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  1. Darius
    I don't think it's a conspiracy against the Twins. I think it's consistent for all teams/pitchers. Good pitchers get calls, Bad pitchers don't. If a pitcher consistently hits his spots, the zone expands. Many times, for example, the catcher can set up outside, and the pitch goes inside....still a strike, but looks bad when the catcher has to reach...they won't get the call. Not saying I agree with it, but pitchers make their own bed a lot of the time. Especially if they don't have a track record. It's not much different than Mauer getting all of the calls in his heyday. Umps used to just assume Joe couldn't be wrong (not so much anymore).
  2. Darius
    The Twins will be at a -37 run differential after this game (assuming the score doesn't change). Likely more by the end of the day. There isn't another team in the MLB that's .500 or better with a negative differential. Regression is coming (in a Ned Stark voice).
  3. Darius
    Kipnis does the Twins a huge favor and hands them an out.
  4. Darius
    Wilk is going to have 50 pitches before recording his 4th out. It's almost funny at this point.
  5. Darius
    There's always the independent leagues. I'm sure Andrew Albers and Scott Diamond are somewhere out there waiting for their phone to ring.
  6. Darius
    I was assuming a 9 inning game, which would probably start around even money. Extras changes things completely. Odds on the over in a 14 inning game? -250?
  7. Darius
    You could've thrown that out for just the first game before it started, and I wouldn't be totally comfortable with the under.
  8. Darius
    I think that has more to do with the umpire's pre-conceived thoughts about the guy on the mound, myself. If you swap Gomes and Castro onto the other team, I'm not sure anything changes.
  9. Darius
    There's not really a question it would be an upgrade (nearly any warm body would). But, how much does it really help? I'm not sure. It probably adds some wins, but does it make them a threat to win a playoff series or two (if they get in)? If not, I'm not really interested in trading away some of the few good prospects left in the system. I would've preferred the approach of signing a couple marginal free agents to 1-2 year deals (see Chicago's Holland deal) in the offseason. If you're in the mix, you have some depth there. If not, you trade some away for a bag of balls. Doesn't affect the following year. I still don't think this team makes the playoffs. The Indians have a run in them. The Royals are suddenly back in the mix. The Tigers could be there if they stay healthy. The Mariners look more well rounded, and might get King Felix and Paxton back to form at some point. The Angels are hanging around and will get the best player in the history of the game back. The Rays have the pitching to turn it on at some point. I just don't feel good about the chances when this team can't hold anybody to less than a touchdown consistently, with or without Grey.
  10. Darius
    Nothing wrong with scepticism until they earn otherwise. I don't really care what bloggers and sports writers say about the draft, frankly. Sure, it looks good on paper. But, let's see how it plays out before crowning them. Aren't you kind of jumping to conclusions also, just on the opposite side of the coin as the critics?
  11. Darius
    As long as he's hitting this, no question he should keep starting. I don't think there's anything wrong with going with the hot hand. The guy performing should play. When you're in the hunt, it shouldn't be based on anything else. There are days when you can get both in the lineup with DH, 3B, etc.
  12. Darius
    I'm going to enjoy first place this morning while it lasts. I'll be surprised if this team manages 1 of 4 in the series.
  13. Darius
    Morton, Blanton, Cashner, Volquez, Holland etc, all signed deals around $7M, and would've been perextely adequate filler. Not saying they needed to go out and break the bank...and there is plenty of room on the 40-man. Not sure why throwing the season before it starts is a favorable option to planning to at least try and compete. It's also not unreasonable to expect that Hughes would end up on the DL. He's been on there frequently enough. Gibson has never been reliable. Mejia and Berrios were unknowns at that time. Samtiagos peripherals could tell you that he's never been good. I just don't understand why it's so unreasonable to expect them to make an attempt for a few million bucks. Why it's unreasonable to think there is room on this terrible 40-man. Is that really where our standards are?
  14. Darius
    If you actually watched the games, it was obvious. The guy couldn't top 90, and was giving up laser beams all over the yard. He physically couldn't make it past 5 innings. Because he got very lucky, doesn't mean he was "serviceable." That's my opinion on the thing. It was clear he wasn't going to hold up. Feel free to disrespect that opinion all you want....but there were also others with very well respected opinions who said the same (Gleeman is one off the top of my head).
  15. Darius
    Brilliant intentional walk of the coldest hitter on the Indians.
  16. Darius
    The thing that's ignored in this scenario, also, is the eye test...luck factor...whatever you want to call it. It was like watching a slow pitch softball game when Hughes was on the mound. He scraped by with a 5 ERA by the grace of God.
  17. Darius
    You might miss Encarnacion hit one out of the stadium. That's worth the price of admission.
  18. Darius
    Nailed it on Hughes. Thats exactly what should have been done. They were desperate for swing man. They Rule 5'd a guy for that purpose. It's not a hindsight is 20/20 situation, either. Many were calling for that towards the end of ST, when he couldn't top 88 mph.
  19. Darius
    I agree that it's a little strange that one of the hottest hitters in the League isn't in the lineup tonight (Escobar) against the team you're battling for the division.
  20. Darius
    They could......spend some money in the offseason....dun dun duuuuunnn....(cue high pitch woman scream).... They don't have to spend $200M and get Max Scherzer to have a reasonably serviceable 6/7th option. Especially when you're penciling in Phil Hughes, who clearly shouldn't have been in the rotation from the beginning.
  21. Darius
    This pitching staff somehow keeps getting worse. That 680 ft homerun from Encarnacion was pretty impressive, though...
  22. Darius
    Interesting. I think most thought Rooker was an underslot high. Will this affect the ability to sign Enlow in any way? Having him walk would be a blow to the quality of this draft, which I'm very happy with once the dust has settled, despite my initial grumbling after day 1.
  23. Darius
    It's kind of mind boggling, as awful as the pen has been, that they haven't yet found a way to get Busenitz, Hildenberger, or Curtis on the 40-man and up here to help. Are they that attaches to Belisle and Breslow?
  24. Darius
    Believe what you will. There is a direct correlation between the teams that spend money, and World Series championships. When a "small market" team wins (ala Royals) it's an aberration.
  25. Darius
    How are they "out of money?" Alll the talk about big moves didn't really come to fruition. I still think they tried to get cute, and got burned. With the exception of one pick. Hey, at least they got a few college pitchers that struggle to touch 90. Should turn out well.
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