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  1. Linus
    Momentum is tomorrow’s starting pitcher. - Tom Kelly
  2. Linus
    If they give him a set position to play I think he will be a plus defender (not including SS). The real question is whether he will hit or not. Which is interesting since he was supposed to be a polished bat first guy when drafted.
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    Yea beat me to it. Could be a good illustration of the 2024 Twins.
  4. Linus
    What a horrible play by C4. No excuse for that.
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    Well I didn’t cut the budget and Polo wouldn’t have been as bad as Julien and we would have had a legit starter instead of what we got for Polo. Everyone was in love with Julien - I saw a limited player that someone might overpay for. Turns out I was right (so far).
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    Me too and I posted this very thing before Polanco was traded. Julien plus a prospect would have brought in the starter we needed badly.
  7. Linus
    This. I was in the financial services business for 40 years. The customer has the final vote as to whether they want to do business with you or a competitor. The Twins don’t have a direct baseball competitor but they sure do for their fans discretionary dollars. When it comes to your business reputation perception is reality. The Twins might not like, agree or understand that but the reputation of the Twins isn’t great.
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    I agree. And they had one of the best rotations in baseball last year. Lots of changes need to be made but Maki needs to stay.
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    Definitely should be in the bullpen next year. No way he is the next Jax. Jax has three really good pitches and a fourth good one. Louie has a decent fastball and an ok cutter.
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    I feel bad for Ober. He has been a pretty good pitcher for us this year and he didn’t have it last night when we needed it the most. I think I am in the minority on this one but do people think Bark at the Park helps or hurts attendance? I would never go to the park on those games.
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    Saw that. We’ve watched Max for the last time as a Twin.
  12. Linus
    Tonight’s game is pretty much a must win since we have Ober on the mound. I would recommend to all the cheerful people posting on this site to enjoy the game. There may only be six more before winter.
  13. Linus
    Just like every young player you don’t know what you have until they get 1000 - 1500 at bats. We will see. And people need to lighten up on his slumps comment. He clarified his statement to say that he doesn’t let slumps get him down like some players not that he won’t experience slumps.
  14. Linus
    As frustrating as the past month has been I’m going to stay positive and hope for the best. It’s not impossible that the bats wake up as it’s happened before this season. I mean what good does it do to just give up? Plenty of time for post mortems after the season.
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    Yea it does no good to get rid of just Rocco - it’s gotta be a package deal.
  16. Linus
    With the expanded playoff format the supply / demand dynamic at the trade deadline got steep for acquiring players ( although some relievers were available for reasonable prices). I think the biggest missed opportunity was last off season. The moves made to address clear weaknesses were failures.
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    I don’t care about rankings per se as they are so inexact. Bailey is a good pitcher who is pretty consistent. He usually provides a start where the Twins have a good chance to win. That’s really all you can want from a non ace and is really valuable.
  18. Linus
    Decency. Hmmmm…..
  19. Linus
    C4 is the only player we have that can play a good SS in the big leagues. Lewis cannot and Lee is not a good big league SS over the long run (I do think he will be excellent at second or third but he still has to prove he can hit). They need to figure out the best positions for Lewis and Lee and leave them there. This is how they will become the best they can be in the field.
  20. Linus
    Look I’m as frustrated as anybody about what has happened to this team lately and never was a fan of Carl but the bit about Carl making his money off foreclosures has been debunked many times. Being critical of the Pohlads is warranted in my opinion. Spreading falsehoods about a dead guy is not.
  21. Linus
    it would be hard to argue against that. It’s one reason why the Pohlads are nuts if they think we are going to thrive like the Rays or Cleveland with small payrolls. You have to have a top FO to pull that off. We do not have that.
  22. Linus
    This is so true. It might have been TK that said the worst part of having a bad bullpen is how demoralizing it is to the team.
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    The thing that comes to mind for me is the old saying about making chicken salad out of chicken***t. I thought maybe Rocco was going to use Varland for two innings but even that isn’t really a good second guess as Varland got lit up in the second inning of his last outing if I recall correctly.
  24. Linus
    I guess RBIs do matter especially with two outs.
  25. Linus
    Do rbis matter?
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