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  1. TheLeviathan
    I still think the lineup leaves something to be desired, but this pitching staff is really good. With the OF defense playing well, this team can rack up some wins if they just keep scraping together good at-bats. I liked how often we saw guys hit by going with the pitch today. They turned on inside stuff, they drove balls the opposite way when pitched outside. The manager is also getting the most out of this band-aid lineup right now. Hopefully that keeps happening until we get Wallner or Keaschall back. Or Lewis and Correa find their stroke again.
  2. TheLeviathan
    Probably more than we'd like, but I think with the day off it was trying to get the W with his best. Hopefully we can give Jax two days off and let Stewart and Topa get us to 9 in a row.
  3. TheLeviathan
    Buck is carrying the offense. Hopefully he can keep that going until Correa gets on track, Lewis gets his legs under him, Wallner and Keaschell get back. We may have a semi-competent offense when everyone is back.
  4. TheLeviathan
    They're seriously wasting an elite defense too. Here's the bigger head scratcher than selling out in the draft: Lamar Jackson was available on the free agent market. Why not sign him?
  5. TheLeviathan
    If they can just shoot competently from three the rest of the games should look like last night. We abused them down low and guys actually hit the kick-outs.
  6. TheLeviathan
    I think this is probably right, but it's still such an overall poor outcome. Still no Rodgers. Now you only have one WR of any note. They do have an improved offensive line, a better backfield, and an infusion of talent to an already good defense. They'll probably be good again, but they won't get much past that until they actually fix the QB position.
  7. TheLeviathan
    This series felt like playing the Twins of the first two weeks of the season.
  8. TheLeviathan
    This is the kind of comment that will make me happy to listen to criticisms you have. Shows you haven't lost objectivity or the ability to just be rational about things. Appreciate it!
  9. TheLeviathan
    Baseball is a cruel game year to year. The Orioles being bad offensively was predicted by zero humans prior to this year.
  10. TheLeviathan
    Yup, I think the whole AL is weak. A team with a starters ERA near 2.4 ought to be cleaning up. We finally have one dude hitting and suddenly wins are stacking. The bar was seriously so low thanks to our pitching and we were still too feeble to hit it.
  11. TheLeviathan
    Sounds like no Curry until Game 6. Maybe 5, but I think that's unlikely. Seriously, they win tht game by 20 with just an average shooting night. But we've seen that sort of stupidity out of them all year. I hope the 4th quarter showed them the path: Golden State doesn't have anyone to be scared of in the paint. Go at them and force them to pack it in. Then shoot your heart out.
  12. TheLeviathan
    Don't worry, if A-Aaron signs there he's got Allen Lazard, the husk of Jordy Nelson, and wheel-chair bound Donald Driver on their way as reinforcements.
  13. TheLeviathan
    I said it two weeks ago: The AL Central (and the AL in general) is weak enough that all the Twins need is one guy to start hitting like an all-star and their pitching staff can get them to rack up some wins. Buck is making that statement come alive. This game was well managed. Something you won't see the usual crowd come to post about.
  14. TheLeviathan
    All true, but all definitely not why there are only a handful of replies, :)
  15. TheLeviathan
    They couldn't beat the Gophers shooting 10% from 3. Hopefully they saw GS has no rim protection. Take it to them.
  16. TheLeviathan
    This is an excellent post but I really appreciate the second to last paragraph. More effective vs. better as a distinction is exactly the right way to go. I don't begrudge people for missing the past when starters would go longer. It's totally ok to miss the aesthetic of the past. I miss those days too (at least as a viewing experience)! However....my personal preference is not a valid argument against the very real nature of what it takes to be an effective pitcher in today's game. And that reality is the one all teams are operating in, including the Twins. There is no putting the genie back in the bottle, so making arguments of that sort to attack a FO, a manager, an agent, a player, etc. is just being purposefully obtuse.
  17. TheLeviathan
    You wouldn't be a Minnesota sports fan if you didn't fear the worst! But I watched Adams and Senguin bully them all series long. The Warriors won because no one on Houston could score to supplement the bully ball. We can do both.
  18. TheLeviathan
    Even if they wanted to try that, the NCAA has restrictions on pitch counts and usage. Teams could try that, but they would likely get enormous pushback from players and agents. Not to mention this paradigm shift would have to be enforced as far back as middle school/high school. People can downvote and argue until they're blue in the face - reality is what it is. Teams are doing this as part of their investment in players. Players are wanting this as part of their investment in themselves. Like most things in sports - 1960, 1980, 1990....pick your favorite "back in my day" and it ain't coming back.
  19. TheLeviathan
    Definitely agree about them throwing slower. But pitch to contact went out of phase across the league because hitters are big enough, strong enough, and skilled enough to overcome it. A decent chunk of the "three outcomes" baseball is due to the evolution of athletes we have today.
  20. TheLeviathan
    Rocco isn't deciding that any more than Dave Roberts is. (You know, the guys who won the WS and average less starter innings than we did in 2024) It's an organizational/health decision. One based on human anatomy and the ability to endure the current level of elite pitching. This isn't about build-up. It's not about guts or try hard. It's not about pampering and babying. It's about pitchers are throwing with more torque and force in order to get hitters out and the human body cannot endure that level of stress to the same degree. Zero major league managers have control over this paradigm shift. No one is going to allow it to change. Players don't want it. Agents don't want it. Teams don't want it. You can "Old Man Yells at Cloud" all day long and reality is still going to be there when you get back.
  21. TheLeviathan
    Look....that's what everyone does now. Pitchers overthrow and the only way to keep them even remotely healthy by the time they're a pro is to control their innings/pitch count. This isn't a Rocco/Twins thing. This is league wide as a result of a systemic training issue I'm not sure will ever change.
  22. TheLeviathan
    It's truly incredible that you can have a rotation ERA of 2.37 and be 5 games under .500. It's such a stunning indictment of how feeble our offense is.
  23. TheLeviathan
    What I'm about to say is not an "ought" claim, merely an "is": So long as this team is in sell mode, nothing significant will change. Falvey will not lose his job. If Rocco does lose his job he will be replaced in-house by someone who implements the same organizational philosophy. There is no bold organizational change on the horizon in this atmosphere. No resources will be provided. The message the fans are sending will fall on deaf ears. It's not the priority. The only thing we might get is a complete tear down in July to strip the payroll of any significant contracts.
  24. TheLeviathan
    Nope, give me the Warriors. They're struggling with the size and physicality of the Rockets and we bring it even harder. Frankly, I'm not worried about either of them, I'm already looking at the other half of the bracket. Right now, as you said, if we can hit the broad side of a barn with our distance shooting we're going to make some good teams look bad.
  25. TheLeviathan
    Four? You greedy fool!!!! Three would have us above .500 at this point!
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