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  1. diehardtwinsfan
    do us a favor and finish the last two books so that everyone else does too. Thanks
  2. diehardtwinsfan
    I thought we burned his last option last season... hope you're right about that, b/c they can keep him down as long as needed if he's not hitting.
  3. diehardtwinsfan
    You should have added Game of Thrones too... that would be the ultimate threat.
  4. diehardtwinsfan
    yeah... have to agree here. You can argue that the pen has cost us 2 or 3 games already too. Granted, having Kimbrel or someone similar wouldn't have affected all of those games, but it certainly would have helped.
  5. diehardtwinsfan
    Hopefully, this is the start of something really good. He's tearing the cover off the ball. If that continues for another month and a half, he's going to get bumped. He's still young enough to be considered a prospect.
  6. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm not going to pretend it would be perfect, but it does make more sense to be playing games further south. I'd note that several teams you mentioned (particularly KC, STL, Pit, and Phi) which in general would be safer (random spring blizzards excluded) as those climates do tend to be a bit warmer come April.
  7. diehardtwinsfan
    This would be loss number 2 that was blown by the pen.
  8. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm not worried about Eddie. He's an .800+ OPS guy who is an above average defender but makes the occasional boneheaded play. That's still a valuable piece. SSS aside, the walk rate is up, which is good. In his case, I'm not worried as much about walks as him simply taking pitches that are outside the zone. We all know he can punish just about anything when he's on... I'd just like to see him lay off the ones he's not as likely to hit well.
  9. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm not sure it's an intent as much as it is that this team is loaded with higher K guys who aren't known to take pitches. That's what happens when you get Cron, Cruze, and Schoop and pair him with guys like Rosario.
  10. diehardtwinsfan
    I think it's building in flexibility around potential weather issues that happen in the spring... My problem is that I think northern teams should probably play a bit more on the road against teams in the south early on in the season... I'm sure there's a good reason why they won't do that, but that seems to me to be the answer to blizzards cancelling games like this week and several times last spring.
  11. diehardtwinsfan
    While I don't agree with mlhouse's premise (because yes, I think he's cherry picking), I think this is equally wrong. Your 13th round picks will almost always be college players who can be signed for the minimum bonus and not affect their draft capital or the occasional HS pick that becomes a fall back if there's more cap available than expected. Picks 1-10 will be a mix of college and HS guys, with the HS guys likely advancing slower. A college 5th round vs. 13th would in general be true, but even then they may have a guy there who can sign for the minimum so as to free up cap space for the HS guys drafted in other places.... This isn't really the NFL where you grab the BPA and go. Draft capital and signability are huge factors.
  12. diehardtwinsfan
    If he's doing well, Marwin's PT drops and I think Adrianza gets the DFA.
  13. diehardtwinsfan
    The Jays and the Orioles this week... They should be able to rack up some wins.
  14. diehardtwinsfan
    Not to ask a silly question, but woudln't hitting the ball the other way counteract the shift? I get not using it for the sake of using it, but if one side of the field is loaded with players, why not hit to the other side?
  15. diehardtwinsfan
    Last night, we needed a fireman. We didn't have one unfortunately... Kimbrel would certainly have his bad moments, and even if he signed now, he woudln't be ready for a few weeks at best... Regardless, we needed him last night. We should have signed him. We still could...
  16. diehardtwinsfan
    Isn't Cron arb eligible yet next year? Also, keep in mind that they have Rooker, Weil, Larnach, and Kirilloff all factoring into this conversation as early as next year. Austin was a part of a log jam. I figured they would try to keep him (I sure would have), but eventually not... They got something of value there, so from that aspect, I'm happy.
  17. diehardtwinsfan
    you did a good job.... they should trust you.
  18. diehardtwinsfan
    Grzelakowski is a sleeper I'll be watching this year... nice to see his name on key scoring plays.
  19. diehardtwinsfan
    I think Fangraphs needs to rethink their win probability if that's true. I could see it being over 50%, but it shouldn't be that high.
  20. diehardtwinsfan
    The reason he put that muscle on was to be able to play more agressively with less risk to injury. I'm fine with that. I don't think he shoudl avoid the wall when he needs to make a catch.
  21. diehardtwinsfan
    I'd say that's probably a bigger issue later in the season... at some point, he has to get them in... in Astrudillo's case, if he keeps hitting like this, I think we both agree he needs to see the lineup more.
  22. diehardtwinsfan
    This might have been the better approach. Buxton still isn't scoring from second on an infield grounder. I could easily see pinch hitting Astrudillo for Kepler there and having Buxton steal early in the count. Only real issue is the defense is obviously looking for it, so the chances of a pitch out are high.
  23. diehardtwinsfan
    no kidding... kind of hard to score runs when you don't put the ball in play for almost half of your outs.
  24. diehardtwinsfan
    only question I have is whether the change in velo will also affect (postiviely or negatively) movement. We all know an ML hitter can hit a 100 MPH straight FB... Does this change affect things like when the pitch breaks and what not?
  25. diehardtwinsfan
    hopefully, the Twins will at least wins ome games in the ALDS
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