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  1. Blyleven2011
    Maeda to bullpen to limit his pitching in long relief is a no Brainer coming off TJ surgery and if that isn't working then short relief .... Pagan ( reborn ron davis ) also should have been added to this list , I heard he was tweeking his pitching towards the end of last season and the twins staff was impressed with the results in mop up duty , time will tell ... Megill had stretches of good and bad , so figure out the good and turn him loose ... Not much confidence in coaching pitchers since the wisler addition ...
  2. Blyleven2011
    Knowing Rocco like I do , he mostvlikely will bat Kepler leading off again ...
  3. Blyleven2011
    Yes it was , he almost sparked a win with that walk against the Mets best reliever ...
  4. Blyleven2011
    Another sad day too , arraez was a makor leaguer and a favoritexto watch hit and play the game with a passion , I'm sure arraez is sad too , thextwins have been his only organization ... It tough right now thinking i should be a twins fan or should I not ... Another sad day was when Calvin traded carew to the angels and when Tony O had to retire ...
  5. Blyleven2011
    You nailed it , Rocco is what he is because of the front office plan ... And I would not work for the plan if I was a puppet or yes man that the FO wants if i couldn't use my gut feelings in certain situations , he doesn't deviate from the plan so , yes you nailed it ... His first year as manager in his post game review he was reading answers off a screen that someone had written for him , the questions had been asked prior to the post game by reporters and then when asked again live , he would read from a screen ... Second season and beyond that doesn't seem to be the case anymore same he has gotten more comfortable with the press ...
  6. Blyleven2011
    You are correct , eddie bane did pitch in the majors the first year he was drafted ,,, David clyde was another first round drafted player Texas drafted the same year and he pitched in the majors in the same game they made their debut ... It was kind of a promotional thing between Calvin and Texas to draw fans late in the season ...
  7. Blyleven2011
    Personally I think we are OK at catcher with the signing of Vasquez , but I would trade kepler of course with larnach and Martin or Julien ...
  8. Blyleven2011
    If he shows he's ready this year for the show , play him in the show ... The majors are for the top professionals and the best players should be playing in a twins uniform, twins have some good talented hitters knocking on the door that just might be better replacing a player in the lineup ....
  9. Blyleven2011
    Ask him if he liked playing in the dome or in an open air stadium ,,, Twins won 55 games at home that year and the fans rocked the house that gave the twins home field advantage ...
  10. Blyleven2011
    Twins are like a possum , they play dead at home ( not exciting baseball ) and get killed on the road ... The players need to step up and have a killer instinct that they can win every game and not be Minnesota nice and say there is always tomorrows game , every win matters ( the Yankees instill this in their player ) we should copy them and not Tampa or Oakland in money ball ...
  11. Blyleven2011
    Is arraez expendable ??? Yes ... Has arraez peaked ??? No ... He's 25 and still in his prime to produce more , to trade the sparkplug would not help the twins offense , he and a few others hit and led the offense consistently ... FO hasn't been all that good at evaluating when a player has peaked and his trade value is most high , see Kepler and Sano , yes they were enamored with keplers defense and Sano's pure power so they hung on to them and watched the value diminish , berrios they traded , why ??? ... I guess because arraez won a batting title and made the all star game that his trade value is at a all time high , I don't agree , he's in his prime and will definitely repeat as a top hitter and add to his all-star appearances and continue to be OUR sparkplug ... It's not arraez's job to hit homeruns and get rbis , his job is to get on base and his fellow teammates job to drive him in ... Arraez and Buxton are the 2 most exciting players to watch playing for the twins ... We all like arraez's hitting and his defense isn't all that bad at first and sometimes at second , he will do and play anywhere you ask him too , HE'S A MAJOR LEAGUER AND A KEEPER ... There are other players that are a defensive liability in our system , trade them , Sabato, cavacio and others ...
  12. Blyleven2011
    Or I won't be a lifetime twins fan , That's how important I think he is to the sucess of the team ...
  13. Blyleven2011
    My thoughts exactly
  14. Blyleven2011
    Strategy , what Strategy ... Rule changes have taken Strategy out of the game or some managers just don't have Strategy built into them and uses spread sheet maneuvers .... Yes I concur Manfred ball is horse manure and ghost runner is ridiculous , maybe they should compromise it some and start the ghost runner in the 14th inning if game is still tied ...
  15. Blyleven2011
    It's 50 /50 it works out .... Low risk and reminds me of the pineda signing alittle bit ... The twins way , build a team with hope and hope it works out ... The fans are the ones that only should have hope and not the front office ...
  16. Blyleven2011
    Ditto ditto and more ditto ... The whole truth and nothing but the truth
  17. Blyleven2011
    Bigfork guy makes a lot of sense ... Bullpen still needs help , I'm not sold on a few ...
  18. Blyleven2011
    As a former player too , I would not play for this FO or Rocco and their plan ... The game the twins play is not exciting as years past ... They don't seem to be taught the right way to play PROFESSIONAL baseball ... They can't make contact in situational hitting and strike out ( no clutch hitting ) , they don't hit behind the runner to move them up a base , etc etc etc ... They run the bases and into outs with mind boggling mistakes ( its one thing being aggressive but their mistakes on running bases are mistakes ) ... Defense is suspect as they throw to the wrong base or can't hit the cut off man ... FO , Coaching and manager are suspect as their heads are not on the game ( see 2 mound visits on a player they had no intention of removing ) , once in 2021 and once in 2022 ) , You can have talent but you still have to play the game ( THE GAME , NOT ANALITICS ) ,
  19. Blyleven2011
    I heard they have said farmer is an emergency catcher ,,,
  20. Blyleven2011
    balazovic needs to perform to stay on 40 man roster ... Enlow needs to prove he can make it back on the 40 man list ... Other past prospects need to stay healthy and contribute in a big way ... Royce Lewis will be fine with time ...
  21. Blyleven2011
    Maybe we dodged the bullet , I sure hope he shows he's more capable and stronger after surgery this year , some say the second year after surgery tge player gets his feel and rhythm back ..... Time will tell , if he doesn't perform he will be released ...
  22. Blyleven2011
    Marlins need hitters the twins need a pitcher that is better than Sonny Grayand with some team control ... I'm not going to speculate on who to trade for pitching , only Miami knows what they want ... Remember the cold weather will not make anybody better until it warms up and the twins have not been a good team in cold climate at the beginning or late in the playoffs ...
  23. Blyleven2011
    If Correa could win a MVP it wouldn't hurt and be worth the contract ... If he is a true leader and helps the other players get better as mentor that is worth the contract too ...
  24. Blyleven2011
    I go to games , I listen to them on radio and watch them on TV , my eye test tells me they are awful at scoring with runners in scoring position with no outs ....
  25. Blyleven2011
    I agree to disagree , Rocco and the FO will never take the twins past a playoff series to a world series ... Yes Rosario didn't score a hundred runs but was our last 100 rbi player , I should have printed that ... I thought dozier was our last 100 runs scored but I believe you ... I hope we get our hope and the twins win some meaningful games into October ...
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