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  1. KirbyDome89
    Do you hate it when defensive players are in proper position, field a ball cleanly, and make a good throw to record an out? That's a "process that yields solid results." Do you hate it when hitters have a plan at the plate instead of hacking wildly? That's also a "process that yields solid results." Teams/players have been optimizing forever and that's true all the way down to the most basic aspects of the game. Before the game started yesterday, if I told you that every Twins hitter was going to swing at ball 4 (multiple times) and chop a roller to SS rather than take a walk would you have been happy? The ball is in play, anything can happen right? I mean c'mon. Here we are, glorifying an objectively poor AB and holding it up as the epitome of everything wrong with the Twins. Go ahead and hate the warts this club has, I do too, but I'm not going to pretend that Altuve AB yesterday was some sort of big brain approach or a knowledge/execution gap between the two squads.
  2. KirbyDome89
    "Processes that yield solid results," applies to all facets of baseball, not just whatever analytical category you're railing against in this post. What you're arguing against is fundamentally sound baseball.
  3. KirbyDome89
    I'm not arguing that a strikeout isn't a worse outcome in that scenario, or almost any. What I'm saying is that the poor process (AB) is going to lead to poor results a vast, vast majority of the time. Altuve beating out a squibbed ball is much more a function of good fortune than a good process.
  4. KirbyDome89
    What was the wild cut on the previous pitch when Pena wasn't running? Extra protection? Yes, it was a bad AB with a positive result. Altuve swung at ball 4 and ball 5. He put ball 5 into play and gave the Twins a chance to record an out. I can't say for certain that Pena swipes 3B safely, but on the broadcast it sounded like he got a good jump, he runs well, and the Twins don't defend the bases so do with that what you will.
  5. KirbyDome89
    So they were all looking to put the ball in play right? I understand your point; I disagree that the process you're advocating for will yield solid results. Poor contact isn't a reliable way to score runs or advance runners.
  6. KirbyDome89
    I very much doubt that. If this club wasn't going to sacrifice an out to advance the runner to 3B and play for a run I don't know why we'd assume Jeffers would've shifted his approach and tried to hit a ground ball to the right side or a deep enough fly ball.
  7. KirbyDome89
    So you want Twins hitters to hit soft ground balls to the SS? It bad AB from Altuve that just happened to have a good result. It's like swinging through strike 3 on a wild pitch and being rewarded with 1B. Altuve swung through ball 4 (which was a mile off the plate) on the previous pitch and then he hacked away again at another ball and tapped it softly to SS. There's absolutely no chance he intended to dribble a roller to Correa.
  8. KirbyDome89
    He was optioned for Matthews with Festa still waiting for a call up but sure, Dobnak, that's what everybody wanted...
  9. KirbyDome89
    He struggled in the 2nd half last year. He struggled to start this season and he was getting blown up recently. Idk why anybody should be "embarrassed," for wanting SWR in AAA.
  10. KirbyDome89
    Yeah I'm not usually too concerned with injury timeline stuff but the whole Royce saga this season feels like pretty gross mismanagement from both a health and performance standpoint.
  11. KirbyDome89
    I don't think it's a collapse so much as this is pretty much who they are; an atrocious offensive club with decent (although injured) pitching. Did the Twins magically get another series scheduled with Baltimore? Kidding. Kinda.
  12. KirbyDome89
    Not that I disagree with the overall point, but if it's the same leg I'd say there's a pretty good chance it wasn't close to healthy enough to be playing in the first place. When you have to tell somebody not to run out ground balls Idk why you're penciling them into the lineup, especially when they're very clearly struggling at the plate and in the field.
  13. KirbyDome89
    "I’d love to see him get a little more time and provide a bit more utility. Let him start against lefties, give him some time at DH and slide Larnach to the outfield, or give France the day off at first base once in a while." Hard pass. Bride and 4 something OPS can collect all the cobwebs. The Twins are doing a terrible job of utilizing the roster spot, but giving Bride more playing time isn't the solution.
  14. KirbyDome89
    You're paying a premium either way if that type of player is the target. At that point you might as well pull the trigger at the deadline if you're remotely serious about winning postseason games.
  15. KirbyDome89
    Cool, you can maybe squeeze more WAR out of some unnamed prospect over X number of seasons. That lacks an incredible amount of context if you're actually trying to measure "impact on winning." That accumulation of talent has to coalesce in a short window of time. Waiting for the stars to align (which is essentially what you're arguing for) is a great way to ensure mediocrity. Most prospects aren't long term assets.
  16. KirbyDome89
    He's been pretty damn solid the last 2 seasons. I was down on his ability to stay healthy, but you can't deny he's been a key contributor to a rotation that has carried this team.
  17. KirbyDome89
    Compare him to his peers. Bottom tier in terms of 1B slugging. Bottom tier in OBP, and FWIW Fangraphs has him as a bottom tier defender as well.
  18. KirbyDome89
    So are we just going to ignore the fact that the Twins have one of the worst pitch framing duos in baseball?
  19. KirbyDome89
    28, 16, 15. Those are his IP each season, the last number being to date. No, he's not underappreciated in the least.
  20. KirbyDome89
    Yeah, sadly I can believe that. There was at least one post about Alcala being a "bottom half of the bullpen weapon," in the article about trading Duran. I get that fans can (at times vastly) overrate their own guys but if you can't put Alcala into a game that's remotely competitive there's zero point in keeping him on the roster.
  21. KirbyDome89
    One can only hope
  22. KirbyDome89
    They had lost 20 of 21 games coming into today...
  23. KirbyDome89
    That was Alcala's relief line.
  24. KirbyDome89
    This is satire right?
  25. KirbyDome89
    Single, walk, homer, double before he could record a single out. Tell me more about Alcala's "stuff."
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