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  1. USAFChief
    Oh, and I hope you learn your lesson (again) about gambling on sports, dano.
  2. USAFChief
    Nitpic, perhaps, but why is Correa DHing? I realize he's just off the covid list, but he can't play SS? We're worse defensively, and effectively swap Sanchez at DH for Gordon. I often don't understand Rocco's bench use. What am I missing? Anywhoo, go Twins. The worm is long overdue to turn.
  3. USAFChief
    That's a shame, and a tough one for a pitcher.
  4. USAFChief
    I'm intrigued by Megill, was before this article. However...I'm not sure about any system that rates Joe Smith as having the best stuff of any Twins pitcher. Also have trouble believing there are 7 Twins relievers at least 6 percent above average. Nope.
  5. USAFChief
    I'm 99% certain Duffey doesn't throw 2 types of fastballs. I think that's just computer mislabeling. That said, his fastball velo is down from 93.9 in 2019.
  6. USAFChief
    He did fall off a cliff in 2021. The comparison should be to 2019, when he actually was effective. I hesitate to use 2 months in 2020, but I guess that would also be the better comparison. I suspect grip enhancers as well.
  7. USAFChief
    Only one of which, i believe, has ever thrown as much as 150 innings in any season, minors or majors (Gray). Let's stop pretending this is incredibly bad luck. This is the pitching staff the FO designed. You can't, for example, put Bailey Ober in your rotation and think he's going to last the season. He's never done that, and they don't ask that from pitchers in the minors any more, so what to they expect?
  8. USAFChief
    So tell me...who pitches the 7th, 8th, and 9th?
  9. USAFChief
    I have trouble understanding wanting Duran in the 7th inning of a game we trailed. We don't have a good pen. From day one. That's not Rocco's fault.
  10. USAFChief
    Always has the feel of a cat playing with a mouse before getting bored with it and delivering the death blow.
  11. USAFChief
    A legit haiku Cannot be written without Using 3 lines
  12. USAFChief
    Duffey "didn't deserve" to be asked to pitch in a game? Huh??
  13. USAFChief
    I think that might have been your point.
  14. USAFChief
    Haiku can't be forced Like leaves from oaks and maples Must be organic
  15. USAFChief
    I think maybe that was KirbyDome89's point
  16. USAFChief
    I ******* hate this The ****** ******* Yankees Ev'ry ******* time. .... It is now.
  17. USAFChief
    I ******* hate this.
  18. USAFChief
    What does 11 starters have to do with the bullpen? But yes, they signed Dylan Bundy. Were they planning on 34 starts? Archer? Ober? When your PLAN is go cheap, and nobody gets to 150 IP if things go perfectly, I have a hard time having a lot of sympathy.
  19. USAFChief
    Cotton is Megill is Cano is Minaya. My personal fave is Megill. They're the same guy. Fringe major leaguers who, when on, can have a week or a month of decent production. But they can't be expected to perform regularly across multiple months, and they're the guys good hitters make their living off. Good teams don't try to build a bullpen from these types.
  20. USAFChief
    I read all winter that the Twins bullpen was "fine." Deep even. Plus the Pitching Pipeline(tm). You cannot build a reliable bullpen from the junk other teams don't want. Dominant Relievers are not " fungible," "easy to find," "unpredictable." Good lineups feast off these types.
  21. USAFChief
    The Twins were "in the game" then. Try again.
  22. USAFChief
    Every GD game.
  23. USAFChief
    Who should have been in? When does Duffey pitch?
  24. USAFChief
    Stop blaming Rocco for using Duffey. He can't not use the relievers he's given. He has waiver wire claims and minor league free agents to choose from. The front office deleted his best reliever before the season. He gets 39 yr old Joe Smith and Pagan in return. Don't know how many times this needs to be said: There are no spots for non-performing relievers in modern baseball. No low leverage spots. No place to hide anyone. Get him some better relievers this winter.
  25. USAFChief
    Only 20 more innings to negotiate.
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