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  1. mikelink45
    We will be watching Sano throughout the season and then? Will we resign him? We traded for Gary Sanchez who is currently 4 for 18 and has 9 Ks. This team likes the all or nothing sluggers. That is why we drafted Aaron Sabato who currently has struck out 6 times in 10 ABs. I do not know the solution. Maybe now that the pitchers have been taken out of the batter's box we can go back to the original mid 1800's rules where the batter can request the pitch he wants. Buckle up, be ready to be amazed and then amazed again. This is the Bipolar diagnosis for Twins fans.
  2. mikelink45
    I have to turn to Shakespeare to respond to your literary presentation. He wrote: "All the world’s a stage, And all the men and coaches merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven seasons." A season of promise and hope A season of injury A season in Right Field A season at third base A season of disappointment and hope A season of first base and DH And two full seasons worth of strikeouts " The sixth age shifts Into the lean and now too large pantaloon, With spectacles still needed to find that outside ball; His youthful hose, well sav’d, a belly too wide For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice, Turning again toward hopeful thinness And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all, That ends this strange eventful history, Is second period of hope and mere oblivion; Sans hits, sans walks, sans homeruns, sans everything." But strikeouts.
  3. mikelink45
    You miss the truth of this era - Ruth did not just hit HRs and strike out. His career line is 342/474/690/1.164
  4. mikelink45
    8 hitting Prospects 5 - 27 185 for yesterday 3 Pitching prospects 9.2 innings - 7 runs. No need to calculate that era. I watch the prospect activities and hope to see someone catching fire. Sands looked good, Rodriguez is going to move up the ratings. Lewis seems to have cooled off and Miranda has really not gotten going. And then the video added Sano - 0 - 19 with 9 Ks. He is frustrated and should be. My question is, why was he part of a minor league video - is there a hidden message here?
  5. mikelink45
    MLB - this is pathetic. The game no longer sells itself. And I know because I will not attend a game that is going to take 3 1/2 or more hours and have no action. Go out for a hotdog when the HR is hit and you miss the only action of the game so you watch a replay on the jumbo tron - how does this differ from staying home and watching on tv with a dozen replays? The game is killing itself. I hope the statheads are happy. You were right, but in the long run, who cares? Joey Gallo hitting cleanup - his average is actually up this year - he is hitting .200. Wonderful He hit 150 last year and the Yankees have him batting fourth! Imagine Mantle, Maris, Berra...seeing this. I am so sad. How about your money back if the team stinks? Lose and you get 20% back, lose by more than 3 and it is 50%. Lose my 5 or more and the game is free. Or better yet - everytime a new RP comes in you get another 10%.
  6. mikelink45
    Sanchez has 15 ABs and 7 Ks - do you want to make him a positive example?
  7. mikelink45
    Being busy and missing the first 4 innings - then wishing I had been busy and missed all nine.
  8. mikelink45
    Yes leave him. If he tired he and Robert's would have known. As easy as the Twins were today he was still coasting and there was nothing else left for a fan to care. Can't judge Paddack yet, but not a good beginning to his Twins era. I see a complaint about the lineup - would Jeffers have really made a difference? Kiriloff has one hit this season. All we are really missing is Correa and he is batting 211 so far. It was not the lineup - it is the fact that we have proven over the years - we are not ready to contend for the WS. We are not a post season team. Teams that do well in the Post Season have great pitching - we do not. Paddack is an example of our teams pitching - a filler, an inning eater. They have Buehler, Urias, Kershaw, Heaney, Gonsolin with one of their best starters out - compare to Gray, Ober, Ryan, Paddack, Bundy. Their bullpen has Kimbrel, Graterol, Treinen and we have Duffey, Duran and Thielbar. We cannot out spend the Dodgers, but we have to find a way to get a staff that gives us a real chance against the high quality teams. Sonny Gray is number 42 on Bill James list of the best starting pitchers. Berrios, Lynn, and Gibson are all in the top 40. Rich Hill and Jake Odorizzi rank above our second pitcher #95 Dylan Bundy. Ober ranks #98. Ryan, Archer, and Paddock are not in the top 100. What does that say about our FO choices and our chances. I know it is early in the season and in a month it might be turned around, but I sure did not enjoy the Dodgers coming in and kicking butt - scoring more runs per game than all the hits we accumulated in both games combined.
  9. mikelink45
    When a team just DFAs a batter who is owed $28 million I would say that the message is quite clear. I do not want him on the team. Let's move with what we have - Larnach, Celestino, Gordon for now and hopefully Kiriloff back in 10 days. If he isn't the three we have will get us through the year and Martin can be ready or Lewis can get some OF time. Is Miranda any good in the OF? Urshela? The BP might be a bigger problem than trying to fill LF.
  10. mikelink45
    Stone cold glove - his fielding this year seems to have disappeared. DH and PH only at this point. This is an adjustment to my earlier statement after last nights game.
  11. mikelink45
    So much to unwind. Listening to the radio announcers - this game was a preview of the post season - I agree, we lost again. Everyone has dissected the big issues - Winder was misused, starters should go 5 - 6 innings - the overuse of BP is ridiculous. The question in another posting was whether Arreaz deserved to start - only at DH - his glove has turned to stone this year. The BP without Rogers and Alcala is not a championship caliber. Hopefully Duffey comes back strong and Duran keeps that arm healthy. The rest seem mediocre. By the way, Garver is batting fourth and doing really well with Texas - of course we have Sanchez - the whiff king. Talk about catchers framing, his bat is framing the opponents and making them look great. Do we know if Sanchez and Sano has a bet going on the most Ks?
  12. mikelink45
    Arraez is by far the best hitter outside of Buxton and gives us something that is unique - a player who uses all the field, knows a ball from a strike, and controls the plate no matter who the pitcher is.
  13. mikelink45
    After the Alcala announcement we are all worried about the future. Please no more bad arms, shoulders, elbow....
  14. mikelink45
    Now I am challenged to figure out what to do with my non-prize. But don't worry I will use it in a significant way and try to make you proud.
  15. mikelink45
    I really hope we see Winder and soon. Having a prospect just sit on the bench has only so much positive - at least he is getting MLB salary.
  16. mikelink45
    Nice start to the season - I look forward to seeing how everything settles out when a month of playing is completed and the SSS is replaced with trends. Thanks for the excellent summary.
  17. mikelink45
    I just cannot get excited about 2020 stats. Just like Maeda being a CY Young candidate that year, I see lots of half year players who fade after the All Star game. I need more. 5.45, 4.79 precede 2020 and 6.06 follows. I would love to see him change that, but in a stat oriented league those are not encouraging. However, Dylan, make me look bad for questioning you.
  18. mikelink45
    I know he is not on the roster, but the Cave love affair and his hot bat still have me thinking he will be up again.
  19. mikelink45
    How about giving Celestino some ABs to see if he should stay. I think we could give him a few of Kiriloff's right now. The only starter to get a win was the one who did the worst job and the BP had everyone looking good except for Duffey and Rocco needs to see this and work to help Duffey get back or stop giving him good innings. Right now it looks like Jake Cave is the OF that is most likely to come up, not Garlick.
  20. mikelink45
    I lecture on many historic topics in my job with American Cruise Lines, so I am constantly perusing different historic documents. In the past I have told you how both Wild Bill Hickok and Tom Custer played baseball. This note is from Thoreau's journal - he did not play, but he observed this game that was in Sleepy Hollow where Washington Irving based his stories of Rip Van Winkle and the Headless Horseman. "Fast-Day.—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 Interestingly, Baseball Reference says this is the year that Major League Baseball began. You can see the teams started this year in this wiki posting. If you are interesting in more about this year try THE NEW YORK GAME.
  21. mikelink45
    Yes we will miss Rogers Do not overestimate the FO strategies. There is a reason only a few pitchers handle the ninth inning.
  22. mikelink45
    I do not have confidence at all. Duffey is heir apparent and does nothing for me. The best arms are young and untested. No they have not built a dependable BP.
  23. mikelink45
    As another old saying goes - "It just one game!" It will be May before we really know any of these things. Let's hope it is a good April!
  24. mikelink45
    Tudo bem? I just read that you are from Brazil - love the country and have many great friends there. For the game - it looked like a game where a short spring training does not really have us ready to go. When I looked at your bottom three WPA - it looks backward! Those will be the top soon. Loved Correa in the field and Urshela did a lot to win the fans over to him. Ryan did not look like he was ready - nerves or lack of ST? I loved the fact that Robbie Ray pitched seven innings. That is what a starter is supposed to do and it is important to have a manager recognize that fact. Great first impression by our pen. Both Duran and Acala started slow which either means that they have beginning of the year jitters or that they should not be brought in with runners already on base. I am ready for another game!
  25. mikelink45
    Excellent coverage - fun to follow the minor leaguers! I imagine it was fun for the Varland brothers. Too early to form any opinions other than it is great to have baseball again.
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