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This Rotation Can Be Really Good in October
Blyleven2011 replied to Cody Christie's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
I just can't raise my hopes only to be let down , so if they do win the division and finally win a playoff game, I will tip my hat to them ... I have been a life long fan since the old met stadium days and the last 3 years it has been a nightmare stuck on ground hog day ....- 21 replies
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This Rotation Can Be Really Good in October
Blyleven2011 replied to Cody Christie's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
We have to get past the deadline first , Before we can talk , are the pitchers built for October ... A couple of starters could be traded at deadline for a return of prospects ... I see us seller's with no chance they can even win the division ... The hitting has not performed well enough as the pitching goes to waste .... I would rather not make the playoffs only to embarrass us once again ....- 21 replies
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5 Reliever Trade Targets for the Twins
Blyleven2011 replied to Cody Christie's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
This front office has tried and tried to build the twins , they have really failed , they fix the starting rotation , but fail to fix the bullpen .... They trade a great hitter ( spark plug of the team ) and lineup falters in 2023 ... They are not good in free agency ( adding below quality arms ) because they dont want to spend big money and they haven't done to well in the trades ( some good during the off season , but most trades have been a disaster especially the deadline acquisitions ) ... We should be sellers at the deadline , the twins can't right the ship by August 1st to be contenders because they can't score runs ... Last night's allstar game the players all had fun and laughing. , something I have not seen from our club the past 3 seasons ... Yes a change is necessary , for some players but mostly the coaching philosophy on their interpretation of baseball needs to change .... TIME FOR DIFFERENT VOICES ...- 25 replies
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Week in Review: Stuck In Their Ways
Blyleven2011 replied to Nick Nelson's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
Push overs usually do ambush us ...- 59 replies
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Week in Review: Stuck In Their Ways
Blyleven2011 replied to Nick Nelson's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
Week in reverse ... Win 3 and lose 3 , will hover around 500 for the remainder of the season and finish below 500 and for 3 seasons in arow the window of opportunity has been wasted ... For years we have had no pitching , now we have the pitching but no hitting , hard to believe the lineup will turn it around in the second half and be contenders ... We've seen 80 plus games , they are who they are unless some changes are made in their philosophy of baseball .... I don't think the FO really has a plan anymore because the lineup definitely doesn't show like it has a plan ... Another week in reverse and more to come , a 15-2 loss going into the break just killed any momentum ....- 59 replies
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This has to be the worst game of the year .... No momentum coming out of the Allstar break ... This game shows exactly what we are going to get in the second half ... Sellers at the deadline and cleveland will be 5 games up and leading the division ... I had doubt that lineup was in trouble this spring but never expected it to be this bad ,,,
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I'm just going to wait and then bash or praise the pick ... Get it right and I agree don't get cute , we have to build our mid market team with high quality players ...
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Yes it has ended similar to last year only earlier this year.... Worst plan I have ever seen , FO is trying to follow the plan like the movie moneyball and they aren't succeeding, but the aberration is they believe it IS ... WHAT A CROCK ...
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Atlanta's pitchers also have had time on the IL , some long , some short .... Injuries ; My impression is depression ...
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Seth , Could you please state what the development list really is ? ,,,
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A gem of a pitching performance , truly dominated a poor royals team ... Starting pitching is definitely our strengths this year unbelievablewe have seen 2 shutouts pitched in the same season ... Hitting still has a ways to go , we'll see how it plays out against Baltimore , we need to at least win the series at home against a better team like Baltimore ...
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A gem of a pitching performance , truly dominated a poor royals team ... Starting pitching is definitely our strengths this year unbelievablewe have seen 2 shutouts pitched in the same season ... Hitting still has a ways to go , we'll see how it plays out against Baltimore , we need to at least win the series at home against a better team like Baltimore ...
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Did the Twins Lose the Jose Berrios Trade
Blyleven2011 replied to Ted Schwerzler 's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
to early to say on trade value ... Martin was doing well in 2021 and finished well with the twins , then the team asked him to change his style of hitting for power and he wasn't the same player he once was until later in the season he converted back to his regular style of Hitting in AA and in the AZFL , now 2022 he has had multiple injuries and his season is just beginning , yes the twins staff has been slow at finding him a position other than at shortstop ( another head scratcher from the coaching ) ... If there is blame on lack of production with Martin it is on the front office ... Pitcher SWR Richardson was the other player in the trade and was an Olympian at the time of the trade , he was in AA but did not pitch much after the trade in 2021 , 2022 he was a solid starting pitcher in AA and moved up to AAA and had a 1 solid start at the end of 2022 with the twins ... what has happened to him this year as he has regressed , is he injured , maybe ? , did he not do the proper training during the offseason to stay in shape , maybe ? , was he rushed to the major leagues or have the coaching been responsible for his ugly numbers in 2022 , could be ? .... SWR is young and there could be a future , Martin has the remainder of the season to show us his hitting style is for real and then back to the AZFL and be ready for spring training .... Wouldn't hurt if the front office paid for both players to go to DRIVELINE and get their confidence and listen to other voices of opinions , because it just might be the plan the twins have just might of screwed up their heads alittle ....- 62 replies
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Knock-Getters and Boppers: The Eternal Struggle
Blyleven2011 commented on Hans Birkeland's blog entry in Hansblog
Strikeouts creates a breeze , We are stuck in the 2019 season most definitely .. Put that in the Groundhog day movie ...- 20 comments
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Optimizing the Line Up with What We Already Have on the Team.
Blyleven2011 commented on Brandon's blog entry in Blog Brandon
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Yes I'm excited we won and that we are 1 game over the pathetic 500 mark .... Maeda went 7 innings and 9 strikeouts ,,, that's a good game , but it's also the Kansas city royals ... Yes we got hits and homers but again it's the Kansas city royals and greinke at the end of his career ... We are supposed to beat these teams , and we do beat the Kansas city royals but we can't beat the rest of the sub 500 teams out there ... Sweep Kansas city tomorrow and win the series against Baltimore and then maybe we can relax some , but consistency is what we need ... Sure would like for the twins player's to go get a killer instinct and playball hard ... I want a 10 game winning streak or more , even several winning streaks would be nice ...
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Joey Gallo Shatters Failure Narratives
Blyleven2011 replied to Ted Schwerzler 's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
When they signed Gallo I was not sure why , they just paid off Sano to go away ... My thoughts were all Gallo is is a left handed Sano with better defense , and that still rings between the ears ... Sano has no mlb or minor league job , Gallo is lucky to be employed in mlb baseball , I would have preferred a younger player taking his roster spot ... It was a gamble and so far twins are on the losing end of it ... Gallo has never been a clutch hitter , around 200 homers with around 400 rbi's in his career is not very productive ... He does strikeout well and strikeouts must be contagious because all the hitters on the team are projected to have a career percentage of strikeouts ... Not money well spent but who knows what the second is in store for him , find a taker at the dealine and package pagan with him please ... -
Correa with a 4 hit night , if he can be the spark leading off the game , so be it ... I also said the same thing about the pinch hitting , was nice to see they got 2 hits in 3ctries with a pinch hitter , Julien ignited the eighth with a blast , the ball off the bat was loud and I knew it was a homerun by the sound ... Good game , only 1 homer so the others runs came by walks , singles , doubles and some stolen bases and a uncharacteristic bunt in the eighth that scored a run , strikeouts were down so contact was made as the twins had 14 hits for their efforts ... We need games like tonight on a consistent basis , still would like a 10 game winning streak before I get to serious ...
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Twins Minor League Hitter of the Month: June 2023
Blyleven2011 replied to Seth Stohs's topic in Twins Minor League Talk
They will just have to wait it out for their chance ... Right now let's see how this homestand goes , if it gets ugly then don't wait till deadline to make the changes necessary , do it during the break ....- 26 replies
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Twins Minor League Hitter of the Month: June 2023
Blyleven2011 replied to Seth Stohs's topic in Twins Minor League Talk
I agree that his defense wasn't very good last year .... I too would like to know hid defense has improved , Thanks Seth ...- 26 replies
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Twins Minor League Hitter of the Month: June 2023
Blyleven2011 replied to Seth Stohs's topic in Twins Minor League Talk
I'm for it , can't hurt and might be exciting seeing players that can make some contact ...- 26 replies
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