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  1. karcherd
    Last time I looked Blackburn throws from the right side
  2. karcherd
    Why, Jansen is their second catcher.
  3. karcherd
    Why is everybody surprised Larnach is not in the lineup. They have a LH pitcher going and LH hitters will not be in the lineup unless there is no option.
  4. karcherd
    The analytics gurus have come to the conclusion that he can't play against a LH pitcher and that sitting out 4 games in a row will send him on a heater.
  5. karcherd
    Wallner got a hit against a lefty, I did not think that was possible.
  6. karcherd
    Which Stewart are we going to get, the pre 2023 version or the 2023 version. He has never pitched over 34 innings in a season and hasn't had success until 2023 over 27 innings. Can we really count on him, has he found something. I think counting on him to be anything more than a mid inning reliever until you can see more sustained success is a gamble.
  7. karcherd
    This is Falvey's vision, Rocco is just a yes man with no spine to do anything different.
  8. karcherd
    Wow, the Tigers let their rookie hit against a LH pitcher, I didn't think that was allowed.
  9. karcherd
    Why not Wallner or Larnach and I prefer Wallner. It is not against the rules to have a LH hitter in the lineup against LH pitching. And you can site their numbers all day long, but when have they been given a sustained look against LH pitching. Getting one or two AB's once or twice a week is not going to tell you if they can be close to league average. The Twins can not turn every LH hitter into a platoon player especially high draft picks, other wise they are wasting those picks. They should potentially be impact players not platoon players. And another point having LH hitters in the lineup against LH pitching helps to break it up and give the pitcher a different look rather than using all RH hitters.
  10. karcherd
    Teams that don't have good starting players employ this strategy in the playoffs. The goal should be to have 8 solid position players to play every day and can hit in every situation. There are times when pinch hitting or a defensive substitution makes sense. But setting your roster to employ someone for only one task is not a winning formula. Looking at Texas last year, they pinch hit once in five games in the World Series. I believe they won the World Series. I would rather follow the formula of the winning team, not everyone else.
  11. karcherd
    When they are given a couple of AB's every two weeks it is difficult to have success to show you can have success. Julien actually did produce in the first month when given an opportunity. You have to develop your players and that means letting them play, Noticed when we played the Brewers , they didn't automatically pinch hit for their rookie outfielder, Frelick. There are numerous examples of teams letting their players play. You do not win championships with a team of platoon players and that is what this front office has built. You can' t control every scenario that players will hit in, you need players that can hit against both sides of pitching. But the Twins will not give an opportunity to the LH hitters to do this. Is it the player or is it the team philosophy. We will find out when Jenkins and ERod arrive, because right now I believe they will be turned into platoon players as well.
  12. karcherd
    First he was hitting .080 in 25 AB's, pretty small sample size. The determination has already been made that he will not get AB's against a LH, this year or next. The Twins want all platoon players. If Mauer and Morneau came up today, they would be platoon players as well with this front office and manager.
  13. karcherd
    How do you know he is terrible against left handed pitchers, when is the last time he had an ab against one. The Twins have made the determination with all of their young left handed hitters that they can't hit left handed pitching. Wallner actually had reasonable numbers in the minors against left handed pitching. Now I don't know if he can be league average or not but we will never know if he gets no chance.
  14. karcherd
    Rocco's quote from Monday night about pinch hitting Margot, "I'm still going to bet on the guy who is a good righthanded bat to go up there in those spots." He needs to earn this role and he has not, this is why this team will not go anywhere in the playoffs.
  15. karcherd
    This is almost getting embarrassing that Rocco keeps sending Margot up there to pinch hit. What do you have to lose by letting Wallner hit. And defense can't be the reason either, Wallner's defense is fine in LF. This is almost getting to be a fireable offense. If you insist on a RH pinch hitter try Martin, anyone other than Margot.
  16. karcherd
    He is supposed to be the bulk guy. With Schwarber and Harper due in the first inning, Okert will start to face them. But with Rocco whoever knows for sure.
  17. karcherd
    Honest question, did Martin have reverse splits in the minors. He never gets a start against LH pitching.
  18. karcherd
    Are Margot and Castillo really better options then Martin, Wallner or Julien. Can we play the better players and fill in with bench players as needed. Wallner plays one game than sits two games, And then the question becomes why does he struggle, let him play.
  19. karcherd
    This has nothing to do with the injuries. They don't have this when fully healthy. When you have a core, you slide someone in for an injury instead of playing mad scientist every day.
  20. karcherd
    I am not sure what game you were watching. Santana had one good AB, Castro our supposed MVP set the tone by getting thrown out at third in the first inning and missed two plays in the field. And Wallner had a pinch hit single, I am not sure what he did wrong today. Hoping for anything from Kepler is wishful thinking, he has had two and a half months of solid play since 2019 and one good mini streak this year when he came off the IL. The manager's job is to put the players in a position to succeed, so let's keep pinch hitting Margot because he is so successful at it. Castro is not a SS and should not be played there on a regular basis. Good teams have a core of 5 to 7 players that play at the same position and bat the same spot in the lineup. We have a team of role players and that is why we see the mistakes we do and the sloppy play.
  21. karcherd
    Someone please tell Rocco it is not against the rules for a LH hitter to hit against a LH pitcher.
  22. karcherd
    It shouldn't have come down to the bullpen. Bunt the runner over in the 10th inning, but of course Larnach the best option for a fly ball is not in the game any more. The early pinch hitting moves and lack of playing fundamental baseball hurt as much as the bullpen.
  23. karcherd
    This is what we will continue to see from the Twins, some good, some bad and sloppy baseball. And we will have success against 60% of the teams but unfortunately these are not the teams that makes the playoffs. We need to identify 6 or 7 players that are your core and play them everyday and only replace in the later innings based on the situation like Milwaukee did with Hoskins yesterday.. Quit moving players around defensively and in the lineup, get some stability. Then when injuries occur slide someone into that spot to hold it down until the injured player comes back. You are not going to have sustained success with a team of role players and that is what this team is. Larnach and Wallner are getting very few reps in the later innings due to the insane pinch hitting, if we are going to count on them, they need reps in these situations. Almost every game they are done by the 6th or 7th inning. Notice how Milwaukee let their young OF Frelick hit against Okert. Just because a player can play multiple positions doesn't mean they play them all well. And this why we keep seeing sloppy ball, You become better defensively with reps, learn the situations and what to do in each situation. Moving around hampers this ability, some players can do it but not many.
  24. karcherd
    According to Rocco, they felt Farmer was the third catcher and that is why he wanted Camargo. I don't think you can waste limited roster space for a 3rd catcher and I also fear that Farmer will not be going anywhere when he is back. All for a scenario that probably has a less than 1% chance of occurring.
  25. karcherd
    Alcala is not a two inning pitcher, something about sitting down and going back out there. He has not done well in the second inning he pitches, he needs to be a one inning pitcher even with the low pitch count.
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