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  1. Twins GFP
    Not to mention Tonkin and Blewett have pitched with some success
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    Now you are mincing words... This isn't last year, this is now. Personally I would rather have Buxton and Correa playing at 85-95% health on a part time basis then whatever healthy 4A player could give us for the remainder of the season. I bet they do not sit at all if the need is there and/or when the playoffs start.
  3. Twins GFP
    The current ad for PIE makes the site unusable. It takes up a third of the lower screen and a portrait around the exterior. Two clicks to delete it and it pops up again a few minutes later. Makes reading and commenting basically impossible.
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    You have to consider the quality of the "healthy" player vs Buxton/Correa. From a chance-to-win standpoint, I would take 50% of Buxton/Correa vs 100% of any of the 4A guys they have been running out lately. Also, just because they aren't playing full-time right now doesn't mean they can't if needed. They are trying to protect them as much as they think they can.
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    I think a main difference between Kiriloff and Larnach is knowledge. Larnach's injury is known and there is a conscious decision for him to try to play through it. The level of injury is also a factor here. Comparing this year's injury to previous years is not an apple to apple comparison.
  6. Twins GFP
    It has only been a few days. Time will tell if the Twins are handling this correctly. With the way this offense has been playing, 75% of Buxton/Correa is better than nothing.
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    I am not sure if this is troll or truth. If you are speaking the truth, then I firmly believe you have not been paying attention to anything Twins related this year. Everything you are referencing is 100% payroll related, so yeah ownership basically was responsible for this. The FO was not allowed to spend money, not allowed to go get difference makers in the rotation. That is why our young SP continued to get thrown out there even though they shouldn't be. Varland, Festa, Matthews should be starting for the White Sox or Marlins (learning on a bad team). Not constantly getting bashed in a playoff race.
  8. Twins GFP
    Personally I don't think you can run Festa, Varland, or Matthews out there again. They will because they have no other choice (thanks ownership), but if they get to the postseason, the #4 starter needs to be Sands.
  9. Twins GFP
    I would literally watch every single White Sox game this year if Hawk Harrelson was announcing. They joy it would bring me....
  10. Twins GFP
    I appreciate this post. I truly appreciate this post. The sad part is that the ones that need to read it won't, or think it isn't them, or jyst flat out ignore it and keep trolling.
  11. Twins GFP
    Martin has not exactly been tearing it up offensively. Maybe the hope is Keirsey can provide a little more.
  12. Twins GFP
    Some of these articles should show the real author as Captain Obvious. I would be interested to see stats on this, but I bet Watkins is top 3 in MLB in getting runners thrown out. He has been atrocious for years. The Kepler one from a few weeks ago (go, stop, go) pretty much sums it up.
  13. Twins GFP
    Would you rather have a "Let's annoint <insert untested rookie here>" article?
  14. Twins GFP
    I stand corrected on the age... I can't tell if this is real or sarcasm. This guy has been passed over time and time again over the last few years. It took the OF to completely fall apart before he got called up and now isn't getting any PT. Why am I supposed to see anything other than a fringe 4A player here?
  15. Twins GFP
    How about that "Festa is an MLB pitcher" article?
  16. Twins GFP
    A 28 yr-old rookie who is currently 0-3 being talked about as a "legitimate" Byron Buxton replacement...
  17. Twins GFP
    So let me get this straight... Major injuries have cost this guy multiple seasons. Injuries have further continued to plague him this year. While on the field, he was one of the most productive players on the team. Then management decided to totally throw him out of his comfort level by moving him to 2B. Now a large number of commenters here are acting surprised and angry because he is facing the MLB life grind for the first time, is experiencing some failure, and is unhappy because management is tossing him around like a potato in the lineup and on defense in the middle of a pennant race? I am truly at a loss for words...
  18. Twins GFP
    Sorry to burst your bubble, but wins do matter, even in a sabermetric world. I am happy to see everyone has turned the corner on expectations for this team. When you get excited about Festa, Matthews and other guys producing at a SP4/5 or 4A level, you really start accepting mediocrity. Strikeouts do not equal success. The fact that he is getting rocked second time through the order tells me teams are adjusting quickly. Could he start making adjustments? Sure. Could other teams start making adjustments as well now that he has been seen by most of the league. For sure. No problem being optimistic, but we need to cool the jets a bit on plugging him into the rotation. Have we not learned about anointing on relatively small sample sizes? Miranda, Julien, Wallner... all failed miserably after seeing some success. (Yes, yes, Wallner and Miranda seemingly have figured it out). Let's see where this goes.
  19. Twins GFP
    How low has the bar dropped when we are supposed to be excited for a 4.75 ERA?
  20. Twins GFP
    Start the bus... almost time to back it up.
  21. Twins GFP
    Good RP regularly come from being failed SP. We can hope.... Its a good thing ownership invested in SP this past offseason. Maybe the Twins should call Terry Mulholland. I am sure old rubber-arm could give them better quality than the current SP4/SP5 disaster.
  22. Twins GFP
    I believe a better indicator of this would be IL lost days for each team. Believe it or not, the Twins are only 9th this year... https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/injured/_/year/2024/view/team Probably not a coincidence that Cleveland and KC are among the healthy teams
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    Anybody complaining about the Twins lack of "public" information regarding injuries really needs to stop. (By public, I mean I could know about it). Every team in every sport is not completely honest about injuries. All exaggerate, most obfuscate, many probably flat out lie. Any information that might give an opposing team an edge will be hidden. Imagine the vitriol of Rocco came out and said "Royce has a slight quad pull, but we don't feel it warrants a stop on the IL, nor do we have anyone else we trust to fill his spot in the minors. We are telling him to only give it about 80% on the basepaths while we try to let him heal." Why do you think NHL doesn't specify injuries? They call them lower body, upper body... They know specifics will be targeted by opposing teams. It is the way of the world.
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    The decisions for Kepler to play through the injury, while technically his, was really a joint decision. You have to wonder what changed over the last 6 weeks that finally had the team putting him on the IL now vs June. At some point in the next few months he will get it cleaned up. I do not think he is done, he brings too much to the table when healthy. Some team will probably get him at a bargain next year. On a related note, I remember a few years back commentors on this site were obliterating the Twins medical staff, blaming them for all of the injuries. The Twins have been decimated by injuries this year, have players either trying to play through injuries or pointedly not telling the team about injuries. Why has there been no discussion about the role the Twins medical staff has played this season?
  25. Twins GFP
    Apologies, I missed that... However, the way things are progressing now, this roster will be littered with 4A players in the years to come. Not because of supposed FO ineptitude, but because of ownership mandate. No money to spend means you get the bottom of the barrel
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