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  1. shimrod
    I would swap Winokur and Lee. I know the Twins are playing Winokur everywhere except first but that's typical Twins ineptitude. Put the long, athletic player at first in AA and develop an honest-to-god plus defender at first base. First base defense is important and the Twins continue to use the position as a dumping ground for players who can't play anywhere else.
  2. shimrod
    Missed the game thanks to Apple. Pricks. No contending, or even pretending team is playing Bell at first. Lousy first base defense hurts the entire infield. We see it game after game and it needs to stop.
  3. 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.
  4. shimrod
    Kudos to Peter. I entered the season as negative as anyone. To date I'm wrong and Peter is right.
  5. 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.
  6. shimrod
    If that's the bar half the Twins 40 man should be gone tomorrow.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. shimrod
    If he can just not walk the leadoff hitter he'll be better than anyone else in the pen.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. shimrod
    I just tried. It only works if you have an Apple tv subscription.
  17. 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.
  18. shimrod
    If he wasn't the Twins couldn't afford him. The self imposed BP budget rules out any effective veteran.
  19. shimrod
    Turned on MLB.tv and found I'm blocked. Rights have been sold to an alternate channel. Between "local" blackouts for teams hundreds of miles away from my home to spreading games across as many different broadcasters as possible the value of the MLB.tv subscription continues to plummet. That's even before you factor in the ineptitude of the team I follow.
  20. shimrod
    "Their development system prioritizes starting pitching depth, while their major league roster construction increasingly demands bullpen solutions they are unwilling to buy." This isn't a philosophy problem, it's a spending problem. As an earlier commenter points out, ownership statements to the contrary, this team was not constructed to win. They are putting up a facade of contention while waiting for a CBA resolution. You can absolutely buy a bullpen. You can use promising young starters to fill bullpen openings. You can, and probably should, do both IF you're actually focused on winning. Twins probably will do both, eventually. In 2026 they're conserving cash and preparing pitching prospects to start.
  21. shimrod
    It's not his fault. If the Twins are willing to pay him to pitch why would he say no? Blame the FO that signed him and the manager who plays him.
  22. shimrod
    Who'd a thunk the athleticism that allows a player to be a good defender also contributes to hitting? The higher you rise through professional baseball the harder it gets to keep up with the pitching talent. Lots of good high school / college bats hit their ceiling at the high minors or MLB. The quick twitch athletic ability and hand/eye coordination that allow a player to become a plus defender are also of benefit matching up with top tier pitchers. It appears the Twins may have learned their lesson and adjusted the last couple drafts but it will take a while to work the legacy prospects out of the system. Another deadline fire sale may add some more of the athletic prospects the Twins should have been drafting all along.
  23. shimrod
    And Buxton has long stretches of inability to recognize and lay off the pitches breaking low and outside.
  24. shimrod
    It appeared to me he knew those were strikes. I think he's using the technique often discussed by Morneau. "Have a plan". If the pitcher doesn't throw what Wallner is planning on he just freezes. The plan with two strikes needs to include protecting the zone even if the pitcher throws a fastball instead of the slider you were expecting. Jeffers shows the ability to choke up and protect the plate. Wallner seems content to swing for the fences if he guesses right and strike out if he doesn't.
  25. shimrod
    I'm ready to just let the ABS call balls and strikes. Terrible game by the home ump (crew chief no less). The majority of the bad calls went against the Twins which matches my recollection from last year when there was no recourse. Perkins noted that with a large lead in bad weather the umps are incentivized to expand the strike zone and get the game over with. Without ABS challenges keeping at bats alive the Twins are blown out last night and never get within striking distance. If the Twins had lost another early challenge we would have seen a completely different game. Umpires are supposed to call them as they see them, not based on who's playing and game conditions. If they can't do that (and they aren't) then let objective technology keep the playing field even for both batters and pitchers. We have the technology to maintain a consistent strike zone. Just use it. EDIT: Some might argue the playing conditions explain the missed ball and strike calls. If so that's one more reason to take that burden off the umpire and let the technology do the job properly.
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