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  1. h2oface
    Made me chuckle. Hey, as Steve Martin says "Comedy is not pretty."
  2. h2oface
    ............ status interruptus?
  3. h2oface
    Only 88 pitches......... how about to increase arm strength to be able to go deep into games? That seems like a pretty good reason to me. They were always pulling Meyer last year in the 80s, but he was on a pitch count for his arm........... Berrios threw 55 strikes in 88 pitches - still 62.5% strikes. Ahead 8-2, it would make sense to have him go to around 100 pitches. It seemed the only thing that prevented him from going deeper into the game was they didn't let him pitch the 7th. Reading his line and looking at the box, I guess you had to be there to see how he managed to just survive six innings. I can't see it in the line. It makes sense to be stretched out if nothing is hurting one's body. "Jose Berrios wasn’t great tonight, but he managed to survive six innings. He allowed two runs on a walk and six hits. He struck out five. Berrios was not his normal self, throwing only 55 strikes in 88 pitches. And while his inefficiency didn’t cost him runs, it did keep him from going deeper into the game." It looks like Casey Fien got the relief inning Meyer could have gotten on his former day to start.
  4. h2oface
    88 pitches, ahead 7-2 after 6 innings, and Berrios is yanked. Is he on a pitch count or something? Is there a reason for not letting him pitch the 7th?
  5. h2oface
    No mention of inherited runners and inherited runners scored, which is, to me, the ultimate stat for a reliever. It shows if they really relieved or just did well for themselves, and not necessarily the team. Trouble is, I can't seem to find stats for inherited runners scored anywhere except in the daily boxes. Can anyone help me with a source?
  6. h2oface
    Growing up in baseball. I love it.
  7. h2oface
    Absolutely, and for me, no buts about it. What now for Buxton? He shook the rust off, and went on a that tear and it was declared by all that the rust was no more. The rust was gone. He was player of the week somewhere..... now into May and a horrible slump. You can't call it the ol' convenient rust now, can you? 132 at bats and 34 games in, things are starting to look kind of ugly. It is still early, though, right? Just forget about it, eh? Hey Hey, My My. Rust Never Sleeps.
  8. h2oface
    The AAA roster is looking bleak right now. I mean, other than some pitchers and Pinto, who in yesterday's box is excepted or hoped to ever be a part of the major league lineup? Not as perhaps emergency replacement players, but in the lineup? Meyer is down to 2 walks and only 4 Ks in 6.1 innings. So great. Maybe by the time they promote him they can get his Ks down even further.
  9. h2oface
    The second ten (11-20) are having much better years, so far, than the top 10. Thanks for the great update.
  10. h2oface
    Buxton sure has cooled off, dropping .35 ponits in 11 games. . BA from .287 to .252. (and more today now). Pinto now slumping, too. Bummer. Nice to have the Kepler news.
  11. h2oface
    You called it, Nick Nelson!
  12. h2oface
    It does if you are 25. If you are 25, it is really old.
  13. h2oface
    Kind of like Perkins' outings now that Guardado is back and exerting his influence on the bullpen, eh? ;-) Only Perkins is doing it in only one inning lately.
  14. h2oface
    The arm and accuracy that Robinson has shown is nowhere close to Ben Revere lite. One doesn't have to be a Robinson lover to have noticed that and give him his dues. Robinson has great routes to the ball, which Schafer does not, and neither did Ben. Ben consistently hits for a much higher average, and his arm is a noodle. What examples to you have that Robinson is anything like Ben Revere? I am not advocating for Robinson to be kept longer than needed, but I say Schafer is the first to be replaced, then Robinson. Both should be gone as Hicks, Buxton, and Rosario are brought up to stay.
  15. h2oface
    The sooner we get Hicks up here for Hunter to mentor him now, the better. A month of mentorship has already been wasted. Hopefully, Buxton by July. Time waits for no one.
  16. h2oface
    Any particular reason that Hicks was not in the lineup today? Great to see Burdi having a good outing for a change.
  17. h2oface
    Absolutely. Get Hicks up here. The past is the past and now is now. For now, keep Robinson and designate Schafer. He has been hot the last seven before today though..... hitting over .400. After today, .313 in only 16 ABs, but that still counts. And to be fair, only one Twin didn't look over matched today at the plate. But I like Robinson's routes and arm and accuracy more than Schafer until his time is up. And with all that speed, Schafer can't even seem to buy a stolen base this year. Here's to an outfield with Buxton and Hicks and ?/?/? sooner than never.
  18. h2oface
    Rochester link is the May 6 game with Indianapolis.
  19. h2oface
    Great article on the Plouffe progression. Pretty amazing what he has done on particularly the low and away corner and the middle away sector, too. Now if he can just learn to hit those middle of the plate meatballs again............ lookout! Why are some of the squares 1-4 or 0-2 or 0-1, etc., and not .250, .000, and .000? Is there a minimum at bats to use an average? Is .000 0-at least the minumum?
  20. h2oface
    "On the flip side, Schafer has been anything but. Looking overmatched in the outfield, his .189/.218/.226 line does Minnesota no favors at the plate either. While his speed is valuable, he has been unable to use it struggling to get on base. With just two steals through the first month, it's time Minnesota moves on from Schafer and puts Hicks back in his role. This time however, the big league club should expect it to be different." Schafer has zero steals this year so far, and was caught stealing yet again on Monday night, for 0/3 now for the year. In spring training, he was only succesful in 3 of 6 attempts as well. All that speed and he can't buy a steal so far. He is getting worse at stealing. He did, however have a good night at the plate for a change and made a great diving catch to save a run in the eighth, but he usually looks lost in the outfield with terrible routes to the ball. That inside the park homer the other night was because he just can't seem to gauge where the ball is going.
  21. h2oface
    Great entry by Gleeman on this. It really reinforced my opinion on the matter and that it is a real head-scratcher. http://aarongleeman.com/2015/05/05/twins-bypass-aaron-hicks-for-eddie-rosario-to-replace-oswaldo-arcia/
  22. h2oface
    Wow. Sounds like they should just trade Hicks, now. Rosario over Hicks at this point really surprises me. Any promotion of the new wave I have to support, but they must not like Hicks at all. Seems personal at this point. Rosario's OBP is not very encouraging, and I am not looking forward to that in the lineup right now. Hip irritation for Arcia? I haven't seen any real reports on what is wrong with him. I guess still not.
  23. h2oface
    Why can't I get excited that the starting pitcher of the month is pitching in low A?
  24. h2oface
    So..... offical scoring types (and perhaps umpire types), if anyone takes the time to look at the recap/summary of the top of the 8th in Rochester, I would be interested if you have a clarification on the scoring. Meyer entered the eighth with only 2 walks given up and one run (which was earned). Meyer got credited with both (earned) runs that Theilbar let in after he relieved Meyer, after Meyer had walked the first two batters and was pulled. From a scoring standpoint, charging Meyer with both of the runs doesn't make sense to me. One run does, but not both. Parmelee, the second of the walks, was taken out on a fielders choice, and Meyer got the (earned) run tagged on him that was scored by a batter Theilbar pitched to! Is it the feilder's choice that makes that second run Meyer's responsibility? Seems odd to me. That must be it, but I don't like it. That is an assumption. But scoring doesn't allow an assumption of the double play. This is then an assumption that the fielder(s) would have made the play at first. To be responsible for a batter you don't even pitch to.......... I don't like it.
  25. h2oface
    I truly am not fond of Ervin Santana being described as "a No. 2 starter". If that is the standard for a No. 2 in this organization, the Twins will continue to be in trouble. I can get exited and hopeful about May, Meyer, and Berrios, but signings like Santana and Nolasco always leave me scratching my head before I bang it against the wall. With Arcia limping out of the box down to first base, today, and then pulled from the game, Hicks may be the first of the wave to come this year.
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