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  1. tlkriens
    That's how to use Duran. I would have liked him to start the 8th outright, but I'll take it. More of that.
  2. tlkriens
    The way the bullpen was used tonight was perfection. I just wish they would do that more when leading and with Duran throwing the 2+ innings in the 7th and 8th. It shows they can do it, just not with the lead.
  3. tlkriens
    A game where your starter goes seven innings on 85 pitches and you still need three RP to get through it.
  4. tlkriens
    This is why you use Duran for multiple innings every time he comes in. You didn't need him yesterday in a 5-1 loss. You don't need him tonight up 8-0.
  5. tlkriens
    Who would I want to close out at least a three run lead in the 9th? Really anyone. Lopez would be fine despite his recent struggles. Stewart would be ok, although I don't really trust him. Jax, even with his struggles. I don't understand people's mindset with the "closer." Use Duran in the seven and eighth and not when your middle relievers have already blown the lead and they never use Duran when trailing. Most games are decided by the 6th or 7th. Whoever is leading after 7 innings wins the game 95% of the time? Quit using your 3rd or 4th best RP. Use your best. Most RP should be able to get the save with a 2-3 run lead and starting a clean ninth. I don't have much faith in most Twins RP coming in with two guys on and no outs in the 7th. I have faith in Duran in that situation, but not many others. Use your 3rd or 4th best RP in the 9th with a 2-3 run lead. The save is a made up stat that managers make their decisions bases on. It's really bizarre, but most are used to it by now.
  6. tlkriens
    All of these teams know what their record is when leading after 7 innings. You lead after 7, you win 90%+ of the time. That's why I don't know why they don't treat the 6th and 7th innings more seriously.
  7. tlkriens
    If Royce doesn't play, they probably score one run today.
  8. tlkriens
    How about next time, we use Duran for the 7th and 8th and give someone else the 9th with at least a three run lead? This isn't hard Rocco. Duran went two innings and 29 pitches and still lived. Things can be better. It doesn't have to be this hard.
  9. tlkriens
    Please put Duran back out for the 10th. He can throw 30 pitches. It's fine. They had the same situation a month ago in Boston in extra innings and Moran blew it.
  10. tlkriens
    Duran has pitched seven times this month.
  11. tlkriens
    Stewart had 11 walks in 14 innings. It was bound to blow up at some points. Seems like a good time to repost this. https://kornradio.com/news/twins-will-go-as-far-as-rocco-wont-let-them/
  12. tlkriens
    Brock Stewart isn't that guy, but they fooled themselves into thinking he was. Use Duran or this will continue to happen. This isn't tough. Use your best guy when the game is on the line and that's usually not the 9th inning. A waste.
  13. tlkriens
    Hopefully you are aware of how Francona used Andrew Miller during Cleveland's run to the 2016 World Series. This is the ideal way to use your best reliever, which is was Duran is. Miller even won the MVP of the ALCS. 4 appearances, 7 2/3 innings, 14 K's, 0 runs and three hits. It's odd how some mangers make different decisions in the playoffs when they need to win compared to the more laid back approach of the long regular season. It'd love to see Duran throw 80-90 innings this year. He'll more likely be around 65, which I feel is waste of a great talent and costing the team wins.
  14. tlkriens
    This is the mentality that I just hate. The save is the only stat I can think of where the manager or head coach dictates what move he's going to make based on a stat. Who pitches the 8th or 9th? Take your pick. I'd much rather have Brock Stewart or Moran or your 4th/5th best RP pitch the 8th or 9th with a three run lead, rather than in the 6th inning with the bases loaded and no outs, up by three. This idea of who pitches the 8th or 9th so we better save our best RP for that time make no sense to me. The 8th or 9th doesn't matter because the Giants got back in the game in the 6th and took the lead for good in the 7th and we all know Rocoo doesn't use his best relievers when trailing. Play for the situation at hand, not something that might happened in the 8th or 9th.
  15. tlkriens
    Maybe should have gotten him some work on Tuesday in the 6th or 7th when the game was on the line instead of in the 9th with a six run lead. Seems to be a better use of your best reliever.
  16. tlkriens
    Using Duran today is just as bad as not using him yesterday.
  17. tlkriens
    It's frustrating how idiotic using relief pitchers is.
  18. tlkriens
    The game was decided in the sixth. Use your best pitcher. This isn't hard.
  19. tlkriens
    Duran has pitched three times in the last 18 days.
  20. tlkriens
    If baseball made any sense, you'd use Duran in the sixth with the bases loaded and not outs with a three runs lead instead of Moran and Stewart.
  21. tlkriens
    It was baffling to me that the Twins didn't sign a single RP. Chapman would have been my #1 pick. Take your pick. Sign anyone. There was no shortage of RP out there. And to keep Pagan is unforgivable. Carlos Estévez Matt Moore Mychal Givens Chris Martin Nick Anderson Adam Ottavino David Robertson Tommy Kahnle Seth Lugo Trevor Gott Luke Jackson Pick any of them. Have the Twins ever signed a RP free agent since 2016?
  22. tlkriens
    Duran has pitched twice in two weeks. What a waste.
  23. tlkriens
    Aroldis Chapman ended up with KC and seems likely to be traded. That would have been a nice low risk option in the off season.
  24. tlkriens
    The Minnesota Twins are not a serious contender until they fix the bullpen. It’s frustrating watching the front office make a lot of the right moves to fix the team, (trading for starting pitching, addressing the injuries and depth issues of last year, keeping Byron Buxton healthy) yet not address the bullpen. The Minnesota starting rotation has absolutely masked the lack of quality depth this bullpen has. The problem is I don't think the Twins are going to address it at the trade deadline and if they somehow do, it will only be a short term fix and the same problem will proceed next season. https://kornradio.com/news/the-twins-bullpen-is-bull/
  25. tlkriens
    It was good. I posted this in the game thread. "Ober was great tonight. Jorge Lopez needed 10 pitches to get through the 8th. This is a situation where I'd give Lopez then 9th and save Duran. I would use guys less often, but they might go longer when they get in." Just my philosophy.
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