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  1. twins_89
    I hope the Twins front office can finally give up on the hope of Happ recovering any trade value. It's been obvious for a while that he has been terrible and continues to be terrible. I guess waiting another couple of weeks to release him won't kill the team, but there doesn't seem to be any point.
  2. twins_89
    Twins up with Ty Madden still sitting there.
  3. twins_89
    It's tough to be competitive when the pitching staff gives up 28 runs in 3 games. Any remaining hope that the Twins could turn things around has to be completely gone now.
  4. twins_89
    I'm starting to look forward to the Twins making some trades. Hopefully at that point they will stop cycling through their pile of scrap heap relievers and start giving prospects a chance.
  5. twins_89
    I think they expected this to be the season that the minor league pitching pipeline started to show results, unfortunately most of the near major league ready pitching prospects have been injured. Duran, Canterino, Enlow, and Sands are currently on the IL and Balazovic started so late that he was not a realistic option up to this point. The best case scenario for the rest of the season is that 4 or 5 out of Duran, Canterino, Balazovic, Winder, Sands, and Vallimont make their debut later this year. Once we start seeing these guys in the majors we will have a better idea of how well the front office has done at identifying and developing pitching talent.
  6. twins_89
    My impression of the Twins plan coming into the season was that Happ and Shoemaker were placeholders until the Twins top pitching prospects were ready. Unfortunately Happ/Shoemaker were both terrible and the next level of mediocre depth fell apart (Dobnak, Thorpe, and Smeltzer). To make matters worse, Maeda and Pineda have had injury issues that have limited their effective innings. Adding insult to injury, the top pitching prospects have been injured (Duran and Canterino) or had a very late start with inconsistent results (Balazovic). Basically every facet of the starting pitching has collapsed this season leaving no way to salvage the rotation. I don't know that anyone could have predicted the complete meltdown on every level, but some of the issues were not surprising (Happ/Shoemaker disaster). The front office needs to put a much better plan in place for 2022 if they hope to be competitive.
  7. twins_89
    Jose Miranda looking good in his AAA debut. So far he's 3-3 with 2 HRs.
  8. twins_89
    Maeda is really struggling to find the strike zone, but he has somehow managed to hold Chicago to only 1 run. The question going forward is how long to wait before pulling him. He's already at 47 pitches through 2 innings, so I can't imagine he'll go more than 4 (and probably less if he keeps walking guys).
  9. twins_89
    4 walks in 8 ABs, something really isn't right with Maeda.
  10. twins_89
    The twins front office has made a number of mistakes on the edges of the 40 man roster (Zack Littell is another example), but I'm not sure they are worse than the majority of teams in the league. The mistakes that frustrate me the most are the trades of Luis Gil and Huscar Ynoa. Trading them for Jake Cave and 1 game of Jaime Garcia were blunders that are looking pretty bad today.
  11. twins_89
    The Twins offense is decent, the defense with Buxton is fine, and even the majority of the bullpen (everyone other than Colome) has been pretty solid for the last month. The problem is the Twins stuck with Shoemaker and Happ way to long. It's incredibly frustrating to watch the team start Happ knowing he's going to give up multiple runs in the first 3-4 innings.
  12. twins_89
    I'm wondering if Kirilloff is going to play a lot at 1B with Buxton/Kepler/Larnach as the starting outfield. Sano is getting close to playing himself out the lineup.
  13. twins_89
    I hope this is just the first step in clearing the useless players off the roster. Shoemaker needs to be released and Dobnak sent to AAA. Simmons, Happ, and Colome should be traded if deals can be found to get out some small part of of their salaries.
  14. twins_89
    I really don't understand the Twins thought process. The pitching staff has been struggling about as bad as I can remember, so they decide to pull the starter after 4 innings (63 pitches) of 1 hit ball.
  15. twins_89
    If both Donaldson and Simmons go on the IL, I'm wondering if Jose Miranda gets called up. Miranda has been red hot at AA with 9 HR and a .919 OPS. I'd rather see him at 3rd over Astudillo or Arraez.
  16. twins_89
    I doubt the Twins pitching staff is the worst in team history, but they are definitely in the running for having the biggest gap between expectations and results. The most frustrating part is that even though Happ, Shoemaker, Dobnak, and Colome have all been brutally bad they are still making appearances.
  17. twins_89
    Dobnak doesn't need to take the same flight, he just needs to drive back to St. Paul and stay there.
  18. twins_89
    The Twins bullpen leads all of MLB with 18 losses, yet it still feels like they've blown more games than that.
  19. twins_89
    Whatever magic the team had for putting together pitching staffs the last couple of years has completely disappeared. It's shocking just how bad the Twins pitchers are at this point.
  20. twins_89
    Using Shoemaker in a high leverage situation makes me seriously wonder if the Twins are actively trying to lose games.
  21. twins_89
    There is no rational explanation for why Shoemaker is still on the team. He was truly awful as a starter and has now proven to be truly awful out of the bullpen. I guess they could be waiting until he gets 10 losses (tonight looks like number 8).
  22. twins_89
    I still watch some games, but my Twins viewing has changed. Early in the season I looked forward to watching the games, now I only watch when I have nothing else going on. I'll probably watch a bit more once the top pitching prospects make it to the majors.
  23. twins_89
    I think the Twins should listen to offers for Buxton, Berrios, Rogers, Duffey, Garver, Polanco, Sano, Kepler, Maeda, and Donaldson. If a really great trade comes along they should make it, but I'm not in favor of making a deal that doesn't have a pretty good chance of being a long term win.
  24. twins_89
    It's tough to succeed when over half of the starting line-up are guys who would be in AAA right now if the season had gone as expected. Add in a starting pitcher that is obviously cooked, and competing gets even more difficult.
  25. twins_89
    Rental guys rarely get a big trade return anymore, so I'm not expecting huge hauls. That said Cruz, Simmons, and Pineda are all guys who will be legitimately attractive trade options for teams looking to upgrade or fill in for injuries. I would guess all three bring back fairly attractive packages (especially if the Twins are willing to eat some of their salaries).
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