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  1. mikelink45
    An interesting week - I still like the idea of calling up McCusker. What happened to Beltre? Sad to see 5 of the players injured. I think Winokur and Morris should be higher and Raya and Soto lower - not off the list, but down a few notches. And based on the TD profile Amick and McCusker should both be higher. The pleasure of this summary is the idea of creating our own rankings and seeing the performances beyond one game.
  2. mikelink45
    I meant McCusker.
  3. mikelink45
    I McCusker but pleased with both.
  4. mikelink45
    I think I felt the air currents change as a collective sigh of relief swept over Twins territory.
  5. mikelink45
    Excellent profiles. I am ready for McCusker to be on the Twins bench and at DH right now.
  6. mikelink45
    Always fun, but no ranking counts until they prove it.
  7. mikelink45
    Interesting set of games - McCusker has to slow down or all of us calling for his promotion with go crazy! Morris lines give me less expectations for MLB call up and success at this point. As the season progresses I am less and less sure that Emmanuel Rodriguez should be number two in our prospect rankings.
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    Not big on those types of stats but this is a good group to speculate on. Willi Castro is the one I worry about least. He is utility and is just back from an injury. I think he will be fine. Varland's going to figure out how to stop the meatball express - we have enough pitching coaches that someone should help him because his overall performance is quite good and will get better if not overused. I am more concerned about Jax and Stewart than Varland. These two vets have been a long way from what we saw in the past and we need them for this BP. Move SWR to the BP and make him the long man that they need. 5 RP per game is not sustainable and he has consistently been pulled before he completes 5. Festa or Matthews with SWR ready to come in on short starts to fill multiple innings. Bader has looked great AB and fielding and running. I am really pleased. One thing not measured in stats is attitude and he looks like he is having fun. I think he will have a terrific year (but then predictions are not my forte).
  9. mikelink45
    Excellent win - two pitching observations: The Orioles have one of the worst rotations in baseball. They really blew it with all the young talent on the roster - but nice for the Twins If we are going to consistently keep pulling SWR after 4 innings we should move him to the pen and bring up Festa or Matthews. Using 5 BP arms in these games will take a toll against the second half of the season.
  10. mikelink45
    I love the victory. My only complaint is the use of Superstar. I don't think we have any Superstars. I think we have stars. Excellent players but the hyperbole for Superstar is something that should be controlled. And that's not to pick on the writer because it's done all over Major League baseball. But if you say Superstar we can picture the ones who really are.
  11. mikelink45
    I'm not sure I understand why you would question mccusker. Until we give him a chance. It's all speculation. And we have seen what the waiver wire pickups look like. So let's try something new. If it doesn't work, what have we lost?
  12. mikelink45
    Yes. To me there is no question. He should have already been up and this is just getting silly. It's like last year when we watched walner spend so much time and waste. So many home runs in AAA. I hate this kind of stubborn effort to avoid call-ups. It's not like we have 40 Superstars on our roster.
  13. mikelink45
    This is well written, but we have now read this numerous times over the last two months. What will change? What can change? I just can't listen to the small market, limited resources mantra any more. Below us in team payroll - Detroit, KC, Seattle, Milwaukee, Cleveland - I will stop there because all three teams in our division who are ahead of us in the standings have a lower payroll.
  14. mikelink45
    I cannot equate him with Rooker - he has more than had a chance and I agree that change of venue could do wonders for him like it did for Rooker.
  15. mikelink45
    Let them take him. He has been erratic and 9.49 era and a 2.027 WHIP -0.6 WAR
  16. mikelink45
    What you emphasize comes back to the mantra I have had for the entire season - get one more inning out of every SP. The third time around for them is still better than over using Varland, wondering what Stewart and Jax will do on any given day, or (shudder) seeing Alcala come in. The best BP in the league is not doing its job. Duran is getting through the innings, but I have not seen a clean inning if a while. We need a new strategy and I sill advocate bringing in Matthews and Festa and having them piggyback with the starters who are only going to go 4 - 5 innings. We have to do something. No mention of McCusker
  17. mikelink45
    I am ready to see the Matthew arm in the majors - nothing left to prove - give him a job as SWR's partner since 5 innings is max for him. Let's see what he can do. We have Paddock on the end of his contract, we have SWR good, but probably at his max and we need to see what we have.
  18. mikelink45
    We choose to be small city - the Pohlads want to sell the team for $1.7 billion. Does that sound small? The Pohlads are far from the The Ranker has Jim Pohlad #1`2 of 30 owners - Jim Pohlad Team: Minnesota Twins Net worth: $3.6 billion (source) Inheriting the role after his father Carl's death in 2009, Jim Pohlad has been at the helm of the Minnesota Twins as chairman and part-owner. The Pohlad family, who made their fortune in banking and real estate, purchased the Twins in the 1980s. Under Jim's leadership, the franchise has thrived, achieving a valuation of $1.39 billion by 2023. In November 2022, he passed daily operations to his nephew Joe Pohlad, ensuring the team's future remains in family hands. Media watch has us number 15 in media Markets out of 188 with teams in various sports. CBS says Milwaukee is the current smallest MLB market with an estimated metro population of 1.56 million.
  19. mikelink45
    This is why he won't shake up the roster with players in AAA - we won't sign FA, only DFA players. We won't make big trades. Falvey has to see where this is going and observe the empty seats, the lack of tv audience, and the malaise that is only going to get worse. Blaming Gleeman reminds me of the blame the press attitude in so many parts of our country. Come on Falvey show some energy.
  20. mikelink45
    Are any of them good enough to help the Twins?
  21. mikelink45
    I believe that a FO that has a losing record is also subjective to unemployment. I stand by my recommendation
  22. mikelink45
    That does not change my opinion - bring them up, send them down - just don't settle for the status quo
  23. mikelink45
    Why use AAA prospects in Minneapolis where the major league team is tearing the cover off the ball when the prospects can just languish in the tropics of St Paul. This team is so stubborn when it comes to prospects and meanwhile around the league I am seeing more and more young call ups.
  24. mikelink45
    Rocco - maybe the pen needs a rest. Varland is over worked, the top 5 have been in 12 - 16 of the games. That is not sustainable. And Alcala just does not have it. Put a SP in the pen, someone who can piggy back and give us innings since you don't like the SP to go 8 or 9 (and most of the time 6 or 7). Too painful. I just don't have the words. The SP have now gone 164 out or 276 innings. How about McCusker - I know how stubborn execs can be, but let's get someone who has the potential to sting the ball. Do something Twins or there will be no one in the stands by the end of the season.
  25. mikelink45
    I love the crazy fascination with the FB because great pitchers have not always been fastball freaks. Randy Johnson was a contrast to Maddox, Spahn contrasted with Koufax. It is the fastball that seems to be taxing the arms of pitchers in this era, so maybe Ober has a longer shelf life than this article might suggest.
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