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  1. Whitey333
    Baldelli completely mis manges his bullpen. If the analytic computer is doing that for him then they shou both be gone lol. Ryan looked great. I was surprised Baldelli didn't take him out after 4 innings. Nice victory. Aareaz is terrible at third and has shown that for quite sometime. The great Garlick? Yes Fenway is a tough park to play in but come on this is major league baseball. No excuse for butchering a play like that. Hope Buxton isn't out too long.
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    Yes of course it's early. Remember last year? They kept telling us don't worry it's early. They never did recover and finished 16 games under and finished in last place. So far the starting pitching has been better than anticipated. But it's early there too. The offense has been poor so far entering Fridays game with Boston the team is hitting .181. it's early there too. Our $35 million dollar shortstop is hitting around .200. while Buxton has 3 Homer's he is also hitting just above 200 and tied for the team lead in strikeouts. The team as a whole has the second worst strikeout rate only to the Orioles. Our best average hitter, Aareaz at around .313 doesn't play much because of Baldelli and his analytics computer managing. And maybe because Aareaz has no position. He can't field. He looks totally lost at third base. Team defense is horrendous. Too many errors and too many plays that should have been made but weren't counted as errors. Yes it's early there too. And in reality it is early. I'm hopeful they take the Boston series then sweep the royals on KC. I agree, April schedule is tough! We need to get through it around .500 and feast on a weak may schedule. Last year after 7 games we were 5-2. This year 3-4. Let's hope Buxton isn't out long. Remember it's early. Poor baseball in April doesn't matter. Right? That's what they told us last year right to the end of the season. Come on Twins. A contending, twins team makes for a great summer!
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    Like it or not I'm sure Sano is here through this season. We are stuck with him. I surely don't see any circumstance they pick up his option for next year. When the season is done he will have hit 20-30 home runs. Some of them meaningful and a couple of them mammoth shots. He will have struck out about 33% of his at bats. He is what he is. Unfortunately he is very frustrating to watch. Maybe this weekend he will set a new Twins all time record. Currently he is 0-19 to start the season. The Twins all time record to start the season is 0-21. Go Sano
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    I agree with the comments about putting in a c lineup on getaway day. Twins have a long history with that back to TK. I heard Correa didn't play because it was his scheduled day off. Good grief! Barely a week in and he needs a day off? They have Thursday off already. Don't put a c lineup in at home. If you need to do it, do it on the road. People pay money to watch your team at home. To not put your best lineup possible out there at home is signalling you don't care. Baldelli obviously gave Dodgers the game before it even started. What a joke.
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    I totally agree with the comment the game is killing itself. Statheads rejoice!! You and the metric brand have made MLB virtually unwatchable. It's turned into a giant, boring video game. Attendance and broadcast ratings are down all over. It's been on a steep decline since the metric era. As far as watching it on tv you can't even get the games for most of us for the past year and a half. Bring back the real MLB before it's too late. Get rid of shifts, the ghost runner, no time clocks, stop announcing launch angles, spin rates etc and telling us how the computer is playing the game and then trying to tell us why our team finished 16 games under .500. Please for the grand days of real baseball.
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    Are the wheels coming off already? They are 2-4 and in last place. Sound familiar? 4 games coming in Boston. It's too early to panic right? Starting pitching so far has been decent. Hitting has been poor. Then our great manager totally mismanages the lineup and bullpen. Why was Correa not playing? It was his scheduled day off. My good ness, one week in and the 35 million player needs a day off. They have a day off already Thursday. Then we blame losses, at least in part on the weather. My god the weather didn't effect the Dodgers? They seemed to handle it ok. What's wrong with just admitting they are better. Because they are. They are loaded. It's hard to imagine how or why they ever lose. Kirilloff situation is definitely problematic. The recurring injury may derail his career. The fact that he didn't keep the Twins informed about his playing through pain is inexcusable. Hope Larnach can handle it.
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    I agree with you! The new generation of baseball gods don't realize or care that their new game is boring and it's destroying the game. MLB attendance and tv ratings has been on the decline for the past few years. It's a well known fact:. Look it up. The current version of MLB is nearly unwatchable. Baldeis Twins even more so!!
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    To me that's why I have problems with Baldelli. He's locked in to his pregame plan and is unwilling and/ or incapable of making in game adjustments. With all the money spent and players added it will be interesting to see how long of a leash he has. Yes he won two division titles his first two years. But everything went right then. Players had career years. Now that things don't go perfectly we can see his style. It's boring childish baseball. Today as Baldelli follows his script, the Twins will lose to Dodgers to fall to 2-4. The bottom line at the major league level is to win games.there isn't other level for players to progress to. This is it. It isn't meant to be a minor league playground for players to develop.
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    It's kind of convenient to blame the weather for the bullpens struggles. It seems to me it was raining when the Dodgers were pitching. They didn't walk 9. They didn't implode. The bullpen blew it, plain and simple. It happens. Let's try to win today. Maybe Arraez can pitch lol
  10. Whitey333
    I admit I was wrong. Looks like a regular lineup today. I'm glad. I see Aareaz is starting at second base today and Polanco is starting at shortstop. Did Correa get hurt last night? He left the game a little early last night. Does anyone know why Correa isn't in the starting lineup today?
  11. Whitey333
    Felt sorry for Winder. Very difficult circumstances to throw him out against such a good team in crummy weather in his debut. Stupid for Baldelli not to use him in one of the four games against Mariners for his MLB debut. Good first game for Archer. He looked good. It's going to be interesting to see today's starting lineup. With Baldellis propensity to sit players and baby his favorite players, I wouldn't be surprised to see the batboys in there.
  12. Whitey333
    Yes Arraez definitely needs to be in the regular lineup as much as possible. Nothing wrong with being DH. As Gladden says you've got to have one of your best hitters in the lineup regularly whether it's against a lefty or righty. Arraez is a very good hitter currently without a position. My opinion is he fits best at second. But that's not workable since that's Polanco spot. Outfield? Only in an emergency. I don't like him at third. Baldellis analytics not withstanding, he can be brutal there defensively. Why not DH him regularly? He certainly has earned that.
  13. Whitey333
    I absolutely hate " pitch framing ". I think it's unprofessional and demeaning to the home plate umpire. And believe me I'm no fan of major league home plate umpires. I've talked to college and high school umpires that don't like it either. Some of them have told me that if the catcher is "pulling" pitches in the strike zone it only proves the pitch is a ball. I've been told and have seen in the past that a catcher is more likely to get a questionable close pitch if he holds glove steady and pitcher hits the glove. Ball and strikes are difficult. I am not in favor of computerized ball and strike calling. I am in favor of getting rid of pitch framing and it's stats. Also shame on the umpires that are fooled by these catchers.
  14. Whitey333
    Nice smooth win last night. Too bad there was only 12,000 in the stands. Attendance around the league in general is down so far. Very few opening day sellouts which was always a gimme on opening day. But that's a discussion for another time. Nice win. Solid pitching. We survived 3 errors and two guys thrown out at home. Strange sending Sano to score when he had no chance. And we had our 35 million dollar superstar ss scheduled to bat next. But nice to win. Go Twins. Dodgers and Red Sox next.
  15. Whitey333
    I still maintain that in the long run it's the pitching that will inevitably doom this team. Granted over the first two games the pitching overall had been decent. The hitting has been very sub par. I'm concerned with the retreads and inexperience throughout the entire pitching staff. Even healthy I don't see this group of starters or relievers making us a contender. I think as the season plays out there will be a lot of questioning about the FO moved and non moves.
  16. Whitey333
    I'm one of those that isn't panicking after only two games. However, last year the Twins started April 5-2 then proceeded to go 4-13 record to finish April 9-15. They essentially lost the season in April and early May last year but all the baseball experts kept telling us it's early. .or the season is a marathon, not a sprint. Essentially implying early April and May games aren't that important. Those experts were wrong. The Twins never recovered and played sloppy and uninspired games most of the season. I'm very like warm on Baldelli. I think his in game management is often times laughable. His determination to stick with the game plan without making in game adjustments is problematic. I would love to see him actually manage instead of letting a computer and all those metrics and analytics do it. I agree that so far the pitching, not withstanding Duffey, has been good. The hitting has been very poor so far. Yes it's only 2 games so no need to panic. But Twins have a tough April schedule and can't afford to throw away wins. It's going to be interesting to see where the Twins stand at the end of April. If the finish April .500 or better, I think they will be in great shape. If they finish April like last year it could be a long season. Let's hope for a win today and Monday against the Mariners to get back to .500. after that we have the Dodgers and Red Sox. Wow.
  17. Whitey333
    Great article. To me the 1969 Twins team was their best ever. Yes even better than the 1987 and 1991 championship teams. .what a duo of Killebrew and Career. I also loved the Mauer/Morneau duo. Buxton/Correa have potential but will have to see how it plays out. It's just unfortunate Buxton has been hurt so much. A great center fielders with a .248 career batting average over 7 major league seasons. We may never know what could have been. He's had a few great months off and on. Give me a full season of a healthy Buxton and hope all his talents bring results.
  18. Whitey333
    It's an interesting trade. I didn't want to see Rogers go. I think that on paper it weakens the bullpen. But we have some good pitchers there. I find it interesting that some people that justified trading Rogers was due to relievers being so unpredictable. Doesn't the same theory hold true with the people currently in the pen? I thought one of the most intriguing aspects was the Twins including $ 6.6 million to San Diego in the deal. That's a lot of money and something the Twins don't do very often. For the Padres it makes the trade a financial bargain as the players will only cost them a little more than major league minimum as they are trying to keep under the $230 million luxury tax threshold. Although I like Rogers, I think in the long run the Twins will benefit.
  19. Whitey333
    Very well thought out predictions. Can't really argue with any of them. It is possible the twins will need to win the division to reach the playoffs. The AL East may generate 4 of the 6 playoff openings. Could be a very fun season. Go Twins!
  20. Whitey333
    Not sure about the trade but it could work out real well for us. Over does not belong in the pen. He needs to start if for no other reason he has earned it. Going to miss Rogers. I'm not sure we have anyone in the pen that can replace him. A lot of changes have been made. I'm still confused by what the FO is trying to do. We still have a couple of pitchers on the starting staff that are reclamation projects that no other team wanted. I'm not sure how that makes us a contender. Offense looks great and is probably going to have to carry the team. Pitching staff is still questionable. I hope it all works out.
  21. Whitey333
    I was on with this until Rogers was included in the trade. Trying to upgrade the starting staff is great. But now we are left with a big hole in the bullpen. Maybe the reliever we got will be good.
  22. Whitey333
    I believe you need good starting pitching as a solid foundation. I guess I'm a neanderthal in that I liked the 3-4 starting pitchers carrying a team. As a fan going to a game the starting pitching matchups helped determine if I would attend. Using the Rays as an example is more of an example of their great scouting and coaching and out of necessity. Winning 100 games is great but very few people in Tampa seem to care. MLB has become nearly unwatchable the past several years. With all the silly rules and shifts and pitching strategies it looks like a giant video game on TV. Yet for all these changes, baseball continues to fall behind the other sports in terms of attendance and tv ratings. Bring back the fun older days of baseball where starting pitchers went 7 or 8 innings. Now days pitchers get accolades if they make it through 5. Starting pitchers are getting paid more and more for pitching less and less. And what about the relievers who pitch several times a week? They are valued more and more and are grossly underpaid for the most part. I'm one that hopes they ban the over shift, does not institute a pitch clock, drops the ghost runner rule, and never adds electronic devices to call balls and strikes.
  23. Whitey333
    I don't want to see Kepler traded either. However it would depend what Twins got for him. The bold predictions are very interesting and all possible. I think if we add a decent starting pitcher we become a viable contender. Our current starting staff is very questionable and won't get us into the playoffs.
  24. Whitey333
    Twins definitely need starting pitching and this would be a good addition depending of course what you have to give up. I've always liked Larnach and think he is going to be a very good major league player. I surely hope Rogers is not part of any trade. He's much to valuable in the pen.
  25. Whitey333
    Just a question here about Smeltzer. Twins need starting pitching. He pitched 11 innings allowing just 5 hits walked 2 and struck out 9. He didn't give up a run which of course explains his 0.00 ERA. I'm assuming Archer took his spot. Over the past couple of years Smeltzer has pitched more than Archer. I'm just curious why he was cut. Anyone have any ideas? A list of the 16 pitchers yes 16, they plan to make the roster shows me there certainly is room to dump one of those. I'm not even a Smeltzer fan pers' I just don't understand the move.
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