@JimJarmuschHair
@DUALIPA
@DUALIPA
the amount of orphans that Andrew has saved from burning buildings is truly impressive. I’d wager it’s a world record. Anyone would be truly honored to attend any Star Wars showing with him, let alone THE Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace!
Daily reminder that the Front Office is trying their very best, but we have a genuinely horrid ownership family who don’t truly care about or deserve this team.
Let’s get our own “sell the team” campaign going.
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The
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are “hamstrung in their pursuit of trade acquisitions unless they’re able to dump a contract,” per
@BNightengale
MIN already cut payroll last offseason by ~$35M.
In 2024 Willi Castro has started:
✅ 11 games at 2B
✅ 10 games at 3B
✅ 17 games at SS
✅ 16 games at LF
✅ 16 games at CF
All of this while putting up above average numbers. Not the flash of Royce or Correa, but this man is truly one of the backbones of this team.
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The Staumonster with another perfect outing today.
A 0.00 ERA and 0.74 WHIP in 18 appearances is absolutely insane.
The big dogs of the bullpen truly stepped up today, and it was a beautiful thing to see.
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This man has truly saved the season for our
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.
Without his 112+ innings of 3.69 ERA pitching, we’d be in very rough shape.
He’s top 5 in the rankings for team player of the year, as far as I’m concerned.
Lost in all of the Max Kepler walk off joy is that Jhoan Duran pitched two extremely impressive innings and absolutely gave this team the opportunity to win. Clutch as it gets, right there.
I’d call this one the win of the year.
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Kyle Farmer deleting his Twitter is about the saddest thing I’ve ever seen. We MUST give this man the supportive, unwavering standing ovation that Correa got last year, the next time he plays a game at home.
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@gtconway3d
We've hit the point of obvious proof and intent, that if none of these people go down for this, we have absolutely no sort of true judicial process left in this country.
✅ Royce is back.
✅ Miranda is back.
✅ Buxton is unstoppable.
✅ Brooks remembered how to hit.
✅ Matt Wallner hit ball far.
✅ Beef Stew is back.
✅ Correa back soon.
✅ Topa at AAA and back soon.
✅ Vazquez OPS over .600 soon.
Who has it better than us?
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That was the most emotional I’ve felt about a walk off in a long, long time.
What an impressive effort by the entire pitching staff, and to see Christian Vázquez have his signature
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game when it absolutely mattered the most, was a true thing of beauty. Huge, huge win.
Simeon Woods Richardson has now given the
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over 100 innings of 3.78 ERA starting pitching.
Of all the people who have stepped forward to save this team’s ass this year, this man’s performance is very possibly the most important of them all.
The “hit a homerun or strikeout” approach by this organization is stupid, and I don’t care how many people tell me I’m wrong for hating it.
It worked once, five years ago.
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Absolutely bonkers numbers from Jax this season. Where does he rank among relievers in MLB? I’d say he’s absolutely a Top 5 relief pitcher in all of baseball.
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Yep, Bailey is the absolute real deal.
1.86 ERA and 0.77 WHIP over his last seven starts.
Probably wouldn’t be a bad idea to extend this man, but what do I know?
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I know people are mad, but remember how amped we were up until like 5 hours ago? This team is still worthy of our support. They won a playoff series and took a game on the road against Houston. This is a success of a season, no matter what happens tomorrow.
#WeBelieveInTC
KC, BOS, HOU and CLE all lose while we win another against the very depressing White Sox? And on Joe Mauer day, no less?
Nobody has it better than us
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fans.
✅ Side note, Bailey Ober is good at throwing a baseball.
The
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not putting the lineup out yet is a pretty clear indication that not only are they about to announce the signing of Walker Jenkins, but also that he's starting in CF today.
Here are my locked in May series predictions for the
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:
Vs. Boston (Win 3-0)
Vs. Seattle (Win 4-0)
At Toronto (Win 3-0)
Vs. Yankees (Win 3-0)
At Cleveland (Win 3-0)
At Nationals (Win 3-0)
Vs. Texas (Win 3-0)
Vs. KC (Win 4-0)
At Houston (Win 3-0)
Record after May: 47-13
These gentlemen have given the
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a combined 86.2 innings pitched this season, and have been two of the most crucial pieces of this pitching staff.
It’s such a damn joy to watch them do what they do.
Miranda and Castro are being paid less than $4 million combined, this season. Absolutely insane production from these guys.
Surely the team will invest those savings into the team before the trade deadline. HINT, HINT.
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Royce Lewis out.
Carlos Correa out.
Jhoan Duran out.
Varland and Paddack bad.
Buxton ineffective.
Wallner and Julien regression.
Offseason signings abhorrent.
Brooks Lee no back to speak of.
Kepler hurt and a general non-factor.
This team wins 98 games AT BEST.
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Brooks Lee is putting up Royce Lewis numbers, and boy is it a thing of beauty (okay maybe a few less home runs).
Once Royce is back it is truly, definitively over for this league.
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✅ Royce Lewis going on a rehab at AAA today.
✅ Jose Miranda likely going to join him.
✅ Brock Stewart is ready.
This upcoming series against Detroit is shaping up to be a FUN one.
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Captain Jax with another shutdown appearance today.
This man should be an All Star this year. He’s been the absolute shining light in this bullpen.
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2023 MLB League Average: .248 BA and .729 OPS
Donovan Solano: .287 BA and .734 OPS
Willi Castro: .280 BA and .788 OPS
Alex Kirilloff: .315 BA and .936 OPS
Royce Lewis: .308 BA and 1.154 OPS
Ryan Jeffers: .267 BA and .863 OPS
When these guys play, this team wins.
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We have now reached the point where I refuse to call Jeffers “one of the best catchers in baseball.”
He is the
#1
catcher, and I will accept no alternative opinions.
Adley Rutschman is phenomenal, but he is
#2
on the list.
Realmuto, Smith, etc., are below that.
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✅ 40th win of the season (40-32).
✅ Won 7 of last 8.
✅ Swept the A’s, with two come from behind wins.
✅ Correa, Lewis and Miranda are unstoppable.
✅ Half game back of KC.
✅ Overcame pitching troubles.
✅ Homophobes upset.
✅ Dads happy.
✅ Solid weekend for the
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!
It's a shame that the first time Luis Arraez truly gets large-scale national attention, is because people are mad that he's an All-Star instead of someone else. Ridiculous.
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I cannot stress enough how insanely good Kepler has been since returning from the IL. He has carried this offense in multiple games.
His at bats are looking every bit as good as they did in 2019. This time there aren’t juiced balls, sadly.
Love to see it.
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Let’s start a list of folks currently in the
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org, who could be a better outfield option than Margot:
DaShawn Keirsey Jr.
Emmanuel Rodriguez
Yoyner Fajardo
Wally the Beer Man
Matt Wallner
Chris Williams
Michael Helman
Rocco Baldelli
Sue Nelson
Dick Bremer
TC Bear
This person is going to be an All Star, and was acquired via TRADE by the current Front Office, and with the current Head Coach. Think about that.
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The
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are now 2 games back in the AL Central, and also only 2 games back from the
#1
Wild Card spot.
If they keep playing like this we are going to see some home playoff games in 2024!
✅ Winning the “travel day getaway game” by 10 runs.
✅ Clobbering one of the most dominant Starting Pitchers in baseball, this year.
✅ Securing a 3-1 series victory.
✅ 15-2 record over the last two and a half weeks.
✅ Seven games over .500.
✅ Vibes = immaculate.
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Thank you for the memories, Polo. One of the most solid and consistent contributors to the
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organization of the last decade. Maybe the most solid and consistent. ✌🏽❤️
The
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get an extra guy tomorrow for the doubleheader, right?
Y'all thinking what I'm thinking? Extra infielder, outfielder, and pitcher all in one?
There is nothing more devastatingly poetic than one of our better pitchers going down, and the single low-leverage, low-impact guy that the
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acquired at the trade deadline comes in and coughs up the lead and pitches like absolute garbage.
Chef’s kiss level embarrassing.
Lost in the bummer of Julien being the one sent down, is the fact that José Miranda and Trevor Larnach, two guys who many of us kind of just assumed were done being impact guys for this organization, have played so well that they fully earned spots.
Pretty damn cool.
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Just a reminder that this man had a 54.00 ERA and a 7.50 WHIP after his first outing of the season. Another insanely clutch performance from the big man today.
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Bailey Ober with a 4-hit, 10 strikeout complete game effort, after we’ve established that the bullpen is currently in shambles, and desperately needed a day off.
That’s our guy. That’s our leader. That’s our big, beautiful fella.
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For those keeping track at home, Christian Vázquez’s OPS is now .848 in his last 30 games.
Based on WAR, he’s outplaying the value of his 2024 salary, and has been a true asset to these young pitchers and their MLB development.
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This isn't a new issue, but there is absolutely zero reason that Joey Gallo is on the
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while Trevor Larnach is sitting at AAA. Larnach needs a fair chance to actually sink or swim, and he still has a chance to be a genuinely good hitter and contributor. Gallo is Gallo.
And SWR just continues to put up one of the best surprise pitching seasons I’ve ever seen out of a
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starter. It doesn’t make a lot of sense every time, but the guy gets the damn job done.