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  1. Aerodeliria
    Fair enough, but I thought he wasn't used correctly here. Maybe that is also what you are saying. He was always going to be the guy (closer), and Molitor really didn't give him much of chance to be that guy. It was one of the reasons that I started to agree with a lot of Twins fans that Molitor was also not the guy. (I was all in on Molitor and I think I held out too long.)
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    You made a starryeyed fan! Nice, but I still think we got shafted. We lost all those years of Pressley's elite skills.
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    I would hardly call Maeda 'disgruntled.' He was told he would be a starter, which he had been for his entire career, but the Dodgers relegated him to the bullpen because they were flush with starters. He never openly complained about this, and did his job admirably, but when asked, he said that he wanted to return to being a starter, which he preferred, so there was mutual interest on both sides for the trade. At this point, the trade is pretty much even. It would have been a blowout in the Twins favor had Maeda not had arm troubles--a wildcard for pitching trades. (Or sometimes not such a wildcard when teams have an inkling that a pitcher's arm might be suspect--something that has betrayed the Twins a number of times, and which is the primary reason I was against the Arraez trade.) In any case, the arm problems Maeda had were just unfortunate, but the upside is that the final judgment can hardly be made at this point, and it is debatable who has won. It's not like the Pressley fiasco, which only starry-eyed fans could defend and still irritates me even mentioning it.
  4. Aerodeliria
    I agree that the umps will be disinterested in Cole tomorrow, but Baldelli should ask for a hand check after the first out he records. They won't do anything probably, but it will tweak the Yankee fans and maybe upset Cole and Boone.
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    Actually, I thought the pitch to Volpe was pretty good. Sometimes a hitter just locks on to a decent pitch. Varland didn't flinch after his one 'bad' pitch to Judge. He just settled in and kept attacking the zone. Kudos to him.
  6. Aerodeliria
    Another big plus has been Buxton's patience at the plate over the last two games. Those walks have been critically important!
  7. Aerodeliria
    I'd like to see the Twins experiment with a six-man rotation, especially considering that Baldelli seems very concerned about arm fatigue.
  8. Aerodeliria
    ...especially many a Twins team...
  9. Aerodeliria
    Yesterday's game was a nice poke in the eye, but today's game was much more significant to me. One of the biggest games for the Twins in the last 25 years (I'm not being a bit hyperbolic here). How many times have we come back against the Yankees while playing in the Death Star over the past quarter century? Contrarily, how many times have the Twins just given the game back to the Yankees in the bottom of the ninth? Or how many times have the Twins coughed up a three or four run lead over the final innings? Something to note here: One walk over the last 18 innings issued to the Yankees. Pitchers have to attack the Yankees' hitters. Great win. Now let's take the series outright! PS-Thanks to Carlos Correa for his fearless approach while in the Death Star. It looks like it is starting to rub off!!
  10. Aerodeliria
    1) Twins pitchers should take a lesson from Ryan. Just go after those Yankee hitters. 2) Also, I hope that Julien can stick. I love his approach. 3) Honestly, if I had heard the score was 9-0 when I flipped on the TV or turned on the radio, I would have turned it back off thinking the worst had happened. 4) Let's win this series, OK?
  11. Aerodeliria
    It's great to get 2 of 3 from the Chisox with very little clutch hitting and a ton of Ks (38 in 3 games!!). The pitching and fielding have been amazing. We're gonna have to hit better against the Death Star. Are we getting anyone back on the field for the series? (Highlight: Julien gets walk number one in MLB career.)
  12. Aerodeliria
    Agreed. Teams that play bad defense tend to lose tight games. The Twins have been pretty good so far on D overall. I think this is often overlooked as a factor for wins. Miranda has been serviceable at 3rd and we've been fine at SS. Second was a little shakey with Julien, but it could be jitters. All other positions have been fine or even great. To my knowledge, they haven't thrown any games away as of yet.
  13. Aerodeliria
    I have been very critical of Baldelli's use of pitchers, but today he left Lopez in to pitch the 8th, and I was super happy about it because Lopez was really on top of his game. Lopez has started the year by shredding hitters (but Arraez has also been shredding--especially in the game against the Phillies). So far, it is a win-win for Miami and MN. As for the hitting, I am still very concerned. .228 with RISP--ranking 25th? Luckily two of the teams with a lower BA with RISP are in the Central. We need Correa to start driving in some of those runners.
  14. Aerodeliria
    The pitching has been outstanding, but the Twins had better figure out how to score a few more runs--27 runs over seven games but 18 of those in two of the games. No runs driven in again today (except in the extra frame)...0-9 with runners in scoring position...maybe Correa shouldn't have given his bat away ;-)
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    I bet the grand prize is a snow blower!
  16. Aerodeliria
    I think Dozier connected with two HRs bigger than the one mentioned. The biggest for me was against the Guardians, late in the season. The Twins were struggling to stay in playoff contention because the Guardians were red-hot. They had won quite a few games in a row. The Twins fought hard in that game, but the bullpen squandered the lead and the Twins fell behind 7-5 (I think) at Cleveland. With two out and two on in the top of the 8th, Dozier blasted his 3-run homer to secure the Twins win. The other one, which goes unnoticed because of what happened, was his leadoff solo HR against the Yankees in the one-game playoff. The pro-Yankee announcers were saying how difficult it would be for the Twins to scratch any runs across because of the Yankees superior pitching. When Dozier hit that blast to straight-away center, it just shut them up for a few innings and we ran the Yankee starter out of the game in the first inning (but in usualy Twins fashion, the pitching let us down--especially Santana).
  17. Aerodeliria
    Tudor was one tough customer. I was very worried about the Twins even scoring again in the game when Baylor launched that home run to tie it. For me that was the biggest HR I every witnessed from Twins lore. Hrbek's HR was just the gravy. It was practically the only time during that series that he didn't ground out to the right side or K (up to that point and the entire series following this game, Hrbek was really an automatic out, which was why I was happy that he was walked in Game 7 to load the bases for the Gene Larkin story).
  18. Aerodeliria
    I was watching the Chunichi Dragons vs. the Yomiuri Giants in the opening game here on TV. Ogasawara threw 145 pitches and was disappointed to see the manager strolling to the mound in the 8th inning. One strange thing about televised games here in Japan is that the game has a scheduled time-slot (except for the playoffs and apparently the WBC), so the Dragons put the tying run on in the 9th with nobody out and we suddenly switched to the regularly scheduled drama. That's just the way it is here in Japan!
  19. Aerodeliria
    So this is the strategy. We used up a roster spot to replace the best defender with the second best defender, so the best defender doesn't have to defend, so the best defender can get injured running the bases instead of chasing a fly ball and the second best defender becomes the first best defender.
  20. Aerodeliria
    This is one of the more interesting reads on TD. I agree that Thielbar is likely at the peak, but he is left-handed and very tough on lefties. The gamble is a big one. Who replaces him? On a side note, what is extremely weird is that in the past week, I have encountered the Monty Hall problem twice. Prior to that, I think once in my entire life....
  21. Aerodeliria
    The Twins were also not 19 times worse than Cleveland even with the injuries. The Guardians just knew how to win every game that mattered down the stretch. I think they'll even be tougher this year, so the Twins will have to up their game.
  22. Aerodeliria
    Polanco is a bit of an enigma. When healthy, his calm demeanor at the plate means that he has been as good as almost anyone at crunch time. In the field is where the flaws appear and oddly at crunch time. I hope his defense has improved, but I have serious doubts about it. Who can fill his slot if he can't play? It could be a merry-go-round again... but let's hope not.
  23. Aerodeliria
    This is the elephant in the room. Bad defensive teams lose tight games by failing in critical situations. You can't outhit bad defending. Polanco is a negative defender and always will be. His ankle might improve, but his footwork never will. We hope Miranda improves but he is not a lockdown defender. Correa is the player I worry about the least. I believe he'll play better. Kirilloff at 1st is a mystery.
  24. Aerodeliria
    I guess it comes down to trust. They trusted Berrios even when he was getting hit hard. Do they trust who they have now?
  25. Aerodeliria
    Are they banking on this? I think we have had ad nauseum discussions ending up with a general concensus that they won't likely change the way they deal with starting pitching (i.e., twice through and then go to the bullpen...) regardless of who is in charge.
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