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Twins 5, White Sox 1: Zebby Matthews Stops the Bleeding, Twins Avoid Sweep
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Nice comeback month for Zebby. He’s tied with Bradley for the most wins on the staff and he was 5-0 with a 2.90 ERA for the month. I think he’s a safer bet than Prielipp, but the lefty might have more upside. Most pitchers fell off in August for the Twins. i would like to see them audition a couple more bullpen guys and have improved health in in their staff in 2027.- 47 replies
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According to The Fielding Bible’s Defensive Runs Saved, Brooks Lee is +7 at third base. I don’t think second is ideal for Brooks, but he’s been very good at the hot corner. As long as he hits acceptably, he should be the regular 3B. Culpepper is -3 DRS in 18 games. That figures to be -27 for a full season. He looks like he has the range and arm, but honestly he looks pretty raw. Keaschall is -5 in right field and a whopping -9 in center in limited play. I think a corner spot or maybe first base are his future. Two or three weeks ago, it looked like Lewis was well on the way to estabishing himself as a regular, probably at first base. Now he has four more weeks to make that claim. In 2027, I would in expect Keaschall and Lewis to be better defenders at their spots where they had very limited experience going into this season.
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Jenkins contract purchased, Roden optioned. Woo-suk Go DFA.
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Four Triple-A Players (Not Named Walker Jenkins) That Can Help the Twins
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Going Forward: To DH or to Not DH
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Josh Bell Is Derek Falvey’s Parting Gift to the Twins
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Josh Bell Is Derek Falvey’s Parting Gift to the Twins
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Josh Bell Is Derek Falvey’s Parting Gift to the Twins
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Josh Bell Is Derek Falvey’s Parting Gift to the Twins
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Josh Bell Is Derek Falvey’s Parting Gift to the Twins
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Josh Bell Is Derek Falvey’s Parting Gift to the Twins
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HarmonK03 reacted to a post in a topic:
Josh Bell Is Derek Falvey’s Parting Gift to the Twins
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Agree with this. There is value in having a guy like Bell in the middle of the order every day. I am surprised that Josh has moved around so much during his career, given his clubhouse presence, durability and production. However, he’s not an elite slugger and his skillset is bat-first.
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I think Rojas eventually at least partially replaces Prielipp, maybe in a piggyback scenario. Adding in Joe Ryan is crucial to this season's postseason chances. Perhaps the couple weeks rest will rejuvinate the Twins starter.
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The Twins have 34 games remaining and currently have the sixth best record in the American League, which would qualify them for a Wild Card if the season ended today. I expect that the five teams ahead of the Twins will all make the playoffs, so my favorite team has a narrow window to make postseason. Here is my schedule breakdown and optimistic projection for the Twins (hint: they win the AL Central on the last day). Bad teams: the Twins play three team who have a less than 1% chance of advancing to postseason (Angels, Athletics, Giants). I have this as 7-3 with three series wins. Division foes: Fifteen games--six each against Chicago and Detroit and three against Cleveland (9-6,. 4-2 Chicago, 3-3 Detroit and 2-1 Cleveland) This would give the Twins the tiebreaker over all three of their divisional opponents. Six games against good teams (San Diego and New York Yankees) 3-3, win the home series go 1-2 this weekend. Finally, a three game series with another below .500 contender (Texas) 2-1 and an overall record of 84-78. I project Chicago going 18-18 in their final 36 games and finishing in a flatfooted tie with the Twins (Twins win tiebreaker). Detroit and Cleveland fall short and the other Wild Card contenders (Toronto, Baltimore, Texas, Seattle) also fail to get to 84 wins.
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It is nice that the Twins have so much outfiedl depth that is approaching major league readiness. In drawing up my preliminary major league roster for 2027, there are way too many corner outfielders and there definitely should be a culling process. Non-prospects Wallner, Martin and Roden really are only depth pieces. Wallner's last two major league seasons have negated good productivity previously. Martin was given a chance for a larger role and came up short and Roden's meh tools point to either an AAAA player or fourth OF. The Twins could roll with Buxton, Jenkins, Keaschall and Rodriguez with perhaps Mendez or more likely a Lane Thomas type as their outfielders. Mendez would be behind them and given the first four's injury histories, he might be on the major league roster all year.
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Thanks Chief. I edited my original post to make it more open-ended.
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The Twins are in the third wild card spot with Texas' loss tonight. They will remain in that spot at least until Friday when they arrive in San Diego.
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Twins 6, Braves 4: Sweeping Them All the Way Back to Their House Under the Highway
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According to DRS, Lewis is 0 at third base, certainly not a disaster. Average. Also at first, he's +1. These numbers are through yesterday .https://www.fieldingbible.com/drs-leaderboard/players?position=5&team=8 https://www.fieldingbible.com/drs-leaderboard/players?position=3&team=8
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As far as defense goes, the team is 28th out of 30 according to Defensive Runs Saved (my go-to). They've been in that range for most of the season, but the negative number isn't growing fast at this point. Luke Keaschall isn't great in the OF, but with an offseason to work, he might be okay by next year. Brooks Lee and Royce Lewis have looked decent to better than that at new positions and Culpepper (perhaps later Houston) might solidify their weakest defensive position (-20 DRS) of shortstop.
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I think we can grudgingly say that Tom Pohlad put some of his money where his mouth was as well. The Twins took on salary for Minter, Hoffman and Kremer after throwing around quarters like they were manhole covers. The moves weren't flashy, but the bullpen has been substantially improved.
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Josh Bell has played in 20 games at first base, starting 18 and completing 10. @HarmonK03 has constantly repeated that Bell was signed to play first base, which is not reality. He was signed to hit first and was aware that he might play in the field at first base, as has happened. I don't think it's a huge mistake to have him be available to occasionally play in the field. If he had been the "regular" first baseman for all season it probably would have hurt the team's already poor defense. Asit is, Bell has compiled a small positive rating for Defensive Runs Saved (almost certainly a small sample size). Bell isn't prime Nelson Cruz, but he's been a perennially above-average hitter and that has carried through this year. Having him as the regular DH doesn't allow for much resting of other position players by DHing, but it provides continuity and deepens the lineup particularly with a switch hitter who is going to hit somewhere between third and fifth. The 2027 Twins will have an extra OF to be the predominant DH if everyone is healthy (big if), so it might make sense to leave the position open and use it to take half games off for several players. Another guy who might take a lot of DH at-bats is Hendry Mendez and of course if they keep Larnach, he would be a candidate (and also Matt Wallner).
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I got busy in the top of the 6th. I wanted to watch what happened later and saw Fundy carve up the RH pinch hitter, a very key play in the game. It seems weird that the bullpen is really a strength now.
