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  1. h2oface
    Regardless of how small...... I agree. Worrisome performance by Sano. Hard to watch.
  2. h2oface
    Good on Baddoo. A fun week/weekend for him and his family. Did the Twins make a mistake? I not buying at this point. But hot is hot. And he is on fire to start.
  3. h2oface
    So speedy Polanco can't be sent from second but Cruz can from first. Looks like Diaz got a talkin' to..... The sure thing is..... that if you don't send the runner, he definitely can't score.
  4. h2oface
    If he hadn't been taken, he wouldn't have even started playing yet, and the Twins would have trapped him in the low minors in some A ball all season probably, and it would have been a waste. All these so called "experts" that say a player isn't ready. Baddoo is proof that some are, and the only way you find out is to get them in the show sooner than later to see. Too bad he couldn't have stayed unhurt and played the last two years.
  5. h2oface
    But really, how impressive is it?.... I mean.... Dobnak was pitching.... 5 players the Twins gave up on in this Detroit lineup! (Not saying that they should have kept them, except for Ramos at the time). And they got 6 of the 8 Detroit hits today. 4 of them feasting on Dobnak in the 9th for 4 runs. With 2 outs! That is pretty weird.
  6. h2oface
    Great offense. Cruz is ageless. Where are all those that didn't want to sign Cruz again, now? Really happy for Shoemaker to get a fine first outing. Dobnak? I have been saying he was fools gold before he started to fail last year, so it doesn't surprise me at all that he can't match his ST when the games actually count. Good luck to him and us. I hope he doesn't cost us too many games this year. Same with Colome.
  7. h2oface
    It is just so depressing that Donaldson can't even run past first base to start the season without coming up lame. Diet? Yoga? Hydration? Massaging legs constantly in dugout? What a waste.
  8. h2oface
    I don't know how anyone could calculate that the ball Kepler "dropped" (no dive, kind of a lazy running leap/hop, plenty of space from the wall and not a particularly speedy run needed to get there, and the ball clearly hit the meat of his glove and he just didn't squeeze it....) had a 97% chance of being a hit. I would have called it an error. And the pitch that was hit? Total week meat with no movement right down the middle. Like ST batting practice. It was just one game for the 32 year old that was not competitively sought after in the off season. I worry about all pitchers like Colome in the closing or late inning role, and always feel they are lucky to get out of the innings they do. So I guess I will be worrying all season.......
  9. h2oface
    Yes, the rule. I agree. But Dobnak threw the pitches. 2 out of 3 were hit and the run is in and the game is over. Once you get the call, you have to perform. If we are saying that this is just what has to be expected of Dobnak when called upon.... well.... yikes. Then why call on him at all? Yes. A perfect storm of other circumstances. But the pitcher is also accountable. Always. I already said my piece about Colome. Too bad there was even a tenth inning. Pitchers and the pitches they throw always have a part of the results.
  10. h2oface
    Sure. Giving up the winning run on three pitches, 2 of which get hit, is just another fine bullpen performance outside of Colome. Contact pitcher is just what you need with a runner on second and no outs to start the 10th. 3 pitches and game over. A fine performance.
  11. h2oface
    Overweight soft tosser to close with a 3 run lead in the bottom of the ninth. Someone tell Colome that the season started. ST is over. I mean really, that cutter to Shaw at 89 was right down the pipe and no cut. Batting practice. And, for me, if the pitcher makes his own error, the runs are earned. He throws the ball away and gets a 0 for earned runs, when he is the problem. Hated the signing then, hate it more now. And Dobnak with a runner on second in the 10th. Wow. No Hader and 3 Ks for us. No no no. Gotta sign the spinner. That was truly a pathetic last two innings. And don't you just love the versatility of our out of position defense? But is it versatile, if they just are put on the field in a spot that they can't really play well? I know it is only one game. But what a bummer. Gonna be a long season. How about that Buxton homer?
  12. h2oface
    All that heralded outfield depth, and we are left with Cave, Garlick, ....... Astudillo, and Arraez - the latter 2 not even close to outfielders. That is some outfield depth, eh? It is what championship teams are made of.
  13. h2oface
    The Homers pick the Twins. 21-2! What would it have been without the Eloy injury, I wonder? I guess they had to pick the Twins, or be run out of town, eh?
  14. h2oface
    So, let's say Astudillo (or anyone, really) hits a solo homer, but also has a throwing error that gives up an unearned run (as happened in one ST game). Would that be scored costing us or helping the team, or a nothing burger? And if it is a nothing burger, is it beneficial to the team? I know you weren't addressing me, but I am just wanting to make sure when to give him all the credit he might deserve.
  15. h2oface
    Our adored FO is sure making this team old instead of young. And still Astudillo on the team. Damn. So..... Spring Training means nothing.... until you want it to arbitrarily mean something. I get it. But I don't get it. Yup. Same thing.
  16. h2oface
    Regardless of the price, I am not impressed that the "sturdy building block to serve as their bedrock" to supposedly get excited about for the long term...... is Dobnak. Steady as they come, eh? Except for the most recent month or so when he was totally figured out, bombed consistently, taken off the active roster and not even taken to the postseason.
  17. h2oface
    Isn't "the man" already at least 30?
  18. h2oface
    I didn't know at the time Happless would be after Maeda! I was goaded into it.
  19. h2oface
    You are so kind. I now totally despise him. He cost me $20. to a Braves fan friend. Maeda on the mound.... and then that crap. I bet he doesn't make it much past the all-star break, if not before. Those tools didn't get any sharper as the outing went on, if that was what he was doing. 38 and cooked.
  20. h2oface
    My bet is it's not COVID. It's 38 and Happless. Cringed at the signing. Still cringing. That was relentless and ugly. Still. Happless.
  21. h2oface
    If the team was treated equally as to ST performance - there wouldn't be many left to field a whole roster.
  22. h2oface
    I'm way past due on seeing home grown, home drafted, farm developed pitching wow the show. It is, after all, the calling card that Falvey (and Levine) came with. Talk talk talk.... when do we eat. How long is it going to take? This is now the 5th year..... 4 drafts. Must be soon, now, right? Lots of trades and free agents..... bring on the farm.
  23. h2oface
    When your opening day pitcher comes off a 2020 "making 12 starts and sporting a 5.35 ERA (5.70 xERA) and striking out 58 batters over 67.1 innings", your pitching staff is in a load of trouble.
  24. h2oface
    I always hate it when I see something like "who, by and large, has hit more like a center fielder", inferring, that center fielders aren't even expected to hit, and it is fine if they don't. When I think of center fielders, I think of Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle, Ken Griffey Jr, Mike Trout, Duke Snider, Joe Dimaggio.......... I could go on and on. Center fielders should hit, too.
  25. h2oface
    Rodgers was feasted on last short season, Robels even more. Duffey looks horrible this spring. Colome is trying to redeem himself after a horrible first outing. Yet......... folks are reveling in the potential of the bullpen. Well..... I hope they all find it by opening day, and become what people hope. I believe Baldelli. And I don't see a closer yet, anyway.
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