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  1. Teflon
    The Twins and their MLB cohorts need to put more effort into the assigning of phantom injuries to players they want to sit down for a while. Something like, earlobe necrosis or having a vestigial tail removed. PS - Glad to see Keuchel. Not so much that I have high hopes for him, but just because it's something different and therefore interesting.
  2. Teflon
    If modern technology can make a home ear-cleaning tool for the masses with a microscopic ear canal camera, I refuse to believe medical science can't fix Buxton for however many millions the Twins insurance would shell out.. Shut him down now for as long as necessary to surgically repair him and rehab him. I don't want to seem him at all in 2024 if he's going to be the same player he is at present. They invented a unique surgery for Tommy John back in the day, Somebody needs to pioneer the "Byron Buxton" surgery.
  3. Teflon
    As a Minnesotan, I think Mauer's a first ballot Hall of Famer - but as a Minnesotan, I also know things hardly ever go like that for us. Harmon Killebrew, for #@!$'s sake, took 4 ballots to make it and he was the number 5 all-time HR hitter when he became eligible.
  4. Teflon
    I'd be shocked if the Twins make front office changes for 2024. This season should have already been viewed as a write-off given Correa's funk, Miranda's regression, Polanco's injuries and Buxton's limited capacity. The Twins actually should have been sellers to see if they could get something for Gray or Maeda or Gallo or Kepler but I suppose standing pat is the compromise when you're mediocre but in first place by default.
  5. Teflon
    Seeing as Gray and Maeda are both free agents to-be and the Twins are contenders only because they're the Eddie the Eagle of MLB this season, at least one of those pitchers should be traded for a player with some estimated future value. If it's Maeda that's traded, the Twins can make Gray a qualifying offer for next season to ensure they get a compensatory draft pick when he invariable signs with another team. That seems like the best case scenario.
  6. Teflon
    In April Rocco Baldelli told the team "There's snow tomorrow" which the team misheard as "There's no tomorrow" and began swinging willy-nilly. In May, Baldelli told the team to "Only swing at pitches in the zone" but he failed to specify whether that was the strike zone or the central time zone. In June Rocco asked the team to be more selective at the plate so they started choosing more leafy greens in their post-game buffets. In July, Baldelli told the team the fans were getting fed up with all the K's at which time the team's left fielder began signing autograph requests, Max 'epler.
  7. Teflon
    Even with the downgrading of wins as a factor, it's hard to believe a starting pitcher ending the season with a (likely) single digit win total in a non-shortened season would draw any consideration. PS - According to Baseball Reference, Gray's nickname is "Pickles". I, for one, believe that Twins Daily should start using nicknames more frequently. An exception would be made for Trevor Larnach. In his case his full name -Trevor John-Ikaiakaloa Larnach - should be used at all times because it's simply music to the ears.
  8. Teflon
    Luis Arraez ranks among all NL players: #1 BA #1 OBA #1 AB per Strikeout #3 OPS+ #4 Adjusted Batting Wins #5 Offensive Win % #6 WAR #7 OPS #7 Runs Created
  9. Teflon
    I would be really really excited if Max Clark was still there at #5 - but also worried that he turns out to be as brittle as Lewis and Buxton who were similar toolsy Top 5 schoolboy picks. Do you think requiring "adamantium bonding" would be viewed as unethical?
  10. Teflon
    There needs to be something for struggling hitters as effective at improving their performance as Driveline is for pitchers. Why yes, I do have some certain hitters in mind.
  11. Teflon
    As we play Baltimore on Saturday, time will be running out on the payment owed the Twins by Bally's Sports in order to keep broadcasting their games. Bally's hasn't announced that they won't be making the payment and, if the situation with the D-Backs is any indication, there's probably more negotiations to come. I hope not. It's time for Bally's limited streaming coverage to be replaced with something more accessible (MLB.com) for the remainder of the season. Anyway, slight chance we may be seeing the last Bally's broadcast of a Twins game this weekend. Fingers crossed.
  12. Teflon
    Through it all, hasn't the fishing vest been awesome, though? Never mind that you left three men stranded in scoring position in your other at-bats. That solo homer in a 4-1 loss was really something!
  13. Teflon
    Speculation is that Kepler is in possession of some damning pictures taken of Thad Levine/Derek Falvey with TC Bear. #furries
  14. Teflon
    ...here's the evidence in MS Office default blue & orange. Through 79 games, the Twins most likely number of runs scored in a game was 2, which occurred 17% of the time. The Twins scored 2 or fewer runs in a game 36% of the time while the other 29 teams in the MLB scored 2 or fewer runs in 30% of their games. On the other end of the scale, the Twins scored 5 or more runs in a game 37% of the time while the other 29 teams in the MLB scored 5 or more in 44% of their games. Because the Minnesota's pitching has been decent through 79 games, the Twins actually have higher win rates at most of the run-scored per game values compared to the rest of the MLB. Too bad the offense has been so underwhelming.
  15. Teflon
    So Carlos Correa is making the decisions, now?
  16. Teflon
    Winston Churchill coughs. Franklin Roosevelt pats his arm.
  17. Teflon
    Wasn't Trevor Plouffe the first Twins player to sing the Sheboygan Sausage jingle for the radio ads?
  18. Teflon
    While baseball's in a fixing mood, perhaps something could be done to make slumps more fun and to make people want to talk about them.
  19. Teflon
    The Twins righty lineup against Smyly (can his name be abbreviated with just an emoji?) features WIli Castro and Donovan Solano in for Max Kepler and Joey Gallo/Alex Kirilloff. Not the most scale-tipping platoon moves I've ever seen.
  20. Teflon
    What's the record for most Lopez's pitching in a game? This game has now had three.
  21. Teflon
    Don't know if you watched any of the White Sox game tonight, but they went into the 7th inning leading 3-0 over the Rays with Lance Lynn throwing a no-hitter. Then the proverbial wheels came off - and the axles - and the transmission. Tampa scored 10(!) runs in the 7th, another run in the 8th and one more in the 9th to humiliate the Sox, 12-3. (Their 10th consecutive loss) It looks like our pal Berto from the West Side will have some more material to work with.
  22. Teflon
    The Twins should sign recently DFA'd Madison Bumgarner as a DH/pinch hitter as he averages 2.5 WAR hitting per 162 games. He could also give Willi Castro a rest in mop-up pitching situations.
  23. Teflon
    The Twins game tonight is on WFTC Channel 29, not Bally's. At first I thought this might be due to the Bally's/Diamond Sports bankruptcy but then I realized it's because both the T-Wolves and Wild playoff games overlap with the Twins. Anyway, enjoy the uncharacteristically broader TV availability of tonight's game.
  24. Teflon
    This feels more like it adds infield width than depth.
  25. Teflon
    Who would be on the Twins management-front office-scouting-executive Mount Rushmore? Some candidates: Sam Mele, George Brophy, Howard Fox, Calvin Griffith, Gene Mauch, Jerry Bell, Jim Rantz, Andy MacPhail, Tom Kelly, Ron Gardenhire, Terry Ryan, Mike Radcliff.
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