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  1. William K Johnson
    Could have then put Farmer at short. But Rocco is beholden to his big contract guy.
  2. William K Johnson
    Of all the players on this squad, Correa has to come up with the bases loaded in the eighth inning. I told my wife; this is going to be a double play. No sooner got the words out of my mouth, when he hit into his major league leading double play. Just think if we had Garver catching today, and they had Christian Vasquez.
  3. William K Johnson
    In Pagan's defense, his first walked batter should have been a strikeout. The 2-2 pitch was a great strike that was missed. He let his frustration with that pitch throw him off the rest of the inning.
  4. William K Johnson
    Next month as we watch Cleveland celebrate another Central title, we will look back at this game. Can anyone really blame Sonny Gray for wanting to pitch somewhere else next season?
  5. William K Johnson
    Some thoughts after tonight's game - - Someone please tell me that Vazquez's contract is only for two years - Gallo still on the roster tells us that the front office is willing to sacrifice games to save face - Correa needs to bat lower in the order - Royce Lewis is a baseball player - I take back every bad thought I have ever had about Max Kepler
  6. William K Johnson
    How did Correa get in position to make the cutoff throw to home plate? And what a throw it was. I rip him all the time for his hitting, but he is absolutely incredible in the field.
  7. William K Johnson
    Hire Detroit's assistant hitting coach!!
  8. William K Johnson
    Sure glad we swung that trade deadline deal.
  9. William K Johnson
    Don't care how far the throw was from the bag, it went right through his glove. His defense is as bad as I have ever seen from a professional player.
  10. William K Johnson
    Maybe it's for the best, as one of the commentators stated on the MLB program that no team had a worse deadline trading result than the Twins last year with the Lopez and Mahler trades.
  11. William K Johnson
    Don't forget Paddack.
  12. William K Johnson
    A couple of quick questions: When did Alex Kiriloff turn into Joey Gallo? and When did Johan Duran turn into Emillo Pagan?
  13. William K Johnson
    You can't put this one on Baldelli. The question is how much longer until Thielbar and Stewart return? The current bullpen outside of Jax and Duran offers very little. Moran can't throw strikes, Pagan gives up homers at the worst possible moments, whoever heard of Ortega before he showed up in the bullpen, Balazovic is still learning, Jorge Lopez is lost, and Cole Sands reminds me of Cole DeVries, who a beat writer once stated, "I am amazed every time Cole DeVries gets a major league hitter out". Falvey stated the other day that middle relief was the main objective at the trading deadline. Let's hope they can bring some help in at that point. Also, would someone please get Julien a hat that fits and the play he mishandled would have been played by Polanco and most major league second baseman. Tough play, but they are after, all major leaguers. Lastly, I have started guessing how many pitches it will take to strike out Gallo and Larnach during each of their plate appearances. Believe it or not, I am getting pretty good at it.
  14. William K Johnson
    No one seems to be talking about what they are going to do when Lewis returns. He is, in my opinion, our best baseball player. He has to be somewhere in this lineup.
  15. William K Johnson
    It seems that early on every time we had scoring opportunities, either Solano or Taylor would strike out. Both had terrible games at the plate. Vasquez hitting for Wallner is a head scratcher.
  16. William K Johnson
    We need Julien's bat but not his glove or arm.
  17. William K Johnson
    Not a big Baldelli fan but can't blame him for Maeda's effort on Friday.
  18. William K Johnson
    They are too analytical at the plate. Time to go back to basic "see ball, hit ball". Sano had his best years when working with Cruz. If someone can make a productive hitter out of him, imagine what he could do with the rest of the lineup.
  19. William K Johnson
    Solano at first for the time being, move Kiriloff to left. Release Gallo. Polanco and Lewis will be back by August. Castro and Farmer man third base until then. Julien can't catch cold, and Miranda brings nothing to the table. The biggest problem on this team, IMO, is Buxton at DH. I know I am beating a dead horse here, but his current role not only takes the game's best centerfielder out of the game but blocks a Nelson Cruz type DH from hitting in the lineup as well.
  20. William K Johnson
    They are a reflection of their manager.
  21. William K Johnson
    Any thoughts on bringing Nelson Cruz in as a hitting coach?
  22. William K Johnson
    Enough with the Miranda experiment at third. Castro/Farmer there until Lewis returns.
  23. William K Johnson
    Honestly, if not for the fact that each team has to have a representative, we most likely would not have had an all-star rep this season. Nothing against Sonny Gray, but he is a starting pitcher with four wins at all-star break. I am fully aware that his record is skewed by the blown opportunities for wins by the bullpen or lack of run production from what must be best described as one of the worse first half offenses by any team in recent memory. How many first-place teams can say that they did not have one everyday player represented?
  24. William K Johnson
    You can add Corea and Buxton to that dead weight list.
  25. William K Johnson
    Well at least this explains the "Gallo experiment" and why he continues to get at bats in this lineup. Also, explains why we lead the league in strikeouts and are near the bottom in batting average. A recent loss at Detroit shows exactly why this "only swing at mistakes" approach is flawed, as the Twins hit one home run, Detroit scores on three doinks to the outfield and wins 3-1. Another flaw in that strategy is that most home runs hit in that approach are solo shots which can easily be overcome with the contact approach to hitting. And if the reason that Lewis sat last night was due to his inability to follow this philosophy, both the hitting coaches and Baldelli should be gone today.
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