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  1. gunnarthor
    I think it's more likely an example of throw a bunch of stuff against the wall and see what sticks. We (and most teams) do stuff like that every year to fill out the end of a pitching staff. Guys like Harper and Parker were nice stories but Magill and Marin were not.
  2. gunnarthor
    I'm not as worried about catching. We have three capable catchers of varying quality. Rortvedt's bat is always worse than I thought but I still have some faith in him turning into a quality catcher. Garver's bat is good enough that I might now be ok with him moving to full time DH if it keeps him the lineup more. Jeffers has shown signs although if any were traded, I'd vote for him. Of all the holes we have for next year (every spot on the pitching staff), we have enough internal options to make this work.
  3. gunnarthor
    No later than 4th quarter of the NFC championship game.
  4. gunnarthor
    Well, hats off to Ober who was given an opportunity and made the most of it.
  5. gunnarthor
    It really depends on what the Twins plans for 2022 are. My guess is that they'll trade Buxton and "retool" rather than a rebuild. So they'll keep Sano and trade him at the deadline.
  6. gunnarthor
    The way Cleveland's defensive line ran through Chicago scares me. It'll be a pretty big test for our o-line.
  7. gunnarthor
    2011. I remember arguing that the 2010 team didn't have any obvious "career seasons" and there was room for some improvement. Sure, Morneau's 187 OPS+ wasn't sustainable over a full season but a full season of his prime would be better than 2010. Cuddy and Kubel both had lower OPS+ than expected. Young was finally breaking out and we should expect more to come. I expected a little regression from Valencia but he was a solid MLer at that point and Hudson was going to be replaced by an MVP! And it looked like Liriano was finally back and Pavano was a solid vet behind him in the rotation. -sigh-
  8. gunnarthor
    Cleveland is really turning into a solid guard.
  9. gunnarthor
    This is a nice looking offense
  10. gunnarthor
    I'm happy for Gordon. Earlier this year, I thought he'd be DFA'd after the season, now I think, like many, he'll be a solid bench option for the Twins. He's looked better in the OF than I thought. Best of luck to him.
  11. gunnarthor
    I think the problem is, again, while nearly every move is defensible, and so is their draft strategy (at least, arguably defensible), it's not working. The list of "didn't work" is growing pretty long with this FO.
  12. gunnarthor
    While I like the returns for Cruz and Berrios, that's obviously not a "what went right" discussion since we had to flop to move those two. I'd put Polanco and Donaldson on the what went right from our lineup guys. And Garver looked good when healthy as has Buxton. In the minors, Miranda looks great, as Bean noted, and I'm a little excited about Cabbage's play, admittedly, I've always overvalued him but I really hopes he makes it. Balazovic continued to look good as did Winder when healthy. And on the young guys side, Ober looks like he can pitch in the majors and while Jax doesn't, it was impressive what he was able to do with all the time lost over the years. Kiriloff will be a solid MLer. Maybe not a constant all-star but he should be a solid, middle of the order bat for years to come.
  13. gunnarthor
    Geez, that's not good. It's a lost season, let him get his at-bat.
  14. gunnarthor
    We had a number of losses despite good starts by Johan Santana, Nick Blackburn, Boof Bosner! etc. Most of the time, the offense failed to show up and/or the opponents bullpen stepped up (NY 2017) after we knocked around their "ace". Another, probably better, indicator of postseason success is payroll. Payroll creates depth. The Yankees don't usually rely on the Dobnaks of the world to start a playoff game. And if a big bat goes down, they have several in reserve. And our payroll issues is an ownership problem.
  15. gunnarthor
    Well, if you use ERA+, he was in 2019. That's generally better than just ERA. But, yeah. His ERA was always a bit higher than you'd think.
  16. gunnarthor
    Agreed. They have to protect him more.
  17. gunnarthor
    I will add one more part to this discussion. A lot of pitchers can have "ace" like seasons but I wouldn't call them an "ace." For example, in 2001, Joe Mays threw 233+ innings, (3rd in the AL), led the league in ERA+, and posted a 6.6 WAR season. That's an absolute ace season. And before his injury, he was a good pitcher, but he wasn't an "ace". And this year, Lance Lynn will likely finish the season with his second 6+ WAR season. I still wouldn't call him an ace even though he's had three straight pretty good seasons.
  18. gunnarthor
    I'm not ready to label him a bust but I wonder if baseball is changing, yet again, where power might not be as important as hitting. I think we might be seeing baseball's hitters starting to react to pitching. The Twins added Martin in the Berrios trade and he was largely seen as a plus hitter with limited power and their first pick in the draft - Noah Miller - was a plus hitter as well, with limited power.
  19. gunnarthor
    I think that was ok - three plays for the one time out and the Cook run was a nice one. I wished they had pushed a bit more with 30 seconds left, get a little closer, but really, considering how the defense played, can't really blame the offense at all.
  20. gunnarthor
    This game had a half dozen little things that made no sense but the squib kick to end the half was a head scratcher. Twenty seconds left, why not make them start at the 25? The extra ten yards allowed them to kick a 62 yard field goal.
  21. gunnarthor
    Couple different ways to define ace. This is a good although dated article from about 10 years ago and, especially for prospects, I think it's pretty good way to judge them. Since 2017, Berrios is #1 in the AL in innings pitched and games started (Kyle Gibson is second in both). And Sale, Verlander and Cole are ahead of him in fWAR (he's tied with Lynn). If we include NL pitchers, he's 8th, 9th, and 15th in IP, starts, fWAR. So he's been pretty good. I'm in the camp that thinks there might only be a handful of true aces at any time but that pitching in the AL is a lot harder than pitching in the NL. I don't think Berrios is an ace but he's a #1 pitcher on many teams and, if he was your best pitcher, you could still win in the post-season. (He was pulled after 88 pitches and 4 innings in 2019. In 2020, he was pulled after 75 pitches in 5 innings against the Astros). He sorta reminds me of an "in his prime" (79-87) Jack Morris. An innings eater who will give up a few more runs than you'd expect but is really valuable to the rotation and the team. The eras are different, obviously, but it seems similar to me.
  22. gunnarthor
    That was a very viking loss. Impressive.
  23. gunnarthor
    This defense does not look good
  24. gunnarthor
    That half did not make me particularly happy
  25. gunnarthor
    Anyone feeling good about today's game? This feels like a potential blowout loss to me.
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