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  1. KirbyDome89
    Say this louder for the people in the back. It's been this club's MO for way too long. All of a sudden they have to play an actual baseball team and they puke all over themselves 3 out of 4 games. Tbh, Cleveland isn't some juggernaut either. They didn't look all that impressive and their offensive ineptitude matched our own. Can't wait to hear about how MN outhit and outscored Cleveland in this series though.....
  2. KirbyDome89
    That last inning perfectly encapsulates the difference between these two squads. Lee fouls out. Bader singles and Gasper misreads the ball. Idk if he's sent home even if he gets a good jump but regardless, it's a baserunning gaffe. Bride sac fly. Bader caught stealing. Tough to moan about that with Vazquez at the plate. Arias is down 0-2 and instead of hacking away, he gets a pitch on the outer half of the plate and pushes it to 2B. A productive 1st out. Ramirez of course singles because I guess we're pitching to him? He swipes 2B. Manzardo is intentionally walked. Now it's runners on 1st and 2nd, tie game, 1 out, Cleveland in full control. Ramirez swipes 3B, doesn't matter, Martinez slaps a single. Ballgame.
  3. KirbyDome89
    Don't let anybody try to tell you this run of losses is just "bad luck." Bad teams find ways to lose these games. That's exactly what happened this afternoon.
  4. KirbyDome89
    Lol stay hydrated....
  5. KirbyDome89
    Do the Twins play fundamentally sound baseball to the level of Cleveland so as to allow them the luxury of a glove first corner OF? Vitriol? C'mon. People weren't thrilled about another vet coming off down offensive years getting playing time. If you want to start the victory lap, go nuts, but if Bader gets near 400 PAs (your number) and his usage vs. RHP stays the same I'll happily hammer the under.
  6. KirbyDome89
    Uh huh, and you're locking yourself into a subpar offensive option and exacerbating an existing issue in the name of corner OF defense. I don't like the strategy. May 1st is pretty early to be serving up Harrison Bader crow...
  7. KirbyDome89
    I get it, but that has way more to do with the guys wearing the TC hats IMO. Call me bitter, but Cleveland has looked far from impressive this series. Their lineup is just as putrid as our own, and they can't even really use the injury excuse. Their rotation isn't nearly as good as MN's but their bullpen (when Clase isn't a meltdown waiting to happen) is probably better top to bottom.
  8. KirbyDome89
    Idk if their rotation really has a "toughest," starter. Maybe Bibee? It's not a good group.
  9. KirbyDome89
    Because they haven't needed a solid bat? I'd be happy with a bat only corner OF and Bader not getting 2/3 of his PAs against RHP.
  10. KirbyDome89
    Appreciate the clarity. There's a reason the above section wasn't quoted by me, and tbf, all of the subsequent posts, including those I viewed as taking a wider view were also downvoted.
  11. KirbyDome89
    Call me a homer but I would say it's more than slightly less. Some of those Twins teams from 2002 onward had quite a bit of top end talent. I know Cleveland had some pretty strong rotations around their WS run but their lineup has always been stars and scrubs with a heavier emphasis on the latter.
  12. KirbyDome89
    Fair. I did actively cringe listening to the Cleveland broadcast call it "Guards ball," when Ramirez scored and Santana worked his way to 3B. Ugly, but yeah I guess take advantage when ya can and they seem to do it consistently against the Twins.
  13. KirbyDome89
    Honestly though, Idk if I could stand being a Cleveland fan either. Their ownership is d*****t, they don't resign even marginal talent, they're basically TB light except they'll sneak into the postseason by winning what's fairly consistently the worst division in baseball rather than having to match a team like NY or Boston.
  14. KirbyDome89
    Can't wait to hear this being rationalized as some sort of "bad luck." Don't worry, it'll correct itself.....
  15. KirbyDome89
    Never said they weren't, I asked what part of the post was being downvoted. I said it's not debatable that this organization has been slow (or resistant) to changing course. That goes from roster building down to in game decision making. I very much believe that has hurt them over the last few years, and there's plenty of examples of that. If you're after some blanket statement saying Rocco is incapable of making off script (in game or otherwise) decisions on his own you'll have to find that argument elsewhere.
  16. KirbyDome89
    I read the post I responded to as a fair critique of a larger issue.
  17. KirbyDome89
    I'd love to know what part(s) of your posts are being downvoted here. I don't think it's even debatable that this organization has been rigid and slow to move away from whatever their plan is over the past few seasons. The extreme platooning you mentioned earlier 100% is an (albeit smaller) example of that. Does softer phrasing sooth the disagreement?
  18. KirbyDome89
    Eh, 32 runs in a 4 game stretch is going to skew things no? Maybe they've turned a corner, or maybe they just blew up some bad pitching.
  19. KirbyDome89
    They've won 3 games in their last 4 series and scored 0 or 1 run in nearly half of those games.
  20. KirbyDome89
    Just saw that flash on the screen. If true, Idk why they'd wait until now.
  21. KirbyDome89
    Maybe not the best sign, LHP or not, that if Bride is hitting for you
  22. KirbyDome89
    He did just compare McCusker to Judge so there's that...
  23. KirbyDome89
    They just spent $200M on Correa. The money was apparently there, the team chose to invest it elsewhere. Mahle was definitely brought in to sit at the front of the rotation when they traded for him. Paddack was not expected to be that high in the pecking order but that takes a back seat to the fact that they were relying on him to stick in the rotation. Unless you actually believe he was turning down better offers to stay in MN, the Twins represented the top of the market. Taylor is severely overrated on TD. He was an offensive black hole and a major contributor to a team offense that went dormant way too often for way too long. No need to talk about Margot. Bader if TBD and if the Twins keep feeding him PAs against RHP I'll take the under. I don't want to be TB. No fan should. Sure, take a run at an injured player if there's an actual plan B. Don't collect injured players, rely on them to stick, and then throw your hands up when they inevitably get hurt. I can't feel sorry for a FO that put themselves in those situations.
  24. KirbyDome89
    This thread is about the pace the Twins need to play at for the remainder of the season in order to reach 87 wins (or whatever hypothetical total gets them to the postseason) right? Their pace for a good chunk of last season was brought up. I pointed out their month to month was less impressive. You said that was arbitrary. I asked where the line was for non arbitrary. You said you weren't talking about sample sizes. Now we're here.
  25. KirbyDome89
    Isn't sample size inherently part of a conversation about pace?
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