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  1. twinfan
    Can Buxton learn to play first base? All chronically injured players are of concern. I guess I am more concerned over Donaldson because of his age and contract. Have we wasted precious money? Most of Buxton's injuries have come from his tremendous hustle and athleticism. Maybe moving him to first could help him stay on the field more. Or just let him DH (especially if we lose Cruz). Arraez could become an elite hitter if he is healthy. If Polanco needs surgery, get it to him now rather than wait.
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    I have to laugh at some of these posts. get rid of the Bomba Squad name? C'mon now. First of all, you could not count on Garver because he had never done what he did in 2019 and he was hurt. Next, the manager made mistakes, yes- to me the biggest was not pinch hitting for the catcher with 2 on after he had looked terrible in all at bats- but the players have to execute. When a guy like Kepler or Sano takes a pitch down the middle then swings at something well out of the strike zone, you have to shake your head. Finally, seeing Romo throw a fastball out of the strike zone when his best pitch is a slider they can't hit was disgusting. The manager, like the umpire, doesn't lose games though he may win a game or two. And now you want to trade Rosario who may be the best all around healthy ballplayer we have? C'mon now guys and gals.
  3. twinfan
    As good as Bauer seems to be, I somehow feel he would be a poison in the clubhouse and he plays by his own rules. Why does Marvin have to go? He is very valuable with all the positions he plays and he can hit a little. Hill should be brought back for a year. Give Cruz 2 years if that's what it takes. Keep Rosario but get rid of Sano for a starter and maybe a hitter. I'm not crazy about Lewis and would rather have Polanco or Iglesias. Retool the middle relievers with power arms and get a closer if Rogers doesn't bounce back (I think he can). And please teach these hitters how to make better contact, beat the shift and move runners. It also would be nice (as I said before) to get a little more speed. See y'all next year.
  4. twinfan
    If I were the GM I would look for some speed, a closer and I would definitely trade Sano to the NL. I like him and he made a nice transition to first but he's no different than Dave Kingman- maybe worse. Rogers may bounce back but has been leaving too many pitches up. We were out managed and out played by a Houston team that I thought we could beat. We are now like the Cubs before they won the WS in that if anything can go wrong in the post season, it will. Since they look at all these crazy analytics, how about getting some hitters who do not swing at pitches out of the strike zone. Kepler is decent but he took too many down the middle pitches and swung at junk- as did most of the players. If only we would not have swung at so many pitches out of the strike zone we'd be moving on. Just a bit of re-tooling is needed.
  5. twinfan
    The Reds series has been one I have been fearing so I hope the Cubs can handle the Chisox. The problem is we don't need to go from the frying pan (Yankees) to the fire (Indians). Both those teams might be the best in the AL today. I hope we win the division and play Houston or Toronto (preferably Houston) in round 1 but we'll see. Anyway, the season starts Tuesday.
  6. twinfan
    I've said before that I'm more worried about our bullpen rather than our starters. I don't care which order the starters go but would NOT put Berrios in the number 3 position because that is the game for all the marbles if it goes that far. I guess if I were the manager, I'd go with Berrios first, Maeda second and Pineda third. However, in game one I wouldn't go too far with Berrios if he is off and bring in Rich Hill. I'm guessing that Odo will not be 100% so count on long relief from him as well which might not be so bad. However, we won't win unless the bullpen gets straight- especially whoever closes.
  7. twinfan
    Well we are in again but it looks like we will play the Yankees again. The Yankees are getting healthy and will be dangerous and they have our number. Maybe we can get lucky and Toronto will sweep them this week but I doubt it. Hopefully we can have the home field edge to at least get last licks but I was hopeful that we won't have to meet them in round one.
  8. twinfan
    Cruz is the league's MVP this year. It might have been Judge but he's out. Trout is the best player but not in my definition of most valuable.
  9. twinfan
    This division is already the best in baseball from top to bottom. With the free fall of the Yankees, there could be 4 teams to make the playoffs if the Tigers can get back to winning. We will have to do lots of work to continue to be the top team.
  10. twinfan
    Rosario is too good a hitter to just get rid of for nothing. Perhaps he can be traded in the off-season for what we may need (closer, starter, catcher) but to just let him walk would be foolish. As far as the prospects, without actually giving them major league exposure, I would be suspect of them equalling his performance. Why they don't bring these guys up- even for 1 game of a double-header is a mystery to me. But what do I know. With yesterday's lineup, I didn't think the Twins could score more than a run or 2 and look what happened.
  11. twinfan
    Looks like we did nothing. Bradley to Reds. Marte to Miami. Lynn not traded. Chirinos to Mets. Maybe we are better off???
  12. twinfan
    Marte and Hader are the class of what is left. Bradley is possible if they no longer want to use Rogers. Lynn might go to the Yankees but would be a good addition. I wish we knew if and when Buxton and Garver were coming back. Donaldson might come back on Labor Day. Buxton however, stays hurt and it may be time to move on from him. There was even a rumor of Bogarts coming to us. DO NOT trade for Gallo. He's exactly like Sano and we don't need any more of those. Yaztremski would be interesting. Where are our prospects? Why aren't they being played at all? Are they that bad? The "not ready" is baloney. Let's get going. The time is NOW. And home field should not be the excuse because there are no fans anyway. Only getting last licks is the advantage. Damn- They should have never let Schoop go as I had said before.
  13. twinfan
    Still waiting for Kirloff. Like I said earlier, the team that stays healthy will win. We are not healthy right now. Maybe we can get Longoria from the Giants in a deal for a prospect or 2. Or maybe a right handed hitting outfielder if none are in the system. However, we need starting pitching since we have so many injuries. Alcala deserves to start and can probably go 5 innings if he isn't wild. As far as 6 hits in an inning as someone said, not many teams do that very often- maybe once a week. Leave Cave alone. He's not the only one not doing much. The White Sox are decent and the Indians had good pitching til their 2 starters screwed up.
  14. twinfan
    No reason not to give him more appearances but maybe in the 6th, 7th or 8th innings. He might be the closer of the future and has done well so far. Moving from his fastball to Romo's slower stuff or vice-versa could be a good move.
  15. twinfan
    Berrios has mostly been good for 5 innings then becomes a question mark. Maybe we are expecting too much of him. He made the All Star team but his 3.0 ERA wasn't that great. Rogers is going through what all closers go through and some of his better pitches have been dropping in for hits. It's his hanging pitches that are alarming right now and seeing him blow a great game by Maeda really hurt. I don't think anyone else can really close but if his next opportunity is not successful we may need to take him out of there for a bit.
  16. twinfan
    I've seen several games from both leagues on various channels and the balls-strikes calls have been awful. Even when the catcher on another team got crossed up and hurt his hand the other day, the pitch was right down the middle of the plate and the umpire never moved. Maybe they should give 1000 fans a button to call balls and strikes on each pitch as we can see the ball in the box. And there are hundreds of umps who make the big mistake of calling the pitch (especially a big curve ball) where the catcher catches it rather than where the ball is as it passes the batter.
  17. twinfan
    Rogers is going through what all closers go through. However, it seems to me that the bullpen's problems are more with the "unknowns" like Wisler, Alcala, Guerrin and Thorpe whose command isn't there yet. We need some more veteran presence here. I'm not sure why Romo hasn't pitched more but he may have been hurt earlier. Let's see what becomes available as we get towards the end of August.
  18. twinfan
    Not much excitement here. They may want to try moving Sano to third and Marwin at first and see what happens- either for a few games or until Donaldson comes back. Or maybe they are looking to trade someone (Adrianza?) for a pitcher- though he won't get much. Who knows.
  19. twinfan
    There is no doubt that injuries have hurt us. However, as I had said before, you cannot go by what happened last year. Garver may not be the hitter we think he is. But he should certainly be better than what he has shown so far. I like Sano but he can't hit a slider or curve to save his life. The batters are taking too many pitches that are down the middle and falling behind in the count. It seems to me that everyone is so enamoured with the "bomba" that they are swinging from the heels and looking horrible when they get behind in the count. I guess that is the nature of today's game when all you hear about is exit velocity (which can mainly be provided by the pitcher) and how far did it fly. We will be ok (I think) because our division sucks. However we had better get back on track fast. Where is Kiriloff is my question.
  20. twinfan
    Home runs are great but we need to get back to getting those hits with runners in scoring position. Glad to see the pitching do well throughout the Cleveland series so far.
  21. twinfan
    6- Arraez will hit .400 7- Donaldson will be a bust 8- Berrios will win his next 6 starts with an ERA of under 2 9- The Twins will trade for a starter on August 30th. You asked for over-reactions. Trade Sano? The Twins remember Ortiz too much to pull that trigger. He'll be fine and bat .277 with 11 home runs though he may strike out 80 times. That's what you get with sluggers. Deal with it. Gotta love Cruz but we don't play the White Sox every day (too bad).
  22. twinfan
    The Twins have lofty goals and could very well reach all of them. However, playing just 1 practice game could hurt, expectations for players such as Garver, Kepler and even Arraez may not be met and Sano trying for 20 home runs could hurt him and the team. I'm a bit disappointed they released Chacin as you never can have too much pitching but maybe he wasn't coming back to previous abilities. I think the Twins will win 37-38 games but the Yanks will win 41 so the Twins will rank 2nd in the AL and probably play the White Sox or Cleveland in first round of the playoffs. Berrios will be the best starter at 7-2, Cruz will come close to MVP and we will trade for a starter in August. Now let's play ball.
  23. twinfan
    Look. EVERY team is going to be dealing with COVID-19. The winner this year could very well be the team that avoids it the most or gets luckiest. While the loss of Buxton and Sano will hurt, they have been out of the lineup before. You need guys like Gonzalez to be the fill-in for various positions so we need to use him. I'd like to see Kiriloff get playing time because he will be better than anything we have right now. However, we have to win this year so he may get squeezed out. But I WOULD play him if I were the manager (though I might sit him against the top pitchers).
  24. twinfan
    If I were a starter, I would never sign a contract with innings incentives. I would sign one with win incentives if incentives were offered. Innings can be manipulated while wins are not likely to be unless the team is stupid. Even an ERA incentive is beeter than an innings incentive. Management will always manipulate things in their favor.
  25. twinfan
    I have to say that, offensively, Donaldson and Cron are almost a wash. However, having John enables Sano to move over (though I'm not so sure he was "that" bad a 3B). Replacing Smoak is the hard part. Hopefully Arraez will keep hitting around .300 and can play good defense. Maybin had a great year but won't live up to it. Keuchel and Hill are also very close (IMHO).
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