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  1. Loosey
    Exactly. I just want him to care as much or more than the fans do. But he doesn't seem to, at least he doesn't come across that way ever in interviews
  2. Loosey
    So I stumbled across a few people rerweeting an interview with Pohlad. The interview was done by a young 11 year old kid who has a cool kids website called Thatisgreat.co. The kid himself did a great job interviewing Jim Pohlad, asked some good tough questions and was getting good information in general on baseball, business, family and the baseball business. But what struck me again is Jim Pohlad's seeminglmy disinterest in the Twins. At one point he was asked if enjoyed going to Twins games. His answer was "I think I have to go to the games. If I don’t, it’s hard to tell people they should go." He was also asked what the worst part of owning a professional sports franchise is and said, "The importance of winning is so highlighted in our market, it takes the fun out of the actual game." As fan of the Twins, these two answer hurt. If I owned a Team I would love to Get to go to every game not Have to in order to do it as marketing PR thing. Also, winning Should be THE most important thing to an owner, not the worst. Basically he needs to get his family out of this business. If they aren't passionate about it they never succeed. And from his interviews this year he seems far from passionate. The Twins seem like a hindrance to him. Other than that, great interview by this young man, Oscar. Here is the link: https://thatisgreat.co/category/interviews/
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  4. Loosey
    The Curse of The Big Papi.
  5. Loosey
    The stat I liked most with Berrios was 1 Walk.
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    I had been in the camp of trade Nunez and get what you can while his value is up. But I am beginning to change my tune somewhat. If the right offer comes in, then Yes, trade him. But I wouldn't trade him for scraps. The Twins right now need more guys like him. This squad for the most part is BORING and has no personality. Nunez brings something different that makes me smile everytime I watch him play. Plus, he is playing very well right now. Will he continue to hit .335/.336/.516? Most likely no. But I think he can be around what is career line is with the Twins over the last three seasons (.287/.319/.441). I would take that from my shortstop.
  7. Loosey
    I wonder what a Nunez trade would get back in return. He is probably hitting a little bit better than what could be expected to be his long-term returns. I personally think he is a good hitting infielder and a trade isn't necessary unless the returns are right. If the Twins do not trade him and give him arbitration in 2017 and 2018, (Gordon should be about ready to see MLB time by then) would Polanco net a nice front end pitching prospect or other position of need in return such as catcher . . .
  8. Loosey
    When the Jepsen trade first happened I disliked it. I was upset they gave up Hu (who most claimed is not a top prospect) for a guy who was essentially a middle reliever with a good fastball. Then Jepsen performed great, I ate my words. Terry Ryan had once taken a nothing special reliever and got the best out him. However, like Terry Ryan has also done often, he didn't know when to fold his cards and accept that he got all that he could out of middle of the road reliever. Instead he re-upped another year hoping that 2015 wasn't a mirage. It was. So now we are in 2016 and again I am upset they gave up Hu for Jepsen. But it was a good trade as far as 2015 was concerned and hindsight is 20/20.
  9. Loosey
    My complaint is clearly all players are not the same from a physical and emotional standpoint. They are human beings and so are the coaches, FO, etc. Every prospect, veteran, ball boy can't be handled the same exact way. The Twins seem to have gone the complete opposite direction with Meyer. Instead of showing confidence in him when things got rough, they showed zero confidence in him and seem to have stripped him of any he had remaining. Maybe they were trying to protect him and not let things get out of hand and have things spiral out of control that way, but in that situation it's on him and his ability not the team essentially saying, "we don't believe in you, pack your bags."
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    I don't get it. It doesn't even have to be Abad. He has three lefties in then pen now in Boshers, Abad and Rodgers. USE THEM when you need them.
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    In yesterday's game after Jepsen loaded up the bases with one out, Brad Miller came to bat. A lefty. Jepsen was getting hit and walking guys. Why was Abad not brought in to get one out? Molitor, I believe, was asked about this yesterday and his response was that if Abad came in and got Miller, the right handed Longoria was up after him. That answer has bothered me on many levels. 1) Who cares if there is a righty after Miller. Bring in a RH reliever to get Longoria. This seems like lazy managing to me. And he almost failed to consider the Double Play opportunity. 2) Molitor failed to realize that the odds of leaving Jepsen in greatly were in the Rays favor. A flyball (which happened) gives them the lead, a walk, a hit, any of them give the Rays the lead. Yes, any of those things could happen to Abad as well, but the matchup is more in Abad's favor than Jepsen's. 3) Over thinking seems to hurt Molitor. He does it a lot. Over thinks one future scenario that isn't as important as the present one and gets burned on it. (Bunting 15 times a game, pinch running, not pinch hitting a catcher bringing them down to 1 catcher. Did anyone else think this when he said that. Does Molitor know a pitcher can come in an throw to 1 batter and then leave? I assume he knows they can do that, why didn't he?
  12. Loosey
    I think the slow starter stuff is in regards to his first stint up here. He has been pretty great since his recall. K Rate is down to 26% and a .435 BA. I hope this is a glympse of what to expect for the next 10+ years.
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    My argument to you on Arcia is when he gets consistent playing time he is significantly better than when he plays sporatically. Yes, his numbers are lower than most would hope, but I don't want the Twins to give up on him yet. We've seen what he can do when he plays every day. We also have seen that Park can hit pretty well too. A trade candidate in my opinion, if he keeps hitting, would be Grossman. He has been great so far but is this a SSS or is he a later bloomer (26 years old) ready to be good player for 5+ years? I could see a contending team willing to find out. I could also see the Twins be willing to find out if they have a new OF of Grossman, Buxton, Kepler for a few years.
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    Clairvoyant . . . .
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    Perhaps I am seeing what I want to see then. . . . But I thought his swing look much more purposeful and not as arms flailing as a before.
  16. Loosey
    Was Matt Lawton on the Twins when he got busted?
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    I can't wait for 10 years from now when we are having this same conversation about Danny Valencia . . . .
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    The results haven't shown yet, but I like what I have seen in Buxton's first 2 games back. I know he has 3 strikeouts in 3 of his 8 at bats, but his swings looks more decisive. In his first stint this year he looked to be swinging to make contact a lot of the time. His swings now look like he is trying to drive the ball somewhere hard. 2 hits in 8 at bats isn't awful, neither is 3 strikeouts in 8 at bats. It is a small sample size, but I am optimistic this time around even though I was/am in the camp thinking he should have stayed in AAA longer.
  19. Loosey
    Will NCAA ever just move to using wood bats? It seems logical from the standpoint that guys who have a chance to get drafted and have a career in professional baseball will be able to show their true hitting ability. I understand 90% of the players will not sniff pros, and will struggle but from a safety standpoint as well as projection standpoint it seems like this would be a logical step.
  20. Loosey
    I could see Park start to see more time on the bench, rotating Arcia at DH and occasionally in RF to spell Grossman or Kepler. Even a DH platoon of Park against Lefties, Arcia against the righties. As long as Kepler is playing 90% of the games.
  21. Loosey
    I think the Twins promote too slowly in the lower Minors A to A+ and A+ to AA allowing them to dominate lesser talents. Once they get to AA though the Twins seem to zip them to the majors without getting the experience of playing against other more developed minor leaguers who are more in line with the talent level of those players. They then have to learn at the majors and develop some bad habits trying to keep up with established Major League Pitchers/Hitters. If they would move them quickly through the lower minors and slow them down a bit in AA and AAA I think the jump to MLB wouldn't be as jarring as it has been for many of the Twins prospects lately. Just my opinion.
  22. Loosey
    That is my exact concern. The ability is there, he needs it to just stick. If he struggles and starts to press and reverts back to what he was doing before he will need to go back down and start from scratch again. Basically wasting month and a half of very good development progress.
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    I don't like this move. I think he was really getting into a groove, gaining confidence and from what I have heard beginning to understand a breaking ball. I am in the camp that he should have stayed in AAA longer so these things he has learned became 2nd nature to him and he didn't have to think at the plate. If he comes up and looks the same do they send him down again or do they keep him up just because? I am hoping the Twins have told him this is a 15 DL fill-in and they know he isn't quite 100% ready for the big leagues. Once Santana is ready they are going to send him back to AAA for little while longer to finish up his fine tuning, then the NEXT TIME he is called up will be for good. Hopefully this will take any self-induced pressure he seems to put on himself and he can just go play baseball. Then if he tears the cover off the ball maybe he forces the Twins into making a decision of keeping him up or sending down still.
  24. Loosey
    If my option was only Guillen or Molitor I would be upset.
  25. Loosey
    Probably not. Hopefully winning a few ballgames will air out the place and change the attitude in there. But if it could be proven that a bad clubhouse has a correlation with young players development I would take the stopgap year. (It can't be proven)
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