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  1. stringer bell
    Twins get a big break. Minor will not be starting tomorrow as scheduled. Texas will call up a guy from AAA to start tomorrow.
  2. stringer bell
    Certainly not in line with everything they have done (extra rest, disabling with injuries that won't even last 10 days etc.). I remember clearly that Gibson was ready to pitch on the last day of the season on short rest in 2015 if the Twins still had a chance at the Wild Card (they didn't). Also Gibson pitched in the 18-inning game and then was given additional days off.
  3. stringer bell
    They had a doubleheader. He pitched six innings in the first game.
  4. stringer bell
    The postgame report said that Gibson is starting tomorrow. With the All-Star break starting in less than 24 hours, I doubt any transaction will be made except to add Cave. If any player is put on the injured list, a player optioned less than 10 days ago could be recalled. Also, Thorpe pitched Friday night, so he won't be pitching tomorrow. If Smeltzer is recalled, another pitcher will have to be placed on the IL, DFAed, or optioned.
  5. stringer bell
    Rosario should be ready to go after the All-Star break. To add Rooker for one game doesn't make much sense unless they would keep him to play first base until Cron is back.
  6. stringer bell
    I voted for Rogers. Kepler is the only other one that had a real case.
  7. stringer bell
    Rangers are really vulnerable to LH pitching. Forsythe has reverse splits and both Danny Santana and Asdrulbel Cabrera have about .600 OPS vs. lefties and none of the left handed hitters has done that well against southpaws.
  8. stringer bell
    Finish them off Taylor!
  9. stringer bell
    How about one more run? I thought Schoop was a dead duck, but he got his hand in.
  10. stringer bell
    Marwin, that one got in the first row. Probably not wise to admire it for too long.
  11. stringer bell
    Three more for Rogers? I still think his versatility makes him an All-Star.
  12. stringer bell
    Long ball here.
  13. stringer bell
    He was pitching in his third game in a row. I guess I'd like to know why. Taylor Rogers for seven outs?
  14. stringer bell
    Gotta get this guy Duffey. He's under the Mendoza line and Choo is 3-3. As I type this, Mathis hits a ten-hopper through the infield and it's a game again.
  15. stringer bell
    I got a "play by play" from my daughter in Bakersfield. She said it was a rolling feeling and that the first one was more surprising.
  16. stringer bell
    Good outing for Pineda. Too bad about for Wade. Smeltzer would make sense given how left-handed the Ranger lineup is. Would the team go short on position players tomorrow and replace Wade temporarily with Smeltzer?
  17. stringer bell
    The Twins entertain Texas today at Target Field today at 1:10 PM in the middle game of a three-game series immediately prior to the All-Star break. The Twins will send out big Mike Pineda while the Rangers counter with Jesse Chavez making his seventh start of the season (he's relieved in 30 other games). Pineda has pitched pretty consistently in his last 10 starts, but with a few encouraging factors. He has limited free passes, has increased his velocity and has been getting a good number of strikeouts. Crooked numbers have been his nemesis. Yesterday, the Twins got well against the Rangers. The flagging defense was good to spectacular, power was there and outside of a five-run seventh inning, the pitching was good. The Twins scored fifteen runs, hit four homers, and every position in the batting order had at least two hits. Slumping Jonathan Schoop and CJ Cron had multiple hits and Schoop hit a homer. The team set a record for the most homers prior to the All-Star break. I have my doubts that the Twins will eventually set the major league single season home run record (probably the Yankees), but they will shatter their own team record and probably most importantly will set a club record for home run differential. Yesterday's game was delayed almost two hours. Weather forecast for the rest of the weekend is promising. A series win is essential and a sweep would be very helpful. If the golf course is dry enough I'm there, so please post the lineups. Enjoy this first-place club!
  18. stringer bell
    I don’t think any of the Twins’ starting infielders will contend for a gold glove, but combined they aren’t bad. I’d say average overall.
  19. stringer bell
    Cron has been struggling for a while. I do agree that he could use a day off. Garver has drawn the short straw (started the extra-inning games and the one with a three-hour rain delay) and he hasn't been as productive lately. Gonzalez might have been the option, but he is also banged up. Adrianza has started at least once prior at first.
  20. stringer bell
    Now Lowe is out and still no Kepler. This time it is Torres of the Yankees.
  21. stringer bell
    Smeltzer for Littell on Sunday does make sense. I do believe it will depend on how much the bullpen is used in the next three games as far as how they go on Sunday.
  22. stringer bell
    Maybe it is the extra-inning games, maybe it is the long slog that is the major league baseball season, but the Twins certainly do seem to need a break as a team. Every team has high and lows, and if this is their nadir, it isn't very low, since their longest losing streak is two. Yes, the defense hasn't been as crisp of late and there have been a lot more bad at-bats. To name a few, Cron, Polanco, and Schoop have dropped off noticeably. Banged up and recovering injured Buxton, Gonzalez and Kepler could also use the break.
  23. stringer bell
    Berríos selected to replace Odorizzi. He'll be available to pitch since he will pitch in Oakland, I believe. I am still holding out hope for Kepler and thought that when LaStella went down he might be named (Merrifield is really a second baseman after all), but I have to believe he's be named if one more outfielder or DH is out.
  24. stringer bell
    If they want to do a bullpen game, they can also get multiple innings from Littell for sure. Depending on bullpen use prior to Sunday, they can probably do a bullpen game with no long lasting effects and a decent chance to win.
  25. stringer bell
    Who starts Sunday? Would the Twins recall Smeltzer or have someone else go on the injured list so that Thorpe could start? The do have four days off after Sunday, so everybody should be rested going to Cleveland after the All-Star game. Perhaps they'll do a "bullpen game" and have all the relievers go an inning or two since they have the days off following.
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