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  1. Dantes929
    i was down on Schoop in mid season because he was put in key situations a lot and was not coming through. Then he started coming through in spots for a while and I forgot about it. Arraez is simply the better player but that doesn't make Schoop bad.
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    I know the path is different now and the 91 team was pretty legit but in 87 we were facing a guy that was 9-0 for the Tigers with a 1.5 ERA and then prime Jack Morris against aging Bert Blyleven. Tigers had the best record in baseball in the toughest division. Twins had the 9th best record. I was an optimist back then too and could imagine it all working out but I was the voice in the wilderness. Fans look back on that season and think they had a feeling the Twins were special and could go all the way. Trust me. They didn't. Go back and read the Twins Daily pages back in 87 and you won't find any posts thinking they could beat Detroit. The main thing they had going for them was home field This team has less chance than 91 but a better chance than 87, especially of getting through the 1st round. Not 50/50 of getting past the Yankees, but maybe 40-60.
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    Major league teams AVERAGE more than 70 home runs per team this year than in 2010. 2010 Twins hit 142 home runs.
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    I miss speed playing a role on our team and the diminished role it has in general. Buxton is my favorite player and my favorite plays were him bunting, stealing, taking extra bases and disrupting.
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    As of right now, the Twins have 12 pitchers on the roster with less than a 4 ERA. Most are comfortably with in 4. By contrast the 87 Twins had 2 pitchers less than 4 and one was at 3.94. . 91 team had 6. I expect and kind of hope that Harper is the only one among the 12 that does not make the post season roster.
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    In 2010 I was using a flip phone. Wait, maybe this would be a better one if I wasn't still using a flip phone.
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    In 2010 it was 6 years since the Wolves had made the playoffs. It was another 8 years before they did it again.
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    How big was that double header win against Cleveland. Sweeping them instead of being swept made that the biggest day of the season. You want hope for the playoffs? Our best day of the season where we won both ends of a double header against one of the hottest teams of the 2nd half and still a playoff candidate were bullpen games. Bullpen games where Dobnak, our hottest pitcher this month, didn't even throw.
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    Stashak and Graterol should be locks in my opinion. I would lean toward Smeltzer and Thorpe but would be ok with Smeltzer and Gibson. I guess one of the roles for Gibson would in a long extra inning game in the NL park in the WS as a pinch hitter.
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    Are you kidding. 2-1 1.59 ERA That's pre injury Liriano numbers. Scott Diamond was awesome that year. His curveball was Blylevenesque that year. Too bad he got arm trouble but just goes to show you how awesome Blyleven was to have that Diamond Season 20 some times. A full season in the minors and now 28 innings in the majors is feeling less and less like a fluke. If it is at least the Yankees haven't seen him yet. At the very least we will have definitive beyond all reason proof of the effect of being married if he gets shelled his next appearance.. Just kidding. What a month he is having!
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    Hate to nitpick (not really) but you used territorian incorrectly. Territorian according to Merriam Webster (she sounds hot) is an inhabitant of the Northern Territory of Australia. I guess on 2nd thought Twins Territorians could be Twins fans that live in the Norther Territory of Australia that have been haunted by the Yankees. Anyone? Anyone?
  12. Dantes929
    Love the jersey. I didnt; think that was right but the magic number is to win the division outright. Indians can still tie for the lead if they win out and the Twins lose out. I believe the Twins are now guaranteed at least a play game for the playoffs. Go White Sox. Geez, that was hard to type. Where can I spit to get the taste out?
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    Dang. Never able to get one of my favorites up there. Johnny Castino. Who for #1? Billy Martin? Better Hurry White Sox up 4-1.
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    87 team lost their last 5. Won the WS. 2006 Tigers lost their last 5 in 2006 and it cost them the division but they ended up going to the WS. 2010 Twins lost 8 of their last 10 and got swept. If they win the Division I don't care if they lose 4 in a row as long as guys like Gonzo and Kepler get a few at bats.
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    Yes, first things first. I din't watch the Super Bowl to see if Brady can beat Foles and the Eagles. I know they can. I watched it to see if Foles and the Eagles could beat the Patriots. Takes very little imagination on my part to think Odorizzi can pitch well against the Yankees or Astros. I also kind of like the bullpen strategy. Might blow up in our faces or it might be the perfect way to beat them. I think Houston is the best team. Yankees are the better team but not by a really big margin so odds would favor that matchup. Yes, we need healthy guys. We just saw a 4.6 ERA guy us out for 6 innings. Not the first time its happened either. We have guys capable of that.
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    I agree with you except for the odds on to sweep. They may sweep us or we may sweep them but that is going to be the two least likely results. Vegas odds would never have a near 100 win team be most likely to be swept.. Again, I am pulling this out of thin air but the most likely result would be us losing 3-2. I am guessing the next two possibilities of us winning 3-2 or losing 3-1 would be very close.. Us winning 3-1 would probably be a small margin over them sweeping us and then lastly us sweeping them.
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    Houston has scored 28 fewer runs than the Yankees. They have given up 85 fewer. I believe Houston is the better team. I also think if giving up runs is a concern then an opponent that also gives up a lot of runs would be advantageous. We are not going to be favored either way but I think I would go with the Yankees.
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    To be fair, I think its quite possible his health was a factor and we don't know where he is in that process. Maybe he is simply recovering and getting stronger. Sounded like he was throwing in the mid 90's and he wouldn't be the first guy that wears out in extended innings so can throw harder in a short stint. That said, I think the staff should be Berrios, Odorizzi, Rogers, Romo, May, Duffey, Graterol, Littell, Smeltzer, Dobnak, Stashak and then you hit the nail on the head on who should be on the bubble. Pick one of Gibson, Perez and Thorpe. I would still lean toward Thorpe but am not going to lose any sleep over the last pick as long as the first 11 are in.
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    They have been a bit lucky but Lynn and Dyson were actually two very good moves that were unlucky. Dyson was going to immediately be one of our top relievers but for the injury. Lynn was 11-8 with a 3.43 ERA the year before he got here and has a 15-11 and 3.75 ERA right now with the Rangers. If by mistake you mean they should have kept him then yeah, he would look pretty good as our 3rd starter right now.
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    Does gibson have time to prove he should be on the post season roster? Indians up by 11. Good news is its just the 6th innings so they have time for a come back.
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    I think you missed my point while also kind of making it. If Dobnak had been brought up earlier he might not have been ready or he might have faced the wrong team at the wrong time and failed. As you say the Twins might have then written him off and moved on and that might well have been the absolute wrong thing to do.. its not just about opportunity, its about timing. As it stands, they brought him up later, he has done great to the point many of us here not only think he should make the roster but that he should start game 2. I know we don't have 11 guys that have sustainable sub 3.7 ERA's on this team but that is who they have been so far and I prefer they go in there with some confidence and hope the glue holds for another few weeks. I'm not saying your points aren't valid. In fact, I think they are. However, its baseball and many times the right moves fail and many times the wrong moves work out. Given that Pineda is out I feel about as good about this pitching staff as I have all year. If Smeltzer, Dobnak, Sashak, Littell had been given more chance earlier and failed I would not be feeling so good about needing Gibson, Perez, Harper and Hildenberger just because we have nothing else.
  22. Dantes929
    Are you sure about Dobnak? His ERA in AAA was 2.15 in AAA and 2.07 in all levels. in 150 innings.
  23. Dantes929
    My main point about injuries was in general you can''t prepare to replace your best pitcher. No matter how good your fringe, with only occasional exceptions you are losing your best guy and replacing him with a guy that is theoretically worse than your worst current guy. This could be one of those times. Baseball is all about what ifs and alternate realities. Lets reverse your hypothetical. What if Dobnak was treated like Arraez. Maybe he comes up and starts in June, has a couple off starts and gets shelled, is labeled as a AAAA pitcher and we never hear from him again. In other words maybe he pitches us to the WS but if he had been brought up earlier we lose in the 1st round or maybe don't make the playoffs in the first place. I am ok with you thinking we should have picked up another starter or given some of the young guys a chance earlier. The ironical thing is the trade deadline was 90% about improving the pen and abouot 10% improving the rotation. We ended up getting two great pieces for the pen but it was only the 2nd rated pickup that worked out and we are now considered to have a good and deep bullpen. The rotation was considered adequate and now we are hoping Berrios is good again and are talking about two spots in the rotation for bullpen games. BTW my vote for postseason as it stands today (could change after 6 more games) is we add at least 5 more pitchers to your list and they should be Graterol, Smeltzer, Dobnak, Stashak and Thorpe. The only questionable spot would be maybe Perez for Thorpe.
  24. Dantes929
    Tori Hunter was pretty good at age 38 when he signed with the Twins. His 39 year started pretty well but then took a nose dive and was pretty much done and he seemed to keep himself in very good shape. Jim Thome was awesome at age 39, still very good at 40 and then tapered off at 41 before calling it quits. I have no problem picking up the option because this year alone was worth more than 27 mil and I hope next year is as well but no one has beat Father Time yet. Unless you take the Steve Wright position. "I plan to live forever. So far so good".
  25. Dantes929
    I know I was cherry picking but I did lead with Verlander and Kershaw are the two I would feel most secure about and then just pointed out that they are fallible as well. Kind of trying to illustrate that the quality decreases from that point so the idea of being comfortable with a pitcher in the playoffs is a bit mercurial. I have faith that Berrios and Odorizzi as well as much of the bullpen are capable of pitching well. Comfortable that they WILL pitch well is another story. Thats what makes the playoffs fun. We all think we were comfortable with Morris and Viola in hindsight. The reality is there were a lot of tense moments. I mentioned in another post that Dobnak appears to hit too much of the plate too many times but I'm not expecting perfection. I like how he battles. Same with Odorizzi. I expect the Yankees to score runs. Its what they do. Look at their rotation though and there is not a whole lot to suggest that we wouldn't score runs also. We have a winning record against Houston this year but they are the team I feel our odds are quite a bit lower against. Odds aren't reality though. Anything can happen. Maybe Cleveland plays Houston and beats them. We're not going to be favored no matter what but if we are in the playoffs we have a chance.
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