Blyleven2011

I know you like Julien as a hitter and not so much as a 2nd baseman , Julien bat has done well in a small sample ,,, I hope his defense does get better after the jitters subsides , what would you think of a veteran of Polanco as a DH ,,, I think Polanco for sure would be better than Buxton as DH and maybe would help him stay healthy , I posted this during spring training of my thoughts ...

The game of adjustments .... Baseball is a game of adjustments and the twins batters just don't seem to get it and maybe the plan the FO and manager have don't get it either ... We went against the opener , adjustment 1 ... Went went against 2nd pitcher , adjustment 2 and had some success ... We went against 4 other pitchers and adjustments 3 through 6 ... Rocco says the players don't need infield and batting practice so long as the players are prepared to play , they may take the field but they sure don't come to play ... To my knowledge we have played 3 games that the other team has sent an opener in to start a game and we have lost all 3 games , not sure this is correct on openers because I was out of town for some weekend series , cubbies , cleveland and others ... 3 losses to the team that starts an opener against us , did the players prepare themselves mentally for these games , did they look over Rocco stats sheets on each pitcher to see what they throw and where they throw it ... Are they prepared for adjustments in situational hitting with runners on base , the answer is obviously a no ... no because there is no consistency to their preparation of the daily game and it shows on a daily basis from one game to the next , they get lucky once in a blue moon and score a crooked number by hitting a few homeruns , rest of the game they can't seem to string any hits together to score any runs , can't even hit a sacrifice fly with bases loaded and no outs , can't seem to hit the pitch to the opposite fields , the list goes on and on ... can't wait until Lee gets here and starts hitting the gaps for doubles , doubles have been way down for the twins hitters , ( when was the last time we had a player hit 40 doubles in a season ) ... People are saying strikeouts, batting averages don't matter , if you don't make contact it definitely matters ... Whatever happed to the purist form of baseball in hitting , we have the purists form of pitchers and it is being wasted on mediocrity hitting ... The strikeouts gotta go ...

Your amongst friends that are disappointed too ...

Has the twins beat a team this year that has started an opener ... I think we are 0 for 3 , but I could be mistaken and there could be more openers , I'm out of town alot and miss some games and series ... A very disappointing loss ...

Winder get sent back to AAA and new pitcher coming in tomorrow for bullpen game ... That's just a good guess ...

I'm going to go the distance and watch the known outcome ... That's just what a diehard fan does ...

Rocco lost the team last year ...

I can't believe we are this bad against a bad team .. We need to put up a 7 spot , we need to answer back and make a statement ...

If Buxton strikes out maybe we should rest him the rest of the game ...

I can't believe I'm excited that Julien got a hit , keep them coming ...

We need to answer back in the bottom half of third , no if's and or buts ... Come on Ryan ...

Twins leading 1-0 after 2 innings ... Base running error again , nothing changes from day to day ... The good news is we are winning , go Ryan ..

When was the last time Gallo hit a homerun , seems like ages ...

Hip hip hurray ... Good to see the homer from Kirilloff ...

Kirilloff gets the offense started ...

0-0 after 1 inning , the good news is the twins aren't losing

Seth either I wrote it wrong or you read it wrong .... I was stating that Gray was probably telling him he was good to go and im sure he was good to go because of his competiveness to help the team for another inning and Rocco saw something that wasn't right in grays start and didn't let him pitch the fifth ... I too like gray and all the starters

It just amazes me how BAD we play against BAD teams ... Twins found some runs early but Detroit scores 7 unanswered runs ... Sonny pulled after 4 innings , did he have another inning left in him , maybe so , I for sure would have brought him back for the 5th , he's a veteran and he wouldn't lie to his manager that he was good to go ... Pinch hitting , Kepler for Solano , why , Solano can hit right-handed pitching , his bat is hot lately and is pinch hit for ... Defense wasn't what is expected of a contending team ... I guess we put it behind us and tomorrow is another chance at a win , CHANCE is the key word ... Detroit wins 8-4 , man are we BAD ..

Oakland would take Williams in a heartbeat , he's there kind of player ,,, Twins would only have a dh spot for him unless of course there are injuries ... Williams was drafted tge same year as jeffers I believe ...

If I'm not mistaken , his option is based on plate appearances not games played , if Polanco gets to the number of plate appearances it automatically renews , if not the the FO can either renew , trade him or let him walk , wise choice would be to renew with two option years remaining and then trade if that is there avenue ...

I'm at the lake in Northern Minnesota and it is alot better air than the haze we had yesterday , it was thick haze yesterday and very clear here today , wind seems to be out of the east here for now ... Now I don't know if the twins will come to play but they most certainly should take the field ...

I wasn't going to read this ... but I totally agree with everything you wrote , I've stated many times that the twins have no rhythm or harmony in their approach at the plate because they don't know their roles ... Lots of head scratching on the FO and managers plan , both times we faced an opener recently we weren't prepared ...

Problem , I don't see no stinking Problem ... If Minnesota keeps playing him exclusively at third base then I see a Problem because of Lewis manning third base and Kirilloff and others manning first base he has no position except as a bench player or DH and he needs to hit every day to stay productive ... If he can improve on his defense and I'm sure he can then maybe Lewis can move to second base or outfield with his athleticism but not in favor of that move to tge outfield ... Minnesota may know he needs a new home but are reluctant to find one for him, his new home could be with another team ... As usual the FO doesn't tell us anything on a players condition and that injured shoulder in spring training could have been the reason for his slow start and now maybe it's finally healing up and he's swinging better for hard hit contact ...

That's Rocco being Rocco , I said the same thing , Lewis can hit righthanders but Rocco thinks the lefty match-upworks better ( huh ) , there has also been times where Kirilloff has been pinch hit for against lefthander and he can hit lefthanders ... Your starters are your best players , not the bench ... Lewis is not hurt ...

If it wasn't for Taylor and castro's stealing bases , where would the twins be in stolen bases , sure they could get caught stealing and cost us an out , but a double play costs us two outs ... Keep the runners running ... Bremer suggested Taylor could bunt to lead off the ninth like he did in Toronto to give the twins a spark ,,, that was the longest hit bunt i have ever seen dick , good call ...