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  1. mikelink45
    Just so much fun I do not want to comment since anything less than happiness would seem like a complaint.
  2. mikelink45
    Too early. Check in when it is May
  3. mikelink45
    The name Ernie Yake meant nothing to me. Now he is in AAA, I see he is 25. Can you tell me more?
  4. mikelink45
    I go with the 537
  5. mikelink45
    https://www.mlb.com/news/luis-arraez-hits-for-marlins-first-cycle Yes they are very happy with Luis - this is a must watch video, but happily we are also very pleased with Lopez.
  6. mikelink45
    Lopez and Arraez trying to match one another is a great trade story. Pablo - 1 - 0 (should be more) 1.35 era, 0.650 whip 0.9 WAR Arraez - 537/596/732 - OPS 1.327 1.3 WAR.
  7. mikelink45
    Buxton and Larnach are the keys. We need both in the lineup and in the field. Taylor on the bench is a good back up. Beyond that my expectations are low. We need another prospect in the OF, but unless Julien plays there I do not see who it will be. Unless Rodriguez really burns up the minors.
  8. mikelink45
    Please Julien - step in for Arraez. We need your OBP more than Gallo's Ks. I like the swap. Now if Miranda can get hot, Julien can get on base, and some highly paid SS starts hitting we can match the pitching that we are getting.
  9. mikelink45
    I have to add this note from the Journal of Henry David Thoreau as I look out at my front field with two feet of snow still covering it. "Some fields are dried sufficiently for the games of ball with which this season is commonly ushered in. I associate this day, when I can remember it, with games of baseball played over behind the hills of Sleepy Hollow, where the snow was just melted and dried up, also with the uncertainty I always experienced whether the shops would be shut, whether we should have an ordinary dinner, and extraordinary one, or none at all, and whether there would be more than one service at the meeting-house. This last uncertainty old folks share with me. This is a windy day, drying up the fields; the first we have had for a long time." -From Thoreau's Journal; April 10, 1856
  10. mikelink45
    Hard to call RIchardson's outing a success - but when a team gives up 11 runs you have to find something positive and it sure wasn't Megill.
  11. mikelink45
    I do like this round ups. Today you triggered another image in my mind. Two years ago we all pictured Lewis and Kiriloff in the lineup and leading the way for the Twins. Now we have seen both of them with more IL time than playing time. Royce has 40 MLB ABs total, Kiriloff has 359 in three years. Hard not to imagine what might have been, but baseball can be a cruel game. Now Jorge has under 400 ABs in three years and over 400 three years - and they alternate. As he gets older can we expect him to return and give us full years again?
  12. mikelink45
    One pitcher had a good game, one got back on the mound and the rest look like they need spring training. Good thing we have so many good pitchers in reserve.
  13. mikelink45
    Glad to see this. I was hoping they would put Kepler on IL quicker and have Wallner in the lineup. I am anxious to see what he can do. We need another MN native to do the Hrbek role on the team.
  14. mikelink45
    Good start - too early to judge.
  15. mikelink45
    Trade Gallo
  16. mikelink45
    Great game, but the BP did not come through, we just had too much offense for Houston to get back in it. I am sorry that Moran had a struggle, but I am not willing to give up on him. Right now Farmer and Solano look better than Gallo and Kepler. (I know Gallo had one good game).
  17. mikelink45
    If Kepler is down - Wallner should be in MPLS
  18. mikelink45
    I believe he is the same guy who thinks he gets his moneys worth when his golf game in 140 instead of 70. He gets so many more swings for his bucks, plus he sees more of the course.
  19. mikelink45
    I am concerned about Castro. I have said before, we need another OF if Buxton is not going to be in the field. Using Castro out there does nothing for the lineup - defensively or offensively. After looking at the Minors and their depth in St Paul, I feel like there has to be another option.
  20. mikelink45
    Thank you for a realistic perspective.
  21. mikelink45
    That's fine, I just want an outfielder
  22. mikelink45
    I believe that we claimed St Paul was a great place for AAA so we could get players moved quickly. If we lose Castro it is not a tragedy. I maintain we need an outfielder for the OF, but my opinion carries no weight.
  23. mikelink45
    Let's wait. We swept the Royals - anyone think we will be the only ones to do that? Then we lose two of three to the Marlins. Those two teams were - 134 - 190 last year .413. Glad we won 4 of 6, but we should be expected to do that well, at least. I will ask again - why is Castro on the team? .000. Give me a real fourth outfielder. I know some of you blasted me yesterday for my Castro rant - have at it again, I feel the same. Wallner and any other real OF should be on the team.
  24. mikelink45
    When we are down an OF - I want another OF to play the position! Castro has a track record that is fine for utility, but not starting in the OF.
  25. mikelink45
    I will still take an outfielder playing the outfield.
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