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  1. Old Twins Hat
    So, is this an accurate recap: The Twins best prospect in terms of hitting this spring is a player without a position and someone unlikely to help this year at the MLB level? If so, why write this article? I mean, couldn't we at least muse about how girthy are Wallner's biceps?
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    Yeah, it is a meritocracy. However we can put Paddock in a positive light. let's get that done so he can bring back something in trade.
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    Imagine facing a LH starter. It's the Twins' 7th game in a row. Twins bat Buxton DH and get an equivalent defender in CF, Bader. If, at the end of the game, Twins need to PH for Bader, and put Castro or Martin in CF, they face, an inning or two of lower quality defense. In the end, Bader is valuable, not for his offense, but for defense, flexibility and being able to rest Buxton, keep him in the line-up and generally preserve Twins' best lineup on the field. Bader ain't here to carry the Twins, he's here to carry Buxton, Wallner and Larnach to a better place.
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    Hey Mat, When you buy the team, please get them to turn down the music/slop sounds that they play between and during innings at the stadium. It inhibits conversation and makes talking to fellow Twins' fans all but impossible. It ain't Minnesota nice to blast 10,000 people because your organization is too afraid to let people discuss the topic of what's happening on the field. It ain't pretty and the fans have things to say.
  5. Old Twins Hat
    They landed a RH BP guy, according to MLB Trade Rumors. Sounds like a winner, and should stabilize St. Paul pen.
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    Don't look now but Dodgers and Yankees, the two teams with the highest payrolls, the most superstars, the biggest markets, on a collision course for the World Series. First time in a long time, but with TV revenues about to hit the big decline -- well, except New York and LA -- baseball is about to fall off the diamond.
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    Margot will have a long post-career run of fame. It happens. Bill Buckner, Marv Throneberry, the umpire that blew the call at first on what would have been a perfect game. "Manuel Margot. the worst pinch-hitting performance in MLB History. Get his authograph, spend some close-up time with Manny, learning how he did it. Ignominy on an epic scale makes Manny one of a kind." How can you possibly have an average above .230 when you lug around an 0 for 30 in your pocket?
  8. Old Twins Hat
    Help me now. Eeles is what, 5' 6". He hits an opposite field homer to left at 430 feet? C'mon. That just can't be.
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    Lewis probably is uncomfortable over there, but how uncomfortable? We can’t be definitively sure. Twins are uncomfortable with him at 3B, SS, CF -- so, there's that. Kind of young and athletic to become a full time DH. He should go home this winter, stop lifting so many weights, stretch his legs out for running, and come back to spring training ready to play a full season in the field..... somewhere, and make a home for himself.
  10. Old Twins Hat
    Just say it: Green threw a hanger in the middle of the plate. Any MLB'er that doesn't hammer that will be hugely disappointed.
  11. Old Twins Hat
    I am not sure a player should be happy if they are not reaching their potential and the team is struggling to win. I mean, what about the drive to get better? It's work. At a certain point, I want a competitor, not a glad-hander.
  12. Old Twins Hat
    I clicked on this article when I read the title: Come Ready to Work The body language, facial expressions and easy-going smile of Royce -- when on the field and interacting with opponents -- has really been bothering me. The ultimate goal of a professional baseball player is to win. And when the team is not winning, or even when they are, it's more than a little off-putting to appear as if you are in a greeting line at a wedding. C'mon Royce, get the game face on and play to win. It's not a popularity contest.
  13. Old Twins Hat
    Who is this guy? And why has no one talked about him? Over .300 average, 900 OPS, 5' 5" tall. WTF? How can someone that small fly under the radar? Or, did I just answer my own question.
  14. Old Twins Hat
    Provus was saying all series that Seager swings on every first-pitch fastball and is hitting like .500 with that approach. Twins had been throwing him change-ups on every first pitch. I guess Alcala didn't get the memo. Doesn't really absolve Jeffers though.
  15. Old Twins Hat
    I watched most of the game and then had to go pick-up my step-son and listened on the radio. After watching Pablo struggle, inning after inning, and yet escape, and knowing how the BP has been used/abused, my assumption was Rocco would go to Richards. And if Richards faltered, he still had Jax and Duran, if not Okert and Thielbar. It was the 7th after all. Alas, Twins found a way to lose, as convoluted as it was. Baseball is about second-guessing when you lose, and celebrating when you win. But why get Richards if you can't live what he does in high leverage situations?
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    Something is wrong with Lewis. You can see it with his hitting and his defense. It looks like he can't get his legs working together, and it hampers all his baseball moves, especially throwing across the diamond and trying to hit for power. He's been hitting a lot of weak ground balls to the left side. And his throws just look pathetic. Meanwhile his average and OPS are sinking, while his defense tumbles below average. Great kid, unlimited potential, but, at this point, he may need a break.
  17. Old Twins Hat
    How do I shut off the volume on your voice-overs on the website? People do like to watch the highlights with sound and now it's just all a jumble of voices with two audios going. BTW, I don't enjoy having a disembodied voice pop on all of a sudden on a beautiful quiet morning. We should be able to opt out.
  18. Old Twins Hat
    Yeah, no upside with Farmer. Gotta roll dice and hope a next guy steps up -- Martin, and, er,... not a lot available, Martin.
  19. Old Twins Hat
    Gotta love it when kids playing beyond the LF wall all turn and chase like crazy after the long home run by Keaschall. What a blast.
  20. Old Twins Hat
    This game is pretty simple: make winning plays, as many as you can, every game. That's it. Hoping the guys have it in them.
  21. Old Twins Hat
    Willi Castro, what a day. All over the bases, three hits, running every which way, getting bulldozed by Wallner on that foul pop, having to hustle back to first on that amazing catch by the Detroit LF, only to have to turn on the jets again and circle the bases on Wallner's double, He's the energizer: put him on the scorecard, wind him up and let him go.
  22. Old Twins Hat
    In theory, the Twins, once Topa is activated, will have two sets of high quality relievers. Alcala, Jax and Duran for the games they are leading. Topa, Sands and Stewart for games where it remains close. Okert, Thielbar and Staumont .... well, someone will need to get cut and the other two can do mop up. But, bullpen could be strong down the stretch. Jax and Duran have actually been less than lockdown for much of the season so who knows what Rocco will go with.
  23. Old Twins Hat
    It's early, he's young, no need to panic. But, there were five top prospects in his draft class, and everybody said that any one of them could be taken as a first pick in a normal year, and that it wasn't a normal year. Skenes is doing pretty good. Crews is looking good. The guy that Texas picked in front of Jenkins is already in the Major Leagues. True enough, those picks were college guys. So, I think the expectations of comparing the five prospects from that year were not fairly weighted. Jenkins is young and big and strong and could end up being beyond solid. But, the comps of being grouped with the other four was unrealistic. Jenkins will rise to his level as time goes on, but only with ups and downs that a kid his age experiences. He ain't going to be a super young super star, that's all we know at this point.
  24. Old Twins Hat
    Given his size and power, more like Alex Bregman to me. One can hope.
  25. Old Twins Hat
    Can never have enough Shortstops. Er, infielders. Or sparkplugs. Go Twins!
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