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  1. stringer bell
    ESPN just put out their power rankings for this week and the Twins are 17th, right behind Chicago, who they just swept. Oh well. I predict the Twins will be in the Top Ten by the end of May FWIW.
  2. stringer bell

    2.5 game lead with three days left in April. The May schedule is very favorable. Things have really broken well in the last week, despite the struggles of Sanó, Correa and Polanco. 

  3. stringer bell
    Also nice to see back-to-back wins when Buxton doesn’t do anything special. With their good days, Larnach and Jeffers moved their OPS above .700. Polanco, Sanó and Correa need to get it going. If the starting staff can continue at anything resembling this rate, then the big area of concern has to be the bullpen. Two more late-inning arms are needed IMHO.
  4. stringer bell
    Reverse jinx completed.
  5. stringer bell
    My prediction: Baez spoils the shutout.
  6. stringer bell
    If Coulombe can have a quick, uneventful ninth. The entire bullpen should be available tomorrow.
  7. stringer bell
    Coulombe for the ninth.
  8. stringer bell
    Two at bats each from Larnach and Jeffers really improves their numbers.
  9. stringer bell
    Max thinks it’s Bauer pitching for the Tigers.
  10. stringer bell
    Max Kepler ??
  11. stringer bell
    I kind of thought Godoy would catch tonight. Day game tomorrow with a tough lefty pitching and I expect Godoy will get that assignment.
  12. stringer bell
    There was one out when Sano had his at-bat. I don't think it was an easy catch for Grossman or any right fielder, but I think that ball gets caught far more often than not. Larnach did the right thing, especially with the way the pitcher was throwing the ball all over the place (possible wild pitch). He probably scores more than 50% of the time, even though he tagged up when the ball got past Grossman, but there was only one out, so it figured he'd be held at third. Sano messed up but could have gone back to first--no one was covering there (I think). In the end the Tigers screwed up in the field worse than the Twins ran the bases. Crazy!
  13. stringer bell
    I liked Rogers a lot, especially when he wasn't confined to the traditional closer role. That said, if getting the Paddack we saw last night (he was pretty good at KC, too), it is probably worth it to make the trade. Losing Rogers leaves a hole in the bullpen, however. I think, to be competitive, the Twins need to add two quality arms for late-inning leverage and at least one of them should be a lefty. If it requires a prospect, so be it. The bullpen, as put together now, isn't good enough.
  14. stringer bell
    As for transactions, I expect a lot of pitchers to go on the Injured List and also a few DFAs and trades. It will be interesting to see what Triple A teams do with all the pitchers added to their rosters.
  15. stringer bell
    Close. MLB is permitting 14 pitchers until May 29. This was reported yesterday. I do expect the Twins to go with 14 pitchers unless they don’t activate Gray by May 2.
  16. stringer bell
    Both parties really would have to want this. The Twins have a top prospect in St. Paul to deal with and they will probably have to count on inexperienced pitchers rather than acquiring a proven veteran. I just don’t like the idea of paying huge dollars for middle infielder in his mid to upper thirties. I think this is a real stumbling block.
  17. stringer bell
    The Twins BBB should be Build a Better Bullpen. Only one other team in MLB is carrying as few as two left handers on their active roster, so I think it behooves the Twins to look especially for left handed talent. At St. Paul, the only lefties are the much discussed Moran and Smeltzer. I think that if the Twins want to improve their bullpen they either have to go outside the box—promote a prospect and convert him, at least temporarily, into a reliever. Or they must go out of the organization. Make a trade and sacrifice a prospect.
  18. stringer bell
    That’s what I saw, too. I didn’t get to see, but I would doubt there was anyone covering first, so Sanó should have run back there. Enough mistakes (Twins base running, Tigers fielding) in one play for a month or maybe a season.
  19. stringer bell
    Two games in the last four where the opposition self-destructs. Oh my!
  20. stringer bell
    He has played well. Seems like it makes it harder for Miranda to make the majors, though.
  21. stringer bell
    Correa and Sano have given him a lot of cover.
  22. stringer bell
    Polanco is due!
  23. stringer bell
    That inning was disappointing.
  24. stringer bell
    OP was "all the RH hitters", Thielbar faced four, three in the eighth, and as I said, one was a switch hitter and one a pinch hitter.
  25. stringer bell
    Absolutely.
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