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  1. big dog
    Well, it is at least MY most disappointing season in MLB history, anyway.
  2. big dog
    It feels like Goodrum has 9 home runs this year and 14 of them came against the Twins. When a player only performs well against the team that cut him, it suggests that team wasn't wrong, even if they have take some pain as a result. Figure it out, Goodrum- play like that against everyone. Provide your own motivation.
  3. big dog
    "as the pitching staff continues its excellence" hack, cough, {Colome} but mostly true. They are on a heck of a roll.
  4. big dog
    Just when I thought it was save to bring Colome into games...yikes. Nicely played game through 8 1.2, Would love to sweep the kitties.
  5. big dog
    For me, they are the most disappointing team since...the 2020 Twins. Heading into the playoffs on a roll, team allegedly healthy, then we absolutely fall apart and crawl behind the couch against the Astros. Bad hitting, bad fielding, questionable managing- that was two days of getting punched in the stomach. I was crushed.
  6. big dog
    I feel somewhat better about this group now than I did in July, that's for sure, but it still needs an upgrade or two. I forgot about Stashak. Like what I've seen from Gant and Garza Jr. Been hearing about Thorpe for what seems like ten years, and it never pans out. He'd better have a lights out spring training or I wouldn't give him another shot.
  7. big dog
    It's also his second time facing them. Easier to fool them the first time.
  8. big dog
    I choose "neither", unless the draft position race is between first and, say, tenth.
  9. big dog
    "Fun" fact from the Cubs broadcasters (including former Twin Jim Deshaies): the only two players on the current roster who have not missed time due to injury this year are Jorge Polanco and Alex Coulombe. If you include the earlier trades, I think Berrios gets added to the list. That can't possibly be a regular injury rate for a major league team, can it? I've been arguing that we should use these last games to evaluate our younger players, and I still believe that is true. However, I think that the Jax-as-a-starter evaluation is complete and I do not wish to see any more of it. Thank you. Unfortunately, we currently need starters and I'm not sure we have any options.
  10. big dog
    "The price would certainly be high, perhaps involving an already established player such as Max Kepler or Mitch Garver. " I've given up on the idea that anyone would trade a decent starting pitcher for Max, unfortunately. Right now I don't know that we could get a decent outfielder for him. Other people's projects...I'm not convinced about our ability to work magic with them.
  11. big dog
    Is there a rule limiting the number of players a team can lose? I think there used to be one, anyway. That might create a little strategy about who you choose to leave available, though I would have to think a bit to see how it might work.
  12. big dog
    This is both the funniest thing that I've read in a long time, and something that explains the last 15 years of Twins history really well.
  13. big dog
    And giving Gordon 10 more starts this year might solidify that choice toward Simmons for everyone. I get it, he's probably not a ML shortstop. But we might as well give him more chances to prove it, or prove us wrong. Absolutely nothing to lose.
  14. big dog
    What does it cost us to look? More at-bats by Simmons? I'll pay that.
  15. big dog
    Yes. Gordon at SS. Good or bad, let's figure out what's happening next year. What do we have to lose right now? Fourth place? Big deal, look ahead and figure out how to move forward. If he can't play SS, fine, figure out the next step. Agreed on Moran- how is it helping him develop by leaving him in for multiple innings until the wheels fall off? What are we learning there? Ridiculous. OK, let's go back and check the betting lines- who had Jax/Ryan/Ober/Barnes/Albers as our starters in September? That pretty much describes the year, doesn't it? I would add Pineda but he's about due to get hurt again, I think. I want to learn as much as we can about our young players' chances and then end the 2021 season with a stake in its heart.
  16. big dog
    Does anyone see anything in Jax that leads you to believe he has a shot at being a starting pitcher? I was hopeful, but not optimistic, a few weeks ago. Now I'm neither. Albers, Gibault, Burrows...let's see what the kids can do. Move on.
  17. big dog
    Nice to see Alcala doing well. He's started to show the stuff we hoped he could maintain. Like to see him finish the year strong.
  18. big dog
    Yeah, and at least 350 of them would be good players.
  19. big dog
    Agreed, I think we've seen the last of Lewis in a Twins uniform. Too bad for him and the team both.
  20. big dog
    Really great to see Canterino back. Hope he stays healthy the rest of the year and gets some work in.
  21. big dog
    Why is Burrows still on this team? One appearance in a week when four guys pitched three times and everyone else pitched twice. What are we learning about him?
  22. big dog
    Sano is continuing his audition for the role of full-time DH.
  23. big dog
    I turned off the game and thought Berrios might have cost himself some real money by falling apart in the seventh inning. Really a shame for the team. I wonder whether other teams think that's just who he is, or if it was bad luck. Because we've seen enough to think it's just who he is. I was watching the game with my mother (turns 87 on Thursday). During the last at-bat of the sixth she said "He's tired, better get him out of there." When he came out for the seventh she said it was a bad idea. She and Rocco should talk.
  24. big dog
    Agreed, but it wasn't my statement. I think we have some good prospects at short.
  25. big dog
    "Sounds logical, but for two things: 1. Their overriding need is pitching so why not use their second highest pick for another high risk/high upside guy? 2. The 2022 FA market is loaded with proven SS. Rather go that route than wait 4-5 years for a HS prospect(assuming we're in a retool stage than rebuild). And if these FAs are all too pricey, I would resign Simmons. From everything I've read, none of the SSs on the 40 man roster, nor any other non-40 man minor league player, is said to have the skills needed in a ML SS." I was just arguing with the logic, not the statement. If the system needs shortstops badly, as the poster suggested, we should get one, not refuse to draft one. I certainly don't think a HS shortstop is going to be in the majors in two years, and I also certainly haven't given up on Lewis or on everyone. Just seemed like a statement that deserved a little more thought behind it.
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