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  1. jorgenswest
    I guess I will stand by my all three catchers are an asset. I certainly am not going to be swayed by data in minuscule samples. Castro has the best glove and game caller. I am not sure which of Astudillo or Garver has the better bat but they both have a major league bat and catch well enough to help this team.
  2. jorgenswest
    Nice job by Castro. All three catchers are an asset to this team.
  3. jorgenswest
    It is going to take a long time before stats normalize after today’s wind blown 15 home run game in Rochester. Romero’s ERA will not be indicative at all of how he has pitched this year. It will look good for some of the batters though.
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    They chose to keep Adrianza and his infield glove instead of Austin. I would agree. They chose to roster Cave and his ability to play across the OF though they could have optioned him. I would agree. They chose to roster both Garver and Astudillo with their bats and versatility instead of optioning one of them. I would agree. They chose to keep Castro. I would agree. I don’t see enough at bats for a third right handed DH/1B and any of those at bats are best given to Garver or Astudillo to keep them sharp.
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    It isn’t that easy to know when to warm up Rogers early in the game. Do you start warming him at the start of the inning? After two base runners? A run scored? At any of those times they may also have survived the inning. It is going to take a few batters to be ready. Maybe they get out if it. Do you them warm him up again later in the game? Increasing the warm ups is going to wear in the arm. If they warm him up they really need to get him in instead of sitting and warming up a few innings later. Absent of hindsight it is really hard to know the best time. You always need to look ahead two or three batters.
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    It is the current year. I think he is the better player. Are you arguing that they should have chosen Austin over Cron because 2021 might be the year?
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    I would have thrown him out there but I would have had someone warming and a short leash. Two base runners max.
  8. jorgenswest
    A catcher can help here both in game calling and making sure strikes get called strikes. Game calling is difficult to evaluate, I don’t know if we missed out on any strikes in the 5th inning. There could have been a different result with a different catcher. The Twins certainly have had a few really long innings the last two games. Catchers have a role here. I think Castro was the catcher in the bad inning last Friday. Garver is not alone.
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    He is very good relative to the league in the first inning contrary to his disaster in Philadelphia. He doesn’t need an opener. He does need a quick hook as he gets to the 4th or 5th inning. I think they overthought playing in the NL game. They seemed ready to pinch hit for him in the top of the 5th but it ended with Buxton. Now he is the first batter in the 6th and they were way too invested in him getting through the fifth.
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    Pretty sure it is two years of control for Cron. I don’t care about that though. I care about which guy helps most in 2019. I think Cron is the better all around hitter and defender this year.
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    Odorizzi’s work in the first inning has been very good relative to league over his career. They might get shorten his starts but it is going to take a pretty good reliever to be more successful with the top of the line up. The league split ERA was much higher inning 1 than other innings at 4.79 last year.
  12. jorgenswest
    If he gets most of his at bats against lefties I expect his numbers will look pretty good. As you are watching I would pay attention to how often he sits against right handed pitching and which of those pitchers is he missing.
  13. jorgenswest
    Austin should have a path to at bats with the Giants against lefties at 1B and pinch hitting for pitcher.
  14. jorgenswest
    I guess they could have sent out Garver, Cave or Astudillo.
  15. jorgenswest
    I was thinking the same thing. They can send down Hildenberger or Harper and recall Littell. If Littell goes today they can send him out and call up Vazquez or Duffey. Later this month Hildenberger or Harper would be ready to return. The Austin insurance could have been stretched until they needed a fifth starter or Sano returns. I guess the question is would we prefer keeping Austin if it means Duffey or Vazquez in the pen over Hildenberger or Harper for the next 10 days. Maybe. I don’t think this is a season altering decision.
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    I think I would have started Cruz once in this series matched with Buxton in CF. I certainly would not have put him out there in yesterday’s field conditions. I wouldn’t put him out there on back to back days. Maybe we will see in RF tomorrow.
  17. jorgenswest
    I think they went with what they believed was the best 25. That decision is always fluid. Today’s best 25 needs some length in the pen. If Cruz or Cron had gone down in the first week they would have looked pretty foolish letting him go before they needed that 12th pitcher. Perhaps he clears waivers at this point a week into the season and accepts the outright to AAA.
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    Dan Hayes reported it was Austin. Cron and Cruz appear to be the better options for this year at DH and 1B. I hoping that Kirilloff, Rooker, Larnach and Sano are the better options longer term. Austin’s window is now. I think someone will give him the opportunity.
  19. jorgenswest
    The 11 man staff didn’t last long. The short start drove the need for an addition Chase DeJong and DFA of Tyler Austin.
  20. jorgenswest
    I really appreciate the reports. Thanks. Riley didn’t start. Is he healthy? Nice to see Duffey and Eades with two solid innings each from the pen.
  21. jorgenswest
    I do not see the market for Castro. Maldonado was a free agent and couldn’t get a contract until into spring. They bring a very similar skill set. It is going to take a team that is losing a catcher to Tommy John. It is going to need to be a contender without a good back up option. Every team just passed up on Sandy Leon. Castro is a better hitter but not so much better that he will bring a significant return. Keep all three. The return for Castro will be minimal. Imagine trading Castro and then Garver has concussion trouble. I don’t see anyone ready to step in and catch twice a week in AAA. Assuming everyone is healthy there is enough versatility among the roster to survive a three man bench with Garver, Astudillo and either Cave or Adrianza. They also aren’t stuck with a rule 5 guy at the end of the bullpen. Harper and Hildenberger have options and can be shuttled with Moya, Vazquez, Duffy or Romero to assist an overworked pen keeping the need for 13 temporary.
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    The Twins are the team that gave Astudillo a shot. The Phillies, Braves and DBacks all let him go as a minor league free agent. Credit to the Twins staff that saw in this journeyman minor leaguer a talent that helps the major league club.
  23. jorgenswest
    I am much more optimistic about Garver. I am a believer in hard work and I think Garver can improve from his poor catching last year and approach average. His bat at catcher will be an asset.
  24. jorgenswest
    If Castro has the skill to reduce the number of pitches in an inning and game that impacts the staff long term. It might help the starter go an extra inning and reduce the load on the pen. It might help the pitcher stay stronger keeping him out of long innings. This has a positive long term impact. Last year Wilson was the main catcher for Berrios and Gibson while Garver was the main catcher for Lynn and Odorizzi. I don’t know how much impact Wilson had on the success Berrios and Gibson. Maybe Gibson and Berrios are simply better pitchers. Would we have been that surprised though if it was Lynn or Odorizzi with the better year than Gibson? How much did Wilson matter? We don’t have the data to make an assessment. We are not in the rooms where catchers and pitchers prep for future games. Maybe that connection is critical. I rely on the staff on this call. I will add that Astudillo has to be in the line up tonight. Play him at catcher or replace him in the line up for anyone other than Buxton or Cruz. Between he and Marwin every position is covered. Put him in somewhere and keep him in at least until someone gets him out.
  25. jorgenswest
    The stats I have seen for bunts are skewed. They only count successful bunts. They don’t count the failed bunt attempts that put the hitter behind in the count and don’t end in a bunt attempt. If the data doesn’t account for those failures all bunters will look pretty good.
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