laloesch
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I remember when Brad Radke won 20 games in 1997 (and there wasn't a whole lot to cheer about that season), and just being obsessed with his win loss stats as he got closer and closer to 20. How he didn't make the all-star team that season is ridiculous. Brad was the one Twin that I REALLY wished could have won a world series game for this franchise. He stuck with the Twins through some of the darkest years of this franchise in recent memory. Guy was an absolute horse of a pitcher. His win loss stats (since we are talking about them), would have been much better if the franchise had better players in the mid 90's.
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yeah I second this. Just give every team and every fan a world series trophy at the end of the season, do away with the divisions, and win losses records for pitchers and teams. While you're at it, do away with batting averages too, as those are stupid stats as well 😒
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I actually agree with the commissioner on this one. Total BS from the players union on the pitch count clock being the cause. They move that fast throughout the minors.
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"Caleb Thielbar Clears New Markers on Rehab Assignment" Better get a pin survey and make sure he's fully recovered. Remember surveyors often joke with each that online GIS (geographical information system) is short for get it surveyed. Twins had better get two or three doctors to check Caleb Thielbar, it's the only way to be sure.
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They need someone who can hit and they need another starter who can start.
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Nope it's never too early for wine or did you mean is it too early to whine about the Twins? 😀 All kidding aside I don't think it's too early to panic either. This team is not going to win the division this year. The sooner the Twins get Lewis back the better and they might as well call up Lee when he gets healthy and has a week or two in AAA to get going again. This team's offense is putrid.
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actually he said "year after year."
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Byron Buxton vs Bratwurst, Luck Is On Our Side For Once
laloesch commented on The Mad King's blog entry in Proclamations from the Mad King
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"Headrick continued to strike out more than ten batters per inning" Pretty sure that's impossible.
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When Ren walks in the door after work from the episode "Ren the Hermit" reminds me of this conversation about Deslafani.
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Mind games 😁
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"Why You Shouldn't Lump Anthony DeSclafani In With Other Injured Twins Pitching Acquisitions" OHHHHH I think we should. They did trade for him afterall. A spade is a spade. I'm tired of the apologists. I was tired of them a long time ago.
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LOL. You've officially entered the spin zone. When i read this article and ones similar to it, I get this impression: the trade really wasn't about Anthony Desclafani, but the other players. Uh huh, but he was a part of it wasn't he? "Yeah but the trade really wasn't about Desclafani, but the other guys so he really doesn't count as part of the deal." Rolls eyes, semantics. A spade is a spade. Like it or not the Twins traded for that extra starter Desclafani, end of story.
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LOL. You've officially entered the spin zone. When i read this article and ones similar to it, I get this impression: the trade really wasn't about Anthony Desclafani, but the other players. Uh huh, but he was a part of it wasn't he? "Yeah but the trade really wasn't about Desclafani, but the other guys so he really doesn't count as part of the deal." Rolls eyes, semantics. A spade is a spade. Like it or not the Twins traded for that extra starter Desclafani, end of story.
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They might as well just forfeit the season with the way things are going so far if everyone is going to the disabled list this early.
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Is it really that or are these guys just getting hurt because they start the season when it's cold out and it's hard to warm up when it's 35-40 degrees gametime? Perhaps the better option would be to just go back to a 154 game season and cut out the late March early April games when it's still cold out?
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That's not what I remember. In fact, I remember A TON of people here being extremely upset about the trade thinking he was the next Johan Santana or Francisco Liriano which appeared to be the consensus amongst the majority of fans posting on TD.
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Agreed. Twins were HORRIBLE this spring, absolutely horrible. Not at all a good sign heading into the regular season and pitching was the main deficiency, particularly the tail end of the starting rotation and most certainly the bullpen. Are David Festa and SWR ready? They better be. Hopefully Matt Canterino can get healthy because I think they are gonna need him soon as well. I really hope the Twins call up Brooks Lee on this year's squad. He's just that good from what I've seen, service time be damned. On a side note the Tigers looked GOOD.
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I would add as a side note: the expectation was that Graterol was a soon to be top of the rotation starter. (Almost everyone on TD was saying that and throwing a fit when he was traded). He hasn't reached those expectations. He throws very very hard but he has almost no movement on his fastball and hasn't (yet) been able to add or work in any more secondary offerings to reduce his reliance on that fastball and therefore he can't be used as a starter nor as a closer which is what the Dodgers were / are hoping for. Not saying he won't, just progress to date. I'm also not saying he's not a good RP, because he is, but he hasn't lived up to expectations. Overall, the Twins did alright in this trade. Now if Graterol had continued to add pitches and improve his repertoire and become a ++ starter this trade would have looked really bad for the Twins.
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He has looked good this spring.
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if Varland goes 9-7 3.93 era this year that would be a good first full season for him. I think Paddack does better than 6-5 and 96 IP pitched.
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I agree. I think he’s done an okay job, for example the Lopez trade. And then not so good such as the Tyler Mahle trade. Do I prefer him over Terry Ryan ABSOLUTELY!
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I would still like to see them make another trade with the Marlins for one of their starters (Braxton Garrett, Edward Cabrera, or maybe Jesus Luzardo), but the cost would have been very high assuming they were willing to deal.
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I don't want SWR anywhere near the starting rotation of the Twins, not unless he has a breakout year in AAA. He barely averages 90mph and he has not lived up to the hype when he was drafted out of high school. Festa is by far the superior prospect but he only has 12 innings at the AAA level. After that it's Raya and Canterino. Canterino could be on a fast track to the majors if he can stay healthy as he's already 26 years old. When healthy he's been dominant in the minor leagues, but he needs to do it in AAA before long or he's simply gonna age out, which would be a shame given what he's done in the minors.
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I doubt SWR will be ok. His minor league numbers are not good. Relying on him as the first backup to the rotation should anyone else go down is a scary prospect if you ask me. Festa has far more potential but he's only got 12 innings at the AAA level. Probably more of a midseason callup if they need him.
