Jump to content
If free agency is too rich for your blood, click here for the 35 players most likely to be traded this offseason. ×
Twins Daily
  • Create Account

stringer bell

Verified Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    21,647

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    96

 Content Type 

Profiles

Minnesota Twins News, Rumors & Analysis

Minnesota Twins Videos

2026 Minnesota Twins Top Prospect Rankings

2022 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

Minnesota Twins Trade & Free Agent Rumors

Minnesota Twins Fan Guides & Resources

2023 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

The Minnesota Twins Players Project

2024 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

2025 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

2026 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

Forums

Blogs

Events

Store

Downloads

Gallery

Everything posted by stringer bell

  1. stringer bell
    Chicago has left a lot of guys on as well. Let’s see what happens in the second half of the game.
  2. stringer bell
    Not worth it try to advance, but nice to see the Twins win a challenge not started by Sanó.
  3. stringer bell
    Maybe I'm a traditionalist, but it appears to me that roles available for next year for Rooker would be platoon/4th outfielder and backup at first base and DH in the event of injury. Honestly, having a guy with limited defensive ability and flexibility is not my idea of good roster building. It is also unknown whether Rooker can perform well with sporadic playing time (probably my main complaint about Cave), so unless the roster is really juggled next year, I don't see a role for him. Also, the Twins currently have Kepler, Rosario, Cave, Wade, Kirilloff and Larnach as corner outfielders and Cruz and Sanó to cover first base and DH. There aren't enough roster sports for all of the corner outfielders. The shortened season might have kept the team from dealing with the logjam, but something probably needs to be done by Opening Day of 2021.
  4. stringer bell
    Too bad for Rooker. He has looked good at the plate in his limited big league at-bats. That said, he may have been on his way back to St. Paul (either him or Wade) with Kepler being ready to come off the Injured List. 21 plate appearances isn't enough to know how good of a hitter he is or will be. I will say that his stint was encouraging, but doesn't make him a centerpiece for future Twins teams.
  5. stringer bell
    Wade's skill set is not as desirable as it would be in other eras. If he had more power or was a true center fielder, I'd like him more for the Twins. They have a lot of LH batting corner outfielder types in the top of their system, so he may end up playing (and succeeding) for someone else.
  6. stringer bell
    I see the White Sox as having the better future of the two teams competing with the Twins for the division title this year, but I don't think they are as good a team as the Twins right now. Obviously, they are in first place and four of their players have been outstanding--Anderson, Abreu, Robert and Jiménez--but I don't think their pitching is very deep, nor their bench. Cleveland has to decide what to do with Lindor (almost certainly a Mookie Betts type of trade) and they just haven't developed much of an attack. They have had tremendous luck and success developing pitchers. Former Twin Carl Willis must be some kind of magician. They bring up middle of the road prospects and they become first tier pitchers. For this season, the enduring image I'll have of Chicago unless they do something memorable from here on in, is the way they kicked the ball around at Target Field. Poor defense and poor fundamentals. I know the Twins have made their share of defensive mistakes, but nothing like what I saw out of the White Sox. To me, that is what makes them a step less formidable than Cleveland and still not as good as the Twins. Of course, if Chicago wins the series with the Twins this week, they'll likely win the division. I don't think they'd sustain over a full season, but we'll never know about that.
  7. stringer bell
    Reminiscent of Cleveland's domination of bad teams last year, particularly Detroit. I'm not convinced Chicago is that good, but the Twins will have to beat them at their park to secure the lead.
  8. stringer bell
    Cleveland looks like they'll be the wild card almost for sure. They Twins are 3.5 ahead and have a tiebreaker advantage. It's pretty hard to make up 4.5 games in only 13 games. They trail Chicago by 4.5, but get to host the White Sox later this month. Now the Twins get the White Sox in Chicago. A split gives the Twins the tiebreaker advantage and three of four gives them the division lead and a tiebreaker advantage. It should be fun!
  9. stringer bell
    Winner!!!
  10. stringer bell
    Rogers was warming before Eddie homered. As long as he was warmed, he was coming in.
  11. stringer bell
    How about a 4-5-3 doubleplay?
  12. stringer bell
    The Twins do plenty of watching on fly balls and a lot of times they don't really bust it to first base on "routine" grounders. If you're going to make a judgment on that, I don't think there is one who is more guilty than another.
  13. stringer bell
    I don't want to be an Eddie hater, but that is Buxton's ball all the way.
  14. stringer bell
    Still six outs to get.
  15. stringer bell
    Yes. I think Gonzalez likes the whole infield of Cleveland's team. He and Sanó were acting as peacemakers in Friday's night's dustup.
  16. stringer bell
    Obviously, I hope May is OK, nothing more than a tweak. Dude faced four batters without a K? What's up with that?
  17. stringer bell
    Agree. And when the Twins have asked for a review on anything else, they seem to have lost them all.
  18. stringer bell
    OUT!!!
  19. stringer bell
    Seriously? I want Kepler up there 10 times out of 10 versus a right hander.
  20. stringer bell
    Two singles and then a run scored not by hitting a home run. Weird stuff.
  21. stringer bell
    Even when he's making outs, Gonzalez is hitting the ball harder in this series.
  22. stringer bell
    Two straight singles, what's that now?
  23. stringer bell
    Good job Trevor!
  24. stringer bell
    Probably the right call to bring in May, but bringing in a guy who has given up a lot of homers, with two on and the tying run at the plate?
  25. stringer bell
    I expect that there will be more viewership now that the football game is over.
×
×
  • Create New...