in the wild card chase. But they must be thrilled at how far they have progressed. I think they were universally predicted to finish last or second to last in their division. Eddie de la Cruz is one of those transformational talents.
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    You are a frequent contributor here - thank you. I have to confess, however, that I have no idea where you are getting your data. Looks like Steer had a deep slump in July, otherwise he has been consistently really good, including August and September. It will be fun to watch him tonight.
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    Yeah I have always felt this way too about Royce. Two huge injuries and the guy never wavered. For this pick, thank Mike Radcliffe, and the new front office for deferring to Radcliffe’s judgment.
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    Thank you for bringing in another voice from the other side, Ted.
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    My original point is that the team did not even announce it. Nothing conspiratorial about it. It’s not a good look. Anyway, my thumbs are tired and I have actual **** to do. See you in the game threads, wsnydes.
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    Rocco the Shrinking Violet? 🙂
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    Ok gotcha. I should have said press release not press conference. The money and terms are irrelevant. No team (no decent team) would pass up a chance to announce their good manager had been extended. It just wouldn’t happen. I did a quick google check of Francona and Roberts and they got press when they were extended.
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    Rocco honestly seems like a great guy. However, the Twins PR people didn’t even want to have a press conference to announce that he had been extended. Instead, it was a leak. Even Gardy had press conferences.
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    I really have no opinion on what the front office did or did not do at the trade deadline. My take on the deadline was: I have no idea who the front office is supposed to trade for, and it seems like they don't know either. I'll stand by that. However, a poster upthread did mention some names of relievers who have done pretty well for their new teams, actually. Chris Stratton from the Cardinals? Doing pretty good and heck the Twins were in St. Louie over the deadline. Just switch clubhouses, wouldn't even need to book flights! It's not true to say things like 'no one traded at the deadline is working out.' But people will say it anyway and on it goes. This is the postseason bullpen you had in mind, when the Twins were holding pat at the trade deadline on August 1st? Interesting indeed 🙂
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    Thanks for posting that. Suprised by 2021 - yikes I think the point is that Lopez and Gray (and Duran) are the best available pitchers on this team. So when someone say "let the starters pitch deep" it generally means Lopez and Gray. The Twins probably won't get very far if Lopez and Gray don't turn in some quality starts.
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    That is certainly a valid idea. For me, if we were going to skip starts, I would want to skip them before the final week so that those guys aren’t coming off a layoff. Then a 2 or 3 or 4 inning tune up start 4-5 days before the playoff start.
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    If the Twins win the first series in two games, I would roll with the #3 and #4 starters for the first two games of the ALDS. They’re playing with house money at that point. Try to steal one of the first two ALDS games with your third or fourth starter, and come back home to Target Field tied 1-1 with Lopez and Gray pitching games three and four.
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    That’s the trend, yes, but let’s ask ourselves who is better: Lopez/Gray, or the alternative. Say they get to the second round, then yeah, they may want to do something like piggyback two+ innings of Varland off of 4+ innings of Maeda.
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    I am playing wait-n-see, as well. Letting their starters pitch deeper into games will become more important the further they go.
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    Why would Gray start game 1? Lopez has been pitching the day before Gray for a while now, and they are already lined up nicely to start games 1 and 2 in that order. What kind of rotation rearranging are you suggesting? Hopefully Lopez can maintain his dominance and hopefully we have seen his last or second to last long start until October. No sense overworking people at this point, but also you want them to maintain their edge
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    Back in Jim Rice's day, pretty much most batters shortened up on the two-strike swing. I would thing that ran Rice into some double plays that he would not have otherwise hit into if he had been swinging like batters swing today. As far as Correa, there was a very strong case to not bid on him at all. If Correa had gone to the Mets for 6/150 or whatever it was, we would all be talking about how smart the Twins were to stay away from him. But he is our guy now, and we will need him in the playoff series. I would like to know if his plantar fasciitis is related to his reconstructed ankle. We can hope he really rests and treats that over the offseason so that it does not turn into a chronic thing year after year. If he had gone on the DL earlier this season, he might be feeling better by now, who knows (and would be nowhere near the GIDP number you mentioned). What you are describing with his speed is a curve trending downwards and he is getting slower over time. There is no reason to think he will get faster one of these years, especially if his plantar fasciitis lingers. I've heard this a lot on this site, and I agree, I would move him down the batting order heading into 2024, maybe 6th.
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    keeping in mind that besides Josh Winder, this also describes Griffin Jax and Kenta Maeda to a large degree, and Dallas Keuchel for sure, and Joe Ryan also being asked to mix up his fastball usage at one point. I agree it does make life harder but not sure you want to box yourself in by making a comment like that. I kind of like Funderburk as another lefty possibility. As long as he has a scouting report on the batters he will come in to face, and executes his pitches, it should be ok.
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