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  1. h2oface
    Talk of trading Buxton makes me vomit.
  2. h2oface
    Tuesday night at Wichita, the AA boys hit the ball.... Three bombs in the first three innings: Jose Miranda to start the game @Franki2998 Caleb Hamilton with a 464-foot moonshot @02Chami Andrew Bechtold - 440 feet @Bechtold5 I guess the AA players do hit the ball differently than the boys in the show. Way harder than the Twins and Mariners did in Seattle. Even with the leadoff homer, double and triple against Happ....... Happ managed to limit the Mariners to soft contact as Seattle hitters averaged an 81.5 mph exit velocity against him, according to Statcast.
  3. h2oface
    You have basically called me stupid now more than once, and are assuming I don't consider all that. See you around.
  4. h2oface
    "I'd guess they aren't doing as in depth of positioning in the minors", too. But they are in the show, especially with all the data used now. Positioning from the bench should not be stressful, nor difficult. If they aren't doing it, that is an even bigger system failure. "If you think there's as many guys hitting the ball with 90+ exit velos on a regular basis in A ball as there are in the majors I have a bridge to sell you." No, of course I don't. You can keep your bridge.
  5. h2oface
    If he played like this, I wouldn't be posting, and you wouldn't be defending him. But I am confused. This "showing how good he can be once he is ready for the majors:" - if this is how good he can be NOW, in the video, isn't he ready for the outfield wherever he plays, and it reasonable to expect similar? I am not critical of him at the plate. Just in outfield play - decisions, throws, positioning, and results. I hope he gets ready, too.
  6. h2oface
    Thank you for confirming that he has had ample time to adjust to the variations of a hit baseball in the outfield, and should be well versed. As to the quicker and farther, that is an interesting stance. I didn't know that 105mph or whatever is different in the Minors. 105 =105 everywhere as far as I know. It could be that he is positioned where he is by the bench, I don't know, and you probably haven't talked to the bench about it either. (I have questioned in more that one past post "haven't they learned from Buxton.) If it is, that is on them, because if we go with the "when a major leaguer hits one they travel quicker and farther" (which I find silly as most in the show don't hit it that hard) they should have made that adjustment for the rookie, especially if it is consensus he is not ready to make those decisions on his own, and especially in the late innings. Either way, it is happening repetitively, and that is not a physical error. Please forgive me that I have taken the "people with years of scouting experience" ratings and expected to see it. I don't know how that happens.
  7. h2oface
    Whatever. It all counts. Ignore it if you like. Playing outfield forever and then this in the show. That should be ingrained years ago. I'm not talking about his bat. I understand that MLB pitching is a hurdle. But his calling card, defense, is not different at any level.
  8. h2oface
    Maybe not, because it would be 2-2 because of his homer. Celestino is supposed to be a very good defensive true centerfielder, but he plays too shallow and it continues to cost us runs, as it did again tonight. His routes are terrible, and his throws are worse, as is his judgement. I would rather see Gordon in center, and he never played center until the last couple of games! I keep reading about his Prospect value, but I'm not buying. Try to sell it all you like, sportswriters. I don't see Celestino as a plus in any way. This bullpen. So painful. I can't imagine what it is like being on this team and having to watch them lose your games late. The hitters must hate them. And now we get Happ tomorrow, the 1 year gift from the FO. Thanks.
  9. h2oface
    Please. This sport is about World Series Champions. I would have much rather kept Pressly for 2019 and the playoffs. Absolutely. Alcala is mediocre compared to what Pressly has dealt. And he could be TJ and out anyday. Yes. Still a hope. And Celestino and his bonehead defense and no offense. He has only contributed to losing at the big league level, and may always. 6-7 years is your hope. And those could be trash. I want a team to go for it. Now this "window is looking like 2 years... or 1 year and 2 months, and people calling for selling our best players for minor league stardom. Not a fan. At all.
  10. h2oface
    Amen. Right under their nose, and they go looking for the likes of ..... Colome/Shoemaker/Happ et al, who they give a seemingly endless leash to. But I think it is very fair to point out the ones the FO missed on. It is difficult, to be sure, but that is what they get paid for.... to make the right decisions, not the wrong. When it comes to pitching, it seems this FO had a reputation that they cannot live up to. Perhaps FO performance is also volatile and fleeting, too, and having a good stretch or season does not really mean much.
  11. h2oface
    Hmmm. And just a couple of months ago, by most accounts everywhere, they were a top 5 team in MLB. The adored FO and its manager have sabotaged this team with the crummy parts they added or resigned. Colome, Happ, Dobnak, Shoemaker, the scrap heap pitchers signed and in AAA, Duffey becoming doughboy and ineffective, Maeda becoming himself again (everyone was penciling him in as ace and even took homegrown Berrios opening day start away from him), believing in Sano come hell or high water..... This could have been different, and off season signings been remarkable instead of tragic. This is not a bad team. It is a team that needs uninjured players, and pitching that isn't a hope. And a manager that inspires. Some of his decisions have just been horrid. Many, I mean. I hope they don't trade their best players. You don't become better if you trade Berrios, for instance. Just like we aren't better by trading Ryan Pressly for prospects. Blah blah blah... you can't grade the trade yet..... sure you can. Houston got a closer and we got hope. All these years count still. And so far, for what we needed for the "window", we got nothing. We get better by replacing the bad players with good players, not by trading the best ones for hope and dreams.
  12. h2oface
    Using Steely Dan for distraction, "with making the team healthier being out of his hands" and putting it into their hands..... seems that the alternate focus will not be benefical for baseball.
  13. h2oface
    The thing that I noticed that I hope Ober changes, is the meatball he likes to throw on the first pitch to each batter. By the 5th inning, they all were waiting for it, they all swung (Maldonado deep fly to center, Altuve home run - barely - to left, Brantley fouled it off, Bregman grounded out) except Alvarez, and Altuve didn't miss it, and knew it was coming by that point in the game.
  14. h2oface
    Sometimes there are novels and sometimes short stories. Dobnak was a short story. They tried to stretch it into a novel.
  15. h2oface
    .... and 10 earned runs after 2, and Gardenhire still brought him out for the 3rd.......... just what is the point here? Trying to give him confidence? Right.
  16. h2oface
    Buxton may as well be playing in the show. His homers and play is being wasted in AAA.
  17. h2oface
    The Twins need to go on a 10-12 game winning streak. Not win series' now. Sweep. If not, forget about it. Since they tanked after the influx of hysteria after the 4 runs in 5 pitches comeback and 9th inning walk off against the Yankees and Chapman, I don't see it happening. The pitching staff wasted 4 homers and Baldelli let Shoemaker be the new Colome. I don't see it happening.
  18. h2oface
    Baldelli is decimating what pen we have with the way he uses them. He torches the pen by removing starters when they are doing well with low pitch counts. Lost in space.
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    What a waste of 4 homers. This pitching staff needs to find some pride. What a bunch of...............
  21. h2oface
    Baldelli little talk makes me vomit. "Shoe is ready. He'll be ready tomorrow"..... That makes it worse. I think his brain is shrinking. Alcala overused. Doughboy Duffey creates his own problems. Rogers is wasted for only 3 pitches and one batter. So Baldelli goes to the Shoe on the wrong foot late inning too many innings. How about that turning point at the end of last nights game. Some turning point. Especially with Baldelli making the decisions during the game.
  22. h2oface
    4 runs on the last 5 pitches. That was some kind of fun.
  23. h2oface
    Yup. As I expected. $$ You would side with the "most". $$ Pohlad's were the wealthiest owner, maybe they still are. $$ They are free to make whatever choices they want, and they are familiar ones.
  24. h2oface
    Back to back games in relief? I don't mind them bringing him in yesterday for multiple innings. But yesterday? and back to back days. Just irresponsible in my opinion.
  25. h2oface
    I disagree. Some businessmen will. Some won't. Most won't. Nobody owns a MLB franchise as their first source of income (or at least, they shouldn't). It is a glorified hobby. Sure, some, and even most, businessmen owners will treat it solely as a business. But the best owners, and the most human owners, know it is a side gig, and one to treat the players well and even lose a bit of the unneeded millions and billions of excess money and enjoy life and spend the rewards that they acheived while they are alive, and HAVE SOME FUN. Life is not always about not operating at a net loss. Money changes everything, though, and to some, it just makes them more greedy. I have known some very unhappy very ultra-rich people. Pohlads could be having a lot more fun than they are having with the Twins, and it wouldn't hurt a soul, including them.
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