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  1. I thought Brook Lee had a solid first month and could be honorable mention. .250 Ave and 5 HRs is a step up from past production. I was really hopeful for Bell at the beginning of the season. I did expect some regression but .....
  2. I love the last part about the game winning hit by Bichette..... And how the Mets high priced bullpen was about to lose to the Twins who forgot to staff their pen....
  3. In San Diego there are no other sports teams. The college team is far north. Compare that with Minnesota where they have an NFL team, Hockey, NBAa, WNBA, UofM teams, and a AAA baseball team and a fan base that constantly complains. I live just north of San Diego, there is no complaining here How can you possibly compare the value in Minnesota to San Diego when they are in vastly different situations?
  4. I'm rooting for Outman to get a hit on his way out the door man. He should be replaced by Kreidler or Roden. It's about time to start bringing up the next wave of OF for short tryouts too so bringing up ERod for a week then a bençh guy is fine too.
  5. 18 of 35 against the Twins and 32 of 50 against the Yankees overturned. We had 28 out of 50 calls overturned that we challenged and Yankees have 21 of 38 calls overturned that they challenged.
  6. I wonder how frustrated Jeffers would get with blown calls as he seems to have lots of opportunities to overturn them. I wonder if Yankees opponents have more opportunities as well
  7. We definitely need to keep an eye on pitchers for our pen in the minors. It seems like with several relievers we have a floor and a few that could fall apart at any time and need to be replaced. On offense it seems we have several hitters about ready to contribute. Too bad none are catchers.
  8. The Twins as a team are 2nd in the league in runs scored. They are also the top Wild Card seed if the playoffs started today.
  9. Also observed the Twins hold or did hold the top wild card spot after yesterday's win.
  10. While I am enjoying Cy Taj, let's give him a few more starts before we get too excited.. but, his starts are just as exciting as Abel's spring training. Maybe that's why we should have fun and be patient.....
  11. Luckily we can field an all left handed lineup to counter his left handed pitching arm.. Ok ok let's hope Buxton can hit 2 2 run HRs for 4 runs and the rest of the lineup figures out how to get 1 more and they eek out a 5-4 win today.
  12. I'm a 4.3%er. I think the moves the Twins made were good ones. I do think we have more variance than ever before. I don't think Twins fans are not used to not having a floor. We can be either real good if all plyers hit, real bad or most likely a mix in between with some great, some awful, some rookies coming up, and trades and injuries.... So the question is will there be just enough good and great on the team vs bad and awful to eek out a winning season. I believe we can. 80-85 wins is where I think we will end up. Though I wouldn't be surprised either if we end up with 70-79 wins either
  13. Errors are kinda a useless stat since they don't call so many of them. It's a subjective stat.
  14. The key word going into 2026 season is VARIANCE. Normally we have a team with a floor and a short range of likely outcomes. This team has variance. On offense is Wallner 400 AB with .800 OPS or 550 AB and .950 OPS? Can Buxton Lewis and Keaschall stay healthy and produce? Will Bell hit 20 or 30 HR? Will Lee hit enough at SS despite his resume as a solid hitter through AAA? in the rotation can Abel and Taj take the next step and be #2/3 starters this year? Can Ober return to form? Will Zebby stick on his next shot? In the pen we can be bad to average. On this team I can see paths to 90 wins and paths to 90 losses and they are all believable which makes this the season of variance! Enjoy!
  15. Looking at each reliever separately, with Chaffin, he was up against Funderburk who looks ready to go but has an option so that could go either way. I suspect if his velocity was closer to 89 they might have kept him. 86 is a big drop. With Hendricks, They probably think he needs more reps. If Hendricks is trying to extend his career having an option out after a month would be the right thing for him to do. The Twins still have an iffy pen. But Hendricks doesn't see it that way as I read he asked for his release. If this is what happened the Twins made the right decision. But it would be nice to have the extra depth. I have a feeling we will need it at some point this season
  16. This comment didn't age well. I thought he would make the team too. At least see what results he could have
  17. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2026/03/poll-who-will-win-the-al-central-4.html Who is you pick to win the AL Central? Cast your ballot.
  18. Did Zebby have a spot? I thought it was a competition for the 5th starter.
  19. I prefer Arcia be the backup IF myself but I am not in the middle of the competition. I have history and stats and what is written and reported to go off of. Lots of people think Kreidler should be the backup and from what info I have that doesn't make sense.
  20. I'm sorry for lazy writing. I meant Kreidler gets a month or so to show he should keep the job and if not about a month in can be replaced.
  21. What you're saying makes sense. I don't get to see everything and I am looking at Kreidler hasn't played much in the majors and Arcia has years experience. And while he was an all-star, he wasn't that great but he was an above average hitter pretty recently. I figured that alone gives Arcia a huge edge. And Kreidler could come off the roster. Also they could stash Arcia on AAA the first month of the season to give Kreidler his shot and then he gets out righted off the roster if he doesn't produce.....
  22. I think Arcia is a pretty good backup SS. He was an All Star two or three years ago. He is what 31? I don't think he is an all star anymore but could hold down SS for a while with slightly below average D and slightly below average offense. I prefer he not be the starter for long stretches. But he should be fine for backup and 200-250 plate appeances when rest is needed for the starter
  23. I don't see the rankings but I bet the Twins and. Angels are pretty close in the standings. There are probably 5-8 teams bunched up from 10-18 or so rankings meaning a break or two and the standings look very different for the teams in the middle. If the Twins win a World Series in one of those years or beat the Yankees in two of the playoffs series, I bet the Twins are ranked around 10 or even 9
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