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  1. Eris
    Lee was considered the best college hitter in the draft and dropped In the draft because of his injury history (back) in college.
  2. Eris
    Lopez left last nights game with right shoulder tightness. I haven’t seen an injury update, but just when we think the Twins have expendable pitching someone gets hurt.
  3. Eris
    Defense is really the challenge as you have pointed out. While I understand the logic and flexibility of having multiple utility players, how the Twins have constructed their roster means they are below average defensively at multiple positions.
  4. Eris
    I am very happy that us Twins fans are finally getting to see a healthy Buxton. I think he is being given too much credit for a few opposite field hits. Elementary students learning baseball are taught to hit an outside pitch to the opposite field. It is one of the skills that has seemingly become rare in today’s game.
  5. Eris
    The challenge is that the Twins are in need of more than one bat. The needs are 1B, 3B and possibly LF. Bader, after a hot start is cooling.
  6. Eris
    I think the reason is about availability and managerial flexibility. A RP who throws only one inning will be available the next day. This availability then needs to be weighed against winning a game tomorrow vs burnout and also protecting a pitchers career.
  7. Eris
    There was article in the WSJ sometime ago about the San Francisco Giants asking their minor league pitchers to throw deeper into the game. I have no idea how successful this will be. All of MLB realizes that there is a pitching utilization problem. There not many solutions. Ask starters to pitch more. Ask relievers to throw more innings per outing but with less frequency. Expand the roster (includes increasing number of times a player can be sent to the minors in a season). Get position players to pitch. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/baseball-s-pitch-to-fix-pitchers-make-them-throw-more/ar-AA1D1Lv8
  8. Eris
    I think this level of usage for a relief pitcher is approaching burnout. While they may have success for 1 or 2 years their effectiveness will not be sustained.
  9. Eris
    I thought France had a very slow release on the last play
  10. Eris
    Also a poor slide by Wallner. If he slides feet first he is likely safe. Agree that it was a poor send.
  11. Eris
    Can’t wait for robo ball and strikes.
  12. Eris
    I’m sure that most major league players realize that hitting 0.130 isn’t going to cut it and Lewis should be sent down or put on IL if he is hurt. The Twins have at least 3 options to play 3B without Lewis.
  13. Eris
    When pitchers like Coulombe have success it makes me wonder if there is too much groupthink in baseball. Hi octane pitchers throwing the same/similar pitches with maximum delivery makes it easier for hitters to adjust to different pitchers.
  14. Eris
    And Jason Bartlett. Bartlett put up 9.4 fWAR in 3 years at SS with the Rays.
  15. Eris
    Buxton made a very good throw in the 6th to keep the Orioles lead at 1 (2-1)
  16. Eris
    Jose Miranda is -14 OAA at 3B in what amounts to a full seasons worth of playing time since 2022. Of all the players with at 1000 innings at 3B, only Patrick Wisdom and Jake Burger have a more negative OAA. The most generous thing that can be said is that he is hurt to often to establish whether or not he is capable of becoming a serviceable major league 3B. On the current roster his path is limited to 1B and DH and being an above average hitter. This is probably true for Julien as well. https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/major-league?lg=all&ind=0&season1=2022&season=2025&qual=1000&stats=fld&pos=3b&type=1&pagenum=2&pageitems=30
  17. Eris
    Name This Twin, May 7
    Big Sexy
  18. Eris
    I would add that pitchers also figured out that high fastballs at or just on top of the zone could effectively neutralize the upper cut swing for the fences approach that Daniel Murphy popularized. I think the multi years of focus on this approach has hurt Twins hitters as the organization would work on changing hitters swings to capitalize on this approach to hitting. Kepler especially comes to mind. Both Lewis and Austin Martin have commented on how the Twins attempts to change their swing did not work for them.
  19. Eris
    Let’s start Sunday morning with some positives. The Twins won yesterday and Byron Buxton is tracking to play in 147 games this year. Half of the starting lineup has an OPS < 0.700. Neither Ty France nor Bader is the Twins problem. The offensive problems are Correa hitting near the Mendoza line. He is under contract for at least 3 more years. Lewis, Wallner and Keaschall are on the IL. I would like to think that that this team would be better if the latter 3 were in the lineup every day. Having many players on the IL seems to be an ongoing issue.
  20. Eris
    Perhaps the late season 2023 surge was the worst thing that could have happened to this team. It let everyone believe that a team of Kepler, Correa, Lewis, Wallner, Jeffers and Julien could take the team to next level—rather than for example rebuilding. After a few more months of promising baseball in 2024, the offense totally collapsed. It is hard to comprehend such offensive ineptitude from players who could at one time hit.
  21. Eris
    The biggest challenges facing the Twins is that they have constructed a roster of too many players who are too frequently injured. Buxton, Correa, Lewis, Miranda. There is a limit to the number of capable backup players that can be on the 26 and 40 man roster. Some is bad luck (Lewis) some were active decisions (Correa, Buxton). The second half of the 2023 season dominated by Wallner, Lewis, Julien and to a lesser extent Miranda perhaps gave unrealistic expectations of future performance—bad defense is okay if Julien can hit 0.300. For about last decade or so, the Twins have been near the top of the league in % of runs scored by HR. They have achieved this by emphasizing hitting over defense and increasing power by increasing strike outs. I think one of the challenges with this approach is that high K% hitters are more streaky and also more effectively neutralized by good pitching.
  22. Eris
    Ultimately the solution involves some combination of having the SP throw 6 or 7 innings (a stretch considering only Lopez is reaching 5 innings per start) or having more than 1 reliever who can throw 2 or more innings. Looking at todays game which burned through 8 pitches, both Sands and Varland could have been expected to throw multiple innings—possibly Jax as well.
  23. Eris
    I think that with a Torpedo bat, a player should be able to generate more bat speed vs an equal weight normal bat s the center of mass is closer to the hands. A player could also use a heavier Torpedo bat and retain that same bat speed.
  24. Eris
    Very interesting article. Some, but not 2 inches of height difference, can be explained by measuring in bare feet vs with cleats.
  25. Eris
    @Richie the Rally GoatThank you
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