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  1. jkcarew
    Gift.
  2. jkcarew
    Pablo Cruised. 2-11 RiSP. But really good starting pitching and HR’s cure all ills.
  3. jkcarew
    …In 2006…playing for the Henderson NV Little League Aces…back end of a double-header against the Henderson Lakers…4HR and 2K in an 18-15 W. Baseball Reference is amazing.
  4. jkcarew
    BK…I actually like their regular (small) burgers and their fries better than McD’s.
  5. jkcarew
    Gallo with 4th hit… …me scrambling to baseball-reference.com
  6. jkcarew
    …as if you didn’t already know! :)
  7. jkcarew
    Yeah…you’re getting your blowout losses confused…Balazovic last pitched in Wednesday’s blowout loss to Detroit. But, to his credit…it wasn’t a blowout, until he pitched.
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    At a minimum, the Twins HAVE to extend the QO to Gray, excluding serious injury between now and end of year. And I seriously doubt they offer a competitive muti-year deal. Question is…will he end up taking the QO? Probably not, but it wouldn’t shock me, either. Mahle, they may end up landing at a discount…if his health is encouraging, the Twins might take advantage of his depressed market. But, I don’t think you should COUNT on either of Mahle or Paddock being both healthy and good. And, IMO…you can’t count on any of the current AAA guy’s being good yet in 2024. I know you have to pull the trigger and ride with some of the prospects at some point, but boy…Headrick, Enlow, SWR, Varland, even Balazovic…I’m not seeing it, at least not yet. Varland as a 5, maybe. Therefore, I’d go after Maeda. What do I think they’ll do? No clue, other than the QO to Gray.
  9. jkcarew
    SO close.
  10. jkcarew
    …and shout a HIP JORGE!!
  11. jkcarew
    Probably. Schwarber with a K% just UNDER 30 probably asking a lot from Gallo given recent years, though. But the HR’s for sure. But Schwarber defensively….yuk! Surprised they’ve played him so much in the OF. DH is definitely his position. But playing Harper at DH, has forced Schwarber to the OF.
  12. jkcarew
    No Marsh and no Harper. Might be a break that can tip the scales.
  13. jkcarew
    Great thread! It’s not as interesting for those like me that grew up in Minnesota. I will say, though, that for those of us that are old enough that we became mlb ‘aware’ in the 1960’s in Minnesota there WAS a wrinkle: Our parents, aunts/uncles…the generations ahead of us…were NOT necessarily Twins fans, at least in the early years. They had lived adult lives without the Twins existing and had developed loyalties for other clubs in the mid-west…some of whom could be followed by the powerful radio broadcast of the day, even in northern Minnesota. My mom was a Milwaukee Braves fan, my dad, a Tiger’s fan, and my uncle and grandfather, Cardinal fans. They all adopted the Twins eventually…some more ardently than others, but I can absolutely remember watching games on TV where my dad was rooting against me and my team. For us kids, we knew we were Minnesotans…and being able to see them (and only them) play on television at that time, made most of us instant Twins fans. As an aside, the impact of Harmon Killebrew, and how he put Minnesota on the mlb baseball map can not be overstated in terms of how it accelerated the adoption of the franchise as ‘ours’ among the adult population of Minnesota in the 1960’s.
  14. jkcarew
    Still...if you're counting on a streaky, barely league-average hitter in Buxton, and two rookies to carry your offense...there's a very good chance your offense isn't going to be consistent, period.
  15. jkcarew
    In an extremely sad and frustrating way...yes. Between the two of them, could end up being the difference between 80 and 85 wins, with their 'above-expectation' performances. Maybe just enough to clear the extremely low hurdle to win this division....for whatever that may prove to be worth.
  16. jkcarew
    Live with it? EMBRACE it... DH Buxton to preserve replacement-level value at DH and CF; play average (or worse) veterans at all costs; neither sell nor buy at deadlines; tout the pennant 'race' in the ALC, as if it means you're good or a legitimate contender; periodically rearrange deck furniture like hitting and bench coaches... Rocco fits perfectly. Mediocrity is a PROGRAM with this organization.
  17. jkcarew
    or just one jack?
  18. jkcarew
    Back-to-back jacks, please?
  19. jkcarew
    Balazovic. Showing signs that his fastball may be as easy to hit as his chin.
  20. jkcarew
    Been to old Yankee, Wrigley, Fenway, etc…. Really regret having not made it to old Tiger’s stadium. What history!
  21. jkcarew
    Game day runs an ad between innings that includes footage of Byron Buxton sprinting through what appears to be an outfield with a baseball glove on his left hand.
  22. jkcarew
    20-something PA
  23. jkcarew
    To be fair, the results at the major-league level against lefties so far has not been good, despite a couple of important hits. In the minors, the OBP has been fine against lefties, though.
  24. jkcarew
    …or, to go to a night game in Detroit?
  25. jkcarew
    Well, he had reached base in 7 of 9 PA when Rocco decided to bench him against the back- to-back lefties. Not a believer in momentum, apparently.
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