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  1. Linus
    Wow. Jordy Blaze is just a mess. I was worried about him last year when he struggled at times but never thought it would be this bad. If he isnt 100% IL him and if he is send him to Wichita. Getting the crap kicked out of you every start is not a development plan.
  2. Linus
    Damn. I wish it wasn’t so …..
  3. Linus
    Unfortunately turns out I was right. Bummer.
  4. Linus
    I think we should temper our expectations on Alcala. Mind you I hope I’m wrong but his injury history is concerning. I will be shocked if the next step isn’t Tommy John surgery.
  5. Linus
    Yep after they find two guys that are better……
  6. Linus
    They surely had a plan it just didn’t turn out too well. I believe it was a fools errand to rely on the so called pitching pipeline this year. In any group of unproven pitchers a substantial percentage just won’t cut it and several others will be hurt. That left them with the eventual outcome which was close to nothing. They fixed the problem to a certain extent by having a great trade deadline but that can’t be the long term solution or you won’t have a farm system left. Here is something to consider: all our best pitchers have been obtained via trade. Not one good pitcher developed from the farm. I could throw them a bone with Jax but that’s pretty thin gruel.
  7. Linus
    Any bullpen that contains Duffey and Pagan can’t be a strength ?. It is looking much better but not solved imo.
  8. Linus
    I’m excited by all the moves. They shored up the pitching for this year and next and used their excess at 2nd and 3rd to do it. It was as good an outcome as I was hoping for now we will see how it plays out. Leone looks very smooth behind the plate - he is already our best defensive catcher.
  9. Linus
    Yea I didn’t write that very well. I didn’t mean from a singular transaction rather the overall inability to develop pitching in other ways besides burning top prospect capital over time.
  10. Linus
    Yea so they could have signed him in the off-season for just money. Now we are willing to pay the contract and add quality prospects? This is how front offices get fired.
  11. Linus
    Not trying to be negative here but Strotman has zero trade value - none. He is closer to dfa than traded. Second Archer to the bullpen is not realistic. With his injury history he literally couldn’t pitch enough to help the pen. He needs 5 days to pitch 3-4 innings. I’m afraid it’s just another failed experiment in the pitching morass.
  12. Linus
    I wouldn’t limit it to just baserunning. This team makes mental mistakes nearly every game and some of it is crap that would get you benched in Legion ball. I was calling out on every game that wasn’t clean. I finally stopped because there was no point. It’s more noteworthy when they play a mistake free game. I’m not a Rocco bashed but this aspect of this team reflects poorly on him as a manager.
  13. Linus
    Yea I’m not going to measure well against that one either.
  14. Linus
    Yea I was scratching my head on that one too. You score 6 runs and lose but he is talking about poor at bats. Maybe he doesn’t want to pile on his horse bleep pitching staff.
  15. Linus
    Detroit proved that fielding matters. I’m confused why Duran would pitch to the bottom of the order in the bottom of the ninth with a four run lead. Unless they were ok with using him two days in a row.
  16. Linus
    Hard pass. The Angels would have to eat most of the salary and even then I wouldn’t give up much prospect capital.
  17. Linus
    Nope. Nice try.
  18. Linus
    Ouch. Not sure that makes this better.
  19. Linus
    Tell me where I said he was too old?
  20. Linus
    He appears to be a promising hitter so that’s great. Hardly anybody drafted as a SS sticks there to the majors. If there are questions about your ability to stay there when you are drafted and you are a 40 runner then you end up at 2nd or 3rd which is fine but that is the deepest part of the org.
  21. Linus
    Wow. Show me where I said he was washed up? 21 years old is not young on the prospect scale when you have played zero professional baseball. Doesn’t mean he can’t make it.
  22. Linus
    How does a 40 runner stick at short? That’s Polanco territory.
  23. Linus
    Meh. He’s already 21 and most scouts say he won’t stick at short. I know you don’t draft for need in baseball but he is already 3-4 years older than some guys. That means he joins a pile of good Twins prospects at 2nd and 3 rd. He better hit a crap ton and the Twins better start trading some of these guys.
  24. Linus
    Didn’t see the game. Did we finally play a clean game?
  25. Linus
    I think this is the proper path. Get quality help that is more than a rental. Solve a problem for good otherwise we are playing this same game next year. I really disagree with the notion that you can’t invest in relievers because they are too volatile. The samples are smaller so you will experience some swings but to avoid any pitcher with potential is the strategy that is playing out in front of our eyes.
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