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    “Not tonight”……A classic P. Cruise deep track
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    You may be right…..on Gallo.
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    His ERA after first start is 4.76 for a reason. Maeda looked good against Yankees starters his last outing in Spring Training - gave up two runs in his first inning of 5 innings - struck out Judge…..his 60th pitch was 91 Mph! Walked 3 guys in 5 innings but I saw his last 3 innings and he looked solid. Fingers crossed! Watching game tonight…….Gallo for MVP!! Kepler homers as well. They’re hot!
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    3-0…….of the 9 batters we started the 3 games with, who is a better choice to lead-off? Agreeing Kepler isn’t a favorable option! Not CC - Buxton/Larnach/Miranda flourished in their spots - Gordon maybe but his OBP history isn’t lead-off obvious, but maybe - Gallo v. Kepler seems to be a draw at lead-off - Vazquez/Jeffers had 6 hits between them but not lead-off material - can’t be Taylor v. RH pitching. Taylor leads-off against LH pitching? Maybe Gordon gets a shot v. RH pitching at lead-off? No perfect line-up nor perfect team. 3-0.
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    I didn’t like the trade for López……..have made the mental adjustment. Need pitching. Gotta move on…..saying Arraez clogs the bases as some further rationalization for his trade is nuts! After 3 games, he’s got as many hits as Correa, Buxton, & Gallo combined. You gotta be on base to be in the way…….it’s not Luis’ fault that Kepler sucks ……..no reason to hate on the batting champion of ‘22.
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    Arm struggles necessitate a change in use. Paddack - Ryan - López - Varland - SWR - Prielipp - Ober at a minimum are all ahead of Winder going into ‘24…….also, FA or extension of an existing arm. IMO both Winder & Balazovic should be shifted to try and add depth for the Alcala/Jax roles. They could both have plus stuff to face 3-4 batters per outing!
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    Gallo hit the ball 107Mph - 108Mph - 108Mph in consecutive AB’s. I started watching in the bottom of 4th and missed Jeffers two contributions - good to hear since I saw him ground out to 3rd 3 straight times. Pagan….double, single (run), guy hits one to track…..I felt it getting to 7-6 with nobody loose in Pen……he is tough to get behind! Lopez pitching 3 straight days and never throwing same pitch twice in a row……he looked relaxed & confident. Didn’t see much of that last year after he got to Twins. Good movement & didn’t get behind!
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    After 2 games nearly everyone that reads TD would have DFA’d Gallo……he came up big in game 3, real big!!!! He may suck all next week - who knows? Kepler deserves more than 9-15 AB’s to work on his timing & to get his head straight. It just takes one good game. Not a big fan of his being on the team since November - even less after Gallo signing. However, he deserves a month to try and get something going!
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    He cemented the game today. If he can do similar stuff every 10-12 games he’s worth playing……tough to watch in between maybe.
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    Joey G. - it’s Sunday afternoon v. the Royals & IMO, after 3-4 negative comments in this forum by me, you just bought yourself the rest of the first half of the season w/o me asking for your release!!! 107 Mph double off the wall Solo bomb 431ft 3 run bomb …….all in 3 consecutive AB’s……3 runs scored with 4 RBI. There’s some realized potential if I’ve ever seen it………raw power. WELL DONE!!!!
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    So I agree with most - certainly with the Pagan analysis! Solano is cheap, which makes cutting ties a bit easier but his experience will keep prospects at bay, I agree. Not sure though, if Kiriloff & Polanco come back by May 1 ………& if Larnach is still hitting well (not OK but well) they gotta send him down or DFA Solano……unless someone else is hurt. Maeda - his leash may be short “as a starter” but I don’t see him going anywhere other than the Pen. Mahle - if medium v. long leash, where does he go? I guess he could go to long relief & Ober could take his spot. Can’t imagine him getting DFA’d. Taylor is stable as long as he’s healthy. Need the depth.
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    Great topic - no argument on any of these because other than Puckett’s, they are all subjective. The problem I have is that it says, since the inception of the Twins in 1961, but then reads like somebody that started watching the Twins in 1981. Obviously, there are a number of dramatic home runs over 60 years of baseball but 2 in 2002 & 2 in 1987 seem to be linked to personal fandom at that time. Maybe should read “my 6 favorite Twin’s homers”? Maybe that’s assumed? Keep on writing!
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    I’d like to say we probably aren’t going to realize Balazovic’s value as a starter, definitely not in ‘23 and with Paddack & Ober & Varland & SWR & maybe Prielipp all in front of him, doubtful in ‘24. We should start considering him as another 7th-8th inning guy that can dominate 3-4 batters per outing……. another Jax/Alacala type.
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    Apparently Durán wasn’t available due to sleeping wrong - stiff neck or something? ANYWAY, agree it is good to see López throwing free and easy - every pitch different than the last through 2 outings. Encouraging!!
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    I hope Julien starts seeing some starts soon at 1B over in St. Paul!! Can’t watch much more than another handful of games with Gallo facing RH pitching and looking embarrassed. Buxton at DH is all the risk I need to seem him play with - reckless abandon on bases - hoped for 60-70 games at DH, maybe we should bump to 100 games there? With Taylor facing RH pitching & with Gallo - Kepler in the lineup, seems like a big chunk of probable zero effectiveness. Need to see a lefty soon…….need Polanco back to free up Gordon for OF……..Kiriloff at 80% shines next to Gallo.
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    Vasquez 4-7 so far (30% of our hits) - it’ll be a couple hour plus flight to Miami tonight and back to Hot weather……Jeffers plays there. Farmer to 2B (to displace Taylor) and Gordon to CF. Doubt this will happen because I doubt they want to jerk Gordon around unless needed. With another RH pitcher on mound, we’ll have to live with Kepler & Gallo again today. Gotta give them another shot against KC #3 arm……Marlin’s guys will be another level of challenge. Alcantara on Wednesday!
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    My hope is (understand your point) that Kiriloff can relieve us of the need for Gallo to start. If Kiriloff hits a woeful .240, (with a .310 OBP) it’s an upside v. Gallo at 1B! Seen it for two days and he doesn’t appear to have any confidence nor a clue in the batter’s box………….walk, fly out to the track, hit a sharp grounder to 1B, …..please show us something Joey!
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    Polanco will stay at 2B - Farmer to 3B & Miranda to 1B v. LH pitching. Kiriloff at 1B v. RH pitching with Gordon in the OF (position depending upon if Kepler or Gallo gets released)……not enough room on the roster for Kiriloff - Polanco - Larnach - Gallo - Kepler - Solano…………would they DFA Solano to have Kepler & Gallo on the bench by middle of May?
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    AGREED. ……..Pagan may be a more favorable response. At least Pagan has a couple of upbeat metrics………..the ball being put in play by Gallo 25% of his AB’s is hard to imagine. Hard to stomach but a positive risk move by the FO. He’s brought flexible defensive depth, in one body on the roster, and has the ability to hit an HR once a week……Having the ability and getting it done are 2 different things! Support the team - don’t need to love it, agreed! My worry is Alex & Jorge come back & they option Larnach. Might start screaming then…….only other option is Solano…….who gets most leash….Gallo - Solano - Kepler?
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    Taylor v. RH pitching - Kepler - Gallo….it’s as ugly as we thought it might be. Gordon in CF v. RH pitching - Gallo/Kepler rotating in RF since neither should play in front of Larnach - Kiriloff at 1B - Polanco at 2B and our line-up is Waaay better. Hopefully, by the 20th of the month - fingers crossed! Can we DFA a $9M or better yet, an $11M salary in May?
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    I hope we’re both wrong! ….after 2 games now though….,,,,he looks like a 10th grade kid playing on the Varsity and he’s way over matched. Pathetic. When a guy only puts the ball in play 25% of the time, I guess we gotta wait 8-10 games to see if he can get 4 hits in that time period. Right now he looks like he might get A HIT per week…..maybe?? Maybe 2 walks in a week because he doesn’t swing! We gotta get Kiriloff back or be prepared to bring up Julien to play 1B by April 15! Will need Polanco as well so we can get Gordon freed up to get Taylor out of CF v. RH pitching …….he doesn’t look much better than Gallo. Both are more than competent on defense but we need some more juice on offense!! Two & 0 and haven’t yielded a run…….some good situational pitching & we’re playing the hapless Royals. Need more “O” in a hurry.
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    Sure would like to see Kepler move over .250 BA - I get that’s obvious. If he is struggling in May & Gordon/Larnach are hitting I see him sitting & Larnach playing right 80% of the time until the Trade Deadline. Larnach can hit 15 Hr’s from July - September playing RF daily.
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    Winder, needs to get healthy - Sands - (Balazovic too?) - Henriquez, needs to get healthy………..I think all 4 of these guys should shift to Pen roles. Balazovic could maybe be a Durán for us in 8th inning regularly?
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    I think Megill & then Balazovic are Pen replacements in early/mid-summer…….keep bringing the heat in the late innings!!
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    Success from the Pen often has little to do with the Manager strategy and comes down to pitchers executing pitches. Sure, there’s a scouting report and opposing batters have tendencies to try and take advantage of but you gotta execute with command on the mound!! See P. López getting out of jambs yesterday v. Pagan creating jambs last year.
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