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  1. Schmoeman5
    No and No. When he signed his contract last year there was no thought of him just being an every day DH. Or if there was, no one mentioned it. More along the line that he got half his value because he only played in half the games. And what is his trade value? I don't think there's any team that would give a top prospect for a guy who is game but more fragile than Humpty Dumpty. Let's look at it another way. You're a team that has a Royce Lewis type player. Tremendous upside but out for the last 2 years. Would you trade him straight up for BB? I wouldn't.
  2. Schmoeman5
    Is it time to end the Buxton DH experiment? Yes. Will the Twins end the experiment. No. The only way the experiment ends is Buxton going down and they're forced to.
  3. Schmoeman5
    Why? With strikeouts down. More emphasis on speed and getting on base. I expect to see More .300 hitters. Team BA already higher than last year except for the Twins and a few other clubs
  4. Schmoeman5
    Better than Ozzie? His range is nowhere near his. Correa has a big arm supposedly. I see a lot of his long throws skipped over to 1st. Not saying he isn't a good shortstop. But I don't think he's any better than Ripken another tall SS. I'm not buying what him and Boras sold the Twins. If Turner Seager Simien that 2022 group of FA coerced big money longer deals from their clubs why wasn't Correa able to? Something is not adding up. We'll have 6 years to find out and assess who zoomed who. And now he has Planters Fasciitis That's not going away by tomorrow. We'll see.
  5. Schmoeman5
    4 and 4A. Larnach and Miranda. Hmm. Larnach wasn't even supposed to be with the big club coming out of Spring training, but due to injuries. Polanco and Kirilloff came north. Had a real good 1st 10 days. Struggled and got sent down. Came back and hit 2 3R homers when he got back. As well as increasing his RBI total. Got sick with pneumonia and continued playing. Has missed 3 weeks and still leads team in RBI's. Miranda? Soph jinx maybe. But not top 5 disappointing.
  6. Schmoeman5
    In the original post that I responded to. It was implied that umpires were costing the Twins to lose games. When the thread specifically says " fortunately it didn't cost us this time" it's pretty clear that it's saying that umpires calls on balls and strikes have cost them games before. This is not true. Their bad calls aren't 100% against the Twins. Even though sometimes it may seem that way.
  7. Schmoeman5
    The only questionable strike last night was the called 3rd strike to Lewis. The rest were money. And the umpires aren't costing the Twins hitters. The Twins hitters are doing that on their own. There are missed calls all the time. Houston had a coach ejected over balls and strikes. So it goes both ways.
  8. Schmoeman5
    Nope!
  9. Schmoeman5
    I wouldn't call it a fascination to extend starters to their limits. What is Varlands limit? 100 pitches? He wasn't there yet. So why not let him start the 8th? The bullpen used 3 guys for the final 2 innings. The bullpen btw is the reason the Twins aren't 10 or more games over .500. Not the lineup. I have more confidence in the lineup and hitting than I do in the bullpen
  10. Schmoeman5
    You mention Steer and CES defensive limitations and yet you want to see what Miranda and Julien do over the course of the next 6 years. Both of them are limited defensively as well. In fact with Buxton as DH where do you see Miranda playing with Lewis manning 3rd and Kiriloff at 1st.
  11. Schmoeman5
    The warmer weather and ear plugs to drown out the incessant booing. Sounds about right.
  12. Schmoeman5
    Is there an article where the FO blamed the fans for last year's meltdown? I'd love to read that
  13. Schmoeman5
    I think we had this discussion a few months ago. I said then that the Twins would have a hard time cutting anyone that money was owed. Unlike the Yankees who cut loose a guy who they owe way more than the Twins owe Pagan. I'm not sure if it's a monetary thing either. More of an embarrassing thing because nobody likes to hear the phase "I told you so" I'm sure that behind the scenes the Twins are working with Pagan. His stuff isn't terrible. You've seen it, as have I. I think it's a mental thing more than a physical thing. Low leverage, high leverage. Makes no difference. Cut him and wish him well.
  14. Schmoeman5
    You are correct sir.
  15. Schmoeman5
    In the words of Hawk Harrelson. "You can't be serious"
  16. Schmoeman5
    Just a correction. Correa with a single and double plus 2 K's. Not Castro. Castro struck out 4 times and played an atrocious game in left as well
  17. Schmoeman5
    I've said since March that Buxton will not play CF this year. And it's not about the possibility of him being injured while playing CF. It's the additional wear and tear on his body. Every time he's on the bases it's 100% effort when running. And his slides are brutal. It's the same reason they haven't had him attempting to steal bases. How many has he attempted? He is fragile and everyone knows it. You and I may not agree with the the way the Twins play him as solely DH, but they're trying to maximize his AB's and that will limit him solely to hitting.
  18. Schmoeman5
    So let's play Groundhog day is the answer. Pagan and Jax are having trouble pitching with leads. Let's keep throwing them out there. Eventually something will stick. And this is a tried and true model. 👍
  19. Schmoeman5
    Ive been waiting for a response like this. Lopez nor Duran have pitched since Monday. And yet Stewart and Jax have thrown in 3 of the 5 games. Jax lost a lead earlier in the week as well. Stewart has been fine. So why not Stewart for the 7th Lopez for the 8th and Duran to close it out? Are they saving their 2 best relievers for something?
  20. Schmoeman5
    So basically what you're saying is that in reality, there's no help coming from the farm. And over usage and injuries. Starters have been going on avg. an inning longer than last year? So the bullpen shouldn't have as many innings. Correct? And who's been injured other than Thielbar? Alcala gets a pass as he hasn't come back anywhere close to his old self. I think this may be where the Twins put to much stock in his return
  21. Schmoeman5
    If the Twins are a bad team with a lot of good players as you've stated, then what is needed to turn them into a good team? Because I agree that they have the talent.
  22. Schmoeman5
    Watched the whole game. And I can tell you that yes the umpires calls on Kiriloffs AB effectively took the bat out of his hands, but that certainly is not what lost the game. There were several key moments. I believe Gallo was subbed out way too early. But Rocco nor anyone else anticipated a 12 inning game. Unlucky Jax? Even the outs he got were hard hit balls. Duran and Lopez were called on for 2 innings and they both cruised through their 1st inning and faltered in their 2nd. Durans 0-2 pitch was just too fat and got smoked. And Lopez walking a guy that strikes out 60% of the time isn't good. But Rocco does get credit too. His pinch running for Correa was a great move. Only Taylor scores on Buxtons hit. But to me from the 10th inning on after Bickford walked in the go ahead run, Twins hitters helped him out too many times swinging at pitches out of the strike zone. I'm glad they battled back. Today they face Kershaw who will be pitching on emotion and adrenaline.
  23. Schmoeman5
    He's the guy walking over the hill with Abraham and John
  24. Schmoeman5
    I don't understand the need to vent ones frustration at a particular player. But it's their right. I know the player being booed by his home crowd knows that they're struggling. I'm the opposite. Cross my fingers, promise to never do wrong ever. Sacrifice chickens. Whatever it takes to break that slump.
  25. Schmoeman5
    Buxton is not nor was he EVER a 5 tool player. 1. Hit for avg. (Never) 2. Hit for power. Yes. 3. Run. Absolutely. 4. Defensively, One of the best CF of all time. When healthy. 5. Arm strength. Yes. It's above avg. If he was able to stay healthy and played 130 or 140 games per year, there would be a healthy debate for his HOF enshrinemeInt. So if the best he can offer is the maximum number of games he can provide as DH the Twins will happily take the results of 600 ab's vs 400 he might accrue by playing both. He's averaging less than 100 games per season for his career after all. I'm not saying he should never play CF again. But I'm also not opposed to his solely dh role either. Whatever maximizes his playing time.
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