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  1. mikelink45
    I am out of my frustrations. To some of your frustration I have been against Gallo before we even knew we could sign such a bargain. I did not care if we signed Correa, but don't mind that we did. I have advocated for trading Buxton (not Kepler - who wants him, just cut him), I did not want Lopez and Pagan back and I think Polanco if he gets healthy is our only trade chip. This team has no spirit, no willingness to claw and scratch and make this lousy (worse than that actually) division gives us false hope. Do I want to get in the playoffs to lose again - no. I do not like management from FO to coaching staff. They all get together for advanced sessions of back slapping, but who is in charge? Who makes the tough decision? Who cuts the players who do not make the grade? Sorry, but this excellent summary was also a call out to our worst feelings.
  2. mikelink45
    Well that won't last. The Twins went in the tank the last half of last season, the Vikings will soon be practicing and their scrimmages will out draw the Twins.
  3. mikelink45
    My statement is simple - I am on Gray's side!
  4. mikelink45
    I have had two great days of biking and paddling in the upper great lakes - then I come and read about my favorite team and the bubble is burst. I have ranted against Gallo since the signing - I won't change, but Kepler and Buxton are really big disappointments. Remember when they plus Polanco, and Berrios were the future? I hate to admit failure, but time to move on.
  5. mikelink45
    Randy Johnson was even taller and pitcher 225 - 272 innings during many seasons.
  6. mikelink45
    What is our record with and without Buxton? I do not know, but I do not think he has been a difference maker (in a positive way). He is not the player we signed him to be.
  7. mikelink45
    I do not advocate for everyone, but I also do not advocate limiting everyone either.
  8. mikelink45
    Compared to the competition, our 500 twins plane like that against the plus 500 teams is probably better than we can out for
  9. mikelink45
    No. I always love Bob fellers admonition to just throw and throw and throw build up arm strength. It may not be scientific, but the reality is you can see pictures like Nolan Ryan, Warren Spahn and numerous others who actually prospered by throwing long and a lot.
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    We seem to have a pattern of winning against good teams and then dropping the opportunity against bad teams. Detroit should have been where we begin to separate, now we are back to 500 and hope to leave 2 games over like we started. How do we turn this around? Ryan was my top hope, Gallo and Correa are with Ryan in the bottom WPA - Correa has to step up and stay hot for the rest of the season. Gallo (you know he is at the bottom for me all the time). Who is hot? We need some consistency.
  11. mikelink45
    Call it what you want - hot bats are good bats.
  12. mikelink45
    Whether it is Williams, Wallner or any other prospect, I would love to see them brought up when they are hot. Easy enough to send down when the cool, but the Twins have too many Mendoza batters and some more hits would be great.
  13. mikelink45
    Balazovic 4.79 ERA seems to have plateaued. His shining star and my hope he would prosper are now dampened if not extinguished by last year and this one. Sabato is batting 207 in the minors, that is not praiseworthy. He too looks like a career minor leaguer. Can someone explain to be the Development List?
  14. mikelink45
    When Kepler takes down the FO guy with his ineptitude the Glee in Gleeman will be everywhere.
  15. mikelink45
    I don't blame gray. A starter should be allowed to work through the challenges.
  16. mikelink45
    Time to move on - no team advances by standing still. Sano, Buxton, Polanco and Kepler were the promise of the future, now that future is no longer feasible. One by one we say good-bye. The lack of teams for Sano shows we waited too long. Kepler is two years past the buy by date. Polanco has been good, but damaged goods have to be taken off the shelf. I am even an advocate of getting good value for Buxton and moving forward.
  17. mikelink45
    Can you tell us more about Chris Williams. What is this position and does he have good defense.? Is he going to make the next list of prospects?
  18. mikelink45
    This is torture - I know you are just reporting the facts, but Pagan shakes our faith before he even gets on the mound. But next you will treat us to the worst outing of Jorge Lopez and a trip back to the days of Colome and Dyson ... I know why they do not pursue RP in free agency - they just can't judge them. By the way there is a pitcher in the BP in Baltimore that sure would have looked good in our BP.
  19. mikelink45
    That is true for everyone, but in truth he is the best person to grow the sport in his home country.
  20. mikelink45
    I would like to know more about their lineup - who is hitting or are they like the Twins there too? It seems like Christian Yelich should teach teams a lesson - don't give out big contracts based on one great year. He is down to earth and over paid, but still important to the team. Adames and Tellez are their HR threats and Winker is another one year wonder that everyone hopes will find himself. Now what would their fans write to describe us?
  21. 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.
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. mikelink45
    It's nice to become informed. Because I know nothing about this pitcher.
  25. 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
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