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Although, it`d be wonderful to see Kepler crush Bauer! This re-structural BS is ridiculous. It`s like not having baseball at all, that all the games played have more of an appearance of exhibition games that don`t count than actual games. MLB teams have chartered flights what`s the difference of flying to LAA than Atlanta? Keep the leagues the way it is!!!!!!!!!

I think we should be open for any opportunity that may arise. Bauer is much more worthy of a high draft pick through his skill & experience which he can share. I`d definitely not write him off. My dream is the Twins to have an ace factory pumping them out on a regular basis. We are not quite there yet, trading away high pitching prospects puts us further back. So going out & get a couple high end pitchers is not out the question if we want to win a WS now.

I still support the Arizona Plan (I believe to be the most equitable) to start with, where the season should start earlier & finishes earlier. All games would be played as early as possible in AZ until In the states where people were responsible & low infestation be allowed to start their home games in their home stadiums & have a gradual increase of attendance & eventually everything will return near normal. The recent option stated above where we wait until everyone is ready to start the season in their home stadiums furthers penalize the responsible states especially MN which the important late home games would be played in neutral stadiums. I also support more games played w/ more double-headers. I`m sure players like everyone are concerned about all the information that is thrown out there but if they are not crazy about playing they are in the wrong vocation

Unbelievable that Cleveland is the best team in this MLB game

I agree that it was wise to consider Pineda`s suspension into the game. I`d keep Hill at minimal action in BP until late in the season to guard against any injury, also Trevor Rogers could possibly use the help from Hill as closer in some cases. Even though Cruz is hot I`d give him rest against the pitchers he has the most trouble with.

I`ve come to discover that spin rate is very important. Many like to compare Jon Gray to Gerrit Cole; their weight, height & stats are very similar (I for one was very excited, hoping for the opportunity to trade for Gray) but one big difference is Cole has very good spin rate & Gray has below average. Gray could become a very good pitcher but he won`t be another Gerrit Cole, primarily because of the spin rate. Looking forward towards Odo coming into his own.

The owners, players & fans want it so I believe right now we are waiting for it be worked out w/ the players` union & state gov.s. to initiate the Arizona plan. & hopefully before too long the states which took the disease serious from the start could return to close to normal w/ all the precautions needed. It`s a shame that some gov. officials did not take it serious & even encouraged their citizens to engage in public contact. Those areas where the vast majority of cases which put the rest of the nation at risk. Minnesota was least affected because of their correct response & should be rewarded w/ one of the 1st to be granted to have home games. Those that are high risk should be protected, no known cases should allowed in nursing homes. My mom is in a nursing home & she misses her Twins. America needs baseball to lift it`s spirit. If there is no 2020 season, it will be a regrettable tragedy for baseball especially for MN

I hope Colina does develop to be a great pitcher. I don`t get it how the Twins are so eager to demote a potential ace to the BP before doing everything in their power to help them develop a 3rd pitch. Many good pitchers like May, Duffy & Perkins were given every opportunity to start before delegated to the BP. That should be the philosophy of every potential ace especially now when we have a top rate pen & need of aces. I`d love to have 5 aces. Early on last year I was all in w/ trading Graterol for a top rotation arm. But observing his stuff & cool disposition in facing the Yankees I changed my mind. Together w/ Berrio`s desire to mentor him & Graterol`s desire to be great for his people, I believed we had our impact arm in any level that he was called upon. I too was heart broken in how Graterol was handled

Congratulations on your # 100, great job!

This year Rosario is in the spot light, hopefully he`ll be totally healthy, his defense & plate discipline will approve. But no matter how Rosario performs either Kirilloff, Larnach or Rooker will need prove that they can play an adequate LF as well as consistently hit MLB well, if they can do that Rosario is gone

Thank you for sharing this straight forward, no nonsense, informative interview w/ Cody. Also looking forward to listening to other episodes

I`m a big fan Al Worthinton but now I admire him more! What I like about the Twins is that they attract good character players. What I dislike is what others practice & try to cover up.

I share your deep concern about MiLB & doubts about them having any resemblance of a regular schedule. Questioning how MLB could survive w/o them. Last night I thought, Twins have 2 facilities in Florida they could put AAA & AA in one & A & high A in the other there they could divide up the players & have inter-franchise games. The rest could be at Elizabethton. we have a facility in Dominican Republic if we have problems w/ Latin players. The players will be quarantined in one place w/o any on the road travel. I believe it could be a solution so we wont lose totally our MiLB development & substitution. This is of course going by the Arizona Plan & hopefully some time in the season everything return to normal

"The Athletic" just had an article by Law that shares my option on HS pitchers in the draft, are high risk, low ceiling. This year draft has a great selection of college pitchers, wish we had more picks. College position players had greater % of success. I imagine that maybe the game has Cruz`s age baked into it so I`d give him more rest & maybe put Sano more often at DH

It looks like to me that this study is based on a shorten season w/o doubleheaders. A condensed season w/ doubleheaders is more advantageous to Twins who has greater depth of starters which put us much closer to the top of the list. A shorten season is more advantageous to those teams w/ more quality & not quantity. So I`m more in favor of of a condensed season. I`m not in favor of a prolonged season going into late Oct. or later, because even when the virus subsides in the summer it could come back later in the fall. We should prepare for this

Billy Martin was feisty, always fighting w/ umpires & even players. He encouraged Carew & others to steal home. which they uncommonly did. He was definitely not boring. The Twins couldn`t put up w/ him even though they had winning teams

We had so much potential during those years & so many what ifs. Just think of what Ortiz & a healthy Koskie, Morneau, Mauer & Liriano could do along w/ others talented players like Santana. We were blessed to have a great player like Morneau & a wonderful person.

Thanks for the fantastic ride!

Thanks for the article, I took the opportunity to read some articles I missed & revisit others. It was great getting to know the writers & how international the staff is. I took a special liking to Mineiro, Thiéres Rabelo. I live in Belo & appreciate his openness to fall in love w/ the Twins. You have other writers which weren`t mentioned that would have been interesting to read. Always enjoy Parker Hageman`s articles on mechanics of the game. Also like to thank everyone at TD for the work they put in to make this site possible.

Loved your articles! Johan was phenomenal & deserved to be in the HoF. You mentioned how his 3rd Cy Young was stolen from him & jimmer mentioned that Colon had a full run more support than Santana which a pitcher has no control over. If the Twins had Ortiz he could have had more run support & maybe even a WS or 2. That should`ve put him over even w/ his shorten career.

Liked the site

I was reminded the tragic story of Lyman Bostock. So sad!

Like you I admire those who are passionate for the game always hungry on honing their skills. At the same I`m happy on the approach of our hitting coaches who are willing to help each hitter to customize their swing not pushing a set philosophy. I`m intrigued by Donaldson`s drive to fine turn his swing

I`m just curious how are they going to work out the minors. Will they only have the 40 man list playing (or some version of it) & where? Many will be hurt by this pandemic including the up coming draftees

I have studied medicine & I`m from a medical family. What qualifications do have to prohibit me from expressing unbiased information. I wasn`t going to respond to this but I`m tired of people who want to shut down all reasonable discussion that doesn`t line up to their indoctrination. 1st I`ve never advocated not to self quarantine, in fact I`m a strong advocate for it which I practice w/ sanitary practices 2nd Just because a drug hasn`t gone through the long process of FDA approval doesn`t mean it doesn`t work. Hydroxychloroquine is well known & approved by the FDA for other disorders, it has been used against malaria for decades w/ much success. The FDA has OKed it as an nonlabel drug. The drug combats the symptoms of the Corona virus that causes discomfort even death. Like any drug you need a prescription. There is testimony that Hydroxychloroquine has worked in near death cases. Like all drugs no one responds the same way, some serious cases it may not prevent death. Check online don`t rely on the media. 3rd Serum has been used for over a 100 yrs. w/ great success & is promising against Covid 19. Check the facts not bias opinion 4th Dr. Antonio Fuici said covid 19 is similar to the seasonal flu, starting this month & throughout the summer the cases will drop. Here again I`m not advocating relaxing of precaution of those of risk. I won`t go any further. Even though I`m a democrat, I try to keep an open mind. I`m also a man of faith, I believe we will overcome this. I like the idea of taxing the wealthiest 1% a 50% tax but we need the low risk to be able to go to work, we cannot make this a political issue. We cannot put our economy on hold until we are 100% sure that high risk people can leave quarantine. Going back to my original statement. We have 2 dangers #1 under-react #2 over-react. I`m in favor of any reasonable solution to continue the 2020 season w/ reasonable precautions