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  1. tarheeltwinsfan
    Good luck with your knee replacements. I hope you get pain relief and vastly increased mobility.
  2. tarheeltwinsfan
    Credit is due to the FO for building depth for every position, except catcher. Probably the alternating of Vasquez and Jeffers helped keep these 2 catchers healthy, plus some they have had some good luck too. It is interesting that several of the comments above mentioned the good health of this team, but Buck has been, and is out, and Correa is limping and limited and Buck's very capable back up, Taylor, is hurting too. I think it is important to get Buck or Taylor playing full speed at CF for the playoffs. I'm so glad Kep has had a huge turnaround and is having fun and playing his usual stellar "D" and is crushing the baseball the second half of this season. Hasn't Willi Castro been a wonderful addition to this team. I hope he makes the team in 2024. How long has it been since the Twins had a player with 30+ steals? If Correa needs to be out some, Farmer is more than adequate at SS. This is a well constructed team. Add Donnie Barrels to my list of outstanding additions. He and Lewis are such clutch hitters. But a lot of credit goes to the 2 rookies, Lewis, batting 3rd and Julian, batting leadoff. They both have been major, major contributors. The pitching has been among the best I can remember on a Twins team. Just outstanding pitching this year. Again, credit the FO for savvy trades (Lopez, Maeda, Ryan, Gray, Duran). (I choose to ignore the Mahle trade.) Incredible. It looks like Falvey has been able to acquire great pitching through crafty trades. I have really enjoyed this year's Twins team. A group of Minnesota nice, positive, team oriented, winners.
  3. tarheeltwinsfan
    Another fascinating article. "turns his ERA sour and musty". Great descriptive writing. Thanks Matt
  4. tarheeltwinsfan
    Great idea for an article. Ted, did you do a similar written evaluation of the trade from the Twins point of view for the Marlins writer to publish for Marlins fans? If so, I would be interested in reading it. Win win for both teams, both of which filled major needs. Win win for the fans, even though fan-favorites were traded away, because both players have also become fan favorites on their new teams, due to both players having outstanding seasons and both players being good, decent, likable men.
  5. tarheeltwinsfan
    Good, well written, informative and quite timely article. Thanks Lou.
  6. tarheeltwinsfan
    Great article about my fellow North Carolinian. Thanks Matt.
  7. tarheeltwinsfan
    I think Lee will beat out Gordon, Larnach, Miranda and possibly Farmer. Lee will play 3B with Lewis moving to 2B and Julien to 1B and DH and Kirilloff to 1B and LF. That gives the Twins a capable SS playing at 3B, SS, and 2B. I worry about the sophomore slump for Wallner, Lewis and Julien. But then I am a natural worrier.
  8. tarheeltwinsfan
    That makes perfect sense. Thanks Ken.
  9. tarheeltwinsfan
    In the Athletic I asked Dan Hayes about Joe Ryan going back out to pitch after an hour delay. In response, Dan posted that he shared my concern about the risk of injury, until he found out that Ryan had been pitching some under the stadium during the rain delay.
  10. tarheeltwinsfan
    This is an article that none of us could have imagined being written at the beginning of this season. Most of the credit is due to the FO for obtaining professional baseball players who believe in team first and who seem to be really good guys. Much credit is due to Rocco for keeping them playing and team focused. Much of the credit is also due to the players themselves, who are actually the ones in the arena. No one is perfect and we all make mistakes. (New major league record for team strikeouts.) Even so, this has been one of my favorite Twins teams ever. And I have been a Twins/Senators fan since 1954. "The Twins Way" really stands for always playing hard, practicing hard, encouraging each other and respecting the game. Thanks, Nick, for an interesting article, which reminds me why I will a Twins fan for the rest of my life's journey.
  11. tarheeltwinsfan
    I was also surprised Ryan came back to pitch the 4th. I am not worried about Ryan pitching poorly after an hour's delay, rather I am concerned about possible injury to Ryan in that scenario. What did Ryan do during the hour delay?
  12. tarheeltwinsfan
    Really good article. The Twins will need Ober in 2024 and while I'm sure Ober would prefer to be with his buddies and contributing more as the season rushes to a conclusion, with the playoffs looming, the FO has made the correct moves for the team and frankly, for Baily Ober's career. Now, was anyone else concerned when Joe Ryan went back out to pitch yesterday after an hour rain delay? How does that affect his arm? I'm not sure I would have sent him back out, especially since the Twins have an off day today and the relievers are pretty fresh anyway.
  13. tarheeltwinsfan
    As long as we are wishing, I wish we had never traded these guys for Mahle.
  14. tarheeltwinsfan
    And take walks.
  15. tarheeltwinsfan
    I think you are correct Seth. You have been extremely high on Lewis. Your wonderful audio interviews give all of us opportunities to hear and see the intangibles of the prospects who you interview. Thank you for your extraordinarily effective efforts to provide this additional information to all of us at TD.
  16. tarheeltwinsfan
    Good reviews. Thanks.
  17. tarheeltwinsfan
    I never doubted him because of his extremely positive, infectious attitude, which is his main attribute.
  18. tarheeltwinsfan
    Solano should have been on this list. He deserves his nickname of Donny Barrels.
  19. tarheeltwinsfan
    What could be better/ Twins up by 10 games.
  20. tarheeltwinsfan
    Good article and good discussion in the comments. It is fun to be leading in the race for the playoffs. This is much better than what we experienced last year. Last year was brutal.
  21. tarheeltwinsfan
    Good summary. Thanks.
  22. tarheeltwinsfan
    Sorry, but we must agree to disagree on this one.
  23. tarheeltwinsfan
    Let's dance with the ones who brought us here.
  24. tarheeltwinsfan
    MLB teams are cold and calculating profit making organizations. The movers and shakers of each team make their decisions based on multiple factors, all of which are ultimately based on this question: "How will the bottom line of profits for this organization be affected by this particular move?" This is contrary to the bottom line for us fans, which is: "Will this particular move help my favorite team to win now and/or in the future?" Team owners' ultimate goals and team fans' ultimate goals are apples and oranges. I do understand that these goals overlap sometimes. For example, winning more games can be a sub-goal for the owners, only because winning usually results in increased profits for the owners. However, the ultimate goal of the owners remains increased profits.
  25. tarheeltwinsfan
    You are just exhausted from years of watching the Twins. You have no control over their wins or losses. Something must have happened in your life 3 years ago. Think back 3 years ago. What was it? I'm Dr. Fraiser Crane and I'm listening.
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