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  1. Blyleven2011
    Thanks for the final summary on the players at the AFL ... Twins players in the fall league didn't put up all that spectacular stats , but they got to play baseball ... game talk will rest till spring training ... The withdrawals are now just beginning ...
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    A right-handed bat ... Yes I question the move ...
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    I've also have said the same , and if it is his last chance I think it would be encouraging for him to go to driveline this winter and get someone to help him with the offspeed pitches and also identifying the pitches would help , This is definitely his last chance with the twins in 2024 and I would like to see him capitalize on it ... Remember he was leading the Twins in rbi's and has some pop in his bat that the front office likes ... he needs help and it's up to him ...
  4. Blyleven2011
    Polanco has been a steady hitter during his career and has good value as a switch hitter ... All teams trading for Kepler , if they believe Kepler is a late bloomer then they get a bargain if Kepler proves them right ....
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    This is true of Lewis but what about the other batters in the line up ,,, If the lineup had better discipline and hit with runners on base we could score 900 plus runs per season and be a team to be reckoned with ... If they don't make adjustments or change some philosophy of their game , the Twins lineup will not be respected by the other teams ... Other teams know how to make adjustments to our hitters , we seem alittle slow in making the adjustments back ...
  6. Blyleven2011
    Roster rating seems high ... Starting pitching would rate high , the bullpen at the end of the season rates better than the beginning of the season ... The batting roster just doesn't have me believing it rates high , boom or bust , no disciplined clutch hitting with runners on base , to many strikeouts , baserunning has issues as well ... Twins defense is decent but again are flawed , failure to throw to the right base or completely missing cut off man ... I like my Twins but my eye test analysis above rates higher than the metrics ...
  7. Blyleven2011
    Lots of options for severino ... Play him or trade him ... If he can hit doubles and homeruns and drive in over 100 rbi's with a decent batting average , that is a player we have been searching for some years now ... Let him start in AAA this spring and see if he is still hitting like 2023 and if he is , bring the kid up to the show .... We don't need players that think they are homerun hitters and don't make contact , we need homerun hitters that can be productive and be in the running for mvp at the conclusion of each year ...
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    I'll just sit back and wait for the off season to commence ... Will I be happy if they trade the longest tenured Twins in Polanco , NO ... But it could happen , the FO is in control and I am not ... I just hope the FO gets it right ...
  9. Blyleven2011
    Vazquez is a better defensive catcher ... So get off his back ... Hitting has always been a plus when you can get it from the catchers position ... I had no problems with Vazquez but I do hope he does improve his hitting in 2024 ...
  10. Blyleven2011
    Good article and centerfield is a important position ... But who the heck knows what our front office will do to get creative ... I liked Taylor in centerfield , he made great plays and was fun to watch , Bader may be just as good defensively but a platoon guy is not what we need ... Who the heck knows , I sure don't ... Just stay out of the dumpster please ...
  11. Blyleven2011
    I've thought the same thing for many years now , they have no idea on how to market the team to fill the seats full ... If I was in charge of marketing I would honor our history and have a killebrew day , Oliva , Carew, blyleven , Puckett and kaat day ,,, Do it during the dog days of summer and us old timers would show up and fill the seat to honor our heroes of our youth ... Could you see a grandson asking who killebrew was and grandpa replying to grandson , Harmon was our most prolific homerun hitter the Twins have ever had , he hit 573 homeruns in his career , couldn't you just see the grandson eyes get huge and then he's hooked on baseball ... Let the kids learn our history of the Twins and senator's ... I for one would go to more games if they promoted our past players and history ...
  12. Blyleven2011
    I still believe but I'm always disappointed ...
  13. Blyleven2011
    What pitchers won in the playoffs ... Lopez and gray ... Losing gray will hurt us in the playoffs if we make the 2024 playoffs , finding a pitcher for the playoffs is a must ... Don't add just a pitcher that can help win during the season , that is not the goal of the fans , sign or trade for a playoff caliber winner ... we can't go backwards , it's up to the front office to charge forward and get creative , don't close the window ... Payroll reduction , so the FO says , i hope it isn't a substantial reduction so we can add the pieces we need ... Pitching wins and our starters kept us in alot of games ...
  14. Blyleven2011
    Stay healthy Lewis , you have definitely shown us you can be a game changer we desperately need ... Go Lewis, go Twins ...
  15. Blyleven2011
    I think that pitcher was drawing 2 salaries ...
  16. Blyleven2011
    We had a very good draft this year , there are others to dangle , and I would only dangle position player , no pitchers like Soto , not yet anyway, haven't seen him in pro ball yet ...
  17. Blyleven2011
    Since Stearns and counsell left the Brewers are the Brewers in a fire sale , if so wouldn't it be cheaper trading for a pitcher with Milwaukee if they want to dump salary ????
  18. Blyleven2011
    Won't happen but could have been a nice fit for a short term deal , see payroll .... Good player but as mentioned his defensive liabilities are diminishing ... We have a DH already ...
  19. Blyleven2011
    Pitching wins games , we have the pitching with just alittle tweaking , now we need a more balanced lineup ... The hitters are capable of hitting but they have no consistency to bunch hits together ... Cruz had 2 1/2 years of good baseball on a twins uniform ... Correa , finished his first year on a high note and opted out for free agency only to be re-signed for 6 years , jury out on that contract as of now ... Solano gave thexl twins value ... Vazquez gave us defensive value , will he work on being a better hitter in 2024 if he isn't traded ... Most of the other free agents were signed on hope that we could find some value , Bundy was a workhorse but the others were laughable ... Boy did I laugh in 2021 and 2022 with what we had for pitching , when certain relievers came in or extra innings occurred , we knew what the outcome would be ...
  20. Blyleven2011
    If , if , if .... If giolito bets on his self and signs a 1 year deal to get his game back to form , the FO will be waiting for him to fall into their laps ...
  21. Blyleven2011
    Lefthanders over 30 doesn't scare me me in the least , in the past we have had many successful left handers pitch late into their 30's ... Montgomery has decent career numbers and only has a total of 755 innings pitched in MLB , controls the zone well , of the three lefthanders mentioned Montgomery would be my option ... Rodriguez didn't pitch in 2020 , was he injured ??? , had personal problems first year with Detroit and injured this year , also opted out of his contract ... Snell , I'm not sure what you would get , he hasn't been the Same pitcher since leaving Tampa though this year was pretty good ... I really don't see the team signing any of them due to cost but one never knows exactly what the FO will do except they are slow at making decisions and playthe waiting game ...
  22. Blyleven2011
    2023 was a year of depth so the front office will certainly try to duplicate that again for 2024 ... Bringing back a centerfielder or a first basemen is probably the highest priority for depth ... Taylor back ... Gallo gone gone gone ... Pagan , I just don't know what to expect from him , has he really turned into a trusting arm for the bullpen after 4 years of why is this person a MLB player ...
  23. Blyleven2011
    Just a bit outside ... Outside the box you forgot to mention Bob uecker but wild horses couldn't pull him out of Milwaukee ....
  24. Blyleven2011
    I'd have agree with everyone's posted assessments , relief bullpen arm , long relief is also a good possibility ... For someone that hasn't pitched alot and for them to say he's got filthy stuff says alot for him , I like to see it for myself ... Yes bullpen seems likely and makes the most sense for this year because of his history of injuries ... Ober to had injury concerns throughout the minors and in mlb but he managed to stay healthy this past season ...
  25. Blyleven2011
    Bottom of the ninth .... Arizona needs a BIG crooked number ...
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