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  1. nicksaviking
    Would have liked to see Jeffers get another game after snapping out of his early season funk yesterday.
  2. nicksaviking
    I hope they get another top end pitcher, but the Twins haven't done well in that regard at the deadline like they have in the offseason. Here's hoping the Marlins (0-7) are ready to start selling in early July. If not before.
  3. nicksaviking
    September attendance probably would have been better if they hadn't farted around for the first five months of the season. They weren't playing watchable baseball until the stretch run, and fans were skeptical because of it. Winning early and building hype will help attendance throughout the year. The improved play also coincided with them pulling the plug on Gallo and Vazquez and let Wallner, Julien and Jeffers take full control. No one's going to buy tickets just to see Carlos Santana, Manuel Margot and Kyle Farmer, but they might if there are exciting new young players that people can dream of a future with. Or you know, a big bat free agent. But we've heard about how that's not happening again any time soon.
  4. nicksaviking
    He looked pretty well done up the second half of last year. He's probably Houston's 3rd best receiver now. I'm guessing he'll be complaining by week 6. But he's close to the end of the line anyway. He'll be gone from Houston next year and might bounce around for a year or two like Julio Jones or ODB, but no one will listen if he's not worth the hassle.
  5. nicksaviking
    Ha true, until the 8th when he was inserted as a meaningless pinch runner. Again.
  6. nicksaviking
    In Max Kepler's first season under Falvey (2017), he had a .433 OPS against lefties and started 129 games, playing in 147 games and having 568 plate appearances, 137 against lefties. After struggling through that season, Kepler has had pretty even splits. They need to give Julien the same opportunity. Otherwise they should have traded him this past winter and just kept Polanco with Lee waiting in the wings. And if Rocco can't get on board, they need to tell Rocco to get on board.
  7. nicksaviking
    It also means you built an inefficient roster when your #2 catcher is the last available hitter come the 7th inning.
  8. nicksaviking
    Agreed, the days of a designated closer are fading. High contact hitters are coming to the plate? Bring in your ground ball relievers. Free swingers are coming up? Good time to deploy the arms that induce weak contact outside of the zone. Big boppers are up? Bring in your fireballer who strikes out 30% of the hitters he faces.
  9. nicksaviking
    Let's go into the bottom of the 9th up five.
  10. nicksaviking
    Yeah, nobody seems to mind if I listen while I work. But if I ignore the wife and kids for the game AFTER work I never hear the end of it!
  11. nicksaviking
    Apparently not well enough to tag up and run home.....
  12. nicksaviking
    This Kirilloff guy is growing on me.
  13. nicksaviking
    Two reasons. One, if it had been a quick inning, Stewart could have gone out for a second inning. Two, the Twins have a chance to put this one out of reach if the bats stay hot in the 8th. Can't let Milwaukee catch back up this half inning.
  14. nicksaviking
    I like this one actually. It would be deflating if the Twins let the Brewers back in the game after last inning.
  15. nicksaviking
    We're going to need you to stay at the bar, even if it means missing your flight.
  16. nicksaviking
    Nice AB Jeffers! Hope that starts his fire!
  17. nicksaviking
    Well Polanco only got an A ball outfielder with upside and a reliever.
  18. nicksaviking
    Yeah, pretty sure the whole board called that one before the game even started.
  19. nicksaviking
    Thus far it appears so.
  20. nicksaviking
    Yeah, Cleveland is developing their own pitchers since Falvey left. When he was there, Cleveland was doing what the Twins are now doing.
  21. nicksaviking
    Not when Derek Falvey was there. The Twins are doing now pretty much what Falvey's crew was doing in Cleveland a decade ago. And Bieber was merely drafted by Cleveland when Falvey was there. He came to MN four months later.
  22. nicksaviking
    I actually think they were doing it right prior to this year. Trading prospects for young controllable pitchers seems like a much more reliable method of building a rotation than crossing your fingers that your draft picks in A ball will be what you need in three years.
  23. nicksaviking
    Just about every one of them were like Joe Ryan. They were either already called up, or in AAA and immediately promoted. Trevor Bauer, Corey Kluber, Mike Clevenger, Carlos Carrasco. Shane Bieber was pretty much the only guy they drafted and developed.
  24. nicksaviking
    Cleveland never produced a pitching pipeline. They traded for just about every one of their pitchers. Like the Twins have done.
  25. nicksaviking
    You'd be wrong. Danny Gladden thought it was brilliant idea.
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