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  1.    Greglw3 reacted to a post in a topic: Reds 7, Twins 4: Bullpen Struggles, Defense Fails as Twins Lose Fourth Straight
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  3. GopherMike
    First in-person game of the year and boy did it suck. Twins are losing in the most inefficient way possible. An 11-11 team with a +12 run differential and excellent starting pitching.
  4.    RpR reacted to a post in a topic: Ryan Kreidler's Arrival Should Lead to James Outman's Exit
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    I think we believe "the next young superster is close to arriving" I'm not sure that's actually true.
  6.    Scott51104 reacted to a post in a topic: Red Sox 9, Twins 5: Defensive Lapses Cost Twins Chance to Sweep Sox
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  13. GopherMike
    As much as we'd all like to rely on Kreidler-bombs to bail this team out, we'll probably need to develop a second offensive weapon for the long stretch.
  14. GopherMike
    You watch that filthy mouth when you talk about Orze. Twins are 6-1 when he pitches. Extend that out and we'll be, like, 139-23 if he pitches every day. That's just math.
  15. GopherMike
    Pardon my language, but gosh darn this is a lot of fun
  16.    GopherMike reacted to a post in a topic: So Far, Tom Pohlad Feels Like a Change for the Better
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  18. GopherMike
    Eric Orze once again leads the Twins to victory. 6-0 when he pitches.
  19. GopherMike
    I don't think baseball has settled on the actual value of a manager. But I like Derek Shelton.
  20. GopherMike
    He can play CF and nobody else on this roster really can (Martin can pretend in a pinch) That said---yeah....I think he's the most vulnerable hitter on the 40-man. There's an argument that Roden deserves a chance soon, if not now. I can't see anyone claiming Outman if we sent him down at this point. And I'm not sure I'd care if they did.
  21. GopherMike
    Kendry Rojas was the key part of the Varland trade--not Roden. I didn't care for the trade--but that's an important distinction.
  22.    GopherMike reacted to an article: Minnesota Twins Prospect Retrospective: Andrew Morris
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    1) It was a bad trade and I wish they could have gotten literally anything of value and/or not held so much salary 2) That doesn't necessarily mean we should have kept him....or that we'd be a better team with him than without him. It's impossible to know. But yeah...it was a salary dump. That's well understood by everyone.
  24.    GopherMike reacted to a post in a topic: Revisionist History: Would 2026 Twins Be Better with Carlos Correa?
  25.    GopherMike reacted to a post in a topic: Twins 7, Blue Jays 4: Joe Ryan and the Twins Overpower Blue Jays to Even the Series
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    Plate discipline has been great so far this year. 8th in OBP coming into the game despite being 19th in average. For a team that doesn't have a lot of fantastic hitters, it's causing the offensive sum of its parts to be much more. Love to see it.
  27. GopherMike
    Ryan seemed genuinely confused at the sight of someone playing defense
  28. GopherMike
    *shrug* I don't think carrying a roster-spot for someone to hit .730 OPS just against lefties and just to play 3B (poorly) makes sense. Kreidler can’t hit, obviously. Nobody is arguing otherwise. The point is that he actually solves a real roster problem right now. Wagaman doesn’t. “Maybe he can fake a platoon at third because he’s been less bad vs lefties” is not much of a role.
  29.    GopherMike reacted to a post in a topic: Andrew Morris gets the Call as the Twins Seek Bullpen Reinforcements
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    I agree that this is more interesting than it appears on the surface. Do the Twins use this as an opportunity to give Brooks more play at 3B? Do they give Kreidler a chance to show he's anything better than Outman? My guess is Royce is probably out through April, which is about 20 games. That's a not-insignificant window.
  31.    GopherMike reacted to a post in a topic: Andrew Morris gets the Call as the Twins Seek Bullpen Reinforcements
  32. GopherMike
    If you’re a bench bat, you need to either really hit or have some carrying tool that makes the roster fit. Wagaman is a pretty awful third baseman defensively, he can't run, and he has a career wRC+ OF 85. Kreidler may be ugly on a bench with Outman, but at least he gives you real defensive utility at positions where the Twins actually need coverage right now. I’m not calling him good. I’m saying he has a clearer functional use than Wagaman does. I really don't know what we are keeping Wagaman for, other than we have basically awful 1B options all around.
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