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Yes!

No guarantee any of those pitchers are in the future.

They are afraid the Twins might actually win which would screw with their players heads.

Watching rookies get their butts handed to them would have been worse, for the team and their psychology. At that, the Orioles lose 18 in a row then blow out the Angels two games in a row; how come the Twins are always the one who get blown out? I think the line-up Baldelli put against the Sox speaks for itself.

Gant gave up four runs, the BP gave up 8; do not blame Gant and the other hot-shot bats were cold including Arraez with bases loaded.

BUT, BUT they run the team with analytics, the miracle cure!

Well two players who were team mates once were pitching on the same day and one wanted to out do the other; Robles won, two homers to one.?

IF they win that one, it would be a very good sign for rest of the year.

NO.

He was involved with an item that has been taking place as long as signs existed; he just was the one the powers that be decided to use as an example. I am not perfect and I do not look down on others who also are not perfect, at that under any circumstances he would still be better than Baldelli.

There is something really amiss concerning the Minn. Twins; Baltimore has lost 18 straight but their last win was over the Yankee; I check MSN sporting news because it is easy, the Twins are rarely mentioned, teams with worse records are mentioned more often and not just because they are in last place. I personally think the inability of the Twins to beat the Yankees has sport writers , any where looking at them as not being worth mention. Twins should trade Baldelli for A.J. Hinch, he has take a team that was a laughting stock 5 months ago into a team that may catch the Indians for second place.

He is lousy at short on a good day, simple as that because his record shows it.

It is not the numbers it is the style; Arraez does not compare but I do believe he makes ptichers nervous right now.

Polanco at SS Twins will lose 100 games.

It is not meaningless baseball, it exposes that the Twins have no idea how to hire a competent manager.

Taking rookie pitchers and sending them to NY to get their butts handed to them would not be good baseballs, it is asininely stupid baseball.

A LOT of people on this site are having conniptions about Simmons batting average, while ignoring his superior fielding skills so preach your number games some where else.

Is there another way of determining how often one HAS ACTUALLY hit the ball fair, not fantasy league let's pretend?

I do not dislike him but he is slow with a weak arm, some thing the Twins cannot afford with their some times ineptitude in the field. Garlick or Refsnyder are much better, therefore; Larnach should spend a year of time in AAA to see if what you see is all that you will ever get. A veteran OF with a accurate strong arm would be best but Garlick or Refsnyder look good; I do not see Rooker as any better than Larnach, at this point.

If those numbers you are infatuated with determined who would be in the Hall of Fame, it would be a LOT smaller now than it is.

It goes against your narrow mind and dislike for a player, que sera, sera.

Hmm, .289, .281,. 278, .292, .297 yep it is a shame he had such low batting averages, wait batting averages mean nothing so all the hype about Arraez is poppy-cock, get real.

Larnach will not be there.

The article I pasted by A.J. HInch in another thread stated how difficult it is to bring some one up from simple AA to AAA with screwing them up by moving them to fast, that you just never really know. Larnach is an example.

He has never been a home run hitter but far from not being a good hitter. Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards 2012 22 ATL NL 49 182 166 17 48 8 2 3 19 1 0 12 21 .289 .335 .416 .751 101 69 5 1 0 3 1 6 2013 23 ATL NL 157 658 606 76 150 27 6 17 59 6 5 40 55 .248 .296 .396 .692 90 240 16 3 5 4 1 *6/H MVP-14,GG 2014 24 ATL NL 146 576 540 44 132 18 4 7 46 4 5 32 60 .244 .286 .331 .617 75 179 25 0 2 2 4 *6/H GG 2015 25 ATL NL 147 583 535 60 142 23 2 4 44 5 3 39 48 .265 .321 .338 .660 84 181 19 6 1 2 6 *6/H 2016 26 LAA AL 124 483 448 48 126 22 2 4 44 10 1 28 38 .281 .324 .366 .690 91 164 16 2 1 4 0 *6 2017 27 LAA AL 158 647 589 77 164 38 2 14 69 19 6 47 67 .278 .331 .421 .752 102 248 20 3 0 8 0 *6 MVP-8,GG 2018 28 LAA AL 146 600 554 68 162 26 5 11 75 10 2 35 44 .292 .337 .417 .754 108 231 17 5 1 5 2 *6/D MVP-15,GG 2019 29 LAA AL 103 424 398 47 105 19 0 7 40 10 2 24 37 .264 .309 .364 .673 77 145 21 2 0 0 1 6/DH 2020 30 LAA AL 30 127 118 19 35 7 0 0 10 2 0 8 16 .297 .346 .356 .702 91 42 5 1 0 0 0 6 2021 31 MIN AL 99 357 325 32 70 10 0 3 25 1 0 27 50 .215 .280 .274 .554 57 89 10 2 3 0 0 *6/H