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  1. Twinsoholic
    Nice play Vazquez.
  2. Twinsoholic
    Bean, I don’t remember the batter, but SWR threw a above the belt fastball today (a ball) that the radar gun registered as 95 mph. Maybe it’s a fast gun, but it is typically good form to avoid absolutes. Having said my peace, I generally like your observations about players.
  3. Twinsoholic
    Duran throwing a curveball there that gets hammered reminds me of the Braves Mark Wohlers throwing a slider to the Yankees Jim Leyritz that he slaughtered out of the park to upset the Braves in a game Atlanta should have won. Don’t throw your second best pitch.
  4. Twinsoholic
    Nice mix of pitches by Ober.
  5. Twinsoholic
    The Twins could have sent Funderburk down, but I guess Rocco wanted three lefties in the pen.
  6. Twinsoholic
    Isn’t Bowman also available to pitch?
  7. Twinsoholic
    Buxton’s at bats this season often look like those of Delman Young. With 2 strikes it is almost inevitable that he will chase a pitch way out of thd strike zone.
  8. Twinsoholic
    What is Margot’s purpose on this team? The Dodgers were happy to unload him. I wonder if there were any other possible takers besides the Twins. I agree with Chief about this being anothee stupid pinch hitting move.
  9. Twinsoholic
    Funderburk’s pitching was bad, but Correa’s boot of the grounder was worse. No run should have scored despite the lousy pitching by Funderburk.
  10. Twinsoholic
    The Ks suck. Like I said above, the ghost of Rich Becker (for those of you old enough to remember the suffering of the Becker and Stahoviak years.
  11. Twinsoholic
    Julien must have been thinking fastball. I had memories of Rich Becker there with the bat motionless as strike 3 crossed the plate.
  12. Twinsoholic
    Riverbrian’s statement, “Letting a Logan Morrison type play horribly, play every day, taking up a valuable roster spot just makes it harder to near impossible for a Mullins or Altuve to surprise you,” reminded me of the futility of Tom Kelly repeatedly playing Brent Gates rather than a younger player. It was brutal tv watching as was reading on Fastball, and other Twins forum of that time, the Kelly defenders of this decision to continue penciling in Gates game after game after game after game.
  13. Twinsoholic
    Luzardo and a low A ball position player prospect for Julian and Lee. This approximates the 3 Marlins for 1 Twins (Arraez) last off season). The Twins goal is then to extend Luzardo a la the Lopez extension.
  14. Twinsoholic
    Oliver Ortega is now a former Twins pitcher. Houston claimed him off of waivers. His AAA numbers were excellent, but he was injured. He is still only 27 years old.
  15. Twinsoholic
    The Mets have a lot of guaranteed contracts according to MLB Trade Rumors. Is there a hitter and/or starter that the Twins might want from the Mets? I assume the Mets want to free up some salary to provide more flexibility in assembling their team after this past season’s terrible showing. Hitters include Alonso and outfielder Brandon Nimmo. If not trading for a hitter, could the Mets be enticed to trade Kodai Senga to the Twins? Nimmo is owed a lot of money but is controllable through 2030 and Senga through 2027. I think Alonso is under control for the 2024 season ($22 million estimated arbitration salary). The salaries for any one of these three controllable players may be too much from the Twins perspective, but would Alonso on a one year deal be worth it to fill the middle of the batting order?
  16. Twinsoholic
    One key reason the Twins are stronger than in previous years is the development of youngee players now on the major league roster. Another reason is trading talent for starting pitchers. Gray and Lopez worked out. Paddock might work out. Mahle did not, and Maeda worked out for one season. With Gray and Maeda likely leaving now, should the Twins look to follow their recent approach of trading for a number 2 (or number 1) starter with team control for at least 2 seasons? While some may not like this approach, I do like it (particularly given the team’s inability to develop a crop of effective starting pitching). While Varland might be an option, he might also be best kept in the pen. if the Twins were to find a team willing to trade a Pablo Lopez type of starter with 2 years of team control, what might it cost the Twins?
  17. Twinsoholic
    Seth, Why is it either/or: “over react or go with …”? You have stacked the deck in your analysis. Any change in the line up involving not starting one of the rookies is an “over reaction”? A manager’s job is to put the best combination of players in the line up on any given day. The roster size allows for inter-changeability based on performance, peaking and declining, degrees of injuries (players are always battling some degree of injury), regression, experience, poise, and mojo (to name a few factors). You can certainly say “I prefer that Baldelli starts the same line up because Houston’s pitcher is a righty.” That is fair enough. But, are others who want line up changes irrationally over reacting?
  18. Twinsoholic
    I should have included that Rocco’s decisions yesterday did not hurt because the Twins won, but the moves were still puzzling. Do the Twins send Sands down now? If so, who might they promote?
  19. Twinsoholic
    I was super puzzled by Rocco’s moves with the pen yesterday and today, but I was even more puzzled by his pinch hitting decisions. The young players do not need the bats taken out of their hands: Julien and Wallnef. I agree that right now Correa should hit no higher than 7th.
  20. Twinsoholic
    I have been super impressed with how Ft Myers has gone from a losing record all season to now being several games over .500. They pretty much sucked all season, but now they have somehow turned the corner. Wichita is the only full season Twins minor league team with a losing record. That is impressive.
  21. Twinsoholic
    I definitely remember Joe’s highlights—much to admire. He had a remarkable stretch for a while as a catcher. But, during his last few seasons, Mauer monotonously flying out to Alex Gordon, who hardly had to move often, was mind-numbing. He was a first baseman without power. I never understood why he did not pull the ball much—for whatever reason. He did play good defense at first. I know my view about the contract extension is not shared by most on this forum. I am suggesting, however, that Mauer’s total career, viewed objectively in the context of the careers of Killebrew, Oliva, and Carew, could be understood as very, very good, but not legendary. At the time of the contract extension, I think the Twins were at or near rebuilding. Perhaps a trade would have been the better route to go, but we will never know.
  22. Twinsoholic
    No for Joe. The same is true for the Correa contract. I liked the Buxton signing when it happened, but so far that contract extension looks less than good. I get that Mauer is local, but that still does not mean he was worth it. When I think of Mauer now I think of left fielders waiting to catch his predictable fly balls and line drives to left field. Obviously injuries took their toll, dampening what had once been an exciting career. Growing up, I watched Tony Oliva and Rod and Harmon. All three were superior Twins players. Injuries also diminished Tony’s career, but he does deserve the plaque that honors him in Cooperstown. I am not sure Joe will get there.
  23. Twinsoholic
    I would think that Severino would be one of the top 5 prospects on the list. He has been ripping apart AA pitching as Jeremy notes in a recent article.
  24. Twinsoholic
    Good games for Martin, Schobel, Severino, and Sabato. another bad game fir the Twins Dominican league team. The record indicates that they are just awful. Does anyone know which highly touted international signees are on that team? Thankfully, there are prospects in T. Paul, Wichita, Cedar Rapids and Ft. Myers.
  25. Twinsoholic
    Lefty61, Good call to remind us not to overlook Salas despite his underwhelming season so far given what was likely the high expectation of many of us following the reports of his prospect status at the time of the trade. But, Schobel is on fire—another home run today (14 so far). His batting average and OPS are promising. While Schobel is. Ot a shortstop, he can play 3B and likely 2B. He was underwhelming last season, but he has been hitting extremely well for some time now. If only Miller could also learn to hit consistently (he did have 2 hits today—his batting average is creeping up at .213). I agree with Jeremy’s ranking of Schobel at this time. From my perspective, Schobel looks like a better second round selection than Miller if Miller’s offensive numbers don’t improve significantly. Without stronger batting prowess, Miller’s best hope is to replicate Mark Belanger defense at shortstop. One more thing. Sabato has been hitting much better of late. He homered today and has his batting average up to .225. It had been well bow the Mendoza line for so long. His OPS is now .821.
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