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  1. Darius
    These umps have been a joke all series. Molitor should've done that yesterday (instead of Sano having to himself).
  2. Darius
    Agree. The way Escobar has been hitting, I'd put him in there. Or, bump Mauer/Sano/Plouffe/etc up and put Rosario 7/8. Rosario is absolutely awful at the plate right now, and might be for quite some time.
  3. Darius
    I don't understand why you would bring up Kepler and not stick him in the lineup (did he get late, or is he not with the team yet, etc?). There are other guys in he system that could play center in a pinch off the bench. Wherever he is at this point, and I'm not debating where he should or should not be, he needs to play everyday.
  4. Darius
    I'm sorry, but this line of thinking is just asinine. He's more likely to get injured at an unfamiliar position. Athletic ability has little to do with it. I would say the same thing about Byron Buxton playing shortstop, or Eddie Rosario playing first (OK, that may be a stretch). The point is, when you are unsure of what are doing, and there is no muscle memory to take over, you're more likely to end up in a structurally compromising position. And all those who think defensive confidence doesn't carry over to your confidence on offense, probably has never played a game of baseball beyond using a ragball and tee. If you embarrass yourself in front of thousands of people, many of you would have trouble putting together a coherent sentence in front of them moments later, let alone do one of the most difficult things in all of sports.
  5. Darius
    I think the bullpen not being able to get anyone out, ever, has something to do with it. Or, the complete inability of about 7 of the 9 to make contact with a pitch from a live human being. I think bad luck has almost nothing to do with it. Balancing that out in the Twins favor might mean 1-4. This is a bad baseball team.
  6. Darius
    He hasn't been able to close games for about 9-10 months now. TR will notice sometime in 2017. Then, Casey Fien will get his shot because "he's a bulldog, and you need that mentality."
  7. Darius
    I have to call BS on this one. With some quick and dirty forensics, I've concluded that the remains didn't have a massive beer gut at the time of expiration. Also, there isn't nearly the level of skeletal scarring on rib cage that you would expect to see from someone who was perpetually out of breath.
  8. Darius
    There it is. He once had a couple successful weeks here years ago, he can't break 90, and he really knows how to regurgitate baseball cliches. He's TRs Holy Grail. He actually might be chained in TR's basement in a gimp mask right now.
  9. Darius
    Too much velocity. Andrew Albers?
  10. Darius
    The part Bonnes accidentally left out: "when the pitchers on the roster are this bad."
  11. Darius
    AAA contract? Who is going to block Gonsalves until they can turn him into a bad pitcher?
  12. Darius
    Careful. TR will bring him back on a two year deal to block Kohl Stewart in 2018-19, after Kohl tears the MiLB to shreds over the next two years.
  13. Darius
    Punto is a pretty great representation of the Twins in '00s: Good enough at a few things to beat out bad competition for a spot, but never quite talented enough to be taken seriously or take the next step.
  14. Darius
    Swings at the balls, and watches the strikes. Rosario is a lost cause at the plate.
  15. Darius
    There isn't a more proficient team at stranding runners in scoring position with no outs. I guess that's what Molitor gets for batting Danny Santana in the two-hole. On the bright-side, finally something you can't really blame TR for. PAUL!
  16. Darius
    Guessing that Santana gets to sit and think about that one tomorrow night...
  17. Darius
    TERRY
  18. Darius
    That was impressive. Wow.
  19. Darius
    Very well written preamble to the game thread. As someone who has traveled Europe on a Eurial, and ridden a greyhound halfway across America (which I'm convinced is what actual Hell would be like), I feel your pain. I'm convinced it's some cruel, genius, marketing ploy thought up by airline execs. By the time I got to my destination, I would've paid ten times the going rate for the worst seat on the worst airplane.
  20. Darius
    I'm actually more concerned about Sano than Buxton at this point. Sano is chasing some really bad pitches. He just doesn't look as confident at the plate as he did last year. I think the effects of trying to play outfield is a real concern. Baseball is a game of confidence, and struggles in one area always seem to seep in other parts of the game. A lot of it has to do with pitchers having better scouting reports, but will he be able to make the necessary adjustments? I honestly can't say one way r the other at this point. Although, he did look much better last night, IMO (while DHing). Buxton, on the other hand, looks like his approach is much more refined this year. It looks sustainable. He's laying off those tough pitches, like fastballs up and out of zone, and breaking balls that start on the outside corner and break off the plate. When he is swinging, it seems to be a pitch he wants, and he swing with authority. That's just wasn't there last year. The strikeouts will eventually come down as he accumulates at bats. Another note: Dozier really concerns me right now. Pitchers are pounding him away, and he can't seem to figure it out. He could have a rough year. Hopefully they don't keep him in the lead off spot much longer.
  21. Darius
    Strike outs are overrated (in a negative kind of way). I'd prefer a guy who strikes out 300 times, and hits the ball with authority when it's put in play, as opposed to a guy like Mauer who "hates to strike out," so he weakly grounds into 2 DPs per game.
  22. Darius
    Why is Casey Fien still on this team? Honestly.
  23. Darius
    Byung Ho can really handles the wood better than expected. He really lets it get deep before unloading. Get your mind out of the gutter. I'm talking baseball, here.
  24. Darius
    Rosario really needs to stop swinging at everything. That guy is in for an awful year. Why any pitcher would ever throw him anything within a foot of the zone is beyond me.
  25. Darius
    You could argue that the three most talented starters in the organization at the moment aren't in the rotation (Berrios/Duffey in Roch., May in the BP), and it's not because they aren't ready to pitch in the big leagues. In their place, ntheyre going to run out Tommy Milone and Ricky freaking Nolasco. Nolasco is done. Has been for years now. Milone is a ticking time bomb with his flat 78 mph fastball. This has to be some Twilight-zone like dream. Any minute now I'll wake up to a Twins team with a competent front office. Gibson may be up there ahead of Duffey and May, but I think the point is conveyed. How does this relate the article? It took them a decade to catch up to the rest of league in terms of high velocity arms, and they move them to pen and let them rot in the minors. Pretty brilliant.
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