mikelink45
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Wentz is gone - we seem to always push the pitches on players just before we release them. Why did we let Bailey go further than we did Festa? I am really sorry because Ober has been such a good story. Give him an IL to heal, relax and return
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Biggest Surprises of the Twins' First Half
mikelink45 replied to Cody Christie's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
Disappointed Royce Lewis. Surprise - how often Bride was on the mound Disappointed with Vasquez bat Everything else was covered in the article and in the comments so far.- 21 replies
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I love this game and the way the Twins played. My Nitpick of the day is that Festa should have been extended until he showed he was losing it. They could have saved one of their principal RP for another game.
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This is a perfect example of the contraction, we aren't going to spend money ownership that has not figured out how to capitalize on success but knows how to pile on when things go bad. Just stupid and I did not care if he was hired or fired.
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I had the same feeling - is this how you develop a pitching pipeline? It does not seem to be working.
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Where is that outstanding SP? The young pitchers are struggling but the Vets are not leading by example.
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What can we say? They stunk. Wentz is another bottom feeder pickup. He was cut by the Pirates and Rocco keeps using him. DFA is the only response his performance warrants. Ober on the IL or we need more information because he has looked terrible. So much to say. What is the positive. The fact that Rocco will be back?
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This is fun speculation - the only type article the Twins have provided for the writers at this point. But I have no strong feelings on this. Not sure I trust Falvey to get the return we want, not sure what the Twins future will be, not sure about the rookie pitchers and their potential. And not sure about the next owner and management and when or if that happens. Keep speculating. That is all that is left for us before we win 13 in a row again.
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I don't like it. Never have - even for Tampa Bay and they seem to be in a league of their own. We do not have the arms in the BP to make this work. If we want to really stop the first inning lineup - use Duran. Otherwise give your starter the ball and ride with him as long as possible.
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I am beginning to think that TD writers have be challenged to report on this club, speculate about All Star votes, write up injured players returning, posting Baldelli's what am I going to say now interviews, listing prospects that we hope replace the prospects we have already put in the lineup and roster. In this month we have failed at starting pitching, opening, relief pitching, closing, pinch hitting, lineup construction, scoring runs, not scoring runs, hitting home runs, standing still on the bases, defensive rankings and defensive short comes. What is left? We might not believe in prospects anymore, but at least there are interesting games for the minor league reports.
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After the Twins and Saints games it is hard to put together a good reflection.
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Brewers 17, Twins 6: Evisceration
mikelink45 replied to Matt Braun's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
With a game like this you have to dig deep. So my disappointment is that our Ohtani Very Very Light Bride now has an ERA of 15 and a BA of 168! Think of the historic potential here.- 51 replies
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Put Byron Buxton in the Home Run Derby
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Carson McCusker Should Be On The Roster Right Now
mikelink45 replied to Cody Pirkl's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
This is not against Clemens, just recognition that his hitting is settling back to the norm.- 46 replies
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When you are desperate to sell, but have weak products to offer the results are not what everyone would want. We have needed strategic thinking from this FO for the last few years.
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Carson McCusker Should Be On The Roster Right Now
mikelink45 replied to Cody Pirkl's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
Yes bring him up and let him have a real opportunity to sink or swim - with Bride, a diminished Clemens, and Keirsey we have no bats on the bench - give him a chance to prove himself. And yes we need the bat whether he owns a glove or not.- 46 replies
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Carson McCusker Should Be On The Roster Right Now
mikelink45 replied to Cody Pirkl's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
At this point SP is not the only consideration since starters seldom go more than 5 innings. Most likely a left hander will come out of the pen at some point.- 46 replies
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I say keep Castro, Coloumbe, and Bader. We do not have adequate replacements for any of them and I hope we still think we can compete for the rest of the Correa contract.
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Only negative - Nice to have the offense wake up, but we have learned not to count on it. But right now Ober and Paddock have both looked shaky the last two starts and Festa and SWR are both question marks each game. We need a lot more if we are going to start the elevator back up.
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The escalator is still going down - below 500. 73 games in. Since they finished so bad last year this is a worrisome place to be. 10.5 games behind Detroit, Cleveland has passed us and KC is 1/2 game behind us. Who are we? Buxton, Castro and Lee are the only ones getting hits, but they are 1,5, 7 in the order so not able to support one another. And the rain saved the day as the article states because we did not use our BP. That is the good news of the day I guess.

