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  1. insagt1
    my goodness....spoke too soon perhaps. Twins with some pretty decent resiliency.
  2. insagt1
    There is a reason why Twins sent Harper to Rochester. We just saw why. He has no control of his pitches. He has more twitches and tics and jerks out there, when he should be concentrating on just making his pitches. Honestly though, Sox have had the Twins on the ropes ever since coming from being down 5-0. Ugly game and a costly loss coming up.
  3. insagt1
    I'd consider subbing Astudillo for Cave. A guy that could get on base more and he isn't any more a defensive step down than Cave. No offense to him. Cron may not be ready to play if his bat is as weak as it has been because of his thumb. Then perhaps you put the turtle in at 1B.
  4. insagt1
    No offense to LaMarre, but does anyone in Twinsland know or hear why DeAza wasn't called up to beef up the outfield? the guy can hit and he certainly can play as well as either Wade or LaMarre. Just seemed like Torreyes wasn't as necessary in the infield as the problem with the injuries in the outfield. Watching DeAza in Rochester this summer was a treat. He was a good one and he's experienced. Must be a reason...maybe someone knows.
  5. insagt1
    That last post does it for me. The biggest issue is Pineda let his team down at the worst possible time. Why he wasn't more careful with what he was using, I guess we'll never know. Sure seems like there are two camps here...one strongly suggests he was masking...the other strongly refutes that claim. But bottom line is we are out a very good starting pitcher because either he was cheating, or he was pretty stupid in how he handled his meds. Everyone loses.
  6. insagt1
    Just checking...Romo has allowed runs in 6 of his 22 Twins appearances, which most would say is not horrible. He has given up runs in 3 of his last 6 trips. I'm sure Twins will continue to use him regularly. He is a gamer with lots of energy. Gotta like that.
  7. insagt1
    this was a big win. It was the last game in hand and we didn't waste it. 5 games up with 12 to play. To win 100 we need to go 8-4. I kinda see us going 6-6 but that would get the job done. Indians would have to go 11-1 just to tie us. Berrios was great. The guys used singles and doubles to get the win. Cave and Rosario had poor nights but the rest picked them up. Arraez is something else isn't he!!! Gotta say, our two bullpen acquisitions at the deadline have not been stellar. Dyson a complete waste and Romo has been so-so at best. However Duffey and May have been huge 2nd half pleasant surprises and Rogers has settled in to the closer role pretty decently. A win at home! Wow! Meanwhile in a battle of 100 loss teams, O's split 4 games with the Indians next opponent Detroit. Would be nice if the Tigers could get at least one against Cleveland.
  8. insagt1
    like Eddie, Cave is having a bad night at the plate. But the best part is Twins now have the lead. Its slim, but its the lead!
  9. insagt1
    another unproductive out by Eddie....the k's with runner at 3rd and less than 2 outs are heinous. Fortunatley Garver picks him up with a double to drive in Polanco and Twins take the lead.
  10. insagt1
    6 hits, all singles...there's a space oddity! Cave with his 2nd bad AB. Sometimes the stars just don't align for certain hitters.
  11. insagt1
    Eddie leaves two on with a 'k'.
  12. insagt1
    yes! thats it at last. Nice single by Cruz ties it up. Good!
  13. insagt1
    still no hits but at least one productive out gets us a run.
  14. insagt1
    OK--so here we go again. Two on, none out....they have to make something out of this.
  15. insagt1
    Would be nice to see Twins pick up these runners on base with nice conventional hits. Cave's AB was simply a weak routine flyout.Let's not play from behind all game tonite.
  16. insagt1
    Twins back in home field form with a lousy start. Chisox with runs in both innings while Twins leave bases loaded. in the 1st. They just cannot take Chicago lightly and Berrios needs a solid game. So far....no. Kepler and Cron sitting this one out. Marwin back.
  17. insagt1
    I love this discussion! Was expecting someone to bring up Cal R. I recall all the critics (mostly Yankee fans who didn't want Lou's record to be broken) carping as Cal got close that he was hurting the team by playing everydayl that he would have benefitted from rest; that the O's would have won more games with him on the bench once in awhile; that he was selfish...anyone here remember all of that? The guy was being keel hauled for bascially showing up for work everyday. Cal is a HOFer and had a very nice career...outside of the 'streak'. Can't please everyone. And by todays standards he was certainly an outlier. I doubt anyone will play 162 games per year anymore. Overall I think Rocco has done pretty well with his day to day lineups. He has a lot of versatility with his players...and it turns out they needed that. I would also 'hope' that the manager's goal 'every game' is to win it. There aren't many players who make it to the show...so you'd like to think that the 25 on each roster can do the job. ...some better than others of course.
  18. insagt1
    Right you are. My bad...I didn't look far enough down the list of 2's! In fact it says the Rockies did it in 1997 and 1998 as well as the 1973 Braves. So no, Twins won't equal that record this year...but I'm pretty sure Sano will get one more before its all over to give us 5 30+ HR hitters. All this talk about Schoop (his value vs no value) reminds me of the Expos final season when they had Tony Batista. He led them in HR's and RBI but had a pretty low BA. And the stat hounds were quick to point out he had more chances to drive in runs than just about any other player in the league...conclusion....he failed a lot despite his seemingly decent numbers. And the debate raged on for months. So many ways to evaluate a player. And I still maintain that a component of how one spins the evaluation has something to do with whether you just flat out like or dislike that player. I could have someone throw bouquets of stats in my face about how good Albert Belle was, but I disliked him so much I (irrationally perhaps) didn't care. As an Oriole fan, I could never cheer for him. Granted Belle was pretty much universally considered a real jerk...I don't think Schoop has that tag on him...but sometimes there are just players you don't like. Not scientific....but still very true.
  19. insagt1
    I concur with this. Romero has had a terrible year. He was maybe one of the worst pitchers in Rochester, although his final couple of outings were OK...his body of work was unacceptable. Gibson does look like he's gassed. It was indeed an odd choice of pitchers right after grabbing the lead. I don't think beating Chisox will be that easy, but I am in the camp that hopes Twins play to wrap things up ASAP.
  20. insagt1
    It is a fans perspective of how they view 'failure' . An error in a key spot in a game could cost the team a win. A strikeout with RISP in a key spot in the game does the same. I guess I don't see Schoop as the big liability you think he is. But that too can be a factor of whether you 'like' a player or not too. I don't have the time or energy to actually try and see how many games Schoop has 'lost' for us with poor defense. I do know I've seem him make some extraordinary plays as well. I think ultimately, the discussion is probably moot, because I don't think the Twins will bring him back...with the emergence of Arraez, and the good play of Adrianza. Also Gordon may still be in the mix. Schoop is probably expendable. Baseball gives you many dirrerent ways to succeed in a game, as well as fail. Whether an error, a strikeout, a HR, or a diving catch...all could, and have been game changers. I guess thats why we deal with the ebbs and flows of the game. I'm the impatient sort that wants to win 162 of them and I hate all losses. But then, what real fan likes losses anyway???
  21. insagt1
    The article was well thought out. My feeling is that in todays world of testing and suspension, it was real bad form for him to get caught, just when Twins needed him the most. Trying to beat the Yanks or anyone else in postseason requires topnotch pitching and for the most part he was their best. Let his teammates down? You betcha. did he 'say' all the right things" He said what they pretty much all say after being caught. If the Twins were 49-100 like Baltimore, big whoop. But they have a shot at it all and he just put a real wound in that shot. I don't buy any excuse. None. Should Twins re-sign him? Depends on how they feel about their rotation going forward. They didn't throw Polanco to the curb and look at the contributions he's made. But Pineda certainly did his teammates no favors. For that I believe he owes the team 'something'. The players have closed ranks...publicly...which is fine. But secretly I don't think they can or should be real happy. And it matters not if the PED's help him or not. In 2019, there are rules and he broke them. THAT's what matters...whether we like the rules or not. (and many don't)
  22. insagt1
    Twins have the record for most 20 HR players in a season (8); they may still out homer the Yankees..its very close. The record for most 30+ HR players is 4 and it is held by many teams. Twins are one homer (Sano) away from breaking that record...they already have Kepler, Cruz, Garver and Rosario. Record for 40+ is two. Twins might tie that record but with Keplers nagging injury, he may not play enough to get 4 more. Cruz could do it. As homeruns go, it has been quite a year for the Twins, juiced ball or not.
  23. insagt1
    the odds of him returning in any event are slim
  24. insagt1
    Schoop is a decent ballplayer. Why so hard on him today? (guess same could be said for those of us who have been hard on Sano's k's....do we release him too? What really cost us today was Gibson....again. Whatever he did while being on the IL sure didn't do much good. Like Dyson, when there is something really wrong with you, you can't hide it very long and right now Gibson's not right. We make up the GIH tomorrow and would be nice to park in the 'W; column. A 5 game lead with 12 to play is a good place to be. (magic # would be 8) Problem is we have had major issues with the ChiSox this season...AND we are home...which sadly is a negative.They still have to earn their title.
  25. insagt1
    I'm going to wait til game 162. There have been a lot of heros. If we go 9-5 it will be a 100 win season. Nice tidy number. Sano--yes his large k-count is frustrating to fans who watch everyday, for sure. And we talk about it, complain about it...BUT in baseball, its often not 'how many, but when'. You can go 1-5 with 4 k's, but if the 'one' is a game winning HR in the 9th, you can forget the k's, right? If a guy's biggest hits, even if they are infrequent, all seem to be game deciders, how valuable is he? Ans: Very. Which is why often 'conventional stats' don't tell the complete story. Last year Red Wings 'best' hitter was Vasquez. Everyone not really following the team thought he was so good....yet most of his hits and HR's came after the Wings were out of contention. When they still were, he hit around .150. Props to Sano yesterday. A huge hit. And a meaningful one.
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