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  1. KirbyDome89
    I bet they didn't last year, and I doubt they were losing much sleep in April or May this year. This is silly....
  2. KirbyDome89
    Location is certainly part of the problem, but the movement on his slider this year is the worst it has been at any point in his career. Not counting the game today hitters have a .569 slugging % against that pitch. So yeah, it (the slider) is back, but Jackson looked like the same guy who was DFA'd a few weeks ago.
  3. KirbyDome89
    If by "back," you mean the slider he hung middle/middle for a ground rule double then yeah, it's certainly back.
  4. KirbyDome89
    Nobody is saying that Varland working on his pitch mix isn't worth the effort. The range of possible outcomes certainly isn't binary...
  5. KirbyDome89
    The primary difference being guys whose ST performances you can write off, i.e. those who are "tinkering," are established MLB pitchers. Varland didn't change his pitch mix in AAA in an effort to improve his MLB footing, he did it because he literally couldn't survive as a starting pitcher without attempting some major changes. You don't think the approach tonight will be the one he worked on for the last 6 weeks in AAA? Why bother bringing him up if that's the case? Legit starter prospect? Ace? And you're calling others silly? Why Boushley? We're talking about winning one game. Varland has an ERA north of 5 since his demotion to AAA; he's struggling with reworking his pitch mix there. Idk why we'd expect him to start carving up MLB hitters. Maybe he puts it together and finds some consistency in the rotation but his most likely landing spot at this point is in the bullpen.
  6. KirbyDome89
    Or the fact that those runs are being used to shift the W/L records by multiple games....yeah....
  7. KirbyDome89
    I'm so tired of the bitching about umpiring on this site. It's the lamest scapegoat ever.... Nobody complained when Nick Gonzales was rung up on ball 4 from Duran in the 8th inning. Where was the outrage? Pittsburgh should've had the bases loaded with 1 out instead of first and third with 2 outs in a one run game. Nobody gives a ****, and it's conveniently forgotten, but we're still holding onto a Cleveland loss from 2 months ago. The selective memory nonsense is out of control.
  8. KirbyDome89
    Yeah I'm not suggesting he's a bum. I wouldn't say coaches/managers are irrelevant, but I think their impact is overrated. Too many fans (not saying you're in this group) think you can just make lemonade out of lemons. Good coaching can give you and advantage on the margins, i.e. masking certain weaknesses or attacking others ect, but no amount of coaching in the world is going to make Vazquez a passable hitter. A watchful, or objective set of eyes can certainly steer guys in the right direction, but they can only lead a horse to water ya know?
  9. KirbyDome89
    Miami was consistently bottom third, they ranked 23, 29, and 27th by OPS, during Rowson's tenure. You could argue that he was the bench coach and not explicitly the hitting coach, but Detroit finished 28th by OPS last season with Rowson as their hitting coach. Judge and Soto are each at an OPS above 1.000 as everyday players. That's nuts. Nobody else in their lineup is north of .800. Honestly, they have just as many guys underperforming; Rizzo, Cabrera, and Torres (LeMahieu in limited ABs) are all struggling. NY has two MVP caliber players carrying the lineup. I think it kinda starts and ends there.
  10. KirbyDome89
    Crazy that this wasn't touched on in the article. The bulk of the "heavy lifting," is done. Cleveland needs to start slowing down now, like this very moment, because another 3-4 weeks of solid play means it'll take an all time collapse for the Twins to have a chance at surpassing them in the division.
  11. KirbyDome89
    There isn't one. The goal is to maximize your odds of making the postseason, and having your better players soak up more of the available innings/ABs does that. I wasn't suggesting that whatever happens in NY makes or breaks this season, I was pointing out how fragile your pace argument is. Kepler posted a .926 OPS in the 2nd half of last season. If you think Margot is going to "turn it on," to that level, don't let me stop you from arguing, but you're on an island. His current OPS+ is 58, and his career average is 90 (15 points below Kepler's btw) so sure, he can "improve," but we're still likely talking about the needle moving from sub replacement level to merely replacement level, which is problematic.
  12. KirbyDome89
    Pace is your rationale for continuing to feed ABs to a below average corner OF bat? Yeesh... This team is one more rough Yankees series away from being on pace to finish with a worse record than last season. Arguing that their current win rate insulates this club from the negative effects of giving playing time to replacement (or below) level players is ridiculous.
  13. KirbyDome89
    Yeah, they kinda are. They're playing a below average bat at a position (corner OF) that demands an above average bat, and they're getting no defensive value to boot. That's awful. If you truly believe this organization has nobody capable of stepping in short term and providing Kyle Farmer-esque production you should be screeching about removing this FO....
  14. KirbyDome89
    The case being made is that investing a disproportionate amount of your roster space in short side platoon players only works when everything goes right. How often does everything break right? Farmer turns 34 this year, should we be shocked his bat has declined? Margot has been a league average hitter once, maybe twice, in his career. Again, should we be shocked that at 30 a slap hitting OF who has lost a step is struggling? The individual performances of these short side guys is one thing, but there are also injuries, and performance issues with the starters to be considered. If Farmer, Margot, et al were scuffling once or twice a week in the starting lineup it wouldn't be as big of an issue, but when Julien isn't hitting, or Buxton is injured, or Lewis is out, Correa misses time, yada yada and you're plugging in replacement (or below) level guys with little or no defensive value every day that's a problem.
  15. KirbyDome89
    The "someone else," crew might be unappealing, but they're a marked improvement over Vazquez.
  16. KirbyDome89
    You've got it backwards. The Twins are selling entertainment. If they're content to run a middling team out year after year, they (you) don't get to blame consumers for opting to spend their $$ on a better/different product. That's the game the Twins are in, and they're doing a **** job of playing it right now. The value of this franchise has increased by over $1B since the Pohlad's purchased it. Obviously they're not running a charity, and there's no chance they're actually operating at a loss annually either.
  17. KirbyDome89
    It's funny how umpires can seemingly cost this team games, but I've never once seen anybody point out an instance of umpires giving the Twins games.
  18. KirbyDome89
    NY has been without one of the best pitchers in baseball all season....
  19. KirbyDome89
    The Sox are clearly worse than last year. I think Detroit finishes with a worse record than 2023 as well. KC isn't going to lose 106 games but I think there's a correction coming their way. Cleveland is the wildcard. I'm more interested to see whether they can maintain average offensive production for the entire season. I know their pitching is erratic at the moment, but I guess I have more faith that'll work itself out. I honestly don't know what to think about the Twins at the moment. They're hot, which is great, but their lineup still has massive question marks, and as has already been pointed out, they need last season's SP luck again. All in, the division is better with KC not being a doormat and Cleveland being a tbd team rather than one struggling to stay at .500. This feels like the ALC we know and love, mediocre at best, but not historically awful.
  20. KirbyDome89
    Separating pitching and hitting is where I'd start since this thread is about a pitching pipeline. Where are the arms ready to establish themselves so the Twins aren't scraping the bottom of the barrel for guys like Happ, Bundy, Archer, or Shoemaker to fill out a rotation? Why are they gambling on Tyler Mahle midseason, or making a move for Paddack, who also had know durability issues? Why are they trading for DeSclafani this offseason? The rotation has been healthy (sans the dubious DeSclafani gamble) this year yet they're one injury away from choosing between rushing Varland back for his 3rd shot at sticking or plugging in another washed up vet a la Keuchel last year. None of this touches on the players acquired via FA or trade in just the last few years that weren't disasters but fail to meet your criteria.
  21. KirbyDome89
    If you have to use 4 SWR starts this season as evidence of a "pipeline," then I'd argue you don't have one... I've seen a lot of "why does it matter how they acquire pitching," comments throughout the thread. Falvey's pitch upon hire was building a sustainable winner. Consistently having to dip into FA, or trade for SP isn't sustainable for this organization. Also, naming the next X number of guys on the way up is something every other fanbase can do. Just go back a few years, guys like Winder, Balazovic, Thorpe, yada yada were all being talked about the same way. Quality is what's in question.
  22. KirbyDome89
    If the Twins are getting blown out and playing like ****, am I trolling if I finally chime in to point out that random reliever X had a good inning in the 8th? I'd vote no. If you think they're posting comments they themselves don't believe to elicit a reaction from others, ok. I doubt that's the case often, if ever. I think the "fire Rocco," crowd actually wants him fired. Ditto for any other tiresome talking point or in game criticism. TD is a pretty niche spot to troll. I'm not saying it's impossible, but the ROI for devoting your own time to trolling game threads has to be pretty terrible. You can put that drunk in a soundproof box, and make him invisible, whether through site tools or your own filtering. The flick of a middle finger works wonders. I don't find the experience as grating, or oppressive, but different strokes for different folks, there are certainly posters, comments, or articles on this site that annoy me to no end. You're right, game threads aren't regular topic threads, which is why I expect them to be more volatile.
  23. KirbyDome89
    And when things aren't going poorly, those posters aren't nearly as prevalent. I think that is the natural flow. I'm not implying in any way this topic isn't worth discussion. Conducive, constructive, ect are just as subjective as positive and negative. No matter your disposition, you'll find a way to be annoyed, or entertained in those threads. I don't view them any differently than the articles/comments on the rest of the site. If you feel that the effort that goes into filtering doesn't provide an acceptable return, fair, I'm not sure I agree though.
  24. KirbyDome89
    I can only speak for myself, but I think this is just the nature of the beast with game threads. Baseball is so much about the macro; sometimes it's nice to just live in the moment so to speak. I might ignore 2/3 of what's posted, depending on who posts it, but the overall tone of the thread ebbs and flows with how the game is going, and I'm ok with that.
  25. KirbyDome89
    This is the key. Margot's perceived ceiling, and his role on this team, doesn't justify waiting around and hoping he bounces back. Keirsey could be a total flop, but he at least has options remaining. If the Twins can't rotate through internal candidates, they no doubt could scour the streets for a LF/RF who is average at best with the glove and provides nothing offensively.
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