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  1. mikelink45
    I can't agree. Front office needed to do something. It didn't need to be major but it had to show that they cared and believed in the team enough to try to cure some of the problems. The fact they did nothing and the fact that the team is now at a 5 game losing streak means that the rest of us who have spent the season cheering for this team are the real losers.
  2. mikelink45
    My only take on this is that we have let a lot of relievers change clubs already - some at reasonable prices. But more importantly they could have spent money instead of prospects in the offseason.
  3. mikelink45
    Yes, I predict that the Twins will not win the World Series this year.
  4. mikelink45
    Yes. Cleveland has led the way in this trade season when they moved Civale. I think they made a mistake because they still had multiple years of control, but they have done this multiple times with pitchers like Clevinger going when he looked like a stud for years. Maeda has been our best pitcher, but unless we are resigning him, he can be moved for a good return. I prefer we trade Gray who has slipped and is the same pitcher that started the season and we should get a good return. Ober, Ryan, Maeda, Keuchel, Lopez could carry the rotation for this year.
  5. mikelink45
    I look at the standings and understand that Cleveland does not see a WS this year. They are 53 - 54 and know that is mediocre. We are 54 - 53 and thinking of a championship. Every other team in our lousy division has sold and should be weaker going to the end of the season. If we have enough in division games we might make out record look glossier, but overall we are really missing something (one commenter said heart). In combined standings we are 17, Cleveland 19 out of 30. In the AL our record puts us number 10 Clebveland #11. In fact if you look at the AL standings (combined) Oakland holds last place. Right above them in the order of their division standings is the Central Division. We would be last place in the West and the East! This is discouraging.
  6. mikelink45
    You skipped Gallo, Buxton, Polanco, Vasquez... this is cherry picking! By the way Cleveland traded Civale. If they end up beating us we should really be ashamed- meeting or no meeting.
  7. mikelink45
    Unless the Twins change their use and they light up the mound, I have no other word for their performance.
  8. mikelink45
    When I look at the results it makes me reflect on my thoughts about Prospects. Just because a person is. drafted high they do not belong on this list with those who have a track record. Let them earn their ranking. But overall I also think this is a weak prospect listing compared to what we have been used to.
  9. mikelink45
    The last two - Martin and Schobel are the only ones that make sense. We will be losing Gray, have no idea what Paddock will be, may lose Maeda - we need the pitchers. Since Sands and Winder have flopped that position is open for them too. I would be disappointed if we trade Wallner. He is what they hoped Gallo would be.
  10. mikelink45
    Larnach alone cannot get any of these players. The team has diminished Larnach's value by the way they have treated him.
  11. mikelink45
    You are right - Buxton will probably be the one who gets the honor, but Buxton is more wish than reality.
  12. mikelink45
    My question is - who is consistent? When a team is good there are a few players who produce even when the others are down. But who is that on the Twins team? Lewis was doing it and got hurt, again. Kiriloff was doing it and got hurt, again! Correa was bad, then good, then mediocre. Polanco was hurt, okay, hurt, and mediocre. Gallo has stunk after fooling everyone for three weeks. Buxton has been terrible, but then has a couple games where we all say - he is back! Kepler was half bad, half good. Julien has been good. Wallner has been better that most expected. Taylor has outperformed Gallo and Buxton so why are so many down on him. Solano and Farmer have been used more than they were supposed to be. Same with Castro. Jeffers has shown, Vasquez has not. So do we have a playoff ready team? I won't do the pitching staff.
  13. mikelink45
    Of course the Reds had the advantage of trading with the Twins - wait, the Orioles did too!
  14. mikelink45
    You are accurate. But the trouble is, I don't know what to say anymore near the same issues over and over. We win and look like we're ready to take off and then we tank. We don't just lose. We lose to the worst teams and lose bad. What is the solution? It's just gotten to the point where the obvious is still there. Gallo, has been a comment source for months for nothing has been done. The bullpen has been overused and short on arms and now are spent. Starters is coming up short too. I sure hope something changes.
  15. mikelink45
    That's because the big record is our strikeouts. Big pinch hit Gallo comes in to make sure that we get at least nine k's for the team total today. Thanks.
  16. mikelink45
    This was my immediate reaction too. After a great start to the season by the SP and then the initial spurt after the all-star break it looked like our overused BP was the only problem, but in the last few games we have seen our SP showing that they might benefit from an extra day of rest. I would go 6 man until I determined who is set for the last month of the season. Ober had his first bad performance, but as we know he has exceeded previous years innings. Ryan is looking like he might need a little restart and Gray has suddenly become less dependable. So would it hurt to have Keuchel step in? Yes I know Moran can go down and needs a reset too, but who else do we have for the BP? None of the experiments - Sands, Ortega, Winder have shown that they are the answers and the new acquisition does not give me confidence either. But Maeda has been our best SP of late so putting him in the BP does not seem wise to me.
  17. mikelink45
    Fascinating. We spend the first half praising the pitching and anguishing over the hitting. Now the hitting is doing sell in this second half and the pitching has gone away - Ryan, Gray, Ober what is happening? And the over worked BP is a mess. So far the converted starters - Winder and Sands have not done the job and I am still waiting to see what Balazovic does as the season progresses. I had hopes that Moran could do the job, but he has blown up and is worthless right now. We continue to overuse the BP and with the SP in a slump it only gets worse. Buxton and Kepler are playing the way we had expected - finally. Gallo did not play and we still had 10 Ks. Of course we were against an all-star starter and his 1 - 12 record.
  18. mikelink45
    I am thinking that Yunior is ready to climb the prospect list. Great season he is having. Now it is also time to climb the minor league ladder too. AAA?
  19. mikelink45
    It is the Canadian connection - Julien and Balazovic save the season -
  20. mikelink45
    How many times will TD slip in some positive statement about Gallo and his 179 BA? Sure he has 17 HRs - but he has only 32 RBIs. Look at the BR fielding chart - this is not an above average fielder. I prefer Michael Taylor out there. Taylor has twice Gallos WAR, 5 LESS HRS, and only 2 less RBIs and he is a plus fielder. This is a case where OPS+ is misleading. Gallo started out fast and made critics like me look bad, but that was short lived and the rest of his season is even worse than the 179 - I think I either read or heard that sense that initial three week splurge he is batting under 160 - a mark that gave the Yankees indigestion.
  21. mikelink45
    There are some real questions here - Didn't he get hurt playing CF already? Does he want to play OF - I remember a RF experiment a few years ago that derailed Sano Can we trade Polanco and clear the congestion?
  22. mikelink45
    14 Ks the record is ours for the taking! Time to move on. The only concern is whether we are starting to get to a point where our BP is exhausted - especially in the heat and Sonny Gray is not showing that he is more than a 5 inning pitcher like he and the rest of us wished.
  23. mikelink45
    No - lets wait. When he came in after Moran got in a jam, he did what we have seen him do too many times - he gave up the HR. I keep see SSS in various discussions and sometimes it seems like our articles jump on that just to spin discussion.
  24. mikelink45
    I have to wonder what an up and down season like Larnach has suffered does to confidence and performance? Wallner seemed to handle his demotions well, but I think he is the exception. The Twins getting the AAA team next door has not been a great success for some players.
  25. mikelink45
    My theory is that every ball player wants to be on a record setting team and this team has been convinced that fans are in during our record hot climate year. I live 110 miles north of the Twin Cities and still feel the air movement coming up 35 or is that hot air from the FO?
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