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  1. Muppet
    All the teams know that the AL Central crown is a portkey that will take them straight to Voldemort.
  2. Muppet
    If you haven't noticed that the Twins heavily use platoons are you even a fan? Is it so terrible to use a guy who rocks against left handed pitchers, but struggles against righties in situations where he'll mostly hit against lefties? If he joined the team he'd immediately be the batting leader ahead of Correa, not because he's a great hitter, but because he'd be one of the few people on the team who has enough ABs to qualify. So yes, I'd use him in a platoon role. And the Twins would be better off.
  3. Muppet
    This is the Twins. Why is that so surprising?
  4. Muppet
    Tick.... Tock.... ..... ..... .....
  5. Muppet
    He (Trey Mancini) would be an upgrade from Gallo, but maybe not enough of an upgrade to even make a blip on the radar.
  6. Muppet
    There could be a drop off, but then again, Gray seems to be losing it lately and Keuchel seems to be doing better than expected. Maybe Gray will get it together and Keuchel really is a pumpkin, but there is also a really good chance that the drop off isn't THAT large. The more important thing is Gray can't win games because he can't get run support. It is also my opinion that right now Gray isn't any better (or much better) than Madea, Ryan, Lopez, and Ober. Having a strong top 4 and a mediocre to good 5 isn't the worst thing. Losing 3 straight playoff games without generating more than a very small handful of runs is one of the worst things.
  7. Muppet
    MIght be massive., but might not be either. I think typically if someone is dominating AAA, they aren't terrible when they come up to the majors. Besides, Gray will lose 100% of 1-0 games when the Twins fail to score any runs. They need hitting both now and next year.
  8. Muppet
    The Kepler plan seems to be falling into place very nicely. See if he gets a hot streak, then trade him. His value right now is higher that it will ever be. Yes. I trade Kepler ASAP.
  9. Muppet
    They are in a bit of a predicament as they are likely to be in the playoffs, but they aren't a playoff caliber team. They'll most likely be out in the first round. That said, once in the playoffs anything can happen. I'd look for a mix of buying and selling. I'd ship off Sonny Gray for a RH OF hitter and the biggest basket of promising prospects they can get. When Gray is good, he is really good. But the Twins can't win 1 run games if they aren't the ones scoring that run. I expect (or hope) this team will be much better next year. Wouldn't want to sacrifice any of that potential for an unlikely deep run this year.
  10. Muppet
    Is it jinxing the Mariners if I note that they have a no hitter going?
  11. Muppet
    Does this mean I still won’t be able to ever watch games unless I buy an expensive cable package for the sole purpose of getting twins games?
  12. Muppet
    I remember a season way back in ancient times when Nick Punto was the worst hitter on the team with an average of .210. And he made up for it with decent defense and what people referred to as "grit." Now, according to the Twins website, Correa leads the team with an average of .212. (Obviously, since most players are strict platoon hitters, nobody has enough ABs to be on the leaderboard).
  13. Muppet
    I think we can all be happy that this game is over. Onward with the better things in life.
  14. Muppet
    Gallo might be the worst hitter on the team, but he has scored 2 of the 3 runs against the Braves this year.
  15. Muppet
    Do the Twins ever play the Saints in exhibition games? I think that'd be more the speed this team could handle. That'd probably be a pretty good game.
  16. Muppet
    After the game last night it is clear that the Twins are just out of their league. They are a good team, but not a great team. They have too many players that don't hit well and strike out too often. Half of their relief pitchers are not consistent enough. I'm sure they were well aware of their weaknesses going into the season. Their only hope of squeaking out a winning season and a possible playoff run was to rely on good starting pitching, defense, and finding new ways to play the data. None of those things are working out right now, but I don't blame them for trying. While they might have a better chance of winning if Royce Lewis hits instead of Kepler with a righty on the mound --- despite the reverse platoon issue, they still don't have a very good chance of winning against a team that far outmatches them. Once we go through the however many stages of grief there are, and accept that this is not a world series winning team, we can sit back and have fun watching the young players develop; get excited about those rare good defensive plays (if they ever happen) from our supposed gold glove, mendoza line hitting outfield; and hope for the miracle that Cleveland, Detroit, and Chicago end up even worse catapulting the Twins into the playoffs. Once in the playoffs, any team, no matter how bad, can get lucky and take it all. Playing the data is one of their only hopes. It isn't working. But neither is stellar starting pitching.
  17. Muppet
    Just wanted to jump in to remind everyone that data is plural... ahem... data are plural. Datum is singular. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.
  18. Muppet
    Prediction: Twins swept by Detroit, then win two of three both in Atlanta and Baltimore.
  19. Muppet
    What happens if they bring in another right handed pitcher next inning?. Rocco knows they can't bring back the lefties who already left the game right?
  20. Muppet
    You couldn't ever expect him to hit against a left handed pitcher under any circumstances whatsoever. Right?
  21. Muppet
    Didn't like the deal then and I don't like it now. But I get it. The pitching depth is terrible. One more starting pitcher goes down and we're stuck with a bullpen game. Arraez may be the best hitter in baseball for the next 12 years, but he will spend so many of those years with the Yankees or Dodgers that when he enters Cooperstown, nobody will have remembered him as a Twin anyway, regardless of this trade. Correa, Buxton, Larnach, Vazquez, and Miranda weren't supposed to be this terrible. We'd still be headed for a sub .500 season even with Ted Williams on this team. All that said, I'd prefer to watch the next 2 years of sub .500 baseball with Arraez on the team instead of Doyle Alexander Lopez.
  22. Muppet
    Don't know why we'd have to drop Garlick. He's been great against right handed hitters (though with a small number of at bats), and his .146 against lefties is NOT the worst on the team. In fact, there is another right fielder who is worse at hitting both lefties and righties.
  23. Muppet
    Seems like signing a player to a long term high $ deal is the surest way to turn them into a pumpkin.
  24. Muppet
    This team could just as easily pick it up and start tearing down the stretch, or keep slumping and end up in 4th place ahead of the Royals. On paper they have a lot of what it takes. I wouldn't be surprised to see Larnach, Miranda, Vazquez, Correa, etc turn it around and start to make us forget May. They have played better against good teams this year than in years past. They beat the Yankees, beat Kershaw, the Astros, and Blue Jays. My biggest complaint in years past was that they could only win against teams worse then them. This year it seems to be the opposite. If they can start dominating the bad teams, they'll go far.
  25. Muppet
    My prediction is that the Twins will be the first team to win the division with a record of under .500 and then go on to win the world series after upgrading their team by trading for two mediocre relievers at the trade deadline.
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