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  1. Blyleven2011
    I just read the title and that was enough for me , yes we don't have a surplus of catching but jeffers is not worthy of an extension ... Why wasn't Vazquez catching Lopez yesterday on opening day , we might have had a better outcome, Vazquez has smarts and defense is better ... Goes to show , Rocco never puts the best players on the field ... Everyone likes jeffers because he hits alittle better , but it's inconsistent streaky ...
  2. Blyleven2011
    Same old thing , errors and lack of situational hitting with bases loaded and 1 out , nothing to show for it ... St Louis is a class act on opening day , I always tune in on the cardinals opening day festivities each year ... Now if you were watching carefully when the announcer announced our twins reserves , our player's looked apprehensive to take the field and line up , no enthusiasm for the first game of the season ... This team has no emotion , no spark and that's another knock on the manager , I miss our spark plug ignitor arraez , he brought a spark to the lineup ... Sonny gray and the cardinals defense was good for the win ... Twins hitters against good pitching are left helpless , you can't beat good pitching during the season, you won't win in the playoffs , I know it's only 1 game that counts but it's worth taking notice of this as we play through the season ...
  3. Blyleven2011
    Has Rocco seen the light ... If he continue managing ( if you can call it that ) the way he has the twins will be pretenders and not contenders ... If Rocco can deviate from his past managing and not be so predictable the twins will have a chance to win the AL Central , if not , I'm not expecting the twins to be contenders ... The talent is definitely there in the pitching , lineup has no consistency in hitting , could some be comeback players and improve the twins chances , yes they could ... They have to take the field and come to play , will they come to play with a spark or killer instinct , we have new hitting coaches so maybe the hitters will adjust to a situation and drive runners in scoring position in with no outs ... Let's go twins, 2025 season is here and let's play good exciting baseball ...
  4. Blyleven2011
    All I can say to the stall of the sale is damn ... What I say about the pohlads be caught off guard , figures ...
  5. Blyleven2011
    It's not looking good for the defense on right side , castro our super utility guy looks to get the playing time there , with Gasper filling in , I have to agree management is just plan oblivious to filling positional needs , Martin should have been given reps at second base , last year he played some games there and looked better than Julien , management likes Martin's speed , so they see him as an outfielder when they never groomed him in the minor leagues , playing shortstop primarily in minors should at least get you a 2nd base opportunity ... Management constantly has the fans scratching their heads while they keep digging a bigger hole for themselves ... Twins hammered the red Sox today, which I think is a good ending to spring training ... Off to st Louis , we beat the Missouri team on opening season series , the royals last year , can we beat up on the other Missouri team , the cardinals for opening season series , we should as cardinals are a restructuring the team ...
  6. Blyleven2011
    Varland in 2023 was impressive in the bullpen at season's end and playoffs , why management continued to pitch him as a starter in 2024 ( depth as a starter isnt a good enough reason when others , like Festa and others were better options as a starter ) , one never knows why ... Im just hoping management didn't wait to long in making him a bullpen arm and he can continue as a dominant arm ...
  7. Blyleven2011
    Varland in 2023 was impressive in the bullpen at season's end and playoffs , why management continued to pitch him as a starter in 2024 ( depth as a starter isnt a good enough reason when others , like Festa and others were better options as a starter ) , one never knows why ... Im just hoping management didn't wait to long in making him a bullpen arm and he can continue as a dominant arm ...
  8. Blyleven2011
    Gasper did not have a good day in today's game ... 3 strikeouts and 1 error ... It's not up to me if he makes the team for opening day , if he does , we will have to open another discussion , if memory serves me right he's a switch hitter so that helps his chances , I haven't been following him much on his splits ...
  9. Blyleven2011
    Who's right , Who's wrong ... I could care less about where he is rated for discussion ... Just let the kid play and hit , his power numbers should come , but I'll take a gap hitter and lots of doubles any day of the week ... Just hope he stays healthy and bust down the door as he develops ...
  10. Blyleven2011
    I'm concerned about the Duran , rookie year was sensational , 2nd year had some hiccups , 3rd year injured to start the year , velocity down the rest of the season , another eye test is he is better as a ninth inning guy than coming in the 7th or 8th inning against the opponents heart of the order ... Use Duran correctly and it should be a good season for Duran ... Yes Jax was exceptional last year and I see no reason the righthander can't repeat , such a bull dog when he shuts down an opponents inning with 15 pitches or less , any more pitches and he's not on his game ... Sands , can he establish himself with a quality season again this year ... Rest of the staff needs to perform and stay healthy , are we a number 1 bullpen , TIME WILL TELL ...
  11. Blyleven2011
    As stated by other post , what concerns me is how Rocco utilizes Duran , we are suppose to have high leverage arms to put the fire out in crucial situations , Duran definitely faired better as a ninth inning save situation pitcher , not in the 7th or 8th inning against the other teams best hitters ..
  12. Blyleven2011
    Chicago who , white Sox ... Yes we play Chicago and most likely they will have growing pains but should be better ( Should have a better record than 2024 ) , will the twins beat them single handedly again this year , that depends on our lineup producing hits and runs and not leaving men on base with no outs ... I am not as confident as some on our hitting , the front office is banking on the same hitters to have better numbers , better numbers of what , most of the hitters were around average hitters the past couple of seasons and show no promise of changing , it would be nice if our hitters are better and can hit against better pitching and better teams ... We definitely took a step back last season , did we even win a game against the Yankees ???? , the previous year 2023 we played well against them ... We'll have to wait and see
  13. Blyleven2011
    Adding a player like Gasper to the 26 man roster ... I don't like it but it's been done before , I can't believe nobody is arguing his age of 29 years old , like they do about keirsey Jr being 27 or 28 and keirsey Jr probably better at outfield defense and maybe a better hitter with more pop ... It's nothing new for the twins management to give an outsider a chance more than the homegrown player , even during Ryan's tenure it was done , but Ryan had less talent to work with , falvey and Rocco have more talent but just doesn't trust it enough ... 29 year old Gasper wins rookie of the year , anyone on that bandwagon ...
  14. Blyleven2011
    Once the twins leave sunny Florida and the warm weather who knows what's going to happen , they're bats have been cold to start many seasons in the past , so unless management has changed their spring training effort to get the players ready for the season , I'm seeing more at bats for the regular players that are part of the 26 man roster , past spring trainings they would have the players over on the practice field and try and keep them from being injured in spring training , the team came into spring training very healthy and it looks like management is taking a different approach in getting the players ready for better results to start the season ... Spring training is for preparing players bodies to build up strength and conditioning ....
  15. Blyleven2011
    Won't matter to me , I won't be spending any of my money at target field until they decide to be contenders and not pretenders ... Won't miss the games though , radio and streaming will cover it for me ...
  16. Blyleven2011
    Correa is a great shortstop with a strong arm and fun to watch those amazing plays he makes ... That said , one player cannot carry a team to the playoffs , the remainder of the team has to step up ( nine players per game and then the bench ) ... The good , bad and the ugly , we don't know if he can stay off the IL list all season ...
  17. Blyleven2011
    If you know doctor Gast , you know it was sarcasm towards the team management on how they always play a player out of position once they reach ther majors ...
  18. Blyleven2011
    I'm sure Lewis has a chip on his shoulders to prove the doubters wrong ... He'll be fine if healthy ...
  19. Blyleven2011
    I doubt this is Lewis's last chance at the hot corner , he's athletic enough and smart enough to overcome the throwing concerns ... Lewis has great pride in being the best , his work ethics will smooth things out ...
  20. Blyleven2011
    It's really a shame the kid can't stay healthy , he should have ate more vegetables while growing up , can anyone really explain why a player is so fragile ???
  21. Blyleven2011
    My statement really didn't have a meaning towards the team's strategy , its what they say to the fans in general about the players , they never give up the straight scoop on a player ...
  22. Blyleven2011
    When I read the title , his name formed in my brain , I've been following this cerda guy ... He most likely is just depth , but if our FO and manager can get past the under performing vets or players ( make a move sooner rather than later ) and need to fill a position and cerda has found his way in AAA , there's a chance he could join the club , injuries hopefully won't be the culprit , if he has earned it , give him or someone else an opportunity to contribute , I hope our players don't struggle but if they do , we've got it covered ...
  23. Blyleven2011
    I hate it when Baldelli comments on his players or baseball in general , he is full of mularky ... Let the thumbs down come , our FO and manager are much like the politicians , you never get what they are really thinking , just what they think you want to hear ...
  24. Blyleven2011
    Why would you expect anything else , Rocco hasn't a vocabulary with the word winning streak in it ... Rocco is game to game , he can't even learn the concept of station to station ...
  25. Blyleven2011
    Awesome , but most will say he's to old to be a major leaguer ... They over look this kids start to professional ball , the injuries that derailed his development , now he's been healthy for the most part the past 3 seasons and has kept earning his promotions in the minor leagues , Keirsey Jr should have debuted earlier last season to know exactly if he can play in the major leagues ... What happened and why wasn't he promoted earlier last season , because we went and blocked him with untalented veterans that just stunk up the roster ... And were doing it again this season , I have more confidence in Keirsey Jr than others on this team ... Talent is a terrible thing to waste And keirsey Jr could be that talent we will never know about in a twins uniform , your never to old if you have the talent and passion to play this game ....
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