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  1. Darius
    I’ve seen enough of Perez. For the love of God Falvine, before you squander this historic start. Get some GD real pitchers in here and quit the bargain bin garbage like Parker and Perez.
  2. Darius
    What’s wrong with Martin Perez? He’s Martin Perez. He was great over a small sample. He’s been terrible over a huge sample. Sure, he found some things that made him effective for a minute. Not really surprising that he didn’t turn into an ace overnight.
  3. Darius
    This team will continue to hemorrhage game lunt the bullpen is addressed. The lead is down to 9. It could get down to 5 real quick if this team keeps playing bad defense and pitching terribly out of the pen. People are way too comfortable right now. The eye test the last handful of games has me concerned. This isn’t the same team it was a month ago by any stretch of the imagination.
  4. Darius
    Good grief, Gibson. Getting owned by Holt and Chavis. We are seeing on full display why we need to get some pitching in here if we’re going make win a playoff series.
  5. Darius
    Schoop, yes. Sano, no.
  6. Darius
    Arraez on me [in Tupac’s voice].
  7. Darius
    Someone get some fans blowing on that concrete!
  8. Darius
    Just watched Gibson enough to know when he has it when he doesn’t. Don’t think our offense is playing particularly well right now. Our defense in general has been sub-par lately. We have Cave, Arraez, and Astudillo playing up the middle. It’s just an observation that I don’t feel great about it. Anyone being honest would say the same. Honestly, I expected a sweep (see 2nd game thread pre-game) so we’re already in the bonus. Not an attempt at trolling. We’re not going to win them all, and Boston is a better team right now with our injuries. We need Buxton back. Nobody’s abandoning ship.
  9. Darius
    Thought Castro did it.....
  10. Darius
    God’s a Red Sox fan.
  11. Darius
    When you can’t bear down and get freaking Brock Holt and Bradley Jr. out when you’re fresh in the second inning....it’s over.
  12. Darius
    The Sano chatter is ridiculous. They don’t like the man personally, do it affect the baseball opinion (where are all of the overweight comments about fan-fave Tortuga?). First off, he’s basically in spring training right now. He’s behind everyone, and he’s seeing real live pitching (not some guy working on his changeup or career minor leaguer). Before last nights game, his OPS was still over .900, I believe, which is elite. After last night to sill above .850, still elite. I saw a stat recently regarding his HR/AB. It was significantly higher than the year he was called up midway through and took the league by storm (everyone thought he was a future HOF then). Your slump observation is perfectly valid. It’s laughable that people only fault Sano for this (have they seen Schoop lately?). Did people really expect him to hit 85 HRs in 3/4 of a season and OPS 1.200 the whole year? Sano is a huge part of this team. When it comes to Garver, there is no circumstance in any alternate reality where getting picked off of 3rd with 2 on and nobody out is defensible. It’s the worst possible mental mistake you can make. This team is OPSing higher than any other team in history. You don’t have to get the extra 5 ft. If he were a borderline player this year as in the past, he’s back in Rochester the next day.
  13. Darius
    Kepler is a star. Most underrated player right now in the MLB (outside of MN). Very few corner outfielders in the game that are better (yes, he’s better right now than Judge who plays on a T-ball field in NY). He actually had a better game last night than the scorebook will tell you. Be got “robbed” of another XBH and RBI or two on the walkoff Polanco has gotten a ton of praise (rightfully so?), but where would this team be without Kepler?. He might be my front runner for team MVP right now.
  14. Darius
    And here I thought a two- out hit with RISP was illegal. I guess the ump missed that one.
  15. Darius
    I, in my lifetime, have never been concerned about the Twins making mistakes at the deadline (other than sitting on their hands). By all means, get some pitching. But, proceed with caution, here. Maybe I’m wrong, but it seems to me that nearly every prospect of note has kind of bottomed-out in terms of value right now. Whether due to injuries (Baddoo, Kiriloff, Graterol, Javier, etc.) or performance (Lewis, Gordon, etc.).
  16. Darius
    Without context, that question can’t be answered. Why are strikeouts so bad? Defenders are better and more athletic now than ever. We’re seeing teams setting scoring records while setting strikeout records. I don’t get the obsession with preventing strikeouts for sake of squibbing the call in the infield. All of the recent advanced stats trends tells us that’s the opposite of what you want to do.
  17. Darius
    I feel a sweep coming on. We can’t seem to put it together lately (pitching and hitting simultaneously).
  18. Darius
    I can’t put this one on the offense. They score 6 runs and still left a bunch on. That tells me we have an awesome offense. 6 runs is enough to win the vast majority of all baseball games ever played. Pitching and defense are the issue here (news flash). It wouldn’t have been asking for the moon to keep it at 5-6 runs after Perez left. This can be a once In a lifetime type season for us fans if they just get some pitching help. If they don’t, I don’t feel real great about about any playoff matchup. Hell, Cleveland is getting hot and getting a potentially elite starter back in Clevinger (and Kluber in August, possibly).
  19. Darius
    Man, Schoop is awful lately at the plate. I usually think people way overrate the down-side of Ks.....except when it’s with the bases loaded less than 2 down.
  20. Darius
    It’s a valid opinion. But, I say bring on the Yankees. That demon needs excersizing either way. I could be wrong, but I don’t think there is much to worried about in the way of complacency for a few reasons: 1). Previously mentioned playoff seeding 2). These are highly competitive athletes, and it’s a pride thing. They don’t want to go out there and perform poorly. 3). Ties into 2)., they are always playing for their job/new contract (on this team especially loaded with short term deals or rookie).
  21. Darius
    They’re all tight meaningful games when you’re playing leapfrog with the Astros for the best record in the AL, and the Yankees looking to get healthy. These guys are aware that they’re playing for playoff positioning (and to fend off the Indians). If they put on cruise control now (which they aren’t), Baldelli isn’t doing his job.
  22. Darius
    Man, it was sure nice for this squad when Perez was a good pitcher for a few weeks. So much for having fixed him (where is his agent to take the credit for his slide?) Every time he takes just reinforces that this team also needs another competent starter. Berrios, Gibson, Odiorizzi isn’t the worst when isn’t the worst when it comes to a playoff rotation, but it could certainly be better (especially with Odorizzi due to come back to earth). Not only should this club be thinking about making the playoffs, but grabbing the overall 1 seed. That’ll be tough if they don’t reinforce the rotation/bullpen.
  23. Darius
    What a game by the pen tonight. I really like how May is looking lately.
  24. Darius
    Gibby is phenomenal.
  25. Darius
    I may as well just prepare myself for the let down now. History tells me this team isn’t going to do enough to fix this terrible bullpen (they’ll make some half-a&@ moves for expiring deals). If that is the case, this team isn’t even getting a whiff of the ALCS. A lot of people are giving the bullpen a pass. But, it doesn’t take Keith Law to see that this unit was hanging by a thread thus far. That thread snapped against Milwaukee a couple weeks ago, and it’s in full-blown free fall at this point.
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