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  1.    Melissa reacted to a post in a topic: 5 Thoughts from Sunday's Twins/Phillies Exhibition Game
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  6. Taildragger8791
    Seems like most games have been in that 2:30-2:40 range. The fact that this one was barely over 3 hours with 18 runs scored is a great sign. Unbelievable that they let it get to this point before finally putting their foot down and making batters/pitchers get on with play.
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    I don't see the relationship between a shift and a 37% K-rate and a bunch of fly balls and pop outs.
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  20. Taildragger8791
    Hmmmm…$30 million for one great player or $30 million for 3 bad ones? Such a tough decision.
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  24. Taildragger8791
    Buxton is the only one that took a team-friendly deal, and with his injury history it made sense. The other guys were all unproven and under team control for years and thus took moderate deals in exchange for security.
  25. Taildragger8791
    Wait…so in his best stretch he still gave up a 247/.330/.469 (.799) batting line and that’s encouraging? He gives up far too many walks at this point. Kid has talent but I’m always highly skeptical of control-issue guys because it rarely improves significantly going from AAA to MLB.
  26. Taildragger8791
    And you get what you pay for. An inconsistent good-not-great pitcher who hasn’t proven he can handle big games, and a stud talent that needs load management and plays <100 games per year. Sometimes the big contract actually makes sense.
  27. Taildragger8791
    To be fair, with the changes to the ballpark last year it should be less homer-prone and more pitcher friendly. But Bundy was still clearly getting rocked and needed a much shorter leash today.
  28. Taildragger8791
    We saw something like this last year too where pitching looked good through a couple turns while the offense struggled. Eventually the offense improved (albeit still streaky) and the pitching regressed to their true talent level (not great). I worry we’ll see a similar flip this year in the next couple of weeks. Meanwhile team will lose too many games sorting out pitching and hitting before figuring out what (if anything) works.
  29. Taildragger8791
    That would be stunning indeed. Cleveland GM would be declared clinically insane if he traded a starter for 3 mediocre DH’s.
  30. Taildragger8791
    He hasn’t played real baseball in 2 1/2 years and outside of the AFL he hasn’t hit above low A ball. Hopefully he used the downtime to train out some bad habits and train in some good ones. It’s still reasonable to expect a full season to establish himself and make adjustments. Players don’t improve just because time passed and they aged.
  31. Taildragger8791
    That would be a huge win for MLB against players. The few players per year that benefit from this in exchange for teams getting closer to a salary cap and still no floor? Slam dunk for owners.
  32. Taildragger8791
    Berrios also showed a lot more 'stuff'. He just needed to stop tipping his pitches and make some adjustments back and forth. Jax's pedestrian 'stuff' does not give him the same basis for a breakthrough.
  33. Taildragger8791
    Buxton was slow coming back from injury, but has progressively gotten better week by week since then. Over the last 3 weeks he's hitting .273/.341/.584 with a normal BABIP. He's been scorching over the last week or two. Superstar or not, the Twins tend to win a lot more with him than without him and that's all that matters.
  34. Taildragger8791
    Do we know for certain that Dobnak's finger strain won't be a lingering issue? Or is he surgically repairing it? Sounds like something that needs to be properly fixed before it goes away...
  35. Taildragger8791
    I don’t think any SP prospects after Ryan are ready out of the gate next year. Everyone else has injury or performance issues to iron out, or innings limits to consider. If we hold a year-long rotation spot open for tryouts it’s going to be a disaster. There will be opportunities out of the bullpen or once injuries strike if guys force their way up. You’re already taking on quite a bit of risk slotting Ryan and Ober in full-time. Either could falter and create an opening as well.
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