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  1. Trov
    Overall I liked the hitting approach by the team against Cortes. They fell behind in the counts early, but still made him work, and was willing to just put the ball in play getting some weak contact hits. Archer was okay and the overall results were good, but he was walking tight rope all night falling behind and walking guys. The GIDP helped him get out of a lot of possible messes. Miranda really needs to work on defending first, he looked liked a mess out there last night.
  2. Trov
    They for sure made the best pick in Buxton. Gausman would have been the only one you could say looking back may have been the better pick, but even moving forward Buck still has the biggest impact when he his on the field. Had we known he would have so many injury issues, maybe we go a different way, but not upset at all with what Buck has done. We could have drafted the bust Appel.
  3. Trov
    I do not think the article is saying Urshela is our worst option, but it is pointing out that sometimes the eye plays tricks with big plays, when routine ones are not being made. Not saying Urshela is the worst option, but maybe not as good as old Dick likes to say.
  4. Trov
    In a 162 game season you do need to worry about the following games. If this was a best of 3, 5, or 7 series, yeah you do not worry about the next game if you can win the one you are in. You worry about tomorrow, tomorrow. However, in a 162 game season, you know we will play tomorrow. As pointed out you cannot ride the same 3 guys every game and need innings out of others. Even if that results in a loss sometimes. Yes, you can complain, but where will we be later in the year if all our end of pen guys are burnt out with arm injuries because we used them over and over in every close game early in season?
  5. Trov
    This is going to be an ugly series. Our bottom 3 current starters versus their top 3 current starters. I still cannot believe that "foul" call in Kepler at bat. I mean if they want to say he swung okay, but to say that was foul, I mean it shows how bad some calls can be. I felt the called balls and strikes were not bad last night, but that was terrible call. I do not feel it made the difference in a game at least though.
  6. Trov
    It is still just his second year in profession ball. My guess he will get moved up soon, but he was not a top prospect and sometimes numbers do not tell the full tale. We have had many pitchers do well in minors and never make it to the MLB level.
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    This is a great article on how the eye test can be deceiving when it comes to defense in baseball. I long said Jeter was not nearly as good on defense as people thought. He would make these flashy plays and that looks great, but you do not think about the plays they do not make that are not errors. I remember watching a highlight video of outfield plays and someone commented that Jim Edmounds, who made some great diving catches, really was not that good on defense because he was slow and had less range that is why he had to dive so much. Now I have not looked up to see if that was accurate, but the point is, sometimes making a diving highlight play does not mean you are good on defense, because a good defender may have made that play look easy. Buck is a great defender, not just because he can make some diving plays, but because his range is crazy, and he gets great jumps, so he gets to balls most will not even get to. That is also why when I see errors for infielders in minor leagues, I always say, we do not know what kind of errors they are if you did not see them. Joe Crede one year led league in errors at third, but was considered best defender by runs saved. This is because players with great range sometimes will get errors on throws when they try to make plays they can, but many others could not. The play would be a hit plus an extra base. A lessor defender would have not even been in place to make the throw. Urshela makes the highlight plays, but I fully agree he has also not made many plays he could.
  8. Trov
    It is hard to call Kirirlloff and Sano Goats when they have not played a ton due to injury. Sano did play a lot up to that and was terrible overall, but Twins were winning when he ended up getting injured. Pagan has blown a couple of saves now, and he may get worse, but he has not cost us a ton of games. Both his BS and his blown lead in 8th are against Detroit, maybe we just stop playing him against them. If you take away those three outings his numbers are not terrible. Outside of those Tiger games he has only give up runs in 3 outings none of which affected the outcome of the game. New Rule Pagan cannot pitch against Tigers.
  9. Trov
    If you can get him for very low level prospect I would take a flier on him that he can keep it going rest of year, but nothing too much. You cannot have too much pitching, but do not over pay for SSS. He can bust just as quickly.
  10. Trov
    I would not full DFA him yet. I would put him in much lower leverage outings and see how are many other rotating arms can do in high leverage situations, hoping Duffy can work through his issues. He has history of having a good run, maybe he can regain it.
  11. Trov
    If he can hit at MLB anywhere close to what he is doing at AAA he will fit where ever he can. DH, 1B, OF. I would much rather run him out there as a regular DH or move him around different positions than keep running Jeffers out as DH when Sanchez catches, or having Sanchez DH every time Jeffers Catches. Alex should be better hitters than either.
  12. Trov
    The fact he missed games because of ankle issue is an issue. That has been his biggest issue as it goes to output. The fact that we have so many other guys missing games around our infield he has not got as many games off as I think the Twins would have liked.
  13. Trov
    The fact they are going with Contrares and not Kirolloff clearly shows the next time Alex makes the team is they plan to have him long time, or he is not vaxed either, but thinking they want to keep Alex down until he shows long term success in AAA.
  14. Trov
    I am not going to assume what he is doing now will be forever, hopefully it will be, but he did have a terrible first year. He clearly has made adjustments, but will he do it again when pitching adjusts to him? He is hitting LH pitchers very well right now, will that continue? I am happy to see his defense has improved, and he is making great contact. He should basically be a plug and play guy until he hits a slump.
  15. Trov
    He has clearly shown he can adjust to how MLB started to pitch him. That was his biggest issue last year was he could not handle breaking balls and kept hitting weak contact against them and chasing. This year he is crushing them and not chasing out of the zone. The league will adjust to him again, hopefully he stays up on that and adjusts to the league. He has the approach and swing to be a top hitting corner outfield for several years. His defense has been better this year to, at least by eye test. My quick research seems to back up the eye test too that his defense is getting better too. I am happy to see the improvements and he is hitting against lefties better than right handed, in much less at bats, but clearly can play every day no need to sit him against LF guys right now.
  16. Trov
    The thing if he was still on the team this year, some of the offseason moves may not have been made, each move affects the next. It will be interesting to see how he does against us. Will he have a bounce back start, or will he get rocked? Berrios was always a decent starter, not a true number 1 guy but he could have some great starts and we always wanted more from him. He is now getting paid like a top 20 pitcher in all of baseball. He is in his age 28 season and having his worst season of his career. Can he turn it around, sure he has always been a guy that has run of bad starts and great ones. He was likely going to be traded at some point, as no way were Twins giving him a 7 year deal like he wanted. Although the trade may not be a great win for Twins down road, I have hope, my guess they would not have got anything better before this season or certainly not during it. If he was doing this with our staff, he would be the worst starter on overall results wise. Jose did have a few good starts for sure though. We would not be talking about how we need to get rid of Jose but how we need to be patient and he will bounce back. Too many fans look at him with rose colored glasses thinking he was much more than he was, because he was the best home grown pitcher in a long time, but he was not as good as many think he was. I hope for him he turns it around, but I believe we made the trade at the right time.
  17. Trov
    I would point out that had there not been a terrible throw from first base in Smith's inning he would have got out of the inning without giving up a run. The official scoring had it a hit with an error, and then the run turned to earn runs when the next guy hit a weak hit, but had Miranda made a good throw, like Torkelson on similar play later in game made, then we get out of inning without a run allowed. When you give teams extra outs, even when ruled hits, you will give up more runs. I do agree we are not dominate pen, but Rocco and company has a plan, and part of that is not to overuse the top guys or overuse starters. They plan out days in advance of who would be coming in and when normally. Of course plans adjust on the fly but they are working their process. Now, hopefully that gets us to playoffs, then throw that damn plan out the window in my opinion.
  18. Trov
    I think there is a lot of value in college pitchers later in drafts. Pitching is one of the hardest positions to really project over a career. So many little injuries can derail careers. You see some guys dominate for 3 to 4 years winning cy young awards only to bounce from team to team after a huge drop off. High school pitcher will put up big numbers in high school normally because they hardly face any top talent. Yes, they will go on their show cases, but in those the hitters will normally have never seen the pitcher, or seen them maybe see them a few times over the years. With college they will see same hitters a lot more often over their three year career. There is always such a fine line between good and great, and good and bad. High school guys you normally are looking at velo and movement but need to teach them to pitch. Sometimes they hit big, sometimes you miss big. Not that college arms are safe or anything, but at least you have more of an idea. Many top college arms over years have been busts.
  19. Trov
    I am glad to see Kirilloff driving the ball. I am not ready to bring him back up yet, but if he finishes out the week strong, and reports to be healthy, I am all for him coming up for Miranda, or if Polonco needs to go on DL for him.
  20. Trov
    Steer is in an interesting situation here. First, he will not debut this year barring any major injuries, being he is not on the 40 man, and we have several guys that cover his position. Therefore, he really is showing what he could do for next year, or for other teams to get a shot. He has not been touted as a top prospect, but he has done nothing but shown he can play so far. Adding that power is really going to jump him up some lists. That being said, he will be a top trade asset because of his ability to play all over. The Twins will need to assess if they think he will play at the MLB level soon, and do they like him better than what we have. Does he fit into plans next year? I think that is a big question. We have Polonco still next year, Arraez as well so 2nd is locke down. Our LF area is stacked with possible people if they thought of that move. SS is should be locked with either Correa if he stays or gets locked up longer term, or Lewis. That leaves 3rd, which may be filled if Correa stays by Lewis. There is also Miranda, who has not shown much, but was a top hitter last year. Personally, I think Steer gets traded at deadline, or Miranda does. One of them gets traded as there is no real room for both moving forward.
  21. Trov
    If this is your thoughts on the team, then why even play the season? Why not just trade away anyone with value to plan for the future? Yes, we never win the playoffs over the last 18 games, which is just crazy, but if you look at the team and assume we will lose then why even try to make the playoffs? I bet last year no one expected Atlanta to win. They did not have the 'ace' starter everyone says we need to win, but yet someone how they went through the Dodgers, who had 4 'ace' type guys and like 7 all-star hitters in their lineup, and some lights out bullpen guys. I guess Atlanta should have just traded away Freeman because he was a free agent and they should have given up on the season because their best player was hurt too. Any team that makes the playoffs can win no matter the roster. We were never favored in our WS wins, but still managed to do it.
  22. Trov
    Just to comment on the use past 6 innings. Only 5 averaged over 6 innings per start, 6 averaged exactly 6, and everyone else was below 6. So it is not just a Twins thing of pulling guys after 6 innings, most teams do that.
  23. Trov
    If you look just at on field performance you would say it was a bad trade. However, no way do we make the deal without expecting to sign a SS, like they did Correa. Maybe they do, but I doubt it. I agree getting Donaldson out of the clubhouse may be an upside. The Yankees are doing fine with him there, but maybe the honeymoon period is starting to end with recent White Sox series, which they are now on a 3 game losing streak. I have long said that in baseball chemistry plays a much bigger roll than any other sport. You spend all day every day with the same guys for hopefully 8 months. You get no weekends away from them, you shower with them, change with them, fly with them, take busses to games with them on the road, not sure if they will still share hotel rooms or not. My point is you do not get away from them. If you have a personal issue with someone it will eventually cause issues. We have seen teams in past have fist fights during the season. Do not be surprised if Yankess start to struggle if they blow up at some point too.
  24. Trov
    Glad to see Steer get the move up. Also glad to see Kirilloff have a good week. I still think he should stay down for at least a month of sustained good at bats before they look to bring him back to MLB level. We are not in need for him right now, as we have plenty of options in LF and 1B. He needs to show that he can get back to making hard contact and having good at-bats before he starts taking some from guys that have been.
  25. Trov
    I am happy with his SSS output, but his value is very limited. He hits LH pitching only. Sure, that can be very helpful for pinch hitting or the few starts against LH starters. However, that is all he is good for, and if he starts to falter on that, then he has little value. I am not saying he need to be cut, but he is still on the short list guy to be cut off roster when 60 man IL guys come back. I do feel if you have an almost complete team he is that bonus guy for big pinch hit at bats in big games. I would fully be willing to roll with him for that roll in the playoffs. Knowing you can bring him in late against a LH guy and may hit it out is nice to know, and may affect how a team uses their pen.
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