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  1. jorgenswest
    Glad that all three will be with the team for pennant race.
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    I was looking at his split that included his AAA data from this year with the OPS below .700 but a good .379 OBP when both are combined. Perhaps his deficiency is minor league lefties. His defense at 2B is poor by the eye test or by metric. How often do we hear “just out of the reach of Arraez” on the broadcast? Today we got two of those in the 5th. I am starting him against righties but I am not trusting his defense or his longer track record against lefties.
  3. jorgenswest
    Things I would consider... - I like Schoop's defense a little better given his arm - Arraez has not done well in his small sample against lefties. - Schoop has done very well in his small sample against lefties. The samples are small but consistent with their performance in recent seasons.
  4. jorgenswest
    Harper needs to be down 10 days. It was the same for Thorpe but he returned with Gibson on IL. I hope he is brought back as well as Hildenberger and Romero. I am glad to see everyone who contributed on the team on the roster for the drive to the playoffs. Stewart’s moment was a shut down 9th through the heart of the A’s lineup before a walk off win against Oakland.
  5. jorgenswest
    The increase in strike outs is helpful but Gibson still relies on ground balls. The Twins will likely have below average defenders across the infield next year. He may not be a good fit for their defensive strength in the outfield. There will be too many balls just out of the reach of Polanco, Sano and Arraez and too many bad throws extending innings. Those innings with high pitch counts have worn on him this year and he loses command in the strike zone.
  6. jorgenswest
    I would have written the same thing before this season but now I am not so sure. I wonder if it better to not give in. Give everything you have for as long as you can go. Battle every at bat and don’t give in when the counts gets long. Don’t let the batter ambush you trying to get strike one. Battle and trust the bullpen to get the job done.
  7. jorgenswest
    I agree but they are letting him pitch in AAA. He had trouble with command (as shown by walks) prior to be acquired. If that problem has persisted they may not want to give him the spot on the 4.
  8. jorgenswest
    I read the article so much differently than some poking at the comparisons. The opening sentence is about whether a minor league call up can impact the team in September and the playoffs and ends with that question about Graterol. Seems like a fair question. It has happened before with Price and K-Rod. They are very different pitchers but both had significant late season impact for their teams.
  9. jorgenswest
    I don’t doubt that but how far will it regress. He is also early in his career and it is reasonable that he will improve his hitting skill. I also am not ready to buy that it doesn’t matter what is driving his BABIP. If Cave has the skill of creating higher quality contact than normal his BABIP will be higher. In his case it is not simply a case where his balls in play have simply evaded the fielders due to luck of placement. They are missing fielders because the harder contact gives them less time to get to the ball. Is that hard contact a skill? I think he is a good fourth OF. I wouldn’t give him away this winter.
  10. jorgenswest
    I think there is enough here to believe he is a good fourth OF option. I don’t know enough behind the math of BABIP and quality of contact. I have seen that the BABIP on hard contact last year was .448 vs. .158 on soft contact. I know that Cave has had hard contact 53.8% (2018 league 35.3%) and soft contact 3.8% (league average 18.1%) I don’t know what it means. Clearly lots more hard contact and lots less soft contact is going to drive a BABIP way up. His high BABIP is explained by the quality of his contact (not luck). So... Is quality of contact luck or a skill? If it is a skill how much data is needed to be meaningful? Who wants to take a chance it is luck and let Cave move to another team this winter?
  11. jorgenswest
    DRS correlates similarly season to season to slash stats and better than ERA. In a season sample I would trust them similarly and not be surprised by outliers like Danny Santana or Allan Anderson. My trust in all three as a predictor of future performance is low for a single season where the player is performing very differently from his norm.
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    Looking at the varied measures I think it is fair to say that Robbie has had a good season defensively thus far. Like many pitching and hitting stats those numbers tell a reasonably good story of a time frame but are not a good tool to predict future defensive performance. I wouldn’t want the Twins to make decisions based on a single season’s slash stats or ERA. I wouldn’t want them to make decisions a single seasons defensive metric either. I wouldn’t imagine that the A’s are using Grossman as a defensive replacement. His metrics and play for the Twins his first year were awful. He is not that bad. He isn’t this good either. Below average but not bad outfielder with skill to get on base.
  13. jorgenswest
    Should Berrios get his next start? Is Cave and his bat against right handed pitching worth a spot on a playoff roster with everyone healthy?
  14. jorgenswest
    Brandon Warne wrote about Duffey in March or April. Tunneling. Warne offered us a reason to believe. I bought in. The Twins must have had some belief in him as several others were removed from the roster last winter while he stayed.
  15. jorgenswest
    The run expectancy with full bases and 1 out is 1.52. Duffey came in and put out the fire again.
  16. jorgenswest
    That game was a little different because the starter did not go 5 and treated differently in the rule book. It is similar because Duffey was the pitcher of record when the Twins took the lead. He came in and put out the fire at a critical moment in the game. Thorpe was awarded the win though Duffey in that game had a much better WPA. Duffey also does not get credit for a hold for either game though he left with the Twins leading and the lead was never relinquished. He was effective and did his job both times. If your effective and leave with the lead you deserve the win.
  17. jorgenswest
    Cave might be the best answer in a platoon but he failed in the small sample of opportunity this year. On the other hand he crushed AAA pitching and had an .844 OPS against right handed pitching last year.
  18. jorgenswest
    Second time Duffey came in and did his job without getting the win.
  19. jorgenswest
    Overall starting pitchers have their highest ERA in the first inning. There is bias in the sample. The group of batters they will have faced in the first inning are better than the group they will have faced in any other inning. They are guaranteed to see the best hitters of the opposing team. That same bias can be found when looking data in the number of times a pitcher faces a batter. The third time through will be worse for pitchers overall. A big factor is that same bias due to sample. Most pitchers will hit their pitch count somewhere around 22-24 batters. The group of batters in that third time through is heavily biased toward the top of the line up and the opposing team’s best hitters.
  20. jorgenswest
    I sorted him with relievers that have thrown at least 30 innings. In that group of over 200 pitchers he is 50th in ERA. That gives you an idea of how he has performed but not a reliable projector. At the sample better indicators include his SIERA, XFIP and K%-BB% which rank in the 30s (32-39). All solid rankings in a group of 200. He belongs as a middle reliever on a playoff team.
  21. jorgenswest
    They need Polanco at shortstop. Arraez really only fits as a regular at 2B. The pair will be below average at their positions but can make it up at the plate. The Twins also need to be elite at positioning their infielders to make up for the individual defensive weaknesses.
  22. jorgenswest
    I don’t think Arraez has the arm to play anywhere regularly other than 2B. If defense is a priority they need Polanco to step up at SS or trade one of them. A good and athletic 1B would help but I am not sure Rooker or Sano fit that description. They might just have to counter some extra errors with good bats up the middle.
  23. jorgenswest
    Given the soft contact and xba there was a little bad luck also. Instead of lamenting some soft contact hits Odorizzi battled.
  24. jorgenswest
    I think Arraez claimed a while ago a spot in the line up against right handed starters.
  25. jorgenswest
    Odorizzi gave up 1 run across 11 2/3 innings against two very good teams. Every other starter pitched poorly this week. Let’s hope Berrios turns it around today but I am least worried about starting Odorizzi against a good team. He just won’t give in and throw a fat pitch even when behind in the count. The Twins need a better bullpen behind him but that is on the front office.
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