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  1. bighat
    Schoop's the worst on the team by a long shot in the "productive out" category, ie getting runners over, sac flies, etc.
  2. bighat
    Cashner to the Red Sox. Dominoes wobbling.
  3. bighat
    Not the guy most of us wanted, but the dominoes are beginning to fall... https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/07/red-sox-acquire-andrew-cashner.html
  4. bighat
    Yeah, if you put money on the Indians in Vegas or if you're a Cleveland fan, you see it as a "bad beat". From one of their fan pages: "Goody got a little anxious on a Miguel Sano groundball hit right to him and couldn’t make a throw to first, and three batters later Francisco Lindor almost made a spectacular play to throw out Max Kepler, but he was a half-second late. A batter after that, Oscar Mercado terribly misplayed a Jorge Polanco fly ball and suddenly the Twins had their first lead of the night at 4-3. If even one of those things broke the Indians’ way, maybe this game ends differently." That said, the ball didn't exactly bounce the Twins way either. Miguel Sano hit a double off the top of the wall with a man on 1st. Arraez was kinda deeked by the OF and didn't score on that double. And Sano was just THIS CLOSE to hitting it out. If that ball goes 5 more feet it's a 3-3 ball game and the rest is a moot point. So keep in mind while the Twins got lucky, the Indians were pretty lucky too.
  5. bighat
    SAUCE
  6. bighat
    Polanco!!! YEAH BABY!
  7. bighat
    Yeah! Buxton's fly ball getting Sano to 3rd turns out to be a very productive out indeed.
  8. bighat
    He was safe but not sure the video evidence or Rob Manfred's desire for a good race and TV ratings is going to allow it to be overturned.
  9. bighat
    Yet another threat! Is this 3 innings in a row we've had at least 2 guys on base with less than 2 outs?
  10. bighat
    Eh, I don't think so. I want pitchers, but I'm starting to get concerned we're going to go out there and get Cashner, Ian Kennedy, and then say "we tried".
  11. bighat
    Ooof.
  12. bighat
    Another possible rally? Let's go Garv.
  13. bighat
    He had 4 hits and 4 RBI in the series before the break. He's had a couple bad ABs tonight no doubt. Sure we all get nervous when we see him strike out a couple times but let's just wait and see what he does the rest of the series before we freak out.
  14. bighat
    If that Sano double goes 5 more feet we'd be feeling a lot different about things. Funny how sports work, eh?
  15. bighat
    His pace is terrible. Perez is almost as bad. Cleveland's got Kluber coming back in August and Danny Salazar will be back even earlier. Pair those two with Clevenger, Bieber and Bauer and this could be the most dominant staff in the AL.
  16. bighat
    I think he struck out on an outside fastball in his first AB. Teams are definitely pitching him away since he started pulling all those doubles. Appears to have been a good strategy so far. Bux yet again will be faced with making an adjustment after a half-season hot streak.
  17. bighat
    Men on 2nd and 3rd, nobody out...seriously?
  18. bighat
    Came here to post about Lynn, see a few of you have beaten me to the punch! 12-4 with a 3.69 ERA. 134 K's in 122 innings. Never in a million years did I think he'd succeed in Texas. I'd pegged him as a 7-9 game winner with an ERA north of 5. Unreal comeback year for him!
  19. bighat

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    bighat replied to Number3's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk

    No reason to pretend this weekend's tilt isn't huge. This is why we watch baseball. Yeah this one means something, and that's OK. It's a "statement" series. Cleveland fans and players are going to be super pumped up for this series coming off their All-Star showcase. The Twins can be beat, the Indians smell blood. It's as big as any series either team has had all season. I think if the Twins are at full strength and they are playing the A Team out there, they can take 2 of 3.
  20. bighat
    The biggest surprise for me is that the free agent signings have ALL exceeded even our wildest expectations. Perez was supposed to be a back-end starter and long-man. He's now the #3 and has great numbers. Schoop, we were just hoping he'd hit 20 HRs and fill the short term hole at 2B. He'll do that and probably more. Cruz, we crossed our fingers and bet he had more in the tank. He does. Cron, we flipped a coin and bet last year wasn't a fluke. It wasn't. Parker's done what's been asked for the most part, it wasn't a bad signing. Literally none of these guys have crashed and burned - to the contrary they've been huge additions that have pushed this team from a borderline .500 ballclub to a team that's 20 games over at the break.
  21. bighat
    Didn't see the Buxton play and finally went back to watch it. I figured there's nothing wrong with trying to be aggressive and Buxton should always try and tag...what nobody mentioned here was that there was a runner on 3rd tagging also. Yeeps, yeah that was a bad play. That said, he was only barely out! All said and done, I hope Buxton continues to be aggressive. We can rail on Buxton all we want, and yeah he'd like a do over, but this offense has been really boom-or-bust lately and they need to be more consistent.
  22. bighat
    Call me a conspiracy theorist but I think this is kinda by design. The Twins have had a huge lead most of the first half and have basically put every starter the 10-day IL. CJ Cron, for example, was pretty obviously the next guy who needed a break and the Twins gave it to him. Schoop had a break in KC a couple weeks ago with that "sore shoulder". We aren't going to see these kind of rests just given to the team in the 2nd half. I'm not worried about seeing these little nicks and bumps give the Twins problems - it's the pitching staff I'm worried about.
  23. bighat
    Sadly, I agree - worst color commentator I've heard in the Twins booth in a long time. Maybe when pickings are slim, the Twins should just bring in Smalley again. Roy seems to be on the "B Team" of color guys but he can fill in well. Speaking of filling in, the Twins need someone to step up. I think with Mejia, there's nothing more they can do with him and he'll be placed on waivers. I just don't know how you keep him on the active roster when you bring in other arms to help out. I'm both thrilled to be up 5.5 games on the Indians and also disappointed to be up 5.5 games on the Indians. Anyone else kinda torn on how to feel about this team right now? I think they basically played out of their minds for 2 months and have come back to earth. Cleveland is feasting off Kansas City, Chicago, Detroit and Cincy. And they get Kluber back in a month, right?
  24. bighat
    Well, 6:45am flight tomorrow says it's time to turn off the game. Hope I miss something good. Go Twins.
  25. bighat
    Polanco was supposed to sit today before Marwin came down with a toe injury.
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