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  1. Darius
    It's too hard to analyze catching numbers and be satisfied, because it's so reliant on uncontrollable forces. A catcher could catch one pitching staff and look statistically great, then another and look terrible. Framing numbers especially. Pitchers/umpires are not created equal, and could potentially cause large swings in how those numbers look. You're not always comparing an apple to an apple, no matter how you try to level the field.
  2. Darius
    This certainly improves the back-end of the rotation. I hope they didn't give up anything significant. Could be a pretty good move.
  3. Darius
    Squeeze Edit: Don't squeeze
  4. Darius
    Huge hit. Great baserunning by Sano.
  5. Darius
    Frazier is good.
  6. Darius
    That's a hit last year.
  7. Darius
    Rosario is hitting 30 points higher than Dozier. In terms of OBP, Rosario is reaching base 1 fewer time for every 100 ABs. It is curious.
  8. Darius
    It would be pretty big for this team if Mejia could have the best start of his career tonight. Good start so far.
  9. Darius
    I usually defend Molitor, but it is ridiculous that he has Granite hitting 2. Is it a cry for attention at this point?
  10. Darius
    Rogers is rolling.
  11. Darius
    They'll try and cram Hughes in there somewhere, unfortunately. I have a hard time believing that either Gonsalves or Romero will start the year in the rotation. Definitely not Romero. They're already throttling him back and the season's half over.
  12. Darius
    What's David Wells up to these days?
  13. Darius
    They actually may have started the 4 worst starting pitchers in baseball in 2017, with a certain number of innings, after Colon's start (Hughes, Santiago, Gibson).
  14. Darius
    Uh oh, looks like Royce Lewis is entering bust territory along with Rooker.
  15. Darius
    The Twins defense giveth, and taketh. I think it's time to end the Polanco experiment. That potential tailor made double play ball he booted was absolutely brutal. Berrios should've been out of that inning, and 8 runs followed. I don't care if you're Nolan Ryan. It won't end well if your defense is giving the most dynamic offense in the game extra outs.
  16. Darius
    Polanco gets eaten alive by anything other than a perfect hop.
  17. Darius
    I disagree that Hughes is one of the 12 best in the organization. He's been better out of the pen, but I could easily come up with list of bullpen arms from AA up that I'd rather be giving innings to (Curtiss, Busenitz, Reed, Bard, Melotakis, off the top of my head, have been pretty darn good). They didn't DFA him because of his albatross of a contract. Everyone complains about the Mauer contract. But they still owe Hughes 26 million through 2019.
  18. Darius
    Honest question here, not rhetorical criticism of the organization: What does Gonsalves have left to work on in AA? The 11th start of the year (63 innings) and he's got 12 walks. His WHIP is under 1. He's striking out well over a batter per inning. Is it the injury they're worried about, or do they think he has things to improve on? I have a hunch that he'd be more productive than the undead corpse of Big Sexy. There should be no problem finding a roster spot. A middle-rotation left who can possibly miss some bats could propel this team to the playoffs. At least that upside is there, whereas that tank is empty in regards to guys like Colon, Santiago, etc. Do we see him in the second half?
  19. Darius
    Realistically, I don't think they're going tonbe hanging around with Cleveland much longer. I think it would be a good idea to get some of the guys mentioned, like Garver and Romero, a taste of the big club. If they happen to perform and help the club win some games, its gravy.
  20. Darius
    Not sure why you limit his innings in this way,as opposed to shutting him down early, unless you think you're going to need him on the big club at some point.
  21. Darius
    The seedings of the thing were absurd. Stanton and Judge were rightfully 1 and 2. However, putting Moustakas and especially Bellinger ahead of Sano was flat out ridiculous. Clearly a popularity contest, which is fine. But, why call it "seeding." You're not "seeding," you're trying to cherry pick semi-final and final match-ups (e.g., they really wanted Bellinger in the semis). Judge is unreal. The ease with which he hits homeruns is pretty amazing. Sano gave one of the best HR Derby performances ever, IMO, and was totally overshadowed.
  22. Darius
    He'd still be the third best starting pitcher by a mile in this organization. So what does that say for this front office?
  23. Darius
    He'll catch on and have success as a DH/1B somewhere eventually. Just too talented offensively. People forget that it sometime takes longer for some than others to reach their potential. Some do it at 21, some at 27. Just within the past year a number who gave up on Sano, Berrios, and Buxton are now their biggest fans. Inevitably, someone who is calling him a bum today will chastise the Twins for letting him go in the future. It's the nature of our awful social-media, instant gratification society that we've built. You take one bad AB and you're chopped liver until your next one.
  24. Darius
    Santiago or Colon....yeah, that'll work out a whole lot better.
  25. Darius
    Sure, nobody really expected them to be above .500, but I see more as a missed opportunity than anything else. One or two affordable bullpen arms, and this team is in first place. The offense and defense are there. The season was basically punted away before it began in that regard.
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