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  1. HarmonK03
    You are not going to be able to get Correa, Buxton, Lewis and Miranda all in the lineup if you resign Santana especially with the philosophy of this front office and manager. Santana would be the fulltime first baseman because he is a switch hitter. So the only way to get Miranda in the lineup is to move Lewis to the OF and I don't think that is happening. I still think it is too soon to say whether Lewis is a bust at third, he has barely 100 games if that many at the position, he needs more reps there.
  2. HarmonK03
    Miranda has sat the last two nights, because Rocco insists on playing Santana every day. Miranda needs to be playing more and Santana needs to be the defensive replacement at 1B especially against RH pitching. Santana is below league average hitting RH pitching.
  3. HarmonK03
    The problem is we will not see Miranda on a FT basis even when the others are back. Rocco is insisting on playing Santana everyday at first. This puts Miranda on the bench and Santana just does not hit RH's well. He gets a big hit occasionally and that is great but because he is switch hitter he is deemed to be an every day player, it is not based on productivity.
  4. HarmonK03
    Yes I know, he still should not be sitting 2 days in a row. Play him at 1B and bring Santana in for defense in the late innings.
  5. HarmonK03
    So now Miranda is a part time player too.
  6. HarmonK03
    Why not play Lewis at SS and move Castro to second. This keeps Lewis and Miranda bats in the lineup. I know Lewis has not been stellar on defense this year, but two years ago he came up and played short. I can't believe he wouldn't be a better option than Castro and Farmer. Then you could bring up Kiersey to play center.
  7. HarmonK03
    And last game Kepler doesn't catch a foul ball and if he does he is out of the inning with no runs. He has to pick up his defense, but he needs help from the defense. He gave up 3 runs in 6 innings today and he is the # 4 or 5 pitcher however you want to rank him, most teams would take that from the backend rotation guys. He wasn't the reason we lost today, it was the offense.
  8. HarmonK03
    Let's talk about this game, that is what I am referring to and Varland has given us the opportunity to win. Most comments are making it seem like he gave up 10 runs in the first inning, If you don't think he belongs in the rotation, that is a fair opinion but the results have been there the last two games. And I think sometimes we look for all the different stats and are they hitting a pitcher and forget to look at the results.
  9. HarmonK03
    He gave up 8 hits, two of them should have been outs and 1 walk. I know it is not outstanding, but pitchers will give up hits and when you only give up now 3 runs in 6 innings, you have given your team a chance to win. I am not sure if he should be part of the rotation long term but give him some credit for keeping his team in the game, that is what counts.
  10. HarmonK03
    What do you mean on paper, he gave up two runs in 5 innings, that is real results.
  11. HarmonK03
    2 runs in 5 innings, that sure is a poor outing.
  12. HarmonK03
    Yeah and the error had no impact on the inning. It was ruled a hit but should have been an error.
  13. HarmonK03
    David Clyde came straight from high school to the majors, he never played college ball.
  14. HarmonK03
    No that is on Falvey and how he chose to allocate his resources. Now do I wish that he was given a bigger budget, yes but to keep blaming the Pohlads is the easy way out. They have given him larger budgets and he has produced one playoff series win. Maybe it's not all about money but how the money is being spent.
  15. HarmonK03
    Lopez had to throw an extra 19 pitches because of the Catcher's interference. I don't put it completely on him, he could have been out of the inning a lot earlier. Stop having the catcher set up closer to the batter, because that is what is going to happen, a catcher's interference call. You aren't going to steal strikes, it is where it crosses the plate not where the catcher catches it.
  16. HarmonK03
    The Twins keep trying to get the optimal matchup for every bat. While that sounds great in theory, it is not practical in reality. You need to play your best players and if they are not good enough to win games either develop or trade for better players. There is a time to make a move or moves in a game to optimize your chances for success but you can't do it for every AB. And yes you can be strategic about giving players a day off here and there to maximize a particular matchup but you don't do it every day.
  17. HarmonK03
    Farmer needs to be DFA'd, he should not play another inning for the Twins. He has not earned his playing time this year. And they won't even play him at SS which is he was originally brought in to play.
  18. HarmonK03
    Nice double play
  19. HarmonK03
    They had one warming up, I thought for sure they would bring him in to face Larnach and Wallner. Maybe the threat of Margot on the bench made them change their mind.
  20. HarmonK03
    Prepare for the Manny experience in the 9th inning, maybe this will be the day for a hit when pinch hitting.
  21. HarmonK03
    Great at bat Willi, but don't worry you will be in the lineup every day.
  22. HarmonK03
    You have to be a switch hitter to play every day for the Twins.
  23. HarmonK03
    This game is a perfect example of why it is hard to get excited about this team. They can not play the better teams because they are not fundamentally sound. They do no situationally hitting, so runners keep getting stranded. Cleveland just puts the bat on the ball when needed. Castro almost ran us out of an inning. These mistakes can be overcome against the weaker teams not against the better teams. They need to change their hitting philosophy but it won't happen as long as Falvey is in charge.
  24. HarmonK03
    Over 70 plate appearances spread out over 3 years, you are going to declare he can't become close to average against LH pitching. I am not saying he can definitely be serviceable against LH pitching but you can't just declare that all LH hitters will never hit LH pitching without giving them a reasonable chance. And that is exactly what the Twins are doing, they are declaring no LH hitter can hit LH pitching. Will they do the same with Rodriquez and Jenkins, we will find out.
  25. HarmonK03
    Richardson pitched great, hopefully he can continue this thru September.
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