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  1. slash129
    I had the same feeling about jumping the gun this season after Berrios started by blanking the O's and having two other starts where he gave up 0 runs. The only blemish at that point was the record cold start temp game, which I don't think anyone was going to hold against him. After the Puerto Rico series, he went to New York, got squeezed and didn't handle it well at all. That carried over to the Reds game where he didn't have command and resulted in probably his worst start so far (especially given the opponent). He got back on track a couple starts later against St. Louis and has been very consistent since. He has run into some trouble the last two times out, but I think he learned from that bad stretch starting with the Yankees game not to get overly amped when he gets squeezed or doesn't have his best stuff or pinpoint command. He's pitched out of lots of jams against Detroit and Boston, and he's really been a bulldog in those two games. That's where I think the growth and path to being an ace is going to come. It looks like he'll get the ball 5 more times before the All Star break, and four of those are at home against bad teams. A late run to the All Star staff is definitely within reach. I wouldn't care if he didn't pitch though, because I'd like to see him be the #1 coming out of the break. I'm guessing La Maquina would want to do both.
  2. slash129
    Short Term - Dozier Long Term - Sano
  3. slash129
    Pete Rose?
  4. slash129
    I'm not sure what your qualifiers are, but we'll have to agree to disagree on the good start/bad start statistics. 7/6 is about as generous as I can go. He gets the Red Sox and Cubs in two of next three, if he can give the team a chance to win and not require bullpen abuse in those games, then I'll be more likely to lean toward the believer side. Anything less than that, and I'll just hope he can be good against all the bad teams the Twins draw in that long homestand before the break, so the FO can move him for some kind of value shortly after that. Jacoby 'Flippin' Jones
  5. slash129
    Kinda jumping the gun ... It's a few starts, and some against pretty bad teams ... I need to see a few more
  6. slash129
    Well, at least we aren't Baltimore fans.
  7. slash129
    I wonder if Kirilloff has played his last game in a Kernels jersey. As I look through the numbers, it's hard to find an element of his hitting game that would be challenged more without a promotion. The walk rate could improve more, but it has improved since April from 5.3% to 9.8% (8.5% overall). He sprays the ball all over the place. The K-rate has dropped since April from 21.1% to 15.1% (16.7% overall). His GB rate is 54%, so that's probably an area for improvement (he's not a speed demon). It's also hard to easily see if that has improved since April, since Fangraphs doesn't have splits for minor leaguers. He has jumped 32 places in the prospect rankings from 99 to 67. If Kirilloff doesn't make the jump to A+, you'd have to think that defense or some lingering concern about season stamina coming off the injury would be what is holding him back.
  8. slash129
    Was just checking Kirilloffs Twitter ... That dude is pretty religious .... Maybe he can get promoted to FTM soon and help Sano have a literal "come to Jesus" moment .... Whatever works!!
  9. slash129
    OMG, look what I found, someone is actually informed about Gordon
  10. slash129
    Gordon still proving that he's far from big league ready (down to 642 OPS and 78 wRC+), yet many still want him promoted ASAP. At least his BABIP is getting closer to normalized, so we can see what he really is.
  11. slash129
    They only lost by two and Lance Lynn got a quality start. Garver got two hits.
  12. slash129
    He could stay down there next year too, correct? Only used the option in 2015.
  13. slash129
    Nick Gordon at AAA - .671 OPS, 2.2% BB Rate, 87 wRC+, 4 Errors in 183 innings No thanks.
  14. slash129
    Really? The league average in 0-2 counts over the last few years is like .150. Even if you take out the K's, the average is around .300. The Tigers hit .600 and four were ground balls. Otherwise, why is Victor Reyes with all his bat control and directional hitting prowess batting 9th on a mail-it-in franchise's lineup? Again, I'm not advocating for the reliability of Addison Reed right now, but if one of those ground balls goes to the right or left a couple feet, it's a completely different outing. The bigger problems in the game were going 0 for Farmer/Verhagen and not getting Escobar in from 3rd.
  15. slash129
    Reed has certainly been unreliable of late, but this outing was more unfortunate than purely bad pitching. Unlike the other recent outings full of walks, HBP and long balls, Reed was actually getting ahead of most the hitters and then giving up weak, seeing-eye contact on what always seemed to be an 0-2 pitch. He's been frustrating to watch, but this appearance isn't a microcosm of his struggles.
  16. slash129
    The other problem with the 6-man rotation is that we all don't get to watch Berrios as much.
  17. slash129
    Horrible idea
  18. slash129
    Adrianza has recently been help for seeing Adrianza playing every day, if you've bothered to watch the past week of games. Do I think it will last? No, but Polanco will back by then, and Adrianza will be back in the role where he does provide value.
  19. slash129
    I see Gordon's OPS has dropped 200 points on a higher unsustainable BABIP after moving from AA to AAA. He's also added 7 points to his K% and has his lowest career BB%. I wonder what is is. Trouble with the curve?
  20. slash129
    Affirmative, Old Twins Cap. I read you. I'm sorry, Old Twins Cap. I'm afraid I can't do that. I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do. This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it. I know that you and another unnamed TD poster were planning to give up on this season, and I'm afraid that is something I cannot allow to happen. Go Twins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  21. slash129
    Kirilloff certainly has majority ownership of the Midwest League right now. Hits - 1st Doubles - T-2nd (active leader) Triples - T-3rd (actively T-2nd) Home Runs - 1st RBI - 1st AVG - 4th (actively 2nd) SLG - 2nd (active leader) OPS - 2nd (active leader)
  22. slash129
    Cave probably needs more than one game to show that he "takes the opportunity", but he certainly passes the eye test on being a plus across the board over LaMarre. LaMarre still has a BABIP over 400, so it will still probably get worse. Production from Cave certainly makes him unnecessary on this roster. Replacing Grossman with Wade doesn't seem to be quite as simple. That would mean four left-handed OF, which really limits matchup options. I'm also not sure that Wade would be a defensive upgrade in the late innings over Rosario, Cave or Kepler. Grossman's OBP has been trending up after a terrible April, so where does Wade move the needle much? Well, other than impatient fans wanting to see him debut.
  23. slash129
    Ehire Adrianza should at least be mentioned in the Highlights section, especially since this is a one week review. I understand mentioning a good week from an MI other than Dozier or Escobar may not fall in line with the broken record whining in the comments sections for Gordon's debut, but Ehire put up an OPS well over 1000 this past week. If Jake Cave can get attention in other articles after one good game (albeit after a good showing in Rochester), Adrianza at least should be more than an afterthought after a good week. I don't expect him to stay this hot, but on the season he's now OPSing over 700. I'll take that from a glove-first, reserve infielder, and it's even passable as a starter for the short term until Polanco returns. You could add a "comment board theme" section to the weekly review, because that would be status quo too. 1) Rip on Sano 2) Rip on Dozier 3) Cry about Gordon Those have been the themes all year, and it was certainly a status quo week.
  24. slash129
    Snooze ... Yet another call up Gordon rant .... Also you may want to include a left fielder in your lineup
  25. slash129
    That reminds me of the first game Tuesday. Petit pinch ran for Sano, and he stayed in at 1b due to the short bench. The guys next to me in the stands said, "Who is that little guy over at first? They're all wearing 42. I sure hope the throws don't sail."
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