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  1. Platoon
    False hope, or unfalse hope is the worst thing one could have for this bunch. But let's say you have it. Hope we squeak by Cleveland? To play real baseball teams? Maybe the Yankess? Until this orginisation is convinced that they truly need a new look in the roster, both 25 and 40 man, and some new field staff, we will remain looking forward to playing the dregs of the league for false hope. Someone made a prediction about an 11-0 finish before the ASG and getting to about 5 behind Cleveland. That would be a disaster to this orginisation equivalent to May of 2015.
  2. Platoon
    Nice post. But when I saw the headline, I thought it was another "if we play enough lousier teams than us, we can catch Cleveland". And as this recent run demonstrates, that horrid possibility could occur. Even if they simply clean up on this current stretch before the ASG puts the Twins in a position which makes all of your conjectures above irrelevant. They then become tweeners. Too good to sell, too bad to buy, and probably to afraid to evaluate. That may fit somes rose colored glasses of competitiveness, to me it makes a poor team simply a longer term poor team. Ugh. Ugh. Ugh.
  3. Platoon
    I am not sure if it's simply age or bad luck this year. But one thing is he consistently struggles with high sliders, especially away. And the other issue may be that a player who made his mark sitting on get em over FB and all pull will likely find that hard to sustain as long as a more "diverse" hitter. If nothing else he made a nice living for himself finding his little niche for a few years.
  4. Platoon
    If you take this years team and figure out who you want up in a late situation, I would take EE, Rosario, then Mauer in that order. Assuming I am looking for a professional AB. And no jokes about Rosario and "professional AB" in the same sentence please. Nick noted the handling of Garver has been odd. There's a lot of odd going on that team. Since I would bet the farm that MOY is unmoveable, then somehow they have to get The FO and MOY on the same page. Meaning, if the FO turns that page to rebuild, they have to get MOY to quit playing for wins, and start playing for development. I have never saw a guy who played so long, so we'll, have such a terrible grasp of the basic philosophies of the game. You can lead him to the spreadsheet, and call him analytical, but that doesn't mean he accepts what mode his team is in, and what goals they should achieve. Btw, very nice write up Nick, thanks.
  5. Platoon
    If I was the FO I would check the schedule. If we continue to play Baltimore and KC, we are buyers. If we have to delve deeper into the league like the White Sox, we should sell, sell, sell!
  6. Platoon
    The. Twins are a line item on the financial statement of Pohlad Enterprsies. That is all it is to the Pohlads. And that beautiful new ball park they "gave us"? We gave most of it to ourselves, which I really have no problem with. The Pohlads contribution to the ball park was a direct reflection of their appreciation of the immense increase in the value of their franchise due to the new park.
  7. Platoon
    Since I don't think there is any chance of Molitor being fired, the following is conceptual at best. Knowing it will be almost impossible for Falvine to fire Molitor anyway, I would tell him that here's the deal: We are in analytical mode. We will supply the roster with The players we want analyzed. You will play them. Do that and your won lost record is irrelevant. Don't do it, and we will move heaven and earth to see you to the door. Again, my first, second and third choice is to see him simply gone. Preferably before the ASG. But that ain't gonna happen folks.
  8. Platoon
    I was likely the first guy bemoaning the fact that Garver looked like a D2 catcher. I haven't really changed that opinion. Turner, a defensive catcher was traded, leaving the choices slim and none. My comment was given the choice of Wilson and Garver I play Garver and see at least if I can develop a MLB hitter. Playing Wilson on this team, at this time is wasted innings. Unless one feels that making a run at second place in the Central Division is a worthwhile goal.
  9. Platoon
    There is no doubt that the injuries, and the Polanco suspension hurt greatly. But there are other issues which have made changes seem necessary. Some decisions were impactful, and some were more a symbol of the disfunction. The Belisle one being the most recent. Garver. I am not a Garver fan, but nothing is lost by seeing if he cannot become a usable tool behind the plate eventually, at least an offensive oriented one. We have innings and opportunity to evaluate pitchers and position players, and instead we are constantly trotting out dead end vets. As for Molitor I would never have resigned him, his teams don't respect him, you can tell that because they make no effort to improve in the basics, nor are they made to. But I think the hope that Molitor is gone at the end of the year are awfully optimistic. When the owners got your back, and you have two years left on your contract, it will be hard for Falvine to move him. I don't really believe that Molitor and the FO view how MLB rosters should be built, or handled. And that may be the biggest problem this team has, along with the appearance that Molitor has way to much input into roster decisions. (See Belisle). Either that or they are giving him enough rope to hang himself?
  10. Platoon
    If you want accurate information, I suggest Wikipedia, not GT! .
  11. Platoon
    Lost in the shuffle and season long disappointment was the catch by Broxton. First of all, given the height he reached, one of the best I have ever saw. Secondly, he made one similar the other day. In neither case did he run into the wall and need to be escorted off the field. Yes, Buxton, I am looking at you. Lastly he was so purely estatic without being obnoxious you had to enjoy it. No Joe Cool here. Sadly I sort of expected to be seeing that regularly in MN, not in Rochester NY.
  12. Platoon
    Examples: Dozier, hitting so poorly even MOY is forced to move him down to 6 or 7 spot I think. Three days later he is hitting cleanup? In essence you can't hit well enough to lead off or hit two, so you get moved to cleanup? Message sent? You put utility IF EE at third, and very rookie catcher/3B Astudillo at second? Put players in postion to succeed? Tie game tenth inning. Veteran reliever Belisle, a MOY favorite. Or Littel a rookie starter brought up for long relief in an emergency to eat innings. You throw Littel to the wolves, and LEAVE him there? In this situation if Belisle is not better than Littel, what exactly is he doing on your roster? Or are you protecting the vet? EE, (whom I like) rounds third idiotically on a non thrown IF bobble. Gets picked off. MOY makes excuses for the move. Eddies a good guy, has been a godsend this year. The baserunning mistake was high school level. If one doesn't think the dugout sees this, and realizes that performance and playing time are not interrelated, then one should take another look at the way we baseball. It's ugly. A managers biggest task may be putting players in a position to succeed. Molitor does not do that, and the dugout is well aware of it.
  13. Platoon
    Doesn't TD have the old "Dozier to the Dodgers" thread in its microfiche files somewhere. That could be retrieved, and reopened, and we could merrily explore the possibilities for another 73 pages? l'll start: Dozier for Duensing? I know Duensing is with Cubs but maybe a 3 way? Duensing could provide veteran leadership to our young BP.
  14. Platoon
    You want him to go to Baltimore?
  15. Platoon
    Which I assume means a seller of our "talent"?
  16. Platoon
    Thanks for the nice write up. I really never thought it would be this bad this year. Nothing has went well. I didn't expect us to be the Astros, although I admit three years ago I thought we were on the same glide path. But I didn't expect to be embarrassingly bad either. Loved the film clip of Astudillo picking the guy off first. He looks like he enjoys the game.
  17. Platoon
    Getting acclimated is exactly what it says. You tend to get used to it. You don't get used to it flying every three days to a different city, nor by playing mostly night games. I am sure the Twins MiLB team in Florida is far better suited to play in Chicago yesterday than the Twins were. (No jokes) One of the reasons Korey Stringer is gone, and Bobby Wilson could have been is the "man up" bravado that precludes admitting you can't tell where the hell you are. And frankly, some people just plain can handle the heat better than others, and some the cold. And I would further bet that a lot of them gravitate towards those climates.
  18. Platoon
    The most impressive performance was by Wendelstedt. Catchers get to sit half the game, and get their gear off. Plate umpires do not. And Hunter doesn't look like he is a full time member of Anytime Fitness. About ten years ago I did a 7 inning game behind the plate in a closed in park with humidity in the 80% range. I got to the point of feeling cold, and Corey Stringer kept flashing through my mind. It's truly a scary feeling, and I was amazed Wendelstedt made it through a game that was excruciating on a nice day. Wilson should have never been allowed to run after he got to first. It was all he could do to get air. And then Molitor jerks him the next inning anyway. (Maybe Molly had him confused with a RP?)
  19. Platoon
    Last to first? IIRC this team wasn't anything to brag about the first half of last year also. Then an incredible stretch of lousy competition in the second half of 2017 helped fuel your narrative. That and a group of players all having career half years at the same time offensively. But the fact is that in the last 2 1/2 years the twins have played well in one half of one year. This equates to 20% of the time frame. There is something wrong here. And it's not just injuries and bad luck. The Sano RF experiment? Buxton opening the season in the 3 spot? Bunting like a fool for 2 years, and then abruptly not bunting? Bring the IF in early in games with a runner on third? Burning bullpen pitchers. One can nitpick each item, but the total of them is alarming.
  20. Platoon
    Who isn't?
  21. Platoon
    Thank you!
  22. Platoon
    Jump! Jump!
  23. Platoon
    The call stood, but I have never understood the rationale for fielders to look and reach for the runner on a slide. Put the ball down in front of the bag. Sooner or later he has to show up. He ain't gonna head back to third. Garver had lots of time to get that tag down.
  24. Platoon
    "low minors" Sadly the operative phrase in this sentence. There is no doubt the Mets have some nice arms available, but our needs are so extensive that throwing everything at one SP, no matter how good won't solve this. As a simple example who is going to catch the new pitcher. We don't even have a MLB capable catcher. Maybe some current players will step up and make an excess for us in the future, but they ain't exactly rushing to the forefront.
  25. Platoon
    If Magellan lost a day during an entire expedition that's really not that big a disaster. Unless the day was his wedding anniversary. In that case he would have been better staying on the expedition. Permanently.
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