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  1. wabene
    Not sure it's a good idea to drive through Minneapolis and all those great bakeries to stop at Tobies.
  2. wabene
    I'll bet that at the beginning of the season Twins fans were told Buxton would play 120 games (current pace), the majority would take it.
  3. wabene
    Since you posted the same thing after the last meltdown would it be 9 games in front now? Edit:I do agree with you they should be further ahead with even competent relieving. 8 blown games between Duffey and Pãgan. Just a 75% success rate and they are up 8 as you stated. Thank you Central Division!
  4. wabene
    Looking at the bullpen chart man Pãgan has been used a lot lately. 3 out of the last 4 games. Then as someone said what about Duffey (ha ha, but seriously)? Well he had been used 2 out of the last 3 days. The only rested reliever? T Thornburg. As was stated 6 relievers on the IL. Mcgill, Coulumbe or Alcala would've been helpful last night. It is surprising that with a staff devoid of proven workhorses and a beat up pen that was questionable to begin with, that this team is in first place. Obviously we have the division to thank for that. Considering the division they may be willing to wait to the deadline to do anything about it. That's means we could be in store for more of the same. Mcgill, I think, is the only reliever close to returning. He did look good to me, but is hardly proven. A common theme, good looking stuff, questionable command. The FO has got to be feeling the heat. I'm thinking they may actually be forced to pull the trigger on a deal early.
  5. wabene
    Considering Duran pitched all of 16 innings last year, knock on wood, I'm pleasantly surprised on all fronts with him and hoping for more. Too bad he can't pitch 3 innings every game. Losing Alcala hurts, but there were no guarantees with him either, the depth just wasn't there. Duffey continuing to decline really isn't a big surprise and Pagan is not showing any more than he has most of his career. He just doesn't have the command of his good looking stuff. The deadline and a couple of good arms can't come soon enough.
  6. wabene
    Do you have any inside information that it is Rocco and not the Trainers and Docs that are holding Archer back? For all any of us know it is Rocco behind the scenes lobbying for a longer leash for Archer and others.
  7. wabene
    This is true and your right part of the fun of being a fan is going over these scenarios. Notice I said fun. To me it is not fun to read statements like "this loss is 100% on Rocco" etc. If every comment is a vehicle to blame Baldelli I will stop taking said poster seriously. Or if every post leads to how statistical analysis is ruining the game. That's just obstinate. I don't mind some comments questioning in game decisions or the limits of analytics, that can be interesting. The game changes over time and has cycles. Watching Kepler start to hit the other way and Arraez putting so many balls in play is great and good for the game. I do agree that some trends in the game are not my cup of tea. I just love it when a guy like Kepler pokes one through the shift. (Why did it take so long for him to make these changes?) I welcome some more small ball. Maybe the Twins do bunt last night and it works. Wouldn't be their first such play this year. Doesn't mean they win they game. As I read through the comments on this article it was depressing. Not as bad as the Strib and some good points were made, but the thread was lacking in nuance or balance. The same narrative hammered home. Might have discouraged more positive posters from weighing in and offering something different.
  8. wabene
    @jmlease1 I admire your courage, lol.
  9. wabene
    Would a contending team trade a bullpen piece? I was thinking a team that's out of it might want an arb eligible player to fill a hole next year. However I think he will be due $8-10m next year in his final arb year so he may price that option out.
  10. wabene
    Concur. Might be able to get a nice bullpen piece for him and a low minors flyer.
  11. wabene
    Nice we squeaked out one, could've been worse or better. Very dramatic series! Miranda made a couple of solid defensive plays late to help us seal it. Kid could be good.
  12. wabene
    Pretty sure if we're in the playoffs all bets are off and Buxton plays.
  13. wabene
    From the looks of this thread the season is over. Ah well I've got my summer free I guess. Adios.
  14. wabene
    We might all be able to agree (am I serious?) that when a catcher sticks his leg out to the side to get low, it has a negative effect on how well he blocks pitches and how well he can throw runners out. I believe going low is thought to improve a catchers ability to get the low strike and even more important for big catchers like Jeffers. It then follows that the organization must, as the article states, place a priority on framing since all their catchers stick their leg out. Ok I guess. I don't like watching a team run at will on my team. If robo umps are instituted I'll bet the leg will promptly be moved in and we'll get to see how well Jeffer's can perform from the traditional catcher's squat. It may be that larger catchers like Jeffers are slowed the most in the run game by the framing stance.
  15. wabene
    When I see LaTroy with the mic I'm pleased. He is my favorite sidekick for Dick. He has the right tone and pace, never too much. I've always liked Justin, but just not in the booth. The opposite of economical, I prefer someone saying something once. When he has the mic I often blurt out yeah I get it! He goes on and on about the psychology of the game. Player's confidence. Talking about that every game. Tedious.
  16. wabene
    That stat on the Yanks is a trip. I don't like calling for people heads and I did say I thought Bundy was done after the Yankee start (I think that one). Well I'm going back to not calling for people heads, lol. Last night's start should be tempered by the opposition, though. Patient teams with superior eyes at the plate like the Stros and Yanks will give him trouble.
  17. wabene
    Some good quips in this article, funny. I did just watch him crush a 2 run homer against the D Backs an add an obvious release of frustration bat flip.
  18. wabene
    FTFY
  19. wabene
    Archer is coming off of years of injuries and is on an innings limit slowly building stamina, Gray is coming off back to back IL stints and is on an innings limit quickly building up to full go, Smeltzer is healthy and they let him go over 100 pitches. The Twins front office staff, trainers, medical staff, coaching staff and these players are all on board with this situation. I'll bet to a man (or woman) they all would love it if these pitchers were pumping out complete game shut outs and I'll bet they all like winning. The Twins have been running out pitchers that on paper one wouldn't guess they'd be in first place, but yet they are. Someone must be doing something right.
  20. wabene
    Hey Riv, we're currently in 2022 ??
  21. wabene
    Wait so you don't think Gray being pulled when he was wasn't because he just came back from two IL stints? "It can't be both ways; our stats say they don't do well 3rd and 4th times through, but it is only because we are protecting them from injury that we limit their innings, especially when the innings just happen to coincide with where they are in the batting order. It makes your head spin." I think it is more than both ways it is all ways. Many factors go into every decision they make, as it should be. Stretching out from injury downtime. 3rd time through the order. Who is coming up next? State of the patented TD Bullpen Usage Spreadsheet® Injury history (i.e. Archer coming off multiple injury riddled seasons) and their plan for dealing with it. Performance in the moment. For me this is what I like about baseball. The in-game strategy.
  22. wabene
    Guy goes on the IL, comes back pitches one game and the injury flares back up, goes back on the IL, comes back and you would throw him 9 innings?
  23. wabene
    Shhh
  24. wabene
    Pretty sure the chatter was headed for the end of Jeffers, worked for one day. Gosh I think Polanco should be riding the pine now that the All-Star Arraez has got second covered!
  25. wabene
    Sonny Gray is a surgeon. That strikeout pitch on the corner was a beauty.
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