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  1. HokieRif
    Looking at the radar and this looks like it’s going to be an all-day thing. It will be interesting to see what they decide to do with the Twins needing to be in Detroit tomorrow evening.
  2. HokieRif
    Yeah - why 5? or is that a typo and you meant to say 25?
  3. HokieRif
    Works the count to 3-0 and then Ks with the bases loaded 🤦‍♂️
  4. HokieRif
    I have a couple different perspectives. Did it makes sense to make trades if our goal was to get to the playoffs? No. I think we have a better than 50/50 chance to make it given the state of the division and our upcoming schedule. Did it make sense to make a trade if our goal was to get beyond the first round? Yes. The other thing I keep thinking about is that 1) we didn't have anyone on the current roster that a) we were willing to part and b) that someone wanted. 2) We didn't have anyone on the farm that we could afford to lose or nobody wanted what we had. Either way you look at that second part, its not good. We're either lacking depth, lacking talent, or both, and that doesn't give me a lot of confidence that this alleged rebuild for long-term sustainable success is remotely close to working for the front office.
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    What. The. Hell.
  7. HokieRif
    So I step away for 4 hours and I come to back to see that the Twins have done... nothing... I know there's still ~90 minutes left, but this is disappointing. The FO will probably come out and say something like "well we feel we can win with the guys we have and we have confidence blah blah blah"... well, they've said that repeatedly since they showed up, and we still haven't won a playoff series.
  8. HokieRif
    The last 2 decades haven't been kind to us, but what is different about this year is that we are statistically improbable to run into the Yankees this year. It would take a division-wide collapse in the East for NY to get in, and that alone should give everyone hope.
  9. HokieRif
    Twins win a season series against the Yankees and Astros, and get swept by one of the worst teams ever, in the same season. Twins:
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    And the royals account for 16.67% of the Twins’
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    If we can’t beat the Royals with the team we have now, the front office is not going to invest to add a couple pieces to take on the top of the AL. I expect a less than exciting weekend of activity on the trades.
  14. HokieRif
    Well that sucked
  15. HokieRif
    This move doesn't make us buyers or sellers. I would like to know the Miami side of this trade - why were they OK with shipping Floro and acquiring Lopez. Regardless, what I'm excited about is that Floro doesn't seem to be prone to giving up HRs - he's allowed 2 all season in almost 40 innings of work. Given how the last few games have gone with our bullpen I feel that this is a significant concern that has just been addressed.
  16. HokieRif
    Failing to close-out a middle-tier AL team doesn't really help the FO case to go all-in at the trade deadline. Even if we had won today, Seattle would have made only the third team in the AL above .500 that we had a winning record against. If we somehow manage to get to the postseason we all need to send a fruit basket to KC.
  17. HokieRif
    taylor should have broke for 3B... there was no one covering
  18. HokieRif
    swing the bat 'los
  19. HokieRif
    I'm happy this aged poorly...
  20. HokieRif
    Which of our outfielders will be pitching the 9th today?
  21. HokieRif
    Agree re: Pagan and Ortega, mostly. Disagree on Rocco - he had to have had input into the F/O either from himself and his staff. He wasn't the one making the signings but he's still an accomplice in this.
  22. HokieRif
    I hate being negative but thats all I've got for Rocco after last night. For as much as this management loves to rely on stats I'm absolutely floored as to why Ortega was called in to take the 9th. He's a career ~4.0+ ERA guy... basically he's liable to give up a run every other inning of work. In his last appearance against CWS he pitched two scoreless innings... meaning he was statistically overdue to give up runs. Duran should have taken the mound, and if he had we're probably talking happily about how it would be nice to run away with a game soon instead of the walk-offs, just to have a night to relax.
  23. HokieRif
    Hader would be interesting especially with the way the last couple games have gone in the 9th. If Duran can't be an every day closer then someone else with a resume of closing experience will be a huge get. Whether or not SD is going to be selling is the question to be answered this week. They are one bad week away from being buried in the WC hunt in the NL and it would take a miracle for them + calamities for every other franchise for them to make up enough ground to make the playoffs.
  24. HokieRif
    I take exception that he’s not our closer and this was a save situation
  25. HokieRif
    and that’s why Duran should have been in…
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