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  1. USAFChief
    1. I don't much believe in "hot." 2. Rocco can't WAIT to play a platoon advantage all season. He'll pull Wallner in the 4th for Margot. Why not now?
  2. USAFChief
    Personally I never felt like the Twins were going to win any of those games. Even though they led or were tied for most of the games they lost. I never felt good about the game they WON until it was over. It felt, to me anyway, like the Twins were always hanging on for dear life, while Cleveland was always one hitter away from a rally. Like it was written in stone Rocco would find a way to create an issue. Like their bullpen had an endless supply of good options, while we were hoping all of our DFA claims were going to hold up for multiple innings. Like when an RBI hit was needed, I knew which team would get it. I don't think that series was actually all that close.
  3. USAFChief
    I wouldn't have needed to pretend.
  4. USAFChief
    Why wouldn't Rocco PH Julien for Farmer against a RH reliever in the 9th? We know he would have done the opposite.
  5. USAFChief
    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.
  6. USAFChief
    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.
  7. USAFChief
    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.
  8. USAFChief
    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.
  9. USAFChief
    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."
  10. USAFChief
    FTFY
  11. USAFChief
    I think we're tied.
  12. USAFChief
    Pathetic
  13. USAFChief
    So refreshing to see Ramirez busting ass down the line on a grounder to first. Refreshing, and ... unusual...
  14. USAFChief
    feels like more.
  15. USAFChief
    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.
  16. USAFChief
    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
  17. USAFChief
    It's not $900M The Twins are worth $1.5B
  18. USAFChief
    We just can't hope to compete with the big city Guardians, Peter.
  19. USAFChief
    *on 0-2 count
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  21. USAFChief
    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.
  22. USAFChief
    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.
  23. USAFChief
    The Audra Martin bit with Morse was a bit...cringe.
  24. USAFChief
    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.
  25. USAFChief
    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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