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  1. jokin
    Meh, more like mildly, but persistently ,irritating. (Perspective).
  2. jokin
    Yips and rookies in playoff races kinda go together.
  3. jokin
    Olson did reach on a HBP.
  4. jokin
    Definitely an exciting difference in selection approach and developmental philosophy from the past regime. It feels like we're finally and inexorably beginning to catch up to the other enlightened rocket scientist baseball executives.
  5. jokin
    He hasn't gotten hurt at 3B yet, right? His defensive play, even during his recent hitting slump,suggest that this issue can wait until he's in his later 20s. Molly pointed out today that he's doing great at the position and said it's widely acknowledged that Sano has a 7-8 arm, which is elite. Why not use that arm at 3B and get another big bopper at 1B until Sano makes the move sometime after 2020?
  6. jokin
    Uhh, you aren't watching many Twins games, are you? Sano has been excellent at 3B, even with his post-All Star struggles at the plate. Sure, he will end up at 1B eventually. But he's been, and will continue to be, an asset at 3B for the next few years.
  7. jokin
    Paging 1-585-4GARVER
  8. jokin
    Love the additional International signing $$$.
  9. jokin
    Yeah, for a minute there, I thought the Twins re-signed Alex Presley.
  10. jokin
    And coming to your defense a bit... This was a high reach type of pick. For a football-first kid with minimal IPs under his belt, of whom the Twins KNEW going in was destined to take a lot longer to develop. Many of us preferred other choices at the time, but the FO had a defensible case for the pick. The problem, as always, has been in the execution of the developmental phase for the pitchers.
  11. jokin
    Or maybe Lewis could play leap-frog over Wander and jump right to Cedar Rapids, perhaps for the playoff run in August and September? There's no current Kernel SS there to hold him back, especially if he can maintain anything close to this level of offensive production. Has Bob Sacramento, or someone else, graded him out so far in terms of his real-time defense at SS?
  12. jokin
    These 4 years of stats aren't surprising. They are shocking when compared to Twins SP futility over the same time span. Colon outpitched every SP over the 4-year span who pitched at least 250 innings- even Ervin Santana. Say "Hello" to the porky guy who would have been the Twins ace since 2013. To put it in even more disturbing perspective- Colon's WORST season of the last four- 2015- was BETTER than the combined 4-year #s for every Twins pitcher, except Santana.
  13. jokin
    Is Chad Allen working with Tonkin on his brush-back pitch? Owning the inside corner is one way to get yourself back to the majors... perhaps Tonkin's only way back?
  14. jokin
    The Twins broadcasting duo keep playing up Granite's success on a nightly basis... making his promotion to the Twins seem inevitable... if not in fact, imminent. Last night, Bremer actually posed the question of which of the 3 young OF would be the most likely to be traded to make room for Granite. (I guess they haven't bothered to notice that his 2017 BABIP is ~100 points over his career MiLB average) . I'd love to Granite take the AL by storm, but caution and tempered expectation seem to be called for in this case.
  15. jokin
    I think that would be.... nobody. Twins '87!
  16. jokin
    Yep, and again, especially a lefty.
  17. jokin
    Great to hear, if it turns out to be true. I wasn't even hoping to have a chance for a healthy Perk until August 1. If he could be 80-90% of his old form by the ASG that would be a big boost for the BP.
  18. jokin
    The last 6 seasons the Twins exceeded my expectations- for levels of futility and ineptitude. This year they're exceeding my expectations practically on a game-by-game basis- I penciled them in @ ST as 2 years away from being competitive and 1 year away from daily being fun to watch- gotta say... it's much more enjoyable to be wrong on this side of the expectations game. 1987- after 73 games- 41-32 Two game lead 2017- after 73 games- 39-34 Half-game lead 1987- ERA 4.79 2017- ERA 4.83 1987- wRC+ 100 2017- wRC+ 97 Of course, we all know there's no way the Twins are going anywhere this year. And my old Gardy-inspired fear and loathing of the AL East is kicking up something fierce this evening as Fenway looms. But then again, I had the same dread for this weekend in Cleveland. Baby steps... learning to adjust my expectations a bit higher...
  19. jokin
    Just finished watching today's game. I guarantee that today would have been a blowout for the Indians a year ago- a guy who's struggled all year took the game over and a patchwork pen bears down right when you least have the right to expect the good times to keep on rolling.*** Last night, Buxton stole a game from the Tribe, despite the homeplate umpire's attempt to hand it to Kluber. Friday night, Mejia did his best Deduno-esque impression and then combined with the previously-struggling BP- threw the most unlikely, early-on-ugly shutout that one could imagine- with Mollie ultimately entrusting a non-assuming 22nd RD draft pick to debut and close out the game against the defending AL champs, just hours after being called up. This series had all the elements of a team shaking off its shaky recent past, this weekend was why we watch. *** Challenge ?s for intrepid statheads among us.... 1) Can anyone recall the last time the Twins had 3 shutouts in 4 games? 2) Can anyone recall the last time the Twins swept the defending AL champs on the road?
  20. jokin
    O'Rourke? Too soon for Perk, right?
  21. jokin
    Is there any way that this can be further verified? Wow! Do the scouts post prospect times somewhere- ie, Home to 1st, Home to 2nd, 1st to 2nd, 1st to 3rd- & 40 YD times- like at NFL combines?
  22. jokin
    You would think so. Must be more to the story.... that may never come out...
  23. jokin
    Agree on Melo and Turley. And probably like you, I've been scratching my head that Turley wasn't slated for RP duty from the day he was signed... unfortunately at this point, it's a daunting process to make the conversion to the pen mid-season for a guy fresh out of Indy ball... maybe in a month or so if he responds quickly enough to pitching back-to-back a few times?
  24. jokin
    Now you're denying the facts and sarcastically shading aorund what has been previously stated. There are issues around his current velo, not his potential velo. Unless there's a grand plan involved, FalVine appear to be taking a calculated risk that either no one will make a claim, or if some team does, the Twins have somebody better. Since you've been doing your Steamer research, could you publish what the projections are for Wilk, Gee, Heston, Wimmers, Tepesch, et al, because I've seen a lot more "less" from the lot of them... "more or less."
  25. jokin
    It's a given, lefties with only a heartbeat going for them are going to get claimed a few times.
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