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, Watkins gets honored, Pat Mahomes and catchers."During a Twins Winter Caravan stop in Austin, MN; Jake Cave and Tyler Austin were convinced by Dick Bremer to try spam for the first time. Somehow this feels like a very Bremer move. Reportedly one of the Twins liked the canned meat significantly more than the other did.The Twins announced their minor league coaching staffs the other day. Brian Dinkleman will debut as a MiLB manager with the Cedar Rapids Kernels. Toby Gardenhire (aka Gardy the Younger) will move up to coach the Miracle. On the topic of Twins’ coaches, First Base Coach Tommy Watkins is getting a pretty neat honor. The Florida native will be presented with a key to the city of Ft. Myers next week. In case you’ve been under a rock, the son of former Twin Pat Mahomes is doing good things on the football field. ESPN took a look at how the younger Mahomes inherited his clutch play from his MLB father.Do-Hyoung Park took a deep look into the Twins’ catching situation, and it looks fairly rosy with the combination of Jason Castro and Mitch Garver, plus of course Willians Astudillo. I had to work him in here somewhere for you. Though he missed over three months with an injury, Hyun-Jin Ryu had arguably his best season as a Dodger."WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections 2019 Spring TrainingProspectsCommentaryNews and NotesPlayer Profiles2018 Dodgers Review: Hyun-Jin Ryu New,67commentsByBlakeHarris@BlakeHarrisTBLADec4 , 2018,6:00am PSTShareTweetShareShare2018 Dodgers Review: Hyun-Jin Ryu Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY SportsThough he missed over three months with an injury, Hyun-Jin Ryu had arguably his best season as a Dodger. What went rightRyu finished with the lowest ERA (1.97) of his career. Not only that, his strikeout rate per nine innings (9.7) was the best of his career as well. After he returned from a three-month DL stint, Ryu was among one of the best starters in all of baseball to close out the season. His ERA of 1.88 was the third lowest in the NL. On top of that, his 0.9 walks per nine innings led all of baseball. In six of his final nine starts, Ryu allowed either one run or less. He also allowed four hits or less in six of his final nine starts.His best stretch was during the final three games of the season, where he allowed only one run in 19 innings, striking out 16. What went wrongThings weren’t as smooth sailing for Ryu in October. He had a dominant start in game one of the NLDS , but struggled vitally the rest of the way.In his three final postseason starts, Ryu allowed 11 runs in just 12 innings of work. Opponents hit .352, and had a slugging percentage of .537. He took the loss in game six of the NLCS, as well as game two of the World Series. 2018 particularsAge: 31Stats: 7-3, 1.97 ERA, 89 strikeouts, 82.1 innings Game of the yearMentioned earlier, Ryu was absolutely dominant in his game one start against the Braves in the NLCS. After some controversy with him getting the nod over Clayton Kershaw, Ryu silenced the doubters , throwing one of the best games of his big-league career. Ryu threw seven innings of shutout ball, allowing only four hits. He struck out eight, a postseason career-high, and walked zero. Not only that, he contributed at the plate by getting his first career postseason hit. Roster status Ryu signed a $17.9 million qualifying offer with the Dodgers last month.
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