Jump to content
Twins Daily
  • Create Account

h2oface

Old-Timey Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    11,136

  • Joined

  • Days Won

    6

 Content Type 

Profiles

News

Minnesota Twins Videos

2026 Minnesota Twins Top Prospects Ranking

2022 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks

Minnesota Twins Free Agent & Trade Rumors, Notes, & Tidbits

Guides & Resources

2023 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks

The Minnesota Twins Players Project

2024 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks

2025 Minnesota Twins Draft Pick Tracker

2026 Minnesota Twins Draft Tracker: Picks & Bonuses

Forums

Blogs

Events

Store

Downloads

Gallery

Everything posted by h2oface

  1. h2oface
    The first base umpire takes a ton of time to call the play. What is the point? Just MAKE THE CALL!
  2. h2oface
    This pretending that Colome is a late inning option again is not going to end well.
  3. h2oface
    Exactly. Why is Kepler leading off?
  4. h2oface
    Sano is so easy to strike out. Never changes.
  5. h2oface
    92 mph first pitch meat. Twins pitchers make that a habit. Home run for a .175 eight hole hitter on the first pitch after a double. A look into the future? Both teams play in the same stadium. I hope the Twins want to play in the band.
  6. h2oface
    Jax had some good fortune in this outing. He wasn't fooling anyone, and was getting hit pretty regularly, just right at someone or just inside the park. I remember Scott Diamond. Gotta take the good when you can, especially this year. I can't say that I am rooting for Jax and Ober et al to do all that well. If they do, the FO is likely to go with them for next year instead of getting better pitching for this team, which has been their great failure. Looking at the Bullpen Usage Chart, and the names in it....... really is depressing.
  7. h2oface
    These games are really fun to watch. The kind of rag tag team made up of prospects, unsigned older free agents, and a couple of Americans that are now playing for Japanese or Korean teams....... is going for the gold. Masahiro Tanaka is starting for Japan. Going to have to step up to win it. 5 am CT early Saturday morning for the game. TV channel: NBCSN | Live stream: fuboTV (Try for free) Starting pitchers: Shane Baz (USA) vs. Masahiro Tanaka (Japan) https://www.cbssports.com/olympics/news/team-usa-baseball-vs-japan-live-stream-2020-tokyo-olympics-gold-medal-game-tv-channel-start-time-odds/
  8. h2oface
    Refsnyder retooled his swing and approach and is killing it. Justin Turner did the same thing as he aged. I cannot cry about SSS when all Refsnyder has done this year is rake. If you want Gordon to stay, and I don't mind at this point... it is Astudillo that should have gone down. Refsnyder needs to be in the lineup until he shows he shouldn't. Period. Plus, even though the song proclaims it, I'm betting Gordon isn't the man. But G Cinco may have a future....
  9. h2oface
    So I am assuming that - Josh "Not quite ready for the field yet" Donaldson, 3B - is actually the DH? It is a shame that Miranda is not playing third then. How long does the Astudillo novelty act have to go on?
  10. h2oface
    Such clarity. Never. Never ever. Never have two sides changed their position in negotiations and done something different than they have once stated. Never. Thanks for the clarification.
  11. h2oface
    Team USA goes on to win, 7-2, and will play Japan for the Gold. https://img.mlbstatic.com/opprops-images/image/upload/opprops/qhxfk1ol963yh5brzsbs.pdf
  12. h2oface
    Joe Ryan chats with the plate ump at the end of the inning.......... and they fist bump to end the chat! WHAT?! Joe goes 4.1 innings. Leaves game up 2-1 with runners on first and second with one out. Pitched with aplomb until his velocity dropped to under 90 in the 5th and started getting hit. A nifty 4-6-3 double play ends the inning as the relief, Ryder Ryan allows none of the 2 inherited runners to score. Delightful.
  13. h2oface
    What about when they allow exactly 5 runs? 5 must be included in one of those groups.
  14. h2oface
    Buxton - ABSOLUTELY NOT Rogers - No Donaldson - No, but maybe. If he goes on the IL with an injury, and they bring up Miranda and he continues his shine..... then yes. Kepler - No Sano - Yes It isn't the bats that have caused this team to tank. It was the horrible pitching decisions by the FO.
  15. h2oface
    Newly acquired Joe Ryan gets the start for Team USA as they play South Korea in the Olympic Semifinal. Win and they move into the Gold Medal Game and a rematch with Japan for the Gold, who they lost by 1 in extra innings in the Knockout Round for their only Olympic defeat. Lose and they play for the Bronze against Dominican Republic. The game starts at 5AM CT Thursday morning, August 5, and can be seen on USA Network (242 DirecTV), and probably some other streaming options. https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/usa-baseball-vs-south-korea-live-stream-tv-channel-start-time-for-2020-tokyo-olympics-semifinal/
  16. h2oface
    Hard to call Berrios an ex-Twin..... but he is. Toronto lunges ahead as a winner in the trade so far, as Berrios is the only player helping the only team that matters, the MLB team, and on Sunday, amid no notice it seems by Twins' fans, he picks up his first win for the Blue Jays, going 6 shut out innings, giving up a paltry 5 hits and 1 walk, with 7 Ks on 95 pitches. Simeon, the shortstop we could have signed, hit his 25th homer and 66th RBI.
  17. h2oface
    ? Barnes was a 4th round pick out of Clemson in 2017. Our pick, our homegrown prospect...... and he has arrived!
  18. h2oface
    Looks like it is going to be tough for Charlie Barnes/Barns/Burns. Not that it is malicious, but he is not even winning the name recognition game from the homies! I wish his name was Burns - Corbin Burnes!Charlie Barnes/Barns/Burns will be 26 October 1, To give that some perspective, when folks like to point out someone is average age or young for his league/level, these guys are all 26..... Walker Buehler, RHP, Dodgers; Corbin Burnes, RHP, Brewers; Shane Bieber, RHP, Indians. Sure would be nice if Diaz would get runners to the plate instead of killing the rally at third. Are we the only team that can't seem to score from first on a double? No reason at all, at this point, to not be aggressive and force the other team to make a good play. As we know from our defense, that doesn't always happen.
  19. h2oface
    .... and Mahle (broke Buxton's hand in June) came to the plate yesterday. Maeda pitched very gentlemanly to him - all but one pitch outside and low. Got a called third strike on a pitch 6 inches outside and low. Maeda had just given up back to back homers on the first 2 pitches of the 3rd inning to the 7 and 8 batters, and there was no outs and no one on base. Put the Reds up 2-1. Wild Man Lucas Sims, who beaned Buxton at the end of September in 2019, and assured we wouldn't have him for the playoffs, is on the 10 day IL since June 24.
  20. h2oface
    Don't pay Berrios, but pay a stranger to replace him. I really don't like my team being full of strangers. Different strangers each year. Colome and Robles and Happ and Shoemaker. And all the others. That is one of the main reasons baseball is loosing fans. They don't even know their team, and the FOs don't treat them as people, just an asset. This is not a virtual fantasy game. This is real life. Their own union isn't helping. They have it organized for only a select few to get paid, and so many never get paid for the great seasons they have in their first 5 years while the CBA is set up to not pay them for perhaps the best seasons of their life. Then they become bad investments, and they are paying them for horrible future seasons. It is all screwed up.
  21. h2oface
    Is that 4, then?
  22. h2oface
    The season series ends at 2 apiece, and Mahle breaking Buxton's hand.
  23. h2oface
    Diaz kills another rally. If you don't make them make a play, you never really know, you are just guessing. Are we the only team that can rarely score from first on a double? Twice in one inning. Arraez and Jeffers. Seriously. What does this team have to lose by being agressive now? Nothing. Nothing at all. But a lot to gain.
  24. h2oface
    Bizarre first game for Martin. So what does Miranda have to do to get put on the roster and help the Twins? Or do they just like to see him play in St Paul? Donaldson ain't playing anyway for the last 6 games. We know Rooker can hit...... and strike out like Sano (....and Larnach 48 times in last 105 ABs). But does Rooker really have a future (Did Palka have a future? Does Sano?) Is there a reason the Prospect Summary isn't being updated with the new players yet?
  25. h2oface
    Helluva defensive setup. Simmons out and Astudillo in. I did like Donaldson hitting, though.
×
×
  • Create New...