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  1. HerbieFan
    I HAAAAAATE the opener!!!!! But I digress. The reality is this is the only way they're ever getting anything out of Jax...opener every 5th day, available in relief once or twice in between.
  2. HerbieFan
    Normally an optimist. But I'm bracing myself for no baseball in 2022.
  3. HerbieFan
    What Falvine has done is build prospect pitching depth. Next step for at least some will be key to organization's success down the road. I think Jax may stick as a reliever...his numbers were terrific first time through a lineup, not so terrific after that. I don't need to ever see Lewis Thorpe in a Twins uniform again. I'll give Charlie Barnes the benefit of the doubt in that he likely wouldn't have been the choice for spot starts if guys like Duran, Winder, etc. were healthy, and his numbers at AAA were strong. Maybe he can make some adjustments now and be serviceable as a AAA/MLB swing man.
  4. HerbieFan
    One of the great injustices in baseball is that this guy never won a Gold Glove....a handful of them.
  5. HerbieFan
    Heck, I'd be happy with 2 trips and 130 games?
  6. HerbieFan
    Now....about the chances of there actually being baseball in 2022....
  7. HerbieFan
    Seems like a fair deal for all involved. The avg salary shouldn't keep the FO from pursuing FAs. Now let's hope he reaches some of those bonuses.
  8. HerbieFan
    If we're trying to predict what will happen, I'd like to sum it up. Falvey...Cleveland...Francisco Lindor.
  9. HerbieFan
    All I know is I'll rest a lot easier knowing after losing Baddoo that we won't lose Cave...?
  10. HerbieFan
    "Chairman Jim Pohlad, according to major-league sources, is reluctant to move Buxton, knowing such a decision potentially would upset a fan base tired of seeing the team part with homegrown stars," per The Athletic. And therein lies the problem. You have ownership who understands it's fan base would be upset. That it's a fanbase that connects to players. You have an analytics-driven FO that looks at players as game pieces. The Rays trade away top players consistently. Cleveland has done the same both when Falvey was there and since he came here. I'm afraid, Twins fans, that the Rays model most closely reflects the direction Falvey will take the organization. The days of watching a player come up through the minors, develop and then spend a large chunk of his career in Minnesota may be over. I've been wondering for a couple years what direction it would go. The trade of Berrios and the seemingly inevitable trade of Buxton should be clear indicators of what we are in for, for better or worse.
  11. HerbieFan
    Why are we surprised Falvey doesn't see signing Buxton as priority #1 like the fan base seems to. We simply cannot look at back at anything that happened with the Twins in the past to try and predict what might happen with Buxton. A better indicator may be to look at what Cleveland has done. If Falvey is trying to re-create what he saw in Cleveland, Buxton is as good as gone....see Lindor, Francisco. Kluber, Corey. Clevinger, Mike. Santana, Carlose. The Indians/Guardians have show a trend of trading away top players before they have to pay top dollar. Brace yourselves, Twins fans....
  12. HerbieFan
    If they can get pitching help for him, this is a no-brainer IMO
  13. HerbieFan
    We've seen what Miguel Sano is. If they can trade him for pitching help, sign me up. This team will not compete for a playoff spot in 2022, so I'd like to see Kiriloff and Miranda essentially play all of the 1B innings.
  14. HerbieFan
    The Bad....how completely lacking the team was in fundamentals - bunting, baserunning, defensive mistakes, etc.. Just a poor fundamental team. Somewhere Tom Kelly is going crazy watching this team
  15. HerbieFan
    I see Miranda hasn't been in the lineup for St Paul the last two games? Do you know if he's hurt? I would like to have seen the club use September to get him about 25 games. Thought he could DH, play 3B or 1B. I also thought Simmons, with all due respect to him as a player, should have been DFA'd around Sept 1st and let Polanco and Nick Gordon play SS. That would have freed up some ABs for Arraez at 2B. Gordon may be a utility guy next year and the PT at SS may have given the FO a better idea if SS could one of his utility positions.
  16. HerbieFan
    Good heavens. Can someone please explain to me why Jose Miranda is still in St.Paul? No "Cheap Pohlads". Does a September callup start the dreaded service time clock?
  17. HerbieFan
    Could it be? Could Joe Ryan and Bailey Ober be part of the rotation next year?
  18. HerbieFan
    Two very simple questions. Why is Jose Miranda still at AAA? And why is Beau Burrows taking up innings? If someone is going to get lit up, why not elevate Balezovic and give him the experience at least?
  19. HerbieFan
    On a night where something called John Gant, Kyle Barraclaugh and Edgar Garcia have so far given up 11 runs...the rest of Joe Ryan's starts in 2021 need to be in a Twins uniform.
  20. HerbieFan
    So here we are. Bailey Ober gives them the best chance to win a ballgame. Yikes.
  21. HerbieFan
    If we really want to go to the "Did the Twins miss something..." well, let's talk about Badoo and Wade. Reed isn't really any better than the turnstile of DFA'd arms the FO has cycled through the last couple years.
  22. HerbieFan
    Thanks Nash. This THE #1 frustration for me. It seems so simple. The kid can DH/1B/3B. Donaldson may not play 3B again this year. DH him or give him the day off. Sano is an average at best 1B and Alex Kiriloff taking that spot the majority of the time in 2022 is almost a foregone conclusion. He can DH some, play 1B some and sit some. Between those 3 lineup spots, there should be plenty of ABs to warrant bringing the kid up. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE his hands. Polanco isn't moving back to SS permanently but he could man it well enough over the last 6 weeks to plug Arraez in at 2B so he gets his ABs. They DID win a division title last year with that combo so how bad can it be ROS? One option you didn't include is DFAing BOTH Simmons and Cave. All due respect, but neither of them should be on the 40-man by next season. Just give up the ghost and move on.
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