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  1. KirbyDome89
    I think expectations for the offensive impact should be tempered a bit. He's definitely an improvement over Nick Gordon or Julien right now though.
  2. KirbyDome89
    In your scenario Kirilloff will have lost 3 straight major league season's to the same wrist aliment. How do you justify holding 1B open for him again heading into next year if that's the case?
  3. KirbyDome89
    You're a glutton for punishment. If I tuned in and saw a 2-2 game where MN had 4 hits and 16 Ks through 9 innings + Boston had 11-12 Ks and was 2-15 (or something similar) with RISP I'm immediately checking out.
  4. KirbyDome89
    This team has completed 9 innings with 2 or fewer runs 9x in 17 games. They're 3-6 in those games. As a side note, Nick Gordon currently has a -31 OPS+. I didn't realize that was possible...
  5. KirbyDome89
    The numbers for Buxton and Taylor are pretty extreme (SSS yada yada) but Gordon at 7% balances that out a bit. Gallo, Larnach, Vazquez, Kepler, and Solano are in a "normal," range. Correa likely moves down a tick. Miranda could see a bit of a jump; ditto for Jeffers. I'm not counting Wallner, Julien, or Castro because they're not (or shouldn't in Castro's case) getting regular ABs. I guess we'll see how Farmer's ABs are distributed, but it's kind of discouraging when you look at these guys individually and realize the K numbers aren't all that inflated by the SSS.
  6. KirbyDome89
    I think an importance difference is that I'm not resigning this offense to the cellar. Yes, we're probably all much happier that (most of) the depth in question actually belongs on a major league roster this year.
  7. KirbyDome89
    Overall, yes, and I've said as much elsewhere, but if you're going to make definitive statements about "nailing," roster construction this group probably shouldn't be near last offensively. Just my 2 cents. Ok, but if it must be done, I'd point out that 4 of the 7 players you listed are guys being lauded.
  8. KirbyDome89
    The Twins have a bottom 5 offense. Is right now really the best time to be touting positional flexibility?
  9. KirbyDome89
    Monday: Sox commit 3 official errors, boot a rundown which ends up with Tim Anderson on the IL for 2 weeks, and they still manage to win the game. Tuesday: Sox literally throw the game away in extra innings when they can't field a bunt. Wednesday: Sheets falls down on a routine fly ball resulting in a Jeffers "triple." Jeffers scores two batters later when Vaughn bobbles a ground ball and can't make a throw home. Willi Castro and his .000 slugging% "break the game open," with a double to put the Twins up 2-0. I guess that's baseball for ya, but yeesh, not much about the way this team is winning feels remotely sustainable. There was endless complaining about bad luck last year, this must be the overcorrection.
  10. KirbyDome89
    If you're going to say that Ryan has addressed his woes against better teams, maybe don't stake that case on a game in which he posted an ERA eerily similar to the aforementioned "struggle," portion of last season. I'll take 6 innings over 4 though. Parsing single events is a sword that cuts both ways. It's also not a road worth traveling.
  11. KirbyDome89
    No Corra, Gallo, or Kepler. Buxton was scheduled off. Who was going to hit 4th in this lineup and change the outcome today? Should Farmer have gone 0-4 in front of Gordon instead of behind him? Spots 4-9 mustered 1 hit and 2 BBs in 9 innings. They were 0-5 with RISP and only one of those ABs were Gordon's. Yeah, the dude is struggling, but you're talking about shuffling deck chairs on the Titanic here.
  12. KirbyDome89
    4 earned runs in 6 innings is dominant now?
  13. KirbyDome89
    Alcantara is a stud, no doubt, but the Twins mustered 3 singles (one of which was an IF single) in 9 innings. The guy needed 100 pitches to get 27 outs. Those are ABs that "aren't that bad?" I mean c'mon, we can be a little objective here. I'm not choosing to focus on any of the games, hence my comment about us having no clue what this team is. I'm being critical of you labeling the lineup as overperforming, when it very clearly hasn't been. If you want to point to the current record and call scoreboard, ok, but that's a pretty weak supporting argument.
  14. KirbyDome89
    "Every player in the lineup appears to be as advertised or overperforming." They've scored 2 runs or fewer in 4/6 games. Is this satire? We're 6 games into the season. We have no idea who or what this team is.
  15. KirbyDome89
    So then his absence in the field isn't weather related. Pointing that out means I need to relax?
  16. KirbyDome89
    It's been 80+ and sunny the entire time the Twins have been in Miami. I think the weather theory has been debunked.
  17. KirbyDome89
    Yeah, maybe staying at DH means he'll get to 130ish games. I'd still bet the under, but you never know. He's either not 100% (which I kinda doubt) or we're not going to see him in CF often, which sucks for this offense.
  18. KirbyDome89
    Getting a day off isn't surprising, right or wrong he was handled the same way last year. Not playing a single inning in CF while in Miami kinda puts to rest the notion that weather was behind him starting the year at DH.
  19. KirbyDome89
    Either of us could've hit 1st in the order and gone 0-14 with 14 Ks and the Twins still would've won those 3 games. KC being a AAAA team and scoring 4 runs in 3 games has no bearing on the discussion.
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  21. KirbyDome89
    Fitting that KC was 0-infinity with RISP through 3 games and the streak was snapped 2 batters into Pagan's 9th inning appearance.
  22. KirbyDome89
    Serving up crow 3 games into the year; the most dangerous game....
  23. KirbyDome89
    Is he going to bounce back from a sub .700 OPS against both LHP and RHP at 32? A replacement level bat starting 80-100 games (without major injuries) in CF isn't a saving grace, and if you're using a player as regularly as it seems the Twins will use Taylor, he ceases to become insurance or depth.
  24. KirbyDome89
    I think the Twins viewpoint on this is clear, and again, the fact that they're ok with Maeda in the rotation and Sands in the pen as a long man is telling as well. Yes, getting rid of Archer helps. Yes, I expect the Twins to be closer to average than dead last in innings per start. Yes, talent plays a role as well, but I don't think the "quick hooks," or pitch counts, or guys not coming out to start the 6th innings are a thing of the past and I'm not arguing whether or not they should be.
  25. KirbyDome89
    Along with a bullpen full of guys incapable of throwing more than a single inning per outing, and time missed, short starts undeniably put this team in an awful position. Yes, the length of the average start might've been down across the league, but the Twins were an extreme; I think they ranked like 28th or somewhere close. IMO you don't end up there by accident, so Idk if I'd call the short starts a true distraction. I don't expect a repeat of that ranking for reasons you've listed, but I also don't think we'll see a massive departure from last season's philosophy. The FO is ok with Maeda in the rotation to start and they're insistent on carrying Sands as a long man. An extra out is probably the best case scenario.
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