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  1. Western SD Fan
    May get your wish if France goes on the IL. I doubt he will at this point, but you never know.
  2. Western SD Fan
    I think something that is forgotten has been most of these younger players like Larnach (you could add Lewis, Julien, and Miranda to this group) were drafted and developed during the heavy usage of the infield shift. These players have been developed from the minors about launch angle and pulling the ball over the shifted infield and developing to analytics instead of baseball situations. I sometimes find it difficult on the player to expect them to change 5-8 years of development in under a year because the rules have now changed and now the philosophy doesn't work anymore. Many of us even in our own jobs take up to a year to be fully productive when we switch jobs or careers. The best way to maybe compare this to real life is to compare these players to an individual that is taking online courses after working all day to better their skills or change jobs/careers. These players need to change how they hit in a post-shift era so this will take time and patience. Something most of us fans (including me!) do not have.
  3. Western SD Fan
    I believe the team would prefer a plane ride, but however they get there as long as they show up is fine.
  4. Western SD Fan
    All the punching bags struck back today. Kiersey, Clemens, Lewis all produced timely hits. Great win and now off to Baltimore!
  5. Western SD Fan
    This entire crew has been terrible this weekend.
  6. Western SD Fan
    Gotta finish this. Royals and Tigers both just lost. They get a chance to keep gaining.
  7. Western SD Fan
    Hopefully it doesn't come to this, but the Giants just put their DH in center so they do not have a DH when that spot comes up again.
  8. Western SD Fan
    This is why you need to score runs when you have the chance. The bullpen can't be stellar forever and will eventually lay a clunker.
  9. Western SD Fan
    Provus was wrong. There was no contact play. The bases were loaded so when the ball is put on the ground Jeffers has to come home.
  10. Western SD Fan
    Good thing you willed that walk into existence.
  11. Western SD Fan
    I'll definitely have a helping of crow with France. All three are basically on prove-it deals as Bader has a mutual option for next year. I think this says more about the rest of the team, especially the position players, needing to get back to expectations. Let's hope this winning streak finally starts warming up the offense before the pitching eventually cools off from being elite.
  12. Western SD Fan
    Good win for us. Almost depressing with a six-game winning streak that we can't move any closer in the standings. The entire AL Central won tonight, even the White Sox!
  13. Western SD Fan
    Actually, I was surprised that there wasn't a story about how hot Baldelli's seat should be with the recent firing of Shelton by the Pirates since Shelton was his bench coach in 2019.
  14. Western SD Fan
    They haven't announced anyone warming in the bullpen so I'm assuming that Paddack will at least start the 8th.
  15. Western SD Fan
    I could see Paddack going batter by batter with Coulombe warmed up to finish the game or maybe having Duran come in the middle of the ninth to limit his pitch count.
  16. Western SD Fan
    I think he finally realized that this is the last year of his contract and needs to perform to get another contract next year.
  17. Western SD Fan
    Unless the Twins are in very serious playoff contention, I expect them to move Castro and France by the trade deadline provided someone will trade for them. That may give Julien a small window of time prior to when Keaschall returns provided he can make any improvements in St. Paul. Miranda may have the same window. If McCusker is still punishing AAA pitching, he may be given the call-up over Miranda even though that would require a 40-man roster move.
  18. Western SD Fan
    Just another traditional Twins draft pick. Strong power, weak defense. Only thing we are missing is when he's getting injured, then he would be the prototypical Twins draft pick.
  19. Western SD Fan
    I'm glad we didn't have to find out about whether the contact play was on.
  20. Western SD Fan
    Julien is an example of a complete systems organizational failure. Julien was an 18th round draft pick, which in of itself hard enough task to make the majors. Julien basically had one tool, OBS with an incredible eye at the plate. They didn't prepare him for non-ABS umps where strikes can be called 2-3 inches outside the zone, especially for a rookie or young player. As we are starting to see with our other "stars" (Lewis, Miranda for example), that development didn't spend hardly any time in the minors on fielding. Part of the reason that Correa or Buxton continue to get a pass is their impressive defense. Bader keeps getting opportunities due to his defense. Even Wallner or Larnach (when not injured) have decent enough defense to stay in the lineup even when their bat is scuffling, which happens to all hitters at some point during the year. I agree with @amjgt that Julien still has some developmental hope vs Clemens or Bride. Julien just needs to get reps, either for a future trade or to come back to the club. The other part, whether the numbers prove it out or not, is that on appearance, both Clemens and Bride provide better defense than Julien. If all hitting at the moment is similarly bad, you take the players with the better defense.
  21. Western SD Fan
    It's amazing how actually playing the games can change perspective. I went into the week figuring a 3-4 week would have been a success considering the way the team has been playing this season thus far and the teams they were facing this past week. After the week, it's almost disappointing as we could have had 5 or 6 wins this week. Sometimes in the end, you have to remember what your expectations were and be happy with the results no matter how it happened. With that being said, we have 6 of the next 9 games against the scuffling Orioles and may well define how either team's season will go. Here's hoping this weekend builds some fight in this team going forward!
  22. Western SD Fan
    And Cleveland has had their secret weapon for years in developing pitching: pitching coach Carl Willis vs our litany of pitching coaches over the years.
  23. Western SD Fan
    That could very well be as I don't remember that, but that doesn't mean it's not true. What is true is that he took the job with the understanding that he would be on Twins.TV (like this year) and was pumped about the lack of blackouts and hopefully more eyeballs. Then the rug was pulled out for one more TV deal and an extra few dollars.
  24. Western SD Fan
    I almost feel sorry for Cory Provus. He could have been working for the Big Ten Network and maybe actually watching meaningful games.
  25. Western SD Fan
    Good thing the games are in Boston. Still have time to hit the bars tonight.
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