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  1. Thegrin
    Who is the best of the Minnesota kids, coming out of High School ?
  2. Thegrin
    If the starters keep pitching as they have this past week, we have a good chance of watching the Twins win 90 games or more. I keep wondering what Ryan is being offered for one of them or Tommy Milone ?
  3. Thegrin
    Would you look at Max Kepler !!! Someone to look forward to seeing in Target Field.
  4. Thegrin
    3 years from no3, when Meyer replaces Perkins as the closer, we will all be happy that he made the switch to the Bullpen.
  5. Thegrin
    Target Field is a great place to watch a ballgame and the 2015 Twins are an interesting team to watch. By the end of the summer, the fans should have returned if the Twins continue to play near .500 baseball. When September comes and we get a chance for a first glimpse of Buxton, Sano & Meyer Target Field could be filled to the rafters.
  6. Thegrin
    It was a surprise that the Twins won both the Pittsburgh games. They showed both their strengths and their weaknesses in the short 2-game series. When the next quarter is done, we will be getting a fresh arm, in Santana. 2015 is shaping up to be an interesting season.
  7. Thegrin
    Is this soon fixable ? Can Rosario stay up and play the OF while learning to lay off Out-of-the-strike-zone pitches ? Can he learn ? I've always read that Rosario is a natural hitter. Plate discipline is best learned at the MLB level. I hope he stays.
  8. Thegrin
    I'd rather see May go on the Dr Tom House program with weighted balls, the same as Mike Pelfrey. http://velocityplusarmcare.com/tom-house-million-dollar-arm/ The Cardinals use these techniques and everyone praises their farm system. It would be even better if May rode the bike AND used the weighted ball techniques. Clearly, May needs to pitch at the same pace, whether he is struggling or not. Watching him slow down and stand around is agony. It must be even worse for the fielders. His pitch count was fine till the end. This is what the Twins need to find. Pitchers that can work thru the batting order more than 2 times.
  9. Thegrin
    I love it when Hicks makes a great catch or a clutch hit. I also hope he can be packaged in a good trade while his value is high. Let someone else deal with the inevitable slide into confusion and ineptitude as his motivation and enthusiasm wanes. (there;s a bunch of 3-4 syllable words for you
  10. Thegrin
    I am a Hicks hater, but nobody wants him to succeed more than I do. I like what I've seen on the field and at the plate. However, we've all known guys like him... a guy with more talent and more physical tools than everybody else and who excels, even though they aren't making maximum effort. They always seem to find a way to sabotage their own success. I hope I am wrong. I hope he succeeds. and I hope the Twins make him part of a good trade unlike the way they fumbled Delman Young. Trade him while he is going good and let another team deal with him.
  11. Thegrin
    With the exception of Perkins, no pitcher has been great and no batter has been great. There is not an All-Star player amongst them. I guess it has been clutch hitting that can be attributed to this unexpected winning streak. Lets cheer for clutch hits and clutch pitching when we get a lead. I'd like to see fangraphs graph that.
  12. Thegrin
    Berrios is good and someone to look forward to, but if the Twins had to call up a pitcher, it would probably be Tommy Milone. and nobody has even mentioned Pat Dean. He has a 1.93 ERA and a 1.05 whip in AAA Rochester. He's pitched 42 innings with 9 walks and 28 strikeouts. That is what I call "gettin' her done"
  13. Thegrin
    You write a good column. Always interesting. Thanks.
  14. Thegrin
    From the time this Lookouts team was announced, I've been thinking of them as the Twins '17. Your outstanding report confirms this belief. Than you,
  15. Thegrin
    As a Hicks hater, I will be looking for every little mistake. I hope I am wrong, but Hick's attitude and effort will again doom him to failure.
  16. Thegrin
    IN 2013 he didn't hit and wouldn't prepare himself for the days game. They sent him to AAA and didn't recall him in September. Last year he was futile at the plate, arrived late to at least one game. still didn't prepare himself was sent to AA and he decided to STOP switch hitting (which he had done all his life). Several weeks later Rod Carew convinced him to resume switch hitting. This is one VERY confused young man, Finally, this Spring Training he continued to be unprepared and not paying attention. I hope he hits so well that someone will trade for him. I hope he never again puts on a Twins uniform. Let he be someone else's problem.
  17. Thegrin
    We have about 50 games to figure that out
  18. Thegrin
    I think the results would be about the same with Gardy. The difference will show, later in the season, after tough stretches of baseball. The Gardy teams would be more resilient. I expect Molly's team to be too brittle and mike break under pressure. I hope not, but to me, Molly manages "scared".
  19. Thegrin
    I always take the Twins seriously. After a win I watch the Twins postgame interviews and highlights and bask in the glow of their success. When the Twins lose, I immediately turn off TV, stomp around, rearrange my sock drawer, pay bills and do other unpleasant things, since things can't get worse. However, the difference is, in previous years I barely had hope approaching a game. I expected the Twins to be down 4-0 in the 3rd inning. Any other result was like flowers and green grass in the winter. This year, I approach each game with optimism. I expect Quality Starts and timely hitting. I think this will continue for the year. At least I hope so.
  20. Thegrin
    They are paying Nolasco a ton of $$. That buys him time until he becomes the Nolasco of old or totally flames out
  21. Thegrin
    this year Gibson has 8 DPs, Pelfrey 6 and the rest, only a few. He seems to have a talent for escaping trouble.
  22. Thegrin
    Lee has nothing to prove in Florida. Send him to AA and send down Peavey
  23. Thegrin
    I hope Hicks is seeing a shrink. His problems are more about effort and attitude than his bat.
  24. Thegrin
    If the Twins thought Polanco was going to be the SS of the future, why waste a year playing Santana at SS when Escobar has proved he already is a Major League SS and carries a decent stick as well. The conclusion is, that the Twins do not see Polanco as the long term solution. :0
  25. Thegrin
    L Leave Hunters tweets alone. He was not supporting domestic violence. He was saying that the man can box. What Mayweather does outside the ring is his own business.
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