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  1. mikelink45
    I hope we do not do anymore starter to reliever moves like we did with Romero - I consider it to be the Sano to RF move among pitchers and I hope he can get things straightened out Meanwhile keep the starters starting and getting lots of innings. We seem to have some interesting starters and it will be good to see them moving up.
  2. mikelink45
    I am not sure how we can complain after the last 5 - 6 years. I agree with Yarnivek1972. It is up to us to prove relevancy. We just got done playing the Orioles and the Blue Jays who have a combined record of 19 - 27 and we have also played the Royals and Tigers who are 17 - 25. We have played 19 games and 12 of them have come against these juggernauts. I love the enthusiasm, but after Berrios who do you believe in? After Hildy and Rogers who do you trust? Those four teams have a run differential of (- 72) so we are not the only ones to hit the ball against them. Lets wait until June and if we are still pushing first the National Press will start to notice.
  3. mikelink45
    My concern is the bullpen overuse. Yes Rogers and Hildenberg look really good, but the season is young and already we are seeing them accumulate more than their fair share of innings and appearances. It is what Molitor was condemned for, but I understand - when you have only a couple you really trust there is a real tendency to keep going to them. But there is a bench coach and a pitching coach that need to help put the brakes on. We need them at the end of the season with live arms.
  4. mikelink45
    I hardly recognize anyone in the Oriole's lineup, of course that was true of the Blue Jays too. I liked the way our bats played, but not our pitching. Romero disappointed and Perez against that lineup did not look good either. He made innings, but again - look at their lineup. But our bats really made noise and that is so fun. Sano must be chomping at the bit to get back with the team.
  5. mikelink45
    Our team offensive WAR is 3.0 fWAR, Polanco has 1.2 and Garver and Rosario 0.6. Cleveland has -0.6 fWAR lead by Santana with 0.9 Royals 2.6 fWAR (and a lot of people laughed at their speedy lineup) Alex Gordon leads with 1.0 WAR Tigers -0.3 fWAR with Niko Goodrum 0.4 the leader. White Sox 1.6 WAR - Tim Anderson is 1.2 So yes - our lineup is the best in our division (no comparisons with other divisions!) Pitching fWAR White Sox = 1.1 Twins = 2.6 Tigers = 2.6 Who would have thought! Royals = 0.5 Indians = 3.6 We have a decent lineup - and our pitching is holding up, but the Indians pitching is the difference. In the full MLB rankings by positions we are 17 in starting pitching and we are low at every IF spot except SS where Polanco ranks first and we rank #18 overall in OF. It is easy to root for our hometown players, but on the big screen we are looking like a middle of the pack - .500 team at this point.
  6. mikelink45
    My issue with Rocco is when he sits Cruz. Down the line maybe Cruz will need a day off, but his job is simply to swing the bat and at this point in the season Cruz should always be in the mix. Somehow he had a day off and we lost, we pinch hit Ehire and not Cruz and we lost. Coincidence? He is the big bopper and we should not be using his spot to give other players a start.
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    Dozier has a -0.5 war and 193 average with one HR. When you look at what he did last year we are lucky we got anything for him.
  8. mikelink45
    Mayb Maybe we can can learn from this and put Romero back in the rotation.
  9. mikelink45
    Is Parker looking to follow last year's closer? Walks, runners in scoring position before putting them away - Rodney seems to have made a career out of this - can Parker continue to succeed?
  10. mikelink45
    They do not worry about launch angle screwing up their swings. We used to have teams with players who got on base, players who moved them forward and players who drove them in. Are we now at a point where all players are supposed to do the same thing?
  11. mikelink45
    Did I miss something? Why Adrianza as PH instead of Nelson Cruz? Help me understand. Does Cruz have an allergy towards NL parks? Is Adrianza developing a new reputation despite his 125 BA? Yes a HR would not have given us the lead, but it would have made us a lot closer and the top of the lineup was coming up.
  12. mikelink45
    Lots of strange decisions. I feel like the Romero experiment is like the Sano to the OF experiment. Let Romero start and get him up here. Odorizzi is now in his second year of proving he cannot go more than 4 innings. Rookie relievers need to get settled and DeJong and Vasquez got crushed instead. Then there is the Ehire pinch hit with Nelson Cruz on the bench. So much to confuse this old brain.
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    As another old timer on this site I have to speak for Gibson - he might be the best pitcher I ever saw and I attended a number of Koufax games. Give me Gibson, Spahn, Marichal and Koufax and we would settle for 150 wins - in the old 154 game seasons. Gibson dominated, intimidated and caused MLB to lower the mound because they did not think it was fair to the hitters when he was out there.
  14. mikelink45
    Not really a very significant move, but at least we have another live body in the system. This is the kind of non-event that fills the fringe of mlb. I feel bad for Austin, he really needs a chance and I am not sure this is where he will get it. But from the Twins standpoint it really does not matter. We are set at the only places he could have contributed.
  15. mikelink45
    I know we want to play all our players, but Polanco on the bench? Give me a break - don't give Philadelphia a break. Get our bats in the lineup.
  16. mikelink45
    Good report, but I am in a fog of confusion - Not Littell, but DeJong? The result is Austin is DFA'd. The team is left with a bullpen game and in the bullpen is Fernando Romero who might have given them a good start, but we are intent on taking a good starting pitcher, messing with him and forcing him to the pen.
  17. mikelink45
    One of the really fun aspects of Astudillo is how well he is playing in the field - yesterday at first, today at Catcher. He is more than utility. He is just playing great ball. No idea if it can continue, but how fun! Are we so desperate that we would have to bring DeJong up because it would be one more day before we can bring up 40 man roster players? Is this poor planning?
  18. mikelink45
    The throw-in line about Zack Littell was a shocker? Who goes down? Start or BP? Why Littell? Now that the door is open, fill us in.
  19. mikelink45
    How soon do we get back to the Central? This game proves that we need to get 3 weeks into the season before we start to make real judgments. I do not expect great things from Odorizzi, but I do expect our team to field their positions.
  20. mikelink45
    Thanks for the ratings. It is always interesting and you fill in a big gap in my knowledge of the system. But as always, I am MLB oriented so my question would be - who do you rank as 2019, 2020, 2021 arrivals? Who can make that jump? And if not with the Twins, would be trade bait because they are ready to step in. I know I think Wade has done all he can and would be trade stock for me. Kiriloff and Lewis seem like they are ready for the end of the year and that means 40 man roster trades to get them in. This is like the MLB stock market - buy, sell and trade - becomes promote, remove, and trade.
  21. mikelink45
    Bad instinct - great desire. Not sure how you rein that in, but there is a season and a career to consider.
  22. mikelink45
    We can celebrate the victories - but we worked awfully hard to beat these Royals. Check in next week to see how we look.
  23. mikelink45
    Impressions at this stage are difficult to sort out from over reactions, but never-the-less all fans have them and that includes me. My first take-aways of the season are: Cleveland and KC have horrible line-ups. And I am not expecting great from the Tigers and White Sox. But these are not the kind of lineups we have come to expect. I am expecting 90+ wins from the Twins because their lineup seems so superior to the others in the division and it is not superb (think Boston, Astros, Yankees).Astudillo is worth a contract for his entertainment value. I was listening on the radio and still smiled and anticipated when he came in the game.I wonder how Garver is feeling. It is early and he will start again, tonight?, but it appears that Astudillo is the go to guy right now. I am concerned about Buxton and his injury. I hope it is minor and we move on, but we have seen this too often. I am starting to think of Sano and Buxton as Johnson & Johnson (obscure reference to the maker of bandaids).
  24. mikelink45
    I love that memory. Thanks.
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    Astudillo

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    Astudillo

    From the album: The energy guys

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