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  1. mikelink45
    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.
  2. mikelink45
    I had the same feeling - is this how you develop a pitching pipeline? It does not seem to be working.
  3. mikelink45
    Now there is a scouting report that is bound to get us excited. Maybe Wentz can be his opener and Bride can close!
  4. mikelink45
    Where is that outstanding SP? The young pitchers are struggling but the Vets are not leading by example.
  5. mikelink45
    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?
  6. mikelink45
    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.
  7. mikelink45
    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.
  8. mikelink45
    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.
  9. mikelink45
    Luckily I forgot that it was an afternoon game. Lucky me. It seems to me that the best BP in MLB has been going down the drain. Overuse? Wrong use? What is happening? I know they are trying to get the offense going again - why else would they start Bride?
  10. mikelink45
    After the Twins and Saints games it is hard to put together a good reflection.
  11. mikelink45
    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.
  12. mikelink45
    WHY???? Or who cares?
  13. mikelink45
    This is not against Clemens, just recognition that his hitting is settling back to the norm.
  14. mikelink45
    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.
  15. mikelink45
    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.
  16. mikelink45
    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.
  17. mikelink45
    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.
  18. mikelink45
    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.
  19. mikelink45
    How do we know this - they have to be healthy for us to forget (not possible) or more important put it behind us. Buxton is shining this year and we are all celebrating. Royce has had so many injuries from minors on up we have no opportunity to celebrate his production and health.
  20. mikelink45
    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.
  21. mikelink45
    If the owner is from Jacksonville I can see conversations about moving the team across the state to the largest market left in Florida.
  22. mikelink45
    I do not see Cartaya or Camargo (IL) coming up soon we have had WInkel in Spring training 279/319/878 in AAA and Cossetti 279/319/878 in AA those the next two in my mind.
  23. mikelink45
    I think you got it, but I wanted a longer post!
  24. mikelink45
    We are now 500. This is like ground zero. We can drop down to the basement or we can pull it together and rise to the top. Which one will it be? Right now the down elevator seems to be waiting. So what can the twins do to right this listing ship.? The rookie starters don't look ready to sustain success at this point. So another question is whether the veteran starters can actually sustain success because they look shaky recently too. I do find that I am confused. By the way, the lineup keeps shuffling. It's almost as if the manager is pulling the names out of a hat. And there is a question of whether Correa is going to earn his exorbitant contract or continue to play at the replacement level that we've seen out there. Castro has many imperfections but put his bat on the bench instead of the lineup and this team will suffer. However, he is the utility player that should be coming off the bench. So the reality is we're lacking the starters we need and have very poor bench options.
  25. mikelink45
    Are we that desperate for a player or a story? Mickey has had enough, just as Bride has. Let's move on and do something significant.
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