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  1. KirbyDome89
    If they're each hitting strong side maybe you eek out some production, Idk, but I only suggested it because I have no faith this FO makes the necessary move and cuts bait. I'm not shedding any tears if Kepler just goes. Yep, some of these early game substitutions are infuriating.
  2. KirbyDome89
    Yeah I get that, my point was just that Taylor swiping a few bags, especially on this team (and with his paltry offensive output) isn't enough of a silver lining to justify running him out there every day. Agreed, the article was about Taylor so I'm really only commenting on him. I'm not a big Castro fan despite his recent tear, so yeah if that's my only option then Taylor ftw. I'd force Kepler into CF, and if he refuses he's DFA'd. He has little to no value in MN and there's no reason to run him out there hoping some contender is willing to give you anything for a late inning defensive replacement. 100% on Kirilloff too, I can't stand watching him be platooned. I don't understand it. Yes to Correa dropping. I'm fine with more Jeffers but that means he's going to see a lot more RHP so adjust expectations accordingly, but it can't be that much worse than Vazquez right now.
  3. KirbyDome89
    Of f****ing course he swipes two tonight... No offense to the big boys but on the whole I think we're reaching to justify Taylor's consistent presence in the starting lineup.
  4. KirbyDome89
    So we're using Taylors awful offensive career as the benchmark and celebrating any marginal projected uptick? What are we doing here? The guy has been the starting CF'er all year, and there's nothing to suggest that's going to change, i.e. he should be judged as such. He's sitting at a .683 OPS with a near career high in K% and career low in BB%, but hey if we feed him enough ABs he'll maybe surpass the ten (ten!) doubles he hit last year during another miserable offensive campaign. Oh and about those SBs, he's tied for 33rd in baseball with noted speed demons JT Realmuto and Freddie Freeman. I mean c'mon.... At what point do articles like this and others currently on the front page just become trolling? Honestly.
  5. KirbyDome89
    Undoubtedly a guy's availability can be endearing. I appreciate it when players are playing 140+ games, especially when they're as talented as someone like Buxton, but if you're going to roll out of the wheelchair and OPS .650 for the last month, eh, it reaches a point of being counterproductive. It was weird listening to those two kinda dance around being critical of Kepler's IL stints, particularly because they've been staunch defenders of other players missing time. It felt like dirty laundry being aired after a player leaves, but in this case Kepler hasn't even hit the exit ramp.
  6. KirbyDome89
    He wasn't last year, and it's June 6th, so Idk... The Rays felt Ryan was expendable, and clearly the trade was a mistake, but that doesn't mean MN has unlocked something.
  7. KirbyDome89
    Does throwing 9 innings in AAA really count as being developed here? They've had time, and the results have been less than stellar to this point.
  8. KirbyDome89
    I wish I shared that optimism. The offense taking off kinda begins and ends with the young position players, and depending on what happens with Correa and Buxton they might have to bear more of that burden. Positive regression becomes less of a certainty when we're talking about guys with limited run at the major league level. Then there's the pitching. If we expect the offense to trend upwards, it's fair to point out we're also operating with a bullpen where Brock Stewart is one of the top arms. The SP has been great, but we tend to ignore regression when that group is brought up.
  9. KirbyDome89
    Sure, Dozier's value had cratered by the time he was moved, but he did have actual value that the team opted not to cash in on. Garcia and Kintzler were certainly more valuable in the moment. Ditto for Pressly. Dyson was a bust. Mahle was/is a bust on an even larger scale. Does anybody feel good about Jorge Lopez right now? Yeah, Ryan and Duran are clear W's, no doubt, but they've swung and missed their fare share as well.
  10. KirbyDome89
    Gray wasn't a deadline deal. Zack Littell, Tyler Watson, Jorge Alcala, Devin Smeltzer, and Sam Dyson wave hello in addition to the disaster last year.
  11. KirbyDome89
    Are they really a league average offense though? They're still scoring three or fewer runs in half their games, they're pulling away with the league lead in Ks, and despite being top 5 in BBs + top 10 in HRs they're 21st in runs created per game and as you already mentioned 20th in OPS. Maybe these same issues plague all the the middle to lower tier offensive teams, Idk I'm not nearly as locked in on those clubs, but I don't think the eye test is necessarily misleading us here.
  12. KirbyDome89
    This Cleveland series has been a microcosm of the season to date; tough to watch for large parts with ample opportunity squandered. We can look at the standings and try to find solace in the fact that there isn't a single team in the ALC that looks like a real threat to race by the Twins, but man this club makes it so difficult to feel good about them.
  13. KirbyDome89
    "Didn't show up," doesn't necessarily mean they quit or weren't trying. McKenzie had 10 Ks in 5 innings his first start back after a shoulder issue. 16 total Ks, 1 run scored, and a god awful AB to end the game with a runner on 3B. Yeah Idk, I don't think they really showed up today either but YMMV.
  14. KirbyDome89
    6 pitches, none were strikes. Maybe Clase gets Garlick (more likely than not) but he didn't exactly look comfortable out there, and this is the same guy that leads MLB in blown saves.
  15. KirbyDome89
    Wow. Cleveland was just begging the Twins to take that game. Awful AB by Castro. Awful.
  16. KirbyDome89
    One run is going to win this game.....
  17. KirbyDome89
    All I'm pointing out is that right now he isn't too far off of where he was for the final 4 months of last season, i.e. for a team that has probably underperformed as a whole, I don't think Lopez is one of the biggest disappointments. That doesn't mean he has met expectations, rather, others have come up far shorter.
  18. KirbyDome89
    June - September last year (22 games) he posted a 4.69 ERA with a 4.10 FIP.
  19. KirbyDome89
    Yet they've continued to be noncommittal about Buxton as the full time DH or spending any amount of time in CF. Actions do, hence my belief we won't see him in CF at any point, but if that decision has been reached Idk why you'd carry on with the pretense he'll be anything other than a DH this year. Idk if voicing displeasure is grounds for having your fan card revoked, YMMV on that.
  20. KirbyDome89
    If the team (or Buxton) came out and confirmed he wasn't physically able to handle playing CF I think a decent amount of the hang wringing goes away. I'm doubtful we see him in the OF at any point this season. I know the goalposts have already shifted to the postseason but even that seems like a pipe dream; Idk why we'd expect to see him playing CF 100 games later in October when he hasn't been able to come close in May. Right now the vagueness surrounding his role kinda feels like a long setup for disappointment. I can understand some of the frustration; I feel it myself.
  21. KirbyDome89
    That prediction also included Cleveland and Chicago being competitive. They haven't been. At all.
  22. KirbyDome89
    What is that certainty actually providing though, and why can't they pivot back to it if an attempt at improvement implodes? It's odd that a team this starved for offense is so willing to lock themselves into subpar output in RF when a viable option for improvement is playing across the river. So they'd need to find a hopeful playoff team willing to move pitching for a weak hitting LH corner OF'er in a market that's saturated with LH corner OF'ers, or a tanking team that's more interested in 2+ months of Kepler than prospects. Yeesh, good luck.
  23. KirbyDome89
    They kind of are holding Wallner down if they're prioritizing Kepler right now. I'd stop short of saying that penciling in his 700ish OPS next to MAT in CF is the right play at this point. What (positive) change occurs with Kepler in a few months, and if they're not moving him because the LH corner OF market is down, why are the Twins entertaining the idea of selling low on Larnach or Wallner?
  24. KirbyDome89
    I think the plan is to be noncommittal/vague about what's going on with CF, and pretend that Buxton as a DH only isn't a problem.
  25. KirbyDome89
    The Hicks extension has nothing to do with the swap. Hicks was a player the Twins couldn't use? Zach Granite, Danny Santana, Ryan Lamarre, and Robbie Grossman all got serious run in the OF between 2016 and 2018. I mean.... The Twins got one negative WAR season from Murphy. Hicks put up over 8 WAR pre-extension and that's with a rough 2016. It was an atrocious swap, not just some blip on the radar.
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