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  1. Vanimal46
    My advice, take it or leave it - take some time off from watching this team. Your recent articles are bottom feeder compared to what you’re capable of. Edit: Just know I’m saying this out of respect. You know this. I’ve been reading your work for years and have met you in person. This is rubbish. Truly.
  2. Vanimal46
    Okay. This article was published today. Nick Nelson had the immense power of hindsight like I did and still wrote this rubbish.
  3. Vanimal46
    If you’re looking for a debate on WPA I’m not your guy. I’m pointing out that these big numbers happen in close games. You and SwainZag are free to look at previous game recaps to see these numbers during close losses and yell into the clouds.
  4. Vanimal46
    In 2022, we traded a reliever to Baltimore who turned into an all star the next season + 2 other prospects for a reliever we traded away in a “lateral move” 1 year later. We traded a good bat who’s contributing this season (2.1 bWAR/1.4 fWAR) to an NL wild card team and CES who’s knocking at the door for a pitcher who threw 42 innings in his 1.5 years of control. This is a scorching hawt taek.
  5. Vanimal46
    That big number happens a lot in close losses. Welcome aboard.
  6. Vanimal46
    Congrats Nick! You are the hawt taek artist.
  7. Vanimal46
    Today is the first time you’ve had a problem with the WPA calculation in its history? If so, breathe, and come back tomorrow.
  8. Vanimal46
    Lewis could not get the ball out of his glove and on the way to first base quicker than he did.
  9. Vanimal46
    Yes. That is called leverage in baseball. Duran pitched in very high leverage situations today.
  10. Vanimal46
    I’m just settling into the reality that the Twins are going to back into a division title because the other 4 teams gave up. It’s going to take a gem pitching performance from one of our starters to win a single playoff game this year.
  11. Vanimal46
    Checks out on FanGraphs
  12. Vanimal46
    Or a Kris Lindahl arms stretching out across the entirety of the jersey.
  13. Vanimal46
    I want a Joe Mauer/Kemps collaboration like the good old days.
  14. Vanimal46
    Each pitcher has about 6 starts left for the regular season. I’d probably skip him in the rotation at least once in September to save him for a playoff start. Realistically if he’s around 160-170 innings that will be fantastic. If we go on a miracle WS run, then he can push it to the absolute limit of 180-185 innings.
  15. Vanimal46
    I’m happy the Twins are finally having this conversation. It should have happened on June 1, but better late than never. Get him healthy enough to play 60% of the remaining games in the field - including consecutive days. If he can do that, I’ll be thrilled to have him back. If he requires 1-2 days off after playing in the field, resulting in the Twins playing short handed, I have minimal interest in that.
  16. Vanimal46
    He’s probably not Platinum Award winning CF anymore but I bet he’s still very, very good. I’m more than willing to try it out.
  17. Vanimal46
    Doesn’t appear this will be solved anytime soon.
  18. Vanimal46
    We’re running out of time to actually do this. 2 or 3 games maybe then get him to MN.
  19. Vanimal46
    I’m with you and lean towards no rehab assignment. He’s not going to learn anything there. Just get him healthy enough to play CF and let it ride as long as they can.
  20. Vanimal46
    I’m happy to read this. This should have happened in June but better late than never.
  21. Vanimal46
    Balazovic optioned to St Paul. Oliver Ortega recalled.
  22. Vanimal46
    I’m going to call a spade a spade. There are certain TD writers who have given it every effort they have to raise expectations because they’re such homers about the Twins. It’s not even objective writing anymore. It’s just a fantasy land about the 2023 Twins being “Built for October”, Sonny Gray being a Cy Young favorite, and Royce Lewis/Ed Julien being superstars. This team right before opening day had an over/under of 81.5 wins. This is what they’ve always been. A middling .500 team. There were no expectations of being great. And now every team in the division has decided to quit so we will win the AL Central by default
  23. Vanimal46
    Did we enter the easy part of the schedule now? KC, Pittsburgh and Detroit are tough outs evidently.
  24. Vanimal46
    I selected the laugh reaction, because it’s better than crying.
  25. Vanimal46
    LaTroy Hawkins (11 teams), Rich Hill (12), and Tyler Clippard (10) to add a few more.
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