tony&rodney
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The soft hits have been a problem for Morris in the last several years. Just a bit of refinement and he is going to be really good. Strong defenders would help too. Impressed by how focused the Twins have played recently. Some fun offense as well/ The pitching has been so impressive recently. We are likely wondering if that can continue. I think there is a chance that it can.
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I hope Shelton lets Morris keep going. The bullpen could use a rest before the Boston series.
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Blue Jays have a really good hitting team.
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Too bad Varland is not a Twin. Rojas looked decent in 2.2 innings today for St. Paul.
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Morris would be really tough if he can add a good changeup. I have high on Morris for several years. Hope he can do well.
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Ok. I get it now. You have not seen him play at all but are sure he isn't good. I'm sure you also disapprove of Pittsburgh playing Konnor Griffin as well. How would you know what Julien's defensive play looked like in the minor leagues if you never saw him play in the minor leagues? Magic? What do you think about Pena's glove? Bringing players up early? I have specifically stated that my take on Culpepper is that he needs a few months at least. That is specifically based on watching him play. Everyone is free to have an opinion. If might help if the thoughts are based on seeing the player you have opinions on because not every player is the same.
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Don't be so cheerful. Try a different bottle of whiskey, just one ounce per game which means only 162 shots per year. Also, Ryan Kreidler gets credit for turning two batted balls into outs today that nobody else on the team could have done. Does that make him 2-6? As far as luck goes, we are all lucky.
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I asked if you were watching every or any Saints games. Hard to just look at numbers and create a reasonable opinion when it comes to an athlete. If you cannot, that is perfectly fine. Most people cannot spend the time. It seems harsh to level criticism on the unseen. Fielding statistics ceased being relevant decades ago. There is no person pushing defense on Twins Daily more than I do. Some may match my focus though. In fact, I have been a little annoying about stressing defense on this site. However, if you have not watched the games or go in person to see these players, it makes little sense to judge them based on subjective, non counting, numbers. If you have watched the Twins you have seen batted balls ruled base hits on routine plays or watched a missed catch by a first baseman ruled a throwing error. BTW, I have written that I would like to see Kaelen Culpepper gain further experience in AAA until June at the earliest, but defense is not a concern for me. He is better with the glove right now than all of Lewis, Lee, Keaschall, and Bell, but I'm not ready to call him up yet.
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Have you watched the Saints games? Culpepper is playing a good shortstop right now.
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The team is working hard. Mental mistakes are down. Guys are battling at the plate. Keaschall will never reach the top speeds of Buxton but he is pushing every time. The players are doing their best right now and that is a fair ask.
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The Twins needed defense and thus you are correct. Hits and outs turned by by defenders don't always balance but pitchers are much more likely to feel comfortable with gloves behind them and less inclined to extend themselves trying to strike everyone out. Defense matters. FWIW, Roden has not looked good at AAA and seems lost in the outfield. I'm hoping he improves as the weather improves but right now he looks like a guy Toronto was willing to lose.
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Lee and Larnach had the big punches, but Joe Ryan shut down the Blue Jays after the one faulty pitch to Varsho. The Twins are pushing.
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Impossible to explain how stupid it is to adopt a system that is admittedly flawed (by MLB) and then argue to adjust the ways in which the ABS is administered. There are ways to change it: 1) use ABS all the time; 2) eliminate it and go back to umpires calling strikes but hold umpires accountable for egregious calls by requiring retraining or demotion while financially rewarding those who are extremely accurate. For those who want a change on challenges, reduce the time on base challenges to 5 seconds. If the call is egregious it gets challenged and overturned, otherwise these 5-10+ minute delays to eventually determine that there isn't enough evidence to overturn a call because it was too close are gone. Remove the video geek from the game.
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Prielipp has good stuff but due to missing so much time from injuries he is behind the curve in his learning how to pitch. Prielipp can be a decent pitcher but Twins fans should be patient while he learns his craft.
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Funderburk struggles with walks at times but his pitches move all over the place making for an uncomfortable plate appearance.
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Makes sense that the Twins go to the bullpen here. I'm just wishing (against all evidence) that starting pitchers get to 110 pitches when they are rolling. However, it is a long ass season and with a 7-2 lead it makes sense to trust the pen for 6 outs. Big shutdown outing for Ryan after the early 2 run Homer. Ryan is an ace.
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Not sure, but he made two outs in the field today that are base hits with any other Twin at third base. Defense matters.
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Great throw by Valenzuela. Keaschall needs to square around to keep the catcher back a split second there, but give credit for a dart from C to 2B on a very close play.
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Kreidler made that play look easy.
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Boys like shirtsleeves.
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only one this year.
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Or .... not trading Lewis and Julien after the 2023 season was a bad decision. Lots of ways to look at things. The Twins are trying to look forward this year. Me too.
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Relax. Culpepper is still picking up skills at AAA. Think June or July.
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Two runs should not insurmountable. Twins need 5-7 inningss from Joe Ryan. Toronto has a very good team and presents quite a challenge for Joe.
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That ship sailed away. Correa was done with the Twins. All of the speculations within the article could be enhanced greatly by including a half dozen or more "should haves" that might have been easily accomplished last October and November but weren't due to front office paralysis. In December Brother Tom came along and now here we are with what we have. The Twins are moving forward.
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