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  1. bighat
    Blaming this on the pitching staff? The pitching staff? That's like blaming global warming on someone who lights a candle. The problem with this team is that they cannot hit. This is a bad hitting team. The pitching has been fine.
  2. bighat
    This team stinks and is absolute torture to watch.
  3. bighat
    Rocco does that all the time. He pinch hit for Larnach last week when Trevor was like 3-for-3 or something going into his 4th AB. Why would you pinch hit for a guy who's got 3 hits on the night? Why would you pinch hit for a guy who hasn't even hit yet?
  4. bighat
    Was watching the Gameday and was scratching my head - came here to see if anyone knows what the heck's going on with these pinch hitters. WTF is going on with Rocco?
  5. bighat
    Ugly week out west. Every time this team shows a little bit of fire with a gritty win, they follow up with a bucket of ice water to dampen the spirits. The bullpen is an target because they're pitching in high-leverage situations almost every night - but that's because the offense can't score runs. That's pretty much at the core of the issue here. The heat is turning up on Correa and rightfully so. Remember, most of the damage he did last year was in September when the Twins were woefully out of the race. The only good news is that he looks engaged. He's trying. Defense is good. That's something, I guess. Nick Gordon going down is likely going to mean we'll be seeing Trevor Larnach get another long, uninterrupted chance to claim a starting job. If he goes into another long, uninterrupted slump? Then what? Lewis waiting in the wings, eligible to come off the IL on May 29th, I believe. Let's hope the Twins waste no time and get him up here. He may become the best player on the team in very short order.
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    And my point has been - if you're going to easily be able to shield your 7th and 8th relievers from high leverage spots, why the hell are we paying a veteran for that role? Why don't the Twins bring up Balazovic and Sands for those positions - not only will they be shielded from any high-level outings, but the Twins will also benefit from being able to develop young arms without worrying about them getting shelled out there. Paying Pagan to essentially be a mop-up guy makes zero sense.
  7. bighat
    If we're going to have a "low-leverage" guy, let's make it Balazovic, then. Or Sands. Why not? Let young guys get experience, see what they've got. Put them in low-risk scenarios and let them develop. Don't pay a veteran for that role. That's just my opinion, I didn't mean to sound too contentious when I quoted you, I think we may just disagree on this issue!
  8. bighat
    As Twins fans, we've let our expectations become so low that we think a guy who can ONLY pitch in low-leverage games where the score is 9-1 is "fine". Every bullpen pitcher should absolutely be able to go into a 3-2 game and get 3 outs. All of them. If they can't do that, they should not be on anyone's major league roster. Keeping Pagan so he can pitch for the Twins in blowouts is a complete waste of a roster spot. This is not a special or valuable skill in any way.
  9. bighat
    Guess I'm turning it off. Absolutely embarrassing. Team can't hit with the bases loaded and 0 out, team has lost 22 straight playoff games....it's impossible to like this team.
  10. bighat
    Good move pulling Larnach. Time for Donnie Barrels to at least get the ball in play and get us a sacrifice fly!
  11. bighat
    Bases loaded nobody out, we're going to score at least 2 here! Let's GO!
  12. bighat
    He most certainly had a solid career - blew Casey Kotchman out of the water!
  13. bighat
    My doctor's office waiting room features "Blast from the past" magazines supplied by the local library. I made a bee-line for this issue as soon as I checked in, it was from December of 2003. Twenty years ago!!!?!?!!
  14. bighat
    Color me shocked - a convincing win against LAD with timely two-out hitting and safety squeezes? What team are we watching? Great performance by Ober, really nice win. Please Rocco, let's go for the jugular today! Correa 1-for-5 and now batting .201 as we rapidly approach June 1st.
  15. bighat
    Great write-up, a shame it looks like I missed a good ballgame here on the East Coast. 11 straight losses to LAD, including a heartbreaker where they used up the bullpen in the opener on the road? It would be hard to not think the Twins get swept here. These aren't the Cubs. Great to see the offense continuing to put up runs, that's 3 games in a row. Larnach heating up and making hard contact. Would be nice to see Buxton start to heat up again, he's a difference maker when he's hot. Giffin Jax in May: 5.2 IP, 9 hits, 5 BB, and a 6.35 ERA. It might be time to start considering putting him on the St. Paul shuttle.
  16. bighat
    Pablo Lopez deserved better. Nice to get a win, but unfortunately there are no signs that this team is figuring things out offensively. It's just such a grind for them to get anyone across home plate. Don't see them scoring more than a run off Darvish today, have to assume at this point it'll be 3 straight series losses.
  17. bighat
    The solution to all of this would have been for the Twins to score more than 2 runs off a very hittable pitcher earlier in the game when they had the chance.
  18. bighat
    A lot of us predicted that Michael Wacha - a free agent who didn't find a taker until very late into the offseason - and his 5+ ERA would waltz into Target Field and dominate. This is a below-average team, folks and Cleveland is waking up. At this point the main goal for the season should be for Royce Lewis to solidify a starting position, make a decision on Kirilloff and Larnach, and maybe get Brooks Lee a cup of coffee. Ship out Polanco, Gallo, and Kepler (if they can get anything for him) at the deadline.
  19. bighat
    They've been doing it since 2019 - that juiced ball year absolutely wrecked this club's vision.
  20. bighat
    This really concerns me as well - there's really no help on the way. The only way this offense becomes adequate is if Buxton & Correa to hit like Betts & Freeman on a regular basis, and get solid contributions from supporting players. So it appears that the Twins need at least 2 of the following players to become at least somewhat dangerous: Gallo, Polanco, Miranda, Gordon, Kirilloff, Larnach and Kepler. Who else do they have? Wallner? Lewis? Lee? Celestino? Reserves like LaMonte Wade are not walking through that door any time soon. It's up to the aforementioned group. Oh yeah, and don't forget: Buxton & Correa have to hit like Betts & Freeman for any of that to work. How's that going? There's really no moves the coach or the front office can make at this point. The Twins are what they are, and they're going to need a bunch of guys to improve bigly to have any shot at staying above .500, let alone making the postseason. And judging on what they've delivered so far, I have a hard time seeing that happening. I wish I felt differently.
  21. bighat
    How the Twins front office saw this offense and thought "You know who we need? Joey Gallo!" is just beyond me. Washed up Michael Wacha and his 5.46 ERA is going to strut into Target Field tonight and no-hit the Twins thru 5, strike out 10 and walk away with an easy win. This Twins team is very, very bad offensively and it's been just brutal watching them get stuffed into a locker by extremely hittable pitchers. It's been a really bad 2-3 year stretch of baseball, from a fan's perspective. Very few enjoyable moments.
  22. bighat
    With all due respect, you wrote the same thing a month ago. Since April 8th, the Twins have been unable to score more than 3 runs in the following games, including the starting pitcher names: Michael Kopech (5.97 ERA) Peyton Battenfield (Who?) Logan Allen (Who?) Cal Quantrill (4.09 ERA) Jose Urquidy (5.05 ERA) Hunter Brown (Rookie) Dylan Cease (Fine) Lucas Giolito (3.87 ERA) Gerrit Cole (Fine) Domingo German (4.35 ERA) Trevor Williams (4.35 ERA) Patrick Corbin (1-4 with a 5.17 ERA currently) Brad Keller (4.67 ERA) I suppose it has to get better in the sense that it can't get any worse. But I don't know how anyone can look at the futility of this offense and think "they'll be fine".
  23. bighat
    An absolute embarrassment of a road trip. 2-4 against teams that had a combined record well below .500. Can't hit meatballers like Quantrill and Koepech, who have been throwing batting practice all season. Same goes for Sale in Boston, the guy's getting absolutely drilled out there by everyone, but the Twins come to town and he throws 7 shutout innings and strikes out 10. News flash: it's not the opposing pitching that's good. The Twins offense is downright horrific. It's been going on since Day 1 in KC. An offense with all the attributes of quicksand has the Twins solidly entrenched at the bottom tier of MLB offenses this year. And no, help isn't on the way. Kirilloff is rusty and while serviceable he's not a game-changer. Lewis has been out for a year, not sure how much difference he can make. There's really nobody else out there to help. Brooks Lee? I don't think so. It's going to be a long, drag of a summer. Watching a team that can't hit is about as bad as it gets.
  24. bighat
    About to get no-hit by a guy who routinely gets lit up. Nothing special at all about this pitcher. Another bases loaded, nobody out situation and zero runs come across. This is one of the worst offensive teams I've seen recent memory. It's an embarrassment and at this point the reasons to bother watching this team are few and far between.
  25. bighat
    Fair to say this was a terrible trade for the Twins. They never got much out of Mahle last year and it doesn't look like they will this year, either. With Miranda struggling, it sure would be nice to have Spencer Steer available. Obviously hindsight is 20/20. But it is what it is. A brutal, disaster of a trade and one the Twins certainly wish they could take back.
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