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  1. Sielk
    And he made it look so easy to snatch that ball out of the air with his bare hand. Wow...
  2. Sielk
    Because of foul balls. In the first three innings it was much better than usual but in the fourth the KC hitters really began to foul off one pitch after another. And that's usual for him. He strikes out lots of hitters but often only after they managed to foul off a whole bunch of pitches.
  3. Sielk
    Yeah, really. But at some of the recent games I also thought that it's no wonder Sano (and others) have a hard time judging pitches when the umps are not calling them correctly. There were at bats when Sano took pitches and sometimes really great takes but the umpire would just not reward him for it.
  4. Sielk
    Especially if it ends with a double and a run scored.
  5. Sielk
    I have to say, Maeda is quickly becoming one of my favorite Twins. Looks fantastic this season so far.
  6. Sielk
    I just hope Arraez gets out of that slump soon. Three games in a row without a hit is just not normal for him.
  7. Sielk
    Now make it three, Miguel!
  8. Sielk
    Damn, that was no strike.
  9. Sielk
    And now, after all the pitch to contact we see three strikeouts. I like how Kenta looks so far.
  10. Sielk
    Buxton was actually one of the better Twins tonight. At least he got a hit.
  11. Sielk
    More so. The batter looked absolutely overmatched.
  12. Sielk
    Not in 2020. Not this bullpen... :-))
  13. Sielk
    But I definitely like it better than no noise at all. I watched an Italian soccer game back in spring when they were playing without fans. It was so awkward hearing clearly what the people were saying. At least to me the atmosphere didn't feel like a Serie A game at all, more like standing on the sidelines of some local youth game. Didn't like it.
  14. Sielk
    Am I just imagining it or has Luis Arraez' throwing arm gotten better? These last two throws to first looked really good.
  15. Sielk
    Yes, I also thought that especially on that other one that came down on the top of the wall. Hopefully, Buck will be back soon.
  16. Sielk
    Could also be me. Sometimes I really get the feeling that the Twins like to tax our patience...
  17. Sielk
    As you mention it, I found it very curious that Keith Law was so dismissive of Marco Raya, calling his delivery max-effort. All I have heard from the Twins officials are praises of said delivery. There seems to be a really big gap in their perception of him. But of our picks I am most excited about Raya, too. The high spin rates, four pitch mix and easy delivery (will believe the Twins on that one) seem all very promising to me. And since he is not throwing triple digits at least the risk of needing TJ surgery is less.
  18. Sielk
    No. Cavaco is born in 2001. And maybe some other guys from last year.
  19. Sielk
    Well, on some lists Meyer was higher. Keith Law of the Athletic had him fourth. But Kjerstad I have never seen that high. My first thougth was: WHAT? Most mocks seemed to agree that Torkelson, Martin and Lacy were the top three.
  20. Sielk
    You really made me laugh with this article, Patrick. It's surprising what connections you can discover between two seemingly unrelated topics if you really look into it. Thanks for the fun read! And have fun with your black bamboo!
  21. Sielk
    I think the shortened (hopefully not canceled) season has made it far less likely that Rosario is traded. If the season had taken place as usual we might have had an opportunity to see Larnach and Kirilloff at major league level and could have gotten a fair impression of how they're coping. But now... As high as the hopes are for these two, I really do not like the idea of trading a good major leaguer like Rosario and depending on two well regarded but untested prospects in the middle of contention. As for Jake Cave, he is good as a fourth outfielder but he is also not what I would like in the regular lineup as long as the Twins compete for the World Series. At the same time the Twins don't need to do an immediate trade to get a look at the prospects. As much as we would like to see our regulars play in 150 games there will always be injuries etc. and thus a lot of playing time available. Let the prospects have it. If one of them starts hitting .300 with a bunch of bombas you can still make a trade.
  22. Sielk
    Thanks for the article! I really enjoyed reading from the perspective of another Twins fan from abroad. I'm a Twins fan from Hamburg, Germany. I only discovered baseball in the summer of 2018 when I subscribed to a sports streaming service, originally to watch soccer games. But they also had some MLB games which I stumbled upon. Until then, I really didn't know anything about baseball but as I watched the same player throwing ball after ball and (seemingly) nothing happened I developed the ambition to at least get a basic understanding of the game. So I absorbed everything I could about it and really came to like baseball. And since I have never been to the US and had no connection to any city or team I thought that I might as well choose the team with the only German player in the Majors. Go Twins!
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