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  1. USAFChief
    Among all the disappointments so far this dreary season, the player I'm most disappointed in so far is Julien. He looked like such a dangerous hitter last season.
  2. USAFChief
    Yeah, but...I don't imagine Bally's is in any kind of position to turn down someone willing to pay them for ad time on a Twins broadcast.
  3. USAFChief
    Perhaps open to examining your management, as well? Rigid adherence to decisions made by spreadsheet 4 hours before 1st pitch? Perhaps examine what your 3 headed batting coach is doing? Or are those things above question?
  4. USAFChief
    I'd settle for his musically-inclined cousin...Carlos Santana-Roseannadanna.
  5. USAFChief
    Headrick? Headrick is on the 60 day?
  6. USAFChief
    In case anyone missed it, he's no longer "facing" demotion. It's a done deal. Kepler activated, Ronny Henriquez added to 40 man and 26 man, Varland and Camargo to St Paul. Duarte to 60 man to make room for Henriquez. Henriquez hasn't been starting in St Paul. He did go 3 IP his last outing, so no idea if they plan to ease him into the rotation, although that seems pretty unlikely. He hasn't been a starter, and was bad enough in the minors to be non-tendered just a year ago. So for now it appears they're avoiding making a decision until they need a starter Friday.
  7. USAFChief
    Again....nonsense. Nobody plans on an injury at a specific point to a specific player. They weren't expecting Descalfani to be healthy until a certain date, then not. They planned on him being healthy. He wasn't a part time starter the past two seasons. He was a full time starter, taking his turn every 5 days. The Twins planned on the same. A start every 5th day. BTW, nitpic, but it's more like 32 starts these days, not 35. People need to stop with this fantasy they concocted about the Polanco trade. That trade was first and foremost about acquiring a starter for the rotation. Not depth. Not an A ball outfielder. And not a guy they planned on replacing after 15 starts.
  8. USAFChief
    That makes zero sense. They were planning on 15 starts? Explain to me how that works. Keep in mind he can't be optioned.
  9. USAFChief
    A couple points: Carlos Santana was not signed as "depth." He was signed to be the full-time first baseman. Desclafani was not acquired for "depth." He was acquired to be 20 percent of the rotation. Let's view this accurately. And it looks even worse that way.
  10. USAFChief
    I'd much prefer leaving Sands where he is. But, if he's gonna get moved into the rotation, do that by stretching him out in St Paul. Not by trying to patch together short starts for the Twins.
  11. USAFChief
    Call me crazy, but inability to throw strikes, combined with inability to get anyone out when you DO throw strikes isn't very encouraging.
  12. USAFChief
    This team is on pace for a -200 run differential this season. The 2016 Twins finished 59-103 with a -167 run differential.
  13. USAFChief
    Through 20 games, the Twins run differential is -25. That's on pace for -200.
  14. USAFChief
    Through 20 games, the Twins have had 10 or more hits in a game 3 (three!) times.
  15. USAFChief
    The magic number in MLB is 5. Score 5 runs, you win more than you lose. Score 4, you lose more than you win. Through 20 games, the Twins have scored 5 or more runs 3 (three!) times. Three. The last time was April 13th.
  16. USAFChief
    Royce Lewis has the 10th most rWAR on the 2024 Twins. He has 2 PAs.
  17. USAFChief
    Lah-who. Zah-her. as expected.
  18. USAFChief
    Paddack vs the White Sox tomorrow. The classic "resistable force meets movable object" clash.
  19. USAFChief
    Jeebus Theilbar is awful.
  20. USAFChief
    Fun with numbers: per BWAR, Royce Lewis is the 10th most valuable Twins player in 2024. He has 2 plate appearances.
  21. USAFChief
    That's an ERA of 1, amiright?
  22. USAFChief
    *A few hundred
  23. USAFChief
    I guess in Jeffers' case there's some merit to giving a catcher a full day off now and again. Catching is tough duty. And it was and remains pretty clear Santana wasn't signed to be a part time 1st baseman. He was being counted on as the every day guy from the time ink went to paper on the contract. I'd assume he gets another month, month and half of full time duty before any changes to that.
  24. USAFChief
    Martin hasn't impressed much in the outfield, has he? That's a terrible play to cost a run. He was never catching that, got too close to the wall, cost the team a run.
  25. USAFChief
    Santana is routinely getting beat by fastballs. That's the end for any ball player. It's not "can't hit the curve." It's "can't catch up to average fastballs." Sometimes it happens at the little league level, sometimes high school. Or college. Or the minors. And sometimes it happens because age is undefeated. I don't think this is just a slow start. Santana looks completely cooked to me.
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