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  1. mikelink45
    Did the simulation include the first two games?
  2. mikelink45
    Still too early. Obviously Rocco's new ST strategy does not have us sprinting, but I am still waiting for another 10 games.
  3. mikelink45
    Lucky it is based on an entire season.
  4. mikelink45
    No - and Ryan and Lopez are no's too. I just want them to pitch well and take us to the playoffs. Cy Young pitchers have something really special about them. At this point I do not see that trait. I think Grant just wanted to be different - and good for him.
  5. mikelink45
    I really hope you are right about Eeles
  6. mikelink45
    That is 15 names - I hope we don't have a disaster. Since we have had Festa and Mathews already and they are next in line - what are your 3 - 5 guys on your list that you really expect to see? I would say Morris, Keaschall, and Walker would be a nice threesome.
  7. mikelink45
    I am just amazed at all the posts and everything that the commentors read into this opening, rain delayed, road game. The season has started. I am ready for both wins and losses. I give it a week before I am seriously engaged So nice to see Bader HR! Nice to see Keirsey SB. Lopez might need to practice not balking. Go Twins
  8. mikelink45
    Does it matter? Maybe this is our rainy day platoon.
  9. mikelink45
    The infield looks pretty thin without listing Keaschall and Eeles and pretty old. With the talent coming up I think Martin needs to hope for a trade. The BP looks interesting but if Dobnak can beat them out I certainly have lower expectations.
  10. mikelink45
    So anxious for the real season - so many forecasts and none will be remembered in November.
  11. mikelink45
    27 - can the coaching staff learn from last year, change the PH role now that Margot is gone, figure out how to maximize the roster, steal some bases and stay steady over a full season?
  12. mikelink45
    Another wait and see. I hope he does well and because he is not signed beyond this year I hope he is worth a good prospect at trade deadline.
  13. mikelink45
    Politics matter and right now we have a few countries where we are seen positively and Russia is not fielding a team or filled with stadiums. Internationally politics matter. I am concerned for the Toronto Blue Jays and our relationship with Canada. Monterrey might work, but will tariffs affect them and Canada? The NHL, NBA and pro soccer have to be worried too. Try to make the sport healthy in more than LA and NY first.
  14. mikelink45
    Let's just trade for a Tesla dealership! Attendance falling - of course Pohlads had nothing to do with the disastrous public relations! Debt and keeping a Pohlad running the show are certainly non-starters, but the reality is that the economy is on shaky grounds and even most billionaires have to be concerned with their money. Another article says mlb needs to explore international expansion - try that in an atmosphere where the rest of the world has doubts about us. Salaries are so out of control no one wants to buy into this labor market. Is Soto really worth all that money? No. At least Shohei has international marketing and plays for a team that has money to spare. But the rest of the teams? Correa, Buxton, Lewis - our big assets and our big question marks - a perspective buyer might notice. My original degree - now in the historic past - says that a lot needs to happen to give the Pohlads the kind of return they want and they are not helping themselves - contraction anyone?
  15. mikelink45
    And, of course, you create the real problem - when healthy since Buxton had averaged 77 games per year over his career. And who were the other OFs? 2017 Grossman and Rosario and Granite. 2018 Rosario, Grossman and Cave and Johnny Field (who?) for 21 games. 2019 Cave, Ian Miller, LaMarre, and Rosario. 2020 Cave, Rosario, Rooker and Whitehead. 2021 Larnach, Rooker, Celestino, Cave, Garlick, Refsnyder. Taylor was the best Buxton replacement, Celestino was not ready and I think we ruined him. Then comes Margot.
  16. mikelink45
    When did the Twins value Defense in the OF? They had Keirsey and used Martin and Margot in the OF. Even when Margot could not field they only kept him because he was such a great pinch hitter. I am not sure how we ranked over the years, but I do not think we were the standard for OF defense even when Buxton was healthy and covered all three positions.
  17. mikelink45
    The twins injury list always seems more talented than the 26 man list. Why is this? I really want to see a fully ready team, but maybe this is the Keaschall moment and maybe Varland will suddenly be the new Liam Hendrix. We can only hope and wait. Personally I would make an orthopedic doctor the 26th man.
  18. mikelink45
    Very touchy subject - I was 6 foot, but through damage to my spine I am now 5 9 1/2 and that hurts!
  19. mikelink45
    I am rooting for Kiersey - we have seen enough of Martin. A fifth OF/DH is not a bad position for 26-man roster.
  20. mikelink45
    My only question is - why did it take so long?
  21. mikelink45
    Does the answer have to do with the willingness to drink the cool aid? Or are we going to be reincarnations of Manson (sorry he is not dead yet). Or are we going to book passage on one of Musk's exploding rockets and join the asteroid that just missed the earth? I understand Hale-Bopp is not close enough this time. Or are we going to find the trump/Koresh savior? Sorry Mr Gaspar - no cult follower here.
  22. mikelink45
    You missed the announcement we no longer have a 40 man roster - it is now a 40 man IL and we are hard pressed to get someone to leave so we can put a new name on the list. Prospects are now listed according to their likelihood to be injured - why bother with all those healthy bodies?
  23. mikelink45
    The only prospect rankings I follow are yours Seth because I have developed a level of trust for all the observation and research you do. Not the same as a distant analytic writer.
  24. mikelink45
    As someone who has had two back surgeries - 12 ruptured disks and annual injections I can tell you that back pain sneaks up on you. Good one day and then you wake up and hurt. I suspect his conditioning will allow him to play more than sit, but it is a real issue and the bend to catch a ground ball is the worst of all postures. Is it time to revisit Eeles as a possible IF player and maybe a prospect or two above Gaspar for DH?
  25. mikelink45
    Am I the only one that is just bored with all these analytics. The eye test, the view of scouts, the production at his age says to me we have a star in the making. If Fangraphs wants to create controversy so we pay attention to it, fine, but count me as not caring what they think.
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