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  1. Florida Flash
    I have been wanting the Twins to do something to get Buxton straightened out, if possible. Surely they could come up with some reason he needs a short IL and rehab assignment in St. Paul. BUT, they may be afraid Buxton wont hit at St. Paul either. Then what???? Oh well, it was only $200 million. Just raise the prices some more.
  2. Florida Flash
    How about Julien at DH. Buxton is killing the team in the 3 or 4 hole. Either he is injured or waaay over hyped. It's half way through the season and they are beating a dead horse with the hype hype hype. Again I ask. Is that Rocco's decision or the FO?
  3. Florida Flash
    I voted. Life long rabid Twins fan. I did not vote for one Twin. First time ever. Unlike many many voters who strictly vote for their team, (looking at you Yankees fans...among others), I vote for whom I think is most deserving. Both leagues. However I dont vote 80 times or more which I think is totally asinine.
  4. Florida Flash
    Pretty few options IMO. How about trying to find a big bat, and I dont mean yet another guy that swings for the fences every time and strikes out half the time, (we have plenty of those kind of guys) and put him at DH. Send Bux to StP on some injury rehab or whatever and see if he can get himself going, or simply shut him down for the year if there is something wrong health wise. He sure as heck isn't doing much as a DH, especially hitting 4th, but even with his lousy offensive performance, there is no one on the team with better numbers to hit 4th or 5th. I like Julian 1 or 2 and Krilloff 3 or 4 or 5. Other than that, there aint much to choose from for the meat of the order. Gotta keep Carlos at SS but I dont think he should be hitting in the top of the order. Is he mentally down because he didnt get the $350 million the Giants were offering or even the $315 million the Mets were offering? Getting rid of Gallo is no loss, except more money down the drain. Hindsight shows it was a dumb signing. I thought so back when but then at the season start I was hoping I was wrong. Unfortunately it looks like I wasnt. I am looking at 3rd place in the pretty bad AL Central.
  5. Florida Flash
    It does seem to me that most everyone is swinging for the fences. Either that is coming down from above or players have figured out, that is where the money is as in "who cares about 3 out of 4 K's as long as you hit a home run every 30 at bats." I read about "launch angles" and not "hits". I tend to be critical of the big money guys who simply do not perform. Still pulling for Kep but he exasperates me with his refusal or inability to go to the left side once in a while. Just my opinion, but I will stick in there through thick and thin.
  6. Florida Flash
    Trade? I dont think anyone would want to pick up that salary for the length of time it is based on his production....or lack thereof.
  7. Florida Flash
    Thank goodness for good pitching, but 2 runs, 3 hits, 11 K's. Boring.
  8. Florida Flash
    A friend of mine, avid Twins fan, says that whenever the Twins load the bases with no body out, the next guy will K and the next guy will bounce into an easy double play. Scary how very often that exact thing happens. He now stops watching if the other team gets 3 runs. Turns off the TV and says it is over. I still suffer though the rest of the game if it is not Friday when they arent on.
  9. Florida Flash
    In days of old, when players werent constantly injured, pulled muscles, torn this or that, they would go out and drink beer after the game. Now they pump iron for hours, which I think results in more injuries. Everybody wants to hit home runs, and why not? The Sano approach, shut your eyes and swing as hard as you can just in case you happen to hit the ball. The Twins pay big money to somebody who hits 20 home runs, even if their ba is .170. Seen like they have little use for a 290 hitter that only hits 5 or 6 home runs.
  10. Florida Flash
    What does it mean you ask. It means that the Twins FO has been bamboozled yet again.
  11. Florida Flash
    Exactly. All of a sudden everyone is flailing away at pitches at their caps. Seems the opposing pitchers have noticed this as well. I'll cut them some slack at the grease/rosin ball that dives out of the zone but any beer leaguer should be able to read the hard to hit, "high hard one" and lay off.
  12. Florida Flash
    It does seem that guys who get big long term contracts go into coast mode until near the end of the contract. Oh well, it's only money. The fans will just have to cough up more, no worries.
  13. Florida Flash
    While I hate the ghost runner during the season and in the post season. Heck I dont even like it in slow pitch softball, but understand they are trying to get in three games an evening, so okay. But I do like the clock so far. . It has always been frustrating to watch hitters fiddle around with their batting gloves and re-landscaping the batters box after every single pitch and worse, pitchers that seem reluctant to even ever throw the ball. Many times I have simply turned off the game as it drags on and on because of this.
  14. Florida Flash
    After seeing what I did last year, I was baffled why the FO decided to let Astudillo go and keep Pagan. The Turtle not only was a better pitcher, but he could catch in a pinch and was an okay hitter. Again baffled this year why they are keeping Pagan when Astudillo is available.
  15. Florida Flash
    Does Kep flat out refuse to even attempt to go the the left side, even bunt, or is he simply incapable of doing it??? A few bunts up the third base line with the third baseman by second would a stopped the overload to right.
  16. Florida Flash
    My father in law, and avid avid Twins fan, albeit pretty cynical, assures me that Buxton will be out with a season ending hang nail by May 15th.
  17. Florida Flash
    Agree with that. I also would like to see if they can get anything for Pagan and Lopez, but I seriously doubt there would be any takers.
  18. Florida Flash
    I keep thinking the teams will spend themselves into oblivion with these insane contracts, but it never seems to happen. The fans just pay more and more and more but that doesnt drive enough fans away to send a message to baseball FO's. Good for the players if they can get it.
  19. Florida Flash
    Calvin Griffith was right. "They'll ruin baseball". It has just taken a bit longer than he thought it would.
  20. Florida Flash
    I doubt anyone would want to pick up that $11M contract based on his recent productivity.
  21. Florida Flash
    Did it really take $11M to sign this guy?? What other teams were standing in line offering this kind of money,. Yet they didnt want to pay Gio $10 M, which I also thought was high, but I think Gio is a much better player than Gallo at this point in time. Nevertheless, I will be pulling for Gallo, but think that money could have been better spent/
  22. Florida Flash
    Kepler will be better with the new shift rule since he insisted on hitting into the 7 guys on the right side of the field. Why he didn't simply bunt to the left, or even fake it once in a while was baffling to me. Maybe he just can't but I find that hard to believe. Do that a couple of times and the shift on him would stop.
  23. Florida Flash
    It seemed to me that with only a few exceptions (Arrez and hmmmm maybe there is another one) everyone was swinging for the fences, because that is where the money is. (ie they still seem to love Sano, 200 K's if healthy, .090 ba, 20 hr's if healthy, slow, but hey, maybe he will hit a home run once in a while) Standard Twins scenario, bases loaded, nobody out, result: strike out, double play. Rarely a sac fly. They dont have to win all the time but they do have to be fun to watch. Leaving runners in scoring position so often is not fun to watch.
  24. Florida Flash
    If the Yankee's want him, that is a done deal, end of story. Same with the Dodgers, (if the Yankees aren't in it) although it would be fun to see a bidding war between those two "the sky isn't even the limit" teams. I think the Twins are out as I think Correa has to be disgusted by the total collapse of the Twins and lack of much offense this year and what looks like the near future. Red Sox or Philly (who would want to live in Philly?) are my choices assuming the Yankees or Dodgers opt out.
  25. Florida Flash
    I hate to say it but I think the Vesili Warriors or Miesville Mudhens can beat the Twins if they put on Yankee uniforms. No offense meant to Vesili or Miesville.
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