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  1. Darius
    Kennys smash.
  2. Darius
    Absolutely shocked to hear Jones got berated with racial slurs in Boston. In other news, there are millions of Canadians living in Canada.
  3. Darius
    Ok, now Joe hit one. Something's up.
  4. Darius
    What I love about Buxton: He rockets one into the upper deck. He rounds the bases quickly, gets back to the dugout, and immediately apologizes to Rosario for swinging through the hit and run call on the previous pitch.
  5. Darius
    If you go by literal definition of "Most Valuable Player," he should be in the conversation. How many wins would this team have without him? Certainly wouldn't be over .500. Have you seen the nation-wide love affair with Judge for the Yankees, and his 11 home runs and 11 RBIs (exaggeration), on that slow pitch softball diamond they call an MLB baseball field in New York? Granted, the guy absolutely crushes the ball, but they're all but anointing him the greatest hitter of all time in the mainstream media already. I haven't heard Sano's name mentioned by anyone outside of Minnesota. When you're playing for a team like the Twins, you have to do a little extra.
  6. Darius
    Is there a point you're trying to make? Are you insinuating Miguel Sano wouldn't be getting more coverage right now if he played for one of those two? Look at judge on the front page of ESPN.com every night
  7. Darius
    Don't want to jynx anything....but it's pretty nice having one pitcher in the rotation that makes a 3 run lead feel somewhat comfortable.
  8. Darius
    If Miguel Sano played for the Yankees or Redsox, they'd have handed him the AL MVP trophy already. Because he plays for the Twins, I'm guessing most fans and media members in those markets wouldn't be able to pick him out of two person lineup standing next to Jim Leyritz (to steal a line from Paul Allen).
  9. Darius
    Public service announcement: Aaron Hicks goes deep again today for the Yanks. His 5th homer in their 25th game (and he hasn't played all of them) puts him on a 30 homer pace (roughly). He's also hitting around .300. Meanwhile, JR Murphy is slashing .235/.297/.412 with 1 HR and 3 RBI in AAA.
  10. Darius
    The workload is an inning at a time. Not sure why it matters if that inning is in Tennessee, New York, Minnesota, or Siberia. I'd imagine the bullpen "imploding," with the talent on the "big club" (or AAA in any other organization), isn't a matter of "if" it happens, but when. Belisle is a high leverage guy, for crying out loud. Nobody else in baseball would give him a major league deal, and we're running him out in the 8th inning. TR really conditioned everyone to believe that ultra conservative (aka excuses for delaying service time) is the only way. Ironically, the guy oversaw more losses than anyone in history over a quarter century.
  11. Darius
    He's very impressive. I was questioning him coming off of last year, and after his rough spring. Couldn't have been more wrong. That said, it's still early. This is a jinx waiting to happen. It can't be overstated how important this guy is to this team possibly competing sometime soon.
  12. Darius
    I know this won't happen, but I'd still rather have Gibson in the rotation than Hughes. Gibson is capable of putting it together, and going on a sustained stretch of decent starts from the back end of the rotation (he's got the stuff, anyway). Hughes is a ticking time bomb. He just doesn't have anything left in that broken down body. Gibson gets himself in trouble with iffy control/command. Hughes is just getting absolutely pounded, but is getting extremely lucky. It's like watching a slow pitch softball game when he's on the mound. That's due to flip.
  13. Darius
    It's time to turn Berrios loose in the majors again. The outlook on the Twins maintaining the promising start improves drastically if a guy like Berrios can give them a legit #2 arm. Great to see multiple high-end SP prospects pitching well in AA/AAA. Haven't been able to say that much in recent memory.
  14. Darius
    It's pitch framing.
  15. Darius
    Sano might not see a pitch to hit for a while.
  16. Darius
    Bright spots for me: Pitching (rotation and pen), even though it isn't sustainable. Infield defense. Rosario's approach. Im approaching this differently than many, maybe. I'm hesitant to put guys like Sano and Kepler at the plate in the conversation as a "bright spot" because I think they're doing what they're expected to do. Sano is supposed to crush the ball for extra bases, and Kepler is supposed to be a disciplined guy with some gap power. I'm looking for guys who are exceeding expectations or elevating their game to an unexpected place. In the end, this team is still in 4th place in an awful division. Not much "brightness" for me if that's where they stay. After 4 90 loss seasons in 5, amidst a quarter century of terrible teams and moral victories, I'm ready for some real victories.
  17. Darius
    Stewart sure is an interesting case. Let's just hope people in high place don't turn this into the false "this why you shouldn't take Greene #1." It just has to be thought about like this: 1). If Kohl had gone to college first he wouldn't be a different pitcher. 2). If Steven Strasburg had been selected 1 out of HS he wouldn't be a different pitcher. In other words: it's not the timing of the player's selection that determines the outcome. Turning it into that, and saying, "No HS RH drafted in the top 10 has ever suceeded, etc etc," and apying that to Greene is ridiculous. It's more coincidence (after all, Roger Clemens, Max Scherzer, Instert any great RH pitcher, were a HS pitcher at one time.....and still would've been so if selected #1-10 overall out of HS).
  18. Darius
    This nice run by Santiago isn't sustainable if you look at some of the advanced numbers over his career. Granted, his performance (in terms of ERA) has defied his advanced stats for much of his career. But, I still feel like a rebuilding, generally dirt cheap team spending $20+ million in Santiago will do more harm than good (because that's cash that they won't sink into a larger contract for a better starter, or a couple competent relievers, or a better Swiss Army knife than Santana). Also, at some point, they just have to turn Berrios and Mejia loose in the MLB and let them take their lumps. If there is an open spot in the rotation beyond those two going forward, I'd rather see them target a higher upside FA for once and spend a little of the Scrooge mcduck swimming pool full of cash.
  19. Darius
    Good for Mejia. That's got to feel good after the demotion. Also good to see Melotakis and Burdi putting things together. It would sure be nice to see those 3, and Berrios up with the big club at some point this year. The talent is there for those guys, and I think these guys could have sustained big league success once they're ready. Ideally, I'd like to run out a rotation of Santana, Santiago, Gibson/Hughes (only one of the two), Berrios, and Mejia. That's a respectable rotation in terms of "stuff." Then, get Burdi and Melo in 7th/8th inning roles (instead of guy like Belisle, who really have no business there). I know it's not going to happen tomorrow, but if this team is going to be in contention down the stretch, they need an infusion of arm talent, and get fewer innings for some of these guys who need "guile" to get them through a few innings before the inevitable meltdown.
  20. Darius
    Sano is a god.
  21. Darius
    Nobody actually watches ESPN anymore, do they? It's absolutely terrible.
  22. Darius
    Buxton may finally be coming around. I have a source inside the clubhouse who told me it's because he has stopped using condiments on his steak.
  23. Darius
    I reserve the right to refuse service to anyone I so choose at my hypothetical steakhouse. You're banned for life. On second thought, I could probably sell a Cub Foods $2.99/lb round steak as a $100 dry aged premium cut and those folks would be none-the-wiser.
  24. Darius
    This topic cannot be joked about. It is not covered by the protections of free speech via the Constitution. Talking about putting condiments on a steak should be considered advocacy of imminent lawless behavior. If it requires ketchup (of all barbaric condiments to put on a steak), it's not prepared properly. Or, if you simply don't want your steak to taste like steak....eat Chicken. I'm very upset.
  25. Darius
    I'd love to see them extend him. But would he do it? This guy could be an MVP caliber guy. If he keeps playing 3rd and hitting the way he has been.....I can't even imagine the sum of money he could get in a free agency type scenario down the road. He'll make enough just in arbitration to set up his family for life. Signing 6 years 35 million.....I wouldn't do that knowing I could easily be looking at 30 percent of that in just one arbitration year. Then, after that year he could be leaving an average 10-15 mil per year (or more) on the table. When you know you're already going to be wealthy, barring catastrophic circumstances (for which there is insurance), would you leave a possible 30-40-50 million dollars on the table between now and 2024?
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