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  1. bighat
    Another fine example of what we've had to put up with watching all year on both sides of the ball. Pitching gets lit up, no relief in sight, bloodbath ensues. Twins hit 3 HR, all solo, and only get 5 hits total. Right out of central casting. Obviously Shoemaker should have been DFA'ed a month ago, but at this point even the most cautious of GMs would release this guy. I really can't think of any reason he's still on the team, aside from maybe the FO is trying to show him a bit of respect or something? It's not like he's a long-time Twin or anything, it's just bizarre at this point. Rocco's managing continues to puzzle. With the score 4-1, he brings in....the worst pitcher in the league? That basically is waving the white flag. Why not bring in Duffey? Rocco is always trying to win tomorrow, never today. At some point a manager has to gamble and say "I think we can get back in this one, I'm going to send in my best guys". Rocco says "No way we come back from 4-1, I'm going to put in my WORST guy so we can save our best guys for tomorrow". He's blatantly forfeiting the series with the Twins down by 3 runs, in the 5th inning. It's irritating. If your best players can play, put them in the damn game and go for the win. Worry about tomorrow when tomorrow gets here.
  2. bighat
    What you saw last night was a team that's used to winning, and a team that's used to losing. The Twins had absolute best start possible: Arraez singles, Donaldson HR. Guys are pumped, Donaldson is talking smack and high fiving everyone in the dugout! Good teams don't look back from a start like that. The Twins starter, unfortunately, let the air out of the balloon with a disastrously long first inning and the Twins now feel like they're hanging on by a thread. It's only a matter of time until the Sox catch up. Giolitto got it together, the Sox took their momentum and ran with it, and the rest is history.
  3. bighat
    I don't mind Cruz getting thrown out, or Polanco getting caught stealing. It's far too late for aggressive baserunning to make a difference this year - but it's a good habit and perhaps some of the younger players will catch on. Likely sweep incoming. The narrative that the Twins were somehow "back in the race" after winning a couple games against Cleveland's AAA team was head-scratching. I mean, yeah if the Pirates, Orioles and Rockies won 15 straight games, they'd be "back in the race" too...but we can look at those teams with a non-biased eye and we know that's ridiculous. This team has the worst pitching in baseball and it hasn't improved. The season's been over since Memorial Day.
  4. bighat
    Yeah man. It's not fun but I'd say there's about an 80% chance the Twins lose at least 3-of-4 here. Probably a coin flip whether or not they get swept. I'd absolutely be thrilled if they went into Chicago and split the series, but I just can't see that happening. When you look at the pitching matchups and look at Chicago's offense, it just doesn't seem realistic to hope for anything more than limping out of Chicago with 1 victory in this series.
  5. bighat
    We'd all like that to happen. But hey, either way we can always use more positivity here! Have a great week, go Twins!
  6. bighat
    It's been a decent couple of weeks. Fun to watch the team win more than they lose for a change. Alas, I fear that Baily Ober and "Undecided" are not going to match up well against Rodon and Lynn. For those who think they see a light at the end of the tunnel.....think again. That light belongs to a big fat locomotive coming straight for us. This is shaping up to be a very rough week and I think reality is going to hit like a ton of bricks. PS: More Sox news.....word on the street is that the Sox are going to add Eduardo Escobar to their team in a trade with the D-Backs. Seems like a great move, Eddie's career will come full circle. Good for him.
  7. bighat
    As a Twins fan who regularly checks in from Guatemala, it's great to see someone else in Latin America following the team. I missed out on visiting Rio a few years ago due to visa problems but I am sure I will make it down there someday!
  8. bighat
    I initially agreed and now I'm thinking: Good lord, we're so browbeaten and traumatized by Twins pitching that we say it's "decent" when a guy gives up 3 runs on 3 hits and 2 walks in just 4.1 innings. That's like an ERA of 7.50 or something. If a Yankee pitcher did that he'd be booed off the field, yet here in Minneapolis we're giving the kid medals for throwing batting practice. We've got to raise our standards. As for Jax, I guess it's noble of him to go out there and get crushed night after night, but at some point we should expect a bit more or give someone else a try. He's been disappointing and at this point isn't up to facing MLB talent.
  9. bighat
    Twins were sloppy but Cleveland was sloppier. Kirilloff with an HR and Gordon yet again making it hard to sit him down. Arraez is the guy on this team we should be thinking about extending... Lots of disappointing efforts. Kepler is just a shell of what he was two years ago. Sano isn't even a regular anymore. Robles, yikes. But hey, Twins win and we can all sleep well. Thanks for this great write up Theires!
  10. bighat
    Yep. The fact that they needed the wild pitch in the first place (and that was the only way they could score) is pretty sad - the fact that they threw away an extra run there was just another facepalm moment. Even when things go right and the Twins get lucky, they still manage somehow to screw it up.
  11. bighat
    I know we're digging hard looking for bright spots, but I am pretty skeptical Farrell is anything more than an average middle reliever on his best day.
  12. bighat
    Classic 2021 Twins, a carbon copy of what we've seen all year. Twins have a few guys on base in the first couple innings against a bad pitcher, don't capitalize, then fail to get anything together for the next 8 unwatchable innings. This team continues to disappoint and there's no silver lining in sight. Side note: this team could have scored a few more runs this season if they ever took an extra base. The baserunning is super conservative and it seems to cost them every time. For example, Larnach could have easily scored after Arraez came home on that wild pitch in the 1st inning. Was he not paying attention? Third base coach fell asleep? I know 5-game win streaks can spark some interest, but let's not get fooled that this team is going to crawl back to .500 this year. It's a 90+ loss team, even if you've got rose colored glasses on.
  13. bighat
    Yeah, but the thing about Cruz is 41 years old - he's really got zero value to anyone outside of July, August and September of 2021. Teams aren't going to mortgage their future for a guy like Cruz, unfortunately. Twins would probably get way more for a guy like Kepler or even possibly Sano, believe it or not.
  14. bighat
    I gotta be honest, I am not a huge fan of getting single-A prospects. I know there's an argument for organizational depth and it can't be ignored. But for this Twins team, the window is still open and right now it looks like "2022 or Bust". So if the Twins can grab a high level prospect who might be able to contribute as early as next season, I'd be in favor of that deal. Example: remember when the Twins traded Eduardo Escobar? That was 3 years ago. So for 3 years, the Minnesota Twins MLB club has received exactly nothing from that trade. Zilch. The trade didn't help them in 2019 when they really needed great pitching. The trade didn't help them in 2020 when they really needed pitching. And it didn't help them this year, either (guess what, the Twins really need pitching!) Jhoan Duran looks like a nice prize but the fact that Twins had to let him bake in the oven for 3 years is certainly a drawback. Having Duran pitch well for this team in 2024 when Berrios and Buxton are in NYC, Sano is in Japan, and Donaldson is retired is going to be bittersweet! In short: get a guy who can contribute soon!
  15. bighat
    Robles stinks, has stunk all year. He was carrying a sub 3.00 ERA going into the game yesterday which shocked me. Alas, after his implosion it's at 3.50 and his 19 walks in 30 innings are enough to scare teams away. I think the Twins will be lucky to get anything for him. Colome is pretty much worthless, you might be able to get someone to take on his salary but I can't imagine another team who would want him. If you're a Boston fan, a Rays fan, a Houston fan, do you want Colome in your bullpen? Rhetorical question, of course. All new pitching signees this year were older vets who were coming off either bad or subpar years. They let their best arm (May) walk. Super lazy and cheap effort by the FO and they burned down the whole building. I think the Twins try to compete next year with Bux and Berrios entering their final seasons on the team. Throw in an aging Donaldson on a big contract, they pretty much have to throw the kitchen sink at 2022.
  16. bighat
    Nice to see the 5th straight win. Good for Sano, that his 2nd walkoff homer this year? Alas, the major headline here for me is that Buxton appears to be out for at least a month or so. Just brutal. He won't get an All-Star bid, a gold glove, or qualify in any major categories this year - finally, the year where he was clearly a Top 5 player in baseball.
  17. bighat
    And got just 4 hits (4-31 on the game is a .129 batting average). Overall another unwatchable game, but the Twins will take wins like these if they can get them. Very similar to the games that Baltimore gave them a couple weeks ago. There's no question about Cruz being traded - he's as good as gone. Right now he's just auditioning for Oakland and Tampa, and he's doing a great job. Here's hoping the Twins have opened up discussions and are kicking the tires on those organizations' top pitching prospects.
  18. bighat
    Remove Jose Berrios from the Twins' staff and just imagine how bad those numbers would be. We've got a really good MLB pitcher on our team who would be a top 2 guy for most teams, and at least a top 3 for everyone. And the Twins numbers still look historically awful.
  19. bighat
    Eeeee, let's put on the brakes a bit on Ober. Remember how Smelzer, Thorpe, and Littell started out? Do the names Kohl Stewart Fernando Romero, Stephen Gonsalves ring a bell? Ober's been OK, but hasn't exactly blown anyone away. Seattle is the worst hitting team in baseball (I think they've been no-hit twice already this season). I think Ober's performance says more about Happ than it does about Ober, unfortunately. Any small chance the Twins had of ridding themselves of Josh Donaldson has likely disappeared. Enjoy Cruz while you can, he's not long in a Twins uniform. But hey, a win. Better than a loss any day, no matter how you get one. Go Twins.
  20. bighat
    If you trade Buxton, you need to get sure things back. Not a bunch of loterry tickets. Blue chip, 1st round, MLB top 10 prospect type guy(s). Anything else is inexcusable. You can't get a future All-star, then you keep Buxton and hope lightening strikes next year.
  21. bighat
    Speaking of which: both Texas and Pittsburgh took 2-of-3 from the Twins. In Minneapolis, no less.
  22. bighat
    I'm not shocked this team lost 14-3 today. I'm frankly much more shocked this team took 2-6 from the Yanks/Astros. Like Tigers, Orioles, Diamondbacks and Rockies fans, we should expect this team to be beaten to a bloody pulp every single night. And we should be delightfully surprised any time the Twins steal a "W".
  23. bighat
    Hopefully we can finally put to bed the whole "Polanco is bad" narrative that's somehow been circulating with a small number of naysayers on this board for the past season. It was never true. Give him ABs and he'll come around. Polanco started slowly this year, but since May he's been absolutely tearing the cover off the ball. Dude's on pace for a season very much like his All-Star 2019 season if he keeps up this pace. We can debate the MLB-worthiness about guys like Sano and, sadly, Kepler at this point. But Jorge Polanco doesn't belong in that conversation. Dude's solid. Stop doubting him.
  24. bighat
    In Jose's defense, he's 7-2 with a sub 3.5 ERA on a terrible team.....we'd all like to see him 13-0 right now, but c'mon. I've heard and seen more than one national story about Berrios being the most intriguing arm that may possibly be available at the deadline. Twins could get a LOT for him....who here would be open to seeing a deal? Have to admit I'm on the fence but I wouldn't be opposed to at least asking around.
  25. bighat
    Twins get 5 total hits - 4 them are HRs. Frankly, this was exactly how the Front Office drew it up. This is what they want to happen - close your eyes and swing hard and it might go over the fence. And it did. Alas, the lab experiment has mutated. Nobody can hit a line drive with a low launch angle. Nobody can bunt, slap the ball the other way - nobody can get on base. And, of course, they forgot about pitching. Kirilloff and Larnach haven't done much lately. Are they pressing or is scouting catching up to them? Or both? Shoemaker - ya gotta just cut bait at this point, right? Let another team pick him up for nothing, because nobody's going to give you anything for him. He's toast, probably will never pitch again in the majors after this year. Rocco - what the hell was that?
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