mikelink45
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It is time to give Julien the experience - we did it with Arraez. But don't mess with a catcher who already has enough on his plate.
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You really worked hard to make a lousy outing by Dobnak sound like it was a positive. Sorry, I like Randy, but don't bring him back to Minneapolis.
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Hinch proved, once again, that going by the book is not wise. Faedo should have gone as far as possible, especially when you have a BP that is deficient in every category. But thank you A J for sticking with your plan.
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I would have Lee number 6 until he moves to MN and proves himself. The other 5 are already establishing themselves.
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Twins Minor League Week in Review (8/7-8/13)
mikelink45 replied to Jeremy Nygaard's topic in Twins Minor League Talk
I agree. I'm saying the same thing you are. It's just not exciting yet. Hopefully it will become more intriguing as the new player start to develop- 14 replies
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Twins Minor League Week in Review (8/7-8/13)
mikelink45 replied to Jeremy Nygaard's topic in Twins Minor League Talk
I hope you are right, but right now it's too early to say that for sure.- 14 replies
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Twins Minor League Week in Review (8/7-8/13)
mikelink45 replied to Jeremy Nygaard's topic in Twins Minor League Talk
I say this in contrast to the lists with Lewis, Kiriloff, Julien, Miranda, Steer, Encarcion, Balazovic, Ober... That was when our farm system was rated near the top.- 14 replies
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It seems as if the backside of this essay is that we cannot count on Kiriloff. After multiple years of injury is Alex now considered a lesser bat and not someone to count on going forward? In three years Alex has only played in 173 games. And in the minors we know he was also injury prone. Is he another Buxton? So sad.
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Twins Minor League Week in Review (8/7-8/13)
mikelink45 replied to Jeremy Nygaard's topic in Twins Minor League Talk
The prospect list does not go down very far before it becomes a lot of question marks and not very exciting at this point.- 14 replies
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Week in Review: Sticking to the Script
mikelink45 replied to Nick Nelson's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
This team likes the vets - not sure they will move on from Keuchel even though it makes sense. I am so confused between Twins great and Twins awful and the ying and yang of their play that I am stumped to find something meaningful to add to your posting.- 36 replies
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The Joey Gallo Experiment Should Be Over
mikelink45 replied to Cody Pirkl's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
Move on! I have written so much negative about Gallo I can only say let him go now - he goes out on a high note. How great.- 58 replies
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I would drop Mahle, but I am seldom in line with the FO. If they want Gray to stay they might have to fire Rocco and get a new pitching coach. Maeda is the most intriguing and most likely. The one I would keep. But I really am concerned about the Twins inability to work with our young pitching staff. Headrick, Balazovic, Winder have not prospered so why do we think the next round of call ups will? Ryan grew up in a different system. Ober is the exception, but I am worried about his stamina for the rest of the season.
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I understand - can you imagine having to sit through all their games and go through the ups and downs that all the fans have, but still you have to describe what is happening (or not happening) and stay beyond the last pitch. I believe they might need combat pay or treatment for PTSD,
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Headricks performance so far could drop him from the prospects list.
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We wondered if Kuechel had what it took to come back - we have an answer We wondered if we could convert our minor league starters into BP arms - we have that answer too Gallo came in to keep our strikeout record in sight. Help - how could I spend the evening following this game?
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7 Triple-A Players Who Can Still Help the 2023 Twins
mikelink45 replied to Cody Christie's topic in Twins Minor League Talk
After suffering through tonights game I would just swap the Saints for the Twins.- 49 replies
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Randy Dobnak, Twins Overlooked Depth
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Sabato's line does not look like a first round 24 year old prospect to me. 41% K rate and a line that is only 221/342/421/762. He has a long way to go.
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7 Triple-A Players Who Can Still Help the 2023 Twins
mikelink45 replied to Cody Christie's topic in Twins Minor League Talk
Prato, Larnach, and Funderburk would be my choices. The starting pitchers promoted to the BP have not done well, a RP is someone I would expect more from. Larnach for Gallo (I am a broken record). Prato because he has earned it. Celestino is not showing enough to be back up. Same with Henriquez and Varland. Lee is still a year away. Let's see production in AAA over the next few weeks before pushing for a call up. Martin was mentioned in another comment, but he has been too inconsistent at all levels since we got him. I am curious about Stevenson, but really want to see Carmargo get a call up. The league loves catchers and he or Vasquez could be trade bait. The bigger question for me is who is cut for Kiriloff and Lewis?- 49 replies
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Larnach showing all he can, but he is stuck. Enlow showing another poor performance. I just have not believed in him since we drafted him. Would we ever consider trading Vasquez and bringing up Carmargo?
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Well we had only 9 Ks - Gallo and Jeffers had 5, but wow, we were under double figures. But, of course, we also did not have double figures in hits either. What the Hell? I am just besides myself trying to figure out this team. Do we have an upper limit of games above 500 that we are allowed? Hello Cleveland can you trade away more of your pitchers and hitters so we have a chance to stay ahead of you? Of course we were playing Detroit. who are only 12th in the American League. We hit, the pitching is bad, We pitch, the hitting is bad. And Duran cannot get a clean inning now so our BP Saviour is human and flawed. We need help.
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Did Taylor and Castro Save the 2023 Twins?
mikelink45 replied to Ted Schwerzler 's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
I totally agree and have really hated to read so many negative statements about both. There is more to baseball than OPS+- 23 replies
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