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  1. bighat
    Royce Lewis slipped on some ice this winter and is out for the entire year. He's good but injured, just like the Twins' best pitching prospect. This organization has real trouble keeping their players healthy, it's an embarrassment.
  2. bighat
    And when the Twins trade Buxton or let him walk (whichever comes first) you can be sure he'll play 160 games per year for the next 5 years as soon as he leaves. It's gonna happen.
  3. bighat
    Kepler's been as bad as Sano this year. Maybe even worse, as he's hitting .199 this season with just 6 homers. Kepler's disappearance would be the top concern of the year for Twins fans if this were a normal season. Heck, maybe it should be the top story. Dude's been really, really bad. Kepler and Sano are staying put. Nobody's going to give up anything for either of 'em, Twins are committed.
  4. bighat
    Yeah I think he's the #1 arm available right now. He's also the best Twins pitcher developed in recent memory, I can't think of another guy to come out of their farm system in the past 20 years that's been any good. Berrios is All Star material. He could net quite a bit for the Twins. That said, subtracting Berrios doesn't make me too excited about 2022 and 2023. The Twins are the worst pitching team in baseball, and subtracting Berrios' numbers from the staff would make them historically terrible. I just don't see the Twins bouncing back with literally nothing to build around, pitching wise. I think it's a full rebuild from the ground up if you trade La Makina.
  5. bighat
    No mention of Larnach and the Golden Sombrero? Dude struck out 4 straight times and left 5 men on base. Twins struck out 9 times in 5 innings against Rodon (well over half of their outs) - you just can't compete if you're going to strike out so frequently. I stopped watching a few weeks ago, don't need the emotional torture. I do follow on the MLB GameTracker and even that's too much. Baldelli look like he'd be fine just hiding under his desk until the season is over. I always liked managers with a little bit of a hot temper and some fire. Nick Gordon has been playing well and didn't get to start one game this series, barely saw the field. Eddie Rosario should be feeling pretty happy and smug and I don't blame him one bit. Undisciplined, untalented, unlikeable and unwatchable. Unbearable.
  6. bighat
    Ober will be lucky if he can have a career like Aaron Slegers. That's his ceiling, mind you. Nobody in their right mind sees Ober as a long-term solution. He's just the only guy the Twins have to eat innings at this point - at least that must be the case, because there's no other reason he's pitching for an MLB team right now.
  7. bighat
    Typically you do see offense start to pick up this time of year, but these stats you shared are pretty eye-opening. Glad to see run scoring is up, frankly. Even with Spider Tack, the Twins staff was getting lit up in April and May. Time to start placing some "over" bets on Twins games, gamblers!
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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!
  13. 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.
  14. 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!
  15. 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.
  16. 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!
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. 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!
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. 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.
  25. 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.
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