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  1. HrbieFan
    I'm not going to be that guy this year. This year has been a dumpster fire that no one saw coming. Before the year all of us and the national pundits had the Twins battling the White Sox for the Central. After the successful reclamation projects last year, we weren't concerned about the pitching staff. Colome has been a disaster! Happ started out great and now is throwing BP. Shoemaker was a 5 and fly guy on a good night last year and has regressed, let him be a an opener and go 4 innings. Pineda hasn't been healthy, Maeda has been a shell of what he was last year. Biggest dropoff the past 2 years has been the bats and it coincides with loosing our hitting coach. Kepler, Sano, Garver, Polanco, Donaldson all have disappointing numbers this year and most of them had horrible years last year. As for the front office and drafting, we are just starting to see their picks at the MLB level. Larnach, Jeffers, and Ober look like they have a future. Then you have prospects like Lewis, Enlow, Canterino, Sands that offer different levels of promise. Unfortunately it looks like this disaster of a year will bring an end to a few studs in Bux and Berrios. Unless the Twins are willing to overpay for them, I believe both will be on their way out before next season. Sure both will net some good prospects, but we need MLB pitching, not prospects.
  2. HrbieFan
    I am no MLB player, but mine was pain free and back to normal in about 3 weeks. Lesson for all, do not spar with a tree
  3. HrbieFan
    What do we gain by keeping Cruz at this point? Let him get a chance with a contender and let the team work towards a top 5 pick.
  4. HrbieFan
    100% agree! One thing to protect an arm from tossing 100+ pitches in 4 sloppy innings. This was 4 clean innings! Do they not trust him a third time through? He needs to learn because this year is lost. They let Happy stay out and toss batting practice for 6 innings, let the kid get the W
  5. HrbieFan
    Can we please get Cano and Moran in the majors tomorrow!
  6. HrbieFan
    4 HRs and 4 runs, just fricking sad! We so need Arraez back to get on base. Everyone else just tries to hit long balls
  7. HrbieFan
    At least we got a HR with guys on base! I am tired if this team not being able to manufacture runs or get on base for the big bats. Positive for the night was Jax coming in on back to back games. Is that smart for a guy that was a SP in the Minors and went on normal rest? I want to pay attention to this team, but they make it so hard. There is no fight in them and little to get excited about. Maybe we'll be back in 2023 ?
  8. HrbieFan
    Time to move on, if they can find a taker for the contract. Get a couple lower level, but good upside prospects in exchange. Let Polanco and Gordon handle the position the rest of this year, they won't do any worse than Simmons
  9. HrbieFan
    Jose Miranda is a making a case to be our starting 3B next year! Time to sell off on the major league level and take our lumps with the young guys. Shoemaker needs to be moved to long relief, just too many times he is throwing BP
  10. HrbieFan
    Are the Tampa bats that good? Or is the pitching staff for the Mighty Mussel Matters that bad?
  11. HrbieFan
    Any way to have the top 20 prospect names be hot linked to their complete stats pages?
  12. HrbieFan
    At what point does the brass make changes? This team was put together to win and they look clueless at the plate and the pen has not been as advertised either.
  13. HrbieFan
    Don't take the Tiggers lightly, they looked great against Cleveland and I'm not sure I'd call them the worst team in the Central. Mize is going to be a stud and Boyd always seems to give our bats fits.
  14. HrbieFan
    Just need Berrios and Bux to agree to 3-5 year extensions and the nucleus is here for awhile.
  15. HrbieFan
    Off topic post here. Lance Mccullers just signed a 5 year extension that should be a good guide for a Berrios deal. He got a $3.5m bonus, $15.25m 2022-23 and $17m in 2024-26. Lance has a career 6.8 WAR compared to 7.8 for Jose and Lance missed chunks of time do to injury, but when healthy he is a very good SP. 5 years $85m that he got should be a good starting point for Berrios, if he wants to stay a Twin.
  16. HrbieFan
    Nearly a full year with Rudy as hitting coach and I still don't like what I see. I don't know what is different under him vs Rowson, but the results are immensely different. Front office and Rocco have to see the lack of results too. Has anyone in the media questioned the results?
  17. HrbieFan
    That is a great article by Dan Hayes on the Athletic. Talks about the process and how it doesn't happen overnight. Some good nuggets on Winder and Canterrino as well. I love our staff and the depth behind it. Dobnak is missing bats like Kershaw this spring! Happ is more reliable than Odo. A full year if Pineda and hoping for a breakout year from Jose. Personally I like Shoemaker as a 2-3 innings guy, but time will tell.
  18. HrbieFan
    5 years $75M, who says no?
  19. HrbieFan
    With Kirilloff having a quiet bat this spring and Broxton lighting it up, any chance they roll with Keon and let Kirilloff rediscover his swing in Ft Myers?
  20. HrbieFan
    I am not worried about our pitching staff, they are in good hands. I am worried about our bats though. If we are truly playing with a different baseball this year, Rocco and staff need to know how to play small ball at times and not wait for a HR
  21. HrbieFan
    Maybe this is the break that Thorpe needed to make the rotation and show some consistency. When Happ comes back, slide Shoemaker into a long RP roll as he is best under 4 IPs
  22. HrbieFan
    5 years $100m seems like a good starting point for both sides. Pitchers with less results than him have signed for over $20M per. By the time he hits free agency, assuming he keeps progressing, he will be looking at $25M+ per season
  23. HrbieFan
    Getter done! Hope they can buy out 2 FA years
  24. HrbieFan
    Can a team like the Twins afford a gamble on an injury prone player like Bux? He has always reminded me of Eric Davis from the Reds and the career is very similar, but Davis did put together some healthy monster seasons. But his injuries caught up to him and his career ended prematurely. A 5 year $65m will not hurt the Twins long term, but is it enough for Bux and his agent.
  25. HrbieFan
    14 man staff and 3 bench bats is just silly. We have 5 veteran starting pitchers that have shown they can go 6+, Shoemaker maybe not so much. That is maybe 18innings a week for a 9 man pen? Silly, just silly. Give me Blankenhorn on the bench
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