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  1. Taildragger8791
    I believe he was waived off the 40-man, so he belongs to the Dodgers outright. He wasn't a rule 5 guy.
  2. Taildragger8791
    What’s the story with Stewart going on the temporary inactive list?
  3. Taildragger8791
    Buxton doesn't have to be a clubhouse leader, but this offense does need him to lead by being a dynamic force at the plate and on the bases. There is way too much swing-and-miss station-to-station hitting in the lineup without him. Nobody else has the ability to pressure the other team like he can when he's going right.
  4. Taildragger8791
    Well...I guess the DH spot just opened up for Sano to nurse his hammy. Too bad it comes at the expense of the only strong OBP in the lineup.
  5. Taildragger8791
    It doesn’t have to be. It just means they aren’t a given to feast on inferior teams when they’ve proven they can go in the tank pretty hard at any time.
  6. Taildragger8791
    Until he can play defense that means he's replacing Mauer or Morrison in the lineup instead of Adrianza, mitigating some of the upside there. Maybe they're taking extra time getting him fully healthy?
  7. Taildragger8791
    I doubt teams give up the edge they're trying to get from micromanaging every situation due to advanced stats/analysis they didn't have before. Instead they can take it further by having starters go 3-5 innings and then yank them as soon as they stumble. Heck, you'd probably start to see minor-league style bullpen games or rotations shortened to 4 starters who throw fewer innings per start. So the 30-40 minutes you shaved off will get eaten back into by an even worse pace of play.
  8. Taildragger8791
    McKay's numbers look surprisingly great so far this year, both on the mound and in the batter's box (although no power to speak of yet). Is there a reason he's only averaging about 4 innings per start? I can't find game logs for him that include pitching numbers.
  9. Taildragger8791
    A few months ago I doubt he'd have taken a cheap extension. The smart move would be to bet on your final year and go get possibly your only market-rate contract you'll ever see.
  10. Taildragger8791
    Mauer isn't exactly torching the basepaths himself, so I see the baserunning aspect as a wash. This team isn't built around speed anyways. They're a station-to-station offense that relies on XBHs to score (sans Buxton). So I guess piling all the biggest hitters at the top makes some sense in that respect.
  11. Taildragger8791
    Reality is those 30 aren't very likely to actually get drafted by a professional team or approved for the world class athlete program, though. Just knowing they have the option if they're eventually good enough helps avoid losing quality recruits who otherwise don't want to give up on their athletic potential at the age of 18. It's a net benefit to the academies and it's a drop in the bucket for overall spending.
  12. Taildragger8791
    Then I guess it was a lose-lose proposition because we simply don't have enough pitching to get through the game. That's kind of where this team is right now.
  13. Taildragger8791
    Gibson was laboring to get through most of his 5 innings, and was already at 96 pitches. His track record is pretty terrible when he’s allowed to go back out after a game like that. Most posters here would lampoon Molitor for letting him go out and inevitably start a circus for the bullpen to clean up.
  14. Taildragger8791
    Are there any reports on defense this year? Looks like he has a few errors, but better than last year's rate. I'd like to see him get a shot soon but no way they'll burn an option and a 40 man roster spot for him if they think he'll be booting balls around the middle infield.
  15. Taildragger8791
    The Twins aren't simply below .500. They're regularly getting smoked by mediocre and bad ball clubs and too many games aren't even competitive. Even with those guys out they shouldn't be this bad. Comparisons to last season may help lessen the sting, but this year it might take 90 wins to snag the last wildcard spot. If it takes 2-4 weeks to get healthy and get their head on straight that won't be achievable and we'll be hosting a mid-summer yard sale. But yeah, the front office didn't do any favors by assuming Buxton & Sano would stay healthy for the first time ever. Going forward the roster should be built to better withstand loss of their playing time (especially in the field) because for them it's clearly a matter of when, not if.
  16. Taildragger8791
    To be fair, the Twins often call up their top hitting prospects directly from AA. I don't think Gordon being in Chattanooga affects his call-up timeline if they need/want him in Minnesota.
  17. Taildragger8791
    I think getting Kepler into the 3rd or 4th spot in the lineup would help the offense significantly. They need better bat control in those spots.
  18. Taildragger8791
    I'm curious what the plan is going to be if Sano can DH but can't play the field for a length of time due to hammy issues. It's going to get congested at DH/1B.
  19. Taildragger8791
    So far they haven't shown an ability to kept the walks reasonable, seeing as they're 29th in the league in walk rate (and 21st in HR rate). So they're definitely self-inflicting a lot of the damage. It's not surprise the bullpen BABIP is high, considering most of the arms out there haven't been very good and the defense has been booting balls all over the field. Over the last 14 days their BABIP is .395 so it's been getting worse instead of better, and now Hughes is going out there. It'll come down a little naturally, but it won't come all the way back to the earth until they separate out the chaff and tighten up the defense. I'm not sure we're on track to do that anytime soon. Some of those early wins were fueled by the unusually low BAPIP from the starters, maybe due to early season hitting and the cold temps or maybe just good fortune. But over the last 14 days it has been right around .300 which means we're seeing the result of that regression already.
  20. Taildragger8791
    I figured this offense would run hot and cold, like most do, but this is something else. Most of the hitters just don't have any consistency or complement each other's skills very well. Our most consistent power hitter can only hit lead-off. Our best on-base guy is a slow-footed first basemen. Kepler can't crack the top half of the lineup. Our most powerful hitter is an 80% chance of being an out, a 40% chance of being a strikeout, and can't stay healthy. Buxton can't get on base or stay healthy. And it only gets worse from there. This squad can jump on bad pitchers or get in sync for a day and put up crooked numbers, but it's going to be tough going up against legit pitching/defense unless they change something up. There's a reason they're 1-12 when giving up 4 or more runs.
  21. Taildragger8791
    Good teams don't go completely in the tank when they miss a starter or two for short stretches. It's reasonable to have a slight drop-off but this team was built around offense and it has been absolutely terrible all year (Twins are 1-12 when giving up 4 or more runs).
  22. Taildragger8791
    Things get a whole lot easier when you accept that Mauer is a one trick pony on offense (avoiding outs at all costs). He’s very good at it, and I’d love to get more than that out of a 6’5” 225 lb first basemen. But I’ve accepted that he’s mostly a table setter and facilitator and we simply need to actual run producers behind him to score consistently. You’ll only set yourself up for trouble if you need more than 70 RBI or 8 HR out of him.
  23. Taildragger8791
    I know it’s early and baseball tends to go in streaks, but man it’s hard not be he a little disheartened by the first month all up and down the organization. At least the offense got untracked a little today. Hopefully they can carry that forward against better pitching.
  24. Taildragger8791
    Somebody needs to (re-)watch Animal House.
  25. Taildragger8791
    And this team is not equipped to win with small ball anyways. Too many low contact hitters, not a lot of speed with Buxton out, and hardly anyone these days can lay down a good bunt. Mauer's best skill is avoiding outs and giving the run-producers behind him an opportunity, which is something they need in order to maximize the chances of a big hit from the free-swingers brigade of Sano/Rosario/Morrison.
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