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  1. VivaBomboRivera!
    But every aspect is not failing. Starting pitching is solid. Defense is better than past two years. Relievers have been burned but have also had their moments. This team has scored 12 lousy runs in the last 7 games. If the offense had been able to put together just 4 runs in five of its lost games so far this season the Twins record would be 11 - 5, not 6 - 10. The bats owe Berrios and Maeda at least a win each. No team will have a winning record scoring less than two runs a game. "This team couldn't handle TK." Perhaps not. But he does not appear to be coming out of retirement.
  2. VivaBomboRivera!
    For those of you watching at home, that's 17 straight innings in which these bums have failed to push a runner across.
  3. VivaBomboRivera!
    Last item applies to every team in the league. Clearly some teams adapt better than others (see, "Chaos is a ladder"). Bottom line - Can't win games if you don't score runs.
  4. VivaBomboRivera!
    This shows that no testing and quarantine protocol can stop an epidemic; they can only slow it down to buy time for treatments/cures. The Twins have been very rigorous with the implementation and enforcement of their process. Management statements, such as this one from Derek Falvey at the time Simmons' illness was announced, make the point: The team's system worked from July - September and again through spring training, but it only takes one accidental transmission to set the dominoes falling. Games will be postponed, and people will continue to get sick and die until most of the population worldwide is vaccinated. Hopefully the Twins will continue their efforts to get the word out.
  5. VivaBomboRivera!
    "Simmons has been public about his thoughts on COVID and vaccinations. Before the season started, he tweeted his thoughts and reason for not getting vaccinated." And now apparently those chickens have come home to roost. :-(
  6. VivaBomboRivera!
    Aaron Gleeman observed that Dobnak would likely be better suited to long relief work when he was brought in to start the inning, rather than being given the ball when runners are already on base or in other higher leverage situations. It is mighty, mighty early to be thinking much beyond that. Dobnak has major league stuff and he will contribute to a successful Twins season. Let's come back to this after he's faced about double the 28 batters he's thrown against so far.
  7. VivaBomboRivera!
    A team of cast-offs is overachieving while a potentially world-beating assembly is having trouble with the fundamentals.
  8. VivaBomboRivera!
    Time for some positive thinking. The left side of the infield had an outstanding defensive day.
  9. VivaBomboRivera!
    Today was just an extension of the 8-6 loss to the Mariners. The Twins only needed to score 3 runs in 8 innings to win.
  10. VivaBomboRivera!
    Should have gotten to this on the off day. Please refer to the box score along with this reply. "Hold for just one inning" - that is what these guys get paid for. In this game, however, we had a 2-run lead to protect over 4 innings. Any opponent can overcome such a deficit in that span. Shoemaker should have been pulled before giving up that dong. Instead, he left the game after 5 innings with the score 4 - 6. At that point, the Twins still have to be thinking about piling on runs in support of the pitching and defense. They did not. If the Mariners could score 4 runs in 4 innings, the Twins ought to be able to do so, as well. The fact is that the Twins got no production from the bottom half of their batting order. Batters 1 - 4 totaled 7 H in 15 AB with 3 BBBatter 5 managed to go 1/4Batters 6 - 9? O-fer 15 with a walkHard to win a game with half a squad. Add to that a RISP of 2-10 and 8 LOB and you have a real problem. The Twins have shown an ability to score early, but as others have remarked their situational hitting needs work and their ability to manufacture runs has been spotty. Today's 4-2 loss to the Scarlet Hose (0-8 RISP, 10 LOB!) reinforces the point. This offense is dangerous, but it won't be truly scary until it becomes more consistent.
  11. VivaBomboRivera!
    Somehow fumbled the link to the Chief's post in the above quote.
  12. VivaBomboRivera!
    Photographic evidence of the Chief witnessing the duel. Today's result shows a clear difference in the performance of the top and bottom halves of the batting order. Hitting still has much more to do with these four losses than pitching, but after this game there is a fair amount of nostalgia for last year's bullpen.
  13. VivaBomboRivera!
    SwainZag, on 11 April 2021, 12:05 PM said: ... 4/10 innings the Twins had a runner on 2nd or 3rd to end innings. 0/8 with runners in RISP. One clutch hit all game and things are different. A little early to be trashing the bullpen. How did the M's score on the bullpen today? Against Colome: Infield single, stolen base, single. Against Rogers: Bunt single, sac fly. One ball went out of the infield. They haven't looked "Championship" caliber, but it's April 10th. I'm not fretting yet. This. Way too many guys left on base. The bats have also failed to bring home the second base runner in the 10th three times now.
  14. VivaBomboRivera!
    Governor Walz has announced that the whinging and the hand-wringing can stop now (even though it was just the Mariners).
  15. VivaBomboRivera!
    "Strikeouts are boring! Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic." What made the performance really stand out was 12 Ks and _no_ walks.
  16. VivaBomboRivera!
    Astudillo has exactly _one_ error over 86 innings at different positions in 14 games this springs training. His offensive output over the same period offset that damage many, many times over. He has earned a spot on the club until someone outplays him or he's plays himself off it.
  17. VivaBomboRivera!
    "... The Twins offense offered nothing." As posted elsewhere: 3 hits, 2 walks, 1 run, 4 LOB. Scored only 2 against Pirates, 1 against Braves... not right. Offense has been MIA since last October.
  18. VivaBomboRivera!
    After today's game, yes.
  19. VivaBomboRivera!
    How about we just get through Opening Day, and see how things look at the end of April?
  20. VivaBomboRivera!
    The Twins have raised the bar to make the roster every offseason under the new administration. This is not a bad thing. Because we like Astudillo, we should want him to raise his personal performance bar so that he can remain relevant for the club. Reminiscences and wishful thinking will not do it.
  21. VivaBomboRivera!
    "I guess I was hoping for something from column B." He's here all week, folks! Try the veal!
  22. VivaBomboRivera!
    The article deserves beaucoup likes and style points for the title alone. It's all pure speculation until a real negotiation starts, but if there were an opportunity perhaps it's best to focus on what a pitcher like that could do for the team's championship prospects in the '21 season, and let the years beyond that take care of themselves. '22 is burdened with the uncertainty of a new collective bargaining agreement. Who knows where we'll be in '23? Let's play for today.
  23. VivaBomboRivera!
    Right now this belongs to Maeda. Someone else would have to come in an earn the right to wear it.
  24. VivaBomboRivera!
    Wow, we've come a long way from Toledo. Shame there's not a peep about Elizabethton.
  25. VivaBomboRivera!
    It’s because there are good umpires that we know there are bad ones. Call them out. “Tighten it up!”
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