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  1. bighat
    Look how Polanco makes the pitcher work - seems a no-brainer for a leadoff guy compared to the guy before him. Great hustle too.
  2. bighat
    Funny, I was typing the exact same thing as you posted this. At some point I think the Twins have to just give him a shot.
  3. bighat
    I have to agree. The problem is, if you have Polanco batting leadoff, who do you bat second? Buxton? Then where do Cron and Sano fit in? Do we bat Schoop 9th? Should Gaver (when playing) be in the heart of the order? I personally like Garver down at about 7, with Kepler in the 8 hole, Buxton at 9. At some point though, the Twins should move Buxton up and see what he can do in the 1 or 2 hole. He should be ready for that later this year I hope.
  4. bighat
    Must have missed that - thanks for the tip! Makes total sense. Hope he's back in there tonight, yeah when he pinch ran that was a good sign.
  5. bighat
    Kepler absolutely has to advance the runner there. You can swing for the fences all you want, but if you get a gift situation like that in the 8th inning you get that runner over by hook or by crook!
  6. bighat
    I think this team will be fine. It's unfortunate they've been kinda playing with the 'B' team for the past couple of days. We might get the "B" team for the remainder of this series, unfortunately. Glad Castro will be on the bench tonight, Kepler will be back in his leadoff spot, and hopefully we'll have an infield of Astudillo, Polaco, Schoop and Cron. A few nagging problems: 1. Get Cruz back ASAP - unfortunately the Twins will be careful with him, but he'll be okay. Maybe he'll wait until Seattle to play? 2. Schoop has been out with a sore left shoulder. Odd injury... 3. Perez and Berrios show they're human. No biggie, but it hurts that the two best pitchers haven't been at their best when the Twins feel desperate for wins. 4. Sano is on the way. I think the Twins may need this guy sooner rather than later....but be careful what you wish for. The guy will still have games where he strikes out 3-4 times. Here's hoping he doesn't have one of those games right away upon his return.
  7. bighat
    Terrible strike zone from the ump here.
  8. bighat
    Both Rosario and Cron swung through 93 mph flat fastballs right down the pipe. Skaggs' offspeed stuff must be good today.
  9. bighat
    Awful?
  10. bighat
    Shift just killing Berrios right now.
  11. bighat
    I'm guessing they are just being super conservative with the one true bright spot in the bullpen. And don't forget, the starting pitchers have been going at least 6 innings for about the past week.
  12. bighat
    Cruz to have MRI it appears. Hope he's okay, this team needs him big time.
  13. bighat
    Perez hurt. Cruz hurt. Hildenberger bad! This team pops out like crazy. Turned the game on in the 7th only to watch several pop-ups that didn't leave the infield. Nobody's immune, seems to be just about every player on the Twins does this at least once per game. Easy to be bitter and over-complain when the Twins lose, I guess. Still very happy with this team. Tigers seemed to have some fire. That closer for Detroit is money, wish the Twins had a guy like that in the pen. Seems hard to imagine this team going deep into October without at least two legit shutdown guys in the 'pen. Are Rogers and Parker really going to carry this team all season? I am sure the Twins will trade for someone in July, that'll be interesting for sure.
  14. bighat
    Pineda with the quality start yesterday BTW - and Stewart had one too. How many QS in a row is that for the Twins? Wow. Hildy was the lone black mark but I don't second-guess putting him in there. We have Rogers fresh for today if needed, Perez on the mound, and the Twins are in good position to take 3-of-4 which is what they wanted out of this series. Astudillo is back. Sano is reportedly going to spend a couple weeks down in AAA because they want him to get used to playing every day... Adrianza is out of options but valuable as both a PR and a defensive infielder. La Tortuga is going to have to play his behind off in the next two weeks. Otherwise I fear it'll be AAA for Willians. As much as we all complain about Adrianza, he has value and with no options it's hard to imagine the Twins would just give him away. If that's the biggest problem the Twins have in the foreseeable future, things are going well!
  15. bighat
    A player with similar numbers to Kepler right now is Joc Pederson. Not sure what that says, but it's interesting. We focus on Kepler's offense (as well we should) but he plays a very nice RF and can move to center without any problems. So far he seems to fit pretty well in this aggressive Twins lineup. I'd still like to see him take more pitches at the top of the order but I'm not going to make a big deal of it. Plenty of time left this season to make adjustments.
  16. bighat
    If there was ever a time to activate Astudillo...
  17. bighat
    Do the Twins' PA folks really need to blare senseless music in between every pitch? It's getting to be as bad as the NBA here.
  18. bighat
    Rosario HR here?
  19. bighat
    Kepler not hustling there cost the Twins a chance in this game.
  20. bighat
    Hildy moves down the pecking order again in the bullpen. He can't drop much further....he has options and the Twins should think about using them.
  21. bighat
    Great speed Jake Cave! Nice hitting Schoop!
  22. bighat
    Morneau's growing on me. His soft-spoken, 'golly-gee-whiz' style combined with the accent...it was all a bit too cliche at first. But I like him more every day, he actually seems to enjoy being in the booth! Something Blyleven lacks, as he's basically said he only wants to do marquee games and doesn't bother with games in Cleveland, Detroit, or KC.
  23. bighat
    Pineda's gotta be thrilled that, as the one struggling pitcher, he gets Adrianza-Cave-Castro making up 1/3 of the offense today....that said, he'll probably take it considering his last 3 opponents have been Astros-Yankees-Astros.
  24. bighat
    Does Astudillo come off the IL and play 3rd today in Marwin's absense? Or are the Twins going to play Adrianza in both games? You'd think this would be an ideal time to activate La Tortuga. From all reports he's ready....or maybe that's just wishful thinking on my part. Hope Gonzalez is OK and not affected in any way long-term. We've seen those blows to the head derail careers.
  25. bighat
    Congrats to Perez on his new addition to the family, he's doing the right thing taking some time away. Maybe a little rest will do him good. Team's on fire right now. Those bad games in NYY seem like a long time ago. Getting used to winning every night is fun. Rosario trying to hit HRs every time up or what? Someone should tell him that he doesn't need to do that...plenty of HRs to go around. Kepler with 8 now? Wow.
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