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  1. Althebum82
    Last year two significant moves (plus renting Sandy Leon) at the deadline frankly failed. The Floro trade, although minor, could even fail. Perhaps we should celebrate the fact that no additional failures were accumulated this season?
  2. Althebum82
    Great article! Enough to convince me that Spears needs to be promoted to help the big league club score more runs and strike out fewer times...... This development highlights just how deep this franchise is with infielders, and why Urshela, Arraez, Encarnacio-Strand and Steer were considered expendable for pitching.....Yake also looks like he is coming into his own! Farmer and Solano have been solid signings, but it appears we don't have to feel pressured to hang onto them with Prato, Helman, Martin, and one could also add Lewis still at this point as well Miranda to make an impact on the Twins future.
  3. Althebum82
    Agreed, great comment about Lynn.....he has actually done quite well since leaving the Twins, but this season has been the worst of his career and very problematic for the White Sox. The Twins did well to capitalize on this!
  4. Althebum82
    Encouraging news today: Dallas Keuchel Bypasses Opt-Out Chance With Twins - MLB Trade Rumors He has made four starts for a total of 20 innings to a nice 0.90 ERA and 17 strikeouts. He could have forced the Twins to add him to the forty man roster or let him go but is for now content to keep the status quo.
  5. Althebum82
    Today Rocco stated that Polanco will be getting reps at 3B while on assignment, and that they do not intend to hurry his return.
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    Oddly, this is Polanco's second rehab assignment this season with the Saints and he has struggled both times. Last time, though, when promoted he made an immediate positive impact upon his return to the big club so hopefully history will just repeat itself. It is clear, though, that this time the Twins should not send Julien back down. Will one play 2B and the other one move to 3B (Polanco does have some experience but it was 7 years ago and he is playing 2B/DH so far on rehab)? Can Buxton finally play defense so that Julien can DH?
  7. Althebum82
    As of today his season 3.48 ERA is better than his career average, his season WHIP of 1.065 worthy of note, and he is 4-1 with 40 strikeouts in 41 innings. My skepticism still runs deep, but he has overall had a positive impact on this team's season. Anyone else want to concede some ground at this point about the FO confidence?
  8. Althebum82
    Welcome back to Wallner.
  9. Althebum82
    A very thoughtful analysis of an enigma of a player. Not sure how relevant the Jayce Tingler connection is to his performance, but it apparently had an impact on him landing with the team which is interesting. I also thought the signing was a poor fit for this team and still hold that opinion. But, yeah, if he can finish with an 800+ OPS in an injury-impacted season and exhibit the positive qualities pointed out by others here, he may have been an expensive FA to pursue, but one who has proven worthy of pursuit nonetheless.
  10. Althebum82
    Love to see all of the positive recognition (with caveats, as always) for the highlights of this game. It certainly makes for a refreshing post-game read. Miranda's only mildly saving grace today was starting a double play, but his error lead to an unearned run and he seems to be flummoxed by average to below average major league pitchers. He needs to go back (assuming an option remains) and figure it out while Castro is limited to the infield with Walner's return so richly earned.
  11. Althebum82
    McCusker was in his third season with the Tri-City Valleycats (Troy NY) playing independent ball for former MLB star Pete Incaviglia. This year he has been chasing the league's triple crown leading the Frontier League in HR, RBI. and BA. He graduated in 2021 from Oklahoma State but was undrafted. Supposedly the Twins had visited with him after his freshman year at Folsom Lake (CA) Junior College but things fizzled out when he decided to continue on with his college education and career. A native of Sparks, NV he is reportedly 6'8" and 250 pounds.
  12. Althebum82
    Rain delay
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    Yeah, the Twins/Saints have had a lot of patience and loyalty with Aaron Sanchez. He has served a purpose and filled a role that most likely no other organization would offer him. He seems to have reached the point where he is now blocking others from gaining experience as a AAA starter (maybe even Winder, although he has been used exclusively in the bullpen this season). This needs to be Sanchez's last on-field season for this franchise.
  14. Althebum82
    Buxton fighting the "back spasm" pain Saturday may lead to Wallner's return sooner than the trade deadline. Noone ever wants Buxton on the IL (no matter how conditioned we have become to seeing it), but the timing is good for him to focus on getting healed and giving Wallner the shot he has clearly earned.
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    Monster game for Prato. Even before this game he was off to a hot start since his promotion to the Saints from AA where it would actually be kind to describe his offensive accomplishments as modest. Might be interesting to check in on his progress in a couple of weeks to see if he is still in some measure showing some surprising promise.
  16. Althebum82
    Ya'll are so very polite to play along with a headline that begins with an incorrect use of the word "Whose". Who's gonna admit that they noticed this but were just to kind to mention it? It takes a jerk like me to point it out. Love, Horton the hearing elephant.
  17. Althebum82
    On a completely different topic......it has been very rare for this franchise over the years to resort to either an opener or bullpen-only pitching strategy. For this I have been very grateful! I don't understand what prompted it to be used for this particular game. but I was totally prepared to complain about it in the post-game summary today. Instead, I am forced to be extremely happy with the results, dammit. Maybe instead I need to complain about why they don't do it more often? Naw, I'll just have to stuff my whining for now until the next time it is tried,....
  18. Althebum82
    While technically not mop-up duty when he came into the game, Jorge Lopez turned it into a mop-up appearance before he left the field. After teasing us with a great start to the season, he has now not just supplanted Pagan as a bullpen liability, he has actually exceeded Pagan's ineptitude.
  19. Althebum82
    I was trying to understand what Winder had accomplished in St Paul that warranted his call-up. He was definitely the right man at the right time tonight and got rewarded for his effort with this first MLB win of the season.
  20. Althebum82
    Hmmm, looks like Rocco is helping to reinforce the scapegoat narrative (for the record, I believe that Kepler trying to take second could potentially cause a very stupid outcome so I have a hard time agreeing Rocco on this) :Twins’ Rocco Baldelli calls out Max Kepler for baserunning blunder after loss to Rays (msn.com)
  21. Althebum82
    It's not like he is void of any value like Hicks seemed to be, but it is hard to envision any team willing to exchange much to acquire him. It is hard to watch the two players you mention tearing up AAA. I used to think Willi Castro was an easy demotion and Kepler could maintain his role on the roster. That opinion has proven very, very wrong. If Hicks doesn't stick maybe the Orioles would consider Kepler, but otherwise I do believe that it would benefit the team to DFA.
  22. Althebum82
    This story does not mention what or who the Twins received from the Mets, neither is their mention on the Twins' or Mets' transaction histories: Mets Acquire Veteran Infielder From Twins (msn.com) Since White was not on the 40 man roster, is it fair to conclude it was simply a cash consideration of some kind?
  23. Althebum82
    Am I the only one that notices the inclusion of Gene Glynn who never played a single game for any MLB team, much less the Twins?
  24. Althebum82
    The good news for Dylan Bundy is that he at least found work at the AAA level this season. The bad news for him is that so far he is performing more like "Married With Children" guy Al Bundy: Former top prospect ejected from Triple-A game for 'sticky substance' (msn.com)
  25. Althebum82
    Whoa, nice catch on Vargas I has no clue that he was with the Twins in 2020. I really love this list!
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