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  1. mikelink45
    Is this your job application?
  2. mikelink45
    As I looked at the various RP I blanked on many of them and just chose a sampling. Robles and Colome were solid until they came to us. Then what? Did we miss something in evaluation or did we misuse them?
  3. mikelink45
    Too true and too sad. Varland is not looking like the next SP the way he is pitching so the BP is a better option and Festa will be next man up. Alcala and Varland at least provide younger arms with some future. All these scrapheap signings are getting boring and old! Our FO gurus have given us the following SP: Archer, Bundy, Lynn, Hill, Bailey, Happ, Shoemaker, and Adalberto Mejia. In the BP we have Dyson, Robles, Colome, Barraclough, Barnes and Jackson and all the others in the BP today and so many that the names are a blur. Yet we hired this FO for their pitching acumen.
  4. mikelink45
    I would hate to be a Twins announcer at this time. Imagine trying to fill the airspace with something that is printable or acceptable. I believe they are thinking about going home, watching the Timberwolves, and having a glass of something to soothe their spirits. This team got on a winning streak against bad teams after a terrible start, now it went in the tank against two good teams, with hope we could bounce back against a bad Nationals team - that didn't work. I remember all the articles on TD about how we have the best BP in the league or close to it with the moves this off season - anyone want to go back and read them? Lopez has great talent and great inconsistency. Ober and Ryan have been the anchors in the rotation and Paddock and SWR have done well, but have been deserted by an offensive offense. How stubborn can a team be to continue to have Vasquez, who certainly did not show his defensive prowess yesterday, Farmer, Margot, who cannot bat, field, or run, in the starting lineup. Come on - platoon baseball is not working. We need changes! Or are we just waiting for Lewis to come back and save us?
  5. mikelink45
    Is Alcala is someone's doghouse? Why do we keep bringing up the old arms and hope they will come through instead of using a relatively young arm with some promise? And I continue my rant about getting someone who can actually play CF to come up and spell Buxton instead of Margot and Castro and Martin - none of whom can protect this important part of the diamond. I keep saying Keirsey - is there another option?
  6. mikelink45
    Keirsey! A real CF instead of the butchers we have had. I suspect he can hit at least as well as Margot. Can the FO please admit it made a mistake and DFA Margot? It took to long for Jackson, but scrapping the bottom of the barrel is not good enough for a team that wants to win. Martin has been a disappointment. I have not been his biggest fan, but hoped he would do better than he has shown. Maybe next time. But once again I am frustrated by the willingness of this team to use players who are not suited for the positions we put them in.
  7. mikelink45
    Of course, it would be great to have ricker in our starting lineup right now, but at the time we let him go he was struggling in the very limited amount of exposure we gave him and Larnach and Kirilloff we're projected to be the stars. Neither have come through as projected and that's the difficulty when you're dealing with young players. Who knows when and how players will reach their potential or if they will. So I don't blame the twins. But I'm really delighted for rooker. We can write the same kind of article about Cano and a couple other players who are doing well on other teams. The real key is if we have enough players doing as well or better
  8. mikelink45
    That was not the trade. Rooker was a throw-in. I just can't make that one-to-one comparison
  9. mikelink45
    To answer your question- it's always time to be concerned when things aren't going well. Not time to panic but time to be concerned and make adjustments. We need him to be what he has always been.
  10. mikelink45
    I can't ever blame. Umpires, this is a losing streak. It goes back to the beginning of the season. We had that wonderful winning streak that made us feel like the twins had their act together. But then we go against two first place teams and seem to lose confidence in ourselves
  11. mikelink45
    We need to start a streak against teams with winning records. Getting swept by the Yankees and then losing to the guardians is not a good sign.
  12. mikelink45
    I have not been impressed by Sands. Relief pictures. Can, look good for sure periods. If they are used in the right way. That means put in when the batters have less incentive and in a sense putting themselves out. But that's not high leverage and we need the ability to do what is necessary. I have no answers. I look at theilbar and Okert. And once again think era is the wrong measure for players like this. They have let so many inherited runners in that they have done more damage than their era or even their strikeout rate would indicate.
  13. mikelink45
    Our problem is that AK is not the only one struggling. Vasquez, farmer, Margot. Learnock is on a 0 for 13 streak I know Julianne has gotten praise from any but he has not looked good to me this year. I know I don't judge by the same statistics that some do. But one way or another we got to start getting some runners on and even more important. Some runners to score. And a little defense wouldn't hurt.
  14. mikelink45
    That's my thought too.
  15. mikelink45
    Yes, it was simply a response to what was presented. I hope the upward trend continues, but then we cannot predict injuries or other situations that might arise - like Paddock and SWR running out of gas.
  16. mikelink45
    We play the Yankees with a starting lineup that features Margot, Farmer, and Vasquez - did we not want to win. I do not care about the righthanded/lefthanded bs. learn to hit anyone.
  17. mikelink45
    Nice response, but we also need to consider other possible trades using the same assets and that is really difficult, so it still comes down to who we lost and who we gained.
  18. mikelink45
    I think we are doing fine, but as I review your list we are better than projections: C 1B 2B CF We are worse than projections: 3B SS LF RF DH SP RP 3 - 7 - I enjoyed this review, but we have a lot of work before us. I know some were close, but at 1/4 of the season it is a good time to assess. Let's hope quarter two builds on the end of quarter 1.
  19. mikelink45
    I would love to see two columns - players we have traded and players we have acquired in trades by the current FO. We have lost some really good players and gotten some real good ones, but there are plenty of losses too. I know Steer and CES are most current and I think both are going to be really good players while Mahle was a big loss. As was Dyson. As you point out - Duran was not the big name in the trade and the ones we got did not meet potential - just like Celestino. Predictions and projections are hard even when the sport has turned into a mathematical chess board. Do the trades balance out over time? SI review 2023
  20. mikelink45
    I am constantly frustrated when you use pictures and do not identify the player. Please help those of us who have not gotten face recognition. Otherwise I love these reports.
  21. mikelink45
    Ober has become our Ace at this point - time for Lopez and Ryan to take the challenge and surpass him. Another good game. But Farmer, Margot, Vasquez are lost at bat and Martin seems to have lost it along with Kiriloff. That is a lot of hitters we need to get going.
  22. mikelink45
    I am curious about the so-called pipeline and how players rank as replacements should anyone go down this year. Is Zebby now number two on the list?
  23. mikelink45
    He should be up already. Not only has Margot not been the fielder he was supposed to be. He isn't batting either. Since the other teams are paying most of his salary, why are we waiting. I will take take Castro and Martin over him and I'm waiting for a true center. Fielder like Keirsey to come up.
  24. mikelink45
    So glad you said that - it was my take too. How much does the offense have to do?
  25. mikelink45
    For me the answer to your question is yes. The other s until they get a chance in the majors have not reached the level that woods Richardson has. He's demonstrated that he can pitch up here and that's a big deal
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