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  1. hybridbear
    And isn't this something that the competition committee has discussed changing?
  2. hybridbear
    A 10 pitch AB for Nuñez that ends in a walk, nicely done. Too bad it's during garbage time.
  3. hybridbear
    And they did it again now in the 9th, as if they're afraid that the Twins would come back from a 4 run deficit with 2 outs hahahaha
  4. hybridbear
    FSN Plus, whatever that is. I'm watching it online via Fox Sports Go.
  5. hybridbear
    The strike zone seems a bit large today...
  6. hybridbear
    The HRs given up are getting ridiculous...
  7. hybridbear
    They just showed fairly heavy rain at Target Field on TV, but at my house in Edina the sidewalks are dry. I hope the showers will pass soon.
  8. hybridbear
    I would take free tickets, in fact, I got some at work for the game on Thursday night against the Marlins. Even when the Twins are this awful I don't mind going to a couple games a year with free tickets.
  9. hybridbear
    What was up with Souza & Santana when Souza was on 2nd? It looked on TV like Santana was yelling at Souza to get back to the bag & Souza was taunting him by not going back.
  10. hybridbear
    Why do the Twins manage to play two good games when they're on the west coast so the games are played in the middle of the night?? So frustrating!
  11. hybridbear
    Well, I've had enough of this debacle. I'm going to sleep.
  12. hybridbear
    Maybe Grossman can deliver. He's been hitting well since making his Twins debut.
  13. hybridbear
    Time to bench Plouffe and start Sano at 3B. Enough with his terrible ABs.
  14. hybridbear
    Wow! Not a double play! Shocking! No surprise that he got another changeup there with how poorly he's hit them today.
  15. hybridbear
    I want to hope that Sano will hit a 3-run HR now, but I know that a double play or a strikeout is much more likely...
  16. hybridbear
    Hahahahahaha that's made me burst out laughing
  17. hybridbear
    I guess that's why someone suggested batting him lead off in the article I read this morning on here about batting order. It's shocking how poorly the defense is playing this year. I don't remember it being so bad last year.
  18. hybridbear
    Idk what the stats say, but it sure seems like Centeno is worse at blocking the balls in the dirt compared to Suzuki.
  19. hybridbear
    The Twins might need to call up a starter from AAA to come in the next time a starter can't complete 4 innings to pitch the other 5+ innings of the game.
  20. hybridbear
    It's also on the player. It's only on Molly if he isn't properly coaching them. It's on the player if they aren't listening to the coaching.
  21. hybridbear
    Ervin has had to throw a lot of pitches through the first 2 innings, this doesn't bode well for the Twins...
  22. hybridbear
    It sounds like there is an overall need for more creativity. Be more creative with lineup construction based on analytics. Be more creative with contract structure to sign high upside players to deals that reward them very well if they perform, but limit liability if they don't. Be more creative in hiring decisions to go outside the organization & sign a more diverse staff. Be more creative in strategy of signing players from the draft and internationally. The one point made in the article that really caught my attention was about player contact in the off-season. Perhaps this already happens, but I'd like to see the Twins have a specific plan for each player during the off-season. There may be goals relating to conditioning, weight, strength training or other exercise related goals. Or there might be baseball related fielding goals such as better routes on fly balls, improving decision making on throws back to the infield, working to improve first step speed, improving fluidity for double plays or others. Or perhaps there are specific hitting goals such as improving strike zone recognition, learning to lay off more breaking balls, taking the ball the other way, pulling the ball more, hitting less pop-ups, etc. I'd like to see a plan laid out for every player under contract for the next season at all levels. The goal should be to make the players better through these plans. Then the Twins could help the players accomplish their goals by providing resources to them as needed.
  23. hybridbear
    Chargois has only pitched 17.2 innings between AA & AAA this season. It seems a bit premature to be anointing him as the savior for the Twins bullpen with so few innings at those levels. He only has 5.2 innings pitched at AAA. If he reaches 20 innings at AAA and still has such great numbers and a K/9 > 9 then he should be called up and given a serious look at replacing Jepsen in the highest leverage situations. But, 17.2 innings isn't enough to say he's MLB ready...
  24. hybridbear
    I like the idea of Polanco getting more playing time. Dozier should be sent down to AAA until he figures out how to hit again. I don't care how much experience he has or how much he's being paid. He should learn humility and accept a demotion to AAA where he can face inferior pitching and figure out how to hit again. Let Polanco start every day and 2B and Nuñez/Escobar at SS and Plouffe/Sano at 3B. It would be nice to see Sano playing 3B at least 2 days per week. That would allow the Twins to get Arcia more playing time in the OF. It would also be nice to see less playing time for Danny Santana. Can Grossman play adequate defense in CF? He looked pretty bad on a deep line drive in last night's game, missing it & slamming into the wall while the ball ricocheted away. Let's see a starting lineup of: Polanco 2B Mauer 1B Park DH Sano RF Arcia LF Plouffe 3B Nuñez/Escobar SS Grossman CF Centeno C
  25. hybridbear
    And against the Cubs!
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