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  1. AceWrigley
    We want a pitcher not a belly itcher.
  2. AceWrigley
    Terry Francona is a very good manager.
  3. AceWrigley
    I'm still not sure it's not.
  4. AceWrigley
    Cruz's homer awesomeness is akin to Thome. Amazing.
  5. AceWrigley
    As a fellow Lobo, I knew The Garv had greatness in him.
  6. AceWrigley
    Yeah, but for how long? Bullpen mantra: "And another one's gone and another one's gone, another one bites the dust."
  7. AceWrigley
    Polanco really put a charge into his homer in the first, that was a mighty swing. Twins giving CC the whiplash treatment for once.
  8. AceWrigley
    I don't think Tyler Duffy was too happy with himself when he couldn't find the zip code for 1B there on the potential double play. That punch out with the fastball to end the inning was awesome. Keep it rollin' guys.
  9. AceWrigley
    Duffy and Thorpe . . nice job guys.
  10. AceWrigley
    Excellent Tom. Eddie the Igniter. That PH at bat he looked like he could hardly wait, "throw the freakin' ball, clown." To Arraez defense, I thought the batter was hit by the pitch too.
  11. AceWrigley
    Stewart on in relief, winds and deals, sinkerball hit on the ground, 2 hops to the shortstop who throws to 2nd for one out, on to 1B to complete the double play. Twins out of the inning. Yeah baby.
  12. AceWrigley
    Yeah, Garver was clearly positioned for way low and away and May threw a hanger. Execution is key. 162 games is a long season and lackadaisical play is gonna pop up from time to time; its human nature. You just don't like seeing it in highly paid athletes. Hopefully the team finds its mojo again and goes on a romp. Go Twins!
  13. AceWrigley
    When a player is Designated for Assignment, the "Designated Player" is removed from his club's MLB Reserve List (40-man roster) and MLB Active List (25-man roster), and then the club has up to seven days (formerly ten days) to either trade, release, or non-tender the player, or option or outright the player to the minors.
  14. AceWrigley
    I like the pic of Max in the write-up. Max is a giant. Polanco looks totally puny next to him. And the guy in the red shirt looks like a pygmy. The dugout throng? Mere Lilliputians in Max's World. Max is Godzilla and crushes all pitching Bauers.
  15. AceWrigley
    << Hey wait a minute. Is that socialism? >> No, to be socialism every player would have to have the same salary whether they produced or not; not a likely happening under the next CBA.
  16. AceWrigley
    I'll take a good hitter who can play average defense any day of the week.
  17. AceWrigley
    <<Still, if you 1) can't play catcher, shortstop or center field, 2) can't hit for much power and 3) don't have above average speed, it's going to be very tough for you to carve out a role in the bigs for very long.>> They said this about Pete Rose when he came up. Just sayin'.
  18. AceWrigley
    That was quite the defensive alignment in the OF last night. If I'm Odo, maybe I'm gonna nibble too, maybe get a few extra ground balls. Twins win, and a pretty satisfying win at that. Rosie injured bad; Lamonte Wade up good (4th OF for the 2nd half). Arraez getting more playing time in the 2nd half good. Looked like May was not happy with the HR he gave up. I think he could become an elite reliever when his command becomes more regular. Side note: the "Sano Shuffle" thing being done by the players is good stuff. This is a fun team.
  19. AceWrigley
    Since moving to CF, Lamonte Wade's bat has ignited for Rochester. In the last 10 games he's 11-28, batting .393 with 10 walks. Very nice.
  20. AceWrigley
    Now that was a baseball game. 487 pitches worth, whew. I'll be a zombie today (east coast time) but it was worth it.
  21. AceWrigley
    I would add Berrios, Kepler and Garver.
  22. AceWrigley
    << Make decent offers-90% of our best players will not make the Twins. If you want someone good,don’t insult the other team by low balling them. Those teams quickly lose respect for the Twins when that happens! >> I kind of take the opposite approach. Everybody starts with a low ball position otherwise you don't have any bargaining room. It's why they are called trade negotiations. It's where you end up at agreement time that matters, not the beginning. Respect is earned through shrewd negotiating.
  23. AceWrigley
    Kind of like the John Wayne gif posted earlier, only worse . . . probably.
  24. AceWrigley
    XFIP, or Fielding Independent Pitching, tries to eliminate the effects of defense on a pitcher's performance with a caveat on estimating HRs allowed vs Flyballs. The American League average for xFIP right now is about 4.50, very close to the league ERA of 4.47. So xFIP and ERA are usually very close. Gibson at 3.43 is 9th in the league with pitchers who have thrown a minimum of 40 innings (the starters). Gerrit Cole is the leader at 2.36, Blake Snell is 2nd at 2.66. Dan Straily of the Orioles is last at 7.15, ouch. In fact, Oriole pitchers hold 5 of the last 20 positions here. Maybe their fielders would like to wear helmuts out there. As you can see in Tom's post above, only Pineda is higher than the league xFIP average. Odorizzi is an interesting case as his ERA is 1.96, but his xFIP is 4.26. If xFIP is predictive at all, second half results might not be as glorious as the first.
  25. AceWrigley
    The bullpen usage charts are great. A nice snapshot of who has been racking up the pitches and who might or might not be able to pitch next game. Not that they are done here, but I also like the last week's worth of hitting stats to see who is hot or cold.
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