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  1. woolywoolhouse
    Fun Fact: According to MLB's Social Media sites, the only two teams currently active in Major League Baseball are the Yankees and whomever is playing the Yankees.
  2. woolywoolhouse
    It's past time for Eddie to be dropped in the batting order. Move Escobar to third, drop Sano to clean-up, and drop Rosario anywhere down 7-9. He's popped out to the infield too many times in an effort to crush the ball 400+ feet instead of just making solid contact. Batting clean-up seems to have messed with his mindset, much like Buxton batting third in 2017. Unfortunately for Rosario, the frustrations at the plate seem to be carrying over to the field (which Buxton thankfully hasn't experienced through his struggles last year and the start of this.)
  3. woolywoolhouse
    Eleven walks! Ironically, those 11 walks are giving me a nosebleed in frustration.
  4. woolywoolhouse
    Ten walks by Twins pitchers in 7+ innings of work. If that control is blamed on the cold... then we're in for a lot of walks at Target Field through the first half of April.
  5. woolywoolhouse
    I see Robbie Grossman 2017 is back, taking a called strike three down the middle of the plate while trying to coax a walk.
  6. woolywoolhouse
    Down 5-0 and you "chip" one down the third base line? Isn't that against the unwritten rules, Escobar?
  7. woolywoolhouse
    If only the Twins could get a newer stadium, so they can get the revenue required to sign homegrown free agent stars when the time comes.
  8. woolywoolhouse
    The last two times the Minnesota Twins beat the Yankees (or won postseason games at all) were in New York with Johan Santana on the mound. Who's pitching tonight? Johan (his legal first name) "Ervin" Santana. This is fate. I hope.
  9. woolywoolhouse
    Worst case: this gives the Twins a right-handed pinch hitter (for when a club brings in a lefty to pitch to Max Kepler in the later innings) who isn't Ehire Adrianza or Mitch Garver.
  10. woolywoolhouse
    Anytime someone points out that the Twins are only the second WIld Card team, I remind them that in 1987 the Twins were the fifth best team in the American League (they won the West, but the Tigers, Blue Jays, Brewers, and Yankees in the East all had a higher winning percentage that year.) Thirty years ago... it smells like destiny.
  11. woolywoolhouse
    Line up Berrios to pitch at Target Field. His home/road splits are notably different.
  12. woolywoolhouse
    How can the Twins rotation lineup to get Berrios on the mound for a potential Game 3 in Minnesota? He has been so much better at home than on-the-road this season, to the point that I would be extremely wary of having him start anywhere other than Target Field no matter how deep the Twins play this October (and November?)
  13. woolywoolhouse
    http://i.imgur.com/gkO8lkd.gif
  14. woolywoolhouse
    If we play .500 from here on out, we'll match our record in 2015. That's good.
  15. woolywoolhouse
    That is the issue facing Buxton now (which was the issue that faced Buxton, Sano, and Rosario during the Twins' dreadful April '16): he is swinging and missing at garbage, so all he is getting is garbage. Lay off the down and away curves and sliders, and eventually they'll have to throw a fastball middle-in.
  16. woolywoolhouse
    So the plan to rest Mauer more early in the season is by carrying no one else as the back-up first baseman? I hope Danny Santana bought a first baseman's glove from Sports Authority's clearance sale last fall.
  17. woolywoolhouse
    Same scout said: Twins should have definitely moved Dozier (but doesn't say for what or whom); Sano is not good at third; Buxton needs to bunt; and - while admitting Rosario and Kepler both have strong arms - neither are offensive players, which is what teams need from their corner outfielders.
  18. woolywoolhouse
    I don't have the link, but I have the SI (2017 MLB Preview) in front of me. Here's what "a rival scout" wrote: "They [Twins] gave Jason Castro a lot of money to be their front-line guy. They had a good defensive catcher in Kurt Suzuki and let him walk. I would rather have Suzuki than Castro..."
  19. woolywoolhouse
    #18 - Zubaz at Target Field?
  20. woolywoolhouse
    That's why I said "maybe." It's a big, unlikely, maybe.
  21. woolywoolhouse
    Maybe Nolasco pitches well this spring. Maybe another team loses a pitcher to injury. Maybe that other team is desperate for a veteran arm. Maybe the Twins can work out a deal for a minor league prospect or two...?
  22. woolywoolhouse
    Beginning in 2013 I started going to one Twins' road game a year. (I know; that means I've only done it twice so far.) But the Twins have won both of those games- one in Colorado, and on in Milwaukee. And Eduardo Escobar has homered in both of those games. So... really, I'm just hoping he continues that stretch this June in Chicago.
  23. woolywoolhouse
    When he strikes out batters at Target Field, can they play "Zoinks!" throughout the stadium?
  24. woolywoolhouse
    According to LENIII Hughes has the stomach bug that kept Plouffe out yesterday. Duensing is unavailable because of the flu as well.
  25. woolywoolhouse
    It's almost as if the Twins saw how little their front office believes in them to go deep in the post-season after the trade-deadline brought a marginally-better right-handed reliever (who walked the first two men he faced in a Twins' uniform, a stat that has followed him throughout his major-league career) and have lost all motivation to win. Of course, compare that to the team behind the Twins in the Wild Card standing- Toronto- whose front office brought in an ace pitcher, capable bullpen arms, an All-Star shortstop, and the 2014 NL hits leader- and are now looking to take the Wild Card spot, if not the AL East. They're motivated, like the Twins in their can't-lose month of May.
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