Blyleven2011

Arreaz was a household name in 2019 .... He took his opportunity in 2019 and proved to me he was a major leaguer after 2 months , his hitting was for real ( I usually need 3 years to evaluate what kind of player they will be ... not arreaz , I knew he was a major league hitter right away ) ... Bats like gwynn and hits like carew ... I cringed everytime someone suggested to trade him , maybe the non believers will be believers now and his defense is acceptable in his utility role ( better than the white Sox defense ) ... Arreaz ( major leaguer ) is the twins spark plug and now with his grand slam he is arreaz ( the big leaguer ) .... Major leaguers grand slam is the highlight of the season ... It will remain the highlight of the season until the twins win a playoff game ... he sparked this win with his first grand slam , and to the non believers he is a major leaguer and now a big leaguer ... He loves the game of baseball and it shows , he plays big ... I love what he brings to the plate and admire every at bat .... remember that at bat where he had to replace schoop being injured with an 0-2 count and 2 outs and managed to draw a walk against mets diaz the fireballer I believe ,,, he almost sparked a win but ended up on third as the tying run to end the game ,,, What a spark he is to this lineup ... Major leaguer will definitely be in the allstar game this year ,,, the fans across the country should take notice and vote him in ,,, He also , if his success continues will have mvp consideration votes ... Keep playing major leaguer and don't change a thing in the game you love ...

....Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face.... - Mike Tyson ,,, With duffey pitching we have been punched in the face way to often .... Thanks ted

I will not cut any slack to baldelli or sano .... Baldelli is one of the top professionals that the FO hired after they cleaned house .... I wish he would start being that professional .... The players are also professionals and playing a kids game , some are stars and some have talent and I wish our coaching could tap into that talent and make them better ,,, it can be done , they have the technology and most of them are being paid more than the 6 million dollar man ... Alittle more killer instinct would be nice from the manager and players ,,, the yankees have it , every game the yankees take the field they have that mentality that they can win ...

If your thinking pitching it has to be aces , bulldogs and studs ....

Great to see the steerster doing well ,,, He was my pick for breakout season for a minor league player early this spring ,,, He still has a ways to go but he is close , maybe this year or next year for sure .... Would like to see steers name on the back if a twins jersey ....

Dang it duffey ... twins kept Colome all season because we didn't have any options in depth ,,,, We have options this season that are better than duffey ... Duffey has no business pitching with a 1 run lead ... We battled until dfa duffey came to the bump and zapped all the adrenaline out of the players ...

I was just thinking about those free agent signings a day or so ago that they weren't living up to their contracts ... Rodon had my interest on a flier because he is lefthanded , Ray I did not see as a top tier pitcher even though he won the cy young last year ,,, gausman was the only other pitcher I had an interest in and probably the best free agent available after the top tier scherzer, Verlander and Kershaw ... I have said this many times as players go after the big bucks ... They finally find success with a team and then hit the free agent market and sign elsewhere and fail ... When a player finally figures it out and finds success a few years with a team , they should stay with the team they had the success with .... See Todd Van poppel , no success with Oakland or Texas , signed with cubs had a few good years there and then resigned with Texas as a free agent and failed ,,, The love of Money over the love of the game ...

Oh boy duffey .... As others posted he is so predictable with only 2 pitches and doesn't locate accurately ... Mop up duty in a 5 run lead and he couldn't get the job done ,,, If duffey is going to lose a game for us I would like it to be in the earlier innings ,,, it would have been devastating had we lost that game because duffey ... Duffey should not be pitching when the twins have any lead , so he should be a mop up pitcher until they finally cut ties of him .... Also there should always be a pitcher warming up when duffey is on the mound ready to spell him if the first 3 batters give him trouble , a bloop and a blast is all he is good for ,,,, I like a bloop and a blast only when our twins hitters do it ...

I agree , 4 innings of relief , no hits and 10 strikeouts ,,,, Amazing performance and worthy of pitcher of the day

Where is the respect for the arreaz ( I nicknamed him major leaguer in his first season ) , It usually takes 3 seasons to evaluate what kind of player they are going to be ,,,,, I saw what kind of player he was in his first year ( bats like gwynn and hits like carew ) , he is a outstanding hitter even if he is considered a singles hitters ... He adapts where played even if some think his defense is a liability , firstbase he has filled in admirably , can play 2nd or 3rd , outfield is maybe a stretch but he'll play were he is told ... Major leaguer ( arreaz ) is a possible allstar this year ,,,, he ignites the top of the order getting things started and continues throughout the game ,,, he's contending for a batting title through the first third of the season ... Love watching this player play the game he so much loves .... Maybe he should be the hitting coach and draw 2 pay checks ... Yes there are others I like on the team as well but he is our spark plug ...

Fear the steer is off to a okay start at AAA ,,, he's always hit at every level so I expect it just takes some adjusting to the new league and he will start raking again .... Love to follow the minor league updates and see the prospects doing well ..... I also agree with other posts that we have a logjam at positions and need to trade somebody for better pitching or lose them in the rule 5 .....

Give it your all twins , Win today and get some momentum going to Toronto .... Tough schedule ahead no doubt , Toronto and Yankees are hitting on all cylinders , Tampa Bay is a good team

Add 3 first rounders ,,, BELCHER , VARITEK AND LEE ,,, all first rounders , pitcher , catcher and a first basemen

I agree , we don't know the personal of the roster crunch not going to Canada ... So there is nothing to discuss ...

I've read all the post by members ... Yes we need upgrades in bullpens and let starters go longer in their starts if on their game of course ... What I want to mention to the twins fans is ... BASEBALL IS A BUSINESS , the love of Money is more important to them than being competitive in the playoffs ( ALL AT THE EXPENSE OF THE TWINS FANS , do they really care about us ) ,,,, Management is getting everything they want during the season so far with competitive baseball and they are hopeful that this competitive baseball once summer arrives will draw the fans to stadium ... DOUBLEHEADER about to start , I got to go

I'm tired of hearing the excuses , covid , short spring training ,,, That's the past and we're 50 games into this season .... Play the game the way it should be played ,,,, HIT , RUN AND THROW ....

The plan , the plan , the plan ... Smiles everyone .... Every game is different and adjustments and decisions should always be changing from inning to inning .... the FO and Rocco's plan is not managing the game ,,, continuous change in batting orders are ridiculous .... the plan is totally ridiculous , their comments to the fans are unbelievable and BS .... Correct me if I'm wrong

Just another one of Rocco's mismanaged games ,,, leaving in duffey ,,, duffey couldn't locate any pitches on the corners , either out of the zone or right in the hitters sweet spot , didn't throw many fastballs , mostly curves and sliders .... The offense didn't help much with bases loaded and no outs ,,,

Lock the major leaguer up ,,, bats like qwynn and hits like carew ... Love this little guy ,,, he plays the game right

After the loss to Kansas city 5-27 Thursday and duffey pitching and Rocco leaving him in the full inning and surrendering the lead I'm still skeptical .... Your supposed to learn from your mistakes and Rocco doesn't seem to learn ,,,, duffeys curves and sliders were right in the middle of the plate , couldn't locate pitches ... GET HIM OUT OF THERE as quickly as possible .....

As of right now arreaz , Ryan and duran with kepler as an honorable mention , he's a streaky hitter so we'll see if he continues to hit and spray the ball to all fields instead of pulling into the shift ,,, could be all stars in July ,,,, Arreaz , Ryan, kepler and Duran

The computer is not smarter than a fifth grader .... I don't see mauer going in on first ballot but he eventually will be voted in .... When ? , I won't speculate because he wasn't a east or west coast player ,,, they get the recognition

I would've said definitely not after last season ...

Arreaz the major leaguer , I said it his first season he arrived and I usually wait 3 years to evaluate a players talent ,,, he bats like gwynn and hits like carew ... Yes his defense is average but he gets on base ... his firstbase defense has been good and above average ... We need hitters that have a plan to get on base and arreaz has a plan every time he is batting , maybe he doesn't hit lefties as well but with his good eyes he can draw walks ....

A really good detailed report .... After 100 games in AA steer get the call to AAA to hopefully spark some life into the saints ... Steer was my choice to have a break out season in an article earlier ... Here's to his continuation of success ...