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  1. Number3
    6-4 is all that matters and I'll take it coming home against the first place Ron Gardenhire Tigers. Too bad another named winter storm has to get in the way in mid April. Anyway, mission accomplished so far, in my opinion.
  2. Number3
    Twins have earned a "honeymoon" game tonight because mission accomplished on road swing against Phillies and Mets. I believe that the 2019 version of the Minnesota Twins will compete in every game. BTW, last night Jonathan Schoop showed a preview of what he is capable of while Dozier is the same old Dozier for the Nationals. Might as well win tonight just for the fun of it. Go Twins!
  3. Number3
    Couldn't agree more. Twins finally have a new identity and the reasons why have as much to do with who isn't there as who is there. Add this game to the 29 of 42 (60-60-42) needed to make the playoffs. 2 down, 27 to go. This team will be fun to pull for all year and II believe they will have to be beaten; they will not beat themselves.
  4. Number3
    I am assigning this game as 1 of the 42 games in the 60-60-42 rule. If they win 30 of those 42 games they are playoff bound. 1 down 29 to go.
  5. Number3
    I saw Schoop a lot prior to last year since the Os are broadcast in my market and I think he will be more than just a pleasant surprise for the Twins. If he is close to where he was at his best for the Os he is an upgrade overall from Dozier.
  6. Number3
    As long as Falvey doesn't give Harper himself the $20.00 to play for the Twins I will be happy.
  7. Number3
    There are 8 position players on a team plus the DH. Baseball is in a better position than any other sport to be able to screen players because there are youth leagues, high school, college, plus a well established multi level minor league system. In addition, baseball is played world wide and the Latin American influx of great players is now a huge part of rosters. More and more Far Eastern/Oriental players are coming into the Major Leagues. Given all of this world wide exposure that players get and the ability to use technology to communicate visually with players and coaches world wide, there is no excuse for not fielding a competitive team at the Major League level and it is classic laziness to look for an easy way out. Reading data and looking at numbers is the easy, lazy way out. Staying in constant contact with coaches and teams world wide and using technology to assist in screening players the old fashioned way is the answer and always has been. Its called scouting followed by player development. Go ahead, sit in a room and look at cumulative WAR stats or whatever. Then continue to wonder why 70-80 win seasons (or worse) are the norm.
  8. Number3
    What I will miss is the simultaneous move to unbuckle the shin guard on a 3-2 pitch as the umpire says "ball 4" and Joe began his trot to first base all in one continuous motion. Pure poetry. He was able to have the guard half way unbuckled as the pitch thumped into the catcher's mitt and, on the rare occasion that the pitch was called a strike, the glare was priceless.
  9. Number3
    Seems like the hype surrounding Castro was that he would help the pitching staff with his unique ability. That arguably did not happen. Is he a decent to good major league catcher? Sure. The fact that Castro was a big acquisition going into 2017 was nothing but marketing propaganda.
  10. Number3
    The mental approach angle is music to my ears. No excuse for a highly paid pro athlete to not have his head completely in the game. Baseball is not complicated but has been made complicated by all of the metrics, shifts, attempted match ups for every possible situation. I hope his mental approach involves keeping it simple and not beating yourself. Most games are lost, not won.
  11. Number3
    Per Sahitan, "I don't know Schoop well, but I question why so many lineup predictions have him in the 6 spot. His numbers last year suggest 8-9 hole to me, unless he turns it around anyway." Schoop was a victim of what happens to a team with an overpaid first baseman (Chris Davis) and self centered so-called stars (yes, Manny Machado) on the Baltimore O's who looked fine on paper but totally tanked. The Twins are a perfect fir for Schoop and I predict he will be more than a pleasant surprise. Why the fascination with Machado on this board is totally perplexing to me. If it was up to him it would be the Minnesota Machados, or Machado plus 8.
  12. Number3
    "His presence seems to energize the lineup and in big spots he doesn't have many........" Per the Whizzanater (won't ask for any background on that name lol) This is a subjective trait that I have always thought was a must in any lineup and definitely picks up the rest of the lineup. Doesn't show up in a spreadsheet but does show up in the eye test in actually watching games instead of deciphering acronyms and abbreviations. Polanco does have it and there have been players on the Twins held in high esteem that did not have it. Glad the "Whizz" recognized it. BTW, Machado has the opposite effect. Polanco is a ball player (sorry for using that term). Machado is a sausage on a bun. Just ask the Os or the Dodgers.
  13. Number3
    Harper expects to be the highest paid top dog on a guaranteed World Series champion in a big market town and will settle for nothing less. Machado would probably accept the highest bidder but would be a disruptive force on a team with no other big contracts on the roster. Twins don't need or want either. But no worries; neither will come anywhere near the Twin Cities. The outside chance that Machado may accept an overpriced deal from a team like the Twins does scare me a little.
  14. Number3
    Anyone who thinks that signing a Manny Machado into the Twins' roster with the huge, out of proportion contract that he would receive, would be a plus for the team is just looking for a simple solution to a long term history of mediocrity. Acquiring a Machado (or a Harper) would set the Twins back; not move them forward. They both think they are the team; not part of a team. All you have to do is look at the teams they have played for and how they have performed when it really counted. Also look at whether these teams have gotten better or worse during their tenure. They are both a representation of a popular baseball fan food served in a long narrow bun usually with mustard.
  15. Number3
    Doomtints ..."Hm. When I look at his numbers from 2018, I don't see any down months at all, in fact he probably outperformed any Twin in any given month. If he had a slump, it was no more than around ten days in length and he more than made up for it." Harper hit 18 home runs in April and May and finished with 37 while struggling to hit .250. What am I missing? On top of that his mere presence dominates a dugout and the persona of a whole team. He would destroy the "new" Minnesota Twins until they can establish their own identity and be able to absorb a Bryce Harper or anyone like him. Unless you want the Minnesota Twins to be the Harper Twins, stay away.
  16. Number3
    It won't happen. It shouldn't happen. The Orioles let Machado go and now the Dodgers. So he is a savior for the Twins? I don't think so. Take away Harper's stats for April and May and you have a run of the mill player. Even at his still young age, he gets worse as the season progresses. Last year when his average was teetering near the Mendoza line, he started flaring balls to left just to get his average up to a semi respectable level knowing it was free agent time. Do not come anywhere near either of these two. They are both toxic.
  17. Number3
    I keep practicing that trick but can't quite seem to master it. Hopefully persistence and repetition will pay off.I'm glad this event is called the Winter Meltdown. What I hope we don't get in 2019 is another summer meltdown. Somehow, with absolutely no common sense basis, I don't think we will.
  18. Number3
    Please, no one like either one on the 2019 Twins until we see who the 2019 Twins are. Harper has peaked and should be called Mr. April. What he would cost would be a clubhouse disaster. Same for Machado, to a lesser degree, whose middle name(s) should be hot dog. Both think they are walking.championships and neither will ever play on a championship team. Either would cause big problems especially for an essentially new team with a new manager to boot.
  19. Number3
    "Sano is not facing any legal situations in his home country. Earlier in the off-season, he ran over a police officer, breaking one of the officer's leg" Was Sano driving a car or did this happen on his daily 5 mile training run? Sorry, but there is just something about this guy that does not bode well for any long term success. He is an accident either waiting to happen, or already has happened, to himself or those around him. Lack of focus doesn't just apply to detecting a curve ball during an AB. It applies to daily life as well and I think he is just one of those happy go lucky type of people who doesn't take much very seriously. I hope I am wrong.
  20. Number3
    What I like is what they have NOT done as much as what they have done. They have not come anywhere near these supposed superstar free agents who demand multi $10mil long term contracts. To me, what they have done is make very reasonable moves to improve the Twins for 2019 and not claim to be shooting for the moon in some future year. No one is totally happy with their pitching and, for some reason, I think the Twins' pitching staff will be ok.
  21. Number3
    As usual, folks like to go way too far into the weeds on issues both in and out of sports, sports being the least significant. Its really simple. Byron Buxton either shows up in Ft. Myers as a competent major league baseball player who is part of a solution, not part of a problem, or he doesn't. No amount of hand holding, building rapport, or other touchy feely mumbo jumbo changes that simple fact. "Please, Byron, tell us what we can do to help you play better". How about showing up as an adult and playing ball?
  22. Number3
    "You already missed Joe Mauer Day." So I did.. Can't believe I missed that. December 18, what a date to have a "day" for a retired baseball player. At least the invisible crowd at Target for the observance was excusable. How was the speech? It wasn't aired in my market.
  23. Number3
    I do believe that when the obligatory Joe Mauer Day arrives and the throngs in Target express their adoration for #7, it will be a day that Joe Mauer has long since begun to dread. I'm sure his speech will be one for the ages.
  24. Number3
    Not only is the title of this thread cause for my eyebrows to levitate above my receding hair line but the fact that Sano, Buxton and Kepler are key to the Twins' 2019 and beyond is about as unique of a perspective as noticing that the sun rose on the eastern horizon this morning. Where has this guy been, on one of the Mars probes?
  25. Number3
    All I know is that any player who is concerned with his DRC+ in the least is doomed to failure. The best players are still the ones with the best "old school" stats. Kepler is exactly the player you see when you watch any Twins game and there is no reason to expect him to improve very much. He will never be a star but should have a long career in the major leagues and certainly not all with the Twins.
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