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  1. Darius
    Some interesting stats provided by Gleeman on Twitter this morning. The best one is that the Angels are 10-21 when Nolasco starts. They are 66-54 when anyone else starts. Ricky Nolasco is the Twins' MVP.
  2. Darius
    I understand this game is over. But, the Twins are in a playoff race and are running a guy out of the bullpen with an ERA and WHIP north of 10 and 2. The fact that they have that guy on the roster, whether expanded or not, speaks volumes.
  3. Darius
    I don't really agree. You can't look at the offensive numbers (due to the stadium, swap parks and see how that works out for Judge, Sanchez, and Gregorious). With Sano in the lineup, I like the Twins lineup better. The Twins are better defensively. Santana, Berrios, and Gibson are good enough to reasonably pitch with Severino, Tanaka, and Gray. It comes down to the Twins not having a bullpen, for me, which shouldn't be that tough to rectify if the FO wouldn't sit on their hands every offseason. It's been the same story in all three games. Tight games until the bullpens get involved. Theirs blows everyone away and locks down games, ours throws BP.
  4. Darius
    Yes, but not really by their own doing. The Angels (and other teams in the race) are just as bad. By the grace of God, the Twins have 7 games against Detroit. I'm not overly worried, this was a "trap" series, in a sense, to begin with. The Twins don't have a pitcher that can survive in this ballpark, except maybe Berrios, and he didn't look right. The Twins don't have guys that hit to RF regularly with authority from the right side, and no lefties that pull the ball with authority. They are built to fail in this park. Some uncharacteristically terrible defense, and some poor umpiring haven't helped them out. This bullpen is horrendous (another convo....BUT WHY WASNT THIS ADDRESSED IN THE OFFSEASON!). They were swept before they stepped off the plane.
  5. Darius
    I said after his last start: He had a good run here. Gave us some valuable innings. But, he's just hurting the team now. The smoke and mirrors have faded, and he just physically can't go multiple times through the order. Resign him next year? I'd be in favor of giving his remaining starts to Gee, Slegers....anybody really.
  6. Darius
    He went a fairly long way for it. No dive or anything like that. Hit him rightness in the palm of the glove and popped out because, IMO, he was a little nonchalant. Not great, should've been ruled an error, IMO. At least one run, probably more, as a result.
  7. Darius
    That's no triple.
  8. Darius
    That's an indictment of the Twins hitters. Wouldn't say it's evidence that the place isn't the equivalent of a slow pitch softball diamond. Judge alone has hit two in this series that aren't HRs anywhere outside of maybe Camden and Coors Field (or whatever they may be called these days).
  9. Darius
    Giving them 3 right back is so demoralizing.
  10. Darius
    Yep, there was just talk about Berrios' velocity dropping a little recently, all of the sudden he's hitting 98. Right. If he is hitting 98, his arm is about to explode. I've heard many times that a guys velocity goes up a couple of ticks right before the ligament(s) pop.
  11. Darius
    About time the Twins get one of those cheap two-run bleeders that the Yanks seemingly get every game against us.
  12. Darius
    That was an amazing AB.
  13. Darius
    First, nobody has to keep anything to themselves by your decree, because it offends your sensibilities or you don't agree with. That's an asinine statement. Second....Sure, the MLB is such an upstanding organization, and would never do anything to tilt the scales towards the highest possible revenue stream (aka large market teams). Were you in a coma for a decade during the steroid debacle, which literally took an act of congress to stop? Literally everything in this country from Wall-Street, to banking, to government contracts, to your local zoning, to the banana you had with breakfast, are rife with corruption. I see it every day (I'm an auditor in the special investigations department of a governmental entity. CIA, CFE certified. I'll defer to you if you have more experience/credentials than I). Sure, maybe everything is on the up and up, but totally dismissing it as a nutjob conspiracy is ridiculous. Just because you can't see the forest for the trees, doesn't mean they don't exist. It's that attitude that permeates the greater American consciousness, and enables. I'll bet you thought your Enron stock was legit, and any mention otherwise was nutjobbery.
  14. Darius
    Another runner stranded on third with less than 2 out. It's kind of amazing, really.
  15. Darius
    This comes down to that absurd strike zone. Inning was over. Just like Mauer's double, etc. You can't tell me there wasn't a rep from th commissioner's office in the umps ear before the series. No way they're letting the Twins come here, win the series straight-up, and risk the chance of the Twins/Angels dramatically knocking the Yanks out. Also, that series with Boston needs the drama.
  16. Darius
    What a ridiculous strike zone.
  17. Darius
    They keep talking about Judge and comparing his HR numbers to guys that played in real baseball stadiums. He's hit 17 home runs on the road, and 31 in that bandbox in his career. Put him in any other stadium and he has 30 HRs this year.
  18. Darius
    Into the bullpen in 4th....chances of winning this one just plummeted. Can anyone in this staff get Gardner out? Honestly, he's a pretty good ball player, but this is just ridiculous.
  19. Darius
    Just admiring how large Judge is in that picture. Do you think there as many discussions in NY about his size, his diet, how long he can play a position, etc, as there are in MN with Sano? When he stopped hitting after the All-Star break, was it because of his diet/weight? Honestly curious.
  20. Darius
    That might be a single at TF (if played properly off the wall). This stadium is a joke.
  21. Darius
    I thought it was interesting that Chapman was hitting 104 last night. Berrios is apparently throwing 98 tonight.
  22. Darius
    Nobody is "blaming" Mauer, just thought he should've been aggressive in the first pitch. You know he's going to groove one there to get ahead. Better shot going after 99 down Broadway than 103 down and in. And, dude, I've seen your takes.
  23. Darius
    You have a better chance when you swing at them.
  24. Darius
    Spending money isn't a good strategy, I've been told.
  25. Darius
    You know what Chapman is going to do after those walks. Swing at the first pitch for once, and drive the run in.
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