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  1. Linus
    And you reflect my views as well. The players are doing the best they can within their physical abilities. When Lee doesn’t get to a grounder that another SS might I’m not getting mad at him - he’s trying. If you want to be frustrated with someone make it the FO for not bringing in a better player. The mental mistakes are a different story. You don’t have to be an elite athlete to throw to the right base etc. This has been a consistent problem for this club.
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    It was available as a minor league free game of the day or something like that. I like your observation about Culpepper hitting behind the runner. Don’t know if he did it on purpose but he used the whole field which was good to see.
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    I think bullpen usage will be totally match up based and will likely look different from game to game. And I think this is the right way to do it. With the talent level in the bullpen, the best chance for success is for Shelton to use them in the optimal situation regardless of inning. I’ve always that the notion of strict roles in the pen was a dumb idea, especially for non dominant relievers.
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    Minor league reports - best part of Twins Daily! Fun game to watch - the feed I was watching was the Indy announcers who I kind of enjoyed. Preillip has some swing and miss stuff for sure. He still has some work to do in terms of command but the talent is there. Culpepper looked good although he had some batted ball luck. This will be a fun team to watch this year. Kind of hoping Mendez ends up playing first base for the Saints soon.
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    If I lived in the Cities I would be going to a bunch of Saints games.
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    No. Martin should have been coming up throwing to second without looking for the cut off man. Nobody stops to find the cutoff man and then throws - they start throwing right away. Usually the cut off man is in the right spot so it doesn’t happen.
  7. Linus
    Then it’s a mistake by both of them. The ball has to go to second
  8. Linus
    Buck is one of the few players I have ever seen that can get an essentially stand up triple on a ball hit to left.
  9. Linus
    Yep. This was a huge play in the game. Unfortunately, the Twins make these types of mistakes a lot.
  10. Linus
    Defense in mid season form. Lees lack of range is not ideal but it is a physical limitation. Martin throwing to the wrong base is an inexplicable mental mistake. That’s a play that you learn in Legion ball. Would have been a tie ball game. I don’t think Martin is the sharpest knife in the drawer.
  11. Linus
    Each season is unique, so I see no correlation. Anything can happen so sure let’s hope for the best. Whats likely to happen is something different.
  12. Linus
    He made swing changes so he’s trying. At this point I’m not hoping for 1-1 draft level performance. I would settle for solid production on both sides of the ball.
  13. Linus
    Credit to Wallner - he made changes to his swing and looks much better. I think people are going to be disappointed in Preilipp I know he has quality stuff but he really hasn’t been that good in the minors and was mediocre last year at AAA. Stuff is great but when your whip is 1.5 something is wrong. Hopefully he is still regaining control after TJ.
  14. Linus
    I think you nailed it Nick. Baseball is always more enjoyable when you have decent starting pitching and I believe the Twins have that. Buck is always worth watching and Keaschall is exciting as well. And it’s always interesting to watch young players try to make the jump to the show. I just hope that, once they prove they are ready, the Twins are aggressive about giving them that chance.
  15. Linus
    They’ve been bad in spring training already. Almost every game there is a play or two not made. Nothing more frustrating for me than watching a bad fielding team.
  16. Linus
    Well said. I too am interested, not necessarily optimistic. I will watch 100+ games as every baseball season is precious and the Twins are my favorite team.
  17. Linus
    This is a question I am interested in. Unfortunately it appears to be business as usual at least so far. Not surprised as Falvey hired Zoll so they likely share similar ideas about roster construction.
  18. Linus
    This. I keep seeing references to young players. This isn’t a young team at all.
  19. Linus
    Glad to see Martin back in there.
  20. Linus
    This is my view. I thought they were one, maybe two bats away from being good until the fire sale.
  21. Linus
    Abel clearly won the job but I would have played the service time game with him. He may turn out to be a stud starter and we will want that extra year.
  22. Linus
    Watching the replay. Holy cow Trevor Larnach is a bad outfielder. Hard to believe our brain trust brought him back.
  23. Linus
    This. Tom Pohlad thinking he knows something about baseball is a far bigger problem than Falvey was and I was no Falvey fan.
  24. Linus
    Don’t any one worry, Tom Pohlad said an over / under of 73.5 is “ridiculous” so we got that going for us. BTW I’m taking the over - the lineup is going to exceed expectations and the bullpen will be lights out. Put me down for 74 wins 😀
  25. Linus
    Agreed Doc. Really enjoyed the game. First time watching Ellwanger pitch. A bit like Hill lots of good pitches that need to be harnessed a bit but he was 98 consistently with a good old fashioned curveball. I don’t know if KPepper will be a big league SS but he’s a really good athlete that will play somewhere. I really hope the Twins commit to some of these guys. Don’t rush them to the bigs but when their development is finished in AAA bring them up. This franchise needs to turn the page and these guys are worth giving a good shot.
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