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The sooner the bettter. It is already at least 5 years late. The whole idea of trying to cheat, and I mean cheat, the game with bogus pitch framing is not at all in the spirit of the rule of the strike zone. The framing talent is just one making all efforts to trick the umpires call, and make a pitch something it isn't. It cheats the greatest takes, and the finest pitches. It's the closest pitches that deserve to be rewarded the most, as that is the whole purpose of being able to actually but the ball in the very corner of the zone, even (for example) if it is the very back edge of the 3 demensional area defined as a strike. Plus, it cannot be denied the the umpire is just guessing all these years. Plus, the umpires won't even use the tool created from them as a learning tool, and review their work and try to get better! Plus, since when has the present system ever been "seamless"? Never ever. That hasn't stopped it from being used. Times up.

"......in 80 games, he hit just .177 with nine doubles and 11 home runs. He also had 17 errors. So, could he play in the big leagues today? Probably not. But he has as much talent as anyone in the organization....." So much talent, I keep hearing. If he has that much talent, but can only perform at these levels in the low minors, there seems to something drastically wrong with the talent assumption, it seems. I mean seriously, the results of all this talent has been horrible. I get the injuries, but he was healthy for the 80 games, right? These numbers are not supporting the assumptive talent. Even 17 errors in only 80 games. Something is askew.

If you don't wait until the last minutes, there is time to do complete medicals. That is where this kind of thing can't escape notice, or at least, has a much better possiblility of not being hidden. What good did it do Dyson to dole out the "lie of omission"? He could have done what he did on with the Giants instead of costing a team like the Twins prospects and $. I don't feel for him. He was well aware he was hurting. He was dishonest and selfish to the tune of millions of dollars. It was something he knew about, and did not disclose. It is much like stealing, and not being unlucky by getting hurt right after the trade. Plus, if he had been honest, the Twins could have made a move to get someone that could have helped them, instead of being screwed at the deadline. This wasn't the Giants' doing. Dyson lied to them, too. Of course you dump him.

Thinking that Dobnak is the best internal option for the 2019 rotation is like thinking Diamond was going to progress. Same with Smeltzer. I still can't believe he started game 2 of the ALDS instead of Odorizzi. Or that he started a plyoff game, at all! If that is what happens, then the FO will have failed us when it comes to pitching, just like they did this year. Depth. OK. The first options? It makes me cringe.

I didn't see him make calls 6 plus inches off the plate all night. So I don't know how that was consistent. The ol' consistently wrong, like setting a zone and being consistently wrong and sticking with it is the spirit of the rule, or good for the game? How do we get trained to accept errors just because they are consistently called? I will never understand why some think that makes it OK.

By signing Bumgarner, and being the recipient of his resurgence on a new team that is competing for a deep run. But the difference? Bumgarner has a history of winning World Series games. For all of Verlanders success in the regular season, and the rest of the Playoffs........ when he gets to the biggest stage..... he can't seem to buy a win.

I can't remember what it was, but my daughter and I were watching umpires being interviewed about the "tool" that was originated to help them improve their pitch calling........ and none interviewed would even review their calls and check to see how well they were doing, and had total disdain for the whole idea of automation. That should say it all about them trying to get better on their own. In regards to the AFL article, and the whining about the low and high pitches on curves and breaking pitches being called strikes...... THAT IS BECAUSE THEY ARE STRIKES! And they have always missed the calls, because they are guessing and can't see the perfect pitches that just touch the very edge of the 3 deminsional area that the ball passes through. Just because they have never called them correctly, does not mean that they haven't always been missed calls. It just shows how this system will finally have a rule that is called correctly, and reward the greatest pitches that have been missed, or the greatest takes.

Anybody the lets Rodney pitch for them deserves what they get.

Bauer has repeatedly said he will not sign a long term contract, and wants to go year by year. I hope they sign Bumgarner. I see a resurgence, and he is a bulldog in the playoffs. We could use a little of that.

What makes a champion is always looking to improve the team, not stay idle. Cron's overall performance for the year suggests he should be paid less than last year, not close to double what he made in 2019. But it's not even the $. It's that it a position that could be improved. Cron should definitely be non-tendered, and go from there. If the position cannot be improved, pay him what he earned, not what a formula of arbitration suggests.

Good for Houston. I would like to think the Twins would have done the same. Carefully and quickly gathered the evidence they needed for firing someone for cause needs, reversed an early stance in less than a week, and cleaned house. It sure was quicker, and more decisive, start to finish, than the Sano event, and this event just involved words.

I'll let others be the judge and jury. I don't really want to be. I was not there, and anything I hear is second hand, and that can be very biased. I certainly think it is regrettable. I have stated my opinon, which may have been twisted a bit already. Carry on. I am going to enjoy the World Series, between two very talented teams.

It seems it is common, as a first gut reaction, in general, to protect, or have our "family's back", even if our family is truly in the wrong. The more important thing, to me, is that when more than immediate info is in, and it shows our family's transgressions, that one quickly reverses and has sincere contrition. It seems that is what is happening here. The evidence has quickly come in, and stances were immediately corrected, and not doubled down on. It seems we could all use a little of that.

I don't think these games mean a damn thing about where the Twins will have him develop. Exihibition games, managed by people not in his orginization, to get the kid some more at bats, and hopefully confidence after a very mediocre season at the plate. Where he is playing during the short AFL season means absolutely nothing about his future.

I don't buy it. The pitching was worse, in general, as the season went on. And often times, I remember other teams getting hits into the shift...... how is that identified in the stats kept. What did Mark Twain say?

Glass houses. I guess the Twins (and most teams) just prefer to look the other way on PED violations of several players (including darling Nelson Cruz), allegations from a credible female reporter, and Puckett behavior, to name a few right off the top of my head. It certainly is not a shining moment, but it also is not representative of an entire organization, it's goals and its standards, nor should it be. Perspective. One amped up person that has torpedoed his own life should not be lauded as organizational.

Previous Twins Daily MVP Winners 2015: Brian Dozier 2016: Brian Dozier 2017: Brian Dozier 2018: Eddie Rosario I guess that means the faithful will be turning on Kepler next year. It seems to be a curse to be named MVP by Twins Daily.

It looks like Houston is going to let one of the very best pitchers in MLB take his leave when this season ends for them. That is very Twins-like.

Berrios would have come out for the 5th inning in Game 1. Would have gone to top relievers with the game tied or close instead of the minor league guys. Gibson would not have been in the game even trailing 7-4. Gibson wouldn't have been in any game. Definitely would have started Odorizzi in game 2. The Uber driver decision was misguided in so many ways. I am so sick of so called "great stories". This is the story that matters. Swept in 3. Nothing cute about it. Yup. Or "pitching identifiers" and "developers" let Nick Anderson go, too. It is official. As the other 3 series are all tied at 2-2, our Twins are the only team that performed in the playoffs like they shouldn't have been there. Truly embarassing for the team and the fans. I noticed a discussion about how the Twins outplayed the Yankees with hard hit balls, etc in game 3. The only thing that matters is that you score more runs than the other team in the playoffs. Close doesn't count. Stats don't matter. You lose a game 5-1 and outplayed them????? The Cardinals won game 4 in the late innings with 2 hits with exit velocities in the 60's. When you score, you are outplaying the other team. No spin needed. I hate the excessive shifts. Several cost us big time. And they will continue to do so. Hits even go through the shift on the side that is packed, because even where the player would have been, they are not now, and the ball pulled goes right through that hole, because even with 3 on that side, the normal spot is now vacant. We are so smart we weren't even competitive. Embarrassing.

Not leaving Berrios in to start the 5th in game 1 (after only 88 pitches and a 1-2-3 4th on 12) with the game tied, and the pitchers he didn't use in a close and tied game, and starting the Uber driver for game 2 instead of a professional like Odorizzi.......... some of the managerial/front office choices I will never forgive or forget. Some process. Snow forecast for the Twin Cities this weekend? That would have been lovely.

Process. Have we heard that phrase all year? Process. It wasn't losing the series, and "only one team is happy" thing. It is the process by which, once again, this team doesn't show up in the playoffs. The process by which they lose. Not even competitive. Not even one win, for another 3 games. New manager. New players. New process. But I saw them last night on the dance floor......... and nothing had changed. I must love to suffer. I know I will be back next year, ready to believe. I guess I am not too smart.

I guess that is what you get when your pitcher get so much rest and get rusty....

I want starters like Houston and the Nationals have. Or the Mets. But mostly Houston. Hey, maybe one of Houston's will be available, soon?

"We had that in the plan, it's just what we do. I scripted that before the game started and that's our guy there. I believe in him. I would do it again.".......

Exactly. If we all notice this, why doesn't the manager? and the whole metric team?