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  1. IndianaTwin
    It's also inflated by them using early off days to try to get "starter" innings from Abel in relief the first time through the rotation. By my math, Abel single-handedly increased the team's bullpen ERA by 0.36 in getting rocked in one game. (Conversely, calling that game a relief outing lets Abel claim a 2.12 ERA as a starter. 😀)
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    Nope. This was his second year of arbitration.
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    Wow -- not sure which reaction to choose on the stat about 86 percent of games. That's shocking.
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    Blyleven's innings pitched and shutouts seem unreachable by virtue of the change in the game. I'm not sure that Santana's scoreless streak 33 innings is untouchable, however. A Padre pitcher may exceed that total tonight. It's not even the Twins record, with J.C. Romero having gone 36 innings in 2004. Relievers even have an advantage in that good ones very often complete an inning. There's generally less chance of a good reliever having a stranded runner score than there is for a good starter.
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    Yep. Rojas has thrown 48 and 50 pitches in his last two outings. He'd be on schedule to pitch tomorrow on his normal rest. Bringing him up for three days in Funderburk's spot makes perfect sense, particularly with SWR scheduled for Wednesday. Functionally, you can almost think of it as being like the 27th guy in a DH -- one appearance then back down.
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    Correction on the radio pronunciations: It's been "Carantini" from the play-by-play guy during the fourth through sixth innings.
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    On the radio there was an audible "Oooh" after the pitch on Clemens was overturned. Atteberry said it was actually the home plate ump reacting to his own miss! 😀
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    Last year I observed that Gladden had actually improved with Spanish-language names, which should be pretty low-hanging fruit to improve. But today we have "Yu-hen-i-way" Suarez playing for the Reds. As a positive, today is the first time I've heard "Caratini" rather than "Carantini."
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    The article starts: "The Minnesota Twins have seemed to have a roster flaw in recent years, with a lack of impact right-handed bats." Overall this year, Jeffers has a 139 OPS+, Lewis has a 133+ and Martin has a 154. Buxton got off to a bad start, but is up to 100+ and clearly headed in the right direction. The one downer so far is that Keaschall has gotten off to a horrible start (62). Plus Bell is 133 as a switch hitter. Last year, Jeffers had a 108, Keaschall 128 in limited at bats, Bader 113 in a partial season, Martin 106 in a partial season and Buxton 139. In 2024, Correa was a 152 with a lot of injury, Buxton 137, Miranda 112 and Jeffers 103. That doesn't feel like a lack of impact right-handed bats. The much bigger issue is that the volume of LH bats hasn't consistently been effective.
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    I was primarily referencing the offseason. In terms of the deadline, AI reports: FOX Sports: MLB and Jon Morosi erroneously reported that the Minnesota Twins traded pitcher Joe Ryan to the Boston Red Sox on July 31, 2025, with the post appearing just before the trade deadline before being deleted. While the report was false, sources later indicated the teams had discussions, though they were not close to a deal. The Erroneous Report: FOX Sports' official Twitter/X account posted a graphic at 4:37 PM CT on July 31, 2025, stating the trade was finalized, citing Jon Morosi. The Reality: The trade did not happen. Initial follow-up reports from MassLive's Chris Cotillo and others revealed the sides were "not even close" and the post was a major error. The other reading I did said that the two teams had conversations, but didn't come close because the Twins were asking for a king's ransom. Which they should have.
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    Actually, it doesn’t seem like Bowden waits that late into the night to start these. They seem to come at any point. Wasn’t he also the leader of the Twins Are Going to Trade Ryan brigade?
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    Why would they struggle against LHP? Arguably their best lineup is five righties, three switchies and a lefty. Said another way, Buxton, Jeffers and Keaschall, arguably the three hitters that people have the greatest confidence in, are all righties. If anything, they should be expected to struggle more against righties, since they are likely going to have four guys most days (Buxton, Jeffers, Keaschall, Lewis when not hurt) with the platoon disadvantage.
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    So far they have given a few innings/games in the corner to Rodriguez but not to Jenkins. That's necessity, because they can't play center simultaneously, but I have to wonder if that's additional clue to further anticipation of Rodriguez being called up first. Keep Jenkins in CF in case of a Buxton injury, but give Rodriguez corner experience in anticipation of a callup. Then, after that happens, start giving Jenkins some corner experience for a later callup. I'm not a downer on Wallner/Larnach/Martin and I'm not clamoring to call up Rodriguez and Jenkins yesterday, but if there's health between Buxton, Rodriguez and Jenkins, it's hard not to see at least a few games at season's end with the three of them in the OF lineup together.
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    With the presence of Buxton in CF, is there a sense that he'll be playing some corner OF at some point?
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    We have a problem with this? Buxton is in CF. Rodriguez’s and Jenkins’ only path to the majors is to move to a corner. And if that’s the OF (plus anything from Martin, Wallner, et. al, getting Gonzalez time at 1B makes gobs of sense, particularly since that’s one of the overall weakest spots in terms of death.
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    It’s also not unusual for 67-pitch outings in relief to lead to being sent down. Not out of ineffectiveness but in response to being effectively unavailable for three, or more likely four, days.
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    That’s like the (probably apocryphal) story of Rick Sutcliffe giving up back-to-back homers in a visiting stadium that shot off fireworks after home team homers. When the pitching coach came out, Sutcliffe barked at him with something like, “You’re probably just going to tell me to throw strikes.” ”No,” the pitching coach said. “I just want to give the fireworks guy time to reload.”
  18. IndianaTwin
    First place, in the Wild Card Race, baby. Magic number is 148 to clinch at least a tie.
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    It’s great having a guy in center who can run like Hayes and hit like Mays.
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    Thankfully no one appears to be considering the White Sox.
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    My comment in that day's game thread was that I love watching Buxton hit a stand up double and end up on third base. Similarly I've long said that one reason he doesn't get a huge number of steals is that teams have to play deep so his singles often turn into doubles. My favorite was the one the other day where he beat out an infield single that was reversed on appeal, advanced to second on a sac fly, drew an errant pickoff throw at second to advance to third and then scored on another sac fly.
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    I used bWAR, which has him and Dozier flipped in 2017 and he and Cruz flipped in 2020. But whichever you use, it's pretty hard to argue that he has been anything but the Twins best position player over the time he's been up. It's not like he's only had two good seasons. And I wasn't trying to justify a position, but to provide a fuller picture of what he's done. I also wasn't suggesting the Twins owe Buxton anything, whether it's to extend him even further or to trade him to a team that increases the likelihood of making the playoffs.
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    Oh yeah, him too. 😀
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    And 2017. And the partial 2020 season. And missed by 0.1 in 2024.
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    Of note is that Buxton's 29.6 bWAR is currently behind only Carew (63.7), Killebrew (60.5), Puckett (51.1), Oliva (43.1), Hrbek (38.6), Knoblauch (38.0) and Allison (34.2) among Twins hitters (including Killebrew's and Allison's times as Senators). With three seasons left on his contract, if he averages even 4.0 per year, he'll pass Hrbek and be approaching Oliva. With three years like last year or even a single-year extension, he could easily pass Oliva as well. With the regular emphasis on "what might have been" with Buxton, it's easy to overlook what he has done.
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