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  1. mikelink45
    He signed with high hopes and now he is just embarrassed.
  2. mikelink45
    I am sorry, but are you talking about a team that has just lost 14 in a row? Yes they have players with major league talent - maybe 4 or 5. This quote is from their camden yard blog site: "That is a real 2021 Orioles punctuation mark on a loss. The catcher called up for his defense is the guy who can’t block the pitch. Was it Wynns’s fault? I would say not really. Wynns did everything he was supposed to, and then the ball caromed off of his chest protector in just about the only spot where it would ricochet several feet away towards the Orioles dugout. Bad luck explains a lot of why the O’s have lost 14 in a row." https://www.camdenchat.com/2021/5/31/22462193/mlb-scores-orioles-twins-recap-losing-streak
  3. mikelink45
    That I can agree with, unfortunately what we have seen before is terrible so the bar is quite low (except in Detroit).
  4. mikelink45
    Nice summary - gives me some more hope for the future. The only one I question is Rooker - I know he is an honorable mention, but with his age and experience his all or nothing approach leaves me cold, and it would seem that the Twins are not too impressed either.
  5. mikelink45
    How great to have this diversion from the Twins MLB club. Nice write ups and great insights. Thank you Seth.
  6. mikelink45
    Hard to comment - the Twins have really deflated my baseball optimism. Love what Miranda is doing and it looks like some good minor league pitching, but Ober is not one I have faith in.
  7. mikelink45
    I am trying to think of something positive to write here. Well we are playing the Orioles again! That is all I can do.
  8. mikelink45
    I think you just defined a terrible start and then said don't blame the starter.
  9. mikelink45
    One man on the injured list, two still in the minor leagues and two rookie bats and this is positive?
  10. mikelink45
    Or maybe 10th.
  11. mikelink45
    It means he should be in the BP, not starting.
  12. mikelink45
    "Shoemaker put his team in a position to win, limiting walks and keeping the ball low and around the zone. " Are you kidding me. I suppose if you give up one one run an inning you have a chance of winning - Fat Chance! Were you hired to be Shoemaker's press agent? David, I know you do not like to say anything bad about any Twin, but Shoemaker stunk. And so did Sano and so did Donaldson and ... Way to go Kiriloff.
  13. mikelink45
    The BP is so shaky that writers have to come up with excuses for Rogers and Robles because they are our top two guys. This is KC, they are not that good and we are struggling to beat them. Larnach is doing great, but Refsnyders bloop was fantastic - what was the exit velocity and launch angle for that hit? Take some more bloops.
  14. mikelink45
    This essay convinces me that we are better off considering Berrios our FA starter until his contract ends. I am not impressed with any of these options. When they are described as pitchers who still need to find control I am out, many of the prospects never do. I do not subscribe to the we have to trade him line for players ending their contract years if they are producing more than what you will get for them. We trade him, sign another Happ or Shoemaker for the rotation and in two years will have lost the production that Berrios can give the team.
  15. mikelink45
    I agree that Larnach really seems like a better hitter at this stage than Kiriloff, but how much was it the recent injury? Rooker gets the Sano award - HR and 3 K. Not a fan.
  16. mikelink45
    I am not convinced Jax is a MLB starter, but looking at our BP I think we have room for him. As for Canterino I wondered if the short outing was because he is about to be promoted.
  17. mikelink45
    How could we have 0 errors? Dobnak should have 3 less earned runs but Donaldson had an error that became a double and Dan almost swallowed his mic when it happened. Then Garver drops the one hopper and no error? No wonder defensive metrics are not taken seriously. Stashak is a mess this year and it is not helping that we just keep putting him out there. No way was he going to bail out Dobnak. And Sano is back to his original style. Nice little streak, but KC pitching is not worth striking out on.
  18. mikelink45
    I agree that things need to change, but we are in a conundrum that is driven by the statistics and how they are interpreted. I remember in the fifties when the mantra was Home Run hitters drive Cadillacs. Even then the long ball was the driving force, but no one knew how to maximize it. We still have plenty of mediocre pitchers (just look at the Twins staff) so the hitters need to adjust to the fielding positions and who is on the mound. It is almost more psychological that physical at this point. The HR really got its power boost in the PED era and now instead of peds we have launch angle. Although our modern emphasis on power shows how ridiculous the PED era stats are.
  19. mikelink45
    I have been watching the Twins improved fielding and I would say there are plenty of errors and misplays. I want clean hits, but hitting the ball still has a chance to accomplish something.
  20. mikelink45
    Your post sent me off to my calculator - Buxton has been a Twin seven years - 919 possible games and he has played in 456. That gives him a game pct of 496 and falling. It is so sad to see such a great talent unable to get on the field, but fill in CF - Cave, Refsnyder - do not do justice to the team in one of the most important fielding positions we have.
  21. mikelink45
    Sorry, but your statement did not get me to disregard BA. I like batters to get hits, long hits, short hits, any kind of hit. BB are great and give you OBP, but they do not advance runners more than one base, they do not lead to misplays and errors. Give me hits and a good BA!
  22. mikelink45
    I did not realize how large Duran is. He should have the physical stamina to remain a starter. Can Happ or Shoemaker relieve?
  23. mikelink45
    I was just looking for some numbers to tweak your post. We should not be in the same league with KC, but we are and that is really the issue - no matter which numbers we choose.
  24. mikelink45
    https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=pit&lg=all&qual=0&type=8&season=2021&month=0&season1=2021&ind=0&team=0,ts&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&startdate=&enddate= Fangraph pitching WAR - KC 4.6 13th, MN 1.7 30th. BABIP - KC is number 3 and MN is #16. Most important Wins - KC is 19th, MN is is 26. The big question is - which team is more excited about this series? And yes, I hope the Twins sweep them, but this is not the Orioles.
  25. mikelink45
    Very nice in every way. Don't look at the record - it is improving, but do look at the opposition before making too many judgments. We may have felt like our team was weak until you look at the rotation and the lineup that the Orioles put out. We move up a notch now with KC. They are not a good team, but they are much better than Baltimore and should give us a real chance to measure our team improvement.
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