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  1. Dantes929
    "We'll probably never know what the best package Levine turned down was. But there were rumblings that the Twins were pushing for the likes of Cody Bellinger and Walker Buehler. If so, it demonstrates astute evaluative chops from the GM and his staff." I don't think we can make any definitive statements here. For all we know the Twins were offered DeLeon, Bellinger and Buehler and were holding out for one more lottery pick. Last year at this time Bellinger was just a prospect. BTW, maybe now is the time to go after DeLeon.
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    Before I got my news exclusively from TD and MLB I would occasionally troll boards of other teams. One of them was the Royals and I was always impressed with how they followed and supported their team even through the really lean 30 year stretch, which as stretches for not making the playoffs that is a pretty long one. Plus I knew Jim Eisenreich and really liked George Brett.
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    Subtractive value....I get it but boy that's a tough one. If Sano had not gotten hurt he probably gets MVP and you would be talking about subtractive value. If fact Sano did get hurt and Escobar from that point hit nearly as well as he did and if Sano doesn't get hurt maybe Polanco and Escobar don't get on a roll and maybe Sano slumps and the whole thing ends up that Sano getting hurt had large additive value.
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    3.58 ERA in 138 innings against AL. Complete game shutout in only appearance against Yankees. I would be ok with it.
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    Back then I was on the Trib pages a lot. I remember making the case that Mauer should give a discount to the Twins and got ripped by fans wanting the twins to extend his contract. My position was what difference does a few million make when we are talking 20 some million a year and the response was wouldn't I go elsewhere to make more money (like its the same thing for me). Anyway this was when 99% of posters wanted Mauer signed no matter the cost (as opposed to 2011 when 99% of the posters said they were always against the deal). About this time Perkins was filing his grievance. I never liked the guy (Perkins) all that much but couldn't help notice the fans defending Mauer's right to make as much as he could while ripping on Perkins for trying to milk as much money as he could out of what looked like a mediocre career that was pointing toward wash up. Just didn't make sense to me. I came to admire Perkins not for his pitching so much but more for just appearing to be a stand up guy.
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    So, what? Tar and feathers? It was a bone headed play and he knows it but its done. I could actually apply the same standard to sliding into a base and not losing touch with it but it happens all the time. I could apply the same standard to hitting the cutoff or throwing to the right base but not doing it happens all the time. You call them out on it and hopefully they learn from it. its spilt milk. If he does it again that is a different matter.
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    Well thank you both. Clears it up for me.
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    While trying to look this up I went to this site Its the official site of the Minnesota Twins. Kind of myopic on my part. I saw it listed Mauer with 2 batting titles so was focusing on the fact that he won three. Then it dawned on me that Oliva and Carew and I think Puckett had titles also. Am I missing something there?
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    Kind of begs the question. I think there are official awards for this voted on sportswriters. Has there ever been an award winner for the league that was different than the same award winner for the team. For example if Buxton wins Twins comeback player and Mauer wins American League comeback player.
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    I must have missed the part that says it is a minor league rehab update. In fact I am still missing it. May was the the first name I was looking for. I'm really hoping for him to come back awesome.
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    Anything can happen but lets not forget that he could see the pitcher had him beat and it was a good toss and it is a fair assumption that he was going to be out. That could play into not wanting what was likely to be pointless collision.
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    What about Sano?
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    Progression, Rosario, Buxton, Polanco, Sano, Berrios, Garver, Kepler, Pressley, Meijas. Regression Escobar, Belisle. Why go into a season expecting anything but good.? I know. Doesn't explain Escobar regression.. Just a feeling we won't see him playing as much anyway.
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    I just wanted a recap on this site and something that would let us know when the next game or two (turned out to be 3) was going to be and who was pitching without having to go to MLB and sift through their stuff. I wanted to be able to discuss the game on a post dedicated to it without having to sift through all the pages of the game day thread. You really filled a major void on this site Tom. Thank you. Don't know how we got along without it. Sad to have to go 6 months before seeing it again.
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    I referred to this in my earlier comment so thank you for fleshing it out. I think Castro was set up outside so having to move his glove that much probably didn't help. I'm not blaming the umpires but just saying games turn on little things like this. He strikes out and maybe the whole game goes differently. Back to not winning this game is not the same as being unable to win this game.
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    4 runs in two innings didn't help. Walk to the first guy annoyed me the most. No hate here. Erv did help get the Twins this far but he didn't pitch well last night. So what? Different night, maybe he throws a shutout. Just one of those things. Morris is known around here as a great clutch playoff pitcher but he threw several duds as well. Thats all this was. Nothing more, nothing less.
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    I laughed a little at that one. Not only do the Twins need to hit the 98mph mistakes, in the clutch they need to hit the 98mph fastball on the corner and the really nasty curve balls 2 inches off the plate. Kershaw better hope you never coach the opposing team. cuz you will tell your players to just hit the pitcher's pitches and they will run him out of there. Sorry about the snark. Yankees are good, had home field advantage and won because Santana and Berrios did not execute pitches, not because they are unable to execute pitches. Robertson did execute, to his credit. Twins not winning is not the same as unable to win. Santana, Berrios and Severino threw as hard as they ever have (all were hitting 97 and above) which is probably the problem. Too amped up? Too rested? Who knows. Berrios went back to overthrowing breaking balls and Santana was probably throwing his slider too hard as well. Best pitchers last night were the ones with the nasty breaking balls, not the high heat. Gregorius could have been called out a pitch earlier and instead hits a 3 run homer. Mauer misses a grand slam by about 5 feet. That is the margin of the game. Its baseball. Could have gone our way. Didn't.
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    Correction. Buxton can bunt anytime he wants for a hit.
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    6 run 7th sounds great. Do we win though? Similar fate to Joe Smith? Multiple wives? Sounds great in some ways but it means multiple mothers-in-law. Also reminds me of Oscar Wilde's quote. "Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same"
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    I've told both the thesaurus and the Armageddon jokes in the last week. Can't be a coincidence. My only conclusion is that Riverbrian is either my wife or my 5th grade son. I'm betting on 5th grade son.
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    If it was the Timberwolves with the 20th pick I would just assume the draft was 19 deep.. More optimistic with the Twins.
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    I don't think I have a big problem with this except I would like to still see the umpire go through the motions. I know there has been discussion on this but it seems like the width of the strike zone would be easily accounted for but the height would vary for each batter. Or would it?
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    Mauer's walk off homer.
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    Honestly, I don't have a ton of confidence that Sano should be back. I have more confidence in Grossman giving us good at bats than Sano and if he is not ready he would be like an anchor in the middle of a lineup that has been going pretty good. I do like your idea having him face a lot of live quality pitching. I don't start him in New York but who knows? I have been wrong before.
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    These things don't happen in a vacuum though so you never know. Escobar had a .902 OPS the last month which is better than Sano's year to date. Sano stays healthy and Escobar probably doesn't get the same playing time. Maybe he splits time with Polanco and neither one of them get on a roll and I know Sano being good isn't going to make up for two decent players being hot. Side note, Sano had an awesome first month. His numbers since then don't come close to matching Doziers last couple months so IMO he is not the most dangerous hitter. In fact, Buxton and maybe others can lay claim to more dangerous the last several months. This is a good thing. None of this is to take away from Sano but without any meaningful proof that he is as good as he was when he got hurt what with the injury and the lack of timing from being off so long I'm not sure he is more dangerous that almost any one right now. If he plays I sure hope I am wrong but I am not just going to assume it. BTW, on a some what unrelated side note, if everything else played out the same way the Twins only needed to finish 81-81 to get the 2nd wild card. Who'd a thunk?
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