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  1. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Yes, that Lee is more prone to swing and then protect and foul a pitch that leaves the zone. In other words, more likely to strike out swinging on a pitch outside the zone, than strike out looking on a pitch down the middle. (Confession— I don’t know what the data actually says) That winning hit was on a perfect pitch outside to slap to left. Point being you don’t see as many guys hit like that as you used to.
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    Nice to see the team react at the end, and Lee be in the middle of that. Lee has not been great but he reminds me more of the old school type of hitter, more like Puckett than Julien on the hitting spectrum. Nice response following the Chris Paddack trade. Maybe Paddack was the guy playing the Josh Donaldson role and creating the strain in the clubhouse!! 🙂 (doubt it, but maybe)
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    Holy lord also, who woulda guessed players would be mixed up in this now with the sports-gambling partnerships ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ MLB: “money for me, prison for thee”
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    “Be ready at any moment!” - repeated every day for six months
  5. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Now we know where the front office is getting its ideas from—Twins Daily readers!
  6. Hosken Bombo Disco
    and put Larnach at second base? How many games has Keaschall played in left field in the minors? go ahead, take a guess 😉
  7. Hosken Bombo Disco
    For the same reason as 95% of everyone else. I think fans get too caught up in the “Player X was never gonna sign here” rhetoric.
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    Since this is the Harrison Bader thread, here is my hot Harrison Bader take: Offer Bader a short term but generous extension to platoon with Larnach and Wallner in 2026-2027, and provide Buxton insurance. (For those of you old enough to remember that Buxton was once an injury-prone player.) I have no problem trading the other expiring contracts or some middle of the ladder bullpen arms. Or even putting one of Wallner or Larnach in a trade, but I would keep Bader.
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    Correct.
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    We can disagree! Look more at the raw baseball talent than the actual results. There is a failure of coaching, clubhouse business, and whatever else that isnt getting the players to realize their potential. Bad teams with bad players and bad pitching staffs do not rattle off a dozen consecutive wins like the Twins did. (Granted, a bad team might get to half a dozen wins once or twice.) A player with no raw talent does not somehow luck his way into a streak of 12 straight hits, like Jose Miranda did in 2024. anyway, that’s my point.
  11. Hosken Bombo Disco
    “Sloppy” is for Joes.
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    A managerial change and coaching staff overhaul would do wonders, I think. There is too much talent in this team. I won’t say “anyone” would be better than Rocco, because Tony LaRussa coming out of retirement to manage the White Sox set that organization back 6-8 years (and counting). And not Tingler as “interim” either. But, just about anyone besides that? Yeah probably.
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    Cleveland Browns new helmet reveal—-Why I still love the internet (no photographers were hurt)
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    There are several teams in the league with a Tampa Bay freebie on their roster—Manzardo and Arozaren come to mind. Not as valuable as Ryan but still solid. There is at least one more big name that’s not coming to me at the moment. Blake Snell was another one, but offseason I think. Anyway, yeah Joe Ryan was a great pickup. If it was that easy, they would be doing a couple Joe Ryan trades every year. But it isn’t. so what’s your plan though? Ok, trade guys for prospects, and then what?
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    I think the one player they could trade who would bring back MLB-ready starting pitching, or at least the raw material of a good starter, would be Royce Lewis.
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    My number one thing of actions that could be taken right away is that I wish Rocco would make an everyday lineup and stick to it. This has worked for decades. The Twins new philosophy of “anyone anywhere anytime, be ready” is not sustainable over a full season. A set lineup would let players know their roles and expectations and help their preparation and would make Rocco’s late inning substitutions less of a guessing game. Keaschall has earned a promotion and may be back with the team next week. What’s the plan for the middle infielders, Keaschall, Lewis, Lee, Correa? Keep shuffling them around the infield up and down the order with random off days?
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    Didn’t see game, but the non-intentional intentional walk would have been an option too. Made a little bit trickier with right on left and your breaking pitches breaking in onto the bat.
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    I mean, trade France and Sands for a good prospect, sure. Will a trade like that really make an impact, near term or long term? Is it really that good of an idea to trade away Joe Ryan? Really, though?
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    No! 😀 (really though, no. And do what with who next year?)
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    Gentleman’s bet with you— I say that Jax does maintain this level of performance over the next two years. I like the setup with Jax in the 8th and Duran in the 9th. It takes me back to a time before StatCast, when teams set up their bullpens by what felt right, and it is in my opinion the best thing the Twins have going for them this year. (Well, 2nd to Buxton’s great year.) It would be a mistake to break up the Jax/Duran combo voluntarily. As good as they are pitching for the Twins, no team is going to break the bank for either of them in a trade negotiation.
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    I see January’s windchill
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    I think I know which two players you are talking about. Can you foresee any situation in which either of them ever plays another inning with the Twins at the MLB level? (barring a slew of sudden injuries) Actually, I could see one way for one of the players, but the Twins have shown they won’t try using the player that way. Anyway, bottom line is we could clear two spots from the 40 player roster right there, and not really miss a beat, aside from the initial shock of hearing the news. So in those cases, it was the trades not already made, that the Twins missed on.
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    👆 Lewis has always seen himself as an All-Star shortstop. I still do as well. (I am not assuming you still agree with me @TL) Lewis can still be successful. I believe the sunny attitude we associated with Lewis is still in there as well. How quickly we forget how transformative Lewis promised to be. I am not trying to convince anyone of anything at this point. Lewis’s childhood idol was Derek Jeter. (All the ball guys will tell you that Jeter was a terrible fielder.) Lewis never got the chance to be Derek Jeter here and I wish the front office would trade him to a team that can give him that chance. They could get a very nice return for Lewis, and they know it.
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    Good catch. Were the coaches asleep, you ask? Probably, I would say. I do think throwing every pitch in the exact same location was the biggest problem there, which I mentioned. Ultimately that falls on Stewart. But hey, shout out to Stewart for being able to locate your fastball and throwing strikes. 🙂
  25. Hosken Bombo Disco
    People are talking about Jeffers bad game. Well they can add the 6 straight fastballs Jeffers called for Brock Stewart to throw in that 5th, and Stewart threw every single one of them middle-middle or middle up at 96-97 mph. I thought Stewart would wiggle out of that inning but Tovar was sitting on that first pitch fastball and crushed it. .
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