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  1. h2oface
    You're right. Who wants a deGrom..... or a Hunter Greene, anyway (who could also be late inning releivers). Duran will gain strength through to year, hopefully, and I hope they leave the door open. Who knows if he will make it through the year without injury, for once, anyway. A great set of choices/opportunities to have. He is only sent to the pen right now because of innings ramp up and he is needed. Perfect fit for this year, so far.
  2. h2oface
    I loved this game. Great pitching. From Greinke, too. Love watching Ryan. And Duran (who should start next year....) If you don't let the other team score, you can win a lot of games. Even 1-0. Only 2.5 games out of first in the division......... Only 4.5 games out of the best record in MLB!
  3. h2oface
    How about leave Smith in for the next inning? Was 2 pitches yesterday (and 6 on Monday and all of 3 last Thursday) just too much? I don't think so. We didn't need Duffey in the one run game at all!
  4. h2oface
    Tyler Colome. Baldelli is proving to be a slow learner. At least Tyler's brothers, Caleb and Cody Colome didn't get in the game. That was oxymoronic relief. I guess 2 pitches is Smith's limit in Baldelli's books, especially after the 6 he threw yesterday (and 3 last Thursday). I thought that we would benefit from not having Diaz send the slow runners and hold the fast ones, but Watson is proving to be a similar nightmare. Sanchez has been a nice surprise. So that's something.
  5. h2oface
    I love this stat comparison. I hope you make it a series. 8 errors in 10 games? I guess when you don't/can't count the Garlick boner in right field that led to a homer, the pretty easy grounder that rolled untouched (to me even worse that he didn't even deflect it and touch it with his glove) under Correa's glove in the shift while he was basically a second baseman, and others that I didn't note but remember there were more examples........ and Sano adventures at first base........ argh. This team is has way more errors and poor defense that the 8 they are given.
  6. h2oface
    It would be nice to see Correa start earning his keep, Immediately if not sooner.
  7. h2oface
    Duran says thanks for the ERA to Arraez and Garlick. Both who commintted no errors. RiiiiiiiiiiiGHT! But both looked pretty foolish out there in the field. That right field wall at Fenway is only 5 feet tall over at the corner where it landed, uncaught but catchable, and dips down to even 3 feet just to the left of there. I don't understand going to Garlick for defense. Put the supposed defensive phenom Celestino in center and leave Kepler in right. Celestino doesn't even have to bat. Garlick already had struck out to end the inning with two on and a runner in scoring position and there was no reason for him to be in the game for defense and move Kepler and weaken right as well as center now with (no Buxton) to compliment the already weakened Larnach left field. And WTF, Garlick for Gordon? Unnecessary left/right call with a 5 run lead at the time. Was Baldelli just trying to get Garlick an at bat? Wanted a 6th insurance run? OK. But leaving him in the game with better defensive options?Arrgh. But still won, so all good, I guess. Tragedy averted. But still very questionable management calls. No questions about any of the moves in the post game video edit with Baldelli above.......
  8. h2oface
    Arraez is a horrible fielder. Over and over so far this year.
  9. h2oface
    Hitting streaks are a lot more sexy when your average is a lot higher than .263.
  10. h2oface
    When you hand the pitchers a 1 run lead in the 9th, nothing else matters. The pitchers were handed a free run, and it is virtually a 1 inning game, and you get to start the game ahead 1-0. The rest of the 8 innings played no longer matter. At all. In fact, as the home team, you don't even need your hitters anymore to win the game. Seems pretty clear to me.
  11. h2oface
    It matters not what the score is or how many runs a team has has scored..... if they are up by a run going into the 9th, that's all that matters. It is a 1 inning game and you are up 1-0.
  12. h2oface
    Tyler Colome.
  13. h2oface
    Maeda waited for his time on the Twins for his to go. We got lucky with Ervin Santana, though, at least with his partially torn UCL.
  14. h2oface
    Hey..... they got us Colome, Happ, Shoemaker, Robles, Rodney, Perez, De Jong, Belisle, Reed...... and got rid of Berrios, Taylor, and Pressly. They liked all the gets when they got them, just like now, and they got the gets for CHEAP(except the trades to get rid of the best we had were pretty costly)! Mostly coming off bad years (or two), but they were (some of them) good just before, and they were identified by the pitching experts to be prime for resurgence. With that past track record, no reason to not anticipate that the odds are now in our favor for success and the new gets will be ready to thrive, right? Batter up! None of the pitchers on our staff have gone many innings. If this team does get hot, and the pitchers succeed and don't get hurt, come August, they will all be at their inning limits for the season, supposedly. And the guys in the minors will to be, if they are pitching in AAA or AA in rotation. Gray has gone over 200 innings twice, but that was in 2014 and 2015, and last year he put in only 135.........
  15. h2oface
    This is so sneaky clever. Trade away your bullpen leader, your union leader, AND pay his salary for the other team! AND do it the day before your season starts! So clever. These guys want to win. Don't you all see it?
  16. h2oface
    I'm not so sure Rogers isn't damaged goods now anyway, and with the rehab path he chose, he will need surgery soon. I wish we could throw in a Yankee or 2.
  17. h2oface
    Paddock? I wish the FO would quit horsing around and get a stud.
  18. h2oface
    Kind of ironic that of the relief pitchers that made the team, the one with the worst spring is the article picture. The only reason you need to be flexible, is because you don't have the horses to pitch deep into the game. I'm glad that they have been practicing yoga, though. Flexibilty is a good thing, in general. I hope they get to play on Friday.
  19. h2oface
    Lots of 24 y-o and up. Only 5 players under 24. In AA. Seems old to me.
  20. h2oface
    I hope Polanco has a switch he can flip as the season starts. It's been a dreadful spring for him. This one was really bad with just 2 hits in 29 ABs. They were a homer and double though....
  21. h2oface
    Probably in Japan or Korea. He is getting "old".
  22. h2oface
    Miranda should. What does a young guy have to do? I do not like Yankees on this team. Not at all. Urshela over Miranda. Yuk.
  23. h2oface
    https://www.startribune.com/twins-pitchers-joe-ryan-bailey-ober-bullpen-sessions-breakdowns-spring-training/600161395/ I bet it is the only one he gets all year........
  24. h2oface
    First of all, an opening day start IS a big thing, both to the pitcher and from the perspective of tradition. It is not just any old start (is a start). There is no "staff ace". It is time to stop pretending there is, or has to be one if there isn't, until someone earns it. I am glad that Ryan gets the start. Why not? Anyone that can get a plate umpire (Olympics) to give him a high five after a breif conversation at the end of an inning ...... gets my respect.
  25. h2oface
    According to actions (which are more important than words) by our FO (ex: Berrios, Pressly), we will only have Gray for 3 months, until the trading deadline - because his contract is up at the end of the next year, and he has to be traded because that will bring the best prospect value. It apparently is not important how the only team that matters is affected, the MLB Twins, it is only important to stockpile redundant players in the minors for the future (that never seems to come). They don't say this, they just do it.
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