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  1. Little Piranhas
    The Twins sell off (I don’t consider them trades) yesterday was reminiscent of Oakland A’s owner Charlie Finley trying to sell off Joe Rudi, Rollie Fingers and Vida Blue in 1976. It’s just too bad there isn’t a Bowie Kuhn around to void them in the spirit of not being in “the best interests of baseball”.
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    I was stunned when Ober was pulled. He had settled down and was in a groove with a relatively low pitch count. It is worth noting that Ober didn't appear happy with the decision either. There is no way the infield should be in with runners on first and third with one out. At some point outs become more important than runs to stem the hemorrhaging. Credit should also go to the Brewers who know that when the infield is in the important thing to do is make contact and good things will happen. It would be great if Rocco would see stuff like this happen and encourage situational hitting in our dugout as well. Is this too much to ask?
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    This might sound ignorant, but judging by what I’ve seen, neither Rocco and/or Popkins are having hitters even practice bunting in the cage. Could it be that we have a roster that doesn’t know how to bunt? At least not proficiently.
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    Dude, I’ve broken and bruised my ribs several times. Hurts like hell but it didn’t stop me from working, etc. BTW - I’m 60-years-old.
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    BB has averaged @ 70 games a season over seven full seasons. Most recently he has been on the DL, this time for over two weeks, with “rib contusions”. Every slide, every time he runs out a ground ball, every time he fouls all off a body part, hell every time he gives a high five we hold our collective breath that he might’ve gotten hurt. If we Twins fans are going to be honest with ourselves we need to expect 70 games from him (and probably trending down) as a .250 hitting DH with power. Is that worth 15M/year? Probably not. I know no one wants to say it, at least out load, but he seems soft.
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    It seem Vasquez strikes out a lot on the high heat. If he could avoid swinging at those his numbers would improve dramatically. I agree with HrbieFan, we need to work on making contact particularly situationally. Last I checked we lead the lead in whiffs. This is where an active and engaged hitting coach would be helpful.
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    Our team BA is .219. Dead last in the MLB. We are not going to be confused with Murderer's Row anytime soon but look at the lineups of the teams ahead of us in team average. I don't really want to hear how we hit for power when the team is batting .219. It seems as if the the collective line-up swings for the fences despite the count or if there are runners in scoring position. Our opponents certainly don't take that approach. Which brings me to our hitting coaches - Popkins and Hernandez. I'm not sure what the job description calls for but the results speak for themselves. I realize that this is anecdotal but every time I see them in the dugout they appear to be shooting the **** or playing grab-ass with the players. I have yet to see them talking to a player on deck or in the hole talking about an approach to a given at bat. Every time a batter has an IPad in their hand analyzing their swing the HC is no where to be seen. When you have the bulk of the hitters (particularly the young guys) regressing you have a coaching problem. I also agree with the poster above regarding Baldelli's post game presser. No passion and very corporate.
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    Depends. Do you like being treated with kid gloves with plenty of off days? If you are a starting pitcher are you concerned with throwing more than 60 pitches? If your answer is "yes" to those questions Rocco is your guy. Do you have an incentive laden contract? Do you believe it's a testament to character to play banged up and gut out a win? If your answer is "yes" to those questions Rocco is not your guy.
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    Realistically this team is the personification (teamification if you will) of mediocre. They will make the playoffs largely by default. How about setting the goal as winning a playoff game? We need to treat Game 1 of the Wildcard game like it's game 7 of the World Series. All hands on deck. Ryan falters, put Gray in. I'm only half-kidding. The Twin's playoff record has become an unpleasant trivia question.
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    I'm with MikeLink on this one. The question isn't whether we have too much starting pitching it's do we have too many bottom of the rotation guys. I'd say....maybe. In order to compete, particularly in the playoffs, you need a solid ace and a decent number two. If you put Ryan on any of the AL projected playoff teams he'd be a three. Come playoff time you really only need three or maybe only two quality starting pitchers anyway. Is it possible we have someone separate themselves from the pack and establish themselves as a top of the rotation guy? Yes. I just don't think we've seen any real evidence of that yet.
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    Listening to Justin and Rocco you would never know that the bullpen sucks. Justin kept referring to the "depth" of the bullpen while Pagan, Megill and Duffy were getting whiplash watching the balls fly past them. After the game Rocco actually said, "I think our bullpen is going to end up being a strength of this team down the stretch." Was Rocco in the bathroom or in the clubhouse getting sunflower seeds while the carnage on the field was taking place? Given what we have seen how can one apply the terms "depth" or "strength" to the arsonists currently occupying our bullpen?
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    Buxton has a track record of consistently be injured. I believe you could put him on the IL for two months and he would come back and reinjure his hip or knee or quite probably something else and the Twins are no further ahead. Given the tenor of the article it seems he doesn't really feel up to playing either. He appears to savor his days off. There is no debate that when he is on the field no one is more talented or dominant. Wins and losses do not take into account potential.
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    This move makes no sense. Baldelli's comments shed no light on making this change, other than we need Correa in the lineup. Rocco must realize it is not a binary decision. Yet he keeps Miranda up (not only up but in the lineup) despite his looking completely overmatched by big league pitching and looking clueless at the plate as evidenced by his sub .100 batting average and strikeout percentage. I'm trying to envision Miranda's reaction when he heard that Lewis was being sent down. Guilt? Shock?
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    Louis Arraez's height, while not ideal, should not be a huge factor in the decision to play him at first. The Twins must find a way to keep him in the lineup and first base is as good as anywhere. With Sano on the IL, we have a major vacancy at the position. Miranda looks completely overmatched against ML pitching and should be sent down once Correa returns. Can somebody please enlighten me as to why Rocco is/was batting Miranda in the one through six spots in the lineup and batting Lewis in the nine hole?
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