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  1. rghrbek
    Steal Kep?
  2. rghrbek
    Time for Eddie to get on the board with a big fly
  3. rghrbek
    Why not pinch hit Cron against the lefty, and move Austin out to right field?
  4. rghrbek
    When Gibby nibbles, he's far less effective and what he has been most of his career. When he has been aggressive he has been what we have seen last 1.5 years. Again, why I am somewhat hesitant to sign him to a 3 or more year deal. Plenty of season left, but ouch. And he's still in there!!!!! Take him out.
  5. rghrbek
    Your assuming that Astidillo is getting most of Sano's ABs there? Gonzalez has not been great by any stretch. I am excited for Sano to come back. I need to see what he has.
  6. rghrbek
    Twins doing a nice job of being patient, Bailey will be out soon, as pitch count really getting up there.
  7. rghrbek
    No, we will see, but I think Kepler is more suited for 6th or 7th. Lineups are kind of a living organic thing, but to me Kepler doesn't feel like top of the order type of batter. However, as Cap points out, small sample size and his OBP is about at career ave (after todays two outs).
  8. rghrbek
    Polonco, Polonco
  9. rghrbek
    How long will our new manager stick with Kepler at lead off, with this kind of production? I was against the move to begin with, given his lack of on base % career stats, but do not pretend to know how long he should stick with him.
  10. rghrbek
    I thought they should have stolen Buck when he was on base in the middle inning. Turned out not to hurt us, but he's almost automatic. Agreed he took a weird route in the 8th. Not the most impressive win, but a win is a win. Assuming Garver gets the plate tomorrow.
  11. rghrbek
    Tom, you rock, love these recaps thank you so much. As good as Jose was, and he was filthy, I think it's always good to be level headed. This lineup that Cleveland fielded, was week. Very week. Still you have to execute. As for getting to Kluber when they did with all new acquisitions, huge. The first pitch aggressiveness was not working all game, once we made him throw more pitches we had success. Kluber is a vet and knew what we were up to, just glad to see we made a few adjustments. Gives me hope. The problem with Cleveland is we go from one great pitcher to another. Hopefully our next two pitchers can duplicate what Berrios did, as runs will be tough to come by.
  12. rghrbek
    Yup it is, and most views are from centerfield, but it just really jumps out from behind home plate view.
  13. rghrbek
    Every Twin has swung at first pitch except Cruz. Must be in the game plan. Batters eye looks much much better and an over all major improvement to the park (much to Cuddy's chagrin), but the advertising there is obnoxious. At least in hockey it's not constantly there because the puck moves. Now we get to see it over multiple at bats and it really sticks out (on TV)
  14. rghrbek
    This...man start the season, he will be fine. Probably not great, but Sano is not great there. The bullpen should be our focus, I'm terrified where we are right now Same reason I want to see how Buck reacts to a regular season slider breaking outside of the zone from Bauer before I think he has arrived....
  15. rghrbek
    Kepler had a .319 OB% last year, and is a career 313 ob% guy. I am not sure he is the right fit up there. Rocco seems to like him up there, but I think he's going to have to hit .260 or so with his added walks from last season to be affective. Not sure who else we have that is an on base guy with a little giddy up.
  16. rghrbek
    And a better OB%, which was what he was supposed to be bringing to the table from the minors.
  17. rghrbek
    How exactly would having Harper on our roster for 2 years make us kiss the next two years goodbye? Anything factual to back that up?
  18. rghrbek
    Kepler is interesting. He was known as a good OBP guy at AA and AAA, but it has not translated to MLB. There is some power there as we have seen, but low batting averages and low OBP has me concerned.
  19. rghrbek
    Stunned and shocked that there has not been more talk about the marlins trading their superstar catcher, who we have all coveted. Hows was their hall compared to what we could have done?
  20. rghrbek
    Can we do this with the Kohl Stewart draft or Tyler Jay draft? Perspective. I know this is specifically about 2017, there was better talent at that draft, but man, we need some time.
  21. rghrbek
    When Pat covers baseball, and I mean not as a columnist, but invested, not many better. When he has an axe to grind on Fleck or someone else he is not so good. Glad to see this article and agree. Javier's year is going to tell us a lot!
  22. rghrbek
    This. Reed maybe had already been over used at his previous employer but he was throwing much faster early with us than later. We kinda beat him to death and then he was terrible. Same with Hildy. He was young and new to high leverage and we hammered him. I don't know if that was the reason for both guys regressing, but Reed had a positive track record before our coaching staff got a hold of him. Rogers and May were fantastic last year and hopefully with smart usage they will be good again. I think Magil was a great surprise and his velo and K ability were good but there were days when they would not use him. The old coaching staff hammered the same guys in the same situations. Todays bullpens you have to give rest as they pitch so much more. If our new staff is cognizant of that, I think we will be ok. Would love one more solid arm though. Reed is the big question, if he gets his velocity back he will be fine, if not, he's done, as we saw.
  23. rghrbek
    I have a feeling Gibby and his agent will wait until about mid way through the year before entertaining any type of long term offer and then it will take a 4 year deal (assuming he doesn't turn into a pumpkin). Like Nick says this is his one time to make big money, and I am sure he will bet on himself instead of a 2 or 3 year 10 mil per offer. Odo is simply more likely to sign at this point.
  24. rghrbek
    I tend to agree. Still a little queasy for me to say he has finally arrived as a #2 or #3, just pencil him in. He is trending in the right direction and appears to have things figured out. Also, he is 31, and has not had his big "contract." Why would he sign say a 2 to 3 year deal with the twins before the start of this year, when if he has a good year again, he can get a 4 or 5 year deal for a much larger sum (likely somewhere else)? I am sure his agent has brought this to his attention. I would be surprised if the twins were able to extend him before this season starts.
  25. rghrbek
    Couldn't agree more on his take of the Twins uniforms. That gold has to go. Also I would love for us to bring back a version of our gray pinstripes from our glory years. The current away unis are roughly the same as the Braves and Indians, with gray, a little red and a little navy.
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