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  1. yarnivek1972
    Harper also has allowed a lot of inherited runners to score. Almost half. 13 of 29 to be exact. By far, the worst among pitchers on the roster. Trevor May has allowed 1 of 15 to score.
  2. yarnivek1972
    *sigh*
  3. yarnivek1972
    I think the suitable replacement is Luis Arraez. The question is whether to commit to him now and risk losing the depth that keeping Schoop provides or wait until 2020 and shuttle Arraez up and down as needed.
  4. yarnivek1972
    Not that it is an insurmountable obstacle, but aren’t the Twins on Greinke’s “no trade” list?
  5. yarnivek1972
    Here’s a question for anyone who might know: Is it possible that the Twins have put someone (Jonathon Schoop for example) on revocable waivers just to see if he clears without casual fans (or even ones that are pretty dialed in) finding out about it? Is that a thing this time of the year?
  6. yarnivek1972
    They may not have a couple weeks. Assuming no one else gets hurt in the interim (by no means a certainty), the Twins will need to decide what to do with Schoop when Rosario and Cron are both activated, which is likely this week. Cave will go down for one. It’s possible a pitcher could go for the other, but not likely. I mean, the Twins just had a series where the pen pitched 11 innings. Morin and Magill pitched 0 of them. IMO, they should both be replaced by a rotating field of Smeltzer, Thorpe and maybe Poppen and Stewart to give them the length that neither Morin or Magill provide. Will that hurt their development? Probably. Guess what? This is what contending teams do. But, back to Schoop. If the Twins want to keep playing Areaez, the only position player to shed that makes sense is Schoop. I’m not sure I’d be willing to do that. Arraez could regress. Indeed, he’s almost certain to to some degree. You don’t see a lot of guys come up from AA and hit .400 over 2/3 of a season. If he falters or if there is another infield injury, depth becomes an issue. I’d rather not see Adrianza and Gordon starting in September in games that mean anything. I suppose it is possible Schoop could clear outright waivers and be sent to Rochester. I don’t know if he would try to latch on somewhere at the MLB level. I’m not sure there is an opening. As poorly as Schoop has played the last 6 weeks, it is undeniable that the Twins wouldn’t be where they are now without the contributions he made in April and May. It’s a difficult decision. One I am glad it is not my responsibility to make. Frankly, I could see it going either way and I think I can see the upside of either decision. But there are also risks with either decision, some more lasting than others.
  7. yarnivek1972
    Teams do still employ major league scouts. There are also these things called statistics available to every team. They show Schoop as the 14th best second baseman in MLB by fWAR (currently at 1.1), right ahead of ... wait for it ... Brian Dozier. And, since the start of June he has a robust .670 OPS. Trading for him gets you two months of that. Contrary to the belief of some, other teams won’t trade for your garbage and give you back roses.
  8. yarnivek1972
    1. He had a bad game. I wouldn’t say he’s “nowhere near” ace level. He’s close. He ranks 14th in fWAR in MLB, 7th in AL and top 30 in MLB in FIP. No one is calling him Max Scherzer, but he isn’t Lance Lynn either. Oh wait... 2. Why is any non-contending team going to trade for impending free agents Kyle Gibson and/or Jason Castro? To get a controllable ace caliber pitcher, a team needs to give up considerable controllable talent. Even Sano has only two more controllable season. Unless the minor leaguers you are adding are Lewis and Thorpe, It’s not going to even start a conversation. 3. Pretty much any reliever can make a bad pitch. By and large, May has been outstanding dating back to mid April. There aren’t that many out there that will be much better and the ones that are are the ones 10-12 teams are after. The Twins clearly need to cull the bottom 3 of the pen. But the top is pretty good.
  9. yarnivek1972
    If anything, over rest. The one inning Tuesday and before that was last Thursday or Friday. So, he had pitched 1 inning in 10 days. That might be an excuse if, as mentioned, a dozen others had not done the same, including the Indians’ starter.
  10. yarnivek1972
    Brad Hand-cuffed them. They got a lucky baserunner due to a fielding misplay. Zero well hit balls.
  11. yarnivek1972
    And another team will want Schoop, why exactly?
  12. yarnivek1972
    Bieber pitched in the all star game too.
  13. yarnivek1972
    Of course, him ending the Indian rally in the 4th and dominating them in the 5th Friday kept the Twins in the game and allowed them to come back and win, gaining them two games in the standings.
  14. yarnivek1972
    With Ryan O’Rourke as a throw in loogy.
  15. yarnivek1972
    It really isn’t a new concept for good managers. I remember a game (I think it was against the Twins, but not positive) where LaRussa brought Eck into a tight situation in the 8th. I don’t know the exact specifics, but there were runners on and big hitters due. He got out of it, Oakland tacked on and someone else pitched the 9th.
  16. yarnivek1972
    It’s worth noting that Mr. Falvey was heavily involved in making that happen. Not only from a draft standpoint, but presumably from a developmental one. Don’t want to get too far off on a tangent, but player development, especially pitching, is where the Twins need to show improvement from the previous regime in order to create sustainable success (as Falvey likes to call it).
  17. yarnivek1972
    Still no Rosario for Saturday. Cave in LF, Arraez at 3b, Gonzalez at 1b. Sano DNP - coaches decision.
  18. yarnivek1972
    Smeltzer was replaced by Parker. Didn’t say I want Littell out, but I don’t think the Twins are ready to cut bait on Mejia yet.
  19. yarnivek1972
    Anyone think that a guy like Mejia might be a throw in on a deal? He’s relatively young, he’s controllable for four more years, he’s left handed, throws hard and until this year was a better than average MLB pitcher. A non-contending team might try to stretch him out and put him in their rotation and see what happens. Obviously, he’s not going to be a centerpiece. But I’d imagine there’s someone out there that thinks he can turn him around and steal a guy. Mejia is pretty likely to be DFA to make room for any incoming reliever as it is, why not throw him in?
  20. yarnivek1972
    Presumably Littell goes down to make room for Odorizzi.
  21. yarnivek1972
    If it was said once, it’s pretty likely that it was said again.
  22. yarnivek1972
    You are welcome to that opinion, but I don’t buy it. IMO, there is no such thing as someone that can’t get better at their job. Could it be that injuries have hampered his development? Certainly. But that is part of who he is. It can’t be ignored. It makes him considerably less valuable if he can’t even play 100 games per year in the field. Something he has yet to do at the MLB level and something he likely won’t do this year either. That’s a problem. Particularly in an era of 12 man pitching staffs.
  23. yarnivek1972
    If the Twins trade for Santana, zero chance they also sign Cruz. So, it’s Cruz + Cron or Santana + Austin, most likely. Pretty much a push IMO.
  24. yarnivek1972
    Rosario is apparently not ready. He isn’t in the lineup. Marwin is in LF. Sano at 3b. Adrianza at 1b. Arraez at 2b.
  25. yarnivek1972
    Eastern Seaboard Prejudice Network
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