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  1. strumdatjag
    Deserves to be in Cooperstown, better if it’s first ballot. I split a season ticket and unfortunately will not be at Saturday’s Joe Mauer induction - Instead, I’m there for Harry Potter night. OK - I like JK Rowling’s first series of stories but really! It’s an English thing - It’s more appropriate for Harry to promote Cricket (or Quidditch)
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    IF IF IF - The twins make the playoffs. Based on today - what would be your pitching rotation? Here is Mine - 1. Maeda 2. Ober 3. Lopez 4. Gray 5. Ryan I put Maeda over Ober only based on his longer experience / it’s a close call. At the beginning if the season, this list would have been in reverse. Go figure.
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    Crickets - Chirp Chirp at TD.
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    MUST??? A right handed bat would be nice and comes closest to being actual need. It doesn’t help much, however, if the rest of the line up doesn’t produce AND is less of a necessity if they do produce. The other MUSTS are not necessary. and can and will be addressed internally. Find a way to get Dallas Keuchel up here - there you have your lefty starter (trading Gray or Maeda to make room and adding the farm system or helping to acquire that RH/ lefty masher). Relief pitching can and will be addressed internally.. Thielbar and Stewart will return and there are other options in St Paul. Do not bet the farm on this inconsistent team. There are less costly ways to accomplish these goals. Cost matters.
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    OK. I really meant tonight and maybe tomorrow in my original post (No, I screwed up on reading the trade deadline clock. I think they will make a minor move and will give my wish in another thread.
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    If they trade Sonny Gray, the Twins have more depth than just Dallas Keuchel (Varland, Winder, and more).
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    Oops. I was reading that timer wrong!!
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    Here is the right approach (I think). Reduce the depth of lefty outfielders and starting pitching. And Improve by adding a stud right-handed outfielder. The Twins roster is loaded with numbers - let’s exchange that for talent without depleting our top minor league prospects. . I know - easier said than done. Are we really going to dump a guy like Gallo (and/or Kepler or Larnach ) and one of our starters for a stud right-handed outfielder? That’s a tough task for the FO but that would be my goal if I was part of it.
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    Accept reality with some caveats below. Currently, Pagan is the best #3 option in this bullpen. I don’t expect any additional trades for relief pitchers. Let’s see if the Twins try Maeda or Keuchel or another starter as the third guy (behind Duran and Jax). Maybe Thielbar can return and assume the role of #3 guy. Dread the thought, but what if there is an injury or reduction in effectiveness for Duran and Jax????
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    My near-geriatric memory is that there always seem to be an abundance of trades announced before and after the final night of the game on the night of the trade deadline. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 ……. Or is my memory wrong?
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    Furthermore, I don’t drink a beer at a Twins game until the 4th inning at the earliest. Over the years, I missed too many exciting plays while standing in the men’s room. It’s even worse since the radio broadcast has been blasted inside those formerly silent confines. At least, I I used to be able to be oblivious and enjoy my moment of physical relief but not any more.
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    No marketing campaign - even this miscue should encourage more Bud guzzling. Budweiser is St. Louis Cardinals beer. AND Miller is Milwaukee Brewer beer. Don’t drink them.at Twins Games .At the Old Met, the beers were all Minnesota brewed. Grain Belt, Schmidt, Hamm’s. Then the boring national brands started creeping in. Let’s get back to Minnesota Beers at the Minnesota Twins Games, especially the craft beers. Unless it’s Grain Belt - Don’t drink Bunny P____ (just wasn’t sure whether that last word is allowed here - it should be!).
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    For the birth of his third child. Now I can preempt the expected, smart-aleck posts about Byron needing more time for the birth of his dog’s puppies, then his cat’s kittens and then an extended rehab assignment with the Saints (until and if his bat returns to form).
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    The Twins won’t deal Wallner because he’s a local boy. Larnach seems the likely odd man out here.
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    Surprise. Pagan has looked pretty good lately. Until Thielbar gets back and proves himself, Emilio is the #3 reliever (behind Duran and Jax and ahead of Jorge Lopez, Moran etc).
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    Can Polanco play 1B? if yes then: C. Jeffers and Valdez 1B. Polanco 2B. Julien SS. Correa 3B. Lewis RF. Kepler CF. (Buxton, Taylor, Castro ????) LF Kiriloff DH and bench: Buxton, Solano, Gallo (and those not playing CF) 12 pitchers If Polanco cannot play first base, then put him on the bench and use him at 2B, 3B and SS.
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    Let’s try to keep this conversation Civale. The Twins don’t need another Starting Pitcher, the Twins need more batters who can get on base and some more to drive them home. I’m sure Joe Ryan and Rocco would want it to be said like Jerry at the end of this long, strange trip in Frisco this weekend, “If I knew the way, I would take you home.”
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    A STRIB letter to the editor appears today responding to this article. The fans’ ire is even reaching the opinion pages. It could take one or two off seasons, but it’s time to balance this line-up. More hit-run, stolen bases and younger players. Look at this year’s all-stars. The rule changes this year encourage more base runners and less of the home run/strike out approach. The Bomba Squad era is over.
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    Again, if we can’t get more offense out of what we have, then it would be a poor decision to deplete our pipeline of future players for a pipe dream this year. If the Twins current team can start to produce at a better level - where is that going to be? If Vasquez starts to hit better, then there is no need to trade an asset for another catcher. The same holds true for the infield and outfield. Finally - Nobody is trading a stud for Kepler and/or Gallo - Not on this planet in the world of reality.!!!
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    Some of you may not have liked him but Donald Rumsfeld said it best when describing the Iraq War - and it applies to the Twins this season: ”You go to war with the Army you have, not the Army you might want or wish to have at a later time.” The Twins made a big investment in Correa and Buxton (and to a lesser extent, Vasquez). They aren’t producing as desired. It isn’t worth selling any bit of the future to add some more vets to this current unproductive group. Do you really want to see another Yennier Cano as an all-star for someone else next year (and he was just a lottery pick that by luck came in for the O’s). So - The fans of this team are left hoping for the current stars to make a 180 and suddenly click this year. If it doesn’t happen, then some major decisions need to be made in the off season. BUT - For this season, we at war with the Army we have - like it or not.
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    Sportswriters and/or Players would make it a popularity contest. The great player who is a jerk could get excluded. So the most weight should be given to the fan vote. So, I think the fan voting should be half of the vote (no votes disclosed till the teams are announced). The other half should be a combination of Players, Writers, MLB Scouts and Managers. One caveat - the players, scouts (one from each team), umpires and managers cannot vote for players from their own team nor any team with which they have been affiliated for more than one regular season game in the previous 4 years. In other words, we want to know which opponents they truly respect and admire.
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    It gets a little easier if Buxton plays at least 2/3rds of the games in CF. Then the DH becomes more flexible rotating Donnie Barrels (sometimes Castro) and Kepler/Gallo/Wallner. For playoffs, expected roster - hoping - c: Jeffers/Vasquez 1B Kirilloff 2B. Polanco 3B. Lewis SS. Correa RF. Kepler CF. Buxton LF. Gallo DH Solano Bench: Wallner, Castro, Julien, Taylor, plus 12 pitchers. It’s far from the 1927 Yankees but it’s something - as long as Buxton can play and stay healthy. Again - nothing happens if Correa and Buxton don’t hit. The Twins for this season have to rely on those two bats bouncing back.
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    Most of the mock drafts had the same top five. There was a clear drop off in the respect given to players ranked lower than those five. Only one of those five was left on the board when the Twins made their pick. TD would be full of outrage if they took anybody else.
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    What about converting one of several starters? Keuchel, Maeda, Varland …
  25. strumdatjag
    Another thread laments the Twins’ need for a lefty. We already have one ready. Looks like it’s time for Dallas Keuchel!!!
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