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  1. chpettit19
    Garret Cooper is a better hitter than Soler. Both of them have awfully neutral splits against lefties and righties. Feels like there should've been at least a little question about loading the bases to face the better hitter who has a 20 point difference in his OPS vs righties and lefties.
  2. chpettit19
    Because it's the 6th game of the season and burning through 3 relievers an inning is probably a bit aggressive at this point of the year. And I'm pretty sure their 3 hole hitter is also one of the best hitters in their lineup. Soler hit .223 in 2021, .207 last year, and is at .217 so far this year. Let's not make him about to be something he's not. Cooper hit .284 in 2021, .261 last year, and is at .316 this year.
  3. chpettit19
    They have 11 straight games "on the horizon." Using 3 relievers an inning isn't "the right thing." You're asking him to manage like it's game 7 of the World Series. Did you not watch what happened last year when they blew through relievers at a crazy rate? It is absolutely not "the right thing" for Rocco to be using relievers that way over the course of the entire season. Again, perspective. It's game 6. And that changes what "the right thing" is.
  4. chpettit19
    I'm not wrong at all. I asked you what 2 days you were talking about. The 2nd off day is in 12 days. Thus my questioning of 2 off days "on the horizon." If they're bringing in 3 relievers in 1 inning in game 6 let's just pack it all up and go home. It's game 6! Thielbar is going to have to get righties out with guys on 2nd and 3rd at some point. This wasn't the World Series.
  5. chpettit19
    So you want Rocco to come out and say "I shouldn't have trusted my reliever in game 6 of the season to get a high strikeout hitter out and instead should've loaded the bases to face the other team's 3 hole hitter?" That's the "leadership" this team needs to lead them to the promised land? He wasn't facing prime Albert Pujols. He trusted his guy to get an out. It's game 6. Holy smokes. Let's have a little perspective.
  6. chpettit19
    What 2 days off? You're bringing in 3 relievers in 1 inning because there's an off day in 12 days? Not following that logic.
  7. chpettit19
    What does "held accountable" look like after 6 games?
  8. chpettit19
    Hard to be too upset with Jax. If they aren't dramatically reverse shifted on Segura that was a routine groundout to Correa and he's got 2 outs with nobody on.
  9. chpettit19
    Twins are hitting .353 with runners in scoring position. 3rd in baseball. Problem is they're just a super slow team and don't score on those hits.
  10. chpettit19
    So was I right or wrong about Larnach's lineup spot? I don't know if this proves my point or makes Rocco the genius for having him there.
  11. chpettit19
    Agreed.
  12. chpettit19
    Because Polanco and Kirilloff are hurt.
  13. chpettit19
    Him being superb right now is all the more reason to leave him where he is. Willi Castro isn't some established MLB hitter, or, if he is, he's established as a bad one, but he's hitting ahead of Larnach today. I'm totally on board with the Twins using the numbers and data to help drive decisions. But this game is happening right now, not last year. Solano has done nothing in a Twins uniform to deserve to hit in the 3 hole today. I don't think that's a winning move. I'm not fitting Larnach for his HOF jacket or anything. Simply saying he's currently one of the Twins 4 best hitters, and I don't get why you'd put him in the 8 hole today.
  14. chpettit19
    Why didn't they win the game before that Dobnak start? You know, the one Berrios started...
  15. chpettit19
    Trevor Larnach hit .277 off lefties last year. .212 off righties. He's 1-1 with a HR off them this year. And Luzardo has never gone into the 8th inning in any major league start in his career. I'm going to take the under on him doing it in his second start this year.
  16. chpettit19
    That's fine for everyone around here, it's not how a manager should actually run his team, though. Unless you're suggesting this lineup is just going to be so great against Luzardo that the game is out of reach by the end. I'm going to go ahead and say that isn't likely. Because it's almost never the case. And Luzardo is an awfully neutral split pitcher. He's not some lefty specialist. As I've said multiple times now. I want my best hitters getting the most at bats in every game. Trevor Larnach is currently a clearly better hitter than everyone on this team not named Buxton, Correa, or Miranda. It's those 4 and everyone else. A Solano/Gallo platoon is not a better hitter than Larnach right now. A Farmer/Gordon platoon is not a better hitter than Larnach right now. Jeffers isn't a better hitter. Willi Castro is absolutely not a better hitter. Trevor Larnach in the 8 hole doesn't make sense for any of the 9 innings, my guy.
  17. chpettit19
    In 2021 Berrios made 12 starts with Toronto. Went 5-4 with a 3.58 ERA. 78 Ks in 70.1 innings. Only 13 walks. The theory that the trade shook him up and caused him to fall apart carries no water at all. If the trade was the problem he wouldn't have been his same old self the rest of that season and then fallen apart over the offseason and into the next year and until the beginning of this year. That's not how humans work. That nucleus didn't win a single playoff game, but they were good enough to win the World Series? I'm really struggling there. That nucleus was absolutely not good enough to win a World Series. Not even close. Unless we're just talking in a vacuum talent-wise, and ignoring injuries, etc.
  18. chpettit19
    What if Larnach goes 1-2 against Luzardo (thus proving it a mistake), and then in the 9th the Twins are down 1 with guys on 2nd and 3rd with 2 outs, and it's Gordon in the box because he pinch hit for Farmer with Puk on the mound. Is that win-win? Cuz to me that sounds like a loss while Larnach would give them a pretty decent shot at scoring those runs.
  19. chpettit19
    I see that he's the only lefty. But, like I said, when the game gets late and they're into the pen and you want your best hitters getting the ABs to win the game, I want Larnach up there. And last year he hit .277 vs lefties in 51 PAs. Still SSS, but he wasn't useless by any means. I want my best hitters getting the most at bats. Every game. I want Larnach getting ABs before Solano, Farmer, Jeffers, Castro, Gallo, and Gordon. If I'm the Marlins I pull my lefty for a righty in the middle innings to get Gallo and Gordon in the game, and then I turn to my lefty closer against those guys at the end of the game. You want Gallo and Gordon in vs a lefty with the game on the line, or Larnach? To me it's a pretty easy question. I just don't like the idea of setting your entire lineup based on the handedness of the starting pitcher. Get your stud hitters in the top 5 and leave them there. Mess with matchups in the 6-9 holes. Not the 3 and 5 hole.
  20. chpettit19
    Yeah, I think Rocco/the FO gets too aggressive with the lineup moves based on the handedness of the starting pitcher. I don't know what the Marlins pen looks like, but if we don't expect them to be rolling out lefty after lefty all game I want Larnach to stay right where he is so late game situations don't lead to Gallo, Gordon, Jeffers, and Castro all getting ABs ahead of him. Assuming the move is going to be to replace Solano with Gallo at the first sign of him facing a righty, and Gordon in for Farmer. The 2-5 in this order, in my opinion, should be Correa-Buxton-Larnach-Miranda no matter who the starter is. Well based on how Rocco seems to want them. I'd actually go Buxton-Correa-Larnach-Miranda 1-4, but beggars can't be choosers. Those 4 shouldn't be bounced around the lineup, though.
  21. chpettit19
    The people who were singing their praises while they were in the system and the people now saying they weren't that good and not likely to make the Twins aren't necessarily the same people.
  22. chpettit19
    Strongly disagree. The reason he wasn't protected was because he wasn't good enough to be on the 40-man. That's played out since, as you said, he hasn't been very good. It's past time where it could be a blunder at all, let alone a MAJOR blunder. Your argument for it being a blunder is basically that they should've stashed him on their 40-man for 3 years despite him not being worthy of a 40-man spot. That would be absolutely awful roster management.
  23. chpettit19
    Pitch clock and Larnach.
  24. chpettit19
    I think "essentially the same HITTER as Sano" is the more accurate statement. Gallo is a significantly better fielder and base runner than Sano. Making him a much better PLAYER than Sano. But offensively they are certainly about as close as you can get.
  25. chpettit19
    Is the Baddoo part of this sarcasm? He was unplayable last year in the majors (65 OPS+), and didn't make the Tigers opening day roster this year. A Tigers team that everyone thinks is going to be terrible, and is looking for any infusion of talent they can find decided he wasn't good enough to be on the team. As for this trade, the chances of Steer and Strand being studs is incredibly small. Could they both be major leaguers? Of course. Could they both be major league regulars? Totally possible. But the chances they're both studs is miniscule. This is just the cost of doing business in baseball. You pay possible future value for current value. Especially when that possible future value isn't even your top possible future value. Steer wasn't taking the 3B job in Minneapolis over Miranda. Or the 2B job over Polanco, Julien, or Lee/Lewis. Strand doesn't belong anywhere near the field defensively at this point, and wasn't taking the DH job in Minneapolis over Buxton, Kirilloff, Larnach, et al. For Strand to be a stud he has to be Nelson Cruz. I'll take the under on that bet. Hajjar has the possibility to be the one who hurts losing depending how things play out with him in Cleveland and the arms the Twins still have. But the 2 bats they traded likely wouldn't even make the 26-man roster on any of the next 3 opening days. Trading guys who weren't going to be amongst your 13 opening day bats for a guy who can be an above average pitcher is a good trade 100% of the time.
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