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  1. jkcarew
    Hey! My great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather was a Viking, too! Maybe we’re related!
  2. jkcarew
    If they start this game on time, I see Ryan pitching 2 innings then getting shut down during rain delay. Hope I’m wrong.
  3. jkcarew
    None of these three are on my “get rid of” list for different reasons. Wallner…he’d return little to nothing right now. See what happens this year…or at least until Jenkins and/or Rodriguez force the issue. Even with the Twins he wouldn’t be taking at-bats from Rodriguez or Jenkins YET and he can always go back to (or remain at) St Paul. But yes, the clock is ticking on his 40-man spot. Clemens…I wouldn’t be crushed if they sold high on him. But he is one guy that could actually be useful as a super utility guy on a decent/good team. I guess it’s a matter of how soon you think you can get to decent. Keaschall…no problem sending him down to work on things and build the confidence. But you have to replace him with Culpepper, not some journeyman you signed to a minor league contract off waivers.
  4. jkcarew
    It’s a long season, and developing young/inexperienced players at the major league level is always painful…with the ups and especially the downs applified. But the situation is what it is, and we should see more, not less, of that this year and next. It’s one thing to see guys like Keaschall regress…you need to find out what you have in him…it’s completely different when it’s happening with the veterans (of which there are many) who have proven that they’re incapable of being needle movers. Moving on usually means the ride will be even bumpier. But you HAVE to do it. PLEASE.
  5. jkcarew
    Wichita kinda got shorted this year in terms of top prospects…most of the top either not there yet, or already at AAA. And boy, does it show. Meanwhile, the Twins must lead the universe in minor league free agent and independent league signings…and then playing them down a level (or two). Sometimes it’s difficult to comprehend what this organization is doing.
  6. jkcarew
    I want to be convinced. I honestly do. But I’m not. Still trying to pull everything…and I don’t think that’s a strength for him (like you can argue it is for Buxton).
  7. jkcarew
    If we should worry about Hill, then we should be giving up on Soto. It’s June 11 and we’re sitting at 1 inning pitched…and holding (yet again). I don’t think either is true quite yet, but if we use the term worried, I’m infinitely more so regarding Soto than I am Hill.
  8. jkcarew
    Um…the Twins bWAR across position players is NEGATIVE 4.0 Buxton’s bWAR is + 2.0
  9. jkcarew
    If we get the touchdown here, I know the sheet says kick the extra point…but I’d go for two.
  10. jkcarew
    They’ll be 19-31 in their last 50 games (with a loss tonight). Exactly a 100 loss pace, though they probably won’t get there due to the unlikely 11-7 start.
  11. jkcarew
    I mean…it’s 14 innings. His EV is higher with the Twins than it was with TB, yet his BABiP is lower…much lower, 207 vs MLB average of 292. He’s probably somewhere between what we’ve seen with the Twins and what he was doing at TB this year. Probably the best thing to like is that he’s 26 and if he finds sustained goodness, he’s under team control for a good while.
  12. jkcarew
    Melton learning quick to simply not throw the ball over the plate to Buxton.
  13. jkcarew
    I see SWR threw 4 innings of 1-hit ball (0 runs; 3K) in relief in his first outing with Toronto. He’s 25. Meanwhile, we continue to employ some super valuable 25-year old pitchers (and older) at the low A level.
  14. jkcarew
    Just learned: top prospect Eduardo Tait… is pronounced “Ta-eet” (2 syllables) Makes sense. 100% of you probably already knew this.
  15. jkcarew
    Nothing wrong with some optimism. Can’t say I share it, unfortunately. IMO, the most likely outcome is things get worse before they get better, and at this time next year they’ll be dealing the best they can with the fallout of TEN years of pretty much incompetent leadership. (And/or a prolonged work stoppage.) But, hopefully with a much younger roster, so there can be a somewhat realistic reason to at least HOPE things will get better.
  16. jkcarew
    What decided the game was scoring 2 runs…with about 7 guys sharing the blame equally for that. Embrace the futility. Nothing short of total and epic failure will get anything to change in this org.
  17. jkcarew
    Buxton would be out year to year after that.
  18. jkcarew
    I was watching him and didn’t notice one iota of change in approach. What meaningful can be accomplished in that short sample, at that level…except gaining confidence, which isn’t nothing. Maybe the mission was something more subtle…who knows? Look, if he hits 30+ HR a year with this approach, fine. It’s when you deploy the approach, and you pace at 10 HR a year…THAT is a problem. We’ll see what happens. IMO, he’s important enough in terms of future plans…making this season just fine for letting him figure it out (or not) at the only level that matters.
  19. jkcarew
    To be fair, Martin’s 19 miles closer to the play.
  20. jkcarew
    Nice! Just need another 30 pitches or so out of Zebby.
  21. jkcarew
    Ironically we traded Cruz because Buxton couldn’t manage to play CF on a regular basis…or at all for long stretches of time.
  22. jkcarew
    To be even more fair, he’s more of a AA guy, not AAA.
  23. jkcarew
    If they think Lackey’s hit tool is legit, I’m good with this. I prefer a college guy. Seems like we’re good with high-ceiling 19 and 20 year old “possibilities” Would be nice to get someone that’s more of a “likely”…and can show up earlier, close to the Jenkins/Cullpepper wave.
  24. jkcarew
    One, it’s too late to extend him. He’s going to test the market. And even a hard cap (as unlikely as that is) wouldn’t suppress the top end of the market. This is proven in Football, and something he and his agent are betting on. Two, the Twins won’t outbid everyone when he hits the market. Yes, you have to trade him.
  25. jkcarew
    The notion that Lewis…a good athlete, with tons of experience at SS and 3B…can’t immediately play first base, is strange IMO. You see his type thrown over there all the time. And for THIS team?? In THIS season?? Absolutely no reason not to try it. Of course, it only makes you better if he hits.
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