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  1. Linus
    I love Juliens bat almost as much as I hate his arm. Let’s see….positives….Jeffers blocked about 238 balls in the dirt. Solano looked great at 3rd. He had two really smooth short hop plays. Negatives…..too many to choose from but I NEVER want to hear another Gray quote about pitching deep into games. I’m worried about Buck because he is not catching up to fastballs that are pretty fat. If he can’t hit those he’s cooked. I have never liked his stance with his hands held so high. Too much motion and distance for the bat to travel.
  2. Linus
    This is logical except Arreaz has good baseball instincts which allowed him to make an impressive move to 1b. I don’t see that in Julien. He would need an off season imo.
  3. Linus
    To me it’s as simple as this if Buck hasn’t improved physically and at the plate by the time Polo is back then he goes to the IL and Julien is the every day DH.
  4. Linus
    He threw six pitches.
  5. Linus
    I want to give a hat tip to Jeffers. The guy must have really worked hard on his game in the off season. His improvement in blocking balls is significant. Although the one he had get by him looked like the old Jeffers. Thought he was trying to trap a mouse.
  6. Linus
    I was wondering the same thing. Was plenty nervous when they pulled Jax for Ortega.
  7. Linus
    This summary accurately captures this game. Had to turn it off after the 6 th. How many called third strikes did we take again? I guess the organizational hitting philosophy is to go up there and guess. I love Buck but he should go on the IL and Julien can be the every day DH. I hate Juliens glove but he is about the only guy that gives you hope in the batters box.
  8. Linus
    How do you value two months of Ohtani? For that matter how do you project his free agent contract? He is such a unicorn it makes it really hard to assess. Will be fun to watch.
  9. Linus
    The focus on Popkins is missing the point. The FO dictates the hitting philosophy and they create the roster. You can get rid of Popkins but it isn’t going to matter until the FO changes.
  10. Linus
    So we should hit the ball where it is pitched with a hard line drive swing. This approach seems vaguely familiar.
  11. Linus
    So we have a top flight starting rotation and a suspect bullpen. Here is an idea: have our good starting pitchers pitch less and put more pressure on our suspect bullpen. Brilliant! What a dumb premise.
  12. Linus
    Here is what I would try. Kepler plays CF and no Max I don’t care if you like it. Call up Wallner to play right I would also hold my nose and put Julien at third when Polanco comes back. Lastly Jeffers starts two thirds of the games. Ultimately Correa and Buck have to get hot.
  13. Linus
    Like the pick. Upside!
  14. Linus
    Loved the first two picks but not this one. No upside here with a pick that high that probably ends up being a utility infielder. Take a shot at a high school pitcher. They are both likely to never see the bigs but get a guy that has a chance at some upside.
  15. Linus
    Pleasantly surprised Falvine just made the obvious correct move. Thought for sure we would get an over think and take a guy for under slot money.
  16. Linus
    At what point will the FO do something? Seriously what has to happen for them to say this isn’t working and we are wasting the best starting rotation in decades? Apparently they will still stick with their projections which at this point are laughable.
  17. Linus
    I’m not a fan of our FO but nobody would have traded Miranda instead of Steer one year ago.
  18. Linus
    At this point the most valuable aspect of the trade was not giving Berrios $130 million. Another option was to hang onto Berrios and take the comp pick after he walked.
  19. Linus
    Culpepper is starting to get interesting …..
  20. Linus
    The analytics genius that has Duran throwing his curve and split more than his fastball needs to go. Did we notice how Bautista did it? Pure gas to set up the breaking ball.
  21. Linus
    The better question is what is so good about Max Kepler? He is a defense first player playing an offense first position. The corner OF spots are the only places to change in order to shake up this offense. And it’s not Maxs fault. The FO has failed to find a better replacement.
  22. Linus
    This is not a complaint rather a request. When writing these profiles please include other facets of his play besides hitting. In this case it would be nice to know if he is a reach to stay in center arm strength etc.
  23. Linus
    I find articles like this to be somewhat pointless. None of us knows what goes on in the clubhouse so it’s pretty impossible to assess his leadership or lack thereof. His hands are somewhat tied because it’s clear the FO sets the roster so he can’t just ship Kepler off to Siberia and there are so few bench players benching guys really isn’t an option anymore.
  24. Linus
    He’s been what you could reasonably expect. Better than last year for sure. I don’t like the fit for him with the Twins but that is on the FO not the player.
  25. Linus
    He will get some good rest and a break. Better for the Twins.
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