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  1. Loosey
    I just wrote the same thing, but i wrote mine in the form of a question.
  2. Loosey
    In regards to Stewart and Twins pitching development in general: Obviously in the past the Twins had tried really hard at finding "safe" pitchers who threw strikes and kept the ball down in the zone and in the park (pitch to contact period). They did a fine job at developing those pitchers and got the most out of them they could and most had their greatest success with the Twins. Now that they are developing pitchers with a different pitching style than in the past, more power arms with arguably less control they aren't developing into major league quality yet. Do they still have the same pitching instructors, coaches and using the same teaching techniques with this new pitchers? Perhaps someone like Stewart needs a fresh outlook from a new pitching staff coach to teach him how to harness his mid 90's fastball. The same could be said across the board, I also could be wasting my time writing this if they have different instructors than they did 7-8 years ago. If not, Falvey seems to have had some success developing a nice staff, maybe he can help find the right coaches to get our 4 AA starters (Gonsalves, Jay, Stewart, Jorge) to develop into good Major Leaguers.
  3. Loosey
    So the Marlins fired Bonds after one season as their hitting coach. As a team the Marlins hit .263/.322/.394, this includes pitchers batting 1 out of every 9 times (And Oswaldo Arcia twice). Their problems on offense were they didn't score many runs due to not having great power outside of Stanton who was hurt for a large chunk of the season. Their "Core 8" in their lineup however managed to hit .275/.335/.425 (.759 OPS). Now the big question would be did they hit because of Bonds or in spite of him. The argument against Bonds could be the players that hit well were already becoming or were established hitters. And the arguably best hitters from an average standpoint and power point of view had down years (Dee Gordon and Stanton). If Falvey were to make some changes and Brunanski were one to get the boot, would you entertain the idea of Bonds as hitting coach?
  4. Loosey
    Reading the Twins one as well as the comments is both funny and agonizing at the same time.
  5. Loosey
    What is the hierarchy now? Are St Peter and Falvey equals and both Report to Pohlad. Does one report to the other? I would hope that they are in two completely separate areas reporting through a different org.
  6. Loosey
    Hope someone from TD will be able to get a nice one on one interview with Falvey. I think he would appreciate the knowledge of the main writers on this site as well as members (fans) compared to some of the local newspaper journalists who will ask dumb questions about pitcher wins and RBI.
  7. Loosey
    They should have tore it down to the studs after 2011. Instead they considered that year a fluke and patched worked it back together, unsuccessfully. So in 2013 when they really knew the prior 2 years weren't abberations, they should have gone to work, instead they went with status quo, then signed expensive middle of the road rotation pieces and made very few moves to make the team better outside of drafting.
  8. Loosey
    Johan, and Francisco Liriano for 2 months.
  9. Loosey
    Whether he turns out to be a 2 WAR type player or a 6-8 WAR player, I think we can all agree he will be a fun player to watch. And at this point of Twins baseball, I think having something fun and exciting to watch is all I really want.
  10. Loosey
    Bad week to announce a big hire like this. Ryder Cup, Season Ending, Vikings Monday night game. I could see next Tuesday as announcement day once everything else settles down.
  11. Loosey
    Any thoughts that perhaps McCleod didn't want the Head PBO role? Maybe more interested in GM position? Falvey as PBO, McCleod as GM still a possibility?
  12. Loosey
    How is he complaining? He was asked how he feels and he was honest. He said, he feels awful and is ready for this season to end so he can get some rest and recover.
  13. Loosey
    Yes, Yes, Yes 100% agree.
  14. Loosey
    My son got into trouble at school the other day. Tonight I am bringing him to a Twins game. Please don't call social services, I'm just teaching him a lesson.
  15. Loosey
    Great, so now I have to go return my jersey and ask the printer for refund?
  16. Loosey
    ONLY a decade?
  17. Loosey
    Completely Agree this scenario should happen There are essentially 3 positions Sano can play (DH, 1B and 3B) Vargas can play 2 (DH and 1B). Park is a sunk cost in my mind. Maybe he flashes some next year and can be dealt for a C/B prospect. But there is definite room for Vargas. If people before were saying Arcia is going to be another Ortiz, Vargas actually could be that scenario in my opinion. As for now . . . it's just Molitor doing Molitor things - It tells me he doesn't care about next year because he is going to "talk with his family" then retire from managing. That's my hope anyways.
  18. Loosey
    Still better than any appearance he had with the Twins.
  19. Loosey
    Pohlad also said Terry Ryan's job was safe and a month and half later he fired him.
  20. Loosey
    I don't think this will affect the GM/ POBO search. I always thought Molitor would START next year as manager. The new GM will probably have some candidates in mind, but might 1) not be able to bring in someone immediately, 2) might want to evaluate what is going wrong so he can determine who to bring in who might have the traits needed that the current staff doesn't have.
  21. Loosey
    I've run the move Dozier scenario to 3rd base in my head few times myself. My question is, does he have the arm for 3rd base? He clearly has the pop in bat to play 3rd.
  22. Loosey
    My concerns about trading Dozier is who and what type of player will they Twins get in return? We all have seen his amazing stretches, but we all have seen what type of player he is when he is off. All the other GM's in baseball have seen those bad stretches as well, which could temper the return. That being said, if blown away with a package prospects and at least one front end ML or ML Ready starter pull the trigger. If not, hold and hope he continues to hit. 2018 is going to be a crazy good free agent class. That might be the year the Twins go all in on Free Agency and try to get that Ace.
  23. Loosey
    Brunanski claims he doesn't like that Toronto strikes out in big spots, and the Twins are trained to put the ball in play doesn't sit well with me. First of all the Twins have 1120 Strikeouts so far this year, the Blue Jays have 1114. So the Twins strikeout more even though they are taught to just make contact. Second, and I can't quantify this, but the Twins strikeouts with in key spots happens ALL THE TIME. There have been so many times this year with one out and a runner on third when a fly ball would get them a run, but instead they went strikeout, out. No runs. So in theory what Brunanski says makes sense, but the team doesn't apply those things to their in game hitting.
  24. Loosey
    That explains why an ambulance had to come. He is (in the grand scheme of things) actually lucky he had a training staff that recognized what type of injury it was. Something that gruesome could have have been worse is scary.
  25. Loosey
    Different sport, same excruciating end results.
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