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  1. stringer bell
    I certainly agree with you, but the team (officially at least) is choosing to portray this as a minor setback. Rocco specifically said he thinks Buxton is in line to play again this year, as well as saying that Buxton is "day to day". I suppose there is no point in saying that his season is over, even if it is.
  2. stringer bell
    The bullpen has been more burnt out several times this year. The problem is the “A” relievers are all down at once. This will put guys like Floro, Funderburk and Winder (perhaps) in high leverage situations. Using all the guys for short stints keeps them available for a second day in a row.
  3. stringer bell
    I am pretty sure Duran will be unavailable tomorrow and agree that the Twins should probably limit him, but he's the key guy in the later innings and a five game lead is comfortable, but not safe. Jax, Thielbar and Duran have worked two days in a row and all of them might be unavailable tomorrow. It might be nice for Maeda to give at least six innings.
  4. stringer bell
    It looks like the roster decisions are made due to injuries. Castro will be ready tomorrow and my guess is that the Twins will have to put Michael A on the IL. They may need to do something with Julien, if removing him today was due to injury. If they do have to put Julien on the IL, it might open a spot for Austin Martin or perhaps the activation of Kirilloff. The off-season decisions seem to be getting harder. Should the Twins bring back Solano? What about Polanco? It seems that Max Kepler must have played himself into having his option picked up. The emergence of Julien and Royce Lewis seems to render Kyle Farmer expendable, especially if Polanco is brought back. What to do about center field? The Twins are now 5-1 against Texas. Maybe that is the post-season opponent they would want if they win the Central. The Twins have certainly improved against left handed pitching. They scored all nine of their runs today (eight earned) off lefties. I know his numbers don't look great, but Headrick has had a lot of really good quick innings for the Twins. Winder and Funderburk had nice innings today in a close game. Maybe they can continue to see higher leverage situations in the rest of the season.
  5. stringer bell
    Any of the three listed could be a huge bonus in the dying days of the season and in October. I think Louie Varland should be considered as well and what about Bailey Ober?
  6. stringer bell
    Disagree. The Twins just need to take care of business and they’ll be fine. I’d much rather the Twins came into post-season playing well than counting on others to beat their rivals. The Twins have already had plenty of help in that regard.
  7. stringer bell
    Jorge López claimed by the Orioles. The O’s traded him for an All-Star relief pitcher and good pitching prospect and get him back for free 13 months later.
  8. stringer bell
    DFAed yesterday.
  9. stringer bell
    “Every day players”—Kirilloff has two stints on IL. Polanco has two stints on IL. Lewis has two stints on IL. Kepler has two stints on IL as does Gallo. Buxton has had (guess what) two stints on the IL. Taylor has batted #9 and missed some time with injuries and the catchers have split time. Kepler might qualify if he plays every day down the stretch, but he’s been rested against several lefties.
  10. stringer bell
    I don’t know if anything is obvious. While we’d like to know more details about Buxton’s health, we haven’t at this point, so I personally don’t expect much medical information.
  11. stringer bell
    As they did with Kirilloff, it appears the Twins tried the least invasive medical procedure first to deal with the medical issue. My first boss called it "parsimony of treatment". What's next? Will he ever be the same? I expect we'll find out more today, but the whole story hasn't been presented yet. The words we haven't seen yet are "chronic" and "degenerative", Given how he hasn't been able to get through the injured knee and hip in over a year, there has to be some threat to his career.
  12. stringer bell
    Well all three "suspects" played last night. Luplow got a pinch homer that really changed the game, Stevenson made a nice catch, got an infield hit and stole two bases and Gallo got a walk, stole a base and started a nice 3-6 double play. I much prefer the 6-5 Gallo at first base over the 5-8 Solano on defense, but Kirilloff is a suitable first baseman and will hit RBI hits more than once a month. If I'm GM (thank goodness I'm not), Gallo gets a DFA when AK is activated. It sounds like Castro will be activated tomorrow and that will be the tough call. With Buxton's return no longer on the horizon, having Stevenson to man center field and possibly be used as a pinch runner is probably more valuable than Gallo's competence at first and the threat of him hitting a 450-ft. homer. With Buxton out indefinitely, the rotating DH system will probably continue. Lewis DHing occasionally with Farmer at third, Julien or Polanoco DHing with the other playing second against right handers and maybe Jeffers in the DH role if he starts hitting again.
  13. stringer bell
    Stevenson looked good—a nice catch, infield hit and two stolen bases—and with Buxton’s injury combined with Taylor’s sore hammy, he might be here for more than a day or two.
  14. stringer bell
    Not good news at all. Without announcing it, the it appears that the Twins tried Plan B with Buxton—that is to shut him down so that the ongoing injuries (hip & knee) had a chance to get right. One 7-inning stint in the outfield followed by a day off and then 5 innings as a DH and there’s more knee pain.
  15. stringer bell
    Well, the news on Buxton can’t be good. I’ve thought the Twins had three expendable position players (Gallo, Luplow, Stevenson) with three players returning from injury to replace them (Castro, Kirilloff, Buxton). Now with Buxton at least temporarily returning to the shelf, who goes when Castro and Kirilloff are activated? A case could be made to keep each IMHO.
  16. stringer bell
    Stevenson’s chances of sticking around increased significantly ……because of events in St. Paul. No Buxton, probably for quite a while, and perhaps for the season.
  17. stringer bell
    Do the Twins want to play Texas in the first post-season round?
  18. stringer bell
    You’re serious?
  19. stringer bell
    The second guess on pulling Ryan will be epic if/when the BP gives up the lead.
  20. stringer bell
    We own the right field corner.
  21. stringer bell
    In St. Paul, Buxton is in the lineup (yes!) as the DH (meh).
  22. stringer bell
    Kirilloff gets a scheduled day off today (at St. Paul) while Buxton May or may not be playing for the Saints. Willi Castro may be away for the birth of a child. I hope to hear updates on all three during the Twins game tonight.
  23. stringer bell
    BTW, when they were teammates in Washington, MAT was the center fielder and Stevenson played a corner. Also, despite the 44 stolen bases this year, Stevenson's major league numbers include only five steals in 248 games and 449 plate appearances.
  24. stringer bell
    I expect this is a very short term move with Willi Castro, Alex Kirilloff and Byron Buxton all expected to be on the active roster by a week from today. As long as Stevenson was in the organization, the team would be granted a spot for Stevenson in the very unlikely case that he would be considered to be on a post-season roster. This also likely ends Miranda's chances of playing for the Twins this year (not much of a surprise or loss). Castro replaces Stevenson, Buxton replaces Luplow and Kirilloff replaces Gallo.
  25. stringer bell
    Travis Blankenhorn selected for a September call up by the Washington Nationals.
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