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  1. bighat
    Yeah, I saw that poll. I voted to keep him up!
  2. bighat
    One could almost feel that grand slam coming with everything leading up to the Lewis at bat. Was that the first legendary moment in a storybook career? Like many of you I have no idea what the Twins are going to do with Lewis when Correa comes back....if a correct guess would win you $100 bucks, what would you say? Down to St Paul? I really think the kid needs to play 6 games per week at this point.... Correa had that big PR moment a couple weeks ago where he said he was open to staying with the Twins long-term. Wonder what he's thinking now? Troublesome to see the Twins go up 11-2 and then give up 6 unanswered runs. Jax seems to have improved a bit, but I think it's too early to feel confident about his abilities. And that goes for many members of this bullpen. Lost in the box score were homers from both Buxton and Polanco. Twins are a decent team when those two guys are "on".
  3. bighat
    I didn't say Donaldson was a horrible player. But I do think he's running out of gas. The Twins paid for a guy who was going to average 36 HRs and 100 RBI over the course of four years. Alas, Covid hit at the worst possible time and all of those plans went awry. He might not be done as a major leaguer, but I think jettisoning themselves of Donaldson was a good move. I think losing IKF in the deal hurt this team the most, frankly.
  4. bighat
    Exactly. The real measuring stick for this trade is Donaldson and frankly he looks done - maybe he'll hit 23 HRs and bat .240 this year. Certainly wasn't worth half of what he was being paid. Sanchez is a backup catcher at this point in his career and ideally the Twins roll him out there once or twice a week. As others have said he shouldn't be DH'ing and hopefully the Twins will end that experiment pronto once they get some bats back. As for Urshela, I think the guy should be considered the 26th man on this team and his bat should only see the light of day once a week at most. He's been a huge disappointment. Whether they perform or not though, the trade seems to be worth it. The Twins escaped from that albatross of a contract they gave Donaldson and that should be applauded.
  5. bighat
    Woof. I don't know about you all, but my feelings about this team have really changed after this series. I'm not sure they're even a .500 team let alone a playoff team. Twins were just flogged and dispatched with ease by a good - not great - Astros team. Twins looked very overmatched and almost from the get-go had zero chance to stay in a ballgame. Even if the Astros are hot and the Twins are dealing with injuries, this is still an MLB ballgame and we should expect it to look like one. Instead the Twins looked like an AAA or AA squad trying to keep up in a Spring Training exhibition match. Buxton played 2/3 of the series, we had Joe Ryan and Josh Winder on the mound for 2/3 of the series. There are no excuses, the Twins just rolled into this series expecting to lose to a better team and that's exactly what happened. Out of the entire 27 innings the Twins were in the game for like 1 of them. Worst looking baseball of the season and it went on for 3 games in a row, at home. The offense is still unable to score more than 3-4 runs a game against a struggling or below-average pitcher, and when they are facing anything resembling quality pitching it's shock if they don't get shut out. You gotta score more runs, boys. They need like 3-4 more guys to start hitting, that's a tall order.
  6. bighat
    If I have to watch that guy ground out on a two-hopper to 2nd base one more time, I swear. He's an automatic out right now. He's not getting robbed, he's not hitting lasers that are being caught, he's rolling over and chopping the ball to the infield. I turn the channel when he's up just so I don't have to watch anymore. He's gotta go to St. Paul, should have been there after the A's series.
  7. bighat
    Yep. Definitely good to have guys like that around. Keep in mind that those guys sometimes do break out. Both Eduardo Escobar and Ehire Adrianza were seen as utility infield guys by the Twins. Injuries opened up every day spots and both of those guys responded very, very well to every day playing time. Became extremely valuable pieces, not just "depth".
  8. bighat
    Hat's off to this article and all the details. My short take: he's nowhere near this good, but we should all be happy he's contributing now. Thank you Danny. The Twins bullpen has exceeded expectations by leaps and bounds so far, but I think they may have to add at least 2 arms at the deadline if they want to seriously contend.
  9. bighat
    I don't think a competitor would be interested in parting with any prospects to acquire Sano at the deadline. And that goes double for any team that's out of the playoff picture. He's a Twin until he's either outrighted/released mid-year or just let go at the end of the season. I suppose the humane thing to do would just to be to keep him on the injured list for the entire year and then let him go.
  10. bighat
    Noah Miller with a big day. Looking forward to seeing him move up the ladder soon.
  11. bighat
    Great debut for Lewis, great to see HRs from both Bux and Miranda and hat's off to Winder for a well-pitched game. What more can be said about those four guys? Amazing! Unfortunately this team isn't scoring enough. Both runs last night were scored on solo homers, which means that the Twins had 6 additional hits + 4 walks where they couldn't push anything across home plate. All 10 baserunners were stranded out there, not one hit with a runner on base to bring someone in. The weather is warming up and the bats are too. There aren't going to be many more days where you can win games 2-1. This team needs to figure out how to put up crooked numbers. Lost in all the fun was the fact that Pagan nearly blew this game. Loaded the bases with walks and got to a 3-2 count on the last batter before striking him out. We were 1 pitch away from having a very different discussion this morning as we'd be talking about the team's 3rd straight loss. This team needs a closer.
  12. bighat
    Correa wasn't hit by a pitch. He swung at the ball and hit it off his knuckles, the ball rolled into play. No HBP - it was a 1-3 groundout. It was a terrible swing. If he'd have kept the bat on his shoulder and just stood there, he wouldn't have been hit. He did it to himself.
  13. bighat
    Nope, no timetable yet. If I had to guess I don't think we'll see him until the 4th of July at the earliest.
  14. bighat
    OMG ITS HAPPENING!!!!
  15. bighat
    Maybe he's a Denard Span or Jacque Jones type of hitter? Hit 12-18 homers per year, hit .286, play solid defense in the outfield and provide a spark at the top of the lineup? Both of those guys were huge parts of successful Twins teams, valuable players and very successful major leaguers.
  16. bighat
    Yeesh - a really terrible 2nd half of that series against Baltimore. What started as a fun road trip now has the Twins sick and broken. Bad starting pitching, bad bullpen, hitters grounding into double-plays left and right, and giving away winnable games. With the way Baltimore was playing you have to take 3-of-4 there. Just have to. I think we have to get used to the idea that Correa's gone until July, it's gonna be a helluva gauntlet to run while he's out. The competition is getting much tougher and someone besides Buxton is going to have to step it up on offense. Kepler's really starting to do that, I think it's time Polanco chips in, he's carried this team for weeks in the past when he gets hot. Sure hope this is the beginning of the Royce Lewis era because otherwise the next couple weeks might not be too fun. PS - Correa, what in the heck was he doing swinging at that ball? Took two terrible swings on the first two pitches low, and then swing at this pitch right at his face? He sure wasn't helping himself on that AB.
  17. bighat
    I don't blame Rocco for thinking he could get away with it again, especially since Bundy overall has been pretty good this year. But I think after last night, that experiment is over and moving forward nobody's going to find any more "moral victories" resulting from Bundy getting shelled in the first couple innings.
  18. bighat
    Tell that to the Cincinnati Reds, who are 3-21. They might be wondering about where those 50 wins are going to come from right about now. Speaking of sad, non-Twins related stuff: Nelson Cruz is hitting .143 so far this year with 2 HRs. He's 2 for his last 38 and hasn't had a multiple-hit game in almost a month. This has to be his last year, right?
  19. bighat
    There was a waterfall of key plays and moments in this game - seemed like they just kept happening! Seeing-eye bloop hits from Baltimore and misplays by the Twins in the field were taking place every inning. However, the back-breaking moment in my opinion was when Celestino hits a line drive missile that nails Sanchez for the final out of the inning. That hit was headed to right field to make the game 6-5 with Arraez and Correa coming up to bat. Instead it stays 6-4 and the inning is over. Rocco was trying to steal one more inning from Bundy there - it's classic Rocco, that's what he does, and frankly I can live with it. Bundy's pitched pretty well this year aside from a couple bad innings, Rocco's thinking if this guy can just get 3 more outs we might have a chance. PS - how about that catch from Gordon? That was maybe the best OF catch we've seen all year on this team. Also nice to see Gordon deliver a key hit in that rally as well. He's turning into a nice utility piece for this team.
  20. bighat
    I think Paddack and Ryan are going to continue and emerge as a true 1-2 punch. I see Gray as an effective, yet injury-prone arm that might contribute somewhat but we probably shouldn't count on too much. Ober's injury really knocked him down on my list as well, he was looking solid prior but I think he may have already reached his ceiling in terms of what he can give the Twins. I see Winder as a wildcard, certainly could play a big role this year if either of the two aforementioned get injured, or....when Bundy and Archer hit the wall, which I anticipate will be around mid-June. In fact I think that it's possible that one of those two might not even be with the team come July 15.
  21. bighat
    He does look good, agree with what you're saying. Not sure if he's "home grown" though, he came to the Twins organization in the Eduardo Escobar trade back in 2018. Arizona drafted him. That said he's spent as much time in the Twins org as he did in the AZ org by now, so by all means I think the Twins can take credit for a lot of his development.
  22. bighat
    Buxton being a late scratch is concerning. Can't help but get that creeping feeling any time he's removed for an injury. Garlick, wow. He's got 4 hits this year and 3 of them are HRs. He's making it awfully tough to send him down when he plays like this against lefties. Would be very nice to win this series in Tampa.....
  23. bighat
    Great video, wow those man-on-the-street interviews are priceless.
  24. bighat
    Amazing how the feel of a season can change when a few lucky bounces go your way. Those amazing finishes against the White Sox and Tigers seem to have taken some of the pressure off this team. Last year, the Twins were on the other side of tons of games like that. Right now this team seems to be having fun and there are lots of guys contributing. Polanco and Correa should start to heat up soon and then we'll really be clicking. Can't say anything more about Joe Ryan that hasn't already been said. Berrios who?!?!
  25. bighat
    Oh it's fun, don't get me wrong! In fact I think the Baseball Gods are evening things out. Wasn't it around this time last year when Luis Arraez made that throw in Oakland? Good to see both Kepler and Sano play a major part in winning this game. While Sano's base hit could have been caught by a more adept fielder, it was a frozen rope and that would go for a double against many teams. He made solid contact with the team down in the 9th, he did a nice job in the batter's box in a big situation.
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