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  1. mikelink45
    Well who do we trade - I suggest Buxton - he is not producing what we need at DH and he is not in CF. Move one. Then Gallo - if he replaced Luis Arraez we really missed the boat and maybe even the ocean the boat was on. Lewis is also showing hit potential to produce what we hoped. Wallner should be in and Max should be in Germany promoting baseball. Pagan and Lopez are available for bullpens that are our major competitors. Grab them quick.
  2. mikelink45
    Not every great outfielder was here long enough to accumulate WAR like Kepler. Larry Hisle and Lyman Bostock were here a short time but were a great combo. Lenny Green and Cesar Tovar were terrific, Allison is one of our greats, Jimmie Hall burned out quickly like Kepler. Oliva and Puckett are in another universe! Ted Unlaender is under rated, Dan Ford is a legend. Kenny Landreaux gave us a short but good Outfielder. Brunansky had a great and short career, he was a good player. I would not have traded Dan Gladden for Kepler. Shane Mack is another legend. Matt Lawton gave us some good years. Torrii Hunter was another exceptional player and Denard Span was too. Jacque Jones was a good player who was consistent throughout`his tenure. Shannon Stewart was not here long, but what a difference he made. Michael Cuddyer was a good player who was a consistent producer for a number of years. Jason Kubel was a short-term good producer. Willingham had one great year for us - far better than Kepler's. Aaron Hicks was traded but showed how good he could be. Max had three good years and a team that would not move on from him. But accumulated stats are not the measure of greatness. If they were Koufax and Dean would not be in the HOF. I would not trade any of the players I have listed for Max - no matter what fWAR says.
  3. mikelink45
    I don't know how many ways to say no but I'm tired of having players paid for recovery or for the IL. We have Buxton and perhaps Correa, plus polanco is now at a stage where he's having trouble staying healthy. We paid Pineda to recover and then let him go. We're paying paddock to recover and who knows what will happen then. Now you want to pay Mahle. I feel like we're an extension of essentia hospitals.
  4. mikelink45
    It's nice to become informed. Because I know nothing about this pitcher.
  5. mikelink45
    Yes, the twin should fear them and every other team in the division. Unless we get our act together. Drop some of these dead weight. Batters and go with the best we can put out. Glad to have Julian but also want to have Wallner
  6. mikelink45
    5 Yrs 448 1812 1633 242 532 92 9 15 162 9 10 156 142 .326 .384 .421 .805 124 687 29 8 0 15 10 2023 26 MIA NL 59 243 220 26 88 15 1 1 30 1 2 19 11 .400 .449 .491 .939 159 108 10 2 0 2 5 *4/H3D Luis Arraez did not fit the Twins hitting philosophy! We need a lot of changes in our system of advanced metrics.
  7. mikelink45
    And we play Garlick, Kepler, Larnach and now expect Gallo back - what does Wallner have to do. Please Twins learn from Arraez - hits matter.
  8. mikelink45
    Yesterday's lineup - Garlick 179 bats 3rd, Pinch hit for by Larnach - batting 200, Correa 212 hits 4th, Kyle Farmer is hitting well at but PH for by Kepler 188. We have Julien and Wallner at St Paul, Of course we will play Correa there are millions of reasons why, but Kepler, Garlick, and even Larnach do not belong. We are a 500 team right now. Time to play the best options. Lewis and Kiriloff have shown what young players can do and Luis Arraez is showing why basehits matter. Why are we waiting. Do we really think that Kepler will be in demand at the trade deadline?
  9. mikelink45
    I came looking for satire and found a factual account of the game - what gives?
  10. mikelink45
    Yes strikeouts matter. I have argued that for years, I also believe in BA, I believe singles count, that contact is essential to making things happen. It might not be the on field leadership that needs to change. It might be the nerds who are sending messages that don't work. Let's change both.
  11. mikelink45
    I did not mean that - I see a minor league DFA - he is still blocking if there are pitchers ready to rise.
  12. mikelink45
    I don't want it. I want to see the younger batters take the field and drop the veterans who can't crack 200. We dropped the ball with Spencer Steer who now has a +`127 OPS. We have Wallner and Julien who are ready for the majors - especially for a team that can't score runs - don't trade them. We have a good pitching staff and it just needs a supplement - Winder? I didn't even like the big Correa contract with Lewis and Lee coming on. If we trade it needs to be a Polanco/Kepler/Gallo player or two, no more prospects at this time.
  13. mikelink45
    Aaron Sanchez is in line for a DFA if they promote any younger pitchers. Julien and Wallner should be in Minneapolis for the powerhouse lineup that continues to shine with 0-1-2 runs a game. Can't the FO see the difference between Kepler and Wallner? So frustrating. Even Larnach could be replaced by Wallner.
  14. mikelink45
    I think his star has flashed bright and now he is just an independent league pitcher with a good paycheck. I liked Randy and it was a good story, but not good enough.
  15. mikelink45
    Well that does not excite me. If these arms are up we are down.
  16. mikelink45
    This was on the athletic and I had to share it. As they said, it is a work of art. Luis Arraez spray chart.
  17. mikelink45
    Arraez is the prize. I take him over Lopez any day. But as the all-star voting moves forward and I see on the Athletic the addition of Rooker and Raley to the all-star team I have to wonder about our player evaluations. When we grab a guy like Sabato are we just looking for big swings and don't care about misses. Because Luis is the complete opposite of that style and I loved it. We are a team that needs base hits. I watched the Rays hit long and short. A player gets on and they move him around and home while we fill the bases and strike out. We need something to change. Correa and Buxton are not leading us to the promised land and Gallo replacing Luis in the lineup is not goint to do it. I even miss Luis' smile.
  18. mikelink45
    It's really hard to comment in such a frustrating time. What about the hottest hitter that we sent down and continues to be hot in St Paul? Wallner. Do we wait until he cools off before we call him up.
  19. mikelink45
    I think you just posted my post without my knowing it. Thanks for the comment because that's exactly what I thought
  20. mikelink45
    The summary was terrific and the comments have been right on. I can't really add much and unfortunately I also can't subtract Kepler. This team needs hitters who can get on base as well as hit home runs. And our two highest paid players need to earn their salary. We can't be so gentle with them that we accept for performance when we have somebody who might be able to step in and give us a spark for a while.
  21. mikelink45
    I like the speculation that looks to the future. All the names have been in the comments above. So we need to see the vets like Kepler moved out of the way. They don't need to resign Gallo, and if they move Kepler layout field is open to the players that are knocking at the door. The biggest? Is Miranda. I just wonder what happened to him. I really felt he was going to be good, but that is the issue with the young players until they come in and move past the first adjustment that the rest of the league makes. We just don't really know. I think you are right though Ted. Appreciate the article.
  22. mikelink45
    This is so accurate. Thanks for posting it.
  23. mikelink45
    I totally agree.
  24. mikelink45
    We still have to ask about Lopez. If he's not going to perform the bullpen is really hurting
  25. mikelink45
    I am not thinking that he's not working, but the same concentration that he had at the beginning seems to have slipped. It is possible to relax after something is good as as contract comes and lose the edge that he started with. But also look at his baseball reference page. It has never sustained the quality that we all know he has in them and that he demonstrated at the beginning of the year. Whatever it is he needs to get back.
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