The Twins’ bullpen has been long lamented by me and many others that write on the interwebs. Most of them are better at statistics than me, which is why I generally shy away from using advanced statistics to make predictions or to analyze the past performance of a pitcher. If you want someone to use [...]
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Lets talk about love / the bullpen
Posted in Deep Thoughts, State of the 'Pen, tagged Anthony Swarzak, Bobby Keppel, Francisco Liriano, Glen Perkins, Joe Nathan, Jose Mijares, Kevin Slowey, Luis Ayala, Matt Guerrier, Nick Blackburn, R.A. Dickey, Scott Baker, Sean Henn on June 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Keppel Headed for Minny, who is leaving? UPDATED: It’s Ayala.
Posted in Predictions and Hobnobbery, State of the 'Pen, Thoughts, tagged Bobby Keppel, Brian Buscher, Luis Ayala, Matt Tolbert, Sean Henn on June 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
According to Matt Weinstein of the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Bobby Keppel is headed for the Twins, which means someone will have to go. There are three questions that I think this move raises:
1. Why Bobby Keppel? Why not Rob Delaney or some other hotshot?
The answer to this one is pretty simple. Bobby Keppel was [...]
Last week in spring training and Fantasy Draft
Posted in Game Wrap, Link Dumpage, State of the 'Pen, tagged Brendan Harris, Brian Buscher, Fantasy Update, Jose Mijares, Matt Tolbert, Phil Humber, R.A. Dickey on March 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
So… the Twins haven’t been playing so well the last week or so. In all honesty, I have no idea why. I think it has something to do with the starters generally pitching rather poorly, a select few relievers pitching even more poorly, and a generally stymied offense. For a great breakdown of all the [...]
Missed Week Edition
Posted in Elsewhere in Baseball..., Game Wrap, Predictions and Hobnobbery, State of the 'Pen, tagged Alex Rodriguez, Francisco Liriano, Glen Perkins, Joe Nathan, Juan Cruz, Kevin Slowey, Manny Ramirez, Scott Baker, TV announcers on March 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Man, what a busy two weeks, no?! Spring training games started (well, a little more than a week ago), we saw Joe Crede in the field (I use “we” in a figurative sense, since none of the games he as played in have been on TV), we lost Boooof indefinitely, we didn’t sign Juan Cruz, [...]
Dear Lord.
Posted in State of the 'Pen, Thoughts, tagged Commish, Juan Cruz, Lavelle E. Neal III on February 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Seriously? After all the conniving, and stress, and, well, doing nothing all off-season, the office of MLB is considering making it possible for a team to re-sign their own free agent and then immediately trade them.
LEN3 was all over this one.
But seriously. Juan Cruz?
…
JUAN CRUZ!?
Sure he’d be nice, but I think I am going to [...]
Getting to Third Base (and a poke in the eye)
Posted in State of the 'Pen, Thoughts, tagged Brendan Harris, Brian Buscher, Craig Breslow, Jesse Crain, Joe Crede, Joe Nathan, Jose Mijares, Lavelle E. Neal III, Luis Ayala, Matt Guerrier, Mike Lamb, Pat Neshek, Phil Humber on February 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
No, not the sexual third base. What are we, middle schoolers?
Today, LENIII of the Star Tribune said, for the first time, that he thought that the Twins had a good shot at getting Crede. He made a more methodical run-down of the teams that might be interested in Crede, which is worth reading, of course. [...]
Finding the Silver Lining in the Neshek Injury
Posted in State of the 'Pen, Thoughts, tagged Pat Neshek on December 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Pat Neshek first appeared in the majors in 2006, when he appeared essentially out of nowhere to provide some of the late-inning lift the Twins were missing. Here, just for a look, are his stats for his three years in the majors:*
ERA
K/9
K-BB
IP
WHIP
HR
ERA+
#higLev
2006
2.19
12.89
53-6
37
.784
6
204
15
2007
2.84
9.48
74-27
70.1
1.009
7
147
20
2008
4.73
10.20
15-4
13.1
1.200
2
86
10 (!)
*Note: These are some of what I consider to be relevant stats [...]
There’s a fire in the kitchen; or, more offensive futility.
Posted in On My "List", State of the 'Pen, Thoughts on September 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Have you ever had one of those moments? You know, the kind that happens when you are almost done with something (like cleaning the kitchen), but then you take a step back and take a looooong look at what is left. It really doesn’t seem like much. Nobody will see the dust under the shelves. [...]
September Call-ups; Say it ain’t so, Jesse and Joe!
Posted in On My "List", State of the 'Pen, Thoughts, tagged Bobby Korecky, Jason Pridie, Jesse Crain, Joe Nathan, Jose Mijares, Matt Macri, Matt Tolbert, Phil Humber on September 2, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Over the weekend, the Twins announced their call-ups for the stretch run. If you have been living under a rock, then you haven’t heard. THey were Ryan Jorgenson (catcher), Matt Macri (utility IF, 3B), Matt Tolbert (UT INF), Jason Pridie (OF), Jose Mijares (LHP), Phil Humber (RHP, SP), and Bobby Korecky (RHP, CL).Really, only one [...]
State of the ‘Pen (2nd ed.)
Posted in State of the 'Pen, tagged Boof Bonser, Brian Bass, Craig Breslow, Dennys Reyes, Eddie Guardado, Jesse Crain, Joe Nathan, Matt Guerrier on August 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
So, I’m back. Sorry about essentially missing the last three weeks. I had a week of vacation, followed by a week of moving, followed by a week of EIW (early interview week, for those not law-school inclined). But, classes start again on Tuesday, and a more regular schedule will be far more conducive to more [...]
