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  1. RpR
    We shall see; what is left of the Bomba group -- Garver, Sano, Kepler. Gone are C.J. Cron, Cruz and Schoop; had they remained perhaps the Twins would have put up enough runs to not look like 100 losses is possible. Cron as a 1st Base alternative to Sano would have been dozens of less strike outs and better fielding.; Schoop at either 2nd Base or 1st Base, would have been far better than Arraez's lack-lustre fielding ability or Sano. Astudillo as part time catcher would have been far, far, far better than a constant Rortvedt or even Jeffers, ( his ERA this year is 3.00 ?) So now they have Donaldson and Simmons both extremely good fielders, though Simmons bat is not what it should be but still far better than any thing else the Twins have -- Polanco is not bad at second base and his bat is coming on. If they can pick up some veterans to replace those they let go, leaving the Twins playing Minor League learning camp for rookies, next year , even if the pitching is not a great improvement, will be far better than this year.
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    I often think had the 1970s Twins not traded away Craig Nettles.
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    If you were around in the seventies, do you want to go through another ten years of barely .500 ball; THAT is what bringing in all the Minor League maybes vs. know how veterans did to the seventies. It was not Minor League wannabes that made 2019 good, it was 4 veterans that came in a gave the team an offensive boost, they are all gone now. Rooker looked good today but Cave looked good three years ago, and then went pfft. So you want to wait till 2031 for a team that gets above .500 while playing Sandlot ball for ten years, your perrogative.
  4. RpR
    That is what the Minor League is for.
  5. RpR
    Yes, I want a team I want to see, not a lot of minor league players; if not, it is an insult to those attending.
  6. RpR
    And wonder why the stands are empty.?
  7. RpR
    Right now he is nothing more than Pie-in-the-Sky till he improves vastly.
  8. RpR
    Cruz said not long ago the only reason he might leave would be for a real chance at a World Series ring, other wise he had no intention of leaving.
  9. RpR
    Well maybe the 100 loss season will help get rid of Baldelli.
  10. RpR
    Losing Simmons means more losses for the Twins, period. His throw to first yesterday without being set and both feet in the air is some thing the Twins need BADLY to not be even worse than they are now. They are fools if they lose him.
  11. RpR
    Stealing nothing; if they are good enough to make the big league, they will. If they do not make it it is their lack of talent and nothing more.
  12. RpR
    Had he given up 1 run, he would have lost, blaming him makes no sense.
  13. RpR
    Gordon should be sent down NOW.
  14. RpR
    If they cannot excell in Minor Leagues, they will be lousy in the big show. Fans DO NOT pay to watch players get their butts handed to them.
  15. RpR
    The get rid of the veterans and it will be an insult to those who buy/bought tickets. I wonder if any team has been held hitless for two games in a row, if they bring up the wonderless kids from AAA the Twins may be the first.
  16. RpR
    Nelson Cruz, in the Minneapolis Tribune: ... "I don't see any reason why we can't bounce back and do something magical," Cruz said of the Twins' postseason chances. "I think we all feel that way." Cruz said his opinion coalesced last weekend, when he and his teammates swept four games from the Tigers, erasing multi-run deficits in the late innings in three of them. "We should feel pretty comfortable, the way we're playing," said Cruz, for the moment overlooking the team's seven losses in the nine games before that series. "The pitching was there, for the most part, and the offense was definitely there. … We just need to keep that going."... ... Jose Berrios, Josh Donaldson, Taylor Rogers and even Byron Buxton have reportedly been inquired about as well, transactions that would signal a more serious reset of the team's future. "I cannot predict the future, but I hope that's not the case," Cruz said. "I hope they keep me around." Even if a trade meant a return to the postseason and another chance to pursue the championship that has eluded him in his 17 seasons? "That might make a difference," Cruz said after a pause. "But I'm not looking to go anywhere." Neither is Rocco Baldelli, who said his approach won't change, even as he experiences his first disappointing season (though not first disappointing postseason) as a manager, after back-to-back division championships....
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    What happened to Morneau and Mauer had more to do with that than analytics.
  18. RpR
    Yeah people who buy Twins tickets love 100 loss seasons. Worked great in the play off last year.
  19. RpR
    That is what AAA is for, not the Twins. If fans in the stands want to watch might-be players then they will watch the Saints; they pay for ticket to watch major league pro-ball, not AAA pro-ball. Larnack is not that good, he is now striking out, a lot, and in the field he has weak arm and is slow. Kiriloff seems ready for the big show.
  20. RpR
    He is not ready for big league yet, but who else is there at this time. Larnach doesn't have strong arm but at that Gordon and Celestino are worse. When Refsnyder or Garlick come back send him back down.
  21. RpR
    After the 2017 disaster they did not dump a bunch of veterans, they let few go and traded a few then added a LOT of veterans for 2019. Had they gone the newbie way after 2018 this would just be another mediocre season after the 2017 disaster, not high expectations following two good years.
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    If they trade them they will get -- nothing -- I'd rather see entertaining veterans than newbie nobodies , even if they lose, and they need players that can field the ball, BETTER, not more newbie slow weak arm Larnachs or throw the ball into right field Arraez.
  23. RpR
    This Fantasy Baseball inspired trade shtick is weird except I imagine most of you were not around for the sad seventies when 85 wins was a very good year for a decade. I can still hear the Twins adds loudly hurrahing BOMBO RIVERA, CRAIG KUSICK. and WILLIIE NORWOOD. They were not as bad as bashers like to make the out to be but they are more likely what the Twins without the vets will look like. (Arreaz and Larnachs fielding reminds me of Norwood) I watch now to see Cruz, Donaldson, Simmons vets who know how to play the game well. I will greatly reduce time spent on a bunch of newbie disappointments which those who is more likely than 90 wins a season. Addendum: I feel bad that the Twins may be the one to put the hurt on Detroit, the way their play has made all snide comments god wannabe baseball experts said of them this spring asinine. They were only three games behind Cleveland.
  24. RpR
    Bring back Covid-reduced spectators, they might fill the stands. If they lose Cruz, I will probably listen to them on radio as no good reason to watch on TV.
  25. RpR
    Cruz wanted a two year contract, and said he wanted to spend some time this year playing in the field. Does he have to OK any traide? He likes it here, that is obvious and right now Cruz, Donaldson, Polanco and Simmons are the main reason the team is not challenging the Diamondbacks for the bottom rung. If he does not come back next year, this will seem like the good old days. Twins will get nothing even near his level of performance, and a gaggle of wannbes is getting less than zero.
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