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  1. bighat
    Ugly start for Odo. Dude's working slower than Gibby right now and not looking too good so far.
  2. bighat
    Fair enough, I see your point.
  3. bighat
    Garver 4K's so far in this series, looking bad up there in the leadoff spot.
  4. bighat
    Yikes. CBS Sports reporting Kepler a "late scratch" and "reasons unclear".
  5. bighat
    Again: .286 and on pace for a 30-HR, 100 RBI season. .336 with RISP. .339 with RISP and 2 outs. Huge clutch hit last night in late innings to seal the victory. Twins are on pace to win 100 games. I'm pretty happy with Eddie's numbers and output this year. I get that watching some ABs can be frustrating, but I'm bamboozled that anyone thinks the Twins would be better without him.
  6. bighat
    Trade Eddie because he didn't come through last night? Ummm, did you forget the at bat where Eddie Rosario drove in a huge insurance run in the 8th? That was absolutely clutch! Why do you remember his pop-out, but not his game-sealing base rap? Eddie Rosario stats: .282 batting average, 27 HR, 86 RBI. Eddie bats .336 with runners in scoring position, and that goes up to .339 with RISP with 2 outs. Assuming Larnach is an improvement isn't a stretch, it's a leap. Trevor Bauer, Robbie Ray, James Paxton, Masahiro Tanaka, Jake Arrieta, Marcus Stroman, Jose Quintana will all be on the market. Here's hoping the Twins can sign a big name without having to trade away a cornerstone of their offense.
  7. bighat
    Duffey didn't look that great last night, for what it's worth. He got the job done but he was not sharp and got out of the inning on a line drive shot. As for Marwin, here's Rocco's take: "It’s abdominal, I would call it abdominal, maybe possibly oblique area but he was moving around OK," Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said. "The tests came back as showing, I don’t know if it’s the best way to describe it, but something probably small. Not something that we would consider major but something that we’re going to have to look after and get checked out." Marwin said he got out of the game before it got worse, which seems like a smart move. Twins are likely going to have an all lefty outfield tonight against a lefty pitcher.
  8. bighat
    Great insurance run c/o Polanco, Cruz and Rosario there at the end of the game BTW. Nice to see Eddie back in the lineup and coming through with a big hit.
  9. bighat
    Yankee Stadium is an absolute joke and frankly I can't believe the league allows the richest team in baseball to play in a softball stadium. The dimensions are the definition of "red meat", playing to an obnoxious fan base. Coors Field has altitude issues but it's still a big league stadium, at its core. Yankee Stadium honestly needs to be reviewed and the fences need to be moved out to preserve the integrity of the game. Pop flies that wouldn't even make the warning track in any other MLB park are going out for 3-run bombs. Pathetic.
  10. bighat
    Hard to read this and feel hopeful about a return in the next week or two. Twins are pretty cautious with Bux and I can't imagine them calling him back to the MLB squad until he's at least 2 weeks pain-free. Rats.
  11. bighat
    I kind of feel that way also. I've always viewed bullpen guys as "failed starters" - even when I know that technically, that's not the truth anymore. But in May of 2018 Romero really put up some numbers - as a starter - that for me, are still hard to ignore. vs. Toronto: 5.2 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 5K @ STL: 6 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 9K @LAA: 5 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 6K @SEA: 7 IP, 5H, 2ER, 7K He had one disastrous outing (@KC) but aside from that, none of his "clunkers" looked especially terrible - or any worse than, say, a typical Martin Perez or Kyle Gibson outing. The Twins seemed, for some reason, to completely disregard a good portion of his track record as a starter because they WANTED him to be a good bullpen arm. Now here we are, looking at an empty rotation in 2020 and you have to wonder why they were so quick to give up on a guy who not only has great potential, but has proven at the big league level that he can perform as an SP.
  12. bighat
    Attaboy KC!
  13. bighat
    He sure did. 3-run HR with 2 outs and it's tied up. Awful performance, couldn't have gone worse.
  14. bighat
    Down to their last strike, Cleveland homered to tie it 8-8 against KC. You can't make it up. Unbelievable.
  15. bighat
    Cleveland refusing to die in the 9th here against KC, 8-5.
  16. bighat
    Getting those runs back! Perez, Cron and Schoop today, who'da thunk?
  17. bighat
    Hope Rocco learned from last night to pull these bad starters when things start going downhill.
  18. bighat
    Let's not count this win just yet. Perez being himself out there, giving runs back immediately and Detroit in position to score more.
  19. bighat
    Perez has to hold the line here. Putting up a zero is just huge. We can't get into another drag-em-out slug fest....well, we can, but I'd rather not.
  20. bighat
    How do they pick the kids who announce the players this inning? Always wondered that. Like, does a PA guy just stand around the concourse and pick kids at random? Do they sign up beforehand? Do the kids' parents work in ticket sales or something?
  21. bighat
    NEEDED THAT! Yeah Cron, hope that jump-starts his bat.
  22. bighat
    Absolutely have to pile on here. Two men on, no out. Let's do it.
  23. bighat
    Lefty on the mound is why Cave is on the bench. Also explains Arraez hitting 8th.
  24. bighat
    Unfortunately he's up there hacking at garbage. Really hope he wakes up soon, or it has to be Adrianza at 1st base. Sad to see Schoop in the lineup today also, Rocco doesn't feel this is a must-win, apparently.
  25. bighat
    They've been wearing them all weekend, as has the rest of the league. "Players' Weekend" attire. Much maligned going by early feedback from players and fans.
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