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  1. KirbyDome89
    Somebody has to win the ALC. You could realistically make the same quasi contender argument for all 4 of MN, Det, KC, and Cleveland. MN has pretty good SP, and it's been healthy (for the most part) the last few years. Add in Chicago being a lifeless punching back 13x, eh, I can see a mid 80s preseason projection. Agreed that the talent level is consistently overrated here. My hopes for the 2025 postseason rested primarily on the rest of the division crashing out a la 2023 rather than the Twins becoming something they aren't.
  2. KirbyDome89
    Jones, Hedges, Kwan. That's Cleveland's 8,9,1 in the lineup. 12 pitches, 9 of which were fastballs. I don't recall an actual changeup being thrown. What game were you watching?
  3. KirbyDome89
    "An unfathomable stretch of heartbreak..." Eh, not really. The Twins needed 3 outs to push a Manfred runner across in the 10th. That included said runner misreading a single up the middle and another runner being thrown out at 2B. Although in fairness, with Vazquez in the box at the time it likely doesn't make a difference. Cleveland needed 1 out (a productive out that moved the Manfred runner to 3B) to score 2 runs on 2 hits with an intentional BB sprinkled in. They swiped 2 bases in the process. That's pretty much all you need to know when wondering why the Twins have such a poor record in these close games. I said it in the game thread, the poor showing vs. Cleveland isn't some anomaly. The Twins aren't snakebitten, this isn't "bad luck." Bad teams find ways to lose games, and we've seen this club play a lot of pretty bad baseball over the last few years.
  4. KirbyDome89
    Varland looks like the same time bomb he has always been. Multiple middle/middle FBs today. It just happens that the bottom of Cleveland's equally putrid lineup couldn't do anything with them.
  5. KirbyDome89
    A slightly more polished version of KC. Pretty low bar tbh but seemingly insurmountable for the Twins.
  6. KirbyDome89
    Idk if that's on Topa being slow to the plate or Vazquez (or both) but Cleveland was surgical in the 10th. They flat out embarrassed the Twins with the way they pushed 2 runs across.
  7. 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.....
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. KirbyDome89
    Lol stay hydrated....
  11. 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.
  12. 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...
  13. 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.
  14. KirbyDome89
    Idk if their rotation really has a "toughest," starter. Maybe Bibee? It's not a good group.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. KirbyDome89
    Can't wait to hear this being rationalized as some sort of "bad luck." Don't worry, it'll correct itself.....
  21. 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.
  22. KirbyDome89
    I read the post I responded to as a fair critique of a larger issue.
  23. 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?
  24. 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.
  25. KirbyDome89
    They've won 3 games in their last 4 series and scored 0 or 1 run in nearly half of those games.
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