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I didn't know "suckage" was a word but I like it. Im going to start using it more in my vocabulary ha ha. Anyway, Walner has a strong arm, as long as he is in the minors they might want to see if he can throw strikes? With his poor fielding and kinda knowing hes never going to hit well other than occasionally smashing a homerun here or there, might as well try to see if he can become a bullpen piece? I mean if he's going to be a .200 to at best a .215 hitter and a poor fielder, he's going to need to hit 40 bombs a year and I don't see him making enough contact to ever see that happening. Throw him on the bump and see what he can do.

Jamie Moyer would have killed to throw 92. Ha ha

Can they bring in, say, a left fielder to finish out the game yet? I mean a position player might get better results.?

Yeah, just ask Miguel Sano?

Did Sands just get moved to the IL?

Seeing this lineup, with Outman hitting .091 and so many other hitters hitting so poorly makes me wonder why MLB quit letting the pitchers hit? I mean a lot of those guys hit at least .091?? Maybe they could DH Bell for Outman and let Woods Richardson hit?

I didn't get to watch any of the game, how was Ober's velo today? I think last game he had a couple of pitches hit 91/92. Was he still in that range? Im just hoping he can re find some of his old magic from a couple of years ago.

Either one would be better, I meant Gabriel Gonzalez. But either is more hopeful than outman.

Bring up Gabriel!

I know there is no way to quantify this statement, no new found stat or anything. But it could be that with Falvey gone the Twins have a new Culture in the clubhouse?? Let's hope this can keep up for the season.

If he can consistently hit 90 - 91 that helps those 83 mph off speed pitches to work a little better.

Probably why guys who threw hard back in the day didn't get hurt nearly as often. Like Nolan Ryan, in his day and age he didn't need to show up to so many prospect camps and throw as hard as he could. Guys back then probably just played high school baseball and eventually got noticed, when they finally were fully developed. Some developed early and got noticed early some developed later and got noticed later??

Yeah I'm not one that thinks all pitchers must throw 100, but with his change up at 83 it would be nice to see him at like 91 - 92?

I watched Gray have a nice AB last night in the 8th inning I believe. He ended the AB with a walk, but he must have fouled off 5 or 6 pitches that were probably strike 3. Only AB I've seen, but it looked good.

I mean we all saw the off season play out. Hope springs eternal, but I just have an eerie feeling that the Twins might waste a lot of good starts this season. I sure hope I am wrong, a 2 - 1 loss shouldn't be that big of a deal, but im pretty sure everyone has the same fear, decent starting pitching with limited run support and below average defense. Praying for the bomba squad to reappear.