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  1. Bodie
    Balderdash!
  2. Bodie
    Might be as simple as he's a catcher... Cumulative aches, pains, hurts and injuries throughout the season and career. The tools of ignorance are heavy!
  3. Bodie
    Lack a better placefor this, so.... Let us all say a prayer for the health and recovery of Twins legends Tony Oliva and Kent Hrbek. It was announced earlier today (or yesterday) that both men had suffered strokes.
  4. Bodie
    I posted here that Keashall was indeed needed as a starter for the Twins to have anything resembling a competent defense. So don't put words into my mouth. McCusker simply looked awkward, both at the plate, but especially in the field. Call him up and we'll be wishing for Galloesque production. Sorry, but that is what I saw. No where near a prospect let alone an immediate one.
  5. Bodie
    I get that the AAAA team needs a shot in the arm, and the Saints are the logical place to look for the "next guy up". Go look at McCusker at the plate in spring training. It is far from encouraging for the long term, let alone short. Would love to see a big hulking 1B manning Hrbek's position, but he isn’t close right now. Give him a minute or two, he might surprise. Rush this and he's back in Indy ball by the end of the year.
  6. Bodie
    Too much statistics and not enough scouting (in the classic baseball sense) to put it very simply. Got the expected/preferred bat speed? Fantastic!!! Keep that up and you don't need to work on making contact! Or improving your glove work. Or base running. Just swing hard and maintain that launch angle! What would this organization done with an 18 year old Wade Boggs? Does anyone believe that as a modern Twin he would be a multiple time batting champ? Reach 3000 hits? Hell, win a late career Gold Glove? Launch angle, launch angel, launch angel. (Take a breath) Bat speed!!!! Not everyone is going to profile offensively as a slugging 1B/LF. But the statistics say that is the way to go. You have Frank Thomas, and maybe that is the way to go (though has Charlie (?) Lau approach at the plate still produced ok....). But, let's say you have Rod Carew. You'll never convince me that he'd be a better hitter if he constantly swung from the heels. Baseball as a whole have gone far too far along this road of trying to turn every hitter into Dave Winfield. But somehow they keep getting heaps of Dave Kingmans. One guy drew crowds. The other derision.
  7. Bodie
    Ishiba was never a buyer for the Twins. The "rumor" that he was was simply incorrect. Billion dollar transactions take time, and his time was invested in the White Sox, just like his money already was, and is now soon to be much more so. He wasn't "windows shopping" or comparing prices on a car. You can blame the ownership for many things. Scaring off the part owner of the White Sox is not one of them. Just plain silly.
  8. Bodie
    Is he THE problem? No, probably not. But he assuredly IS NOT THE ANSWER!!!
  9. Bodie
    His ceiling. That is as good as he's ever hit, and adding in his "defense" you end up with a light hitting DH. Instead we get him at 2B where he costs a game a week! Give me Nick Punto (seriously)!!!!
  10. Bodie
    Ha! Even Twins castoffs get signed!!!!
  11. Bodie
    Doktorczyk? We may have a successor to Meintkeiwitcz!
  12. Bodie
    Hallelujah!
  13. Bodie
    It isn't sustainable, but it ain't going to change. You want the honest evaluation, by the Twins, of thier pitching, look at the usage. If they refuse to ever let a guy go the third time through the order. Rocco looks at his staff and doesn't see anyone who is above a ~3 slot starter. Top of the rotation guys can give more than 6 innings. Mid rotation guys can get through a couple of times, but not much more consistently. End of the rotation/long reliever can't consistently get through twice. Rocco, by his use of the starters says the Twins have nothing above average #3 guy. The FO apparently agrees, as the outright abuse of the bullpen is a detrimental to both the team's record, and is a turn off for fans (longer games equal fewer eyes watching).
  14. Bodie
    Yeah, they only pitch with the lead...
  15. Bodie
    Since they can't/won't pitch every day, they cannot cover half the BP innings... not for long, anyway!
  16. Bodie
    Well, there was a "thing" or two - including the return of Willy Mays Hayes - but not much good...
  17. Bodie
    Why, oh why, do i not have your powers of procrastination?
  18. Bodie
    Harsh, but pretty much inarguable.
  19. Bodie
    I think you are missing something... I grew up, and recently returned to my hometown. It is about 45 minutes south of Rochester. Growing up, I knew several families who would take a trip north for a weekend in the Cities centered around a Twins game (or two) and shopping (even the gals from a town of 800 want the newest fashions). I know several of them again (after 35 years away) will never again set foot in the Twin Cities after your Floyd reactions. They simply see Minny/StP as unsafe. The more "political" of them swear they'll never allow Minnesota another cent in tax money. While living previously in South Dakota, the feeling was similar, if not even more pronounced. Not good signs for a regional team. Whether you agree with them or not, it is a huge factor outside the metro region.
  20. Bodie
    An ace-type start (but there will never be an ace on this iteration of the team - if fact can't be) from Ryan. Solid defense, even from the black hole of d starting at 2B. Bader is a stud. The offensive numbers will likely fall back (.300 average seems unlikely for any Twin, but...) but defense and hustle will get you quite a ways (assuming you also have ML talent), and he can set an example for others. Added bonus: he seems to be having fun playing this game we love. If I go to Target field, he is currently the guy to keep an eye on all game (hopefully he isn't the only one all season!). Best FA signing since Cruz.
  21. Bodie
    I can think of about four AL Central teams willing to pay for the Twins to actually keep Jax the way he is going!
  22. Bodie
    Fair enough. This whole tread (if this was about a competently run team) is basically about arranging nos. 22, 23 and 24 guys on your team. Nobody is going to do much more than "hold the fort", and that'd better be for the very short term. But it is the 2020's Twins, so everyone will play regularly so no one gets butthurt. Hmmm, I might be getting a little too salty about this...
  23. Bodie
    I'll invite you over for a beer this evening. I have the twins.tv deal, so you can actually see Julien play. "Actively bad" is what I've seen out of him since he was first called up. He has no positive defensive traits whatsoever. And waiting for him to prove himself as a DH is a luxury this team cannot afford. I'll take Gasper 100 % of the time over Julien. Not a pretty choice, but bordering on a no-brainer if you see any future for Julien. He is lost, and even worse, has shown no sign he gives a fiddler's fuc...
  24. Bodie
    Why on God's green earth would you keep Paddack???? Only "good" thing about him now is his injury history... at least he won't be a disaster on the mound for too long!
  25. Bodie
    WTF is Paddack getting into ANY game that is within 10 runs??? And after yesterday's game, I'd amend that to games where the Twins are down 10. Wouldn't trust him to come in for the 9th up 10-0. Put him out with this week's trash. 3 years later, but... that's where he belongs.
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