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  1. IndianaTwin
    Does Rosario think he's playing at Fenway again or something?
  2. IndianaTwin
    Julio Franco who?
  3. IndianaTwin
    Hey, they have a combined 1.089 this season. And by combined, I mean if you add them.
  4. IndianaTwin
    The average MLB team has given up nearly eight unearned runs this season. Other than St. Louis, which has only played eight games before today, the Twins are the only team to have given up just one unearned run. In addition, the average team has made 11.5 errors. The Twins have made two, St. Louis four, and everyone else at least six.
  5. IndianaTwin
    Per Betsy Helfand on Twitter: An update on Josh Donaldson (calf strain): The Twins' third baseman has shown steady improvement for the past few days. He did machine cardio today, took some ground balls and continues to take BP and hit in the cage. He reported no issues with any of that today.
  6. IndianaTwin
    With just 13 pitches, let's get another inning out of Wisler.
  7. IndianaTwin
    Still further, I predict whipping up a bunch of late-night chicken nuggets in just over three hours.
  8. IndianaTwin
    I further predict Hill will go Wednesday, thanks to the doubleheader having pushed Odo back to Saturday. He and Berrios would now be on for Thursday and Friday.
  9. IndianaTwin
    Barring injury, I predict it's the last bullpen game, with Hill slotting in the rotation next time through.
  10. IndianaTwin
    Total? Or per year? Yes.
  11. IndianaTwin
    Wow, Chief. Looks like you’ve averaged almost 200 posts per year over the course of your lifetime!
  12. IndianaTwin
    Thinking of this this morning. Genetically speaking, and disregarding the question of whether a bullpen game is a good strategy, if a team has a Saturday doubleheader and a Sunday game, without off days before and after, when is the best time to use the bullpen game? Is it one of the seven-inning games, figuring that you only need to get through perhaps five guys without one getting shelled vs. needing to get through perhaps seven guys? Or do you go the traditional route in the doubleheader, hoping you get perhaps five innings from one starter and six from the other, meaning that you only needed three innings of relief and hopefully have a well-rested pen for the bullpen game? The risk is a starter getting shelled and having used a bunch of guys heading into the bullpen game. If it doesn’t mess with a starter’s psyche, I wonder if it makes sense to assume two starters, but if the first guy goes six, or better yet, seven, switch to the bullpen for Game 2. The bullpen is well rested for the bullpen game, and hopefully doesn’t get depleted heading into the 9-inning game. But if the first game pitcher gets shellacked and only goes two or three, better start the starter in Game 2 so you don’t have to get 12 innings from the pen in a single day. What other thoughts?
  13. IndianaTwin
    I think there may be some teams trying to be sellers. I just don’t think there will be many teams willing to be buyers, for many of the reasons listed above. You need both to make trades. (And unless I missed it, nobody’s mentioned the possibility of playoffs not even happening, in which case you’ve given away an asset for essentially no return.)
  14. IndianaTwin
    I think Rocco articulated well a strategy that makes sense, particularly when you are a strong team and there are eight playoff spots. With their offense, they’re probably going to be tied or have the lead after six innings in at least 33-35 of those games. Get the win in 90 percent of those, and you’ve got 30+ wins in the bag. And with their deep pen, even the Nos. 5 and 6 guys are usually going to keep them close enough for the bats to come back and get a half-dozen wins amount the remaining games. That’s 36 wins and a pretty high seed. I don’t mind the bullpen games, and with Hill being so close to back, they likely aren’t going to need more than one more (assuming health). Look for it Monday or Tuesday, with Maeda pitching the other. Hill will be back by the following weekend when that spot comes around again, if not before. Beyond that, Pineda is back in a couple weeks, and Bailey is assumed to still be in the mix. An issue with sending down a reliever to bring up Duran or another starter from St. Paul is that you’ve now lost that reliever for the next 10 days (barring an IL move, which admittedly they are very willing to use). And speaking of the offense, if they’d exploded for 12 runs on Tuesday rather than Wednesday, we wouldn’t be worked up about it having been a bullpen game.
  15. IndianaTwin
    I’ve really enjoyed these articles — thanks for the series, Ted. This may seem like splitting hairs because it’s a nuance, but I think of four of the stories as being more about “women in sports media” than “women in baseball.” (And “women in sports media” is also a worthy series, since that’s another place were women have been woefully under-represented.) I think of it this way. For Lambert, for example, the logical career path is likely to be up the food chain to a network job doing the NFL and the Final Four, or even to the news side doing “60 Minutes.” I think it’s also telling that she says the Twins are a great organization to work “with” than “for.” It’s Fox that signs her paycheck, not MLB or the Twins. Now, if she was a producer for the Twins marketing/scoreboard/social media department with the natural path of moving up to be Twins Director of Media, I’d portray this differently. Or the producer slicing and dicing video to work at player development. Again, that’s not to detract from the excellence of the articles. That you’ve needed to expand to include people like Lambert speaks to the paucity of women in the field. I’m also looking to watching the Diversity webinar to hear some additional stories about women.
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    Short a significant injury, I don’t see any reason to start the service clock on any of them. At 12-7, they’d have to go something like 17-24 to not make the playoffs. Beyond that, I’m not sure that seeding is that big of a deal, so the advantage of a win or two isn’t much. None of the guys you’ve named have had any real opportunity to significantly up their game since spring training, other than the maturity that comes with a few more months of physical development. While they may be more successful than Cave, the marginal value of improving your 4th outfielder is about as small as any spot on the roster. While there’s something to be said in player development for being up close and personal with the major leaguers, these guys are probably getting more hands-on time and reps with coaches in St. Paul than they would in Minneapolis. Frankly, if they are able to call Whitefield back up after optioning him to Pensacola, having him available to pinch run for Cruz, Sano, or the catcher when they start on second base in an extra-inning game is probably more likely to make a difference in a crucial game than having Kiriloff, Larnach, or Rooker available as a pinch hitter. I might also see it different if one of them was a clear upgrade over Sano and could serve as a defensive replacement.
  17. IndianaTwin
    Yes. Good news. I’m guessing one more bullpen game next Monday or Tuesday, with Maeda pitching the other. The next time through, it will be Hill. Has there been any word on how they plan to use Pineda? Assuming health, I could see either a couple rounds of six-man rotations or adding him to the bullpen mix. We’re now more than halfway through the 2020 portion of the suspension.
  18. IndianaTwin
    FTFY
  19. IndianaTwin
    Though if they’d pulled him after six, he would be more likely to come back Monday against Kansas City.
  20. IndianaTwin
    That kind of running the bases doesn’t tire Miguel out as much!
  21. IndianaTwin
    Gladdenism of the night (so far), discussing the slider: “That is the most pitch that is swung and missed on.”
  22. IndianaTwin
    I’m fine if Eddie makes the 3rd out in the next several innings as well.
  23. IndianaTwin
    Happy birthday. And handle it like a friend of mine, who would tell people, “I’m barely in my 40s.”
  24. IndianaTwin
    Byron Sano showing how to run the bases.
  25. IndianaTwin
    Uh, I rarely get by on less than a pint of ice cream, particularly if it’s orange-pineapple.
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