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  1.    shimrod reacted to a post in a topic: Twins 6, Red Sox 5: Three-Phase Clutchness Gives Twins First Sweep at Fenway Since 1994
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  7. shimrod
    still should today The play at the plate was aggressive. The play at first base was dirty. Clemons had his foot on the side of the bag where it belongs. 90% of the bag was available for Contreras to touch and he went for the ankle. I don't know if MLB has a post game fine regime like the NFL but if so that play warrants action.
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  17. shimrod
    Kudos to Peter. I entered the season as negative as anyone. To date I'm wrong and Peter is right.
  18. shimrod
    Fun watching them hang on. The team is exceeding my expectations for wins. I agree with the praise for Shelton. The Rocco teams frequently felt like they were not playing to their potential. This team, as flawed as it is, keeps getting wins in unlikely spots. That said, my main take away from the last couple days is that Boston really sucks.
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  24. shimrod
    If that's the bar half the Twins 40 man should be gone tomorrow.
  25. shimrod
    Is he playing there? He's listed as SS/CF. This is why our defense sucks. If Winokur projects to be an above average MLB third baseman then play him there and let him have hundreds of innings of experience when he's called up. Find another long, athletic player and develop him at first. I'm thinking we can find a shorter player who'll be fine at third while Winokur's length is a major benefit at first. Stop the madness of trying to field a team of guys who can play mediocre defense at multiple positions. The result is mediocre defense. Let your players master a position. If you wind up with a surplus at one position and a shortfall at another you trade to balance it out.
  26. shimrod
    More likely they hope Arcia can perform well enough against MLB pitching that there will be interest at the deadline. I expect another mass exodus provided anyone is playing well enough to have a market.
  27. shimrod
    Failure to develop is the problem. First base defense matters. Twins use the position as a dumping ground for players who can't play anywhere else. Right now the Twins have a player in A ball who has the requisite length and, with a history at SS, athleticism. He shows promise as a hitter. Twins are currently "developing" (playing) him at positions he will never play in the majors. Move Winokur to first base and allow him to master the position as he rises through the minors. Grow another Hrbek or Mientkiewicz.
  28. shimrod
    I'm surprised. Really thought the plan was to play the incumbents all season and recalibrate after the CBA is settled. Now perhaps that was and still is the plan but Wallner has been so bad he forced their hand. The elevation of Kreidler doesn't scream roster reset.
  29. shimrod
    Shades of Carlos Silva... Chose to watch the Wolves loss rather than the Twins win. Even if I'd known the outcomes I'd probably make the same choice, playoffs are playoffs. I agree with those thanking Shelton for letting the guys pitch. Shelton has made his mistakes, I'm not even sure he's an average game manager, but he does seem to manage players rather than stats. Fewer position changes, lineup consistency, the players seem more comfortable. Defense and baserunning seem to be improving with fewer boneheaded plays.
  30. shimrod
    If he can just not walk the leadoff hitter he'll be better than anyone else in the pen.
  31. shimrod
    All the money in the sport and the owners (and players) begrudge every dime they don't get. It would be interesting if one of the stats tracking sites began making their own judgements and publishing an unofficial score card. Similar to PFF in football. Maybe they could embarrass the league into cleaning it up a bit.
  32. shimrod
    And Bell was the big offseason acquisition. A "professional hitter". Anyone wondering why the team is so bad can start there. Most agree last years Twins lacked athleticism, defense, and contact skills. FO shot their wad on a player who provides none of that. EDIT: That said it was nice to see the Twins pull out a win in Cleveland.
  33. shimrod
    Again, the intent is to conserve resources (money and prospects) until the CBA situation has been sorted out. The talk about competing was just that, cheap talk from cheap owners. The organization will continue to tread water through 2027 My worst fear is the new CBA incentivizes current ownership to hang on to the team.
  34. shimrod
    I just tried. It only works if you have an Apple tv subscription.
  35. shimrod
    So after being blacked out the previous series because I'm within a couple hundred miles of D.C. I turn on the game to find it's exclusive to Apple tv. MLB.tv looks pretty expensive when half the games aren't actually watchable.
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