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  1. Alex Schieferdecker
    Add Littell to the stable of Twins relievers that includes Duffey and May. Mid-90's fastball and a good breaking pitch. If they can throw these for strikes, they will be tremendous assets out of the bullpen.
  2. Alex Schieferdecker
    Twenty four hour moratorium on making fun of the bullpen. Reliever trust ranking: Trust Rogers Basically Trust Harper Somewhat Trust Duffey, May Don’t Trust, Has Been Good So Far Morin Don’t Trust, Has Been Iffy Parker Don’t Trust, Has Been Bad Hildenberger, Magill, Mejia Want To Trust, But Too New Littell, Eades Never Want To See Pitch Ever Again De Jong, Vasquez
  3. Alex Schieferdecker
    Entering this homestand, the Twins have played fewer home games than any other team in the league. Four home games fewer than Los Angeles, five fewer than Houston.
  4. Alex Schieferdecker
    I'm still not sure that I trust Duffey, but he's moving into the "Sometimes Trust" category where I've got Parker and May. His curve is ridiculous, it's just his fastball that still seems to lack a little something, whether it's speed or movement. But it's far from a liability. There's a reason why he's got the best K/9 of the team's regular pitchers.
  5. Alex Schieferdecker
    Trust: Rogers Mostly Trust: Harper Sometimes Trust: Parker May Hasn't Given A Reason Not To Trust... Yet Morin Don't Trust But Has Actually Been Pretty Good So Far Duffers Don't Trust Magill
  6. Alex Schieferdecker
    Duffey and Morin were fresh, and the Twins had a seven run lead. Not sure why Rocco went with Magill, but it backfired tremendously. Thankfully the Twins have a day off tomorrow, but that wasn't ideal. The Twins can't get too over their skis, because it's still the first week of June, but there's no reason not to get stricter about a bullpen rotation. Let's get guys the rest they need, even if that means putting Tyler Duffey in a tough spot and seeing if he can sink or swim.
  7. Alex Schieferdecker
    I really want Harper to make the ASG. What a story that would be.
  8. Alex Schieferdecker
    Is this something that might be caused by a fault or inefficiency in the pitcher's mechanics? If so, is it something the Twins are likely to try to address by tweaking those mechanics to reduce the wear and tear?
  9. Alex Schieferdecker
    Welcome to the big leagues kid, here's Christian Yelich.
  10. Alex Schieferdecker
    A lot of people are saying the Twins need more help in the bullpen. While I don't necessarily disagree with that, I'm noticing a conspicuous lack of names. I'm not seeing suggestions for players the Twins should target (I'm sure someone will mention Kimbrel, but beyond him) and even more strikingly, current relievers they should dump. If you think the bullpen needs help, be up front about who should be sent down and who the Twins should be going after! It seems especially weird to be making this criticism today, honestly, given that the game was lost by the one reliever that everyone wants to keep around. Meanwhile unheralded guys like Ryne Harper and Mike Morin pitched well, and have ERAs of 1.64 and 0.96 respectively and WHIPs under 1. Anytime the Twins lose, and often when they win, there's constant complaining about the bullpen. I get that few of these guys are "proven," and none of them are big names. But they're basically all pitching well so far, and it seems reflexive and not totally accurate to slam the bullpen on the night that the team's most highly regarded reliever made one poor pitch.
  11. Alex Schieferdecker
    Let's hope that Kody Funderburk makes it to the majors, because what a name!
  12. Alex Schieferdecker
    What I've enjoyed seeing from the Twins is that they are showing a lot of trust in guys who few other teams would've trusted—and it's paying off. Harper, whose first outing was a shaky appearance with a big lead against Cleveland, has settled in and has gotten consistently more important assignments. Same with Magill, May, and Morin, who have all been worked in very nicely. I expect we'll see the same for Duffey in the coming weeks, as he has aced his early tests. Add to those five the reliable work of Rogers and Parker, and the Twins seem to have seven guys who have earned the trust of the manager. As you write, depth is essential now, and that's really the one thing we haven't had, because for every pleasant surprise like Harper, Morin, or Duffey, we've had a guy we were hoping to count on go bad, like Hildenberger, Reed, or Moya. Who are the eighth, ninth, and tenth guys?
  13. Alex Schieferdecker
    Harper has appeared in plenty of low leverage situations. He has also appeared in a couple of higher leverage situations, as trust in him as seemed to grow.
  14. Alex Schieferdecker
    Of all of Baldelli's moves, I have been most impressed (like many of you) by his insistence on rest. No matter how important or how hot, every position player is getting rotated out of the line-up. guys like Gonzalez and Astudillo are basically everyday players, despite neither having a set position, entirely because they move around and fill in for whoever is scheduled to take the day off. A similar philosophy seems to be being applied to the bullpen as well. In the home series against the Angels, when the Twins played three close games in a row, the entire bullpen was used. It wasn't just Rogers, Parker, May, and Harper every night. (In fact, the idea that a guy like Harper could have already established himself as a high leverage option seems like something that would not have happened on most teams.) I think the essential part (as the article mentions) is that Baldelli thinks that getting regular rest in the long run is more important than any one game's result. I think he's probably right. Baseball has 162 games in the regular season, it's a marathon, not a sprint. If the Twins get to the postseason, they could be the freshest team remaining.
  15. Alex Schieferdecker
    Twins might be good this year.
  16. Alex Schieferdecker
    Ryne Harper is the unsung hero of the Twins so far. Hildenberger and (to a lesser extent) May's difficulties in being the #3 guy in the bullpen have been almost completely been papered over by Harper's pitching. I absolutely love his arsenal of slow, slower, and slowest breaking balls.
  17. Alex Schieferdecker
    The thing that convinces me so far that the Twins are "for real," is that they are succeeding in a completely normal way. They are trading blows with good teams, and absolutely destroying bad teams. Contrast this with the Wild, who had a great record against the best teams in the league, but you knew they weren't legit because they would collapse against teams that could barely lace up a pair of skates.
  18. Alex Schieferdecker
    I mean, we recently had seven games against Houston. Rogers: 1 IP, 0 ER May: 1.1 IP, 0 ER Duffey: 1.1 IP, 0 ER Parker: 2 IP, 0 ER and then... Magill: 2 IP, 2 ER (first appearance back) Harper: 3.1 IP, 3 ER (in four appearances, three were scoreless) Mejia: 1.1 IP, 3 ER Hildenberger: 1.2 IP, 4 ER Romero: 3 IP: 2 ER I'm not saying that the Twins should just be rolling into a playoff series with Trevor Hildenberger and Adalberto Mejia as if everything is hunky dory. What I am saying is that it's really easy to overstate the bullpen's issues. There are four guys (Rogers, May, Parker, and Harper) who have been consistently solid. There have been three more guys, (Magill, Morin, Duffey) who have been good through limited action. I'm not bent out of shape about it. There's probably a need for additional reinforcements, but pretending that the whole bullpen is a disaster is simply wrong.
  19. Alex Schieferdecker
    Except that Harper, Magill, Morin, and Duffey have 7 ER in 27 IP this season. The problem with the bullpen was almost exclusively Mejia to start the season (plus the dynamic De Jong + Vasquez duo). Now Hildenberger is completely melting down. But it's not really a bullpen-wide issue, it's basically been just two guys, and two disastrous call-ups. Rogers, Parker, Harper, May, Magill, Morin, and Duffey: 17 ER in 87 IP. Between those seven pitchers, that's a 1.76 ERA. I thought Rocco's bullpen management today was poor. I don't know why Magill came out. I don't know why Harper came in after working yesterday. I would've liked to see Duffey pitch, preferably at the start of an inning. I would've liked to see Morin start an inning. I would've liked to not see Hildenberger at all. We had three reasonably rested pitchers available, and instead of putting them in positions to succeed, we had the entire bullpen running around putting out fires instead.
  20. Alex Schieferdecker
    It was really fun! Looking forward to the MinnCentric brand-new-soccer-stadium outing in two years. *fingers crossed*
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