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  1. wabene
    He is 20 and pretty slightly built at 6' 1" and 170. He has also had some minor, I think, shoulder issues. They have consistently limited him to around 50 pitches an outing and I'd guess that continues for the remainder this year. The plan could be to get some weight on him by next spring and then start ramping him up some.
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    The two dingers are nice, I hope it signals to management that 6 or lower is the place for Buck for the time being. Gotta be Correa, Julien and Kirilloff 123 going forward.
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    Lynn's fastball, sinker, cutter approach seems tailor made for this lineup.
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    I'm still in the bottom of the first, but man baby Julien and Kirilloff are just getting off each other. Knock on wood this could be fun to watch for some time Edit: I obviously don't know what thread in in, lol
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    Forget OPS for a second and consider OBP. Willi is at .319. Wait a second I just checked and that is exactly league average. I was expecting him to be below average because of his rep as a free swinger. His batting average is only a few points below average as well. I was going to say he couldn't use his speed if he isn't on base, but apparently he is at an average rate. Actually not bad for a utility guy. But therein lies the crux, not bad. I like Willi and have enjoyed watching him on the bases and in the field at times, but we should always be looking to do better than not bad.
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    Technically that was his translator Daichi Sekizaki
  7. wabene
    Had to work and alas "missed" this game.
  8. wabene
    This is rock and a hard place territory for Rocco. On the one hand why would you ever take Julien's bat out of the lineup? On the other Rocco is probably shell shocked by a lineup that has not scored late in games and every lead must be protected at all costs. Personally I would have a hard time taking Julien's bat out right now, ideally he can improve his defense and take this decision away from his manager.
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    Yeah I think that's right and Julien is fine and was removed for defensive reasons.
  10. wabene
    Baldelli on Max Kepler, "He's a great athlete. He's capable of being an explosive athlete. He's taking to some of the encouragement that we're giving him to force some action on the bases, too," Baldelli said. "He doesn't have to be a conservative baserunner. He can be an aggressive baserunner at times. Pushing him to do that is a good thing, and he's taken to it. It was a big play, it really was." This makes sense to me that Kepler would naturally not be that aggressive. Keep prodding him because an aggressive Kepler is closer to fulfilling the promise we all thought the athletic ballplayer had.
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    Phil Miller at the Strib interviewed Buxton about his slump and he is saying it's mechanics and the mental aspect. There is no mention of a physical aspect, but he did say he needs to get his lower body into the swing more. He took outdoor batting practice under the watch of all the coaches, instead of just using the indoor cages. He said a break might do him good. Baldelli said he will be back in the lineup today after the 2 day break. Ok but how about 8th in the order and he has to earn his way back up? Early in his career they were careful about batting him high in the order because of the pressure. Well back to the drawing board I say.
  12. wabene
    There was also the defensive value of Taylor and Farmer vs Julien and Castro.
  13. wabene
    Julien got hit on the knee with a foul tip. That might have something to do with why he was removed.
  14. wabene
    The strikeouts per game has gone from over 10 per game to 9.2 during these 10 games. Well it's progress I guess. This is one record I'd like to see them avoid. Edit: Nevermind I didn't read your whole spreadsheet, for the last 15 games, they are still at 10 per game. I'm thinking the only way they avoid this embarrassing record is with personnel change.
  15. wabene
    Might want to keep Julien and Kirilloff back to back in the order
  16. wabene
    I did some checking on patellar tendonitis, also known as jumpers knee and the news is sobering. This from Wikipedia: "Treatment often involves resting the knee and physical therapy.[2] Evidence for treatments, including rest, however is poor.[3][4] Recovery can take months and persist over years.[5][6][7][2] It is relatively common with about 14% of athletes currently affected; however research reflects that more than half of athletes with this injury end their careers as a result.[8][7][1] Males are more commonly affected than females.[2" It starts as micro tears in the tendon and can progress all the way to a torn tendon. You are supposed to stop the activity that causes the pain which makes me surprised they would let him play through it last year. If this is the problem it seems it could be as bad long term as chronic cartilage damage. By this time next year we could still be limited to speculation with this situation.
  17. wabene
    I think the fear with Buxton is he didn't have a knee repair like an ACL surgery which can promise full recovery. He had a cleanup, likely of meniscus material which is cartilage. Cartilage doesn't grow back, so if enough is damaged, it becomes a chronic, degenerative condition.
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    Walker JenkinsBrooks LeeEmmanuel RodriguezMarco RayaDavid FestaMatt WallnerYasser MercedesAustin MartinCharlee SotoJordan BalazovicSimeon Woods RichardsonJose RodriguezBlayne EnlowJose SalasNoah MillerBrent HeadrickMatt CanterinoKala'i RosarioYunior SeverinoLuke Keaschall Shot in the dark, baby!
  19. wabene
    And I doubted them, lol
  20. wabene
    This is a game Rocco can never win. It is ironic that now the pitcher he is not pulling early enough is the same pitcher people say wants out of the Twins because they pull him too soon. Hilarious. The biggest reason the Twins lost: 1 Sonny Gray himself 2a Ortega (happens) 2b Buxton (happens all too often)
  21. wabene
    When Polanco comes back how about Julien at DH against rightys (and second against leftys) then can give Buxton the short side DH role to save face 😂.
  22. wabene
    I agree with you except I don't think Rocco has a different philosophy, he just has better pitchers.
  23. wabene
    CES went 0 for 2 in his debut at DH for the big red machine in a game suspended by rain.
  24. wabene
    Righty on the mound tomorrow. Wallner at DH, Buxton to the bench. Likely? SMH
  25. wabene
    There has to be an explanation for the absolutely horrid batting stats put up by the 100 million dollar man. It has got to be embarrassing. Will they just stay the course? It is hard to watch. This was a very winnable game.
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