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  1. PopRiveter
    He doesn’t pitch right? When I consider it today, I just don’t see how that acquisition would address a need for the Twins. However, it could look very different a couple weeks down the road. A baseball season can humble me repeatedly.
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    I don’t want all those bases on balls wiped away from the record books.
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    Bad, bad, bad missed opportunity by AK
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    Agreed through and through. He’s what is right about baseball.
  5. PopRiveter
    Sooooooo this game wasn’t boring afterall
  6. PopRiveter
    Soooooooo Buxton hits one out? anyone?
  7. PopRiveter
    That throw by Jeffers was imperfect.
  8. PopRiveter
    That’s a tough break for Duran. Let’s see him focus and sink the next ship
  9. PopRiveter
    Good news?
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    It’s probably just fine if you interpret it properly, but it is absolutely not as simple as “predictive era” unless all contact is equal. Some pitchers tend to give up hard contact, others induce pop-ups, grounders, foul balls, etc. FIP purposely ignores that.
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    The more I learn, the more FIP is dumb. It is appropriate for 1 pitching style- strikeout pitchers. Very misleading for any other style. Great measure for Perkins.
  12. PopRiveter
    I’m headed to my daughter’s restaurant to watch a couple innings before I drive her home. I demand a rally or else… …I’ll probably just tune in tomorrow.
  13. PopRiveter
    While I can’t pretend to be vegetarian, I’m in he middle of a plate of steamed vegetables and it’s downright delicious. I won’t be pitying you anytime soon.
  14. PopRiveter
    Yup. This bullpen will look much more stable if he can revert to the guy he was the last few years. Seems like a really good, standup guy. Just need him to perform well enough to belong.
  15. PopRiveter
    Nope.
  16. PopRiveter
    Big moment coming up. Hope they can distance themselves from that baserunning meltdown
  17. PopRiveter
    Sign me up!
  18. PopRiveter
    That was due to actual outcomes on the field (actual runs being scored against him), not expected outcome (projecting how many runs would be theoretically likely to score against if one superimposes a league average BABIP.) If Pagan put up a lousy FIP during that outing while allowing 0 runs, it still would've moved them closer to a win. That's my point. I'd been reading your ongoing debate where you kept arguing expected future performance against TheLeviathan who kept arguing on the field, results-based value. You both make some valid points, but I don't think you're arguing the same thing. I'm personally more grateful for the quality innings that have been stacking up and helping the team than I am afraid that he may turn into a pumpkin. You certainly don't have to see things the same as I do. I'd gladly crack a beer with you and enjoy a few innings and some friendly debate.
  19. PopRiveter
    I'd dance with the girl what brung me to the party. If Correa is just a one year player, let's squeeze all the juice we can from 2022. Who knows, maybe he decides he likes winning as much as he likes money and there is more of a chance at a future together than any of us think is possible right now? Then again, Scott Boras is Scott Boras, so I won't hold my breath. Having an elite SS for a one year push is not my idea of a problem.
  20. PopRiveter
    Some folks here set the bar pretty high. And in fairness, I left the door wide open to that sort of comparison when I put the words "Iron Man" in the post title. Honestly though, it was tongue-in-cheek. I should have put a huge asterisk and made sure to denote I meant *2022 Twins nearest equivalent Bundy leads the team in innings pitched and he is 101st in mlb right now. The 2022 Twins have no Bob Feller. I'm glad they have Chris Archer. I don't find them to be particularly comparable pitchers.
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    I've never seen a team lose a game due to underlying numbers suggesting future regression. ?
  22. PopRiveter
    Yeah, “Iron Man” wasn’t meant in a genuine, straightforward way. Blyleven and Morris probably throw up in their mouths a little when they see that a 4/5 inning starter is a close second on the team in innings pitched. My perception was that Archer’s been so limited by his usage plan, but the reality was that the plan has kept him on the mound more than all but one fellow Twin. That’s what I aimed to say with that title. “Isn’t it Ironic? Don’t ya think?”
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    On June 1, the TD news page featured this article… I didn’t agree with the opinion suggested by the headline even then, but one month later, it’s hard to imagine posting that article today. Since this, he’s thrown 23 innings with a 1.57 ERA in June. He’s now started more games than any other Twins pitcher and has thrown the second most innings on the team. There has been some concern associated with his underlying number (see his 4.72 FIP), but he keeps looking better and better in my opinion. He’s been getting a lot of outs by means of weak contact. That always makes a pitcher’s FIP look worse than his results, but it also makes for a much more efficient pitcher as long as he keeps the ball in the park, which he has. I have not been supportive of limiting his pitch count so conservatively, but what they are doing is paying off and here we are, about to enter July, and the strategy has resulted in 57 1/3 innings and a starter who seems to keep trending upward. I have to give props.
  24. PopRiveter
    You won't miss Angel Hernandez turning an MLB game into a joke even a little? ?
  25. PopRiveter
    The teams winning in October are often the teams benefitting from the bad calls going in their favor, not teams overcoming bad calls going against them. Should we also allow Astro's to steal signs and teams to field a roster full of PED guys because "The best teams can overcome" unfair competition? Of course not. It's why I stopped watching the NBA years ago. The star players and big market teams were constantly the beneficiaries of phantom calls. You knew in advance who would win each series just by looking at the names on the paper. The refs steered the games accordingly. I hear it is supposedly better lately, but I haven't returned to find out if that is true. The more we can remove that unfairness from the game, the more even the playing field becomes, therefore, the better the sport becomes. One man's opinion.
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