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  1. Darius
    Going down looking in that situation should be a one way ticket back to Rochester tomorrow morning.
  2. Darius
    Thanks
  3. Darius
    Appreciate the info. Anyone less annoying want to fill the guy in who has to put multiple kids bed and cant watch the game?
  4. Darius
    Don't really agree with pinch hitting for the guy who hit a walk off home run revently for career minor leaguer. Did Kepler get hurt?
  5. Darius
    A classic tale of blind luck. Always adhering to that philosophy (passing on elite prospects for a cheaper option) will backfire in you more than it'll help you, Going back and looking at all of the number 1 picks in the last 20-30 years, for every Mark Prior prior with massive expectations that bounces out of the league immediately, there's a Griffey Jr., Alex Rodriguez, Chipper Jones, Bryce Harper, etc.
  6. Darius
    It'll be pretty funny/irritating when both Hicks and JR Murphy are All-Stars in a couple of years. Still flabbergasted that a human being thought it was a good idea to trade Aaron Hicks straight up for JR Murphy.
  7. Darius
    Ghosts of heroes past? He just nearly (should have) won a Gold Glove at a second position, and he's been hitting over .300 for with a great OBP for about a year now. Sure, he's not winning anymore MVPs anytime soon, but good grief....and World Championships (plural - as if dumping Mauer and playing Rooker is the difference between us and the Astros)?.....maybe tone down the sensationalism a tad.
  8. Darius
    He's not going anywhere. People are kind of assuming that his career is over. I think he has a lot of productive time left. For my money, if you need a base hit in the bottom of the ninth with two down, there aren't a whole lot of guys I'd take over Mauer.....especially in our lineup (a lot d high K guys). I think they'll work out a reasonable, team-friendly, 3-4 year deal and let him walk as a Twin on his own terms. I think it's on the Twins, though, because I don't see Mauer wanting to go anywhere chasing a paycheck at this point. Not when the Twins are looking like a top AL contender going forward.
  9. Darius
    Yes, his offensive skillset can offset K'ing 40% of the time. If he grounds out to short instead 40% of the time, it doesn't make him any better. In fact, he'd be creating more outs (double plays). He's there to see a lot of pitches, and hit the best ones over the wall. Strikeouts come with that. There is zero reason to be concerned about Sano. Especially the way this team is playing around him.
  10. Darius
    Interesting stat from today's game: Eddie Rosario saw the most pitches on the team today, with 24 in 4 ABs (5 PAs).
  11. Darius
    At least we'll be done rationalizing Rodney in high-ish leverage roles soon.
  12. Darius
    A little late to the party, but some things not considered in regards to Mauer and his career trajectory: Careers are like bell curves. The average number of hits per year was used to extrapolate, which isn't really accounting for the fact that the high-end range amounts are the ones being pulled from the potential population, skewing the average lower. Those peak years could've very well all been 200+ hit seasons if healthy. Also, who knows how those concussions have robbed him of something still to this day. He may still putting up 200 hit seasons. It's pretty the apparent that the same level of bat control and power just wasn't/isn't there (more Ks, fewer XBHs). Walks are being used in a deragatory sense. But, there was a time when many of those walks were a result of pitchers avoiding him. People seem to forget tha he used to flat-out rake pre-injury. He would square up everything and drive the ball hard. He was a line drive machine (could sustain high BABIPs, which he couldn't do much post-injury).. In short, I think it's perfectly reasonable to hold the opinion that he's in the 3k club if not for the concussions.
  13. Darius
    I get that they made a financial investment (which isn't even that large, relatively), but how does that make starting Hughes beneficial to the franchise in any way? He's going to get obliterated, and the Twins will probably lose multiple games. If the guy is also damaging the team vs. no contribution, doesn't it make the contract worse? I've always been confused about motivation to run a guy like that out there. A sunk cost is a sunk cost. It doesn't take a doctorate from Oxford to see that. So, really, what's the deal? Does an MLB owner in 2018 really say, "we invested $12 million per year (peanuts) in this guy, he better be out there"? Even considering that their dad made all of the money, they have to have some business acumen, right?
  14. Darius
    This just hurt their chances of getting them to sign a deal down the road, IMO. Isn't negotiating in good faith a thing at Twins' headquarters? That can go a long way. Or, is that where the "it's the business side of it," excuse to rip people off comes in? The constant and extreme low-balling, and it getting leaked every time, is getting downright embarrassing. Offer the kids a reasonable, fair deal, and set the team up for 5+ years. As Gleeman said, it'll pay off for you down the road by paying a little more than the Pohlad's laughable expectation. For all of the good moves this FO has made, they sure have some head scratching moments at times. Very questionable foresight on this one
  15. Darius
    Was never real high on Lynn. He'll fill a back-end role nicely, but probably not the #1-#2 in the rotation that some thought we were getting. I think Gibson puts together a better season than Lynn does this year.....but I may be the only one alive that actually believes Gibson has turned a corner.
  16. Darius
    Molitor is terrible. That is all.
  17. Darius
    Sweet new bullpen. The more it changes the more it stays the same.
  18. Darius
    As long as it's replaced by more profanity-laden outtakes when he's drunk/hungover and forgets the feed is live.....I'll take it.
  19. Darius
    He seemed to do well mentally? One of the first things that comes to mind for me when thinking about May is the tirades he would throw on the mound after giving something up, which was followed by an unraveling much more often than is preferred. Sure, if the inning was clean he'd be happy as a clam. But, you could see the stress on his face with every additional baserunner. If, heaven forbid, a run crossed the plate he'd scream into his glove and stomp around like a child. Hopefully he's worked some of that out as he's matured, but I recall it being rather embarrassing at times.
  20. Darius
    It'll be interesting to see who goes in a few weeks when they no longer cannot get by on the 4-man rotation. They'll certainly need that long man at some point. I am so damn happy baseball is back again. It's going to be a fun year. The team hasn't had offensive, defensive, and pitching depth like this in decades. Even back when they were an above average team in a bad division in the 00s, they seemed to be a little more top heavy, carried by the likes of Santana, Liriano, Hunter, Mauer, and Morneau. This year, there's no bonifide superstar (yet), but there's no glaring weakness, and there are a few guys in the minors that could come up and fill in without a drastic drop-off.
  21. Darius
    Isn't it kind of ridiculous that team wouldn't be in "win now mode?" Isn't that the the whole point of the thing? If only I could show up to my job and choose when I'd like to be in "work now mode."
  22. Darius
    Romero without question, IMO. For a team long starved for high-end pitching prospects, it could be argued rather easily that he's the most important player for the Twins organization that has yet to reach the majors, in terms of what it would mean if he fulfills his potential. For him to come out and throw 8 no hit innings is encouraging. I still dont think we'll see him yet this year, but it's a nice step.
  23. Darius
    Still bummed about this one. I won't complain too much. They've made some savvy moves this offseason that'll likely have a much greater impact than Chagrois (Reed, Duke, Odiorizzi, Lynn). But, id take a healthy Chagrois in our bullpen over Kinley, and maybe a couple others. I don't think their intent was to dump him. I think they were probably shocked when he got claimed. They tried to get cute with the roster.
  24. Darius
    "Lets make one thing clear....Kennys Vargas is not David Ortiz." To be fair, David Ortiz wasn't David Ortiz when they let him go. He was an oft-injured extremely marginal DH, and conveniently became David Ortiz after becoming hooked up with a notorious juicer (Manny). Give Kennys the same "B12 supplement," and we may have our Big Papi.
  25. Darius
    It's ridiculous to me that everyone just assumes that he did it, but there just wasn't "enough" proof (which doesn't even make sense, either there is or there isn't proof). What makes me "itchy" about this situation is all the people who think they're qualified to play judge and jury on social media. This isn't an attempt to tear into the "victim" (again, more loaded language being used). But things like this do get made up by accusers for various reasons. You absolutely cannot start throwing the book at everyone that Twitter assumes is guilty, with no witnesses, no evidence, and no admission (denial, in fact). We're still operating in America, here. Sexual assault is an issue. A big one. But we need to be really careful in regards to the language we use and the conclusions we draw. Its all the rage these days to feign outrage, virtue signal, seek victimhood for attention, etc. almost nothing can be taken at face value anymore, yet Sano was assumed guilty the minute the first Tweet related to the "incident" was posted.
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