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  1. Thegrin
    Sano can improve in 3 ways. - His positioning. (His coaches should be more active with that.) - His quickness (he could lose 20 lbs and add muscle) - His decision making. (That comes with experience.) His arm is fantastic. I remember Sal Bando. I swear he played 3B with his chest. He should have worn a chest protector. But he'd pick those balls up and throw us out. Sano can do that too.
  2. Thegrin
    I've said it before. Sano is most valuable at 3B. This is the time to work his tail off (If he is willing) to improve his 3B skills. (If he is not willing...trade him.) He may or may not improve his fielding, but I remember Trevor Plouffe and how an extra year playing 3B improved his performance. It could happen for Sano too.
  3. Thegrin
    Rosario's batting average with runners in scoring position was .340 in 156 opportunities. Cruz was .368 in 108 opportunities. Garver was .344 in 61 opportunities. Polanco was .333 in 123 opportunities. Arraez was .327i n 55 opportunities. Kepler was .309'in 97 opportunities. also Cron was .299 in 107 opportunities. Gonzlalez was .298 in 94 opportunities. Adrianza was .295 in 44 opportunities. Buxton was .282 in 71 opportunities. Eddie more than held his own with the most opportunities. (Rocco, batting Eddie 4th all season was a good decision.) This stat alone makes my choice of Eddie Rosario as MVP.
  4. Thegrin
    The Twins are not like the Astros. - They didn't deliberately tank any season's. - They haven't wasted prospects on Verlander type pitchers. -They didn't "cheat" like Houston did against the Cardinals. The Twins shouldn't be like the Astros. -They should continue to develop from within. -They shouldn't pay for overpriced Free Agents. -They SHOULD continue to develop from within. -They SHOULD use the winning atmosphere of the current TWINS to attract Free Agents to the Twins. -They SHOULD draw on the strengths of the Twin Cities lifestyle to attract players to playing for the Twins.
  5. Thegrin
    Borrrring.
  6. Thegrin
    If I want to play on the West Coast, Minnesota could write a blank check and I would ignore it, because I know that a West Coast team will also write a blank check. Sometimes, where you want to play is more important than how much money they will give you.
  7. Thegrin
    I hope they keep Sano at 3rd. Work his tail off all winter. Play 3b during Dominican Ball. Help him lose more weight so that his playing weight is 250 lbs of muscle. He's quick and has a canon for an arm and he would be the best power hitting 3b in baseball. Its not the easy way to handle the situation, but the payoff would be bigger.
  8. Thegrin
    I think back to the many wonderful memories the Twins have given us this year and I hope for one more before the season ends. We'll let tomorrow take care of itself.
  9. Thegrin
    Arraez will be the next Luis Arraez. And that will make Twins fans very very happy.
  10. Thegrin
    This tells me that Gibson will be offered a contract for next year...if he is healthy. This also tells me that Perez is not likely to be with us in 2020.
  11. Thegrin
    We'll probably never know about the legitimate offers that were turned down because it was the Twins.
  12. Thegrin
    I must have missed the year that Gardy had 5 30+ HR hitters and a solid 5 man rotation.
  13. Thegrin
    My memory may be clouded by the years, but after Molly & Rocco, Gardy & Andy are starting to look good.
  14. Thegrin
    Frankie Fernandez redux
  15. Thegrin
    Oh my heart! My fast beating little heart!
  16. Thegrin
    I want to see Romero PITCH. and be successful pitching. Then we can figure out if he should be a starter or relever. Just throw the ball over the dang plate and watch the batters not hit him successfully. No trickery. No subterfuge. Throw his best pitches where the catcher tells him to and see what results.
  17. Thegrin
    Did you actually ever see Harmon play ? If you had, you wouldn't be asking this question. Harmon's HR were electric. Most of the time they were hard hits, that went thru the infield before the fielders could move. Most impressive were his high flys. You didn't know if they would be caught or over the fence, but most of all, you didn't know if they would ever come down.
  18. Thegrin
    Good picks
  19. Thegrin
    Yea...bring them all up. I am sure we can use them all at least once
  20. Thegrin
    My wife is happy lol
  21. Thegrin
    If Berrios doesn't feel he needs a rest, then let him pitch on the 6th day. Let him have that extra day's rest and see what it does for him.
  22. Thegrin
    I pray that umps stop calling balls & strikes. That will make this excellent analysis moot.
  23. Thegrin
    How many times have the Twins run themselves out of runs. Players thrown out and then a HR was hit afterwards ? The eye test says ."Too many times." With the Twins hitting HR at a record breaking pace, it is detrimental to risk loosing baserunners on the basepaths. Please let the players stay at their bases and trust their teammates to bring them around to score.
  24. Thegrin
    Just think. Without this breech of the "unwritten rules" we wouldn't be having this robust discussion. I love baseball
  25. Thegrin
    Cron is playing hurt and doing the best he can. His injury is obviously affecting his fielding. Remember how solid he was at first before the injury and how shaky he is now. The solution is not easy to find for Baldelli. Sano seems to be more engaged, when he plays 3b. Adrianza doesn't hit enough to play first base as a regular. There must be a reason for NOT playing Marwin at first. I'd love to see them bring up Kiriloff, (ML Playing time be damned) but the likelihood of Kiriloff being more effective than the guys we got is probably small. So Baldelli struggles on with Cron, hoping he will turn the corner, and we hope Baldelli makes the right decisions,
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