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  1. Aerodeliria
    I think we need to find a way to get Josh Bell from the Diamondbacks. Sure he flew out, but you have to admit this takes a lot of talent...
  2. Aerodeliria
    I blame these early runs not on Matthews but on Vasquez (Rocco?) for calling eight straight fastballs (maybe more...I had to run out but I saw eight straight fastballs)--result 4-0. I mean if you're only letting the kid throw fastballs, you're going to doom the kid at the MLB level...
  3. Aerodeliria
    The road schedule looks tough enough to me, especially with KC now breathing down the necks of Cleveland (both of them will be focused and at home), and TB being much tougher in their home arena, and other than Yankee Stadium, Fenway has probably been the toughest place for the Twins to get a series win. At Camden, if the Orioles are within striking distance, they're going to want to get all the advantages of having the best record in the AL, so this is no gimme by any means....
  4. Aerodeliria
    He’s now 32 years old (almost 33) and hasn’t been good since 2022. The cash-strapped Twins are hoping they may be able to resurrect some value.... It seems like I've read this before somewhere in the past...
  5. Aerodeliria
    Truth! We are always one or two years away...
  6. Aerodeliria
    How many players have the Mets acquired in the last month or so? 4 or 5? Two different mentalities... (Really, I was just asking for one high quality or even one above average acquisition...)
  7. Aerodeliria
    ...same as it every was; same as it ever was; same as it ever was....
  8. Aerodeliria
    The broader problem is that the Twins tend to get fleeced by making last second deals on players who have been injured or who are actually injured. The last remarkable acquisition I can remember is Shannon Stewart...and even he was injured but it proved not to be a disaster because his foot problem only created intermittent problems. Hence, the Twins approach teams who really want to unload a player who other teams have passed on. It's kind of a Catch-22 for them. They consider their past problems as well as the monies involved and that makes them hesitate to pull the trigger on a quality player, which leads them to the Island of Misfit Toys, which also makes them understandably hesitant, but they sometimes say to themselves, "Well, maybe this guy really is just a bit unlucky," and so they pull the trigger, which doesn't work out well and then puts them back in the same position at the next trade deadline...
  9. Aerodeliria
    I am guessing that Jeffers is injured but keeps saying he is fine. This seems to happen from time-to-time. As a team, the Twins seem surprisingly slow at identifying injuries. Maybe it stems from the players who obviously really want to go out there and contribute, but it does seem that some players don't want to confess that they are hurting until the season has finished and they confess or worse, the injury is exasperated and becomes a much bigger problem. The margins for success and failure are so narrow at the MLB level that even a minor but nagging injury can be the difference between success and failure. Is this happening on other teams as well or are the Twins just not that good at reading the tea leaves?
  10. Aerodeliria
    It's a TD requirement to write this kind of article whenever Buxton gets hot....
  11. Aerodeliria
    I'm a big Varland fan. He just needs a bit more time to get things right. Thanks for the write up!
  12. Aerodeliria
    What strikes me about these posts is that if we were discussing the Twins having several career years and being in front by eight games over Cleveland, there would be a lot less talk about regression, falling off the pace and schedule weakness. 'The next month or two will signal the collapse' talk has yet to put even a dent in Cleveland's lead. Maybe Cleveland's players will fall off the pace some, but overtaking a team who has held first place for a long stretch is often very difficult to do. Their confidence is high and they are finding ways to win. They've beaten the Orioles and the Yankees... something the Twins can't say...
  13. Aerodeliria
    That's a very nice post. They'll never develop in the bigs without any opportunities. This reminds me of the rap on Arraez. Once he was inserted in the lineup every day, he started making adjustments and did just fine against lefties.
  14. Aerodeliria
    KC 1687-2161 vs MN 1904-1885....that's why it is choking...
  15. Aerodeliria
    The Angels are notoriously stingy when it comes to trading. That's why they continue to be bad year after year....eating bad contracts, losing good players to free agency and hanging on to players until their trade value is naught....
  16. Aerodeliria
    That's a loon on the sleeve patch? That's not supposed to be a loon, is it? It really looks like a manta ray. (I guess it is supposed to be avant garde, but it's a jersey...simpler is better.) I wish the blues were more vivid., and I think the contrasting color should be green (for trees) The hat is 'so-so,' but the jersey is 'lame.' (The rap video is also lame.)
  17. Aerodeliria
    Only wins and losses matter. The Guardians are as good as their record says they are.
  18. Aerodeliria
    Who resurrected the curse? We can't even keep the games close....
  19. Aerodeliria
    I noticed batters were swinging at a lot of balls vs. Culpepper. Is his stuff that good or were the hitters just that impatient? (I know the question is subjective, but I'd like to hear some opinions. It looks more like that latter to be honest...)
  20. Aerodeliria
    I just don't like it when we have to rely on weak defense...you just have to eat that ball rather than throw it away. I feel comfortable everywhere but at 3rd and left (and 1st if Kirilloff is there).
  21. Aerodeliria
    Thanks for this...I missed this information by 7 inches off the plate for a strike...
  22. Aerodeliria
    I agree with this whole-heartedly. Arraez is a case-in-point. The Marlins just said, 'You're hitting against everyone, and lo and behold, he started hitting lefties.'
  23. Aerodeliria
    I also didn't hate getting Santana. I just said I think he's in the regressing phase. I think I mentioned that he would hit around .220 or .230 and hit a few home runs, but (as many have said) there were much better options. I was wrong about Maeda. He appears to have slipped. I was right about Margot who is even worse than I imagined. I was right about the Twins being stinking cheapskates (although they announced they were going to be). I was so irritated by this that it has taken me this long to post. The jury is still out, but let's see!
  24. Aerodeliria
    I say the Twins got creamed because they let Maeda walk, so in essence, they only have Carmago. If they had signed Maeda for three years, the Twins would have won. I am still fuming about this because Maeda was just starting to get his groove back near the end of 2023 and then we let him walk for 12 million. That was a bad deal all the way around. We nursed him back to health and then showed him the door just when he was starting to get back to his old self. You know Maeda is going to give everything in his tank for the team he pitches for and he would have solidified the front line--you can call him whatever number you want in the pecking order, but he would have been there and given his all.
  25. Aerodeliria
    Ha! I like this: 'Island of Misfit Toys'. I'm gonna start using it instead of 'scrap heap.'
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