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  1. bighat
    I think the same thing. And it's not just Yanks and Red Sox. Young players (rookies, even!) all over the league come up and can hit right away. And hit well. Here's a list of players that are Buxton's age: Mookie Betts Carlos Correia Francisco Lindor Trea Turner Alex Bregman Cody Bellinger Corey Seager The list goes on and I could go further. But you get the point. We all love Buxton's defense, but having him sitting down in the #9 hole all year, striking out half the time and being removed for PH's after the 7th inning...that's not what we signed up for. The time for patience is long gone. Buxton had a great stretch last year - that is who the Twins need him to be, full time. No more "give him a coupla weeks". The Twins don't have a coupla weeks, because the Indians sure as heck won't be waiting. Buxton has shown flashes of brilliance, but at this point his career has been marred by injuries and excuses. I for one am done giving the guy a pass.
  2. bighat
    I'd much rather have Phil Hughes starting than Lance Lynn right now. And that's not necessarily a compliment for Phil Hughes. I think this has to be the beginning of the end for the Lynn experiment. The Twins aren't a rebuilding team that can throw out a Mike Pelfrey every 5th day. The division is sitting there on a platter. Heck, Detroit might even take it if nobody else wants it. The Twins have Slegers, Gonsalves, Mejia all available to pitch and all are better than Lynn. Why not have give one of them an extended audition until Santana comes back? There's nothing to lose at this point because Lynn is a proven train wreck. Big Erv's injury really had a terrible domino effect on this team.
  3. bighat
    At this point do the Twins swap Lynn and Hughes? May's not stretched out yet and Big Erv seems like he's still a few weeks away... I just don't know how the Twins can keep putting Lynn out there. He's been flat out terrible and is perhaps the worst starter in the league right now. How can the Twins justify throwing him out there again?
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    Not trying to jinx anything, but Fernando Rodney has quietly gone about his job since that early hiccup. The guy looks like a legit closer and I for one no longer get the shivers when his name is called. The bats weren't exactly on fire, but maybe the offensive spark from an unlikely source will get things going. Bobby Wilson of all people, wow. Escobar continuing to carry this team on his back with the game-tying hit in the later innings. Berrios, yeah that's what we needed! Break out the brooms this afternoon!
  5. bighat
    He's pitching in the American League, against teams that can hit and have mashers hitting the DH position. The Twins have a bad history of taking in guys with NL success (Ricky Nolasco and Vance Worley come to mind). They then proceed to get battered in the AL, because AL teams can rake.
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    The Twins didn't sign Morrison play like a minor leaguer for a month (April) and be a borderline average singles hitter for the next 2 weeks (May).
  7. bighat
    The Twins have scored 3 runs over the past 27 innings. Hard to win when you don't hit. Escobar and now Rosario have gone a bit cold and nobody else seems to be able to hit a baseball. The news on Sano is depressing. We're going to have Wilson and Adrianza's bats playing in a lot of games over the next month or two. On a positive note, I LOL'ed at today's headline...too funny.
  8. bighat
    Bobby Wilson IS this year's Chris Gimenez. Wilson's okay, but I'm not sure he's the type of guy you want playing twice a week for the next 2 months. Not sure what the Twins can do. They don't have any other catchers on the 40-man. Here's what's in Rochester, per the interwebz: Wynston Sawyer Wilson Astudillo Jordon Pacheco I dunno.
  9. bighat
    Darn, what a bust if this is rained out. Especially for Seattle, who just played in Detroit and stopped in Minneapolis last night to get this game in today. Two teams with much-needed off days after long road trips are now at the mercy of the MN weather. And it's crappy. The fact that they've done so much (and spent the extra $$$) to get this game in increases the likelyhood they'll try everything they can to play this game. Might not be enough but this one won't be called unless it's impossible to play.
  10. bighat
    As others have said, the Twins have won some games they shouldn't have recently, so this loss is about as easy to stomach as they come. That said, with the exception of Lance Lynn, it seems that the Twins' bats are the major offenders in Twins losses recently. It's about time Morrison starts hitting home runs. And we need to start seeing some 2-3 hit games from Kepler and Buxton pretty darn soon, if the Twins want to stay competitive.
  11. bighat
    And he's FAST!!! Even slow guys score from 1st base on doubles.
  12. bighat
    Adrianza didn't have much of a jump there, bad read on Grossman's double. Out by a decent amount too. Dang.
  13. bighat
    Brutal - Adrianza out at home, ouch. What are the Twins challenging here?
  14. bighat
    Does Kepler's swing look weird to anyone else? It's like he's watching Morrison with that slice-style swing, not something Max usually does.
  15. bighat
    Unreal defensive gem by Mauer there! He's played one fantastic inning.
  16. bighat
    Good call ump, got it right. Nice 'K' Presser.
  17. bighat
    Exactly. Molitor is sleepwalking this game.
  18. bighat
    Okay, enough Rogers. Get this guy outta here pronto.
  19. bighat
    Not sure about Rogers here, no need to push the envelope with a 2nd inning of work for him.
  20. bighat
    No beachball delays today. Just an interesting side note.
  21. bighat
    Joe!
  22. bighat
    Romero impressing, hanging with Ohtani inning for inning here.
  23. bighat
    Tied up off Pressley. Gibson once again can't win the game. Pressley, bad bad bad. The Angels bullpen is pretty bad too though, the Twins might still have a chance here.
  24. bighat
    Pressley seems intent on giving up the lead ASAP.
  25. bighat
    This no-name pitcher has been throwing meatballs all night. It's criminal that the Twins are just up by 1 run at this time and have only scored 3.
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