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  1. beterday
    Bullpen is not "a clear strength" as long as you keep pitching the same people who lost all the games before the trade deadline. Duffy and Pagan need to NOT be used under any circumstances.
  2. beterday
    Agree with USAChief: " Duffey HASNT been better lately. He's had some better results, but not due to better pitching, just better luck." I think he has just gotten away with his regular pitching lately. I knew he was gonna lose the game against the Brewers and felt sorry for Rocco having to go to him in the 9th. Rocco (Falvey and Levine) are baseball people; they must also watch with a fatalistic attitude. Must be incredibly hard to keep going back to a dried up well.
  3. beterday
    Buxton scores; I'm already thinking of the bottom of the 10th. "We need more runs; there's no way we can hold Cleveland with our bullpen." Then Kepler hits the home run and I'm really excited. "I wonder who Rocco's gonna throw to get three outs. Certainly not Pagan". Then sure enough, there is Pagan, standing on the mound with his silly Mohawk sticking out from the bottom of his cap and I'm yelling at the TV, just like someone on this post says. Walk, passed ball, single, run, and there on the TV is Jharel Cotton warming in the bullpen and I realize there is nothing to do but watch the ravaging. No way Cleveland isn't gonna win this game. Falvey and Levine must be watching the same game as I am, or is there an alternative universe they exist in? Read major league trade rumors and our old friend Sergio was picked up by the Blue Jays, hate that idea, but neither I nor the team can continue to do this. The offense has got to be about ready to quit and I can only imagine what Correa is saying about signing with this group. Even Dick Bremer got dangerously close to being negative after the game.
  4. beterday
    I don't follow MLB TradeRumors closely enough to know if there are relief pitchers out there who have been waived, available as Rule 5, or whatever, but to have two relief pitchers available in the top of the ninth in a game where your offense has kept coming back (and the night before, as well) is not to be allowed. I was glad Duffy wasn't a choice, but why is he still on the team? Someone in the Northern League, if it still exists, would be happy to throw an inning. If you cannot play everyone on your roster, someone is doing something wrong. Celestino should have caught that fly ball, and what are we doing playing Gordon? He makes a mental error every game he is in. If Correa is keeping a pros and cons list of resigning with the Twins, the cons are getting a lot of weight on their side.
  5. beterday
    Theilbar dancing on the head of a pin. If he falls off he never sees the majors again. And he stays at home instead of getting vaccinated. There's a story in there.
  6. beterday
    Who would you rather have up to bat? The new Tony Gwynn or a non-hitting rookie followed by .240 hitter that feels like a .080 hitter. Twins needed a pinch runner on second when Arraez came up to bat. All in on that tying run, leave Jeffers in the game to catch rather than pinch hit for him. I KNEW the only chance to score was with Arraez up and a runner on second. Duffy!!! How many people were hollering at the TV besides me when he was allowed to pitch to the next guy after giving up the tying run? Nobody warming up in the pen? Have been giving Rocco the benefit of the doubt, but not anymore. The scale has tipped.
  7. beterday
    Another question needing an answer, Why is Garlick being put in the outfield as a "defensive substitution"? If Larnach can't become better than Garlick defensively, we've got nothin'.
  8. beterday
    Sano's at bat in the bottom of the ninth made Duffy's pitching look like a masterpiece. Low and outside, swing and a miss, strike one. Down the middle at 93 miles per hour fastball, takes looking, strike two. Low and outside, 2 inches from the ground, misses it by 2 feet, strike three. Not looking forward to 40% at bats being exactly like this. Pitching is holding its own so far, no more Duffy as closer.
  9. beterday
    seen enough of: Danny Coulombe and Caleb Thielbar, also the first to dump.
  10. beterday
    Cave!!! You forgot Cave. I can't believe Rocco will leave Cave behind.
  11. beterday
    I tend to agree with the front office of the Twins that signing these high annual salary, long term contracts don't work out over time. Isn't that why most people on this board were complaining about Donaldson? I don't remember the response when he was signed, but I know I was excited. Let's evaluate Berrios in 7 years to see how big of a mistake it was to let him go. I would like to see an article about how past long term signings have turned out. I'm sure Falvine has this information and is basing their decisions on it.
  12. beterday
    Rortvedt is Drew Butera and he will play 30 more years as a back up catcher and leave with a career .099 batting average. I don't know what Sanchez will be, but it will be fun to see and a better chance that Rortvedt provides. We can't bet in MN yet (legally), but I would bet Urshela has a better year than Simmons if he is allowed to play short and better than Kiner-Felafa, as well. My opinion is that this will prove out as a good trade, but likely only if they get Story, as well. It does us (the Twins) no good to rid themselves of Donaldson's money if they don't spend it on ball players, and I'm getting a little concerned this isn't going to happen.
  13. beterday
    I've been reading a bit lately about players that used to be Twins flourishing on other teams while we play people on our team that seem obviously "not ready for prime time". Only two pitchers come to mind right now, JT Chargois and Luis Gill (really? We traded a possible big league pitcher for Jake Cave?), but would like to see someone on this site put together a list of Baddoos and Lamonte Wades (I saw no future for Wade, don't remember Baddoo playing in the majors) that would be playing for the Twins today. Give me Wade and Gill for Cave and I'll be real happy.
  14. beterday
    When you have a lineup as bad as the twins and you groan when Cave comes up, that says a lot. Somebody above said that if Cave were let go he would be playing major league baseball for someone else. I don't think so.
  15. beterday
    Its 3:19 Central Time, are we done now, or does it take awhile for the news to be all in?
  16. beterday
    Agreed, on all counts. I think these guys - Falvey, Levine, and Baldelli - are all smart, knowledgeable baseball minds. Yet they make an offer to Buxton that is, even with a "don't take it personally" attitude, close to, if not over the line, insulting. Of course we don't know the incentives, but still, $80 million (11 mil/year) guaranteed is insufficient. Make a reasonable offer and then let the chips fall where they may, but don't lose Buxton without even entering the sweepstakes.
  17. beterday
    Can't believe nobody has taught us how to pronounce Jhoulys Chacin; phonetic spelling, please.
  18. beterday
    First reaction is "Oh, no!! You can't get rid of the most exciting pitcher the Twins have had in forever!" But I trust this new front office and have to give it a chance to work out, but am not looking forward to Graterol pitching a no hitter against the Twins throwing 100 mph fastballs in the years to come.
  19. beterday
    A list that no longer includes Ryne Harper can only be an improvement, but that happened with Donaldson. The last vestige of having a Nick Punto on the team.
  20. beterday
    The problem I have with this discussion is do we ever here the other side, or what is really going on? Joe Mauer contract was 23 million for 8 years, total of 184 million over those 8 years when he was young and that was looked on as a contract that limited the Twins options for years. Donaldson, old, end of career and we, I know I do, want management to jump at 28.5 over 4, 110 million? How have the "misses" from previous free agent attempts turned out well for those team? The success of a management is more than the moves they do make; it has to look at the mistakes they avoided. Also, at what point does money just not matter? I got up this morning to go start my wife's car and it was 20 below zero. I know Donaldson will live on the road 9 months of the year, but Atlanta is home. Does an extra couple million on top of 110 really matter?
  21. beterday
    Gibson was horrible last year in his last few starts; I had to shut the tv off rather than watch him nitpick on the corners. He had no trust in his stuff,for good reason when he did throw strikes which resulted in hot smashes. If we can't do better than Gibson then we won't win 90 ball games.
  22. beterday
    Please, could we get to the point where we never see Ryne Harper on a list for the Twins?
  23. beterday
    I came here this morning to read that the Twins had signed Donaldson, so I am still engaged and still have hope. On the other hand, I fully expect to come here and read Donaldson signed with the Braves or someone else. Can't explain it, only know I have more trust and hope than when Gardy and Ryan were in charge. I would like someone to write an article about when some of the redundancies in prospects start to fall off the team due to their time being up. Seems to me the Twins will have to trade some of these guys within a year or two or lose them anyway.
  24. beterday
    Bird is the one with a future and only paid $1.2 mil. last year. This is nothing for a guy who has really never had a chance due to injury, just bad luck, not running into walls.
  25. beterday
    Cave's base-running was embarrassing. For someone that needs that skill set to stay in the majors he was horrible. One more stupid dive for a fly-ball turning into a triple will again cause me to turn off the TV. Cut Cave and sign Maybin.
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