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I am impressed that he can throw 95 at his age though.

Rodney isn't really a closer. He just tends to make things closer.

Actually wouldn't the best trade chip probably be Jose Berrios, probably followed by Royce Lewis?? I mean they could get a load of stuff for those guys?

One hell of a game by Gibby

I think the Twins will be sellers but for some reason I don't know if they will be all in. I kinda think like last year when they shot Garcia off to New York and then Kintzler off to Washington they were in seller mode but then they kinda hung on from there? So I could see one of Dozier or Escobar getting shipped off but not both, I could see Lynn going if anyone wants him and maybe a reliever going away, but I just don't see all of those guys going all at once. JMO

Is it just me, or does Berrios look like he has a little bit of a cross-fire?

I know there are some computer gurus out there that can probably figure this out. But my question is.... Have there been any real superstar athletes in baseball that have been sent down to the minors as many times as Buxton has?? I mean I see guys like trout and etc.... When they finally get the call they for the most part, stay up?? I can see being sent down once, but it would be interesting to see how many great players have been sent down multiple time like Buxton has. I would bet there hasn't been many?

Yeah, I think that they need to use all 7 - 8 arms in the pen, no sense in using the same 3 or 4 all the time. On pace for 90 games is a lot.

Part of the problem could be that the Twins have been in a ton of close late games this year. It hasn't helped that they have come on the wrong side of many of those games. The Twins need to bust out and blow a few teams out of the water to get guys like Magil in there more often. If they had won more of those close 1 run games they'd be in a much better spot. So hopefully they can have a few more of those 9 - 3 games like the other day so as to rest those bullpen guys like Pressly, Hildy, Reed etc...

On the other hand however, Buxton has never let himself get to 300 pounds either. I know different body types, but Buxton, I am assuming is willing to do the things that they tell him to do, so maybe Sano is getting demoted all the way down to work on more than just his swing??

Man they have to start hitting, or walking, or stealing bases, or doing something to get some runs across the plate. These pitchers are going to go through some cold stretches too, they aren't going to pitch like this all year it's the nature of the game, so they really really need to take advantage of all these good starts they have had.

Who cares about all the other crap, I hope he blows them away!

Thanks

I find these meniscus tears and surgeries interesting, as a high school coach. I have seen a few kids go through these procedures. The one thing that I have witnessed first hand is the fact that every single athlete who has had his meniscus repaired, (which in my career has been 6 of them), every single one of them, 6 for 6, has within weeks of being able to return to competition has re-tore that same meniscus, it has been like clockwork, no athlete that I have had with the repair has made it through the next season without it re tearing. Now on the flip side I have dealt with 8 athletes who have had meniscus removal procedure done, 5 of them were in the first 6 who had the repair the first time, so there is some crossover. Of those athletes all of them were almost back to normal within a couple of weeks? So far in my experience, it doesn't seem like the repair method has done so well for those still competing. Now it is possible that because Castro has probably one of the best doctors because he is an MLB player and all that his might work out better. But it would seem in my limited experience that 6 for 6 meniscus failure is not a good ratio. Especially for a catcher squatting down all of the time. This procedure might be 90 to 100 percent effective for a guy or gal that works in an office and just has to walk around all day. But it seems that to me once the athlete starts to put the same stressors on the injured meniscus it tends to fail again. I just wanted a more professional opinion, mine is just a layman's opinion from what I have seen happen to my athletes. I am a wrestling coach, so there is a lot of twisting and pounding going on, but it would seem that a catcher would be dealing with a lot of that himself? I thank you in advance for any extra info on this type of situation.

I was at the game. Escobar made as good of a play as he could. The Twins left 9 guys on base, so they had their chances to plate a couple of guys. Mauer came through nice in a pinch hitting situation. The Twins have been playing pretty well lately, it would be nice to see the whole squad together soon. Sano, Polanco, Santana added to the mix.

I wonder if Kennys Vargas would be hitting .170 right now with 4 homers like Morrison??

Twins starting pitching has seemed to be doing their job, with the exception of Lynn so far and obviously Hughes who appears to be out, but even when they aren't their best they have been seemingly able to hold the team in the games. The bullpen, different story. However, if the Twins bats wake up, and they can get Sano and Buxton back in the everyday lineup I think the twins can definitely come back and compete for something this year. As far as bunting goes, I feel it's a useful tool, but you have to have players that are good at it in order to use it. I mean a ban saw is also a very useful tool, but I wouldn't want someone trying to make **** with it if they never practice with it? You just end up losing some fingers. If I had Rod Carew on my team I would have him bunt into the MLB shifts every single at bat. But he obviously practiced bunting, a lot, and because of it, no team in their right mind would ever dare put a shift on him, which would open up the whole field for him again. The problem is that for the most part not many MLB players practice bunting enough to be able to effectively use that tool. Suicide squeeze plays are a rarity but if you put that play on you need to be 100 percent sure your guy can get that bunt down.

That's A Bummer

Trainwreck!

Yeah, Im not completely in gripe mode, but it seems like the human element favors teams such as the Yankees and such. If the human element was just that all the way around and everyone got affected the same then I would be ok with it. But you know Clayton Kershaw gets borderline calls that someone like Berrios won't get. If it was all equal I'd say leave the human element in there, but it doesn't seem to be equal.

At least he didn't walk anyone?

Dang I miss the days we could bring in Gimenez.

Offer him the qualifying offer and then after he rejects it offer him a 3 year big money deal and then let him troll for better offers. If he gets better offers they can either counter them or bid him farewell and move on to Gordon? If he doesn't get better offers then keep the deal on the table and bring him back. Simple,

That's not a very good use of Rodney? Id think that would be the perfect time to bring in Pressley or one of those guys. Bring Rodney in only when you have the lead, to me that is a plain as it gets?

I think the first pitch of the 2018 season was a big fly!