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  1. Blyleven2011
    How can you say the strikeouts has its merits ... 3 strikeouts at target field in the bottom of the ninth inning ended the playoffs for the Twins ... Yes pitch counts might have merit but no adjustments to hitting with 2 strikes has no merit as they strikeout and no contact made ... What do we need a pitching coach for if we are just a boom or bust hitting squad ... Contact is more exciting than the strikeouts ... The strikeouts that bother me the worst are pitches that are close and the batter doesn't swing and is called strike 3 with his bat on his shoulder ...
  2. Blyleven2011
    I had never heard the Twins could have made a trade for Musgrove , must of been later in off season and I was in Texas for the winter ... That does not sit right with me if they passed on Musgrove , he resigned with San Diego for 20ml per season ...
  3. Blyleven2011
    For those that are excited about the front office , I hope you get your hope and ain't disappointed ... I have better confidence in the FO making good trades during the off season , they have made disastrous trades at the deadline ... Yes they better get it right , starting pitching and a hitting lineup is what we need , standing pat is not what we need , we need a contending team in the playoffs ...
  4. Blyleven2011
    If you want to be a contender in the playoffs , a pitcher like burnes is what you need , high price to acquire for a 1 year rental , yes ... Polanco a switch hitter is a plus and he has been pretty consistent when healthy , he should be 100 ready to go , he's not finished with his career yet , I'd like to keep Polanco but with our surplus of infielders he is the most likeliest to get traded along with prospects ... FO, when FO makes trades they have made trades for players that have some years of control ... I don't see it happening for burnes unless they can get an extension before the trade is made ...
  5. Blyleven2011
    For a 130 dollars a year I use for streaming sports company called uzzu TV app , you can watch any sport year round ( in season ) , no black outs , has worked for me , You can go month to month , cancel anytime with a yearly subscription , football , hockey , baseball and who cares about basketball ... College sports too ... Lots of channels to watch , any team you want plus has history and tbs channels and more ...
  6. Blyleven2011
    Rumor has it seattle traded away players that did not put the ball in play enough , they struck out ... I don't think we have any major league players seattle would want because our boom or bust lineup set a new strikeout record in 2023 ... Sure I would like Gilbert or Kirby but it will definitely be an overpay to get one of them ... For reference , remember what seattle gave up to get Castillo from the Reds , Twins would have to do the same , and we are not going to deplete our prospects as a mid market team ...
  7. Blyleven2011
    Your excused ...
  8. Blyleven2011
    Cutting payroll and FO very stagnant on pitching additions , Falvey and Levine should have taken a vacation , oh wait , Pohlads cut payroll and FO had to forfeit the 2 week paid vacations ....
  9. Blyleven2011
    It would be nice to have a present under the tree from the Twins ... But if there is no present , the best next thing is for our FO , dynamic duel to come out and set it straight with the fans what our payroll will be , what they might be working on ( wouldn't have to name team or players ) , say something solid to the fans that they are trying to add positions players or starting pitching or bullpen help to shore up the teams flaws ... Get in front of the camera falvey and help us with some encouraging words ... As of now I am not thrilled to be going to twinsfest , where's the excitement going to come from , Lewis yes , Julien and a few others ...
  10. Blyleven2011
    Lewis loves the game , the fans ... Would he play for less money here in Minnesota to stay and play the game he loves , is money a motivator for Lewis , he comes from California which is a warmer climate , would he prefer a team on the west coast in warmer weather , better exposure to play for ( i don't know , but i think he wants to be a hall of fame type player , he seems to have that drive towards that goal in my opinion ) ... He has already shown alot of adversity with his injuries to perform at the highest level , has a great personality to be an embassador to the game , a great clubhouse and on field leader ... Great leaders should get the big money , Show him the money ... It doesn't hurt to try ...
  11. Blyleven2011
    Have our standard dropped that much to rate the 2023 Twins season as one of the greatest ... Just because they broke the winless streak in the playoffs and won some playoff games ... Can't agree with this rating for 2023 ... Starting Pitching was outstanding , no question about that ... People were calling for dfa' s , fire Rocco and FO , everyone was saying in their posts on Twins daily that the Twins were unwatchable , this of course was the first 4 months , last couple were pretty good ... We won the central and made the post season , swept Toronto in the wildcard series at home , lost to Houston in 4 ... Sure glad we weren't voting for a president under these standards ...
  12. Blyleven2011
    Nice to keep thinking ahead but trades will always change the course of the future projections ... Why no projection on the pitcher's , does a position player have more longevity than a pitcher ...
  13. Blyleven2011
    5 years of managing , really 4 years , he didn't have to manage hard in 2019 when the players had career years ... So in 4 years of managing , it is presumed he and the FO should have learned something along the way , but I haven't noticed hardly any changes to his or the FO's direction of managing a team ... It's still boom or bust , I would like to also see something from the gut during games when it warrants it ... It would be nice to get the players to make more contact , strikeout less , what strikeouts annoy me are the ones that the batter takes for strike 3 , if it is close you swing , teach them that or fine a batter that leaves the bat on their shoulders ... They aren't doing there job if they don't make contact and strikes out , I'd rather they try and bunt with no one on base and give the other team an easy out ... Put the team in a position to win on a consistent bases day in and day out , very few long winning streaks , tomorrow's another day approach would feel better the next day if each game ended in a win ...
  14. Blyleven2011
    Good thought on kiermaier , but let's try an unknown like Martin in the outfield , hit might be better than defense ( the word is he could handle left well and centerfield with alittlemore experience just as well , trade for outfield at deadline , it's not to expensive then if we need to fill a hole ... Getting a pitcher now is cheaper than getting a pitcher at the deadline , this in my opinion will be the only major addition the FO does to our roster , rest will come in house ... Why , because they did not add at deadline of last year and have done nothing as of yet and with the payroll reduction it's a trade for a cheap controllable quality pitcher , let's hope it quality ... There is also going to be the dumpster diving minor league contracts for depth ...
  15. Blyleven2011
    I'm with gman on this , Canterino in the pen , we need ya healthy , Camargo as catching depth in case of injury ... Miranda finding his stroke , playing an occasional first base or dhing ... Paddack please stay healthy , we need ya ...
  16. Blyleven2011
    Hey Greg and Twins fans ... This is the best article written since the end of the world series , I enjoyed the read and comments ... I'm getting tired of responding to all the speculations of who the twins should acquire in trades or free agency , it's out of our hands and all we should do is sit back and see If FO makes us a winner or they just tank ... Then we can either praise or shredd them ..... I liked this article ...
  17. Blyleven2011
    Correct , I like the resign Taylor for money but most likely isn't going to happen as he will surely get a 2 plus year contract from some team ... keep our prospects and let them play , give them the chance to hit over the mendoza line ...
  18. Blyleven2011
    Hey doc ... Since you touched on catching , did you hear Endy Rodriguez tore his acl or ucl and out for the season of 2024 , I know liked him as a catcher because before he made his debut you were always advocating for the twins to trade for him ... For those that need cheap streaming and can watch any game , any sport with no blackouts .... I use uzzu tv.app ... 130 bucks for the year and has worked fine for me at home west of the cities , but alittle iffy sometimes at the lake on weekends when all the vacationers are using the towers ...
  19. Blyleven2011
    No question , everyone loves keplers defense ... His value has risen since last years off season , the Twins tried to trade him during last off season and didn't find a trade worth taking ... Now his 2nd half hitting has increased his value and he's still a twin , do we value Kepler more than other teams , of course we do , will other teams look at his 2nd half hitting and think he has found his secret to success and value him more than last off season , I don't know ... Someone mentioned that offense is the best defense , I personally would like both ... Can he duplicate his 2nd half of last season that definitely helped our offense , time will tell if he is still even on our roster and if he stays on the roster , i do hope for his defense and offense to help carry us towardstwins win ... I hope Bauer signs with someone else so Kepler can have 3 homer games ... Sit back and relax , our fo moves slowly ...
  20. Blyleven2011
    A few years back Lugo was a spot starter for the Mets and had some success , I was interested in him a few years ago but at 34 he was out of our price range, 3 years , 45 million , he did well for a payday ... Kansas city needed to improve their starting pitching and he should help the royals out his first year for sure coming to another league has some advantages ... Maybe the royals won't finish in last place in 2024 ...
  21. Blyleven2011
    I'll agree , he's a flier to watch and the dodgers could dfa him in spring training to make room on their 40 man roster ...
  22. Blyleven2011
    I'm not sure what team I dislike more ... The dodgers or the Yankees ... It definitely used to be the Yankees , now I'm not so sure ... Players are entitled to all the money they can negotiate , the only team that really clearly bought and were successful in winning a world series was the marlins and then dismantled the following year ... Your never guaranteed to win a world series when you spend big money ...
  23. Blyleven2011
    How about larnach , this could be his last hurrah to wear a twins uniform ...
  24. Blyleven2011
    Hey , it's available to players needing an extra voice that might boost there career ,, Why does a player fail with one franchise and then succeeds with another franchise ... Because the other team may have seen a small tweak or correction the other team had not seen .. To much information can hurt a player trying to right the ship ,, It's the right information that counts to right the ship ... Driveline is a professional company to help athletes , you are going to have a difficult time just listening to voices , you need to ask questions and something just might pop... For example , Doctor is working a 16 hours shift at the hospital , he comes in and looks at chart , checks the patient vitals and frowns , because of the long day he's tired and brain isn't sharp patient or most like a family member ask a few Questions or two or three and a light bulb goes off and alerts the doctor of a possible method to help his patient get better ... Even a stupid question isn't a dumb question if you learned from it ...
  25. Blyleven2011
    Finally an article that gives keirsey some respect .... Martin had a great AFL in 2022 , had he not injured himself early in 2023 , he most likely would have been on the 26 man roster at some point during the 2023 season and if he performed well we wouldn't be having this conversation , Martin if he has a good spring has a great chance at making the roster if Buxton isnt ready to go in centerfield ... Like others have mentioned , trade for pitching first , then fill a position with a right handed bat ... Will larnach be on the team , sure hope he went to driveline to work on identifying pitches and can learn to hit the offspeed stuff , it's his last chance to wear a twins uniform ....
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