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  1. bighat
    The league is going to learn that soft-tossing off-speed artists are giving the Twins fits. This MN team is going to have to learn to hit curveballs more consistently. Would be nice to have a vet like Cruz playing today to steady the ship. The Twins have been playing great - no complaints - but I think they're missing that leadership right now. Rosario's tantrum there is a good example of what we need to see less of.
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    Mr. Whiz Kid himself Derek Falvey in the booth with Dick 'n LaTroy. Didn't hear much of interest but a bunch of tap-dancing buzz words. Eh, I'm fine with that. Now back to scoring runs.
  3. bighat
    Pineda...not sharp. We get spoiled watching Berrios, Perez, and Odorizzi most of the time. Watching Pineda (and Gibson, to an extent) has been difficult.
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    Oakland beat Cleveland again tonight - 2nd in a row the A's go on the road and win against the Indians. Gracias, Oakland! Time to return the favor and beat one of their division rivals on the road again. I think Astudillo will kind of hover around .270 or so eventually, maybe hit 6 HR or so. Nice for a backup catcher...but the Twins already have a backup catcher. I do think he's a nice utility guy who will probably be in Rochester at some point this year but he'll be back on the expanded playoff roster for sure. Looks like Trout finally got a hold of one. He can hit as many solo shots as he wants! Time for a comeback!
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    I also check this site out on mobile. In my experience, you don't have to log in all the time, it pretty must just logs you in automatically. I logged in once and it's just saved my user/pass and it's very quick. haven't had any problems. I think an app would be the logical next step for TD as well. That may be a big hit with mobile users.
  6. bighat
    I work for an online subscription-based service. We require people to register in order to view/post. I wonder if that might work for you guys if you want to increase registrations? It'll turn lurkers into registered members. Maybe have a landing page that says something like: "We're glad you're interested in reading the content! Don't worry, TwinsDaily is 100% free. In order to view our content and post to our forums, please take a quick second to sign up. It just takes 2 seconds and you'll be back to browsing the best Twins news in town", or something like that. I guess it all depends on how much of the traffic % the non-registered users (aka: lurkers) make up.
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    Woke up this morning and what do I see? Sano hit a home run and the Twins won. Yeah! Now if Sano can just start sitting on some curveballs he might get himself into the mix for MLB comeback player of the year. He'll have to battle Buxton, Odo, and Perez for it. The Twins aren't going to score 12 every night. Great to see them score 3 and win. Absolutely huge to win the opener in LA. This Arraenz kid is awesome! Edit: People like to dog on the AL Central, but look at the AL West. Just one team above .500 - the Astros are running away with it. The AL East is a 3-horse race but Baltimore and Toronto are even easier to beat than Detroit or KC.
  8. bighat
    Astudillo who??? Arraez is the new fan favorite soon, this kid is great!
  9. bighat
    You're not being mean - just your opinion. I personally disagree, don't mind LaTroy at all and enjoy his style. I don't mind the rotation of broadcast partners. It's nice to have a pitcher, a hitter, etc sharing different points of view. Hawkins played for the Twins during a different era than Morneau and I like hearing some Puckett stories, Ken Griffey Jr. stories, etc from Hawkins that Morneau didn't experience.
  10. bighat
    Cleveland lost to Oakland, 6-4.
  11. bighat
    On that at bat (and a couple in Seattle) he looked as bad as he did last season. He's "one-handing" his swings, even in the on-deck circle. It's like he's practicing a golf swing or something, just completely waving at the ball, one-handed, while falling out of the box. And those check-swings on strike three(s). It looks just terrible and I hate watching it, so depressing.
  12. bighat
    Here are the lineups in full, I didn't see them posted: Twins: Max Kepler (L) RF Jorge Polanco (S) DH Willians Astudillo ® 1B Eddie Rosario (L) LF Miguel Sano ® 3B Luis Arraez (L) 2B Jason Castro (L) C Ehire Adrianza (S) SS Byron Buxton ® CF Angels: Tommy La Stella (L) 2B Mike Trout ® CF Shohei Ohtani (L) DH Andrelton Simmons ® SS Kole Calhoun (L) RF Jonathan Lucroy ® C Brian Goodwin (L) LF Jared Walsh (L) 1B David Fletcher ® 3B
  13. bighat
    I agree Tom. What worries me most is the rust factor - think about Lynn's start to the season last year. It's going to take Kimbrel at least 2 months on an MLB roster to even start to warm up. You also HAVE to play the guy even when he's struggling just to get those innings under his belt. Other teams are staying away, I think the Twins should do the same. Luckily our management isn't often the type to go in on a situation like this. I think the Twins should work something out via trade in July, and I am sure they will.
  14. bighat
    He was clearly trying to make a joke ie: "If I did more push ups, that ball would have been a HR instead of a double" - I get it, it's a fairly wholesome and a bit funny. And honestly I don't think he meant to show anyone up. That said, the opposing pitcher didn't think it was funny and I don't blame him. I'm guessing that'll be Royce's first and last attempt at that kind of thing. Compared to other "problems" that some players have, I'm not to worried about Royce's attitude. The kid seems to be just a great guy.
  15. bighat
    When Cruz comes back, what's the move? It seems pretty obvious that Arraenz goes back to AAA. I would imagine that Garver's return will mean the end for Astudillo for a while?
  16. bighat
    We are a fickle bunch. This team is going to lose more games. Probably games just like this. Gibson wasn't great. May wasn't good. Offense was snoozing. I heard Baldelli told the team not to bother coming to early warmups. Just show up before game time, screw batting practice, you've earned a day to relax. This stuff will happen. It's a shame Cleveland won and got closer, but they'll have much tougher opponents moving forward than the Twins do, schedule-wise.
  17. bighat
    Welp there it goes. Trevor May and his career 5.11 ERA regressing to the mean. Honestly this guy has been hyped unreasonably from the very start of his career. Mop up guy at best!
  18. bighat
    Geez Gibby.
  19. bighat
    Whoopsies, more errors. These guys are bad.
  20. bighat
    Bux is just dialed in right now. Great back to back walks.
  21. bighat
    Arraenz is legit.
  22. bighat
    Dang Bux wasn't quite able to grab that. Sun?
  23. bighat
    There once was a pitcher named Gibson Who went to the Caribbean on a Mission He nibbled on flounder Lost 30 pounder And now he's stopped going fishin'
  24. bighat
    Absolutely terrible to see that overturned. The only possible reason for that is that someone in MLB wants to keep games competitive or something, or favor home teams when challenges are made.
  25. bighat
    There once was a man from Woonsocket Who had a mouse in his pocket They talked about Rocco And ate a few tacos Didn't run the parade but they walked it
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