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  1. VivaBomboRivera!
    Big opportunity to gain ground missed. Every loss now is a coffin nail. Sweep Chicago or go home.
  2. VivaBomboRivera!
    The Twins will host the Tigers for two more, with tomorrow’s game seeing Connor Prielipp (3-7, 5.55 ERA) face off with righty Troy Melton (7-3, 1.86 ERA) in the second game of the series. The post-game broadcast noted that Prielipp has been pushed back and Morris will get the start.
  3. VivaBomboRivera!
    He's waiting for the corpse flower to bloom again.
  4. VivaBomboRivera!
    This game should have been won. While ownership and management are rightly commended for their improvements to the pitching staff, the failure to acquire more consistent offensive punch (nevermind defense) is plain to see. They have to find it within the organization now, or their chances will slip away by this time next week. _If_ Buxton has to go on the IL again, we may get to learn if Walker Jenkins is ready for the bigs on both sides of the ball. Otherwise we're left with Fedko, Rodriguez, Wallner or scrounging the waiver wire.
  5. VivaBomboRivera!
    I like Audra. We could do much worse.
  6. VivaBomboRivera!
    Even MLB TV subscribers couldn't watch the live Netflix broadcast, they had to wait 90 minutes after the game for the re-spray. The same is true for all Apple TV broadcasts - if you're not a service subscriber you have to wait, or pay for both services. This needs to be smoothed out somehow. There is a second problem, however. The play-by-play and color commentary from those services are awful. It's clear that some of these people barely know the sport, and they certainly don't know the teams on the field. The Netflix broadcast team was insipid; the game had to be muted because the cringe and "doh!" factors were so high. If the league is going to farm-out broadcasts to a mix of carriers they need to set a quality floor on the personnel and the content.
  7. VivaBomboRivera!
    There for the taking.
  8. VivaBomboRivera!
    There for the taking.
  9. VivaBomboRivera!
    There for the taking.
  10. VivaBomboRivera!
    There for the taking.
  11. VivaBomboRivera!
    Agreed. Looked much more like a playoff contending team tonight. Keep the bats warm, roll the videotape of all the missed chances for outs today, and set up tomorrow's pre-game drills. Lucky we weren't hurt worse by those misses.
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  14. VivaBomboRivera!
    Here are the team's season-to-date platoon splits. What they tell us is that we need a RHB who eats LHP for lunch. Gleeman and the Geek address this topic regularly (including in their recent trade evaluation) if you would like more depth.
  15. VivaBomboRivera!
    Tough call there, as neither he, nor Clemens nor Lewis are outstanding at the position. The durability of Arraez' legs has apparently improved from where it was in his later years with the Twins. Here are his defensive stats (Baseball Reference, may not include tonight's numbers) compared to Clemens (OBP .292, SLG .474) and Lewis (OBP .308, SLG .418). To be clear, my pick for a righty addition would have been Randy Arozarena.
  16. VivaBomboRivera!
    Nobody said he's worthless. I love him as a pure hitter, but the reasons the team traded him away a few years ago are the same reasons they didn't trade for him now.
  17. VivaBomboRivera!
    Yeah, his OBP is back up, but just no pop, and no place for him on defense.
  18. VivaBomboRivera!
    It would be a shame if the acquisition of four quality pitchers is overshadowed by the failure to trade for a right-handed bat. Let's hope we see more manufactured runs like the one they created in the fourth inning. It won't be long before all the chances are spent...
  19. VivaBomboRivera!
    Stall warning light is on. Need to take the next two games at Kauffman or we are guaranteed to lose ground on the road trip. Likely a lot of ground as the next stop is Laverne & Shirley's hometown. Won't get any better coming home to face the Phillies and the Braves. First priority is hitting. A team that takes an early lead doesn't just put pressure on opponents' pitching and defense, it alters their game at the plate. Assuming the Twins have a pre-game plan for opposing pitchers, it is certainly not being executed well at present. "Hard hit" is not the only index for offensive success. On the pitching side, the most likely answer to Ryan's loss of command and velocity is rest. Give it to him whether he wants it or not. Rogers is showing that he now at the bottom of the left-handed pecking order. Defensively, it seems that the best we can hope for is incremental improvements. Let's hope the kids and the coaching staff keep taking those baby steps.
  20. VivaBomboRivera!
    Fixed yer post.
  21. VivaBomboRivera!
    Wonder what the Mariners would want in trade for Arrozarena?
  22. VivaBomboRivera!
    Not after 11 Ks today
  23. VivaBomboRivera!
    Escape .500 Velocity: FAIL
  24. VivaBomboRivera!
    Points for using "asseveration" in a sentence.
  25. VivaBomboRivera!
    WHERE'S THE BATS, MAN?
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