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  1. twins_89
    Putting Stashak on the mound in a 1 run game was a massive mistake with an outcome that was not hard to predict. Following up Gibson all but guaranteed the loss. Baldelli's post season management resume is not off to a promising start.
  2. twins_89
    I feel kinda bad for Romero, the defense has totally failed him. Rosario misplayed a catch-able ball and now a Schoop error.
  3. twins_89
    On September 7 the Twins had a 6.5 game lead in the AL central with 20 games to go and winning the division seemed like a sure bet. It's amazing that a week later the team is on life support due to injuries and the division lead no longer feels particularly safe.
  4. twins_89
    I think the game gave some strong indications about a few post season questions. First, Thorpe is best utilized as a lefty specialist at this point and pushing beyond that is asking for trouble. Second, Graterol is not ready to contribute in high leverage situations (meaning he's not making the playoff roster).
  5. twins_89
    I think the Twins really need to start pitch hitting for Cron in any clutch type of at bat. He has been brutally bad at delivering when it counts.
  6. twins_89
    Sano and Garver have combined for 6 walks. It seems like the strategy is to avoid throwing them strikes and make Cave, Cron, and Schoop beat them (which they haven't been able to do). Luckily Astudillo came to the rescue.
  7. twins_89
    The emergence of Duffey and May has really saved the bullpen.
  8. twins_89
    I think that it's become pretty obvious that when pitching every 5th day Berrios can't sustain a high level of performance late into the year. The Twins almost have to shut him down at this point and hope a few weeks rest can get him back on track for the playoffs. Also, in future seasons the team needs to treat him like they have Pineda and give him a couple of breaks during the seasons.
  9. twins_89
    I think it highly likely the Twins will either sign Odorizzi to an extension or give him a qualifying offer. The qualifying offer could itself be a negotiating tactic to drive down his price as it has done to other players in years past.
  10. twins_89
    Gibson is getting totally hammered, but he has still managed to only give up half as many runs as Jackson.
  11. twins_89
    Gibson has given up 8 hits while only getting 2 guys out at the plate. Seems pretty obvious he has nothing tonight.
  12. twins_89
    Twins are going to have to pull Gibson, he's getting completely destroyed by one of the worst hitting teams in baseball.
  13. twins_89
    With a 35 pitch first inning Gibson looks to be on course for a very short start. I'm curious how the Twins bullpen gets the job done since there isn't really a long reliever available (Thorpe/Smeltzer/Stewart/Littell are in AAA and Dobnak pitched 3 innings last night).
  14. twins_89
    As often happens to guys with gimmicky approach it seems the league has figured out Harper. Guys without great stuff can find success for a while if they have an unusual pitch mix, but once opposing scouts find their weaknesses it can go bad in a hurry. I'm afraid the Harper isn't fooling anyone anymore.
  15. twins_89
    For the first half of the season the Twins starters were very solid and the relievers were OK (good enough to hold big leads). In the middle of the season the starters saw a bit of a drop off but were still decent while the relievers had some major struggles with a good chunk of the bullpen getting released. Now in the home stretch, the starters are getting pounded and the bullpen is looking surprisingly capable. I'm very happy that the bullpen seems much improved, I just wish I had confidence that our rotation is going to be good enough to hold on to the Twins lead over Cleveland.
  16. twins_89
    Twins pitching has been tagged for a big inning in way too many games. In recent games the opponent has had an inning with 3+ runs in 8 of the last 10 games (5 of those were 4+ run innings).
  17. twins_89
    With Duffey/May looking good and the additions of Romo/Dyson the bullpen is starting to look like a lot less of a liability than it was a few weeks ago.
  18. twins_89
    It's sad that the Twins have scored 9 and could still really use an insurance run.
  19. twins_89
    I'm curious how the bullpen strings together 4 more innings when Romo/Dyson have both pitched 3 of the last 4 nights.
  20. twins_89
    Baldelli really needs to stop leaving Berrios out there way too long on nights when it's painfully obvious he doesn't have it.
  21. twins_89
    Perez has pretty much pitched himself into the bullpen. Smeltzer seems like he's one OK start from taking over the 5th spot in the rotation.
  22. twins_89
    Kirilloff and Larnach are on track to make it to the majors next season, but so far neither has even 300 AB about A ball so the chances of them playing with the Twins this season is extremely small. The guy that I think will make an appearance is Rooker. If Cave doesn't show much in the next couple of weeks he could well fall behind Rooker (when he gets back from the IL).
  23. twins_89
    That's why I suspect this is Cave's last chance. If Rooker were healthy now I suspect he would be on a pretty short leash. With Rooker out, he basically has until he gets back to make his case.
  24. twins_89
    This might be Cave's last chance to show something with the Twins. He really needs to start being a productive player as Rooker is probably ready for a call up, with Kirilloff/Larnach not far behind.
  25. twins_89
    That didn't look like May's normal stuff, I thought he usually sat 94-95 with the fastball and used the breaking ball as a secondary pitch. Tonight he's consistently throwing 97-98 (with the last pitch at 100) and only using the change-up as a secondary pitch.
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