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  1. Whitey333
    Yes we could remember Kielty and a dozen others in the same boat. Give Larnach a break for crying out loud. He's a rookie, and overall has done well. So when has it become bad for a rookie to have slumps but the " veterans" get a pass when they have a slump? Larnach has proved he belongs here and deserves to stay when everyone else gets healthy. We have plenty of other candidates to move out. To send Larnach down may be worse for him. Where are the coaches that are supposed to help him?
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    The Grand "Re-Tool" Experiment

    Whitey333 commented on Tim's blog entry in Tim

    Wow. Excellent article and great comments by all. The biggest take away I get from this is the next couple of years for the Twins seems very bleak no matter which way they go. They dug themselves a deep hole by signing bargain basement pitchers that are washed up. That's the Twins way. Until that philosophy changed I don't see us being contenders but pretenders.
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    Yes it seems inevitable that Cruz will be traded. He deserves the chance to be traded to a contending team.. it would be great to watch him in the playoffs. Good luck Nellie!
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    Very interesting comments. I will put my 2 cents worth in. Twins tend to trade expiring contracts for prospects that MAY be helpful 3 or 4 years down the line, analytical b.s. not withstanding. We need better players obviously. But we also need better coaches and manager that can put the computer down and manage.
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    Great comments guys. I'm beginning to think the Twins FO will not make many moves. Just some obvious ones on expiring contracts. They dug themselves a huge hole by signing bargain basement pitchers that few teams want. The risk they make is by doing too little, or "retooling" will hurt attendance and further alienate a fan base. I think they have a tough job ahead of them but that's what they get paid for. Let's hope they don't swing and miss at the trade deadline/ off-season. The CBA is another story worthy of another time
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    The ridiculous banter regarding rbi production is ridiculous. Just as the new wave of boring analytics is ruining the game. The game thrived for decades without all of the invented and discovered stats. Now the game is boring and becoming unwatchable. Add in a poor team that manages by computer and trends and refuses or is unable to manage in game is sad.
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    All facets of Twins game went bad this year. Manager included. By the way do we have one? To me the worst part of the team is pitching overall and bullpen specifically. Why would you trade Berrios and/or Rogers when they are your best two pitchers and you need pitching? Besides we always trade for " prospects" that MAY help in 2 or 3 years but usually don't. Twins are in such a mess!!
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    I agree with the comments concerning Berrios. What do you people want? He pitched a great game. He only gave up 1 hit and struck out 10 in 7 innings. And have got to love Baldelli putting in Colome' with the game only 2-1? What kind of bone head managing is that? How about Sano? 2 costly errors and a base running blunder they don't make in Legion baseball. Bottom line is Twins lose again in all too familiar fashion.
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    Sano is no option for anything with the Twins. JD is a good player can play a good third base. But like Buxton, he's hurt all the time. We need pitching. We seem to always need pitching. Trade Donaldson if you can strengthen your pitching.
  10. Whitey333
    Nice win. I know it's only one but that's all we got last week. Hope Berrios rebounds from his last start. Trade deadline in about 3 weeks
  11. Whitey333
    Great comments all!! Nice to see twins win. Let us not forget though they only won one game for the week. I love Jim Kaat But because of Bally Sports being dumped from most cable/streaming I don't get to watch it much. Thank goodness for great radio announcers Cory Provis and Dan Gladden!!
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    Love the comment about Baldelli. He needs to accept a good deal of blame for the very poor play. He needs to throw his computer in the garbage and start managing! Quit accepting this poor play and stop telling us they are trying and are playing hard. We are not dumb. We see bad baseball why can't Rocco?
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    Seems Kepler has gone the way of several of our Twins. What does the coaching staff do? Why do we have so many players regressing? Isn't it the coaches job to develop our core players? I hope Kirilloffs, Larnach and others don't regress under our coaches
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    What happened to Max Kepler? He used to be such a solid player. He's just a shell of what he used to be. And by the way do the Twins have a manager?
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    Trades should be happening by the deadline. However my concern is we can't/ won't get much in return. Cruz, as good as he has been as a twin, just turned 41. And he is limited to DH. That leaves out trading with half the teams. Pineada is a decent pitcher but surly not too notch. These types of players will only bring maybe AA level players in return that may or may not be major league ready for about 2 years. To get anything you may need to trade Buxton, Berrios, Kepler to get anything meaningful. But this FO will probably go on the cheap again
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    Tongue in cheek article? Looks like of course. In any case an article that is a total waste of time. Who cares?
  17. Whitey333
    Excellent article and comments. The previous two years the offense bailed out the pitching. It's disgraceful that they apparantly have no scouting skills. Seems as far as pitching goes we are always shopping for bargains. You get what what you pay for.
  18. Whitey333
    Wow. Awesome article with a lot of great comments. I have mixed feelings regarding Donaldson. Personally I wish he would just keep his mouth shut, stay healthy, and keep playing well. I don't think he is amongst the top 5 most hated twins players. He may be the only player on the team with a pulse. Just tone it down please. We are already embarassed by the teams results. Let's not add to it.
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    I'm not a Shoemaker fan either. Yes he should have been DFA a month or two ago. However, I am very frustrated with Baldelli. He should be ashamed of himself for leaving Shoemaker out there. It's an embarassment to the team. I actually felt sorry for the pitcher as Rocco left him out there. I would be irate if I was Shoemaker for letting him hang out to dry. Shoemaker should be gone, it is true. But I'm getting very frustrated with Rocco and how he's handling the team. Is anyone in control of the team?
  20. Whitey333
    Interesting how the broadcasters keep saying Chicago got "soft" hits all night and that Maeda was unlucky. Also they your the Twins for coming back and making it close. They treat fans like idiots at times. We can see bad baseball for what it is. Stop trying to sugar coat a bad team and bad performances. They are a poorly put together team, with very little offense, no defense, and terrible pitching and play awful. Do we have a manager?
  21. Whitey333
    The Twins FO got themselves into this mess by signing has been pitchers that other teams didn't want. Yes we have had a lot of injuries. So has everyone else. We need to sell at deadline. But please don't trade for suspects that may become prospects in 3 years. If that is all you can get it goes to show what other teams think of your lack of talent. We need good starting and bullpen pitchers
  22. Whitey333
    Excellent article! Well done!!
  23. Whitey333
    Very poor effort by the offense. With most of the regulars playing, minus Buxton of course, they were pathetic. Only mustering one run against a pitcher that entered the game with an era over 6. A major problem all year. It's time to break it up boys. And another strange performance by our beloved manager that continues to be out managed by the opponents. Lackluster,boring,and no life. Pretty sad performance. Way too many if those this year.
  24. Whitey333
    Great comments by all!! Isn't it fun how we all play general manager and budget payroll dollars from ownership? I will join the group by saying yes we need to keep Berrios. No blank check though. Must be reasonable. If we spend to much on a guy who generally "works" once a week he won't have any good players around him. On the other hand wasting money like we did on Happ, Shoemaker, et al was foolish. Idk 5/75 sounds reasonable.
  25. Whitey333
    WPA is not very useful. If kirilloffs WPA wasn't good yesterday what does it say about the many guys that went over yesterday. These "newly invented" stats the past few years are a joke. It among so many other things us what is driving true baseball fans away from the game. MLB is becoming increasingly unwatchable.
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