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  1. sftwinsfan
    I'm not saying they had other options at this point, the point is for a playoff team to have those guys in the starting lineup is not ideal. Look at their lineup compared to some of these other playoff teams. I wish we had more productive options for LF and 1B.
  2. sftwinsfan
    Would have maybe been a good spot there for Taylor to try to push a bunt towards 1st to try to get on base. Too bad nobody knows how to bunt anymore. Need to get him into the stretch and disrupt him.
  3. sftwinsfan
    Or Willi Castro for that matter. Both are solid bench players but shouldn't be in your starting lineup in the postseason. Unfortunately, it just shows how outgunned they are by Houston's lineup.
  4. sftwinsfan
    One positive for next year is Paddack looks like he's come back from surgery pretty good.
  5. sftwinsfan
    Was Stewart pitching too well? I would have ridden him for another inning (had someone warming in case he ran into trouble of course). Bringing in Thielbar here, not smart in my opinion. Alvarez doesn't care about facing lefties. Thielbar is alright, I think he puts more fear into me than the opponents though. He's a little more craftiness over stuff. Plus, he has to pitch to at least 3 hitters, he is not exactly killing it against righties. This is nuts.
  6. sftwinsfan
    I must have missed Urquidy winning the last 5 AL Cy Young awards, my God. They're not even coming close on these swings.
  7. sftwinsfan
    Umps calling everything a strike all the sudden. Apparently, the Target field crowd and Twins catchers need to get nastier and throw more little fits to intimidate the home plate umpire.
  8. sftwinsfan
    Agree, seems like the wheels are getting a little wobbly and in danger of falling off with the pitching. Gray really seems to struggle once he gets past the 5th inning or so and Ryan has been terrible lately. Maybe Duran has focused too much on velocity to the point he's lost some command? As for Gallo-look up his splits the last 3 months (so the vast majority of the season). He's hitting .156 with a .628 OPS and striking out in over 45% of his plate appearances. Indefensible that he's still on the team let alone still getting playing time at this point.
  9. sftwinsfan
    Ryan's 1st 10 starts of the season shows 61 IP with an ERA of 2.21 and 4HR's allowed. His next 12 he's also thrown 61 IP but with a 5.90 ERA and 17HR's allowed. Last season he had a 2.28 ERA through May with 3HR's allowed but then had a 5.31 ERA in June and July allowing 11HR's. Both seasons it's like a switch was flipped right around the end of May.
  10. sftwinsfan
    Looks like Joe Ryan's mid-season swoon might be becoming an annual thing. Hope not.
  11. sftwinsfan
    Saw this and was hoping he was still hot, nope. Looks like he's riding at least an 0-19 with 11K's from 6/25-7/4. Talented, but definitely a work in progress.
  12. sftwinsfan
    Not that he looks like a bad prospect, but just not at #5, I don't care what he's willing to sign for. Hopefully they won't have this opportunity often to draft top 5, especially in a year with strong talent at the top, so they need to use it to try to obtain an impact player. I hope they throw out whatever model they've been using, because it hasn't been producing much for results.
  13. sftwinsfan
    Some good signs to start, especially if his wrist is finally healthy. He's struggled pretty badly in June but may as well let him get in some experience. His early numbers were a bit inflated by a high average of balls in play. I think in the end he'll be pretty good when it's all said and done if he stays healthy.
  14. sftwinsfan
    They definitely seem to rely too much on guessing and looking to drive the ball over the fence regardless of count or situation. Seems far too often guys just take a fastball over the plate for strike 3 because it's not what they were looking for. Or maybe when a pitcher is rolling against them and they're not seeing the ball well off him, try to do less, shorten up and look to go the other way. Buxton at this point just looks like he's trying to yank everything to left, but he has enough power to hit it out to right as well and when he's going good seems to drive the ball well to the right-center field gap. Just more adjustments would be great, you can't continue scoring 2 or fewer runs in 35% of your games.
  15. sftwinsfan
    Was just listening to something on YouTube, in high leverage situations opponents have around a 1.400 OPS against him. How many games over a span of a week or two was he involved with blowing just against Cleveland last year? I'm not opposed to running him out there in games where you're down by 3 runs, take the pressure off and he's been pretty good. In a tight game late though, I think they'd have a better chance letting a position player pitch.
  16. sftwinsfan
    Yeah, he was a fun guy to watch. I think I remember he was a light-hitting utility guy when he came up and then developed into a pretty good hitter.
  17. sftwinsfan
    Home plate Ump should be suspended over this game. As aggressively as he went after Rocco prior to his ejection and then multiple calls outside the zone after he badly missed the Taylor call that appear to be nothing but vindictiveness on Kirrilloff. He was clearly calling anything anywhere near in that last at-bat.
  18. sftwinsfan
    I think you may be on to something there, look at their minor league system too. Emmanuel Rodriguez .217 (has moved that up a bit lately), Jose Salas .167, Noah Miller .205, Yasser Mercedes .167, Bryan Acuna .194, Misael Urbina .178, Rafael Cruz .180, Ariel Castro .119. I realize some are young, some are small sample size, but that's 8 of the 18 hitters on MLB's top 30 prospect list. Batting average may not be everything, but I believe they've overcompensated because the percentage chance of someone getting a hit does matter in many situations. How many times have they had the bases loaded where just a single could have possibly scored 2 and changed the game, yet they're swinging for the fences? Rough count the Twins have scored 2 runs or less in 27 of 74 games this season, that's crazy.
  19. sftwinsfan
    I just hope they take one of those top 5 guys and don't try to get cute. No guarantee a player will be there when you draft next, just take the best available when you're picking that high. Especially in a year with a top 5 this strong, rare opportunity. if they do want to be creative, I'm willing to sign for well under slot and can strike out at least 3 times per game.
  20. sftwinsfan
    My God, this team is just punishing to watch.
  21. sftwinsfan
    Buxton or Gallo just almost by random chance is due to run into one at some point.
  22. sftwinsfan
    May 4th
  23. sftwinsfan
    More bad luck for Jax I guess, all I know is it seems like when he comes in bad things tend to happen. Terrible jump coming in by Taylor, I haven't found him impressive at all defensively for being a gold glove winner. He's competent, maybe a little above average. Buxton needs to get back out there.
  24. sftwinsfan
    Right away I thought of Ben Revere, he was a little taller than that though. He could go get it in center, just didn't have a throwing arm or much of any power.
  25. sftwinsfan
    Maybe it's just me, but this has to the be worst I've ever seen for ball/strike calls on almost a daily basis. There's always a couple, but this year it just seems to be routine that balls not even close are called strikes.
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