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  1. Andy MacPhail
    Twins past bad philosophy of hiding poor fielders at 2B has hurt the team. The bar is much lower in RF, so yeah Keaschal is a better RFer than 2Bman. They should have started Keaschal at 1B last year & ease him at RFer this year.
  2. Andy MacPhail
    The sell-off was very disappointing, it never really met our needs, while completely reduce the BP to rubble. You could debate the trades were fair but for the deadline I'd expect a killing. The main headliner for the Varland trade was Rodon (like we needed another LH hitting cOFer). If we kept Varland, we'd have won the good majority of our close games we lost & be leading the division. You can't expect to do anything with a BP with no foundation. Throwing crap against the wall isn't a valid solution to our big problem. Our INF defense was our 2nd worst problem. They moved Lee off SS, Lee & Lewis have done much better defensively & offensively since being moved off their original position, Finally they moved Keaschal off 2B, which was their biggest improve. They are still far from great but they're much better than they were. I like this team but letting Falvey go after the offseason was too late to make any move to make up for the blunders. I'd like the Twins to sell & buy. I'd like to keep all our veterans, but it doesn't make much sense to keep Jeffers under his circumstances. I'd love the Twins go after Chapman as soon as possible, Peralta is also on my list as well as a promising MLB-ready catcher.
  3. Andy MacPhail
    Bradley pitched a great game, it's a shame that the BP blew the win for him. They should never put Banda in with runners on base, but they still do & we suffer for it!? I've stated that we need more clutch hitting & I'm rebutted with Twins good BA with runners in scoring position. IMO, clutch hitting is more than that, it's hitting when the game is on the line. It amazes than last night was the 1st walk off hit of the season, with the season almost 1/2 over.
  4. Andy MacPhail
    Brian Dozier Played Through a Severe Bone Bruise in 2018 In 2018, Brian Dozier — acquired by the Los Angeles Dodgers at the trade deadline — was widely reported to have played through a severe bone bruise in his right knee for the entire season Dodgers Nation+1. The injury, sustained earlier in the year while with the Minnesota Twins, was confirmed by Jon Heyman of Fancred and later cited by multiple outlets as a factor in Dozier’s uncharacteristic performance Dodgers Nation+2. How the injury affected his season Performance drop: Dozier hit just .218/.306/.391 with 21 home runs and 12 steals over parts of the season, his lowest OPS (.696) in any full season to date Dodgers Nation+1. Swing adjustments: He admitted to developing “bad habits” at the plate while compensating for the knee soreness, which limited his power and consistency MLB Trade Rumors+1. Both Polanco & Dozier suffered from a bruised bone in their knees the last year they played for the Twins. A bruised bone isn't necessarily serious, when taken cared of immediately with weeks of complete rest & treatment. But is serious if neglected. Both played regularly for many weeks while it was obvious by their performance that they should be on the IL. Neither fully came back. True Polanco played 2 yrs at SS with bad ankles but bounced back w/o going on the IL. Polanco never landed on the IL in the MLB until he hurt back in '22 but bounced back. Then he bruised his knee & didn't go on the IL until he could hardly take the field & the season was over.
  5. Andy MacPhail
    Houston has MLB GG defense that translates very well; any hitting is gravy. I like where he's at & Twins future at SS.
  6. Andy MacPhail
    When you trade away a player who has a lot of heart for the team, it's almost always a lose/ lose proposition. Both Dozier & Polanco played hurt, to their detriment. They should have been better managed.
  7. Andy MacPhail
    Some players make easy plays look difficult. I wasn't surprised by the results. For years the Twins focused only on big bats & ignored defense. especially 2B. Dozier was great but 2B has been terrible since with Arraez, Julien & Keaschal. They got nothing for Dozier in trade, Dozier loved MN, they could have extended him easily, he could have played 2B until Polanco would take his place, he'd then moved to 1B. Twins never took good care of them, they abused their heart for the team & ended up wrecking them. When Martin was ready, he could have started to hone his skill at 2B. Dozier could have moved to DH after Cruz, Polanco could be extended & move to 1B. Instead of the Twins being disappointing at 2B, 1B & DH, they could be at the top, w/o dipping into expensive FA. Twins do not value heart & are quick to trade it away & have suffered for it.
  8. Andy MacPhail
    The play that threw out Martin at home, Martin did nothing wrong. Odds were that Martin should have scored, but Edman made an excellent play, getting rid of the ball to the rushing cut-off man, that made a good throw home. Martin's back was toward the play, it's the 3rd coach responsibility to stop him. Many varibles are involved to make that play. Any one of the them that would have delayed a split second, Martin would have been safe.
  9. Andy MacPhail
    Agree, There is no doubt that Wallner can hit AAA. I'm afraid he'll be stewing there longer until he gets really angry & start to be a MLBer or he'll get frustrated & lose it. I hope for the prior. Being an INFer converted to OFer, Martin has gone through a lot with MN, from at the plate & in the field yet he keeps bouncing back. He has character, is a good hitter with a good eye & athletic. I don't get fans so quick to give up on him. He probably won't be a star but his character, bat & glove could always be an asset. He'll adjust; just be patient.
  10. Andy MacPhail
    Zebby pitched a fine 6 innings game, the BP kept the LAD scoreless for 3 innings. Twins needed their offense to step up but only got 3 hits by Buxton (HR), Lewis & Martin. LAD had their superb defense going, so Twins shouldn't hang their heads on this one. Good game Twins, we just came up short.
  11. Andy MacPhail
    Very true, it's a small sample size. Even though he got a breather & was converted to the BP (where he should've placed there sooner with the Twins), I didn't expect him to do as well as he has. It's very unlikely that Sims can maintain this performance but he has proven himself as a pitcher that adjusts during the game & can get batters out without great stuff. It was just a matter of time before he'd get back in sinc again when managed properly. It saddens me that both Varland & SWR were sold short, both would have fit nicely in this crippled BP. TOR did a good job in helping both to adjust to a new organization & they could very likely found something to improve their pitching.
  12. Andy MacPhail
    Banda is OK when no one is on base. But they should never put him in when anyone is on.
  13. Andy MacPhail
    We are in desperate need in the BP. SWR has 7 scoreless innings in relief since joining TOR with 1 win.
  14. Andy MacPhail
    Many clamor, "we need more offense"; I've always said we have enough offense, we only need more clutch hitting & priority of course is BP. It's amazing, we are doing so well with this BP. To be seriously competitive, FO needs desperately to get high-leverage RPs, & keep our better RPs in low-medium leverage, except Gomez (IMO, we wasted him in a meanless game, last night).
  15. Andy MacPhail
    We should have won this game, like many other games we've played. A team is as strong as their weakest link. The BP is our weakest link. Because of this, our rotation is left in too long. They tire & lose their edge, runners get on base & score, RPs come in with runners on base, we don't have high leverage RPs to put out the fire, so the game implodes, the momentum changes & INF defense falls apart. We lose our lead & game. I understand that trades that should've been made in the offseason is more difficult during the season. We can be very competitive once we get high-leverage RPs, until the GM makes it happen, Until then, we have to suffer through these games.
  16. Andy MacPhail
    Twins have good players, their biggest problem hasn't been their players. Whenever they decide to fix their BP, they can really compete. If they had made the BP their priority & got serious RPs to begin the season; we'd be easily leading our division.
  17. Andy MacPhail
    Bingo. So many baseball journalists & podcasters I used to like, have turned to the dark-side. Being influenced by big coastal team mentality of smaller teams have no right to compete, they have to trade their best players to them, so I no longer follow them. My scope of MLB news has gotten much smaller. I don't give any credence to what Jim Bowden says.
  18. Andy MacPhail
    I put in a Jeffers/NYY trade at BTV a couple of months ago & got a surprisingly good response. The need & means are there for NYY, Twins can't sign Jeffers & he's having a record year. I hope Zoll can swing a good deal once Jeffers gets back on track. IMO, it's a perfect storm.
  19. Andy MacPhail
    IMO, Twins should sell & buy. To protect themselves, yet be competitive. I like Jeffers & I'd like to sign him to a reasonable extention. But, I can't see that happening. If the Twins had foresight, they'd have got a promising young MLB-ready catcher to make an easy transition at catcher years ago. They did not, Which forced the Twins (who is supposingly strapped for $) to obtain another big bucks FA & possibly overpay for Jeffers in FA. I see Jeffers as a must trade. I don't want to trade Joe Ryan but even after last season big sell-off, we still need a young promising MLB-ready catcher. Unfortunately, I'm open to sell Ryan for a young promising MLB-ready catcher & upside SP. We have a lot of LH cOFers so Larnach is expendable, Larnach & Bell have no future with the Twins so they should be traded. To be competitive we need to keep our good young RPs, the others aren't worth anything & some should be DFAs. If we can come up with a promising young closing canidate, great.
  20. Andy MacPhail
    I love Buck from the time he was in the MiLB. I have stayed true to that impression. Social media flooded the internet with "Buck was bitter with the Twins & didn't want to sign". It was a lie because Buck really wanted to stay. IMO it was hype from teams that wanted him. The reason that the Twins didn't want to sign him was never the money; it was because he wanted a no trade clause. Absolute crazy. Twins should have signed him much sooner. I agree it's the best thing that happened to the Twins. Buck has been adamant that he wants to stay, yet we still hear the same crappy trade deals. Let's stop giving credence to this same social media crap & thank God that we have him. We could never come close to receive in what Buxton means to the Twins. Twins stop dealing away the heart the team.
  21. Andy MacPhail
    I'm sorry but I like underdogs, late bloomers players. They should have called him up a long time ago. Especially when Jeffers went down & Caratini caught regularly. Fedco should play against all LHPs, I don't know how well he does against RHPs. They should give him as many quality ABs as possible. I'd like the Twins adopt CLE's philosophy of developing & giving opportunity to such players. Ernie Clement is a late bloomer & helped TOR get to the WS. Twins analytics often write off such in-house players & not give much of an opportunity.
  22. Andy MacPhail
    Twins are lost in some things, they blew it with SWR. He was sick last season, to begin the season, he was sicker than a dog & they still pitched him!? He got out of sinc & behind & never got the opportunity & slack to recover before they DFAed him (like we had a ton of great experienced pitchers!). He got some rest & TOR put him in the BP. As expected he pitched 4 scoreless innings against Philly. Twins need to get their act together pertaining the BP.
  23. Andy MacPhail
    The last few years, the Twins have looked very good on paper but couldn't execute, which resulted in disappointing seasons. Last year dead-line devestated the BP & line-up, I was especially disappointed with the Varland trade. If we kept Varland, we'd have won most of the close games we lost, sustaining the momentum of those winning streaks. That alone would have made the difference between a struggling team to a competitor. We needed a closer this offseason, a trade of one of our abundant LH hitting cOFers would have sufficed. Staking the Twins' BP future on losing lotto tickets isn't the pragmatic way to go. Supposingly, it's more difficult to make trades after the off-season. Yet, the Twins need to find a way to make it happen. We can still make it to the post season if we do. A winning attitude is so important.
  24. Andy MacPhail
    I'm not a big fan of Law. CWS with 3 promising young MLB-ready catchers (Keel, Quero & Romo), when most teams don't have one, pass over Cholowsky (SS) for Lackey (C). Even though hoarding catching makes much more sense than corner players, I still don't see it.
  25. Andy MacPhail
    If we can get some young impact players who can help the club soon then yeah & not a bunch of lotto tickets who might never really do anything. We don't need anymore redundant LH hitting corner players that last regime liked to stock-pile & hoard who haven't made much of an impact yet. Will the new regime under Zoll be much better? I hope so eventually but I doubt it right away. Then I'd prefer to keep Ryan especially if there is going to be a salary floor.
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