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  1. bighat
    Agree with everything you said. On the flip side, we keep hearing that guys like Larnach and Kirilloff are "young" - which is weird considering that they'll be turning 26 (!!!) and 25 this off-season, respectively. Let's hope it doesn't take Lee as long as it's taken them to get to the majors. From what I've seen, I think Brooks' bat is more advanced at this stage. Back to Lee, it's possible the Twins felt they needed to draft a guy who was close to the bigs to replace all the AA and AAA prospects they plan on dealing at the trade deadline. Lee may very well be the guy they want to fill Royce Lewis' spot when he's wearing an A's jersey next summer.
  2. bighat
    Yeah. If the Twins decide to really put the pedal to the metal here (ie: get Montas or Castillo), I think the trading deadline is going to see us lose at least 4-5 of the following: Balazovic, Steer, Wallner, Lewis, Martin, Larnach, Kirilloff, Celestino, Gordon, Miranda, Woods Richardson, Palacios. I think they drafted Brooks Lee because he's almost MLB ready and can fill in at SS or 3B in relatively short order. I looked at his profile and a few videos of him, the kid's bigger than many major leaguers. He's ready to play ball.
  3. bighat
    Nice to see Correa connect, just his 2nd homer of July as he's hitting .182 for the month. Buxton's now in the bottom 10% of the league in strikeout percentage. Let's hope the break allows those guys to reset. Another Twins game where they have one big inning early, but fail to add on. Not sure why they are so prone to this particular phenomenon. Sano hit two homers last night in St. Paul. Bring him up, I think the Twins offense is pretty flat right now and it's worth the gamble. Polanco is en fuego, while Arraez continues to be the best player on the team. Bundy's regained something, who knows how, but we'll take it. The guy might be the Twins best starter right now. Can't believe I just wrote that.
  4. bighat
    Balozovic is a great example of why you shouldn't overvalue prospects. Over the past couple of years, Twins fans would have rioted with torches and pitchforks if Balazovic would have been involved in a trade. People were penciling him in as Berrios' replacement, putting him as a sure thing for the 2022 or 2023 starting rotation. You think I'm exaggerating, go ahead and look up the comments. From this article: "Even with the time missed due to the pandemic, the Canadian is knocking on the door to the big leagues.....If he can be a staff ace, the organization will have its next piece to build around. " And from this one: "A strong finish could help Balazovic reach St. Paul before the season’s end, with a call-up to the Twins looming in 2022" Lesson: never be too attached to a prospect before they actually prove they can play in The Show. Minor league numbers mean nothing if you can't repeat them in Target Field.
  5. bighat
    So far Miranda has done what the others haven't: stayed on the field. Kirilloff seems to be coming around but I think Larnach is still very much a coin flip on whether or not he'll be a serviceable MLB athlete. There's Miranda, then AK.....but there's a pretty big gap between those two and Larnach/Celestino IMO.
  6. bighat
    This was the first time the team was really outplayed over their past 8 games. Unfortunately they are 3-5 over that time period. Polanco sure has come back with some pop in his bat. Has he once again become the Twins most dangerous hitter? He was most definitely the best we had last year.
  7. bighat

    Sano Situation

    bighat commented on Doc Munson's blog entry in Fantasy GM

    I don't really think the Twins are going to get that much for Sano, muchless anything worthwhile. My guess is that Sano gets included with a high-ranking prospect in a trade. For example: Jordan Balozovich + Sano for Tyler Mahle. Something like that. Basically the Twins are going to say to the other team "you're going to have to take Sano off our hands" when they make the trade. Unfortunately this means the Twins will probably lose a higher valued prospect than they would have if they didn't include Sano. The Twins may also simply trade Kirilloff as the main piece in a package for a guy like Montas or Castillo, and have Sano be the primary 1B-DH moving forward. Another option is that they send Celestino down, keep Sano on the roster and just hope he catches fire. He's done so in the past. Betting on Sano will be a big gamble in the 2nd half. They are in a tough spot for sure.
  8. bighat
    Thanks for the writeup, Nick. I was worried this was going to be one of those "Twins are solidly plugging along with a 3-3 road trip". The Twins held the lead late in most of the games and were at least tied in the 8th or later in all games. The offense made some miraculous recoveries and some incredibly inspiring comebacks, only to have all momentum immediately stuffed into a locker by the bullpen's ineptitude. A team with even a subpar bullpen goes 5-1 last week, an average bullpen probably nets you a 6-0 week. Throw in last Sunday's loss to the Sox and they should be on a 7-game win streak. Instead they're 3-4 over their last 7. Just brutal. This is the worst bullpen I've ever seen in Minnesota, they are absolutely killing this team. Not to mention we've got fringe guys like Bundy, Smelzer, and Archer starting half the games for the Twins, pitching is just a nightmare. And where the hell's Bailey Ober? Did he get whisked off to the gulag in Siberia along with Alcala? Good lord.
  9. bighat
    Yeah - they're bad but I'm telling you, Chicago and Cleveland will catch and pass the Twins if something doesn't change in Minnesota.
  10. bighat
    Who's available in the 'pen tomorrow? Looks like Theilbar, Pagan, Cotton, & Moran. And Bundy's starting, and I'm thinking Buxton's due for his normal day off. A sweep in TX and then a 2-game series against a very good Brewers team, Twins could be on a 6-game losing streak by Wednesday. Does anyone still seriously think the Twins can win this division with the team they have?
  11. bighat
    Yeah, this pretty much echoes my thoughts. Dude's batting .216. Sure the 22 homers are nice - real nice - but hitting .216 is extremely disappointing. Buxton was supposed to be better than Rob Deer last time I checked. He's not stealing any bases, he's striking out a ton, and he's a 3-true outcomes player. Do I still love the guy? You bet. And there are positives: he's walking more, he's a bit more patient at the plate. But he's got to curb the strikeouts and perhaps needs to stop trying to swing for the fences every time up there. He's had some really ugly stat lines and he's been really in a slump for a couple months now.
  12. bighat
    Absolutely. That Ian Hamilton seemed pretty good.
  13. bighat
    Great questions, all. With Buxton on deck it was ridiculous to see Jeffers bat in the 10th. But honestly, if you can't count on a guy to bat in a tight spot, why is he on the team? Dude's hitting is horrific, I know we can cherry pick some xStats if we want but he's been really, really bad. Pagan should be Pa-GONE. Don't let the door hit you. I really don't see the value in hanging on to dead arms. Another game the Twins offense kept trying to win with late heroics, another game blown by the bullpen. The Twins are getting away with so much because the division is horrendous. This is a very average team in a year with some very bad teams in MLB.
  14. bighat
    I think you're just writing this to make Twins Daily readers angry.
  15. bighat
    Take away the most recent 9th & 10th innings, the Twins have scored 4 runs over the past 4 games. That's 1 run per game against Johnny Cueto, Spencer Watkins, Jordan Lyles and Tyler Wells. Is the division awful? Yes. Should the Twins win it? Yes. Do they still have major problems with starting pitching, the bullpen, and their offense? Absolutely. I'm still not convinced they won't collapse. Sorry to be "that guy". Read that Winder has been sent to Chicago in case the Twins need to put an SP on the injured list. That means it's gotta be one of Archer or Ryan who are feeling a tweak, right?
  16. bighat
    Good for Miranda, a win's a win. But am I the only one who's not impressed? The Twins have averaged 1.5 runs per game against one of the worst pitching staffs in baseball for 99% of this series. Jorge Lopez is in the midst of a rough patch and the Twins are just taking advantage of his collapse. Seriously, where's the hitting? Not scoring any runs with men on 2nd and 3rd with nobody out? Buxton and Correa failing to just hit a ground ball to the right side or a lazy sac fly? Strikeouts, weak contact, and bat ABs all day long. And it's not like the Twins were scoring double-digits the whole time in Cleveland, either. It's great to see these 9th inning wins, but the vast majority of this series has been borderline unwatchable. This team's offense is just so inconsistent as evidence by leading the league in being shut out.
  17. bighat
    Orioles fans feeling the pain this morning, same pain Twins fans have been feeling all week. Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory after a great effort from your SP. We'll take it. Buxton becoming more and more of an all-or-nothing guy. Can be frustrating to watch but when he comes through boy it's worth the wait.
  18. bighat
    Mentally, I've shelved the guy for the year and did so a long time ago. His progress updates have all sounded awful, they should have probably let him undergo some kind of surgery back in April. Instead they've waited and done nothing, and now he'll probably have that surgery in August and miss all of 2023 also. In short, I don't think he's coming back and we'll be lucky to see him in Spring Training.
  19. bighat
    Yep, I fixed it. Sorry!~
  20. bighat
    Totally agree. What's he supposed to do? He can't run Ryan out there every day followed by Jax for 2 innings and Duran for 2 innings. MLB teams have to use all of the arms in their bullpen. Those arms have to be capable of getting MLB players out! You don't pay Pagan 2 million dollars to warm the bench out there, he's supposed to be able to get the job done, and if he can't the guy has to be cut from the team. Rocco can't cut guys from the team, nor can he switch out the tools from his tool box. Rocco has put the ball in the FO's court. I'm not saying he's playing 5-D chess or anything like that, but he is taking a very direct approach. Let's hope last night was the last we saw of Pagan, the guy's nothing but toxic for this team.
  21. bighat
    Went to bed after the Kepler HR, but I had this crazy dream that the bullpen once again blew the game after an encouraging comeback from the offense. Thank goodness it was just a dream.
  22. bighat
    I'm with you. Does Wes have the right to pursue employment elsewhere? Sure! Was it a crappy thing to do with the team right in the middle of the season going into the biggest series of the year so far? Yes! I'll be watching to see what the reasons might be. If it's money, I get it. And if it's the fact that Johnson prefers to work with college athletes in a smaller setting, I get it. And if it's a combo of the two, I get it. Or if Wes is having personal issues and wants to step down from the spotlight, I get it. Right now I'm wondering if there's some friction with the Twins organization and/or Rocco that we've not seen.
  23. bighat
    Never liked him as a Twin, I'm glad he's having success elsewhere but personally Gibson is a hard pass for me.
  24. bighat

    Wiffle Ball

    bighat commented on Jeff D.'s blog entry in Jeff D. - Twins Geezer

    Very true! I also had many a wiffle ball game as a youngster. We played in parking lots, alleys, and front stoops - during break from school during the summer it was an all day activity!
  25. bighat
    Lot of meat left on the bone last night, but winning 6-0 certainly takes some of the sting off the nagging issue. Surprised we didn't see Duffey at the end there. Twins have lost two straight series and are staring at a 3rd if they lose today. They've been shut out a league worst 10 times and are 13-19 over their past 32 games. Does that make today a must-win? No. But it seems pretty important to right the ship nonetheless. Time for Ryan to deliver that gem we've been waiting for since he came off the IL.
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