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  1. bighat
    Morrison, so terrible. It's not this at bat, it's just the whole season-long package.
  2. bighat
    Morrison down 0-2 right away on two swings.
  3. bighat
    Remember who they work for. Look at the Twins 2 starters so far this series. Nothing weird about them being 0-2 against Texas. Romero and Odorizzi have been straight up bad for the past month, we're talking Lance Lynn-April-Bad.
  4. bighat
    Another soft-tossing, below average journeyman lefty holds the mighty Twins offense in check. Those number 4 and 5 starters lick their chops when they see the Twins on the schedule. The Twins offense has been horrible. So what does the front office do? Sign Matt Belisle. I realize that bullpen help was needed but we've got those guys in AAA for a reason. I hear Buxton had a HR in Rochester last night. Might as well bring 'em up, pronto. He seems to play better in low-pressure situations. It seems that with the Twins now 7 games back, circling the drain, it would be a good time to bring him up and see if he can put up some stats. Depressed and disappointed. I still haven't reached the "acceptance" stage of grief but I'm almost there.
  5. bighat
    Thing is, how can the Twins do better at this point? Insert Morrison and his .190 average into the lineup? Ugh.
  6. bighat
    On the plus side, at least we're not Argentina futbol fans. Ouch. How about this: the Twins give Mauer a chance at 3rd base. Now we can call up Vargas or Carter. Mauer at 3b, Escobar at SS, Dozier at 2B and Carter/Vargas splitting time at 1B/DH or whatever. Maybe that's far fetched but I say it's time to ditch Morrison and call up Vargas. For all the crap people talked about Vargas "not living up to the hype", he was never close to this terrible. He had some big hits for the Twins and should get another chance. Morrison is dead weight and really hurting this team. He's a sunk cost and keeping him longer isn't going to get the Twins any money back from this mistake. Move on with Vargas over LOMO.
  7. bighat
    And one of them is under .190. Looking at you, Logan Morrison.
  8. bighat
    Seven - zip, eh? Belisle in there getting hammered? What the heck is he doing on this team? Any other reason he's here besides coming in to mop up bad losses?
  9. bighat
    Upcoming opponents and current records: Texas (32-44) @ Chicago White Sox (24-49) @ Chicago Cubs (42-29) @ Milwaukee (43-30) Baltimore (21-51) Kansas City (22-52) Tampa Bay (34-40) That homestand right before the ASG gives the Twins a total of 11 home games against some very beatable opponents. If the Twins can win 8 of those games, they might be pretty close to .500 by the ASG. The looming Chicago/Milwaukee road trip could be a rough patch. Here's hoping they make hay against Texas this weekend.
  10. bighat
    Gonna get 1-hit if Porcello stays in. Sure would be nice to be ride a hot winning streak for a change. Seems every time the Twins are on the verge of getting back in the race they drop a clunker in there.
  11. bighat
    Welp, there it goes. Guess we'll take the 2-1 series win, coming off a 2-1 series win against Cleveland. The Twins are really trying to catch up as slowly as possible. I think we should forget about Cleveland for a while and start to keep our expectations more realistic. Shooting for a .500 record by the All-Star break seems like a reasonable thing to hope for, I suppose.
  12. bighat
    Selling Escobar seems like a bad idea right now. The Twins sold a similar player in the midst of a similar career season a few years ago in Eduardo Nunez. The Twins got Aldaberto Mejia in return. At this point it doesn't appear Mejia will be contending for a big league roster spot on the Twins or anywhere else. The Twins can sign guys better than Mejia (aka Lynn) for a decent price. Why trade our best players for what's at the bottom of other teams' trash dumpsters? The Twins don't have that mega-superstar that will generate a boatload in return. Selling for the sake of selling doesn't appeal to me.
  13. bighat
    Lackluster offensive performance, another game where being down 2-0 seems like an impossible uphill climb. All too familiar and why so many casual Twins fans have checked out on this season. For those of us who haven't, it's very frustrating to watch this kind of baseball.
  14. bighat
    Great win! Let's complete the sweep this time - they almost did it in Cleveland last series, sure would be nice to see it happen today! Dozier, one day after being called out by the Twins round table, delivers! Another "just-get-the-job-done" outing by Lynn, nice to see Reed have a clean inning as well. Logan Morrison. Dud city. The guy seems to strike out or hit grounders to 1st base every time. Not much "sting" on the ball either. I'd rather see Gregor Petit in the batter's box, and I'm not joking. Break out the brooms!
  15. bighat
    Agreed. Take that, Ted!
  16. bighat
    Not sure anybody's gonna catch Mike Trout.
  17. bighat
    Thanks for the hot scoop. It's hard not to be concerned...but after reading your article it sounds like Royce might just need some rest, and we'll see how the therapy goes. Thanks again!
  18. bighat
    Duke pitched the 8th and he blew the lead.
  19. bighat
    Escobar continues to simply amaze, he and Rosario are simply carrying this team. Can you imagine if Dozier, Sano, Buxton, and Morrison were even having average seasons next to those two? It would be a much different look in the standings. Unfortunately we just have to hope and wait. Great win, especially nice to see some fire from this team. Hope this gets contagious. Duke could use a 1-2-3 inning for a change. Hildy has the hot arm in the 'pen. Hope he doesn't fall victim to overuse.
  20. bighat
    Will this finally be the night that the Twins get no-hit? We know it's in the mail and will arrive at some point this year...
  21. bighat
    Completely agree, I think this should be a huge priority after Molitor's gone.
  22. bighat
    I think the hiring was intended to placate a fanbase but it was a complete misread. Sure, some fans in the over-60 rural market probably got excited while munching their Product 19 when the Molitor hiring was announced. But I don't think many die-hard Twins fans were too thrilled with the move. He was a low-level hitting coach and a "roving instructor" before getting the job. No experience with analytics, no real management experience...I'm surprised they didn't make Dave Winfield the hitting coach while they were at it! The Molitor hire was an insult to the intelligence of many Twins fans, it was RED MEAT and just an attempt to get more butts in the seats. Those days are over, we should expect more from this outfit. Paul Molitor should be fishing in Brainerd this summer, not sitting in the dugout as the Twins drop series to Chicago, KC, and Detroit. When the team caught fire last year in a very, very down year in the American League and made the Wildcard Game, it really hurt our chances to get rid of Molitor. Like many, I don't see the F.O. doing anything - unless the Twins lose 15 straight or something.
  23. bighat
    I agree with mikelink45 - we can rip Adrianza and Garver all we want, but that's low-hanging fruit. Morrison is batting .188 with 7 home runs. Were it not for Chris Davis' nosedive in Baltimore, Logan Morrison would be the biggest disappointment in baseball right now. I'm not sure where the recent warm and fuzzy treatment of Morrison has come from, people saying things like "over his last 15 games he's hitting .239" like that's supposed to be a good thing. The guy was supposed to hit 30 HR and drive in 90 runs, he's been absolutely awful and a black hole in this lineup. Where are the 3-hit games? The multi-homer games? The hot streaks? A real shame to drop this game today, the Twins still aren't making up much ground and they are still way below .500. Great individual play from Escobar again, but he's getting zero help. Molitor's shaking up the lineup, but it's something he should have done last month. Odorizzi is giving Romero a run for his money as the worst of the starting 5. Glad they've got Berrios, Lynn, and Gibby going against the Red Sox. Unfortunately they're going against Sale, Price, and Porcello.
  24. bighat
    Just checking the box...10 hits but just 1 run? Not sure I want to know the details.
  25. bighat
    He's just one of those type of hitters. Mauer's timing is so good, his fundamentals so sound, that he lines a ton of pitches straight back to the mound. Thank goodness it's players like Mauer that do it, rather than guys like Harper, Encarnacion, Stanton, etc. I'm sure that's small consolation to Cookie Carasco right now.
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