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Matt, I really enjoy your writing. It seems like you are able to turn a good phrase in every article. And for me, in this article, the phrase that pays "—brothers in alliteration—".

Thanks for the response.

Does rest ever "cure" a sprained UCL?

To Matt's opening position of, "He may be right; I may be crazy." I reply: You just may be a lunatic I'm looking forTurn out the lightDon't try to save meYou may be wrong for all I knowBut you may be right Apologies to Billy Joel.

Based on Schmoeman5's Ace definition of needing 200 IP here are last years pitchers that meet just that criteria: Nola - Phillies (205.0 IP) Alcantara - Marlins (228.2 IP) Cole - Yankees (200.2 IP) Mikolas - Cardinals (202.1 IP) Burnes - Brewers (202.0 IP) Bieber - Guardians (200.0 IP) Kelly - Diamondbacks (200.1 IP) Valdez - Astros (201.1 IP) And those that pitched over 190 innings: Manoah - Blue Jays (196.2 IP) Darvish - Padres (194.2 IP) Webb - Giants (192.1 IP) Perez - Rangers (196.1 IP) - certainly an outlier year for him! Data from Baseball Reference.

Seeing Rocco in the above picture reminded me of this little ditty from my childhood.

"...there’s a chance he truly experienced bad luck in 2022." To this I say: Fool me 20,000 time shame on you, fool me 20,001 time shame on me. I guess I've always had a hopeful spot for Nick Gordon and would like to see what he could do for a full year in one position. I think his defense improves and he has improved each year offensively. Shouldn't he also benefit from shifting limitations, just like 90% of all other players?

Anytime you can work "pernicious" into your article you get a thumbs up from me. HAPPY THANKSGIVING.

I guess I disagree with the premise of your article that "Rocco Baldelli has avoided designating any of his relievers as the team’s go-to closer." In 2018 the closer was Rodney, as you mentioned. In 2019 the closer was Rodgers with 30 saves, as you mentioned. I believe that had Colome and Pagan were given every opportunity to be the closers and had it worked out like the FO had hoped then they would have been the closers for 2021 and 2022. The change in relief philosophy is just as likely due to their combined two years of failure and the need to go to other guys to cobble a win together. Please don't give this FO and manager credit for seeing the light on how to use high leverage pitchers when it was forced upon them.

The FO said they were inclined to piggyback starting pitchers this year. Glad to see them follow through in game 182.

"...goon, who has a pair of sweatpants he calls “my going-out ones.” " Is this a disguised slight at Gleeman who got his one free pair of Mac Weldon's back in 2020?

I agree with the guys assessment that getting Mahle out of Cincinnati will help improve his HR rate. ?

And here I was taking your original comment as sarcasm. I'm such a dolt.

Just listened and according to the show the five games lost to Cleveland the Twins had, at one time, a max Win Probability for each game of 92%, 98%, 82%, 95%, and 89%. Based on my third grade probabilities class doesn't this work out to the Twins have an overall chance of 62.5% to have won all five of these games. (0.92 x 0.98 x 0.82 x .95 x 0.89 = 0.625, 62.5%) Conversely, the chance that Cleveland wins all five games is 0.08 x 0.02 x 0.18 x 0.05 x 0.11 = 0.00000158, 0.000158%) Is there someone out there that can confirm, or correct, my math? Somehow I can believe the Twins should have one all five 62% of the time given the numbers, but Cleveland's chance is so miniscule I can hardly believe it.

Transactions show he was optioned to AAA on June 29. Bring him back.

Winder needs to be up and back in the pen. He won the job out of spring training as one of their best pitchers. How has that changed?

Top 3 WPA: Sano .624, Larnach .243, Paddack .192 How does Kepler with an RBI double and a 2 run HR not get on this list?

Is this a way of saying, "Better to be lucky than good?"

This is just the type of erudition that keeps me coming back to this site!

Condolences to the Bonnes family on our loss.

I guess now he has a place to go.

In the words of Steinman and Meatloaf - "All revved up with no place to go."

Just listened to this episode and would strongly suggest that if you want a cheap laugh you listen to the last minute at 1/2 speed. Gleeman sounds totally in love, and drunk, when talking about Zendaya and the Geeks laughing reminds of my younger days getting high.

"Rice University is notoriously known for overworking its pitchers, with many of its graduates having injuries during their professional careers." - You would think that talented pitchers with professional aspirations would avoid Rice if it is truly notoriously known that they overwork pitchers. I have got to believe they have other good options where to go to school to pitch.

I remember watching Martin & Lewis movies as reruns on Saturday afternoons in the 60's. You probably have to be in your seventy' to have gone to see the movies in a theater.