USAFChief
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They're "tired?" Why would the Twins be tired? Any more than any other team? Hell, too many days off is more of a problem.- 37 replies
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Sorry, I didn't read the rest of the thread before responding to your post. A lesson I've now learned approximately 348 times, which I doubt will be enough. As to the rest: yes? Some of them? Most of them? Duran for sure, Jax maybe. Enough of the rest so as maybe not to suffer through the meltdown? I dunno who. I just know I don't like the "we're smarter by half" theory.
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A Postmortem on the Twins Trade Deadline
USAFChief replied to Cody Pirkl's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
AJ Puk has now appeared in 25 games for Arizona with a 0.39 ERA. 23 IP, 4 BB, 36 Ks. He went pretty cheap. Minimal salary. Controlled through 2026. Was exactly, EXACTLY the guy they needed. Simply zero reason he shouldn't have been a Twin. And SO easy to see ahead of time. Get that done and find a way to get Blake Snell and we'd likely be in 1st place in the ALC. -
Maybe part of the problem is, if Rocco did things differently, he might have a better bullpen. Vogt gets both more innings AND better results. Perhaps one inning usage, plus defined roles, is part of the reason.
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Hey now. Let's not look too hard at the manager. Let's see... "He is just doing what he's told by the analytics dept." "Managers don't matter in MLB." "He's not doing anything different than anybody else." "Managers can't get better play from their players." "The Washington Senators were worse." "HIs hands are tied by the front office." "His hands are tied by the owner."
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FTFY
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I think we're tied.
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Pathetic
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So refreshing to see Ramirez busting ass down the line on a grounder to first. Refreshing, and ... unusual...
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feels like more.
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And they're both 1 inning relievers. As is Cade Smith, and Herron. All of Clase, Gaddis and Smith have more IP than any Twins reliever, too.
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The origin: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057012/ It's since been used as a nickname for many players with, for lack of a better term, bad hands
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We just can't hope to compete with the big city Guardians, Peter.
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*on 0-2 count
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It was obvious Buxton isn't really ready to play the other night when he BACKED OFF a fliner from Ramirez that ended up bouncing 10 feet in front of him.
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I question this stat. Here's the 2023 minor league IP leaders: https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2023-milb-stats-leaders/ That's 10 over 140 and they cut the list off there. It also ignores combined totals from any pitcher called up. In any case, I don't GAF what others are doing. I care what the Twins do.
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The Audra Martin bit with Morse was a bit...cringe.
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It's what they ASK for. They don't prepare their minor league pitchers for a major league workload. SWR has been in the minors since 2018 and has a high of 113 IP prior to this season. Max of 22 starts as a Twins minor leaguer. Rarely more than 5 innings in a start. Then they call him up and expect him to pitch a major league season, and are shocked to learn he's not prepared.
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To be fair, I suspect Correa isn't in any shape to play SS every day. I don't think he was even in any shape to come off the IL. They just were free falling so long they activated Buxton and Correa out of desperation.
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Margot is just brutal. I don't understand why he's lasted the entire season.
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Middle middle mistake change. Edit: Not sure what that was...but I don't think it was a changeup.
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I'm pretty pleasantly surprised at how good Correa has looked at the plate despite no rehab assignment.
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I think you're overstating the influence on managerial decisions. Overall philosophy, sure. Writing out the lineup? Making substitutions? Pitching decisions? No. That's the manager.
