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  1. Blyleven2011
    Acala , Balazovic , Sands and Winder .... Once upon a time in Winder's rookie year I liked what i saw , spot starting and relief , what happened , has he lost his confidence , because he had confidence in his rookie year ... Sands has been a decent AAA pitcher but sitting him in the bullpen and not using him regularly on the MLB club , no wonder his walk rate is high ... Blazovic was once a promising pitching prospect , then he lost everything between the ears ... Acala has shown he cannot stay healthy but probably has the best stuff of this group of 4 ... We need someone of the 4 to step up and EARN the roster spot in the bullpen , SOMEONE has to be awfully hungry , LET the competition begin ...
  2. Blyleven2011
    Okay , I remember then not to go to his games he's starting .... Hope he is a better hitter this coming season
  3. Blyleven2011
    Ted the last time the twins traded with Boston was at the deadline in 2021 , Hansel robles to Boston for alex scherff ...
  4. Blyleven2011
    Or maybe it's time to see if Duran can be that number 2 starter , Duran was a starter in the minors with no experience as a reliever , but injuries derailed his minor leagues as a starter and he made the team as a reliever in 2022 out of spring training ... Just a thought ...
  5. Blyleven2011
    Just like yesterday I stated I like Vazquez defense better ... I think they both will split the 162 game schedule ... Still not sure what to expect from Jeffers year to year , he has shown some improvement and potential , but this year might be the deciding evaluating year to really know what type of player he will be for his career ... Vazquez should be better at the plate than last year , can't be any worse ...
  6. Blyleven2011
    Catcher is important position for a team , they are the leader on the field ( or at least they used to be ) ... I'll take Vazquez defense over Ryan , and any hitting Vazquez does Is a plus , he shouldn't be any worse than last years batting average ... New team and adjustments might have been a factor for Vazquez in my opinion and Twins fans might just be praising Vazquez if he does take a step forward in 2024 ... Jeffers is an average catcher , and maybe above average hitter , this year we'll see the real evaluation of Jeffers and what he will be in his career ....
  7. Blyleven2011
    Correa won't hit 500 homers or maybe not 3000 hits , but ... Correa is a good defensive shortstop with a cannon arm ... On offense he needs to pick up more rbis , runs scored per year , be a clutch hitter and lead the team , he's a good teammate and most players respect him except the dodgers ... everyone says you start to decline at a certain age , but there are exceptions that some players just continue on pace , who knows maybe he'll start hitting 200 hits per year ... If he can win mvps , allstar selections , gold gloves that will help his status for the hall of fame ... In any case if he hits around 280 and plays great defense for his career he will be considered for the HOF ...
  8. Blyleven2011
    Glad to have you back and thoughts and prayers for a fast recovery ... You didn't miss any Twins decisions except some awful minor league signings for depth maybe , none of them are encouraging ... but alot of action with other teams , free agent signings , trades and of course minor league signings ... Get well ...
  9. Blyleven2011
    It's too bad miranda had the injury and sidelined his 2023 season ... I would expect Miranda is going to have to re-establish himself , most likely he will Start in AAA to prove he's on his game again ... I hope hexhas a fast start and shakes off the rust ...
  10. Blyleven2011
    It would be nice if they reinvented themselves some .... We need to stay out of the double plays , if a man on first has speed put the hit and run on if the batter is a contact hitter , move the runner up to scoring position as often as you can ... If the batter is prone to strike out , steal a base if the runner has the speed ... There are Situations that call for this aggressiveness , cant play station to station if the batters aren't making contact to move the runners into scoring position , let's see what 2024 brings ... Or they aren't going to steal the weak division , they will have to work hard once again to win the division ... Let's play some fun exciting baseball from start to finish this coming season ...
  11. Blyleven2011
    Last I heard dipoto had said he wasn't trading any starting pitchers after trading Ray to subtract payroll ... But it's an interesting thought on desclafani , let's wait until spring training is just about to start and see if Seattle has added that infielder they are looking for or our front office has pulled a miracle out of there hat ... Keep rubbing you rabbit's foot ...
  12. Blyleven2011
    My thoughts on them is that the 2022 draftees showed some good promise ... Let's hope they continue that promise and have great careers ... I followed them last season in the minors ...
  13. Blyleven2011
    I remember the the opening road series , swept the royals , and won 1 out of 3 against the marlins , and arraez was in the marlins lineup but I'm sure he was happy to see his old friends the Twins though ...
  14. Blyleven2011
    Hello Brandon , I almost gave you a thumbs down , but you are right the 2 teams in the world series were just season contenders and anything can happen in the playoffs ... I would like the Twins to be stronger contenders than a team that can just win a weak division , we had a good second half of 2023 to win the division and won some playoff games , we had confidence that we were going to break the losing streak and we did ... That confidence has been lost so far this off season as we haven't added any strength back into the rotation after losing gray and maeda ... Pitching is what kept us in alot of games last year and won some playoff games ... Where's the confidence if we don't add a quality starting pitcher for the playoffs, i don't want another dreadful 2 years like 2021 and 2022 ...
  15. Blyleven2011
    The twins should be able to win a weak division with the roster they have projected today ... They are not a playoff caliber contender like they were last year with this roster going into 2024 ... That's good enough for the Pohlads , they want a winning team during the season to draw fans into the seats , they won't spend for a contender at least this year due to budget reduction ... Twins fans want a winner , I want a new owner that wants to win it all ... With the way big contracts are and not shelling out free agency money it is time for the Pohlads to sell ... We just aren't keeping up with the Jones ... The Timberwolves sold for more value than the team was estimated at , I think the Pohlads could get close to 2 billion for the team even though it's only valued at 1.3 billion as of last year ...
  16. Blyleven2011
    If the FO is going to make trades ... they are better at making trades during the off season with patience ... They have been worse at the trade deadline , haste makes waste , and the deadline trades have not helped the twins , they were brutal for this front office , even the berrios deadline trade hasn't come to fruition yet and that wasn't a trade of haste ...
  17. Blyleven2011
    Minor league contracts , sign the veterans with an opt out and if they haven't made the club by June 1st they can opt out and become free agents ... Pomerantz and odorizze , not sure on Keller maybe a new voice can tap back into what he once was ...
  18. Blyleven2011
    No way are we going to get near ready top prospect pitching , maybe some power arms drafted late rounds , maybe 2 prospects , but not 3 ... Stop panning in mud , your looking for gold in the wrong places ...
  19. Blyleven2011
    I didn't say anything about Julien ... I like Polanco's bat and he produces when healthy and a switchhitter is an asset ... We need hitters and I like his bat in the lineup , maybe he doesn't belong at the top of the order anymore ... There are others that could be traded and replaced ( ??? ) and Polanco was an allstar as a shortstop ( granted his hitting got him the allstar selection ) ... We got better in the second half , why ? , when Polanco and Lewis came back from injury , the team started playing better baseball ( Kepler , solano , Jeffers and others helped ) and they produced runs ... 1 year of baseball from wallner and Julien isnt going to tell me much about what kind of career they might be ( Julien was more impressive but had some minny slumps and slumped towards the end , Julien has promise as he improved on his defense ) .... Lewis is another story if he can stay healthy , 5 tool player , Arraez also was also an exception in my evaluation , by August 2019 in his first year that he was a major leaguer , I didn't need 3 years to evaluate him , maybe not a 5 tool player but he could and does hit ... We need hitters and pitchers too , with experience doesn't hurt ... San Francisco needs a shortstop , trade farmer , we are out of the Seattle sweepstakes as they traded Ray to the giants , Seattle isn't going to trade anymore of their starters ... Miami is a possibility in acquiring pitching but other teams are looking for pitching to ...
  20. Blyleven2011
    There is still plenty left in the tank with Polanco , when healthy he produces , his salary isn't unreasonable ... Keep him at least until a competent replacement is capable to replace him ... Still a month or so before spring training starts so anything can happen ..
  21. Blyleven2011
    It was a great regular season , lots of double digit wins , no big losing streak .... And we finally beat the Yankees at something 307 to 306 in homeruns ... An easy season for the first year manager to win the manager of the year award , was he worthy of it because all the players had career year ( you decide ) ... We added Dyson and Romo at deadline ... Playoffs was rough , starting rookie Dobnak in New York wasn't the smartest move ( fans in New York are brutal on the opposing team ) , they still should have went with odorizze in game 2 , They pitched odorizze game 3 at home because he pitched better at target field , and the rest is history , except the FO still thinks all their players are homerun hitters ...
  22. Blyleven2011
    Who has been the most disappointing is an easy question to answer .... Cavaco and Sabato ... sounds like Jay was also a disappointment for the Twins but still living the dream with the Mets minor leagues ... Who will shine in 2024 , Lewis , kiriloff if healthy , and at some point in time Lee ... Larnach I hope he got some instructions this off season on how to hit the off speed pitches , this is definitely his last season as a twin unless there is a break out .... Gordon needs a good spring , but could be traded ....
  23. Blyleven2011
    You nailed it ... Thank you ...
  24. Blyleven2011
    No kidding , there not just cutting the payroll for the team , they're cutting cost everywhere and at the expense of the fans ... They have cut costs on Twins fest , the caravan isn't as big as it once was , I don't think they leave the state to promote the twins like they used to , the twins fest also used to be 3 days ... They're cutting cost at the expense of the fans , plain and simple ...
  25. Blyleven2011
    Heighten the fans experience ... Hum ... Get rid of the junk on the scoreboards and the whirly -gig and have people concentrate on the game ... might attract more fans of the game with less distractions ... If there is a real reason for closing off sections during the game it is probably because help is hard to find to clean the stadium ... I wish we the fans could get a straight answer from the front office , I just cant believe anything that comes from the front office because they always go the long way around the barn .... Why can't the front office come out and express their real intentions to the fans , we have to sit and wait for something substantial to be added to the roster , how are we supposed to get excited for Twins fest when they continue to lolly-gag ... Nice article Ted , I just can't praise the Twins staff like you can ...
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