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On the one hand, the front office identified Ryan and SWR and to a lesser extent Lopez and Paddack - both of whom were already established... They can take credit for Ober and Jax... So it isn't all bad. But, on the flip side - trading for Mahle and Lopez have bit this team in the ass and will wind up setting the Twins back by more than a few years when the dust completely settles. You can certainly argue that if they drafted and/or developed young pitcher better than they have, they don't need to be so aggressive in trading for an injury-riddled pitcher and a reliever who had a limited track record of success. Won't kill them for the Gil trade - he needs a ton of work and is extremely wild and Wells has some injury issues to work through. -
Seattle is the team no one wants to see in the post-season. They can shut teams down. Runs will be at a premium today. Need 'ace' Pablo!
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Nice bounce back win. Really like Paddack. He's a bulldog. Bats continue to stay awake. Tomorrow is a big test.
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Why another MRI?
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Margot getting the start in left. Does he have compromising pictures of Rocco or something?
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https://www.espn.com/mlb/game/_/gameId/401472539/mariners-twins Yup. Similar circumstances to last night.
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Fair point.
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Tonkin - former Met / Twin.
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In hindsight, they should have waited out MAT a bit longer - IIRC, he signed a couple of days after the Margot trade and it was for $4MM. Yes, that's about $1.5MM more and maybe that's the answer...
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Morneau said it before Jackson's first pitch - he threw 30+ pitches on Sunday and was coming out for a high leverage spot on Tuesday - fatigue was going to be a factor. At his best, Jackson is iffy in a big spot but when he's already on fumes - had no business pitching that inning. All this talk about the 'best' bullpen in baseball after the off-season additions and it's the holdovers - Jax, Stewart, Duran, Sands, Funderburk, Thielbar and Duran that have been effective either all the time or at various times for some of them. Topa - injured. Jackson and Okert - less than impressive. Staumont - MIA. What an absolutely awful off-season.
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Big picture - if the Twins stay reasonably healthy, i.e. Correa, Lewis, Lopez, Duran, they will win the division. But games like last night show that they're an unserious franchise because of Rocco.
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As for Martin - very good athlete but instincts and awareness in the outfield aren't there at least not yet.
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Ober should have gone another inning. Sands goes two innings. Duran closes. Path to victory was there. Rocco got cute and got burned. Jackson's not any good. There's a reason why the guy has bounced around. They need to DFA him and get Topa right. Wouldn't be oppose to DFA'ing Okert, keep Funderburk as the second lefty, and see what Staumont has to offer - but that'll never happen.
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Welp...
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Late to the party but ummm yeah, that was rough to see.
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This is a Rocco special so far...
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Okert and Jackson. Prized acquisitions.
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Sands couldn't pitch two innings?
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Jackson needs to go...
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Jackson isn't it...
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Need a double play here....
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Got the call....
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Ok, Jackson, don't blow this.
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When Correa squares up, he has one of the prettiest swings in baseball. Those two hits off Castillo were text book.
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His last start against the Sox, SWR couldn't strike anyone out. Did he make adjustments - seemed like the 4-seam fastball up in the zone was working for him...
