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  1. gunnarthor
    That's a legit fair point. The A's are good and they are playing great. Sometimes you just get your ass kicked.
  2. gunnarthor
    I do think lack of a consistent lineup hurts. I know some folks think changing the order around based on who you are facing, moving guys up and down or in and out, gives the team a better chance to win but I think it also takes guys out of their routine.
  3. gunnarthor
    Looks like another 'total system failure' season. It is too early to panic and the Twins do have some talent but they are also relying a lot on guys who, frankly, might not be that good. Buxton, Cruz, Donaldson, Berrios could start for anyone but I'm close to giving up on Polanco and wish one of our young bats would take RF away from Kepler. And our bullpen still sucks. Still, this team could easily turn it around and win the Central. Sano will get hot.
  4. gunnarthor
    Yeah, this sorta has a "I want to hit reset" type of vibe to the season. Oh well. Hope everyone is healthy.
  5. gunnarthor
    Well, we aren't as bad as we look right now but, ugh. I trust our hitters to get it figured out a lot more than I trust the pitching staff.
  6. gunnarthor
    Those stats are through 9 games against a few pretty iffy offensive teams. Not sure it tells us anything. The Twins pen seems like a weakness to me. We'll see how the season goes.
  7. gunnarthor
    I think our pen won't hold up but our lineup and rotation will. Part of this is that the starters aren't designed to go 200 innings anymore so we're more reliant on the pen. And part of this is that the pen arms are all feast or famine type. Great to see Buxton turn into the guy we all hoped for. Now if he and Sano can both get going at the same time ...
  8. gunnarthor
    Ignoring this season, Buck was already a star - the only issue is he couldn't stay healthy. Even counting his dismal 2018, he's been about a 4.5 WAR player per 162 games. I don't know if you can bet on him to stay healthy and I don't know what his agent wants, but he's the most fun player we've had in a long time. I hope he stays with the Twins for his entire career. Honestly, I'd probably pay him and if it doesn't work out, well, that's life. I won't blame the FO for locking up a talent like Buxton.
  9. gunnarthor
    He'll be fine. He'll have hot and cold stretches but he'll hit.
  10. gunnarthor
    I think, like others, the FO didn't think he'd get picked and they didn't think he'd stick. They were wrong. I'm not sure it was unreasonable for them to think like that but it's also fair to point out that some commentators - I think it was the fangraphs guy who later went to a ML club - were much higher on Baddoo then the consensus. He was a second round draft pick for a reason. But having two guys taken in the rule v draft and both sticking with the drafting club is not a good sign for the FO. Some might spin it as "oh, look at all the talent in the system" but tons of teams have tons of talent in their systems and this isn't a regular occurrence. The FO simply isn't rating their talent correctly or are making commitments to fringe free agents too quickly or just not taking the backend of the 40 man roster seriously enough.
  11. gunnarthor
    I'm ok with Cave. He's a 4th OFer. That means he'll get spot starts but it also means he'll hold down a position for a bit while we wait for Larnich/Kiriloff/Rooker to be "ready." He's fine at his role. I would have been ok if the Twins let him go and gave his role to LaMonte Wade instead but having a guy like Cave is a good thing. I would be surprised if he got 300 plate appearances this year.
  12. gunnarthor
    Wow. Good for Dobnak.
  13. gunnarthor
    Yeah, the Twins should be ok at DH. They have a lot of potential thump that can be moved there even if Cruz goes down for a while.
  14. gunnarthor
    I don't necessarily disagree with this but this is basically what Kepler was - a 2 WAR player - when he's hitting at a 95 OPS+ clip. Right now, I think we have enough options where we can say that's not good enough and move on because, as a system, our corner OF floor is very high. Larnich, Rooker, Cave can all probably combine in some fashion to produce more than 2 WAR in RF.
  15. gunnarthor
    I wouldn't be surprised if our OF by the end of the year was mostly Kiriloff, Buxton, and Larnich. The good news is, we have some pretty good depth so we should be good in the OF.
  16. gunnarthor
    Any of you tech/computer game getting on RBLX? Not an area I know well. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/roblox-gains-steam-market-debut-162415152.html
  17. gunnarthor
    https://www.marketwatch.com/story/buy-the-dip-with-apple-microsoft-and-these-other-tech-stocks-before-they-fly-way-higher-says-analyst-11614860585?siteid=yhoof2 Suggests buying Apple and microsoft or a few others.
  18. gunnarthor
    Yep, painful
  19. gunnarthor
    I thought this article was a nice reminder for why you should hold and not sell. https://www.ft.com/content/f8f8b067-e663-4afe-90dd-6a243929af86?ftcamp=traffic/partner/feed_headline/us_yahoo/auddev My wife and I have been pretty good about not panic selling, SHOP being my biggest mistake. Generally, you should only sell when you need to. We've bought stocks and sold them to pay off student debt, buy a house, etc but generally we own for the long haul and, with dividend reinvestment, it's worked for us.
  20. gunnarthor
    I assume this was MGNI?
  21. gunnarthor
    Thorpe could be something. I think the rest of the guys battling for #5 are meh but Thorpe could be better than that. Hopefully he has it all together.
  22. gunnarthor
    Yeah, I think we have the third best rotation after Cleveland and Chicago. Berrios is our best pitcher and I think both Maeda and Pineda are really solid starters. After that, it's a little iffy. We have quantity but, eh. There doesn't seem to be a lot of upside with our best hope some of these guys can be average ML pitchers.
  23. gunnarthor
    I think if Max is really struggling this year they have a few bats that might replace him. It'll be a tougher call if he's not struggling, per se, but is meh. If he's a 105 OPS+ slugger through June, do they stick with him? That said, 2020 was such a strange season and it wasn't even 200 at-bats. I think we're more likely to see 2019 Kepler than not.
  24. gunnarthor
    Here's a few articles on it. https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/02/26/should-you-buy-the-coinbase-ipo-here-are-the-key-f/ https://www.coindesk.com/coinbase-defi-us-regulations-dex-competition https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/26/coinbase-s-1-lacks-key-trading-details-ahead-of-direct-listing.html
  25. gunnarthor
    I do, actually.
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