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  1. wabene
    What I remember was in spring training Duran said he was really enjoying the bullpen. He said as a starter he was always sore and he felt great with the reliever workload (paraphrasing).
  2. wabene
    Earlier in the year I didn't see Correa coming back next year, but it is now looking like a possibility. The guy has proven to be clutch, however and he could really catch fire the rest of the way. Depth is good and with Royce needing time to get back and the pitching depth available on paper for next year, it could be good.
  3. wabene
    I'm just going off what Gleeman said on his podcast. He said he looked pretty shook up and called his wife. I can understand him accepting an assignment to St Paul, the team is winning and needs pitching, he might get another chance yet.
  4. wabene
    I agree that Sanchez looked pretty good and could eat some innings for this team. He is not on the active roster however as he was DFAed after his start. He was not happy about it but did clear wavers and is now at St Paul.
  5. wabene
    We get this line of thinking all the time, but I know if it were me and the choices were going under the knife or trying rest and rehab first, I would choose the latter every time.
  6. wabene
    The Twins need to move up this list, where they are is not tenable. I will add, however, that I think the Twins were among the league leaders in innings per start in '19 & '20. This says to me it's more about the horses (Archer is the glaring example) than Baldelli. That would fall on those that aquire the talent.
  7. wabene
    Another thing I notice is there is a lot of payroll in the top ten.
  8. wabene
    Ask and ye shall receive:
  9. wabene
    I think the Twins are definitely impacted by the tenure of the player. I didn't see them just DFAing Sano and I doubt they'll do that with Duffey. I'm trying to think of any tenured veteran they've done that to and coming up empty (I may be totally off-base here). They will just stash Duffey in low leverage situations till the end of the year and say goodbye after the season. Duffey can eat some innings and not hurt the team.
  10. wabene
    This is just too damn bad for Alex. He had wrist issues in the minors. Growing up the son of a hitting coach the guy has swing the bat millions of times. Hopefully this isn't a cronic issue wreaking his career. With the money involved here, because sadly in the US healthcare is gonna cost ya, I'm sure he'll get multiple opinions. I had a bad high ankle sprain once and it mostly healed in a few months. It did not feel right for a year. Here's hoping he can get right by next year. Blame game? I'll pass.
  11. wabene
    Cleveland's vaunted pitching pipeline the Twins are trying to emulate was largely constructed through trades.
  12. wabene
    Ho hum I guess that exciting deadline run is over back to the worry beads
  13. wabene
    Oh yeah the Twins catchers who can't hit, Harper, Pierzinski, Mauer, Garver...... Help please I'm sure there are more
  14. wabene
    This speaks to what a well designed ballpark TF is and on a small footprint at that.
  15. wabene
    Another vote for AJ on the mic. This is the 3rd game I've watched that he's done. He has a little edge to him I like. I've always liked LaTroy and now Perkins coming on has been good. Those games where we had both LaTroy and Perk were the best yet. More of that please and Lessneau.
  16. wabene
    This is a really great idea. I'm sure the Twins analytics department has gobbled it up already like the Twins Daily Bullpen Usage Chart ©
  17. wabene
    Who is this mysterious Mr Data?
  18. wabene
    They will have Maeda and half a year of Paddack and Lewis, so there is that. I thought Paddack looked promising when healthy.
  19. wabene
    If I was a player, it would be much appreciated. So would being allowed to participate in the ASG. Rocco is a class act. Edit: *ducks*
  20. wabene

    Sano related moves.

    wabene commented on Doc Munson's blog entry in Fantasy GM

    If you can move Sano, great. That would be best. I don't see them DFAing him. We might just be watching him till the end of the year and then they quietly buy him out this off-season. There are some players I consider key core members going forward and right now Miranda is putting himself at the top of the list. This guy is a high contact hitter with big power. He will be just fine at 3rd, 1st and DH. I would not move him.
  21. wabene
    @1Hit the ball "Could you show me the line where I said other teams have a different philosophy?" Here ya go "It must be nice to be a fan of other ball teams that think pitching less than 7 innings is subpar." You didn't use the word philosophy, but you were describing teams that thought differently. I do think teams do have some different ideas on how to do things, but for me the biggest difference is in the horses they have. Houston is what the 3rd largest "city (giant suburb)" in the US and are willing to vastly out spend the Twins. The other problem with your argument is the pitcher you used as an example of how you want things done is a generational first ballot HOF'er. That ain't Joe Ryan.
  22. wabene
    I just checked on Baseball Reference and the average start in the major league this year is 5.2 innings. Joe Ryan went 5.67 innings last night so it was an above average length of start this year. My guess on why he was pulled was because the next batter was already 2 for 2 against him. Tight game. I also would have liked to see him go longer, but your comment about other teams having a different philosophy isn't backed up by the facts. There are a couple of teams that lead the way for longest starts and they are averaging 5.7 innings per start. That is a half inning longer than average, not much of a difference. You are complaining about a start where Ryan went essentially as deep into the game as an average start for the teams that lead the league in that stat.
  23. wabene
    Yep I was referring to the perception that TR's staff did just that. Big Papi of course as the cautionary tale. Plouffe weighed in etc.
  24. wabene
    Kirilloff had a similar situation, without hanging around a college program. I'll bet he hung around college and maybe all levels of players at his dad's hitting school. From my lense with AK, he came with the approach he is using still. Maybe the Twins aren't forcing a plan on well developed hitters.
  25. wabene
    A big issue here is the 40 man and who we should move to supplement the current roster and prevent losing another Tyler Wells to the rule five next year. If somebody would do a huge deep dive into that for me, that would be great.
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