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  1. Blyleven2011
    Lewis is a great addition to the lineup , I see him swinging at to many pitches outside the box low and away especially ... I'd like that to be cleaned up and a better eye would increase his walk rate ... I definitively have no problem with royce Lewis hitting grand slams , he is a game changer ...
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    Sad news indeed , I always enjoy dick and his partners ... Won't be the same , herb carneal was an all time radio broadcaster , we got used to the next team of radio announcers , we will get used to dicks replacement to , but he will be missed in the booth ... Success in your new chapter of life Mr Bremer , go-to Florida and visit your friend bert ...,
  3. Blyleven2011
    Got hit with a line drive to right elbow , tried to pitch through it , went 4 innings
  4. Blyleven2011
    Arizona needs to get the scoring going ,, wake up the crowd ... Let's make a game of it ...
  5. Blyleven2011
    Weird how the visiting team scores more runs than the home team ... It has seemed that way to me throughout the playoffs and world series ....
  6. Blyleven2011
    About time walker gets going , he's struggled through the playoffs and world series , got a hit late in second game but before that not much , a baserunning mistake and he's out at home ...
  7. Blyleven2011
    Just waiting for the game to Start ... A good competitive game with some old fashioned baseball thrown in ...
  8. Blyleven2011
    We are overloaded with infield talent , that can change during off season with some trades ... Even if we make trades I don't see Lee in the majors until around the deadline of 2024 but could be wrong and he proves himself ready and be up in mid april , also shortstop are athletic and can be moved to another position ( groom him for left field ) ...
  9. Blyleven2011
    Soto and Alonso are not realistic , no team control , FO would never consider a trade would they , had they won the world series this year then I could see the FO trading for either of them to defend a title for 2024 ... Santander is a switch hitter but do we have the pitching to trade for him , he's had a few decent years ... McCormick strikes out to much , we don't need that even with 3 years of control ... We already have strikeout artists we don't need another one ...
  10. Blyleven2011
    Arizona for me , but a competitive 7 game series is also important to me and i think we will have one ... Good analysis of both teams , I like good baseball games that are entertaining to watch and this has been some very good baseball games on defense in playoffs and world series ... The heart breaker for Arizona in game 1 was a good comeback for Texas , game 2 was a pitchers duel for 6 innings and then Arizona struck in the 7th , 8th and 9th innings with runs the old fashioned way and put the game away ... Both games were great suspense and glad the series is tied 1 game apiece going to Arizona ... Sure hope FO and Rocco are learning something ...
  11. Blyleven2011
    Centerfield is more important than rightfield , resign Kepler but this off season trade Kepler .... Then we have the 8 million for Taylor , they have kept Kepler for his defense over the years , time to keep the defense in Centerfield ... Our front office should be approaching this concern before the players declare free agency , I'm sure he will get more playing time in the Twins outfield than anyone else's outfield , he seemed to be happy here and we were fortunate to have him ...
  12. Blyleven2011
    Arizona Steals alot of bases to ... My style of baseball , get the runners on bases , get them into scoring position and hit them home , it's definitely working for Arizona ... Great defense in playoffs and now world series has been spectacular ...
  13. Blyleven2011
    With the uncertainty of Buxton playing the field , it is necessary to get it right ... They did have an ace in the hole with Taylor as his defense was very good ... I think it is necessary to resign him for his defense to fill centerfield because of the unknown of Buxton , if Buxton can play then Taylor can be a defensive replacement late in the game ... He made some spectacular plays in centerfield and was fun to watch ... Defense is very important , the 2 playoffs ( alcs and nlcs ) had some of the best defense I have seen this year , the 2 games in world series has also had good defense , Arizona is playing with the big boys because of their defense ...
  14. Blyleven2011
    No pitching mentioned in the article , every year it's the abundance of infield prospects we are talking about ,( trade this guy , play this prospect ) ... Of the three players that came up , Lewis and Julien have the most upside to be long-term players , Wallner I'm not sold on him yet , He has improved defensively , his lack of contact abilities lead to many strikeouts, both swinging and looking , Julien also gets called out to many times looking , I'd rather these players go down swinging on close pitches , than looking ... now the article mentioning Lee , severino and Martin I don't see any of them ready to make the team out of spring training , to many ifs offensively or defensively of the three ... Keep Polanco and Taylor , wallner can plug right field for now with that arm ... Get some pitching developed , Raya , Festa , Lewis , cullpepper and there is another one i can't remember from the draft of 2022 ... Trading Spencer Steer ( we needed pitching but got nothing but an injured arm ) , Steer would have led the Twins in almost all offensive categories ... It hurts but Cincinnati gave him his chance and he steered Cincinnati almost to a playoff position ...
  15. Blyleven2011
    Started the season at AAA and things went bad for 3 month ... It's better he finished strong his last 2 plus months to prepare for spring training , he may start again in AAA but should have some opportunities in 2024 Twins ... Still young to give up on but next year will probably be the decisive season if he stays on the 40 man roster ...
  16. Blyleven2011
    Send the two to driveline , get them straightened out with different coaching and voices ... When will preilipp be able to start his season next year , does he need a year of rehab again following latest surgery ???? As for driveline , there should also be some current players that want to save and improve their careers going this winter , larnach for one and if healthy Miranda , be ready to strike and hit the ball in spring training ....
  17. Blyleven2011
    Triple A should be a fun season for the prospects in 2024 one step away from the show ...
  18. Blyleven2011
    Last year 2023 was a great draft , besides walker Jenkins there is a good possibility that alot of prospects make the show from the draft class ... 2022 was a good draft class with Lee but not as strong as 2023 ... We should have a great future with these prospects ...
  19. Blyleven2011
    Players get traded and thrive elsewhere ... We trade or sign players and they decline ... What's wrong with this picture ... To my eye test nothing but those that follow data driven statistics are painting a picture of his decline , if statistics are measured when a team signs a player then why haven't our FO been savvy enough to stay away from players that are declining ... Is it because they are cheaper , I don't know ... Correa was good in the field but has to learn not to go after a high inside pitch ... Correa is a fine shortstop for now ...
  20. Blyleven2011
    It's nice knowing that people like our organizations people and we have given clubs permission to talk to him .... No body has said it yet , why didn't they come calling on falvey ... Mets went calling on Milwaukee's STERN and hired him away .... Just thought I'd mention it ...
  21. Blyleven2011
    It would be nice if Miranda can be a rh bat in the lineup ... He will definitely start at AAA and will have to prove himself all over again ... no way is a spring training long enough to evaluate , if his injury kept him from hitting and fielding last year , his mental approach to the game may need encouraging , did the pitcher's adjust to Miranda and he didn't adjust back ... Spring traing to short , prove himself in AAA and gain confidence ... If I was FO I would not be expecting Miranda to break camp and head north n 26 man roster ...
  22. Blyleven2011
    Kiriloff is an outfielder too ... So if they did sign a position player that can hit like Hoskins a right handed bat , kiriloff could platoon with Hoskins at first base and play outfield or dh when not platooning ... I'm also sure there are internal options at first base in the minors , though the depth might not be all that spectacular , they might give a kid a chance ... Solano opened the season of 2023 at first base while Kiriloff had the first month rehabbing his wrist ... Please no Gallo, I wouldn't even pay him the league minimum ...
  23. Blyleven2011
    Couldn't believe Sabato is out hitting Rosario and cosetti , Pitching is getting opportunities but not making the most of it ... 2 weeks in and the Twins players need to shine ...
  24. Blyleven2011
    Baldelli won division titles his first two years. In 2021, Josh Donaldson, JA Happ, Matt Shoemaker and Alex Colome made sure there wouldn’t be a three-peat. And dropping Gallo from the playoff roster this year helped get the Twins win ... With an article like this I miss the bashing that he got in the past , and some of those that think he is a good manager , they were bashers before , just because we won 3 playoff games they are now siding with Rocco as a good manager still learning on the job .... Is he a good manager , let's wait and see if he can manage through the entire playoff process and a world series victory , and then have a article of this topic ...
  25. Blyleven2011
    There is never a sure thing with this FO , to add quality is a must , stay away from dumpster diving as they continue to scan the waiver wire to frequently ... Impressive on what they accomplished with the record strikeouts .... The strikeouts sucked and the strikouts looking were alot worse especially when we had runners in scoring position .... Adjustments need to be made , the hitters just don't seem to follow through with adjustments with 2 strikes , identifying a pitch that will end up way off the plate swinging at s8trike 3 , and not swinging at to close for comfort pitches and making contact putting ball in play and standing there looking at strike 3 passing them buy... We need professional hitters for more consistency , plain and simple ... In my opinion the Twins lack a true homerun hitter and a producer of 100 rbi's or even a player scoring a 100 runs ... We lose by scoring only 3 runs or less but win when we close to double digits and that is why the Twins rank high in runs scored and are a 500 team ... That is why if they don't change there consistency they will be a 500 team again ... We need professional hitters and we need them to be clutch , we need a different approach pure and simple ...
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