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  1. KirbyDome89
    Don't sell Greinke, Marsh, and Cox too short! 1-9 vs MN is about the max amount of help possible so far.
  2. KirbyDome89
    I'm going to go out on a limb and say the lead will be comfy enough they won't have to worry about defensive swaps.
  3. KirbyDome89
    Complaining about Kepler criticism being disingenuous while framing the side making the arguments as "ADHD fans with outsized expectations, obsessing over shiny new toys," seems odd.... You're expecting 3 WAR production, and if things break right even more value? Kinda hard to take some of this seriously...
  4. KirbyDome89
    They're also on pace to lose 115 games. My guess is it's the former.
  5. KirbyDome89
    Maeda is going to be the story (and he deserves props for throwing as well as he has coming back,) but holy **** KC is awful. They're so bad it actually pisses me off.
  6. KirbyDome89
    I'd be willing to bet a large sum of imaginary money that facing this dog**** Royals lineup will yield much better results.
  7. KirbyDome89
    Gallo has an OBP below league average, he isn't working his way on at any sort of impressive clip. The OPS, which now sits sub .800, is HR driven, and those HR clusters have been oases in a desert of offensive ineptitude, i.e. he's a black hole a vast majority of the time. To me, that's pretty empty. Yeah, I'd put Kepler in the same boat, but for guys like Larnach or Wallner to beat out the incumbents, they need to be given the opportunity to do so. The Twins seem very content to continue investing innings into Kepler and/or Gallo despite the lack of production.
  8. KirbyDome89
    2 runs in 2 games. Reset. Yeesh.
  9. KirbyDome89
    There are posters who are still defending Emilio Pagan...
  10. KirbyDome89
    Would I trade .100 points from what I'd consider to be a pretty empty OPS for the opportunity to see if a 26 year old, who may have an actual future with the team, can stay healthy and be consistently productive? Yep.
  11. KirbyDome89
    He probably hasn't been worth the signing. He's contributed massively to the offensive struggles the last two months and he's actively blocking players that need regular ABs. His K% is actually about 50% over the last two months, and that includes his recent "hot streak." His pace the last two weeks, or what you're referencing in April isn't sustainable. We saw that in May and through most of June. The Twins don't need him at 1B, he isn't a CF'er, and he's blocking Larnach and/or Wallner in the corners. The absolute best case is that he hits a couple more HR's, doesn't turn back into a pumpkin before the deadline, and some quasi contender convinces themselves he's worth a lotto ticket.
  12. 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.
  13. KirbyDome89
    Pin this for the inevitable "bad luck, uncontrollable circumstances," takes that'll be used to explain away/defend this season if this team continues heading in the current direction.
  14. 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....
  15. KirbyDome89
    Lewis swung at balls 4 and 5 there.
  16. 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.
  17. KirbyDome89
    We don't?
  18. KirbyDome89
    Why conflate restraint with "getting down on Varland." History probably isn't the argument you want to make here...
  19. 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."
  20. 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.
  21. KirbyDome89
    Are they the exception or the rule?
  22. 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...
  23. KirbyDome89
    Louie Varland and his 5.30 FIP is "indicative of pipeline success?" Randy Dobnak? Caleb Thielbar? Wtf is this nonsense? Seriously....
  24. KirbyDome89
    Is Nick Maton Detroit's version of Max Kepler? Stay tuned....
  25. KirbyDome89
    It's hard to see Buxton being the answer in CF at any point moving forward. Celestino's ceiling is likely as a 4th OFer. I guess we have to hope Lewis agrees to the move or it's likely groundhog's day in 2024.
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