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  1. yarnivek1972
    I’m not sure why so many are ready to trust Dyson over Duffey and even May. Even just since his IL stint, 6 baserunners in 5 IP doesn’t suggest dominance. It suggests serviceable, which is how I would describe Duffey and May.
  2. yarnivek1972
    Hildenberger is already on the 40 man roster. If he’s healthy, he more than likely will come up.
  3. yarnivek1972
    I wonder how that will work next year. With a September limit of 28 I imagine there will still need to be some roster changes. Guys get hurt or a team may want to “swap out” a reliever. My understanding is that a player can’t be sent on an optional assignment to a team that is no longer playing. So, if the Twins wanted to swap out Gonsalves for Stashak next September (just as an example), how would that work? Or, as another example, let’s say Nelson Cruz hits the IL on August 25. He’s healthy and ready to be activated on September 10 (IL goes back to 15 days next year too remember). But the Twins already have 28 guys. How do the Twins activate Cruz other than by optioning out someone?
  4. yarnivek1972
    Hard to “rely” on someone not in the lineup more than 1/4 of the season. Which will be the case for Sano and Buxton by the end of the year.
  5. yarnivek1972
    btw, bonus baseball in New York. Indians and Mets tied at 2 after 9.
  6. yarnivek1972
    I don’t think the Twins will need to worry about a second starter in the playoffs.
  7. yarnivek1972
    I wouldn’t bank on Astudillo being the primary back up catcher next year. A veteran FA is more likely, maybe even Castro. I just don’t get the impression that the FO (or Baldelli) are very high on him.
  8. yarnivek1972
    I don’t think O’Rourke would have been acquired if there wasn’t a plan to use him. I also wouldn’t bank on Kohl Stewart coming up. He’s not very good. He’s more likely to be DFA to make room for someone else.
  9. yarnivek1972
    I don’t like them in one game against the A’s or Rays. Both teams have better bullpens. That is all important in a one game, winner take all.
  10. yarnivek1972
    Part of the rationale for not voting for players on non contending teams is that they get pitched to differently. If the Angels are contending and another contender is playing them, they aren’t going to let Trout beat them, period. Pujols doesn’t offer sufficient protection anymore. Nor does Ohtani. So Trout would have a more difficult time putting up numbers than he is. As it is now, most teams would be of the opinion that they can beat the Angels no matter what Trout does because the rest of the team has been so bad. Their high water mark was 54-49, after taking two from the Dodgers in mid July. At that point they were still 12 games back and since then have been an abysmal 9-16. And that’s probably what the rest of their season looks like.
  11. yarnivek1972
    The people that vote have a tendency to give the nod to players from contending teams, which probably eliminates Trout. They also don’t like giving it to a DH, but have occasionally done so. I would say Bregman is the front runner right now.
  12. yarnivek1972
    I could be wrong, but I think the Twins shut out somebody not that long ago. Maybe it was just at home. Probably the Tigers when they were really bad. Early 2000s maybe.
  13. yarnivek1972
    I’d say the credit more likely goes to the analytics’ staff. It’s literally part of their job to see a mechanical flaw in a guy’s swing or delivery and ensure it gets properly communicated to him. The old school was “try this” or “try that”. The new approach is “this is what you were doing when you were doing well, this is what you’re doing now and this is what you need to do to fix it.”
  14. yarnivek1972
    Anyone see the irony of breaking a WRITTEN rule to “enforce” an unwritten rule? INTENTIONALLY PITCHING AT THE BATTER Official Baseball Rule 8.02(d) provides that the pitcher shall not intentionally pitch at the batter.
  15. yarnivek1972
    Do they have a place where he could rehab if the milb teams are all done when he is ready? Seems to me I recall that they play “simulated” games with shall we say flexible rosters in Florida pretty much all year.
  16. yarnivek1972
    His IP figures to be about 5-10 more than 2018 if he makes 7 more starts and throws roughly 700 more pitches. That would also be 100 or so more than 2018. It should be noted, he faded in August and September last year too. So, fatigue is certainly a concern.
  17. yarnivek1972
    I’m still not really seeing much to like about Dyson. 4 appearances since coming off the DL. Allowed at least 2 baserunners in 2 of them. That’s called walking the tight rope over the precipice of disaster.
  18. yarnivek1972
    This isn’t the only time and I’m not sure if it is even most recent. Alan Embree picked a guy off without throwing a pitch and got the win. It was one of his last appearances before retiring. https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/COL/COL200907070.shtml
  19. yarnivek1972
    $150 for at most 5 hours work. Do you make $30 per hour?
  20. yarnivek1972
    Basically, your best plan is to have Marwin’s bat replace Cron’s. As mentioned in the article the wRC difference is 7. Is it worth it to get more players playing out of position? Maybe I’m missing something, but is offense a problem for this team? Defense sure is. But I’m not sure taking out a guy who’s probably played 1b (and only 1b) for the last 10 years and replacing him with someone who has very little experience there is the way to go. I keep playing Cron, maybe lower in the order. The Twins are going to need him at the top of his game to get into postseason and certainly if they make it in. That’s not going to happen with him riding the pine. It’s a completely different situation with Schoop. Someone who plays his position is scorching the ball. No one who you can really call a first baseman is doing well enough to take time away from Cron IMO.
  21. yarnivek1972
    Polanco wasn’t a power hitter in the minors either. Arraez projects to about an 8-10 pace over a full season. That’s obviously low in this era but I don’t think his discerning eye or contact skill is going away. Lack of power certainly doesn’t make someone “inherently flawed” as a hitter. It makes them a different type of hitter. Was Rod Carew inherently flawed? Baseball has had a tendency to go in cycles. Power was all the rage in the 50s and 60s, but then in the 70s and early 80s, it turned to a game of speed, where contact was important. Who knows, it could shift again.
  22. yarnivek1972
    He’s almost certain to finish tonight’s start with more IP than Odorizzi. He’s 3 1/3 behind him.
  23. yarnivek1972
    This exactly. Even if they figure one starting pitcher filled by a prospect, that still leaves 3 to fill at a price of anywhere from $12 to $20 mil EACH. Add that to the raises for the arb guys and most of that available money is gone. And the Twins will still need a backup catcher and at least one hammer type reliever. They don’t come cheap.
  24. yarnivek1972
    Who, as the OP mentioned hits RHP FAR better than LHP.
  25. yarnivek1972
    If O’Rourke is given a chance (and I think he will be) he’ll be fine. I mean he’s strictly a loogy, but that doesn’t mean he can’t help. He’s had a pretty short MLB career, but he’s held LHB to a .501 OPS.
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