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  1. Darius
    The way this lineup is going right now is so fun to watch. Rosario, Kepler, Mauer, Polanco, and Dozier are all scorching hot at the same time. Could maybe even throw Buxton in there. We're running the bases fairly aggressively and well. Defense is very good. Bullpen has been lights out. The starters are keeping them in games. Can't really ask for more than what they're doing right now.
  2. Darius
    I agree. I thought it was over, but if some things continue to happen they have a shot: 1). Obviously, Dozier mashing HRs every night is nice. When he's on, it makes the whole lineup better (they have to pitch him differently, along with Sano, rippling down to guys like Kepler, Mauer, Rosario getting better pitches). 2). Eddie Rosario is turning into a monster. It's something like .313/.365/.520 in his last 60 games. Swing rate on pitches out of the zone down 10% over that span (roughly 45% career average to 35%). He may be figuring something out. 3). Big Sexy chewing up innings is huuuuuge. 4). Polanco hitting well from the bottom of the order, basically in front of a scorching Dozier. Mejia's injury is a blow, he's been good. It would be nice to get Garver up here. But, those said, this team can win a whole lot of games in a short time if 1-4 continue.
  3. Darius
    Big Sexy is dealing.
  4. Darius
    Independent League players on the big club tells you all you need to know about how awful this club has been.
  5. Darius
    Levitation is the future.
  6. Darius
    If the Twins have two rookies in the rotation, it likely means they're having a good. That may seem antithetical to the typical thoughts on that subject (that teams who are rebuilding play the young guys). But, given the state of the rotation, with all of the mediocre options they have, the rookies will only pitch if they're pitching well and the team is in it. I don't see them pressing any of these guys into service in a lost season.
  7. Darius
    After this inning, I want to hear no more about the players being offended by trading guys away. What an embarrassing inning defensively.
  8. Darius
    http://blogs.mprnews.org/todays-question/2014/04/was-building-target-field-a-mistake/ There it's mentioned in the first paragraph. It was all over the place at the time. Likely never a direct quote from a Pohlad, but the PR machine was banging that drum. Hennepin County was on the hook for a pretty substantial bond related to that stadium. If I recall the County funded a big chunk of that stadium (50-60%) when said and done. Certainly not a public contribution to a private for-profit entity that can be dismissed as "peanuts." They leveraged a perceived economic impact to a certain area (hence why that area pays he tax), along with the help of slimy Bud Selig under the guise of moving or contraction, to a huge payday from the government. Call it what you will (business, working the system, extortion). They basically maneuvered to get a cut of the economic benefit. Questions regarding the process, and why a franchise privately worth billions can't pay for its own stadium, are valid. It doesn't mean you can't like watching the team.
  9. Darius
    That's one of the worst losses of the year. Right when I was starting to think this team may be able to crawl back in it one more time.
  10. Darius
    This is madness.
  11. Darius
    We could always play Buxton/Granite in L/R center and play a rover.
  12. Darius
    "They never we're supposed to be here to bring with" is a self-fulfilling prophecy. They could've easily put together a pitching staff competently enough to where they would be in this thing. But, like always, it comes down to the FO being unwilling to take a chance in the offseason and spend a few million. It didn't take Ms. Cleo to see Hughes, Santiago, and the bullpen was going to blow up in their face. A numbers or casual amateurs on this site said it for months leading up to the season, Just another lost season for the fans and taxpayers who pour hard-earned money into the Pohlad mothballed coffers. Very disappointing.
  13. Darius
    This is when JR goes on absolute tear and wins the NL Silver Slugger in 2018, right?
  14. Darius
    This is a pipe dream. But, there may be a real opportunity here. Pitching: Move Santana, and roll with Berrios, Garcia, Mejia, Colon, Gibson (or Slegers, Gee, Gonsalves). In the 'pen, see what you can get for anyone (Kintzler, Rogers, Duffey, Belisle), and start churning up from AAA. Position: Try and trade Rosario, Dozier, and/or Mauer, and roll out an infield of Sano, Adrianza, Polanco, and Vargas, with Escobar as utility. Plug Granite in LF, and call up Garver for a bench bat (and emergency LF). Pick up one of the random starters and a bullpen arm or two heading into '18, and you're right back where you started. But, you're minor league system is better, and there is plenty of cash to extend guys like Sano or Kepler. Then, turn into the Astros in 2019/2020. Simple as that.
  15. Darius
    I get that Seth can't write a two sentence article reflecting this if he wants to keep this gig. But: Guys, it's over. It's OK to let go. This team can't pitch. At all. They're not exactly murderer's row offensively, either. With Sano out of the lineup, they're flat-out bad. I haven't looked it up, but I have to think the team's chances of a playoff birth have fallen down around 10% or less. I think it's closer to zero considering how Cleveland and Kansas City have elevated their game over the past couple of weeks. This team needs to try and return some semblance of value from these veteran contracts that are set to expire in the next year or two. It's a huge mistake to let it ride, do nothing, and let people walk. We're not talking about Max Scherzer and Mike Trout, here. If Erv and Dozier were as good as we like to think, the team would win more games. Add the prospects you can, and sign some guys in the offseason.
  16. Darius
    Or it's just because the Twins system is chalk full of 26-30 year olds playing against 19-20 year olds. If you're looking for wins, it sure doesn't hurt to have 32 year old SEC triple-crown winner Brent Rooker mashing on 125 lb. 16 year-old Dominican kids in the GCL.
  17. Darius
    Good thing they're making up for all the losing the big club has done for 25 years "Twins" teams don't know how to win. Over the last decade, the Twins have a better winning percentage than only the Marlins and Astros. Which, is absolutely embarrassing considering nearly all of that was played in a new stadium that was supposed to let the Pohlad's compete for big-time free agents. Think about that. Teams like the Padres, Rockies, Athletics, and Mariners have better records than the Twins over the last decade. That includes a few Twins teams ('07-'09) that were supposed to be "good" teams. They have worse records than teams that don't even attempt to field competitive teams. But, hey, at least we have the Cedar Rapids Kernals to look forward to every summer. Maybe they should start playing in the tax-payer funded stadium.
  18. Darius
    I'm not sure why we think this team will compete in 2018. We got an epic couple of months from Sano, MVP level. We got a couple of months of Cy Young caliber starts from Santana and Berrios. Kintzler, Rogers, and Duffey pitched out of their rear for most of the first half. Polanco's defense was unsustainably good for a few months. There was so much overachieving going on, and this team still couldn't hold its head above water into August. I don't want to have the same team next year, it will accomplish nothing in terms of advancing the state of the franchise.
  19. Darius
    This spiraled out of control quickly. They were a half game out just a few days ago. This is why I preferred they sell. This was inevitable. Now they're just a losing team with a bunch of old soon-expiring contracts (Santana, Dozier, Garcia, Mauer, etc), out of which they didn't pull any residual value.
  20. Darius
    The funniest part of the Not Top Ten clip is how annoyed the catcher looked that the pitcher went and flailed around on the infield.
  21. Darius
    We're going to be out of it before Garcia touches a baseball.
  22. Darius
    I wonder how many beers Colon had during that long half-inning.
  23. Darius
    Oh wow.
  24. Darius
    I was actually kind of apathetic about the trade. I thought Ynoa wasn't enough to get upset about at this point, and Garcia won't be enough. Not much there. I think you talked me into liking it. If it helps them at least play meaningful games for a little while longer, that'll be worth it. Some playoff atmosphere, if not the actual playoffs, would be nice.
  25. Darius
    Meh. Too little, too late. Giving away Ynoa for nothing, essentially. It kind of tells you their thoughts on how long they expect Big Sexy to hang around.
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