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  1. yarnivek1972
    The lineup is long and distinguished. Hey, everyone else is talking about Top Gun being released 32 years ago today...
  2. yarnivek1972
    If you want to compare the two, it might be better to compare OPS+. It tells a different story.
  3. yarnivek1972
    Is Magill still on the team?
  4. yarnivek1972
    Nothing unreal exists. Kiri-Kin-Tha
  5. yarnivek1972
    Double, double toil and trouble.
  6. yarnivek1972
    Even Byron can hit hanging breaking balls.
  7. yarnivek1972
    Oppo power for Kepler. On the way to being a complete hitter?
  8. yarnivek1972
    The biggest impact of this would seem to be on Kennys Vargas. The Twins are logically going to want Carter to get at bats to find out if there is a chance he could help at the MLB level. Those at bats will mostly be at the expense of Vargas.
  9. yarnivek1972
    33 pitches, 23 strikes for Lynn. Not bad for him.
  10. yarnivek1972
    Neither Jorge or Mejia are currently healthy. Indeed, Jorge has yet to appear in a game in 2018 and it’s been almost a month for Mejia. Slegers kinda strikes me as smoke and mirrors. It plays in AAA, not sure it will at the MLB level. So far, it has not. He’s made 4 MLB appearances. The first was pretty good. The other 3 were mediocre to poor. The Twins won’t know how May will perform as a starter at the MLB level unless or until they let him start. I think the pen will be okay as long as they don’t get overworked. More effective starting pitching would go a long way to helping that. Of the top 10 teams in MLB in IP from starting pitchers, 7 are within 2 games of a playoff spot. Washington is 3 games out in the East and Texas and Kansas City are obviously bottom feeders. It’s not a perfect measure, obviously not all teams have played the same number of games. And the Twins are still below almost every team in games played. But they are still about 1/3 of an inning BELOW the AL avg start of 5.6 IP per start. If the Twins want to be a contender, I think they need to be ABOVE average in this category. Will May help do that? There’s only one way to find out.
  11. yarnivek1972
    Maybe that there was a lot of green indicates that his spot on the pitching staff wasn’t needed at all. If I’m Lance Lynn, I am motivated. If the Twins will eat $26 mil, they’ll eat $10 or whatever he still has coming.
  12. yarnivek1972
    Lynn could give up 4 runs in 5 innings and lower his era. That would actually be his third best start if he did that.
  13. yarnivek1972
    Eddie Roasario, he doesn’t always make good decisions, but he always makes the game exciting. Stay thirsty, my friends
  14. yarnivek1972
    64 pitches. 43 strikes. 3 hits, 1 walk in 5 IP. The Twins need more of their starters to struggle like this.
  15. yarnivek1972
    Probably just a coincidence that former Tiger Frank Cattalanotto seemed to always be the guy that got the key hit against the Twins back in the day.
  16. yarnivek1972
    Tom Kelly had what, 9?
  17. yarnivek1972
    Does your happiness with the pitching extend to Phil Hughes?
  18. yarnivek1972
    I think you let May try to have success as a starter before trying him in the pen. Starters are far more valuable and it is a lot easier to go from being a starter to a reliever than vice versa during the season. As for “no open spot”, maybe talk to Lance Lynn about that. I keep seeing “he will normalize”. Based on what evidence? He’s not throwing strikes. It’s been a problem since day 1. Whatever adjustments he is trying to make or whatever fixes the coaching staff has tried obviously aren’t helping. At what point is it time to acknowledge that maybe this is who he is now?
  19. yarnivek1972
    I would say it’s past time to shuffle the deck. If bad baseball continues a couple more weeks it will be time to fold.
  20. yarnivek1972
    He wasn’t hitting MLB pitching when he was playing everyday. What makes you think he can do so after not seeing ANY pitching for a month?
  21. yarnivek1972
    Did you look at today’s lineup card? Is there some evidence that their true talent level isn’t that of a bad team?
  22. yarnivek1972
    Realmuto is one thing. Rental players for this year would be a ridiculous move. This team couldn’t beat an egg.
  23. yarnivek1972
    I’m sure it won’t. But IMO it will be more likely veteran players LEAVING than arriving.
  24. yarnivek1972
    If I am reading this right, 42 to LF, 28 to L-C, 19 to straight away CF, 26 to R-C and 23 to RF. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/event_hr.fcgi?id=mauerjo01&t=b LIke I said, lots of doinks to LF.
  25. yarnivek1972
    A lot meaning relative to his total number of homeruns. I’m sure someone can pull up a spray chart of his homeruns. Just a hunch that his % to LF is roughly 30%. To CF and LF combined maybe pushing 50%, which is definitely atypical.
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