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  1. Blyleven2011
    Smeltzer in my opinion has been a better starter than relief pitcher ... His mental preparation for starting is alot different than his bullpen outings .... He sees himself as a starter and has pitched some good games in the past and it's always nice to have a lefthander in the rotation .... Cotton was dfa'd the other day and again passed through waivers and back in AAA ... twice now ,,, Does anyone know what happened to thorpe after the twins released him ????? .
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    Ted you nailed it along with the posts of Tim and dcgast .....
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    I'm not advocating for a trade but I think Mahle or Castillo would have better moral and pitch better on a winning team , no price please , Frankie montas is keeping his stock high ..... There are not many aces , studs or bulldogs out there anymore that pitch alot of innings and face the lineup 3 times or more , that would be my choice if we are to contend in October
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    Go twins , I agree we don't have a team built for October but will win enough games during the season to draw fan's to the stadium .... That is their plan ( FO and OWNERS )
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    Totally agree
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    Unfricken believable , Tarheel says let's watch him in st Paul and the positions he plays ,,, might be a good call ,,,
  7. Blyleven2011
    The dobnak and odorizzi was a statement of sending a rookie out there in front of the worst hecklers of a visiting team , Experience still would have been my choice with odorizzi but they claimed odorizzi had a winning record at target field and he did pitch fairly well .... but we went 3 and out . 1 bunt , hurray ,, How about stealing bases , hit and run , situational hitting with runners on base ,,, or 2 strikes and batters making adjustments ,,,, see arreaz for adjustments , bats like gwynn and hits like carew , love that major leaguer Catchers aren't as good as they once were at throwing out base stealers , when we have trouble scoring runs , steal bases and get runners in scoring position I love the homerun that is a game changer but not the solo homers that almost never won the game ... A complete 180 degree change in the way baseball is played sucks , but I'm still a follower of the twins and of all baseball teams .. i live for opening day and the world series and everything in between ... You don't have to be a follower to be successful and stop executing the way baseball was intended to be played ,,, Watch other teams manager's manage in game decisions and strategy ,,, this was a discussion of our manager
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    Pagan has you sitting on the edge of your seat yelling at TV to throw strikes ,,, He somehow comes through it unscathed ... Won't always be the case , I'm for Duran to close it out ,,, it's his role to lose ,,
  9. Blyleven2011
    Was he deserving of the manager of the year in 2019 ,, Between Rocco, cash and boone .... Boone's yankees had extensive injuries to their core players and found great depth to win 103 games ... deserving Cash had the worst stadium to play in and one of the lowest payrolls and great coaching abilities to be creative in using his players to win 96 games .... deserving .... Rocco's first year as manager and the team performs ,,, BUT most players performed and had career years .... undeserving because he had no experience prior to 2019 to evaluate his tendencies toward coaching , then we saw his real coaching abilities in the playoffs in 2019 and 2020 ,,, he coaches the same as in season as he does in playoffs and you just can't do that with the better playoff team .... Dobnak pitching in front of a bunch of Yankee hecklers instead of odorizzi did not make sense and that's not just on Rocco but his FO that he has to follow their plan ... This is my opinion , eye and hearing test , FO and Rocco cannot manage the team , I don't believe the BS from any of the 3 ,,, they'd make better politicians for all the errors of there ways .... Baseball was a great game and it's losing its popularity because of the new game of analytics ,,, Why can't we have both in the game , old and new school baseball
  10. Blyleven2011
    Arreaz will be the first basemen when facing right handed pitching and he had been fine so far To let him play there so his bat is in the lineup ,,, miranda will platoon against the lefyhanders and if he doesn't get going with the bat might be the next player demoted to AAA .... The short king is a major leaguer and has been since his arrival .... Bats like gwynn and hits like carew ... love the little guy
  11. Blyleven2011
    Ryan was a class act , he stayed when contractions were being discussed and he could have gone to Toronto who did offer him the same position fir the blue jays .... And he was a good judge of talent , he worked harder than any GM that I know of , he was always scouting the minor league games looking for talent .... Is he still with Philadelphia Phillies , they hired him in 2021 ????
  12. Blyleven2011
    Yes it is and I like it , shouldn't have put it that way ,,,, his composure got flustered last night with balls and strikes and you can't win many games that way ...
  13. Blyleven2011
    On May 3rd , Ryan wasn't as smooth in his start of just under 5 innings , but on May 10th he was way off the mark and got flustered more when a few calls weren't called strikes .. Hopefully it is a lesson we'll learned , seems to me that he thinks he should win every game ,
  14. Blyleven2011
    Glad we are winning but this series with Houston will be a test , good pitching and hitting Next series could be alittle easier Cleveland has good pitching , have heard there hitters are warming up . Go twins
  15. Blyleven2011
    If pagan would have blown a couple of those saves and lost it would have reminded me of RD ( RON DAVIS ) ,,, Man was I on the edge of seat
  16. Blyleven2011
    I do see a Better vibe or chemistry with the players , was donaldson a prima Donna , of course he was , did that reflect towards a negative clubhouse , baldelli says no
  17. Blyleven2011
    Is the twins rotation for real is the question !!!! All depends your definition of real , Are they good or are they bad ? ,,, So far the starting pitching has been decent with the exception of a few starts , Will it continue ? , it will have its ups and downs just like any teams pitching staff .... Does it have what it takes to win during the season ( better than last year's odds ) The real question though is Does it have what it takes to win once we get to the playoffs ?
  18. Blyleven2011
    I texted my friends that didn't see the same thing ,They missed a 30 million dollar catch ,,, of course the can see it later in highlights ...
  19. Blyleven2011
    No concerns at firstbase , Arreaz and miranda for now ,,, see how it goes ... Like most , catcher is not a strength ... keep the ball in front of you boys , block it , smother it , whatever you have to do Last year's catching even wasn't that good as there was alot of wild pitches and passed balls ,,, alot of those wild pitches should have been call passed balls In my opinion but with a runner moving up a base they called it a wild pitch ... Catching is a problem for most teams in the league as to many wild pitches or passed balls probably led to a record of runners scoring from third base ....
  20. Blyleven2011
    Only west and east coast teams get the recognition ( bigger markets) .... This is minnesota and not a privilege to live here ... Get use to it
  21. Blyleven2011
    All good questions , I don't think they would use him back to back days because of the lack of innings pitched since 2019 .... 2 inning saves would be alright if they don't use him back to back ..... If he holds out with no injury as the closer , and produces quality results , the front office would be smart to stick with him as closer .... Bullpens are what wins most games ( yes there are some stud starters ) and Duran solidifies almost a qauranteed victory in the ninth inning .... I know I'm getting ahead of myself a bit but that was a very impressive save last night ,,, best in many years as a twin
  22. Blyleven2011
    Game ball goes to Correa's defense , some exceptional plays made ... and to Duran closing it out 1 , 2 , 3 , in a pressure situation ,,,, this is who we need to be competitive ,, we have never had a closer with this kind of stuff .... Graturol might have been but got traded
  23. Blyleven2011
    They used Duran in the closer role in 2 to 1 victory over Baltimore ... Outstanding 1 , 2 , 3 inning , no edge of your seat performance , he was poised and looked like he was relishing in that role .... He's got the right stuff for closer ... I guess someone in front office might read twins daily
  24. Blyleven2011
    I'll get the ball rolling ... Royce Lewis certainly would be my choice but he needs to establish his game before a promotion ... I wish they would play him in the outfield like he did in the AZL league which he won mvp of the fall league in 2019 .... He's athletic enough and might find an earlier opening in the outfield if Correa stsys
  25. Blyleven2011
    We are still out here ,,, What really bothers me about them is they don't connect with the fans and tell us the plan ,,,, In interviews they stray from answering the questions honestly and last season during the worst season of twins baseball they could hardly be seen giving interviews during the first half , but in the second half they were back in front of the cameras Be Essing their way through the season when twins were playing better ball .... Just wanted to let you know that we are still here and give my thoughts and not an argument
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