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Game Thread: Twins @ Royals, 9/29 @ 2:15pm CT
h2oface replied to Squirrel's topic in Archived Game Threads
I just want to see new highlights! Like 5 homers and the MLB home run title. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like the best lineup to go for it. But they are all capable. Swing for the fences and have some fun and bring the record home. DON'T LET THOSE YANKEES BEAT US BEFORE THE PLAYOFFS EVEN START! Plus....... I have a real aversion to these moderator instructions. Sneaky passive aggressive power play is not fooling me. -
Front Page: Series Preview: One More Time
h2oface replied to Matt Braun's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
Berrios. 100 + wins. The MLB home run record. Swing for the fences with no pressure. Let all the angst out. Have fun. Pros should always try to win. The fans deserve to get what they pay for. Always. I doubt that the Braves will be the team that represents the NL in the Series. But whatever, you play to win, even in this last series. I like not having home field advantage for the playoffs, especially considering how well this team does on the road, and how well it doesn't perform at home. If it is NY, Houston, and LA for a WCS run, without home field advantage all the way, I would love it. If we win...... it will only make it sweeter. -
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Very hairy.
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And Romero is back to his command issues. It is really too bad.
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Best for Twins NOT to have home field advantage for the playoffs........... I mean.... they don't win at home like they do on the road. It doesn't seem to be an advantage for them.
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Astudillo getting the weight behind that ball! Good for him! Great day at the plate.
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So will this. Hard to be anything until it actually happens....... and the Yankees are idle today.
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4 teams have broken the previous record this year. If they change the ball going forward...... the record that is set this year, by whoever, could stand for a long time. It is a record worth having. .... and it may as be the Twins that have it.
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First Ever to 300!!!!!!
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Pitchers that jump off to the side after the pitch... really annoy me. Jim Kaat knew how to finish.
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Yup.
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And it looks like Harper. More batting practice?
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Do visitors count?
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Is it just the camera? Or does Astudillo look like he has gained another 20 pounds since the start of the season?
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These games are NOT meaningless for the young Twins' players that get to play MLB games. It may be like spring training, but they want to perform. It may not be so great for the MLB home run record. The Yankees would seem to have more motivation, as they want to stay ahead of the Dodgers for possible home field advantage in the World Series.
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Sure would like to see Arreaz get that ball at second. Smeltzer pitching batting practice against the worst offensive team in MLB. Not a good sign for the post season roster.
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If I am unable to find any evidence, that means I was looking for evidence, which I haven't found (yet, perhaps), which to me (and the Cambridge online dictionary), is a definition of investigation = "the act of examining something carefully, esp. to discover the truth about it."
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4 hits (and 2 of them doubles and an earned run in the 8th, inheriting a 3 run lead and twice bringing up the tying run to the plate), in 2 innings.... with 4 strikeouts and no walks. Not my kind of "quite good", and probably not even good, necessarily. But in this case, to see how he might do out of the pen, or to get more used to it....certainly it did the trick and was OK. You gotta love 4Ks. I could do without 4 hits in 2....... but nothing got out of hand.
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A little early to have earned that long term respect from me for Arraez. I remember initial half seasons like Valencia and Santana. And even more recently, Astudillo (split at the end of last year and the beginning of this, but I was never on the turtle train). So not that I don't wish for the best, I am not sold, and certainly not on his defense to have a huge upside. But I am open to serving up adoration and respect with time. And right now I have few complaints.... and none at the plate, except a little power. Arraez has been a great addition, so far. So credit given, and reserving respect. Good problems to have, if any are a problem. I like the depth, and I certainly am not trying to predict the future of a couple of 20 year olds that both haven't even grown into their bodies yet. And I believe that Polanco can continue to get better and more consistant in the field. Javier won't play anywhere in the show if he doesn't start to hit. And Lewis will get all the benefits of all doubts and then some for some time to come. Draft Privilege. It's definitely a thing.
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Yes. Something is rotten here. Is it just Dyson? I mean, why wouldn't he bring it up? Did he just want to get out of San Fran for some reason? Something is fishy, if not rotten. Rotting fish, maybe.
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I dream about that. I think Bumgarner would have a resurgence to top form, ala Verlander. I like Dallas Keuchel, a lot, too, who can be signed without a draft pick compenstion. And Odo... I can't believe I am saying that, but as a #3, or 4...... I don't see them spending on Cole, and I bet Houston resigns him.
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Do you think that a team friendly contract will keep Polanco at SS if he continues to have throwing and fielding problems on routine plays, though? I'm not so sure that SS is Polanco's final home on the Twins', necessarily. Especially if someone develops that does better. One injury and an opportunity maximized, and Polanco could be holding down second, long term. He was voted the All-Star SS this year. It could very well be taken.
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Jose Devers (brother of the Red Sox' Rafeal Devers) is in the Marlins system, and the manager of the team is, too. That doesn't hurt his getting the call at SS. He progressed from the Gulfcoast League to High A this year. Geraldo Perdomo played A and High A and is in the Diamondback's farm, so is a "home teamer" in Arizona. There is also that, when we are considering "objectivity". They are both 19. It must be OK with the Twins' though. I still think playing as much as he can, and getting the at bats against quality pitching is the main goal here, and Lewis is athletic enough to play other positions to accomplish that goal, especially in meaningless exhibition type games where there is no need whatsoever to slam yourself into the outfield wall.
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Exactly. This is not the Twins' staff doing this. It happens frequently, to get players into the games in the AFL. Personally, it makes me nervous that opposing team's staff is the ones doing it (Only Luis Ramirez, pitching coach from Fort Myers, and Ben Myers from the traing staff is there, and the team is managed by Keith Johnson from the Marlins' AAA team, the New Orleans Baby Cakes’). I would much rather it be under the watch of the Twins' farm system. This is a real wild card, and a good way to get hurt.... like slamming into the centerfield wall. And I mean slamming. The development is for the at bats he missed by being hurt at the beginning of the year, and against very good competion. After all, he did not really rip it up at the plate this year, and that is being generous. Kirilloff was held out in the end because he had plenty, and was a bit dinged up. I wouldn't read too much into it, either, and I just hope he comes out of the AFL not getting hurt playing the outfield and getting "Buxtoned".
