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  1. rghrbek
    To answer my own quote yup, although it looked like for a base hit, but no doubt he was encouraged. Actually I guess because it's DanSan, I am ok with it. Anyone else and I would be annoyed as heck.
  2. rghrbek
    santana bunting here?
  3. rghrbek
    Has there been buxton bashing on here? I know there has been frustration. It's hard to want him to get it so badly, but at the end of the day he is not, and it's not close. I am not sure what you do at this point, because with all the attention on K's, it's gotta be affecting him at the plate, and adding to the pressure.
  4. rghrbek
    Can't pinch hit for Gimenez, here or later in game, because it leaves us with no back up. Bizarre. Glad he walked.
  5. rghrbek
    So basically we are batting two catchers back to back? I guess. What other options does he have if we are going R/L every other player...? Love Polonco at the 3 spot!!!
  6. rghrbek
    I also am a big fan. Hopefully the Twins have this guy fast tracking. With that on base %, and his hit skill in general, he could be a top of the order candidate. He plays CF so assuming his glove and arm are plus?
  7. rghrbek
    It was a nice recovery after a poor route
  8. rghrbek
    Totally agree, even though Rogers is death to lefty's, not used to seeing winning runs put in scoring position. I am just glad he got out of the inning.
  9. rghrbek
    We've seen this Gibby before. Hits in bunches. Glad Molly got him out of there.
  10. rghrbek
    damn concrete
  11. rghrbek
    Buck 5 for 7 this year so far.
  12. rghrbek
    I did intend that, and agree it was both funny and mean...more the first one though
  13. rghrbek
    I predict that yesterday will be DanSan's best game of the season. It's nice to open the season with a win.
  14. rghrbek
    Giminez has had some "really successful moments?" I can buy into surrounding your core with veterans, or different veterans (as we have Dozier, Mauer, Castro, Grossman, various starting pitchers, and relief pitchers). However, what about these 3 guys mentioned in the article are going to make a huge difference to our core? I am not getting it, especially with a lack of right handed bats... Oh well...win twins!
  15. rghrbek
    Based on the off season we have seen so far, none of this is surprising. However, that does not make it less disturbing. If the FO had trust issues with our starting pitching (duh), why was nothing, and I mean absolutely nothing done about it in the off season? Hughes being mostly terrible this spring and worried about innings, or how he is recovering from injury, should have made them get a legitimate starter. Why sign Santiago to the deal and have Huges in the rotation, if that means you are going to carry 13 pitchers? With two days off in 7 games to start? When you have 2 days off in that time how hard is it to manage innings? Otherwise, you should have put Hughes in bullpen and had Duffy or Berrios in the rotation with Alberto... Everything seems reactionary and predictable here, not proactive. It appears to be lip service about giving Mauer lots of rest, or our FO using analytics. If that was the case, Mauer would be close to a full platoon, and Grossman would only bat right handed. This is basically the same team as last year, except at catcher right?
  16. rghrbek
    DanSan is heading north. It's baffling, and depressing. I will give our FO the benefit of the doubt here, and like to think they deferred to Molly on that one. For whatever reason.
  17. rghrbek
    Any way you slice it, I am very, very concerned for the bullpen. When will our college arms ever produce? I see Burdi, Metakolis and Jay are making the trip today. Also Romero and Reed. If any of these guys, and I mean any of them, had shown progress (where we think they were very close), I would be more optimistic. I also think it would be great if the "Rice" brothers were both in the bullpen in meaningful roles. JT should make the roster, I hope, and Tyler is still in running for starting job. I am not sure that I see much difference in the entire pitching staff from last year, even though there are 2 or 3 names that have changed in the bullpen.
  18. rghrbek
    It's really hard for me to call this flat out racism. It's complicated. If anything, Kinsler has played with Latino players his whole career, it comes off more as jealousy or ignorance. Since he has played with and against so many Latinos, I would lean toward the jealousy angle. People don't often agree with, or even like others who are different and achieve the same amount of success. To me it comes off as an angry rant of an old school player saying "get off my lawn!" Regardless I was not a fan of his comments.
  19. rghrbek
    He is still really working on his change up... And the inside joke with New York beat reporters since 2010 strikes again
  20. rghrbek
    I don't mind where you have Garver, but like Mike says, if he 26 and our top catching prospect (and catcher of the future), why wait? If the Twins are confident enough in him, he should break camp with them. He should learn from Castro, and if his hit skill is legit and he is an average receiver, he and Castro could really balance out, while he develops to take over full time. I am also a huge believer in Wade as a prospect, and think you may have him slightly too low. College kids like that, with those skills are very valuable. My guess is he could be in the bigs next year, with Britton, once we trim the fat (stubbs, grossman, DanSan, and possibly rosario) Thanks for the list!
  21. rghrbek
    hughes was 88-90 with the fastball, hopefully it's a nathan like build back in the spring until he throws 93. I will say this, if he can't throw 93 by the start of the year he will not be effective...but that is what spring training is for
  22. rghrbek
    I believe he said at best...because certainly Gibson's career numbers are nowhere near this. I would go further and state, that I think we have seen what we have seen from Gibby....I am not saying we cannot start him, as I do feel this is his make or break season, but I just feel at his best, which is .500, barely sub 4 ERA, and a 6.7 k/9, we should flip him at that point, or mid season. That is best case scenario, IMO.
  23. rghrbek
    Completely agree. If they platooned Joe 90% (arbitrary percentage here) playing him against a lefty only when he is hot or our righty combos don't make sense, would curb his wear and tear significantly. Will they pinch hit for him against a lefty? I doubt Molly does this, although he should. The more you rest him as well, the easier it is to bring him in off the bench as a defensive replacement or a pinch hitter (walker I mean)...
  24. rghrbek
    Under. Until I know what the pitching plan is for both starters and bullpen, I cannot go higher than 70 wins. The current construction of our staff makes me say under.
  25. rghrbek
    Congrats on 5 years. Remarkable! i echo the sentiments here in my appreciation for everyone who contributes on a regular basis. I too, check this site daily, and have learned quite a bit, not just from the owners who write, but everyone who posts, and also the people who choose to comment. I always feel well armed at the random happy hour with my friends. Keep up the great work, and my hope is, as you get more access to the Twins, that you continue to press to get information from a fans perspective, and remember that most of us on this site, appreciate your opinions, and the facts. Not always the Twins company line (which I think other media outlets all too redily spout). This has been a great site to debate, vent, celebrate (although not often enough recently), without being too preachy. I hope you all continue to let us do our thing. Thanks again, and here's to many more years of success.
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