stringer bell
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Everything posted by stringer bell
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I guess I am willing to give up on Dozier leading off. The team needs his home run power lower in the lineup, but more so his OBP is down this year while the strikeouts continue. He had hit a number of multi-run homers, but has only hit solos since the All-Star break. -
Pelf was never on the hook.
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Career high for Dozier!
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The serious answer is that other teams recall guys with good stuff. I think an underreported story is the struggles of their hard-throwing minor league relievers. Many of us figured Burdi, Reed and Jones could be with the Twins or close. Tonkin throws hard but hasn't been able to hold a job in the Twins' suspect bullpen.
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Pelfry had nothing. He looked excellent last outing.
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Jack criticism of Mauer is barely veiled.
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At least Dick isn't calling for Dozier to bunt.
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Nice at-bat Escobar.
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Bremer loves sacrifice bunts.
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They need to score a lot more than 6.
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You wouldn't think that bunch of no-names could score 4 in a week.
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Where is the all caps GET HIM OUT?
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This could be interesting real quick. Gomes seems to homer every series against the Twins.
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Another mistake and this could be a game again.
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For you youngsters, Terry Francona has been called Tito for most of his adult life because his dad, also a big leaguer, was known as Tito.
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This getting runners on and then driving them in could be a thing.
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And the Twins two best position players get doubles this inning.
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Mauer intentionally walked. I say again, "thank you Tito".
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The Twins best shortstop produces the first run.
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And Molitor (or Suzuki) returns the favor.
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I say "Thank you, Tito!".
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I'm going with the under that Brock provided.
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Over-under for runs? Base loaded none out. All-Star pitcher opponent.
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I have a companion piece blog about the Twins' young outfielders. I speculated that one should be traded and said that the obvious choice was Arcia, although I am not sure that is the right move. Perhaps the guy that should be moved is currently overvalued. That could be Kepler or maybe it is Hicks. My point is that it isn't wrong to trade a player with upside. If you can get a lot more for a guy who projects pretty high, it might be better to do so than trade the next guy who might have a lower ceiling, but a higher floor.
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Article: Twins Acquire Kevin Jepsen From Rays
stringer bell replied to Nick Nelson's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
Another factor in this decision has to be what has happened to relief pitchers in the Twins system. Oliveros seems to have flamed out (injured now?) at AAA, Achter is a soft-tosser and Tonkin seems to be good at AAA, but has failed in his chances in MInnesota. At Chattanooga, the vaunted big arms of Reed, Burdi, and Zach Jones have flamed out, at least for now. A couple of starters may be moved to the bullpen, or maybe already should be there, but guys with a chance because of strikeout ability and high K rates haven't progressed as expected. Having Jepsen both this year and next, seems to be an OK move. Giving up a couple of decent arms in A ball isn't terrible. It seems that Hu has overperformed his stuff, but it is questionable that he can move all the way to the majors and thrive.
