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  1. mnfireman
    Was thinking the same thing....
  2. mnfireman
    I also think Gray is the only pitcher on the team (Maeda also??) allowed to call his own pitches. Seems like he's made the necessary adjustments and the catchers appear to be onboard with his game plan.
  3. mnfireman
    Yes, Duran (and others) has pitched a lot of high leverage innings, but this is MLB 2023, players are in better condition then generations past. If a TD member can find the info stated in the article, so can the Twins, and take measures to correct it. Here's my take; as good as the teams catching might be by the metrics, I think the collective pitch calling has been questionable overall. There have been a lot of hard hit 0-2 pitches off of almost every pitcher, which means either the pitchers are tipping their pitches (not likely ALL of them) or the pitch calling has gotten predictable. If a batter looks silly against the heater, don't speed his bat up by throwing off-speed, climb the ladder with the fastball, start the AB with the off-speed stuff and then bring the heat, etc... Too many talented pitchers on this roster for them to be getting hit hard when ahead in the count.
  4. mnfireman
    Belt-high, center-cut...very few MLB players miss those.
  5. mnfireman
    I cheated and was very surprised. I will not answer for now.
  6. mnfireman
    Would like to see Maeda pitch tonight instead of Ober, gets the kid another day off and sets the rotation order for the (hopefully) play-offs: Lopez, Gray, Maeda and whichever of Ober/Ryan pitches better down the stretch. Would also rather see Julien at DH and Solano at 1B, but, alas, it is what it is.
  7. mnfireman
    I would guess after Lopez, Gray, & Maeda, I would go with whoever finished stronger between Ryan and Ober, and I think this little IL stint will give Ryan and advantage down the stretch. Right now, because of the days off coming, I would flip Maeda and Ober in the rotation, starting tonight. Ober can get a couple extra days rest between his next couple of starts and it sets the rotation of Lopez - Gray - Maeda for the play-offs (fingers crossed).
  8. mnfireman
    That would be a good idea and makes a lot sense, especially since it can be back dated to start Sunday. So it probably won't happen.
  9. mnfireman
    Yes
  10. mnfireman
    There is no predicting how the voters cast their ballots, but right now Gray is 4th in MLB, 2nd in AL, with 3.8 bWAR and 4th in MLB, 2nd in AL, with 4.0 fWAR. He should garner some votes and reasonably could finish top 5.
  11. mnfireman
    Get away day line-up at its finest...
  12. mnfireman
    Might miss Harper, he's day-to-day with back spasms...
  13. mnfireman
    But none as enigmatic. These are Twins player stats over the last 30 days. Gallo is off the screen, but I'll hit the highlights: 5-43, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 9 BB, 27 K. slash line of .116/.269/.279 (.548 OPS)
  14. mnfireman
    How many of those 3 were pink-eye related?
  15. mnfireman
    If Solano has to go on the IL, I think Gallo is here at least until either him or Kirilloff returns (and probably longer).
  16. mnfireman
    Gallo and Luplow gone, Larnach and Lewis up. Martin looks like he's starting to heat up, next man up on the injury replacement and/or roster expansion. Just my thoughts.
  17. mnfireman
    Seller's/make play-offs/end play-off drought = good/fast/cheap = you may have 2 but not all 3
  18. mnfireman
    Cards are not dealing Arrenado. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/07/mozeliak-cardinals-are-not-trading-nolan-arenado.html
  19. mnfireman
    Send Moran to St. Paul, promote Keuchel. Use him out of the BP on either Sunday or Monday to see what he has against MLB batting. Trade either him or Gray and use the other going forward.
  20. mnfireman
    Duran needs to quit nibbling at the corners with his off speed and just throw the heat, high. He got beat because he nibbled and then had to throw strikes, though if he located the pitch he got beat on a little better it would have been a swing and miss instead of a HR,
  21. mnfireman
    Rooker's slash line since May 1, .203/.283./.363 (.646 OPS), roughly 85 OPS+, with 7 HR and 86 K's, would fit right in on this Twins team.
  22. mnfireman
    LH hitting corner OF type SSS, each players last 7 games, stat lines of the day: Wallner - .320/.393/.720 (1.113 OPS) 3 HR, 10 K's Larnach - .318/.375/.636 (1.011 OPS) 1 HR, 10 K's Kepler - .280/.308/.360 (.668 OPS) 0 HR, 4 K's Gallo - .053/.100/.105 (.205 OPS) 0 HR, 13 K's Buxton - .103/.188/.310 (.498 OPS) 2 HR, 14 K's - included because he was re-instated and Larnach send down. 2 guys absolutely stink, 1 is close to league average and 2 are hot, guess who keeps getting run out there every day and who sits the bench or toils in the minors. This loyalty and long-leash for the veterans will probably come back to hurt this team.
  23. mnfireman
    Per Wikipedia: The current standard of 130 at-bats, 50 innings pitched or 45 days on the active roster of a Major League club (excluding time in military service or on the injury list) before September 1 was adopted in 1971.
  24. mnfireman
    Agreed, Gallo 4-40 with 24 K's in July. Overall slash line for July: .100/.217/.325 (.542 OPS) and 1 case of pink eye...
  25. mnfireman
    Sounds like he is going sign: https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/report-twins-first-round-pick-walker-jenkins-will-beat-signing-deadline/ar-AA1ekObm
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