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  1. USAFChief
    Same for May. He hasn't been a starter since mid 2015. BTW..."lethal flamethrowers??"
  2. USAFChief
    What I take from the list of "a lot of seemingly tantalizing relief options out there" is that there really isn't much likely to be out there. It's going to be difficult to improve the bullpen.
  3. USAFChief
    Headline is wrong. Should be "1 bad inning makes awful uniforms forgettable."
  4. USAFChief
    I don't trust Tyler Duffey and probably never will. On nights when everything is working, he's effective. Those nights aren't frequent enough, IMO. To quote myself semi-quoting our old friend Denny Green, from a game thread back there somewhere..."He is who we thought he was."
  5. USAFChief
    Concur. The conversation for best ever starts and ends with Babe Ruth. It's not close.
  6. USAFChief
    2 IP the night before for Rogers. Pretty telling on how Baldelli views the rest of the pen.
  7. USAFChief
    I dont think it's so much the actual walk, as what the additional walk(s) say about command. If you're missing outside the strike zone, you're most likely missing inside the strike zone as well. And those pitches down the middle are the ones that can really cause damage. Last night, for example, the leaded walk in the 5th hurt, but no more than a lead off single. It was the cookie to Cuthbert that really did the damage. If that pitch is on a corner, it's a lazy fly out.
  8. USAFChief
    “Plate discipline” is not Sano’s problem. Contact is the problem.
  9. USAFChief
    Over his last five starts, Perez’s ERA has gone from 2.95 to 4.28. 24 IP, 20 earned runs.
  10. USAFChief
    Welp, the OP turned out to be correct. Sano's plate discipline has taken a deeper dive.
  11. USAFChief
    Giles should be the number 1 target, IMO.
  12. USAFChief
    Can we get an update on those numbers?
  13. USAFChief
    In and of itself, the strikeout is no worse than any other out. Well of course it is. Why do pitchers try to strike hitters out? Why are we looking for bullpen help that can miss bats?
  14. USAFChief
    I love the red tops. “Maple Leaf Red” I believe.
  15. USAFChief
    Many teams, including Boston often last night and including sometimes the Twins, when shifting against a LH hitter, now position the third baseman at or near his normal spot, until there are 2 strikes. This takes away the free bunt, and opens the normal SS position. Otherwise, agreed. Take advantage of the virtually free base hit.
  16. USAFChief
    The STrib recap says Kepler pinch hit for a "banged up" Gonzalez. I was wondering last night why he pinch hit. Hopefully nothing serious.
  17. USAFChief
    not on the 40 man, is he?
  18. USAFChief
    concur.
  19. USAFChief
    he swung through everything last night. In the zone, out of the zone. Fastballs. Breaking balls. Changes ups. Warm up pitches. Pitchers tossing balls underhand to umpires asking for a new ball. Pitches thrown in the bullpen. Even his warm up swings in the on deck circle drew air.
  20. USAFChief
    Still a very effective LOOGY. Would be nice to have in the postseason, but tougher to carry during the regular season.
  21. USAFChief
    According to the Boston papers, they had decided beforehand to limit his innings and pitches. A "mutual decision." They're trying to maintain his health over the long season. He has a lot of innings and pitches on that arm over his career.
  22. USAFChief
    I think his glove was always between the ball and the wall. Great catch.
  23. USAFChief
    If he can maintain that velocity as a reliever, he should stay in the pen. Very encouraging outing last night.
  24. USAFChief
    1000+ post game thread, to boot!
  25. USAFChief
    Indeed. Good catch. Per baseball ref https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/split.cgi?t=b&team=MIN&year=2019 814 PAs for the team with runners on 1st, 1st and 2nd, 1st and 3rd, and bases loaded. I don't know how many of those came with less than 2 outs. Still, I think the point stands. There is only a small chance of hitting into a DP, small enough to basically be ignored, IMO. Particularly when coupled to the times that a sacrifice (or sacrifice attempt) does not lead to a run. Like last night, for example.
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