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  1. Old Twins Cap
    Reality is, once the run-up to the playoffs shape up, whether it's injuries or a back-up that is deemed unreliable or a poor hitter, Teams look at what's out there on the market in terms of an up-grade. Suzuki has a nice body of work, he's hitting decent. Maybe we land a Class A pitcher with upside. Why not>?
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    Anyone on the Twins' bench who watched Houston hit shot after shot on Thursday is certainly eligible to give the kid some advice. It was painful to watch, and frankly, dangerous with how hard they were clubbing balls.
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    Murphy hits one 3-run jack at Target Field in 2015 and for that, he became la desiderata of Terry Ryan's catching fantasy. And Suzuki, his lack of arm doesn't mean much this year, during a down year, but put the Twins in some close games and a pennant race ... that's when it will be a glaring weakness. Only need a shortstop, a catcher and a CF'er at this point. LOL. Oh and a pitching staff.
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    Certainly looking like a trend: Twins have an Ace prospect. He comes up, and while physically adept, is somehow overmastered by the rest of the league. Pitchers and hitters both. Twins prospects are suspects, and why that happens, I can't begin to understand.
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    Has to be a confidence thing. He can hit AAA pitching, and hard. He's got the tools, but you can see it when he gets in the batting box: he knows something bad is about to happen. At some point, he has to simplify and put the bat on the ball. Look to line it up the middle, have a plan. My God, if he can't make it at the plate, that really puts a hole in the Twins' plans.
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    Hard to blame Mauer too much for each of the plays individually, but taken as a whole, it has to be Mauer's worst game ever in terms of being a baserunner. He is a good baserunner generally, so kind of hard to be too critical.The first one, he was screened and could not see the ball slip out of the glove of LF, and he was headed back to first. But, realistically, with the LFer on the ground, "what's the rush" to turn and head back. Okay, he can be faulted for that. The second one, I mean, in the real world, the fist baseman goes to take the cut off to home, and maybe Joe was sensing that. But, as it turned out, the line shot is caught, the 1B goes back to the bag and the throw is perfect. That one, was just bad luck and good judgement on their part. The third one, the line shot delayed Mauer's start at 1B and so, he assumed that he could not get to third, which was a fair assumption. Unfortunately, the RF bobbled, Kepler saw that and took off for 2B where Joe had laid anchor. So, a bad day on the bases. Joe is a good baserunner. Just kind of funny how baseball can humble you, even when you are not doing anything particularly wrong.
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    Who was at the game on Sunday? Did anyone see how lazy Sano played 3B? Even between innings he just sat back and lobbed throws across the diamond. He kept throwing off the run, even on routine plays where he could have stopped, planted and thrown a rocket for an out. He looks unprepared to play baseball. Who knows what is going on in his life or his head. Hey, how did the script change? Anyway, he needs to sit out and get his head together. Maybe the MiLB is not a bad answer. But, this is serious. Sano is borderline head case at this point, and Polanco is looking good.
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    Liriano-esque. Get that hard slider to work.
  9. Old Twins Cap
    Entered FBI's witnessprotection program in June. Heard he had reconstructive surgery and is now an outside hitter on the women's volleyball team at Cal State Fullerton.
  10. Old Twins Cap
    Yeah, I am. I go back to the main issue: Sano is a monster masher. In MLB, guys of his size play first base, because that's how you set your team up for success. The point is though, that because Mauer is sacrosanct at 1B, Sano is blocked. Mauer is the past and Sano is the future. For some reason, in Minnesota, the past is more important than the future. So, Sano goes to 3B. I hope he can handle it and get better. But, in any case, allowing a .262 hitter, who grounds out to 2B 60% of the time, to keep the team from fielding its best team, is pure idiocy. Let me say this plain: Either the Twins can get over the fact of Mauer's decline or they will sacrifice the next iteration of a playoff team trying to accommodate Mauer -- for what reason?
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    IN any universe, on any team, a guy who mashes and stands 6' 5" and weighs 270 is called a first basemen. That's what they look like and how teams play them in the field. To his credit, Sano is young, athletic and has a hell of an arm. Right now, he is making errors, by the bushel. But, c'mon, how many games has he played there in the last two years? Give him a chance at 3B. But, realize, at the end of the day, on any other team, in any other universe, he is a capable first basement. Don't know how, don't understand why, but on the Twins, he is a RF, a 3B, a DH, and in a couple of years of screwing up the whole defensive set, eventually, a 1B. God. What a nightmare to live through this idiocy.
  12. Old Twins Cap
    Ryan could see that Pohlad wants new blood, from outside the organization. So, he fell on his sword hoping to give Antony a shot at changing Pohlad's mind. Ryan is ultimate organization man, and he wants Antony to have the job. That's all this is about. Kind of alarming that Pohlad would allow a temporary replacement GM make key decisions that could affect the team's future for a very long time. But, that's the kind of feckless owner he is.
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    The concern is that as MLB pitching/scouting focuses on his weaknesses--a tad more intensely than in the Minors-- and the skills of MLB pitchers produce more accuracy, ABW's flaws become magnified and his results decline. That's the concern. But, hopefully, ABW forces the issue and we see if that thesis is correct. Or not.
  14. Old Twins Cap
    Defensive metrics are to be taken with a boulder of salt. That said, when Napoli recently hit one up the middle and jogged toward first and Dozier's off-balance throw pulled Mauer way off the bag, allowing Napoli to jog through for a hit -- I mean, come on, Dozier is not some kind of defensive wizard. His weak, side arm throws, his lack of range -- I'm not seeing above average defense, at all; more like, bottom third. Plouffe was good laterally; Escobar made the plays, LAST YEAR. Mauer is generally solid. Suzuki is a good catcher, but a lousy thrower. The Twins outfield is fine. You look at KC, they WIN games with defense. Top caliber plays, from Gordon in left to Moustakas, to Escobar at short, and particularly Hosmer and Salvador Perez. That's what a winning team's defense looks like. Not to mention Cain. I've seen them win games with just their defense. Twins are not there. Or close. And Dozier is nowhere near league average.
  15. Old Twins Cap
    Anything could happen. Jim Pohlad has been reading MLB press guides and now understands how other teams are structured. Twins? Happy to be living through the Dark Ages.
  16. Old Twins Cap
    Pohlad to Ryan: The Twins have failed at every level, total system breakdown. Fan base has deserted Target Field in droves. Never seen anything like this. You are fired! ....... Terry, let me know what's best for you in terms of when and how you would like to leave this organization over the next year. Pohlad to next GM: This is your team. Turn it around. Ask for and demand accountability. I want to clean house and bring in new leadership. But, whatever else, Molitor is your manager in 2017. Is it just me or are there generous hints of what is really wrong with the Twins in Pohlad's handling of this? Gardenhire's tenure went on and on. Now Ryan. Anthony is next.
  17. Old Twins Cap
    The Pohlads have a lot going on, like a billion's worth, or two. They only care when it gets embarrassing. And that's what we are seeing now. The Twins as embarrassment. The Pohlads come out of their shell to deal with it. Are they Neanderthals looking at something that is far too complex for them to understand? Yes. The lives of the rich and famous can be fascinating. But also, they can be banal in that one person, with so much money and potential, is so simple-minded and ineffectual. The Pohlads are not evil or a crucible of meaning in any real sense. They are simply dull and ineffective. But because they have a lot of money, and own a baseball team, with a lot of employees and sycophants, it seems worse than that. It isn't. They are dullards doing the best they can.
  18. Old Twins Cap
    Keep dreaming. Anthony is the choice. One thing about Twins, they don't believe in accountability, they don't want it, and they don't plan for it. Hire from within allows the culture of mediocrity to perpetuate. I guarantee they will not bring in an outsider. That would disrupt the happy cluster-cuss world the Pohlads have created.
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    Twins brand of accountability: "You're fired! When would you like to leave?" For F*xx's sake, what about the team?
  20. Old Twins Cap
    Vladimir is a pitcher; Estragon is catcher. Godot is Manager. Beckett is the owner.
  21. Old Twins Cap
    I remember in '84, still not a very good team, but there were signs -- a Gaetti here, a Puckett there, Hrbek. You could see some pieces coming together. When they score runs in bunches on the road, hit the ball up gaps, a three-run dinger that is way gone. That's when you know a corner is about to be turned.
  22. Old Twins Cap
    Sometimes, big guys take longer to mature, get their full coordination and put it all together. Witness Ortiz and Randy Johnson. That may be the case with Vargas. It sure gets tiring watching all the former Twins come to full potential around the league. That said, there's a log jam and it's going to have to be worked through. Smartly. But, this last week, for the first time in many, many years, a discerning fan can see the inklings of what might be the next credible Twins core: Kepler, Rosario, Buxton, Sano, Duffey, Gibson, Berrios, Stewart, Chargois, and more coming up the pipeline. Reminds me of 1984, hitting the ball all over the park on the road. Sure, lousy record, but for once the kids make some noise.
  23. Old Twins Cap
    It should be mentioned that the Twins' "strategy" for the season was either flawed or non-existant. Sure, there have been a lot of injuries and lack of production from both veterans and rookies, but, at the end of the day, their off-season strategic thinking has been at the heart of their miserable season. Chief among them: Plouffe vs Sano at 3B, the outfield, Bullpen, signing Park, how to advance rookies. There is not a lot of brilliance emanating from the Twins FO these days. And certainly, as always, no accountability. No accountability at the top means no way to enforce it anywhere else.
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    Lol. You know these are the Twins, right?
  25. Old Twins Cap
    Stewart throws a heavy ball, isn't that it? Lots of ground balls, very few HRs. That's repeatable.
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