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  1. KirbyDome89
    I don't know if the opposing stater even needs to be all that competent. Allard dominated this lineup just a few days ago, and Irvin, who has been incredibly hittable, held the Twins down through 5 innings. I don't think it makes you a wet blanket to point out the fact this club is incredibly fortunate to be leaving Baltimore taking 2 of 3.
  2. KirbyDome89
    Allard owned a career 5.92 ERA as a starter (35 starts) coming into the game. His numbers as a relief pitcher were even worse. That's not really a tough task. 4.2 IP with 8 Ks and 0 ER today. It was his first outing of the season after tearing an oblique in ST. Those first two Boston games last week were the low point but we might be breaking new ground folks....
  3. KirbyDome89
    Nobody, myself included, is arguing that Varland can't or won't stick. Give him as much time as you want. I don't care, that's not the argument. He hasn't had any sort of sustained MLB success so to point to him as an example of pipeline production is incredibly premature. I don't know how anybody can argue with that right now, but here we are.
  4. KirbyDome89
    Why conflate restraint with "getting down on Varland." History probably isn't the argument you want to make here...
  5. KirbyDome89
    If you're going to sell me on Varland's potential, not his recent performance, we've answered the question of whether he should be included on the list of "successes."
  6. KirbyDome89
    Players struggling their first time (or two) up isn't uncommon. Those guys becoming All Stars, Cy Young finalists, or HOF'ers.....that's not. If you want to believe the Louie Varland will become Randy Johnson don't let me stop you, but the names you're throwing around are by far the exception and not the rule. Nobody is dismissing him, but counting him as a success story right now is ridiculous. He's been worse (in a shorter period of time) than Bundy or Archer was last year, and I'd argue that using either of those two is setting the bar too low to begin with.
  7. KirbyDome89
    Are they the exception or the rule?
  8. KirbyDome89
    "Royce has enjoyed a .418 BABIP in his limited sample this year." He's not necessarily wrong about this team needing to put the bat on the ball more often, but yeah the BABIP is massively inflated, he's rocking an above average K%, and the BBs are nonexisent. Idk if that's the path to turning things around either...
  9. KirbyDome89
    Louie Varland and his 5.30 FIP is "indicative of pipeline success?" Randy Dobnak? Caleb Thielbar? Wtf is this nonsense? Seriously....
  10. KirbyDome89
    Undoubtedly a SSS (I used 16 ABs not the article) and I'm not against him sticking it out with the Twins, but yeah the high K%, near nonexistent BBs, inflated BABIP, ect all point to issues under the hood. The dude is 6 for his last 10 or something like that since the Detroit series so who knows.
  11. KirbyDome89
    We're really stretching the definition of depth here....
  12. KirbyDome89
    We're really stretching the definition of depth here....
  13. KirbyDome89
    There's a difference between going through a rough stretch, or a slump, and being overmatched. That's the point that the article is making, and that nuance seems to be lost in these comments. Also, hard pass on having Lewis or any of these young guys up but not playing consistently.
  14. KirbyDome89
    Sometimes it's just as much about getting somebody in the everyday lineup/rotation that isn't actively hurting the team as it is about "resetting," the struggling player. Continuing to run out somebody who is overmatched is also a losing strategy. Of the 6 names you mentioned (I'm not counting Gordon in with this group) only Larnach is pushing into that awkward zone of becoming a roster issue. The others are either tracking normally (Wallner & Julien) young and still have some MLB experience (Lewis and Miranda) or are playing well at the major league level (AK).
  15. KirbyDome89
    What's the overreaction here? Lewis got a "breather," yesterday after not starting Sunday either, he went 3-16 with 8 Ks last week, and he's a few IF singles away from posting a pretty ugly slash line. Is he not chasing pitches and failing to draw walks? Is he not being overpowered by FBs? Does this team not desperately need consistent offensive production? You can disagree about swapping out 3B without trashing the article. There's plenty of click bait garbage flooding this site, most of which can be dismissed out of hand. A well written, measured piece that makes solid points to back up the premise shouldn't be lumped in with that.
  16. KirbyDome89
    You think they'd cut Pagan at this point instead of optioning Balazovic? I don't. There's no reason to believe this FO doesn't still view Pagan as an asset, which means they're not going to DFA him when they can simply send Balazovic down. That means it's Moran and Pagan as your mid leverage guys, or you're committing 3ish innings to one of those two on a given day. In any decent pen you'd be trying to limit either as much as possible, and now they're a step closer to high leverage. I agree on Maeda; he doesn't deserve a spot in the rotation, but he'll get one. Maeda for Pagan in the pen is the real swap, but that's fantasy land. I don't think Varland is a step up from Maeda as far as consistency or reliability is concerned, so Idk why we'd want to carve out another rotation spot, at the expense of a usable bullpen arm, to keep both. Yeah, it's just not the strategy I'd roll with for the next 3+ weeks.
  17. KirbyDome89
    Correa as truly and fully awakened? Yeah, the HR against Milwaukee was big, no doubt. Then he points to his imaginary watch and promptly goes 3-15 in 4 games vs. Detroit with one XBH. I mean....
  18. KirbyDome89
    Hard pass on a 6 man rotation or committing to piggybacking 2 or 3 SPs. When Pagan and/or Moran start imploding in any sort of moderate to high leverage situation you're f***ed. Either the piggyback strategy gets scrapped and you're stuck trying to squeeze innings out of starters that can't hang on, or you're sticking with piss poor relievers in key situations and eating losses. Rock and a hard place yada yada but I'd roll with 5 starters (not opposed to Varland going down as I seem to be lower on him than a lot of people around here) rather than bump everybody up a rung in the bullpen hierarchy and commit specific pen arms to specific days.
  19. KirbyDome89
    If Cimber wasn't really damn good for Toronto last year you could maybe have that conversation.
  20. KirbyDome89
    A blown lead isn't just a Twins thing. Handing Pagan a high leverage situation, despite the fact that he has proven time and time again he'll implode, certainly is.
  21. KirbyDome89
    I highly doubt Chicago or Cleveland fans fear the Twins, nor should they. There are plenty of warts on this Twins squad and opposing fans (similar to your view of Chi and Cleveland) are looking at them and thinking their team will win the "race."
  22. KirbyDome89
    He wasn't really all that far off on No. 2 was he?
  23. KirbyDome89
    No team in this division should be feared.
  24. KirbyDome89
    There's no quick fix for sure. Absolutely, if they're selling in July there's no world in which this FO should be retained but I don't see the Pohlads having the gusto to make that move either. Honestly the fact that this conversation is taking place is a pretty good indicator or what should be done.
  25. KirbyDome89
    If they're selling in July the FO should be gone correct? The worst case scenario would be to stand pat, eek out a hollow division title, and forge ahead status quo. The Twins are in a weird place.
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