Darius

You may have missed the point. Also, ill give you a "heh" for your misguided (hopefully) heh. But, I hope that "heh" made your night and made you feel good. "Heh" "an" Historical place.

F yeah Gibson.

F yeah Gibson. Nice to see

What a job to get out of that jam

Go get the ball Dozier.

If one of my pitchers at the time told me they needed me to paint my nails neon colors, I would've told them to eat a.....sandwich.

I have to agree. As much as I want it to happen, I've never really believed this team will be in the playoffs (reverse jynx, World Series title coming).

This coming from a guy who caught DII baseball (oh good for me)....what the heck is with catchers painting their finger nails. Kind of ridiculous. If you can't read signs at 60 ft, you may want to see an optimitrist and go Tyler Clippard with glasses.

Ok, it's a Minnesota thread. I find it hard to believe the majority are pacific time. Really not a big deal. Observation from a proud Minnesotan who didn't sell out and move to east/west coasts after college (please don't take that seriously).

great way to give up a run. Way to make them earn it.

Maybe it's different there, but here in SW Minnesota, it might be the most perfect weather day of the year.

Pulling hard for Gibson tonight. The talent is there, and he's a great guy. Really want to see him pull it together and stick. Side note. We live in Minnesota. What is the game thread title in pacific time, with central time parenthasised? Just curious.

I guess I wouldn't really mind if they signed him to an extension, but what I would like to see: As mentioned, try and do some pre-arb deals with Berrios and Buxton. Those two could be an absolute steal if you can convince them to sign long-term right now. Those guys seems to be pretty safe. Berrios has a work ethic that is second to none and Buxton will be the best defensive player in the league for years. Not a huge amount risk, in terms of what the rewards could be. The next tier id like to see considered are Sano, Rosario, and Kepler. These guys, IMO, still have some risk. I'd feel pretty good about Sano, but he has had some injury issues, so I'd wait those out for another year and see how this offseason goes. I still can envision a scenario where Rosario regressed back to what he was, and that Kepler never advances past what he is now. To be clear, I'm really high in both of those guys, but would worry about a long-term deal turning sour. In the end, I'd wait it out, but the money can't really be tied up elsewhere given the teams frugal ways (aka, can't give a boatload to Dozier). Dozier has been great for this team. But, I'm not sure he should be a priority as this team is really set up for a couple of years down the road. For some reason, even though he's got a pretty good track record, I always worry about him being able to get out of a slump. From Dozier's point of view, I don't know how you wouldn't be set in testing free agency at this point. He could likely get a lot more from a team with deep pockets (Dodgers, Yankees, etc) than the Twins would be would/should be willing to give to guy entering his 30s. He's done a lot for the Twins. But, let's be honest, the Twins have maybe done more for him. In many organizations, he may have never reached the majors. Or, they would've dumped him during one of his 400 AB super-slumps. If he recognizes that, and wants to take a discount, I'm in. In the end, id like to see the Twins keep the young offensive core they have now (Buxton, Sano, Rosario, Kepler Polanco), and allocate any extra funds they have to some pitching.

Yep, I don't think those claiming he has a weak arm know which way is up or down. Throws from center are much different than throws from left or right. Fences are long, angles and bounces off walls are different, etc. How often do you see guys gunned down at home from center? Almost never. An outfield assist is very rare for a player and should by no means be a stat used to judge arm strength. Another note: Rosario has a strong arm, sure. But how many balls have we seen airmail over a cutoff costing extra bases and additional runs? Buxton just isn't as reckless. Last note: Even if he did have a poor throwing arm (which he doesn't) he's still the best outfielder in the world.

Check out Aaron Gleeman's twitter to see a Thrylos tweet immortalized. Pretty hilarious.

That leg kick is pretty wild. It'll be interesting to see the approach to his mechanics under the new regime. What an exciting player.

Is this the same guy trying to say they hardly took any tax dollars....when in reality a public entity took on debt and paid for over half of the stadium? Who do you think Jim learned from? I disagree with your sentiment. If you like the way the Pohlad's do business (sign up for contraction, threaten a move, extort taxpayer dollars, claim they'll compete for big time free agents with the additional revenue/better facilities, etc), more power to you. There is ownership groups out that genuinely care about baseball games. This isn't one of them. If they don't want the "old excuse" hanging around...aka the reputation they've done everything in their power to earn (outside of the Twins as well)....there is plenty they could do to change that.

That gets a standing O here.

If they wouldn't have sold, and didn't miraculously crawl back into with an epically bad pitching staff, people would be bitching up a storm. How else do you acquire talent when ownership is dirt cheap? I'm not mad that they sold (quite the opposite, Kintzler is just OK, and closers are overrated, and Garcia is going to be a disaster in the AL). I'm mad that they refused to spend a dime on the bullpen going into the season, which cost a bunch of wins early, then refuse to give talented young starters a shot in lieu of independent league guys that shouldn't be on any roster. All that said, something struck me about the MacPhail induction. He said he had to fight tooth and nail for decision making power. That's the answer to all of your problems, and what was always expected but never solidly confirmed.....the Pohlad's hamstring the daylights out of any front office personnel that they bring in. No surprise that every GM candidate outside of 30 year old assistant for Cleveland and Rob Antony declined an interview for the job.

Limbo. How low can they go?

Still irritated about game 1. Looking back, between the Detroit walkoff debacle because of the refusal to address the bullpen in the offseason (putting the numerous other losses early aside for now) and yesterday's game 1....they may be the difference between the playoffs and not. They really should be 3.5 back if the Indians, .5 back of Yankees, and 2.5 ahead of the Angels. That is a huge difference. That's why I never understand the reluctance to call up prospects that can help, etc early in the year. Every game is important, could be the difference, and out of respect for the fans paying their salary, and taxpayers who payed for their stadium, should be treated as such.

That's an awful game to lose. First, it was thrown away by management by throwing two independent league guys who have no business on an MLB diamond. That's the worst of it for me. Today's starter wasn't pitching in an MLB system at this time last year. It's mind boggling to me. Second, the players dribble multiple bases loaded situations with less than two outs (as they've done all year). Also, they played the worst baseball team in the league tonight. They traded like 6 guys away, and are a bunch of prospects. I went from being optimistic about this team, to convinced that they're not going anywhere in about 3 hours. Too many games have been meaninglessly thrown away this year. Drives me nuts how these execs and managers try to turn a kids game into rocket science and punt games.

Man, who could've ever seen this coming? They're basically punting games with these independent league pitchers. Really irritating when you've been waiting a freaking decade for competent baseball.

He's thrown one bad game in a year. The current Twins starters put up starts like that multiple times in a week. How does that change anything? If they're running independent leaguers out there to get demolished, how can one think it's a bad idea to give Gonsalves a start. The paradigm that if a player has a bad start in the majors, as opposed to the minors, ruins his career is absurd.

I watched the game yesterday. He had to get 3 hits in a game to get his average over .200. Still the worst hitter in the AL.