Hosken Bombo Disco

The so-called foot contusion will give the Twins the pretext to leave Gallo off the playoff roster.

uh-oh, who was driving...

Thanks for breaking that news!

If WAR were truly objective, we would not have different WARs to choose from. By the way, how’s the Kepler-Arraez OPS contest doing? Haven’t had an update in a while 🙂

I have Luplow as the last player on the bench, and a Keuchel/Sands/Winder type also being ahead of Gallo on the cut list. They are not cutting Gallo at this point. Not a fan of the front office leaving Kirilloff in the minors, or Larnach for that matter. Both Gallo and Kirilloff will be on the playoff roster. How many pitchers should they carry for that 3 game series? There should be room for Larnach even if Larnach is the last player on the bench in those games. Kirilloff has got to be starting first baseman in those games.

Plouffie was very reliable in the field but had little range. Then one day he dived for a ball in Detroit, and in the process, aggravated a rib injury (painful) and I don’t think he ever went to the ground for another ball after that. He’s a good guy I’m sure. One of this front office’s first organizational transactions was to non-tender Plouffe in favor of Sano. That was the right call. It sounds like Plouffe is providing good analysis on the television broadcasts, which is also a good thing.

Well, at the MLB level, smooth and slick is an indication of fitness. (fielding fitness). Most players who make it to the MLB level have it, they have the footwork and fundamentals and such. That's why it stands out like a sore thumb to see someone as clumsy as Julien, especially with Correa next to him. We have not seen enough of Julien to know whether he can compensate for a lack of fielding skill, or if he can continue making plays despite that, and there's a big obvious risk to giving him enough time in the field to find out if he's the exception. I don't know what the metrics say. If they say Julien is doing pretty good at second, then I think we have to almost question the metrics - not a bad thing for anyone with a scientific or analytical mind, like the front office has, I assume. I can't really tell what the tweet about Success Rate Added Percentage is trying to tell me. Can you go deep to explain this one? It appears some people obviously are buying it and I want to see it too. I mentioned Kyle Schwarber in an earlier post, so all is not lost for Julien. Nothing wrong with taking a chance on a guy like that. There is always more than just making the putouts too. I heard on the radio yesterday that Julien failed to cover a base. I'm not sure a television watcher would have caught that, but thank god for Cory Provus for catching it and passing that on to the radio listeners. Give that man a raise! I have a sick feeling we are going to lose him to football in a few years.

All I keep thinking of is the Kyle Schwarber experiment in left field in the 2015 postseason. The baseball old timers said that the ball would find him, and it did. So let’s assume that Polanco will be our playoff second baseman and be happy for that. Julien is definitely worth carrying as a pinch hitter or maybe even DH depending on matchup and if he can make adjustments.

Stephan has been a train wreck all season … also with Bieber and McKenzie injuries, Cleveland never really had a chance in 2023

Actually I would be happy to help him for real lol

Born again hard!

Yeah it will be crazy if the Twins win tonight, tomorrow’s game will be worth two games, due to tiebreaker.

Good point, but I think it’s the overall pattern. Why not just sub guys when it’s necessary like right there?

8th inning, bench is empty this should go well against a team like Houston or Seattle

His in-laws weren’t happy about it, either ba-dum tschhh

Rocco manages like he just found out about platoon splits last week

1. Every Twins batter making an out on mLB GameDay has been “lines out sharply to…” 2. Luck does tend to even out over the course of a full season. 3. But not necessarily in the postseason

Take that back! The Woodstock anthem was a work of art! You do remember Woodstock, don’t you?

Agree, go for the absolute knockout

World of hurt for the CLE pitching staff right now. and remember,

I am afraid that if Julien is playing second base in (knock on wood) the postseason, that, the ball is “going to find him” like what happened with Schwarber in left field in 2015. But for now, it’s good to get Julien the reps out there.

Remember also, Cleveland lost their top 2 starting pitchers (imagine the cries if Lopez and Gray had gone down to injury) They never really had a chance.. oh and Circus Boy update: 2-0 good guys

Guardians: We got a bunch of new pitchers! Twins, after this series:

I agree - I think it would be a huge mistake to try to squeeze another season out of Kepler. Let’s just appreciate what he has done here in the second half and hope he runs into one in the postseason (because you know he is going to be in the starting lineup). But the 2024 outfield crunch is helped by letting Kepler go, and sliding Wallner to right. Maybe Larnach’s future is as a LF platoon/PH bat but there is still value in that.

I don’t disagree about Larnach. For me, it’s that he is a personal fave, and I thought the front office was high on him, and he started the season in MLB until he caught a case of pneumonia. It sure looks like Wallner is the better player at this point. I think there is room for both Larnach in left and Wallner in right in 2024. Or, if Julien is hurt or slumping, that looks like an easy way to get Larnach back up too. Larnach might not play much here for the Twins in 2023 but I love the idea of bringing him along for the ride.