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  1. wsnydes
    Well pitched game with some timely hitting. Nice win, nicer series win! Keep up the momentum with Detroit!
  2. wsnydes

    Sweeping the Brewers is fun!

  3. wsnydes
    I'm not letting your facts get in the way of my fun!
  4. wsnydes
    If Martin can stay healthy and produce, I have no doubt that the team will find a place for him. There are openings there to be had, Martin simply needs to stay healthy and take advantage of that and take one of them.
  5. wsnydes
    The stands were probably at least 2/3 Brewer fans. That's a pretty sweet way to send them home unhappy for the evening. Still one more game to dish out some disappointment for their drive back to Milwaukee!
  6. wsnydes
    I'm not seeing the satire disclaimer at the top. 😔
  7. wsnydes
    I'm kind of sitting here too. I think they can tweak the bullpen enough with in house options that they could improve there without a deal. I'm not so convinced with the bats though. They've shown signs, but not consistently enough for me to buy in. But they could have enough. I'm also not convinced they could win a series against the 6th seed. Depends on whether they're peaking or valleying at the time. All of that said, depending on the deal, I may not mind seeing them buy. But it's completely deal dependent. And I do not want them to sell. The names listed in the article are far too expensive for a team that's got more than one hole to fill in order to truly be a competitor.
  8. wsnydes
    Who's coming for the Twins? Pretty much anyone not being KC. Though, I don't really consider Detroit to be a serious threat, they're still within shouting distance. And that's the problem. Despite being in a putrid division and opportunities to pull away, they haven't. So largely, it probably comes down to who is most healthy and playing decent enough ball at the right times to take a slim lead in the division come October 1st. It should make for an exciting second half of the season, but the baseball may not be pretty.
  9. wsnydes
    Honestly, I probably would. A few weeks at a time at mid-June is a pretty good percentage of the season thus far. We're what, 10 weeks in? A few weeks at a time is 20% to 35% of the season. And this team is pretty much right where I expected it to be all season long. I'd argue that Gallo hasn't bounced back though. He's had one month and hasn't been good beyond that. What's missing is that the talent they do have has been ineffective and it hasn't been that good. Lewis and Kirilloff are the exceptions. And they've been active for a relatively short amount of time. They've got career backups playing significant starting roles for large portions of the season so far. The star power hasn't shown their star power. That talent hasn't shown up. That's the lack of execution and the "talent" that is here isn't showing it.
  10. wsnydes
    Isn't execution part of talent? Part of what makes a player good is their ability to execute. They seem to go hand in hand, so I'm not sure that what the title is referring to is possible.
  11. wsnydes
    Arraez can't drive himself in though. He still needs someone else to drive him in, and that's been part of the problem. And this offense has far more holes than missing a table setter. I just don't think an Arraez is the cure-all some around here want him to be. He'd more often than not end up another tally in the LOB column.
  12. wsnydes
    I think we were having this same conversation around this time last year with Miranda too. That said, I think Lewis, when healthy, is obviously a much surer thing. He seems to have slotted in very comfortably at the hot corner. That makes for a very solid defensive left side of the infield. Just thinking about a defensive infield of Lewis, Correa, Lee and Kirilloff for a few years is a pretty exciting thought.
  13. wsnydes
    Do you have a point to make? At least provide a productive comment. And I've already addressed this comment...
  14. wsnydes
    Polanco reinstated, Julien sent down. https://www.mlb.com/press-release/press-release-twins-reinstate-polanco-option-julien
  15. wsnydes
    I was thinking he had an option left, but you do appear to be correct. Either way, there are other arms that can be sent down for a fresh arm in the bullpen and its still easier to do that than sending down a starter. I guess that I don't put Stewart that high up in the hierarchy given his streakiness. But you're certainly welcome too. But you're right, that's probably just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic when it comes to one other than Duran.
  16. wsnydes
    Let's stay on the topic of the thread. Thank you very much! 🙂
  17. wsnydes
    Its fun to see Kirilloff healthy and productive. He put together a nice month in a lineup sorely needing it. Hopefully he keeps building on it and continues to finally grow to his potential. Jeffers' month seemed to be a quietly productive month. Maybe I wasn't paying that close of attention until recently, but this stretch snuck up on me. Happy to see it. Especially after his struggles last season. Castro, what can I say? It's always fun to see a guy push his way into the lineup by taking the opportunities given to them and making the most of them. That's certainly what Castro has done.
  18. wsnydes
    Sure, but that can be done in a thread of its own. Not in the Hitter of the Month thread. The majority of comments in this thread so far involve Gallo and not about the topic of the thread. Now, moving back to the topic at hand...
  19. wsnydes
    I imagine that the idea was that Lopez wouldn't get shelled and would be able finish out the game. It's not like Pagan was guaranteed to get through the rest of the game either. But yes, that would have been another option. Not the one I would choose, but not one I'd have been upset with either. At least it was Stewart that was burned up and not one of the better relievers. Stewart can be sent down for a fresh arm.
  20. wsnydes
    And I would add that a game like that is a perfect time to get a guy like Lopez work in a low leverage situation to work out some kinks. It obviously went poorly, but that's why you do it. You have some room for error. Plus, there's still a lot of season left and the young starters are already being relied on heavily. And as @IndianaTwin noted, they're coming up on a stretch of 28 games in 30 days. Fresh bullpen arms are easier to cycle through than the rotation guys. I wouldn't have been upset if Varland came out for the 8th, but I don't think it was necessary and there were better uses for that situation in my opinion.
  21. wsnydes
    So, offense is fun! Nice outing by Varland. Pretty encouraging to see him work through the couple of tough spots he found himself in.
  22. wsnydes
    Because if you already have YouTube TV, that $20/month extra for a Twins app is an additional $20/month. The $73/month for YouTube is irrelevant since you're already paying that anyway. It'd be whatever it cost you to add a "Twins package" to YouTube that would be the difference. Assuming the package on YT is less than $20/month, it's cheaper to go that route.
  23. wsnydes
    In theory, giving access to a Hulu or YouTube makes it cheaper for the consumer and thus expanding to more households than a standalone app alone would. I'd personally be more inclined to add a sports or Twins package or whatever to Hulu than paying for yet another app. Assuming the math worked out, of course. I imagine that @Vanimal46 is referring to revisiting revenue sharing after their TV structure has been gutted. That's a significant piece of the pie that leans heavily towards the larger market teams. Existing revenue sharing structure may not properly rebalance that sharing as proportionally as it should in this case.
  24. wsnydes
    Exactly. I get that he's more familiar with the infield, but that's hardly a safer place to play defense in my mind. So much more going on around you.
  25. wsnydes
    Valid points. I just don't see the infield being any safer, whether he's more comfortable with it or not. He's athletic enough to learn a position and that versatility is a selling point for Boras. You may be right in the end, but in my view, I don't really see it mattering much. Regardless, it's a good talker and a good problem to have.
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