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  1. Fritzderkat
    I figure Iyam classed as a dumbo here because I keep touting Bobby Wilson. But when I think of what Castro has done here, I'm hardly impressed. For his lifetime, he's batted .231, and four times he's hit under .212. How has he done throwing out stealers? And if he's such a great framer, why is it that Twins pitching staff has put up such lousy numbers his two years here? No personal knock on him, but next year I think he'd be better off, as would the Twins, if he were a coach, maybe a playing coach, who best contribution would be mentoring Garver. And Bobby Wilson? I think he'll retire.
  2. Fritzderkat
    And I like Ervin Santana.
  3. Fritzderkat
    If I were the general manager of any other team in MLB, I wouldn't bother with any of the Twins you have named as possible tradees except Escobar and Gibson. And I wouldn't trade either of them if I were the Twins because as a fan, they're two of my favorites. Yeah, I know, that doesn't cut anything on the trade market but if you don't have a few guys you favor, what's the sense of rooting for a team? I like Rosario and Mauer, too, Berrios of course, but as for the rest I wouldn't miss any. Trading Escobar reminds me of trading Eduardo Nunez, a versatile, glue-like guy who can play infield or outfield. I liked him, too. I like guys who put out each time they play. I like Bobby Wilson for the same reason.
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    I am in agreement with posters who have listed (largely correctly) the various mishaps that have befallen this club. I think we all understand that. For me, it started with Santana's bad finger. I'm still wondering how any major league pitcher with a bad middle finger on his throwing hand can successfully grip, throw and spin the kind of pitches he needs to win in the majors. I am not optimistic. That said, I would venture to put forth what I presume what will be received as an unpopular opinion. If Mitch Garver doesn't catch well enough or handle pitchers that smoothly, that's why Bobby Wilson is there. I will say this for Bobby Wilson--he is a good catcher and it's a damn shame he can't hit his hat. I would venture to guess that if Garver hit any better than he has, he'd be playing more often, if not every day. It isn't exactly like he's knocked the cover off the ball. Another guy who deserves a break is Robbie Grossman. Yeah, his skills are limited and applied to the outfield, he's not a major league outfielder. But he always gives it his all, same with Bobby Wilson, and I'll give them credit for that. If you stop and think, it's not their fault they're still on the team.
  5. Fritzderkat
    Look at it this way, guys, the Twins may be awful, but you'll soon have Gopher football.
  6. Fritzderkat
    The only catcher in the American League less likely to hit an inside-the-park homer would be Bobby Wilson.
  7. Fritzderkat
    They drop three straight to Kansas City. Kansas City! The Twins: Truly a wretched ball club.
  8. Fritzderkat
    I would prefer keeping Astudillo and playing him to show his worth, rather than either Morrison or Motter. And speaking of the front office, I wonder now how they like signing Lynn and Odorizzi. Based on their performances, I'd make a case for not having signed them at all and instead running a bunch of the rooks in and out, who hardly could pitch any worse. Is six innings too much to ask?.
  9. Fritzderkat
    Point taken.
  10. Fritzderkat
    Anybody notice how Escobar's bat has cooled off since all the trade talk started. You don't suppose he's telling folks he'd rather stay here, is ?rather stay here, would he? Naah. (While I'm off-topic here, Garver parks his fourth of the year and makes another case for playing time.)
  11. Fritzderkat
    That will probably come down to how well he targets a pitch.
  12. Fritzderkat
    Oh, ye of little faith!
  13. Fritzderkat
    KenBuddha said:I don't think Molitor is gone because I don't think the FO gets to decide. Just like they really didn't get a choice in bringing him back after his MOY award. The owner wanted him and continues to want him. Once this contract is done maybe then the FO will get to decide, but not before. I said a couple weeks ago, and forgive me if it's been said before (it has to have been, by somebody), I've been following the Twins for the 17 years I've lived here and the primary consistency--that of continued failure--is the uninspired Pohlad ownership, their tightfisted control of finances and dimwitted appointment of organizational flunkies.. As a sidelight, whose decision do you suppose it was yesterday to bat Wilson with two outs and the bases loaded when on the bench sat Garver and Austadillo?
  14. Fritzderkat
    Agreeing here with SadMinny. I could see dumping anyone else but Rosario and Hildenberger. Too bad they have nothing to offer for Realmuto.
  15. Fritzderkat
    Am I the only one who wondered why MOY didn't pinch hit Austadillo or Garver for Wilson with two out and the bases loaded?
  16. Fritzderkat
    Chris Carter's hitting .193.
  17. Fritzderkat
    Speaking of the Moodies, never cared much for them but that first album reminds me of a long night in Madison once. I've seldom seen a manager show less emotion than Mollie. Being one of the best all-time ball players of his era, an infielder, you wouldn't expect him to handle pitchers all that well, which he apparently doesn't. But wouldn't you think as a guy with a lifetime average of over .300 and more than 3,000 hits, he could squeeze something--anything!--out of these guys? Major League hitting is hard, no doubt, but while he's at it how about teaching them how to bunt, keep from being picked off and caught in a pickle, and throw to the cut-off man? Is that asking too much? I ask you.
  18. Fritzderkat
    The comments conclude this game accurately. I'd say it was an (all-too typical) Twins loss. If there was anything atypical, it was Grossman's grand slam. Otherwise, base-running bloopers, fielding errors (and what's with Eddie Rosario overrunning or bobbling balls, which he's done several times in the past week), poor Bobby Wilson still swinging a bat (although credit to Bobby for stretching out with his foot on the plate for a critical tag), our man Gibby looking like all-too typical Gibby in the 5th, another blown save from the , Pantomime Archer, and running an untried and apparently overmatched rookie onto the hill in the 10th and leaving him in there to dangle. If there was a highlight, it was four guys from the bullpen managing a couple innings of scoreless relief. Atypically, that included Additive Reed. Anything we missed?
  19. Fritzderkat
    A one-run game. I whined too soon. But I haven't changed my opinion. Looks as though I'm in the majority here.
  20. Fritzderkat
    Can't say I'm much of a soccer fan, hardly at all, but it wasn't a hard choice today between the World Cup and the Twins. The last two days in Chicago, three counting today, ought to be enough to convince even the hardiest of fans that following this team closely and caring could actually be bad for mental health. Checked in briefly following the Uruguay-Portugal game and found our boys down, 8-1, went back and found Denmark and Croatia in a shootout. Very exciting, even for a non-soccer fan, hell of a game. I'm liking Uruguay and Croatia in the final eight. They come from places that seldom draw attention for anything. (Okay, okay--Croatia has become a hot tourist spot on the Adriatic, and the Rio de Plata on the Atlantic is where the Germans scuttled a battle ship in '39.)
  21. Fritzderkat
    Speaking with the wife last night and complaining about 17 frustrating years following the Twins, she asked why they are so consistently non-competitive. I thought about all the reasons, tried to connect the one thing then and now that's stayed the same. It didn't take long to come up with. It's the Pohlad's, and quite possibly the schlmiels they hire for the FO, and most obvious to those of us who dwell in their market--the fans--there is seldom if any attempt to match up the dollars to draw free agent interest from even one, let alone two or three, real major leaguers. Legitimate guys, guys who can turn it around. I'm thinking of Verlander, but then, even for the money, why would he come here. Were I Verlander, checking out Major League line-ups, I'd opt for Houston, too.
  22. Fritzderkat
    14-9! And here comes Belisle. I understand there are relatively few people outside of Minnesota who care about this team, even fewer who bother to look at them at all, but if you happen to be anybody new who chances to casually tune in today, you'd have to laugh. Other days, too. I admired Molitor greatly as a player: The Ignitor. Not so much here.
  23. Fritzderkat
    Bottom of the seventh, 9-9 tie, the kind of game these days that is better listened to than watched, mostly because I expect the Cubs to pull it out. Interesting to see that Mejia may not be the savior, any more than Romero, which reminds me--what happened to Berrios last night? Oops--Cubs lead, 10-9. 11-9. 12-9. 13-9! Off Hildenberger, fer cryin' out loud! This could lead to Belisle (the Additive having done his part). One maybe good thing--Astudillo's up. Maybe he can help; he can't be any worse. Another possible sign (of something): Adrianza may be learning how to hit. If so, play him at 2b when Polanco gets back to short.
  24. Fritzderkat
    I'm on a roll today. Dump Morrison, too.
  25. Fritzderkat
    Dump Sano and leave Buxton in the minors until such time (if ever) he can verify that in tearing it up over an established period of time he has absolutely earned another shot at major league pitching. If he doesn't, dump him, too. I can remember a time when with Sano, Buxton and (as a sort of after-thought) Eddie Rosario, they were considered the core of what many were calling the best minor league system in baseball--or at least one at the head of the class in potential. Twins fans patiently hung their hats on that promise. Now they're left with this.
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