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  1. gunnarthor
    To be positive a moment, Gibson has been decent for our #4 starter. Good to see. I wish Molitor would've let him pitch a bit longer but I'm just looking at the box score. Maybe he done. Who knows.
  2. gunnarthor
    Well, even with regression, I don't think anyone thought he was done. Something sorta between the last two years.
  3. gunnarthor
    I dunno. His bat path may be the same or it may not. But it also might be slower as he ages. All those pop ups and fouls back on fastballs suggest that Smalley is onto something.
  4. gunnarthor
    Long run, we'll be fine. I figured us for 90ish wins but I still figured we'd have some 3-7 stretches along the way. That said, my concerns about Molitor have not abated. I don't think he's the right manager for this team. I haven't watched much of these Yankee Twins games but the little I saw was with Bremer and Smalley (who I like in the booth) complaining about Berrios getting squeezed and our hitters having to cover a large zone. When an ump is messing up like that the manager has to get that fixed. Gardy would've gone apocalyptic on the ump and got tossed. Molly just seems to sit there. I don't like his lineups and his bullpen use has been questionable. I felt like the Twins won 85 games last year despite the manager and FO. Not sure that's changed. But the season is young and we have lots of baseball left.
  5. gunnarthor
    I believe we are now 33-93 against the Yankees since 2002. I'm not 100% sure that counts all our post season losses. I'm not going to check.
  6. gunnarthor
    Nice to see Baddoo and Kiriloff get more hits. But for the most part, the minors have started a bit flat.
  7. gunnarthor
    Yeah, he's just been pounding the strike zone. I love the lack of walks. He also seems like he could be a 200 inning pitcher, which is getting rare in this day and age. As an aside, it's just fun to watch him (and the other young guys) after years of waiting for them in the minors.
  8. gunnarthor
    I think Morrison will be ok eventually but maybe not. There are flags. But I think it's probably too early to give up on him but I think he should be moved down in the order. It doesn't help that we don't really have an obvious replacement for him, either. I've never been a big Vargas fan and he's putting up bad numbers again at AAA. Grossman isn't hitting either.
  9. gunnarthor
    I missed the game. Why was Berrios pulled with only 84 pitches?
  10. gunnarthor
    I didn't want to lose but Lindor is really something. Probably my favorite non-Twin at this point. Also, my early season prediction that Cleveland would be bad this year is probably not going to be true. Let's hope Berrios is dominant tonight.
  11. gunnarthor
    I think he gets in fairly easily - maybe not first ballot but he won't wait long.
  12. gunnarthor
    A couple encouraging starts for Stewart. Nice to see. Rooker and Baddoo are struggling a bit more than I thought they would although the season is still pretty young.
  13. gunnarthor
    Gad, another DL trip for Jay? I mean, he's got the stuff from the scouting reports but, jeez, the guy can't stay on the field.
  14. gunnarthor
    If he's good this year, I think we'll bring him back on a 2/24mish deal. It's a little more than he might get on the market but he's the face of the franchise so he'll get a bit more. Right now with both Rooker and LoMo looking rough I'm not sure the Twins can move off a high onbase guy.
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  16. gunnarthor
    That was fun to watch. Mauer's having a nice late career run here these last two seasons. That's probably enough to get him in the HOF. Berrios has really looked good since last year. Let's just keep that going. Not worried about Sano and Buxton, they'll get there.
  17. gunnarthor
    Cool, that's a real park. Thanks.
  18. gunnarthor
    Out of curiosity, anyone know the dimensions of the park in Cedar Rapids? I saw 310 down the LF line.
  19. gunnarthor
    Yeah, he certainly seems to have a nice natural power swing.
  20. gunnarthor
    Well, it is still very hard. I doubt Morrison and most LH sluggers have practiced bunting in a game in years, if ever. Rosario bunted against the shift but he's a fast dude so I'm sure he's laid down a bunt or two in the minors to see if he could do it. Mauer would occasionally drop a bunt to keep the opponents honest. But holding the bat and trying to get the ball to roll toward third base (esp when the pitcher is probably throwing hard inside) isn't just something you do overnight. I wish some of these guys would work on it in the off-season but most probably don't. IIRC, I think Thome or Dunn once tried to bunt against the shift and ended up having the pitch hit their thumb and knocking him out of the game.
  21. gunnarthor
    It is too early to worry - he has a track record, after all. But I do wish some of our lefties would bunt against a shift. I know Rosario has done that at least once. But when they're giving you the entire left side of the infield ...
  22. gunnarthor
    Yep, I'm really happy for Stewart. Let's hope he can do this all year.
  23. gunnarthor
    Well, I agree that he probably can't help anymore the team should probably make sure. Letting him get some minor league starts to rehab his arm, maybe putting him in the pen are both reasonable options. 12m is a lot of money and I'm sure most owners don't want their GMs telling them to dump salary. It's pretty rare, even the Yankees have seldom done it.
  24. gunnarthor
    I do hope that Bechtold gets moved fairly quickly. He's 22 and has some college experience. I'd be thrilled if he could make it to AA this year, even for a cup of coffee.
  25. gunnarthor
    Yeah, he's probably done. Too bad.
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