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  1. IndianaTwin
    Or less, really. This is all dependent on continued success, of course, but if he throws another 30 innings this year in St. Paul (so 125-130), he could easily enter 2026 as the No. 6 or 7 guy on the list, ready to step into the rotation upon injury, a la what folks are clamoring for in Matthews/Festa. If he were to throw 155-160 innings in 2026, mostly or nearly all at the big league level, that would be a huge win and awfully close to a full season.
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    It seemed to work well to have Raya start 25 consecutive Fridays last year in building from 62.2 innings in 2023 to 97.2 in 2024. People bellyached about how few innings he threw, but if you look at his game logs, there was a pretty clear progression in number of pitches over the course of the season. One wonders if the plan is to start Prielipp for x number of consecutive Fridays and then eventually decide whether to continue in that direction for development vs. shift to the pen for a temporary MLB need if he's showing he can handle it.
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    Thanks. There wasn’t an explanation on the radio.
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    Had it hit Perez and then rebounded to hit Buxton?
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    It can still be a HBP if it bounces.
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    I am on the radio, but I wondered the same.
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    What's the saying? I was wrong once -- it was the time I thought I was wrong, but I wasn't. 😀
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    Thanks. I suspected that the was the case on DFAs for the reason you explained, but I didn't want to offer it as a declarative statement. And I've thought the same on the probability of Dobnak being claimed inching up, particularly if he continues to show something. Also add in that the remaining obligation is already under $4M in that the Twins have paid a portion of this year's salary. The remaining obligation will also be inching down. By mid-year for example, a claiming team will only be on the hook for $2.5M ($1.5 for the remainder of this year and $1M for the buyout). The nice thing, of course, is that if he pitches well enough for other teams to consider claiming him, he's likely pitched well enough that the Twins don't want to DFA him.
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    Not sure it's either. 😀 I suspect you are thinking about optioned players. For an optioned player, it's 10 days for a position player and 15 for a pitcher, unless they are replacing someone who goes on the IL, in which case it can happen immediately. In Dobnak's case, he was not optioned, but designated for assignment and put on waivers, where no one claimed him. Thus the Twins were able to outright assign him to St. Paul, which is different than optioning. I don't know what that means in terms of time to stay in St. Paul. Had he been picked up by another team, for example, they could have activated him immediately. Since no one claimed him, I don't know if that means they can call him up sooner than 15 days. In practical terms, he threw 75 pitches over five innings yesterday, so he's not available until at least Thursday, more likely Friday.
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    Also, I know we’re still in SSS territory, but the “best bullpen in baseball” has a 2.25 ERA at this point, so so far, so good.
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    Correct on the “most effective” consideration. In fact, it’s not just that they “often” do, but the rules require it in today’s situation. There’s judgment in that, but looking at the pitching lines, it’s pretty clearly Sands. He was the only reliever to go 1-2-3 and did it with two strikeouts. Varland and Alcala each put two runners on base and Topa and Duran one apiece. The scorekeepers guide says that if two pitchers are essentially equal, you go with the earlier one, but Varland didn’t have a line similar to Sands.
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    @Tyomoth, you may enjoy a blog I wrote several years ago.
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    I didn't want to like this, but I did. I can't watch it as often as MLB Network plays it every winter, but on occasion it's a nice mindless watch. When watching, I can't separate the Busfield character from the other one you reference. And my bit of trivia is having just discovered that he's married to Laura Ingalls Wilder.
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    Yes, many great scenes and lines, but none of them compares to the one on the mond. Incredible, and then he drops the, "Okay, let's get two." You know it's coming, and you can't keep from laughing.
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    Haven't seen it. Will need to track it down.
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    I get that it's slow, but for me that's part of the charm. I think it's one of the movies that best suits the pastoral natural of baseball. The use of the golden hour in its lighting is wonderful -- I'm thinking especially of the scene where Iris stands in the crowd, but there are others as well. I'm with the Bomb and consider it a classic. Lots of great scenes. I like "pick me out a winner, Bobby" and some others, but the best in my mind is when Roy returns to the clubhouse and says, "Nothing like a farm."
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    Props to you for doing your best. Props to her for the intentions.
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    The headline says something about a balk. Unless I missed it, there’s nothing in the article about any balks.
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    How ‘bout them first-place Minnesota Twins?
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    It is. And it is.
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    Heard it as the front row at a Willie Nelson concert.
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    I think the Braves are looking for Miracle Braves references.
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    I'm sure the field has been tarped, so when the rain stops, they should be able to get going soon. Then again...
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    If they play, I'd expect the crowd to be about 25. Not 25 thousand, not 25 hundred, but about 25. I get that the makeup would likely be a Saturday afternoon in late August, but yeesh. I suppose from the Twins standpoint, they'd rather play this group than wait until later when the Sox might have promoted actual good players.
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