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  1. Bodie
    Move over March Madness, Twins (spring training) baseball is on!!!
  2. Bodie
    It's hard not to enjoy Arraez. The joy he plays with every day is literally infectious to both his teammates and to the fans. Plus, he is a pretty good bat... going to miss him!
  3. Bodie
    The WBC just might be on my list of things to do before I die. The atmosphere alone makes it just about irresistible, and that it centers around high quality baseball pretty much cinches it. From a distance it reminds me when I was in Amsterdam and had friends (various Europeans) who drug me to a Netherlands vs. France game. Crazier atmosphere than Minneapolis before game 7 of the 1997 WS, and on par with AFTER the game. The WBC games look like the same sort excitement for the people in attendance. Count me a believer!!! GO 'MERICA!!!
  4. Bodie
    Yeah, but it beats the alternative... 😉
  5. Bodie
    IMHO, this is consistently as good as anything we'll see until October! Great players going all out and obviously caring about the outcome. What is not to like for a baseball fan???
  6. Bodie
    Tik Tok?!?! Would never go there. Maybe I am getting old... As far as an improved "social media" presence goes, big deal. Pictures and videos of s#&t with a Twins logo are still just images of $hi!. I have feedlots and hog confinement buildings all around my home full of just that, except I can put that on my fields and improve yields. The Twins manure can't even do that! Give me a competitive team and you can keep your tiktok dumpster 🔥 !!! That said, I'm glad you are psyched for the season Adam and hope to see you at Target Field!!! (Old man rant over)
  7. Bodie
    Every time I've seen the Twins home uniforms I instantly think they must be playing the Orioles. That is NOT a compliment!!! Add in what looks like a Marlins cap and I just shake my head...
  8. Bodie
    And the fact that you can't stream local radio broadcasts of games at all.. How can my favorite sport and entertainment keep making not just the wrong decisions to improve its popularity, but be 180 degrees off time after time? And don't get me started on 9pm starts for team USA in the WBC...
  9. Bodie
    I favor a Pagan for Pagan trade, Emilio for Angel. I remember watching a teenage Angel playing for the Cedar Rapids Kernels when I lived there. It was ONLY a little over 30 years ago and he was very young...
  10. Bodie
    Maybe even CJ himself. The Rockies have him now (saw him in a game vs. The Cubs). They seem to have already given up on the '23 season, so...
  11. Bodie
    28 years old. Just a normal career arc (the upward curve of production before normal wear and tear, and simple slowing due to age, before the inevitable falloff- not specific stats) point to him having some of his best years of his career. He hasn't a history of injury that would knock him off that typical career arc. I can see 2-3 years where he plays as well as anytime in his career!
  12. Bodie
    I like Max, for several reasons. He seems to be a decent guy. He is usually available to play, and I think he has a beautiful swing. His defense is top-notch in RF, and acceptable (short-term in CF). None of this makes him a quality bat at a position that is traditionally a big-bat spot. I REALLY hope he shows enough that the Twins feel good about extending his contract. My biggest fears is he signs with the Spiders and he brings that beautiful swing to Target Field several times a year to terrorize his former team...
  13. Bodie
    Great game (w/ all sorts of Twins and recent Twins) but such a terrible end with Diaz's injury... Have wish him well and hope his injury is not as bad as it looked when lugging him off the field. (Glad it wasn't Eddie Rosario's fault- was almost sure I'd see him in the replay doing a "Rosario"...)
  14. Bodie
    To answer your final question, NO! No one has (and possibly no one has ever had) a bullpen that can stand up to Rocco's bullpen use (or abuse). The way to use that "6th starter" is to put him in the bullpen and use him 2-3 (even4+ on occasion) regularly. Keep an eye on the days you use him, as I can see (especially early on) Kenta Maeda needing a day or two extra between starts,if not actually skipping a start as he makes his return from his Tommy John+ surgery(s). Ober can help the Twins this way (as opposed to the Saints) and still get significant innings to build up his arm strength for future as a starter.
  15. Bodie
    I think we can agree Buxton is a gamer in that he'd never ask out the lineup because of a twinge or minor ache. He wants to play every day. The thing is, he is a Ferrari not a Ford truck (to mix in more metaphors). If your old Ford is misfiring on one cylinder you pop the hood change a spark plug and try again. If it is still misfiring you drive it to your trusted mechanic. You (or at least I) shouldn't just poke around under the hood of your Ferrari. And you REALLY ought not drive it if misfiring as they are a finely tuned piece of machinery. Buxton is much closer to that (mechanically) fussy Ferrari, but he still sees himself as a rugged old Ford. MAYBE he has learned that his style of play necessitates him taking a few games off when there is a slight bit of misfiring...
  16. Bodie
    Post made my mind's day! My broken ribs, sternum and scapula want to kill you...
  17. Bodie
    "90% of life is just showing up." - unknown genius, possibly even me. 90%+ of a 1Bman's responsibility is being able to play catch (granted, with guys with major league arms) without dropping the ball. Most major leaguers can handle that part pretty easily (see Arraez or Sano) That is just barely enough, and works in the short-term (generally). A "big target" is always preferred though this isn't always a physically large man as much as someone who can handle the slightly off-target throws while keeping a foot on the bag. Range is always desired, but seldom found (if he has actual range he is seldom a 1B!). Think back to a young Doug Meintkeiwitcz making plays all over the RF side of the field. For those too young to remember him, after playing 1B for the Twins and Red Sox (at a minimum) he ended up playing years later at 2B for the Pirates! Never saw much of him there (few did - it was in one of the Pirates' dark ages), but he supposedly held his own. If AK can hit like his career in the minors suggest, he will be a good 1B if all he is defensively is that 90% "showing up". As a young outfielder, he should have "plus" range. By all accounts he is AT LEAST that right now, and coachable enough to learn the old "veteran tricks" to keep baserunners a step closer, ot toss a Pendleton off base if necessary!
  18. Bodie
    That, unfortunately, is probably the limit of Buxton's playing time even if he is healthy all season. There is an adage, when dealing with pitchers, that they have a finite number of top-notch pitches in their arm before wear and tear (at best, injuries at worst, usually some combination of the two) ends the career. Of course the actual number is unknown. In Buxton's case he has a finite career span (as all do, except possibly Nolan Ryan...). If he is hale and healthy he should play, and do so basically every day he is so. I don't remember a single one of his injuries being attributed to him being tired or overplayed (aggravating something not included). This would require two things that seem unlikely: 1) Buxton being utterly honest about his condition, no matter how minor something may seem, an 2) Baldelli being willing to play someone pretty much every day if healthy.
  19. Bodie
    From what I have read (and some of it seems contradictory) the Twins games will be available. At worst, they will be streamed "free" via the MLB app. I haven't seen if you'll still have to pay the normal fees for said MLB app, or if a/the free version/level to get the "free" Twins stream. From my (limited) reading on the subject it sounds like it would actually be free, MLB app (or some version of it) included. This would cover all teams with a regional Bally network. As an added bonus there would be no regional blackouts in this scenario, and MLB has promised repeatedly (or has been repeatedly quoted) as saying that the local announcer and commentators will be retained. The preferred option is for MLB to "supervise" each of the networks through the season, but that depends on how the bankruptcy court handles the question of Bally's assets. Long answer short, we will be able to get the Twins games this year (reportedly) for no additional costs. Where (TV, internet, smoke signals or whatever) still is unknown and until the bankruptcy court starts making decisions, unknowable.
  20. Bodie
    Signed to play in the Japanese league, so "Asian" it is... (not trying to be that "you're wrong I'm right guy" no matter that is sure Looks like it!)
  21. Bodie
    Fun seeing Danny Valencia (retired after '18 season) playing for Israel...
  22. Bodie
    The eyeball test doesn't match up with the advanced metrics for Correa. Elite defense? Maybe not, but far better than average. The new shift rules will tell us if he's closer to the platinum glove or to what the metrics said about last year. Almost positive that it will be the former not the latter. I worry MUCH more about 2B defense being exposed, especially if Polanco isn't 100% physically...
  23. Bodie
    Until teams come to the conclusion that a recent Joey Gallo year is preferable to a typical year from, say Greg Gagne, we will get more Gallo types as opposed to well-rounded players.
  24. Bodie
    Just lights out!
  25. Bodie

    A Look at Depth: Catchers

    Bodie commented on Cory Moen's blog entry in Cory Moen

    And if the new rules work like MLB plans, the premium defensive positions (esp. infielders) will return to the prominence of the (not that distant) past. And if this truly happens, the Twins are going to be looking for a dumb trade partner to swap second basemen. And maybe 3B if things don't work as well as hoped.
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