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  1. Vanimal46
    Digging into the data he sat out 8/15, 8/21, 8/23 now 9/2. Other than the time he sat out 2 games in a 3 day stretch he's played every day. Maybe he tweaked something, maybe he needs a mental break for a day. It's not like he's being egregiously mishandled during his time with the Twins.
  2. Vanimal46
    Regardless, the game was 13-2 when he was brought in. They don't need a real pitcher out there when a game is that lopsided.
  3. Vanimal46
    That's what the New Skool managerzz are doing. Saving an arm during s*** storm baseball games.
  4. Vanimal46
    Austin also started 5 games in a row before today. 4th time he's sat in the last 20 games since he's been called up.
  5. Vanimal46
    I am. September 2, 2018 isn't going to change my mind.
  6. Vanimal46
    Also, I'm jealous that Atlanta brilliantly executed a full tear down rebuild and back in contention within 3 years.
  7. Vanimal46
    Atlanta is calling up #5 overall pick from the 2017 draft Kyle Wright to help in the bullpen for the rest of the season.
  8. Vanimal46
    Romero is starting for Rochester today. He'll be added to the Twins soon.
  9. Vanimal46
    IMO the argument shouldn't be about Molitor keeping Odorizzi in the game too long. The argument should be that Odorizzi isn't a starting pitcher.
  10. Vanimal46
    I watched for a little bit too. The walk on QB went to HS in my hometown so that gives me something to root for. This team is extremely young. Can't imagine they win more than a game after the conference schedule begins
  11. Vanimal46
    Odorizzi this year faces on average 22.1 batters per start. Yesterday he faced, what do you know, 22 batters. What I'm hearing here is he should only face 18 batters no matter the circumstance.
  12. Vanimal46
    I would take Machado for either position, frankly. There's enough concern with Sano's bat where Machado can fill in there. Polanco is decent at SS and probably better suited for 2B. As far as payroll, right now they have $32 million in committed salary. The commits already are Reed, Castro, and Pineda. In a couple of months MLBTradeRumors will release their arbitration projections and they're usually pretty accurate. I'm guessing it will take $30 million or so to sign our arbitration eligible players. So that leaves the Twins around $65 million. I don't expect the Twins to match this year's payroll figure, but they have the ability to do so. They should at least be at $100 million so that leaves $35 million to work with. Machado's first year figure of $60 million doesn't have to be as a salary. They could be creative and offer a portion of that as a signing bonus. I am planning on the Twins contending next year. They almost have to in my mind. Chicago and Detroit aren't going to be this bad forever. If the Twins expect to do anything with the current core of players, something needs to be done.
  13. Vanimal46
    We're so far down the rabbit hole in this discussion I don't remember what the point of this is. It sounds like your Ryan LaMarre Opportunity thread again. Go back and read your thread again, because you changed your tune and who you're blaming since then.
  14. Vanimal46
    Also, what was his pitch count entering the 6th? 80 ish pitches?
  15. Vanimal46
    Twins baseball: Back by popular demand, Chris Gimenez!
  16. Vanimal46
    https://twitter.com/AaronGleeman/status/1035242322471145472?s=19 Concur with Gleeman. Nothing to lose by experimenting on an Odorizzi start.
  17. Vanimal46
    Must be a crucial 3 game series for the Red Wings, eh?
  18. Vanimal46
    I was hoping for some sort of progression with Kepler's bat. Bad luck and that low BABIP seems to follow him around since 2016. There will come a time where it's not just bad luck, and this is who he is. The defensive value he's seeing this year will be siphoned away by Buxton next season... The stick needs to get better. Kiriloff is knocking on the door.
  19. Vanimal46
    I'm not taking the bait, man. If it's that easy to scrape through the data I'm open to reading your analysis.
  20. Vanimal46
    1. Molitor did use those players (Adrianza, LaMarre, and Grossman) to supplement bad play from the starting 9. You were leading the LaMarre opportunity club... He played good baseball for a week, and after that, he was not good for a longer period of time. Adrianza played more than anticipated because of Polanco's suspension and he did okay. Grossman is Grossman and manages to find his way in the lineup quite a bit. So what are you advocating there? That the Twins needed more alternatives in case of injury? I agree. The options were very limited and that's not on Molitor. That's on the FO negotiating contracts with the players. 2. Yep, they needed to acquire more help at AAA. Again, that's on the FO not providing a realistic MLB alternative. The Red Wings roster for position players is unacceptable. 3. The Dodgers and Cubs of the world have the luxury of picking up these guys and developing them in the minors. Muncy as I said before crushed in AAA for a full season and April 2018 before getting his chance. The Twins don't have a Muncy on roster. That is not Molitor's fault. All of these points make it appear in my eye you're blaming the wrong person. You should be mad at Falvine for not acquiring AAAA types that could be useful in the MLB. You should be mad that they're not constantly picking up waiver wire guys in hopes they turn into a Max Muncy. Molitor and the coaching staff aren't miracle workers here. They can only work with the talent they're given. And it hasn't been good for a long time.
  21. Vanimal46
    He looks better physically. The bat has a long ways to go still. Teams are going to keep telling their pitchers to throw sliders outside of the plate. It's up to him to adjust and not check swing at it.
  22. Vanimal46
    Moving Sano from 3B to 1B takes away his valuable arm. His range at the hot corner may be limited, but he makes outs he has no business making using that laser arm. If he continues to lose weight and work on his defense, why can't he play 3B next season? His bat is an entirely different topic and I concur with spycake on that. I don't trust his bat enough right now for either position.
  23. Vanimal46
    I posted secondary articles because those people took the time to look at sourced data. Teams want their best hitters at the top of the lineup so they can have more PAs. Believe it or not, Brian Dozier was this team's best hitter over the previous 4 seasons. If it's not hard, and you made the demand to analyze baseball stats, I look forward to reading your conclusion.
  24. Vanimal46
    I'm sure it would be good, but I doubt they schedule a meeting with the Twins based off that proposal. $60 million is just for 1 season. During a year where the Twins have a ton of financial flexibility and can afford to front load the hell out of a contract.
  25. Vanimal46
    Concrete evidence. https://www.theringer.com/2017/3/31/16040426/2017-mlb-preview-leadoff-hitter-revolution-george-springer-kyle-schwarber-2e49f6ff7c58 Also, this. https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-teams-putting-top-hitters-at-top-of-lineup/c-265696482 Maddon doesn't understand his job either, I guess by batting Schwarber and Bryant 1-2 in the lineup. Nor does Brian Snitker, who continues to bat Acuna and Freeman 1-2 in his lineup.
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