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  1. terrydactyls
    Let's look at the pinch hit for Vasquez scenario a little deeper. The Sox have a RH on the mound and Vasquez bats RH. Julien is on the bench and he bats LH. That would be a good move. But since Jeffers is on the bench and he will have to enter the game to replace Vasquez, that move also makes sense. But the Twins have RH-hitting Margot, who is zero for 2024 pinch hitting, accumulating dust on the bench, the Twins make the decision to use Margot. I think Bailey Ober would have been a better choice. Brilliant and absolutely awful to watch.
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    Another two-bit night for Kiersey, Jr. And an outfield assist to boot. Too bad Margot is having such a an outstanding season and blocking Kiersey, Jr's path to the majors. SARCASM
  3. terrydactyls
    Plantar fasciitis has been a frequent visitor of mine and it doesn't seem to give a crap if I'm doing nothing or playing hockey. It just shows up out of the blue. It shouldn't have any bearing on where Correa plays. And as for hoping for 100 games a year from players, why not 150 games? Ohtani just reach the 50 homerun-50 stolen bases mark. He's played 150 out of 153 games this year. Don't the Dodgers know about mandatory days off? The theory that young men in superior physical condition have to have a weekly break from their three-hour a day job is nonsense (insert IMHO here).
  4. terrydactyls
    The bottom of the Twins lineup went 0 for 24 last night. The three players sent down to create this juggernaut were 6 for 12 last night.
  5. terrydactyls
    That's an easy question to answer... $$$$$$$$$$$$$$
  6. terrydactyls
    In the immortal words of Maria Von Trapp... So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiederzehn, Goodbye.
  7. terrydactyls
    "There have been some flashes of life from a lineup that's mostly struggled to remain above water here in September. Kyle Farmer is doing what he can, with a sudden late-season burst that has seen him launch five home runs in his past 26 games after hitting zero in the first 68." This accounts for 94 games. What about the other 55?
  8. terrydactyls
    IMHO, even the Twins Daily writers seem tired of this team. Many of the articles lately seem to be newer versions of ones written previously. And, as you pointed out, they didn't even bother with a recap of last night's game. Speaking for the Twins fans not living in Minnesota, Twins Daily is the primary way to stay up to date on the team.
  9. terrydactyls
    Why would the Twins be tired? The players all have mandatory days off and many have spent a lot of time on the IL. They should be well rested. After all, isn't that point of mandatory days off?
  10. terrydactyls
    Why?
  11. terrydactyls
    Here is a little piece of interesting mathematics. If Wallner plays full time in 2025, he should get about 550 official at bats. A 35% strike out rate would mean 192.5 strikeouts in 2025. If he drops his strikeout rate to 30%, he would have 165 strikeouts in 2025. That's 27.5 less. Over a 162 game season, that's one strikeout fewer every 5.9 games. IMHO - big deal. Let Matt Wallner be Matt Wallner.
  12. terrydactyls
    Too much above to either comment on or respond to. One question that I have for the general populous: Why were two bad D111 pitchers (Levine and Falvey) given the authority to dictate on-field activities? I looked for the college career stats for both gentlemen, and this is what I found. Thad Levine - pitched four years at Haverford college. I could only find top performances for each year, no individual statistics. He led Haverford pitchers in: HBP - once Balls - twice Wild Pitches - once Complete Games - twice Losses - twice Wins - twice ER Allowed - twice Ks - once Hits Allowed - three Era - once (but it was 5.79) Derek Falvey - pitches three years at Trinity College. Trinity does not have any historical data on its website. All I could find was that he played three years and was considered "not very good" by his former coach. So I ask again - WHY?
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    Tomorrow, tomorrow I love ya, tomorrow You're only a day away. Thank you, Annie.
  14. terrydactyls
    You can't write if you don't use punctuation marks. Sister Mary Francis
  15. terrydactyls
    22–38? Because your first sentence was about hitting, I assumed that you were saying they were hitting .579 for the month. But that isn't true. Then I thought you meant they had a 22 wins and 38 losses record this month and I wondered how they did that in just 9 games? And then I gave up trying to to decipher this comment.
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    The Twins could have signed Imanaga and Frede if ownership wanted to win. But, instead, they wanted to save money. That is the bottom line. (Insert "in my humble opinion" here.)
  17. terrydactyls
    Correa, Buxton, and Castro are actually the top three in FWAR (according to Fabgraphs). Lewis is #8.
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    I don't mean to be snarky or insulting, but this word salad sentence is impossible to decode. Wallner and Miranda could bring prime trade material? Aren't they the prime trade material? Or are you suggesting that the Twins trade them for people that they can trade to someone else? If the Twins lose them (aren't you suggesting they are traded for value?) then they (I assume you mean the Twins and not Wallner and Miranda) will be fighting whatever team (??) to stay out of last place? That doesn't make sense. If they are traded, I would hope the Twins get value back to offset the loss of Wallner and Miranda. If not, why trade them? You do not think their Minor league rookies are what they once were. If they are rookies, how can they have a history to compare with?
  19. terrydactyls
    Being "uncomfortable" at 2B does not necessarily mean he doesn't want to play there. I would feel "uncomfortable" to be suddenly playing a new-ish position during a pennant race. You have performance expectations placed on you at a crucial point in the season. I would be very uncomfortable, but also very anxious to prove that the manger's faith in me was well placed.
  20. terrydactyls
    Two comments... 1. 4-3 against two sub .500 teams. These games were among the "easy" teams listed in an article a few days ago about how soft the September schedule was. 2. Miranda is hitting over .300 for the year but doesn't seem to get nearly the coverage that three veteran players are getting for being on the Injured List.
  21. terrydactyls
    Why is an early July start preventing Prielipp from being included in the determination of the August award?
  22. terrydactyls
    I'm just glad the Twins are in the soft part of the schedule and are playing sub-.500 teams.
  23. terrydactyls
    Carson McCusker: the Twins' Aaron Judge (sort of). 😇
  24. terrydactyls
    Soft schedule? Not to my eyes. But rather than rehashing, just refer to the above comments.
  25. terrydactyls
    My "speed" was often mentioned alongside words such as glacial and hourglass. But I was able to take many extra bases just by keeping focused on what was going on. If I saw an outfielder that routinely lobbed the ball back to the infield, I would round first at a non-threating pace and then "sprint" for second when he lobbed the ball back in. Being observant doesn't demand speed.
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