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  1. Blyleven2011
    I for one was not in favor of trading arraez for Lopez ... I don't mind the Lopez trade but if your going to trade a proven everyday player I would have chosen someone else or a surplus of some prospects , I know Miami wanted hitters , we have a surplus of prospects hitters with no apparent position , also larnach and Kepler should have been offered and that should have gotten that done or they shouldn't have been so hasty to trade last years 3rd baseman urshela who was a good hitter , we traded him for a prospect that can't help us now , urshela could have brought back immediate help with Lopez trade along with Larnach and Kepler ... just my thoughts ...
  2. Blyleven2011
    I guess I should have phrased it differently ... The FO has not made that many trades at the deadline that had an immediate impact , yes we got Ryan, Duran and others but those were selling season and last year we were buyers at deadline and other deadline years that our acquisition didn't pan out to good , Romo might be the best that performed at the twilight of his career ...
  3. Blyleven2011
    At this year's deadline we shouldn't need to go after a starting pitcher and give up a bundle ... We gave up a bundle for Lopez last deadline , DONT EVER DO THAT AGAIN ... If the FO does trade at the deadline, they need to trade for bullpen arms and be smarter than everyone in the room for once ... They have been alittle better as sellers than buyers ...
  4. Blyleven2011
    Week in review , 4 and 3 road and home the past week ... Gardenhire and Kelly used to say the team is only as good as the players the GM gives them to manage ... Rocco says the players have skills , I guess your only as good as the manager manages ... Rocco's team in 2019 holds the record for most homeruns in a season at 307 , Rocco must like records cause his team is on pace to set a new one with strikeouts ... Currently the lowest twins batting average in twins history ...
  5. Blyleven2011
    Can't hit on all #1 's , but they really missed on Sabato ... # 2 has talent and is trying ... # 4 is Raya and because of his small stature I think they might be grooming him for a 3 inning long relief roll , he may be injury prone and not enough stamina to be a starter , that's the way I see it because I don't think he has pitched more than three innings in any start and has pitched well since drafted ... # 5 Rosario is building a resume for a shot at the show ... The twins also signed a bunch of undrafted players in 2020 , that would be an interesting article to write about , WHO HAS HAD THE MOST SUCCESS from the pool of undrafted 2020 prospects ...
  6. Blyleven2011
    It's disturbing when I read articles about past twins able to succeed in another organization ... Every team needs pitching and you never have enough pitching so the saying goes ... Ryan used to hang onto pitching a little to long , where our FO of the present seem to let them go to early , except for Duffy ,,, Littel , Anderson , presley and more ,,, It's always nice to see former twins in an Allstars but you wonder why they weren't Allstars with our team , makes you wonder about our philosophy of baseball and our decision makers ...
  7. Blyleven2011
    The affiliates did better today than yesterday , that is good ... Looks like Lee got the day off but did pinch hit with a walk ... Zebby and Cory Lewis seem to be pitchers to watch along with enlow and I haven't heard much on balazovic ( Blaze) , is he injured ???
  8. Blyleven2011
    I usually watch golf to take an afternoon nap ... Now I watch the twins on Sunday afternoon and fall asleep , i did wake for the final two innings which were probably the best they performed with the bat's ... Why no pinch hitter for Castro in ninth , oh that's right Rocco would tell us he went with the hot bat ... Kirilloff was going to hit for Garlick but as usual Rocco was one batter to late , Kirilloff right now is our best hitter and a perfect situation to pinch hit for Castro to tie it or win it ... Off track a little , I liked denny green more than Rocco , denny had worse talent and made that talent better players .... Rocco just sits there and tells his good talent to go do the best you can ..
  9. Blyleven2011
    It's the most logical thing to do , put maeda in the pen and lighten the load on his surgical repaired arm , and make him earn his starter role back , cause I like what the current 5 starters have accomplished ...
  10. Blyleven2011
    Grumpy old men ...
  11. Blyleven2011
    We all wanted him signed ... Live with it ... so sad , too bad ... Hope to see him in centerfield some day again and I'm hoping it's not the last game he plays for one batter and then retires ...
  12. Blyleven2011
    He was awful playing injured last year and hampered his hitting ... He may have changed his approach in batting to compromise his injury and it has effected his swing , maybe he should look at past videos of himself hitting good and videos of him hitting today ....
  13. Blyleven2011
    Not upset at the signing for a defensive catcher over the winter .... His defense is his calling card and whatever his hitting is and hopefully better will be butter on the toast .... It's a demanding position and we'll have to wait it out to judge later who was the better catcher at the end of the season ...
  14. Blyleven2011
    I like it , ( im on board with hail drago ) , after 4 months in the league I knew arreaz was a major leaguer so I nicknamed him major leaguer , usually i take three years to evaluate a player tobknow exactly what that player will be , but in arraez's case I knew he was special ,,, he bat's like Gwynn and hits like Carew ...
  15. Blyleven2011
    Nice pitched game , Ober please stay healthy your needed in the rotation ... Hitters , 6 hits , 3 walks but only 7 strikeouts , 1 run is all we needed and Polanco delivered ... Pitching does win games ... Winning streak of 3 , let's go for 10 or more ...
  16. Blyleven2011
    2 month's in and it's a disappointment, it's not great baseball but it should get better , one can hope ... We'll have this same discussion probably around the deadline and at the end of the season ... It's the vets that are a disappointment to me as the rookies or younger players are performing better ... When they signed Gallo , I said he is just another Sano only he bat's lefthanded , he swings at everything outside and just like Sano strikes out .... When we needed right handed bat's we sign a lefty so FO is also a disappointment to ... Has anyone or has the media seen the wiz kids during this win one game lose one game plan of baseball ... No , always in hiding when things don't go the way they want , no accountability , but get a ten game winning streak and they can't wait to jump in front of the camera for the credit ...
  17. Blyleven2011
    Lewis and mathews , Lewis with that knuckler and I liked how you put it , the hitters walked back to the dugout shaking their heads ... 2 to watch from last year's draft ...
  18. Blyleven2011
    No , i wouldn't think they would do it, it would make to much sense ...
  19. Blyleven2011
    Either go to a six man rotation with maeda or put maeda in long relief and then wait for an injury and go back to 5 man rotation ... Varland right now is to valuable to waste in AAA ...
  20. Blyleven2011
    it is crucial to find the best position for a player to play when they are in there developmental stages in the minors ... I to have been adamant that they have a player that isn't projected to stay at that position but they continue to play him there and don't move him to another position best suited for him until he gets to the show ... To me that is a plan for disaster with these hitters first prospects , it's the coaches responsibility to develop these prospects and find that defensive positionwhere he can thrive , but what is holding them back ... You can't keep sending these players out there to play 2nd / 3rd or even shortstop and say DO THE BEST YOU CAN ...
  21. Blyleven2011
    I see no position player voted to the Allstar game , might get one selected as a reserve , sorry just hasn't been any highlights from any of them ... Pitchers , now that is a different story ... gray , Ryan and Duran If they continue to dominate , almost impossible for all 3 to get selected but if the Allstars game is next week I would choose Ryan and Duran and maybe sonny Gray as an alternate by way of an injured player ...
  22. Blyleven2011
    A winning streak of three ... More hits than strikeouts ... Lewis ties it with a 2 run bomb to center .... Couldn't ask for anything more but we got it with a walk off win
  23. Blyleven2011
    Finally the hits were falling , hit the ball hard and make things happen ... You don't have to hit homeruns to score runs all the time ... What kind of hitting will show up in the Cleveland series , patience by walks , singles and doubles or back to the big swing for the bleachers ... WE'LL SEE YOU TONIGHT ...
  24. Blyleven2011
    Everyone was happy the day of the mahle trade but Everyone but the FO had concerns of his history of injury ... As I stated when arreaz ( major leaguer ) got traded that he would get the game winning hit in the bottom of the ninth in the 7th game of a Miami / Minnesota world series ... Now that would haunt the fan base ... We went after pitching and gave up alot but that is exactly how the Yankees do it ...
  25. Blyleven2011
    Oakland and San Francisco play in warmer spring temperatures , I guess weather doesn't matter when it comes to strikeouts ...
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