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  1. Vanimal46
    Congratulations to Chris Sale for joining the 300k club last night! The first to do so since Clayton Kershaw in 2015. IMO the Red Sox are the clear winners of the blockbuster trade last winter. Time will tell if Moancada and others the Sox sent over will be good for Chicago.
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    Any playoff experience is good experience for the players. I think this is a playoff team... It won't happen often where 83-84 wins gets your favorite ballclub a chip, chair, and a chance! Also, concur with others here that anything is possible in a 1 game SSS.
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    I know I'm diving into "KLaw has always hated the Twins!" territory here, but here I go. Dave Cameron has been consistent with not being a "believer" in the Twins all season.
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    12:26 Josh: If the Brewers and Twins each reach the postseason, which do you think will have been more impressive based on preseason expectations? 12:27 Dave Cameron: The Brewers, probably. MIN is mostly in WC position because all the other supposed AL contenders fell apart. 12:35 Sean: Would Hoskins and Buxton figure prominently on the trade value list at this point? 12:36 Dave Cameron: They’d both be in the top 50. 12:36 Dave Cameron: I don’t know that they’d be in the top 25, though. 12:44 Mookie Cookie: Re Twins/Brewers: That’s not really fair to the twins. Their offense has come alive in the second half. Also the same analyses works for the NL contenders falling apart (COL, STL, etc) 12:45 Dave Cameron: ARI/COL have created a legitimate barrier to MIL making the playoffs by default. The Twins could make the Wild Card with 83 or 84 wins. 12:45 Dave Cameron: The Twins have had a good season. But put them in the NL, they aren’t in the race.
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    Full disclosure: I have zero connections to the Minnesota Twins. Good luck in your pursuit to get into baseball!
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    It'll be interesting to find out if the players are juicing, the ball is juiced, or both. EDIT: For the record, I never had an issue with the PED/steroid era. I think they needed something like that to get fans excited about baseball again. This season, I'm enjoying the uptick in HRs.... Though going forward, they'll need to figure out a way to reduce the 3 true outcomes we've been seeing. More balls in play is always a good thing.
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    Another MLB record was broken last night. Alex Gordon of the Royals hit his 17th HR of the season, which turned out to be the 5,694th HR in the major leagues... The previous number was set in 2000 during the height of the steroids era. There's still 10 odd games left in the season, so there will be some breathing room between the old and new record. 17 years later, some view the steroid era as a very bad thing. I wonder what we're going to find out about this season 10-15 years down the road...
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    Obviously I don't read every thread here, so maybe. The one I was thinking of is tame compared to this thread about Doug. http://twinsdaily.com/topic/27047-twins-part-ways-with-jack-goin/page-2
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    That's just it. Why out of the few firings they've made does DM need to get clarification on WHO made the firing? Nobody in the media or message boards clamored for the reason why Jack Goin was fired.... Or the Minor League Pitching Coordinator who I already forgot his name.
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    Bingo.
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    I don't see anything new in this blog post. Again, I don't think it's "unclassy" or wrong to have his direct supervisor call to let him know he's no longer an employee of the Twins. Is it just being blown out of proportion because of DM's history with the organization? Would some still be upset if the AA manager had zero ties to the organization as a player?
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    Re-sign Suzuki?
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    Phillies P Nick Pivetta had a heck of a catch yesterday.... And he didn't even need a glove! Dude just used his jersey to snag this liner off of Austin Barnes' bat.
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    According to B-Ref, the Twins have now attempted 51 sacrifice bunts on the season. Only the White Sox have attempted more bunts for AL teams. AL League average: 30 attempts. The Twins are successful 51% of the time on their bunt attempts. AL League average: 58% https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2017-situational-batting.shtml #neverbunt
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    When you say nearly identical, you really do mean nearly identical. Holy cow. It's like I'm seeing double. 17 HR 63 RBI, 6 SB, K/BB ratio nearly the same, same .734 OPS. I don't have a lot of complaints about Kepler, besides the abysmal LH/RH splits. He needs to learn how to hit lefties sooner than later.
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    Damn. Didn't know that. I certainly want the FO to lean towards "the good of the prospect and organization" not how many Southern Conference Championships they can win in Chattanooga. It's been a pet peeve of mine when a player doesn't get the call to the majors in early September because Rochester or Chattanooga is in and/or fighting for the playoffs.
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    Miguel Sano: Now: I'd like for him to make a return. Don't really care if he plays in the field or just DH's. His bat is needed for the stretch run. In the future: He'll most likely continue to be a hybrid 3B/1B/DH. 3B for 90 some games, 1B for 30 some games, DH for 20 some games. And 20 some games for days off, minor injuries, etc. That ratio will continue to skew towards 1B as he gets older.
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    You're forgetting about the revolving door at the #5 spot in the rotation! Bringing in key contributors such as Wilk, Haley, Turley, Melville, Colon, Gee, and Enns... Good lord that's going to be a tough question to answer 2 years from now. Name all of the Twins' #5 SP in 2017!
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    This one could go either way, as it looks like there's a lot of duds coming out on network TV for the Fall. If, for example, Gotham can get a 4th season somehow, anything is possible.
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    http://tesseraguild.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sad-panda.jpg
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    12:54 2-D: Rockies or Twins, which do you like better to pull an upset in their respective division series if they make it in and get past the wild card game? 12:54 Travis Sawchik: Rockies with CarGo finding his swing and Blackmon and Arenado being two of the best 5-7 players in the league 12:55 Travis Sawchik: And is Sano ever going to get back on the field?
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    Didn't see this one posted yet: "Jorge Polanco's Three-Step Process" by Eno Sarris
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    STAND UP AND SHOUT LOS ANGELES FANS! WOO!!!!! Here's pics of the LA Rams and LA Chargers opening game. The Chargers can't even fill up a 27,000 seat soccer stadium..... What a disaster.
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    I don't know enough about the x's and o's that played into the decision to let Doug go. I do think this situation was handled properly. For those that have worked in larger corporations, did the CEO personally stop by your desk to say you're no longer needed at this organization? Probably not. If Steil was the person Doug reported into, then there shouldn't be an issue with how this was handled. I'm always reminded of the "walking papers" bit by George Carlin: "I never got walking papers. And believe me, I've been fired a bunch of times. You know what I got? A guy would walk over to my desk and say GET THE **** OUTTA HERE!"
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