Richie the Rally Goat

nice rip Sanchez!

Sano needs to heat up well before the all-star break to be tradeable at the deadline. Provided that happens (and I think it will), I agree, it’s almost a certainty that Sano gets traded to a contender who needs a DH. That is the MO of Falvey and Levine, if they aren’t extending or picking up his option, they trade them away.

I gotta think as the rotation starts going deeper, they can reduce the bullpen. Two arms are coming off the active roster in 2 weeks. You could sneak a marginal reliever through waivers or add a marginal guy (and waive him) then as everybody would be churning a couple guys

The rotation has pitched pretty well. Good enough to keep them in games. As others have noted, there’s not enough horses, my prediction in that light is the 6 man rotation will last the season unless the injury bug hits hard, to manage the innings among a group that (outside of gray) none of them will touch 150 innings. The bullpen has been rough, relievers typically have a lot of variability. Looking forward to some more churn as the season progresses. I wonder how long Celestino stays up? Assume he’d be replaced by Upton or Garlick. I hope the bats wake up soon

The Twins have never had a 30/30 player, seems attainable for Buxton if he remains healthy

I know right! Rena’s work always makes me smile. I needed that today

Add to: Double session of PT Watching any hallmark movie helping my 8 yo with homework

Sure can. Just make sure you are clear of the tools being used to generate the content (this is a simulation, which one, etc) in the title and in the content, so readers don’t get confused with the live games during the season. also make sure to site sources. We need to respect other people’s intellectual property.

Whether or not this is the plan, it doesn’t look like Winder will go more than an inning

Winder in for the 5th. Scheduled piggy-back “start”? If they don’t get rained on, suppose the plan is 2-3 innings?

Hoping it’s a preemptive trip and he’ll be back in the minimum

Sano .236 avg, .328 obp, .488 slg, 117 wRC+ Dunn .237 avg, .364 obp, .490 slg, 123 wRC+ Sano might as well be a statistical clone of Adam Dunn. I’m not a Sano “apologist”, I’m not even a particular fan of his. I’m just pointing out that Sano does bring value with his bat over the season, he’s not some boat anchor weighing the team down (hitting-wise). there is more than one way to hit.

wRC+ which puts weighted run contribution on a relative scale (100 is league average runs per plate appearance) is an attempt at comprehensive quality of a player’s hitting. Sano’s average is 117, so by that measure he is 17% above average. Super Star? No, but above average

FTFY

“Rally Killer In German”

As brilliant as MVP Byron Buxton has been, Sano has been the exact opposite.

I am very pleasantly surprised by his outing

Welcome! This is a challenging question! What makes it difficult are 2 main issues to me. 1) Pitchers approach their job differently, in terms of how they get their outs. “Good” is always compared to alternatives. In the box you’ll see strike outs, walks, hits, etc. but ultimately in the box it’s about runs and outs for me. 2) Baseball is a marathon season, a box score for a game, is just that one game, but in a 162 game season, everyone is going to have good games and bad games. Generally I don’t put a ton of weight on a box score, I generally prefer statistics over seasons and season-to-date. There are three main types of these stats. 1) counting stats (home runs, walks, strike outs). 2) Rate stats (strike out %, walk %, OPS, batting average, earned run average). 3) rank stats, these tell you how the player does relative to the league (they have usually have a + sign next to their name like OPS+. You can get these from many sources, the two that get quoted here most frequently are Fangraphs and Baseball Reference. These sites will be a bit overwhelming at first, but they both have glossaries for defining how they calculate the stats and what they mean.

Nope 160-2

Buxton on pace for 162 home run seems kinda conservative

Anti jinx? and no, I’m not going to call you crazy again, I’ve hit enough off the tee and need to start hitting against pitchers

Yes

You’re crazy

I don’t think of Jeffers as a real good hitter, and Arraez is roughly league average against Lefties. looking up the splits at fangraphs Jeffers hits well against lefties (120ish plate appearances )

Jeffers DH… fascinating