I don't know what I think of fair/foul reviews, if only because it's kind of gross to say "Cabrera would have gotten a single/double/triple out of that".
You mean, "Mauer would have gotten a double out of that Mr. Cuzzi."
I was absolutely thinking of that play as I typed my LTE out. I suppose this is the best way to do it, it just...I dunno.
for some reason, i can only spooky strikeouts. and they're not that spooky.
man, dozier does have good hair.
Molitor constantly complains about how the short starts are killing the bullpen, yet Molitor does things that make the problem worse instead of better. Last night was another example.
Molitor pulled Tyler Duffey after three innings with the Twins down 6-2 and Duffey having thrown fifty-seven pitches. By pulling him at that point, you guarantee that you're going to use at least four relievers, and it would've been more had not Ryan O'Rourke come through with 2.2 scoreless innings. And you're going to use them in a game which you're pretty unlikely to win no matter how your relievers do.
Now, Duffey had a bad third inning, but had pitched well in the first two. Why not send him out there for the fourth and see if he can pull it together? If he can, he might get you five or even six innings. Now you only have to use two relief pitchers, rather than four or more. And if he can't, what's the harm? You're down five or six runs, rather than four. Is that really a big deal at that point?
And it's not like last night's game was an isolated incident. Molitor has done this over and over again this year. He'll take a starter out with the Twins down several runs, but in a situation where there's a chance that the starter might be able to pull it together. He doesn't give them that chance.
I don't mean to imply Molitor's to blame for everything with the pitching staff. The starters have been pretty bad lately, and that does make it hard on the bullpen. But Molitor makes it harder on the bullpen than he needs to. That's not helping.
Dozier's power is pretty amazing when you look at his minor league record. The most homers he hit in a season in the minors is twelve, in 2011. That's also the only minor league season that he hit a lot of doubles, thirty-three (his previous high was eighteen).
Cool article at Fangraphs were Dozier talks about realizing that he was more valuable if he stopped worrying about batting average and started worrying about getting on base and hitting for power.
Hey, he's on pace to match last year's 28 HRs!
Dozier for player/manager?
Welp, it was nice having him on the team. May be have success at his next stop.
(my favorite part, though, was how primes are pushed back because of "nutrition". I guess that's what their calling it now, eh? *)
*I'm not accusing him, BTW.
Reading his quotes versus team quotes early in rhe year seem to point to some disagreement. He's lucky he's not in Rochester.
After the game on May 22nd, hewas slashing .199/.288/.318 (.602) with 4 home runs. He sat for a couple of days, and since then, he's gone .304/.369/.649 (1.018) with 26 home runs.
I do not believe that the benching sparked his bat (though that is certainly the narrative that the front office has been pushing), but the transformation since late may has been completely crazy.
Don't forget he lost a home run in the game that was rained out.
I don't know what I think of fair/foul reviews, if only because it's kind of gross to say "Cabrera would have gotten a single/double/triple out of that".
You mean, "Mauer would have gotten a double out of that Mr. Cuzzi."
I was absolutely thinking of that play as I typed my LTE out. I suppose this is the best way to do it, it just...I dunno.
for some reason, i can only spooky strikeouts. and they're not that spooky.
man, dozier does have good hair.
Molitor constantly complains about how the short starts are killing the bullpen, yet Molitor does things that make the problem worse instead of better. Last night was another example.
Molitor pulled Tyler Duffey after three innings with the Twins down 6-2 and Duffey having thrown fifty-seven pitches. By pulling him at that point, you guarantee that you're going to use at least four relievers, and it would've been more had not Ryan O'Rourke come through with 2.2 scoreless innings. And you're going to use them in a game which you're pretty unlikely to win no matter how your relievers do.
Now, Duffey had a bad third inning, but had pitched well in the first two. Why not send him out there for the fourth and see if he can pull it together? If he can, he might get you five or even six innings. Now you only have to use two relief pitchers, rather than four or more. And if he can't, what's the harm? You're down five or six runs, rather than four. Is that really a big deal at that point?
And it's not like last night's game was an isolated incident. Molitor has done this over and over again this year. He'll take a starter out with the Twins down several runs, but in a situation where there's a chance that the starter might be able to pull it together. He doesn't give them that chance.
I don't mean to imply Molitor's to blame for everything with the pitching staff. The starters have been pretty bad lately, and that does make it hard on the bullpen. But Molitor makes it harder on the bullpen than he needs to. That's not helping.
Slugging %
1. Ortiz (BOS) .637
2. Altuve (HOU) .571
3. Machado (BAL) .557
4. Encarnacion (TOR) .556
5. Betts (BOS) .555
6. Trout (LAA) .553
7. Cabrera (DET) .552
8. Longoria (TBR) .550
9. Donaldson (TOR) .549
10. Dozier (MIN) .543
oh, hai.
Dozier's power is pretty amazing when you look at his minor league record. The most homers he hit in a season in the minors is twelve, in 2011. That's also the only minor league season that he hit a lot of doubles, thirty-three (his previous high was eighteen).
Cool article at Fangraphs were Dozier talks about realizing that he was more valuable if he stopped worrying about batting average and started worrying about getting on base and hitting for power.
Hey, he's on pace to match last year's 28 HRs!
Dozier for player/manager?
Welp, it was nice having him on the team. May be have success at his next stop.
(my favorite part, though, was how primes are pushed back because of "nutrition". I guess that's what their calling it now, eh? *)
*I'm not accusing him, BTW.
Reading his quotes versus team quotes early in rhe year seem to point to some disagreement. He's lucky he's not in Rochester.
After the game on May 22nd, hewas slashing .199/.288/.318 (.602) with 4 home runs. He sat for a couple of days, and since then, he's gone .304/.369/.649 (1.018) with 26 home runs.
I do not believe that the benching sparked his bat (though that is certainly the narrative that the front office has been pushing), but the transformation since late may has been completely crazy.
Don't forget he lost a home run in the game that was rained out.