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  1. Linus
    I remember him as a light hitting glove first guy that was a magician at turning the double play. He would receive the feed and the ball was on the way to first before you could blink an eye.
  2. Linus
    Want to know how valuable he has been this year? Imagine what we would be rolling out there if he wasn’t on the squad. He’s gonna get a nice bump in arbitration but if the Pohlads can’t pony up for that then just sell the damn team.
  3. Linus
    Actually the strong side of the platoons have stunk. Larnach is showing signs of life but Julien Kiriloff and Wallner have stunk and they get 75% of the at bats so the problem isn’t limited to Farmer Margot and Santana.
  4. Linus
    Julien or Kiriloff. And it’s not punishment like some people think. Both might be part of our future but both need to hit. I’m not sure letting their confidence get obliterated in the big leagues is helpful right now. One aspect of the platoon discussion is that it isn’t only the short side platoon players that have disappointed. Julien and Wallner have been really bad and Larnach only recently reviving himself.
  5. Linus
    This is my concern as well. I fear the Twins will move Keaschal around in the name of positional flexibility and he won’t get good anywhere. As we’ve seen with other players if you don’t end up being a good fielder and start sliding down the defensive spectrum it raises the bar for how well you have to hit. Plus you can only roster so many 1st base / DH types.
  6. Linus
    You must not watch the games or look at the stats.
  7. Linus
    Julien has no chance against a lefty. Win the game - this isn’t AAA. We are in a dogfight in the division.
  8. Linus
    Margot put the ball in play and they scored a run. Better than Julien striking out looking. It was the right call by Rocco. I get the b*tching when things don’t work but it literally worked out as drawn up.
  9. Linus
    Bill Smith.
  10. Linus
    I don’t think it was a language barrier issue. We’ve all said things we wish we could take back. Neither situation is that big of a deal. López seems like he is in a bad place and I wish him the best.
  11. Linus
    If the money is small enough that you can walk away from it then it’s not so bad. Donaldson was the worst in my opinion as it was a lot of money and it didn’t make sense at the time. Thankfully the FO slithered out of that deal with only minor pain.
  12. Linus
    I think people got way over their skis on these guys. MLB is really hard - other teams find your weaknesses and exploit them ruthlessly. That’s why TKs mantra of you don’t know what you have until they get 1000-1500 at bats. Neither Wallner or Julien will be as good as their second half last year. Chances are neither is as bad as they look right now. We will see where they end up and if that level of production is worth their mediocre fielding profiles. I am not confident that Varland has the secondary offerings to be a starter in the bigs but am confident he can be a useful bullpen piece.
  13. Linus
    Not that interesting but you could win a bar bet with that fact 😀
  14. Linus
    Preach. This whole deal reminds of Michael Milikan and the junk bond scam
  15. Linus
    KC must have a tell on Ober although his command was off. Two subtle defensive plays that cost the Twins two runs in the early going. Julien knocked down a grounder where he should have got the lead runner but just took the out at first. That runner then scored on a single I believe and then Larnach misplaying the ball off the fence allowed all runners to move up an extra base. It wouldn’t have mattered but the game would have been different for sure. I feel bad for Jorge López. He is obviously not in a good place - I hope he can get the help he needs.
  16. Linus
    Especially catchers. To basically not have either injured for a year and a half is unheard of.
  17. Linus
    I did this same song and dance and am now back to Direct stream for an arm and a leg each month. I will not switch again until and unless there is a long term solution in place. I was really excited about the possibility of mlb streaming the games for $20 per month but that wasn’t enough for the Pohlads. I love the Twins but not nearly as much as I used to. Plus modern baseball isn’t nearly as fun to watch so I think this is my last season paying this kind of money to watch the Twins.
  18. Linus
    It was a great trade in that I got to enjoy Jake diving for balls in the outfield and landing a solid six feet short of the ball 😂
  19. Linus
    No way are they taking on that salary. They stood pat at the deadline last year and I wouldn’t be surprised if the same thing happens this year.
  20. Linus
    This offense will continue to be what it has been - very hot and cold. The question is how many games can the pitching steal when we are on a cold streak.
  21. Linus
    And the game ball goes to SWR. It might be smoke and mirrors but he is a pretty fine fifth starter.
  22. Linus
    Few things more fun than watching Buck run.
  23. Linus
    None whatsoever. Modern baseball often makes no sense.
  24. Linus
    Too bad Farmer gets thrown out on the bases
  25. Linus
    SWR got away with a cement mixer there
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