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  1. bighat
    Man this is tough. Here's the issue: Castro hits left handed...but at this point in his career he hits like the one-a-week catcher. In a perfect world, he'd be the back-end platoon guy. Garver got 300 AB last year. Hit .268 with 7 HR and 45 RBI last year. He looked like the heir-apparent on a rebuilding team. He didn't look great, defensively. But he didn't do anything to lose his job. Astudillo all of a sudden appears and now it's bedlam. He aced his audition last year. He earned a job in Spring Training. And now right out of the gate he's an offensive force in the first game he plays. He absolutely has to get playing time, somewhere, anywhere at the big league level. I know sending Garver to AAA just seems so cruel. But in the end aren't we picking between Astudillo and Garver here? If you had to choose one of those players to play 4 days a week, who would you pick?
  2. bighat
    Yeah, but even then every issue is black and white. Either Garver SUCKS or he's AWESOME - there's no real discussion. While I agree it's a decent place for breaking sports news (I follow tweets during stuff like rain delays to see the status), most of the tweets out there are just there to provoke knee-jerk reactions. We'd all probably be doing ourselves a favor by using social media less these days, no matter what our opinions are.
  3. bighat
    Agreed. And the Twins chose to bring Astudillo and Austin north. Either one of those would have been an understandable PH in that situation, and Cave's a suitable replacement in the OF for Kep. Why bring all these tools if you're not going to use them? Rocco wants to "show confidence" in Kepler I'm guessing?
  4. bighat
    One strikeout in 6 ABs does not look like the old Buxton to me. He's got the best hit ball of the season so far and is putting the ball in play. The wind-blown double was a gift, but he hustled and ended up on 2nd base. To repeat, he's putting the ball in play and has been on at least 3rd base in both games. Call me crazy but I'm somewhat encouraged.
  5. bighat
    Ditto regarding your thoughts on Kepler, Rocco, and Cron. Scoop hasn't been exactly encouraging to watch at the plate either. Will we see Jake Cave make an appearance tomorrow in place of Kepler? Polanco leading off? These freezing cold games seem to be pretty tough on hitters. I'm looking forward to this team hitting the road and just playing in at least high 50's or low 60-degree temps soon. Opening up in March in the Twin Cities is bad for both the Indians and Twins. I'm definitely NOT one of those "get a roof" guys, but I am disappointed to see games in Minneapolis scheduled in March.
  6. bighat
    Bad game for the offense. Parker with a meltdown. Kepler off to a terrible start. Rocco with some headscratching decisions in pressure situations (should have PH for Kepler, didn't PR for Cruz right away for some reason). Odorizzi looked awesome. Overall the game oscillated between "boring", "frustrating", and "disappointing".
  7. bighat
    You'd imagine they'd give an IBB to Cruz here and pitch to Rosie?
  8. bighat
    Can anyone else hear the fairly cranky old dude yelling? Sounds like he's in the broadcast booth.
  9. bighat
    Popped it up into the wind, misjudged by everyone and fell in.
  10. bighat
    Why is Austin not pinch-hitting for Kep here? Cave moves to right. Rocco?
  11. bighat
    Bux!
  12. bighat
    Twins gonna get 1-hit in the second game of the year? I know that hitters are behind pitchers, but to be honest this is not OK.
  13. bighat
    Leaving in Parker here - with the way the Twins are hitting plus the undermanned 'pen I guess you have to?
  14. bighat
    Parker. Unbelievable.
  15. bighat
    Meanwhile the Mets and Nationals have combined for 22 hits in DC.
  16. bighat
    Nice contact by Cron. Hit it to the wrong spot. Too bad Eddie didn't advance the runners - but if Eddie had simply moved Polanco to 3rd the result here would have been the same.
  17. bighat
    Big AB here for Rosario. Time to perform like the All-Star we all think he is.
  18. bighat
    Schoop battling Kepler for the biggest disappointment so far through 1.5 games. How many times is this team going to strike out? Is this part of Falvine's strategy? Just swing hard and close your eyes? Or maybe Bauer's just got his good stuff today, guy did have a 2.21 ERA last year. But geez.
  19. bighat
    For what it's worth, this game has not been very entertaining. Napworthy, even.
  20. bighat
    Twins 1-2 hitters are playing like 8-9 hitters so far this year.
  21. bighat
    Odorizzi was the Twins opening day starter a year ago. This year he's the #2 guy. Big drop off from Berrios, here's hoping Gibby gets on track and is healthy and ready to carry the load as the primary #2 moving forward. Looks like it's going to be pretty chilly today, with shadows between the pitchers' mound and home plate for the first few innings. Not sure what the over/under is in Vegas, but my guess is that 3 runs would easily win this thing for either team.
  22. bighat
    Great win. Berrios with a gem. Cron, Cruz, and Gonzalez coming through - just fantastic to see the new guys carry the load. But hands down my favorite moment was the Buxton double. Not even close.
  23. bighat
    Cruz, Cron, and Marwin Gonzales! Wow!
  24. bighat
    Can we jinx Kluber here and say NO-HITTER.
  25. bighat
    Not really. No hard-hit balls of note.
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