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  1. mikelink45
    Between Gordon and Garver - it is a morning of medical research - https://www.wosm.com/wosm-resources/orthopaedic-conditions/adductor-muscle-strain/ Gordon is down for at least two weeks I would imagine - tough for him to progress, having just come off the IL. I would imagine Gordon is also worried about Luis Arraez passing him by. Luis is hitting everywhere he goes - (Astudillo like?). Littell seems to have plateaued and then stepped back. I was looking for more from him this year. I thought he got rid of the first time in MLB blues and would move up. Now, if I was given the choice - the next pitcher up would be Graterol. What he throws is MLB ready and he has passed Stewart, Littell, Gonsalves on the conveyer belt as far as I can judge. And he would have been my pitcher of the day. Personally, I would like to see Wade come back up instead of Cave. I like his bat control and we have enough power in the lineup.
  2. mikelink45
    I found this site to be a good description of the high ankle sprain and treatment - https://physioworks.com.au/injuries-conditions-1/high-ankle-sprain He is going to be on IL, probably return to DH, but not soon. Really a shame. I feel bad for him.
  3. mikelink45
    Adrianza could have bunted. I question using Schoop as a PR. He has more value with his bat. I do like bunts and this was definitely a place where the bunt would have had great value.
  4. mikelink45
    How about congratulations Gardy. I always enjoyed him in the Twins dugout and it is fun to see him and his team having fun. They are playing far above their talent level right now and I think it shows that Gardy does know how to handle a team. He had to go from here, but its nice to see him succeed and from what I could tell in MI, they are enjoying him too. He is the right guy to handle this transition period for the Tigers. Team Home Runs - we are 3 they are 29. Batting average - Twins 2, Detroit 25. ERA - Twins 7, Detroit 21, WAR - Twins 3, Detroit 25. No contest, except that the human factor still eludes the sabrmatricians. And that is what makes baseball fun. Now Twins - get back to winning.
  5. mikelink45
    Two disagreements - the first is quality starts - this is not your issue. I just think the QS is a ridiculously low bar and I have hated it since it first came into use. Pineda is getting credit for not falling off the mound. A quality start against this Detroit lineup is not significant and Pineda has a long ways to go yet. (I hope he gets there.) So nothing personal, just a little rant. Adrianza is a luxury, but I do not see him as a necessity. I will be interested in the way the decision is made if we are fortunate to have so many good players we have to lose one.
  6. mikelink45
    Cron' fielding has been great so we have no loss there, but in the hitting department I think we see why Mauer was not made for 1B, Cron is the classic 1B hitter and it makes a difference.
  7. mikelink45
    Rooker is 24 - look at the rookies that have made a splash in MLB the last two years. They are 20/21. If Rooker takes two more years he will be 26 - 27. That is okay if he is productive, but that is not aggressive movement. Hopefully someone starts working with him and he becomes more selective and productive soon.
  8. mikelink45
    Rooker is an older player, a college draft meant to move quickly, but I do not see the progression.
  9. mikelink45
    I think that Rooker has dropped drastically in my list of prospects. If we put Sano and Rooker in the same lineup we can start to rewrite the K records (already being done around the league) with our club and opposing pitchers. I like what we have now and I also see others in the Minors who I would prefer over Rooker. When we got him I was excited, but each whiff fans away a little more of the promise for me.
  10. mikelink45
    I love the Smeltzer season and I hope he comes in and takes some Pineda starts - Pineda is not the future and Smeltzer might be. What I hope does not happen in the Romero treatment (an extension of the Sano to RF treatment). He should not be made a reliever at this point. And speaking of Sano, I am not impressed by his good fielding, that is nice, but the 3Ks still makes me ill. He is not a defensive specialist and striking out does nothing good except for the pitchers stats.
  11. mikelink45
    The solution is not obvious, but at this point it might be Harper or Magill. Unless there is a minor league option we cannot drop Hildenberger, we are already short of relievers. However, we cannot make the mistake of relying on him like we did the end of last year. He seems to have a limit to effective innings and is better used less often.
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    Demote might not be the answer, but after a brief time of excellence he has reverted to a filler. He has not given us the quality we need and past memories are not enough to give him a lot more chances.
  13. mikelink45
    Like others on this comment section I wonder why the love affair for Stewart. Is he the best in the minors right now? I know it is a push but I would rather see Graterol begin to experience the bigs - his stuff should play well anywhere. Reading the minor league report on TD I know that Addison Reed is not ready to come up and perform, and DeJong is earning his DFA status. Littell has a better ERA than Stewart, have we given up on him? And Poppen is better than both. Just curious.
  14. mikelink45
    Until one emerges it is Astudillo. Not for the long run, but right now he is the player people want to watch. Next year should be someone else.
  15. mikelink45
    I love your starter rant - I am in complete agreement. This year the articles have been about how the bullpens have a poorer performance across MLB. Of course - whether BP or SP you can only throw so many times and it is frequency of use, not length of use that I see as an issue. Bring back Jack Morris rant any time - I will enjoy them.
  16. mikelink45
    How long is DeJong's leash - it appears he could be sent down to let someone else come up.
  17. mikelink45
    Nice article. It made me think about age. Nelson Cruz is out elder statesman born 7/1/80. Then I was surprised that Blake Parker was the second oldest 6/19/85. The rest of the 1980s players are Jason Castro 6/18/87, Kyle Gibson 10/23/87, Michael Pineda 1/18/89, Marwin Gonzales 3/14/89, Ryne Harper 3/27/89, Ehire Adrianza 8/21/89, Trevor May 9/23/89, Matt Magill 10/11/89. Putting this together surprised me - I did not know much about Parker, and I thought Pineda would be older than Gibson. The pitcher who is much older than I expected is Trevor May - he was a prospect for so long the years snuck up on me. Maybe the most difficult thing for an old fan is to see how we are soon going to be without players born in the 80s!
  18. mikelink45
    I have to say that Rooker is dropping down the list for me. I am disappointed in his progression.
  19. mikelink45
    Michael Pineda has a long way to go for me to be a believer, but more than anything I look at the Yankee injuries and the replacements - yes they are primarily replacement players and I wonder why we have to see our minor leaguers come up and suffer through growing pains while the Yankees keep bringing up the "who is he" guys and still win. I know there is no answer, but I am confused.
  20. mikelink45
    I am the opposite - the regulars provide me with much more enjoyment.
  21. mikelink45
    I really hate lots of strikeouts and having Sano whiff twice in his rehabs bothers me, no matter how far his foul ball was hit.
  22. mikelink45
    I have never understood the career path for relievers. I look at the Twins reluctance to bring up relief pitchers from the minors and I am always confused by their desire to pickup strays from other teams before promoting from within. Since BP arms are erratic and go hot and cold during their career I would bring them up young when they are hot and see what works. Since they only pitch one inning at a time they cannot work on a lot and a RP needs only one or two good pitches. A healthy arm seems like the requisite asset. So, instead of playing games with failed SP like Mejia, try out some of these arms in MLB - they are already 24 so the clock is ticking.
  23. mikelink45
    Some curses just won't go away. This Yankee team - with a AAA lineup behind two good MLB hitters could still handle us like they always have and even when their good starter goes down. Now Happ - who has not had a good year comes up. Can we wake up and see this is not a dominate team, at this time, and beat them like we beat the Astros? Damn Yankees!
  24. mikelink45
    The famous collapses of the Twins in the playoffs to the Yankees are in the rear view mirror, but maybe Rocco does not know we are supposed to melt when they are our opponents. Lets start a new narrative - The Yankee slayers!
  25. mikelink45
    At this point we have Berrios - excellent Odorizzi - either good or bad and showing some promise to continue the good Pineda - trending downward Gibson - showing hope, but still not where we expect him to be Perez - shocking! This is a decent rotation for a team that is pounding the ball, but not excellent - just above average. Take out Berrios who many do not seem to think is an Ace and we have mediocre or worse. Soon I hope to see new arms starting to push into the rotation - not sure which, but we need at least one good arm to boost us for a real pennant drive.
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