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Andrew is pretty much a craftsman on the mound…
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I'm an ordained pastor, but despite the whole "seven deadly sins" thing, let's get greedy, win the division and take the No. 2 seed for the first-round bye.
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Unless I missed it, no one has noted that Jenkins has played LF three times in the past week. Buxton may move to a corner at some point, but at this point in the season, it's very unlikely he's anywhere but in CF each time he has on a glove. Part of Jenkins proving he's ready is demonstrating he'll be able to play a corner spot. I'm sure Ron Washington would say that playing LF is also incredibly hard. That they are experimenting with him there is a positive sign for his potential promotion.
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A bunch of bats, apparently, but how did you leash them in the first place?
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In various posts, I’ve suggested that this year’s task for the bullpen was to “sift and sort,” churning through guys with the goal of identifying at least one player per month that they can go into the offseason feeling good about. They sped up the process with some trades that appear to be working well, but if we consider Gomez, Hoffman, Morris, Funderburk, Nance, Banda and Anderson, that’s ahead of pace. That also doesn’t include some of the young ‘tweeners who will be Nos. 9 or 10 in the starting pitching derby and switched to the pen. There’s also guys like Sands and Paredes. And then we do a similar exercise with the rotation… Me likey where the pitching staff is at come November.
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Huge props to Shelton, but given that the Team That Shall Not Be Named is on pace to increase its win title by 25 and potentially win the division, I'm guessing that Mr. Venable is seen as a fronterrunner.
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In some variation of how they handled it earlier in the season when they gave him as much as eight days off. I'm not suggesting a permanent move to a six-man rotation -- that would be particularly ill-advised with nearly every Thursday off between now and the end of the season (though having that many off days also contributes to a bullpen reset in its own right). It could mean giving him a single bullpen outing in that stretch. It could be making it a one-game callup for whoever gets that start. Rather than a full 10 days, they could give him eight and start him in the spot a listed Matthews, giving Matthews a couple extra days. They could even consider optioning him -- it's not like he's been lights out recently. And they are getting an extra bullpen guy on September 1. There's virtually always other moving parts around injuries and such. At some point they're going to be (hopefully) clearing a spot for Ryan, etc.
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Prielipp is listed as the starter for Friday, followed by Kremer and Ober Saturday and Sunday. Anticipated would be Matthews and Bradley on Monday and Tuesday. Prielipp then would be scheduled to come back on Wednesday. If they want to skip a start for innings preservation, that is the time to do it. Skipping Prielipp for a spot start from Marquez/Rojas on Wednesday, followed by Thursday's off day, would lead to Kremer, Ober, Matthews and Bradley on Friday-Monday on five days rest. Prielipp could slot back on Sept. 1 on 10 days rest. (That doesn't take into account a potential return from Ryan somewhere in there.)
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I'm not arguing for or against, just journalistically wishing the question had been asked.
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I'm not as anxious as others about the possibility of a lockout extending into the season, but it would have been interesting had Zoll been asked if/how much that's a factor.
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63 wins so far. I guess we know those calling this a 100-loss team all winter will have missed the mark.
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Coming off injury, I think it’s a no-brainer on each side to work out a one-year extension with Lopez. Gives Lopez time to prove he’s fully back from injury before hitting free agency and isn’t a long-term commitment for the Twins.
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Thanks for sharing. I'm walking the Alzheimer's journey with my mom these days as well. Though we never played catch, she would put baseball cards in my school lunch box from time to time. Would that when I'm 92, as she turned in July, if people ask how I'm doing, I can similarly say, "I'm content." I was at the Society for American Baseball Research convention in Cleveland a few weeks ago. I went to a session by the "Baseball Memories" group, an organization that has developed and delivered baseball reminiscence programs since 2015, in partnership with local and national organizations such as the Alzheimer's Association. See https://sabrbaseballmemories.org/.
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If Alex Jackson chooses to become a free agent, he sacrifices his salary. Not likely to happen.
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But contracts are offered or not offered and signed or not signed with draft compensation picks as part of the consideration. Can you think of examples where they have voided something like draft picks that were already “earned” by a team?
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Turns out we would have been wishing for Tyler Mahle.
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Tommy John innings pitched after surgery: 2544.2 Tommy John innings pitched before surgery: 2165.2 Active leaders in innings pitched: Justin Verlander: 3571.1 Max Scherzer: 3004.0 Chris Sale: 2213.0 Jose Quintana: 2141. I also like how his baseball-reference.com page says: "1975 Did not play - Eponymous Surgical Procedure." The big brick building in Cooperstown says, "National Hall of FAME," not "National Hall of Best Players." In my mind, TJ was close enough to making it as a player that the TJS puts him over the top for inclusion.
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I think you mean, "DONE AND DONE!!!!!"
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Teams virtually always use one of their two extra slots on a pitcher.
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I think there's a reasonable chance the QO goes away going forward. But realistically, I don't think it can change this year. Salient dates are: Latest possible day for World Series: October 31 QO decisions due from teams: Nov. 5 Decision deadline by player: Nov. 15 Conclusion of CBA: December 1 If it's like last time, there will be a flurry of activity between Nov. 15 and Dec. 1. At least some free agent decisions will have been made by the time the lockout begins. The likelihood of changing those retroactively is very slim.
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Since 2020, the roster has only expanded to 28 on September 1. Most teams add the one pitcher allowed, plus an additional hitter.
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Could the mathematician in you bump the pixel count up a little? 😀
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I’ll look forward to the series and I’m sure you’ll cover this then, but how many trips did you do? Lots of one-offs or were you able to string a lot together?
