Jump to content
Twins Daily
  • Create Account

Linus

Old-Timey Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    7,058

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    6

 Content Type 

Profiles

News

Minnesota Twins Videos

2026 Minnesota Twins Top Prospects Ranking

2022 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks

Minnesota Twins Free Agent & Trade Rumors, Notes, & Tidbits

Guides & Resources

2023 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks

The Minnesota Twins Players Project

2024 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks

2025 Minnesota Twins Draft Pick Tracker

2026 Minnesota Twins Draft Tracker: Picks & Bonuses

Forums

Blogs

Events

Store

Downloads

Gallery

Everything posted by Linus

  1. Linus
    I like your other method better.
  2. Linus
    Why didn’t Santana extend his arm / stretch on that play?
  3. Linus
    Thanks for writing these - always interesting. There is lots of Twins history. One idea for a story would be to write about how the Cuban players the Twins had actually got here. I bet that would be something.
  4. Linus
    I said teams not the Twins. Here is what I know for sure: if you collect a bunch of bad pitchers because you don’t want to invest in the pen then don’t be surprised when you get crappy performance.
  5. Linus
    You have a camera in your bedroom? What is your day job?
  6. Linus
    Nobody is saying you have to hand out $10 million contracts. There is a large middle ground to be explored. Teams hand out good contracts to starters who bust all the time. Then it’s called a cost of doing business. If it’s a reliever than it’s some sort of brain dead decision that means the gm should be fired (in the Pagan example he probably should be as that signing is from outer space.
  7. Linus
    In both cases Kepler and Margot anticipated being held and started slowing. The runner has one job in these situations- run as hard as you can and pick up the third base coach for a sign. Neither runner executed properly. Now both decisions by Watkins were horrible and he certainly has a checkered past in this area but in both cases nobody did their job. Which is not surprising- the Twins are not good at basic fundamental parts of the game.
  8. Linus
    Thank you. This whole story of relievers are so volatile and risky that you should never invest in them drives me nuts. You know what else is risky? Having a bullpen filled with crappy arms. You saved money but you accepted performance risk. You didn’t waste money and oh by the way your pen sucks. If you want to say the back end of pens are volatile- fine but that is because they are almost exclusively bad pitchers so of course they are volatile.
  9. Linus
    His at bats against Sale last night were very good. He didn’t really chase and he competed hard - the 97 under the hands didn’t seem to bother him. Give him a shot at playing every day. This lineup needs a jolt and this is one of the few moves they have to achieve said jolt.
  10. Linus
    I think this is part of the mess. Watkins assumed Max would get to third much quicker than he did. Max is a conservative guy when it comes to putting it out there. For example he may dive for sinking liners less than any other good outfielder I’ve seen. Having said all that this isn’t the first time Watkins has pulled the old split second stop and go. More confusion over there than there should be.
  11. Linus
    I’m confused after reading this article. Why would the Twins keep a reliever as good as Mariano Rivera in AAA?
  12. Linus
    Spot on. The job isn’t even the same as it was pre Falvey.
  13. Linus
    If you are wondering what desperation looks like - this is it.
  14. Linus
    This is spot on. I will add that I wish all the reps he was getting at SS in the minors would have included far more reps in CF where he is pretty rough. As TK always said you don’t know what you have until they have 1000-1500 at bats.
  15. Linus
    I was thinking about that. Neither believes in their throwing arm and it shows especially when things get tight.
  16. Linus
    They just have to play cleaner baseball. It seems like they give away a game per week with sloppy play. And it’s not a new thing - it’s been that way for a couple years now. IF they make the playoffs you cannot give away a game in a playoff series due to sloppy play or you will be out.
  17. Linus
    Stings to waste a good start from a rookie pitcher. Julien is not a good fielder and he knows it. This really makes his yips in the field more challenging. I’m wrong plenty but stated numerous times that Julien and a prospect should have been dealt for a controllable starter last winter while his trade value was high.
  18. Linus
    Especially with one out. Glass half full is he put pressure on the defense. Half empty is he is going to get thrown out on that play too much of the time.
  19. Linus
    And Kiriloff s rehab has been halted again due to back soreness.
  20. Linus
    As noted above Martin is starting to hit some. He is still rough in the OF (don’t get me started on why he played SS endlessly in the minors) but I would run him out there instead of Margot every time. Gleeman had an interesting note: Larnach has been killing cutters. Both homers last night were off cutters. Apparently the Cards don’t have an analytics department.
  21. Linus
    Savvy play by Vasquez. He correctly guessed the contact play was on and figured the runner might be leaning. He was coming out of his crouch as the pitch was on its way so he was really quick getting the ball out.
  22. Linus
    The article implies that the Twins were seriously considering bringing them back and opted not to at the last minute. The Twins didn’t even consider bringing them back which was the correct decision. Gray said as much in yesterday’s Trib. He knew right away they weren’t going after him. The idea that the saved money was critical to building the lineup is just false. It was the largest chunk of the $30 million payroll reduction.
  23. Linus
    I remember watching Hrbek hit that one out He was so young and athletic looking.
  24. Linus
    Did not realize Gonzalez had such a good arm. Also excited about DeAndrades ability in the field. Watching a smooth SS is a great pleasure.
  25. Linus
    I think it’s time for people to temper their expectations for Raya. He’s just not that good at least so far. I think prospect ranking is propping up how people judge him.
×
×
  • Create New...