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  1. bighat
    Great read, love the side-by-sides. Thanks for posting!
  2. bighat
    Was following on my MLB app and watching highlights all night - every notification was like a little gift. Rortvedt first MLB hit, Kiriloff first MLB homer(s), Buxton with diving catches, scoreless innings from the bullpen....what more could you want? Was reading Do-Hyoung Park this morning and he brought up an interesting point at the end of his article...if Kiriloff continues to play like this, things are awfully crowded: "With Miguel Sanó expected to come off the IL in the coming days, the Twins face an outfield crunch involving Kirilloff, Jake Cave, Max Kepler, Kyle Garlick, Buxton and Luis Arraez. The quality of Kirilloff’s contact might already have made it tough to option him off the roster....." Who's Alex putting on notice? You'd think Cave has the most to lose here. But if Sano continues to struggle, what's next for him?
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  4. bighat
    In my fantasy baseball league, Buxton has the 5th most points of any outfielder in MLB, despite having at least 20 fewer at bats than the guys in front of him.
  5. bighat
    Just saw this article now - completely agree! Thanks for sharing, enjoy your writing Sherry and hope to see more. Go Twins!
  6. bighat
    Where would we be without JA Happ? Maeda and Shoemaker are the concerns right now. Berrios, Happ, and Pineda have been solid for the most part. Can't say anything that hasn't been said about Buxton already today. The guy is just unreal. This is the Byron Buxton we thought we'd see during all of those years watching him develop. He has arrived and he's as good or better right now than even the most optimistic projection. May just be the league MVP.
  7. bighat
    It's fair to say it's time to panic. I'm done trying to be reasonable and listen to everyone telling me that it's still April. Yeah, it's April (almost May 1st but OK), the games count and the Twins are the worst team in baseball thus far. They've won SEVEN games! Seven! They don't look like a good team that's snakebit. They look plum terrible. There is nobody waiting in the wings to save them on offense, Kepler and Sano were actually hurting this team on offense (can't believe that's possible at this point but it's true). The bullpen is awful from top to bottom. No help on the way.
  8. bighat
    Buxton went 1-for-3 with a HR and 2 RBI the last time he faced Plesac, so with the team having lost 8 of its last 9 it's a great time for him to rest that knee. Edit: Astudillo also went 1-for-3 with a HR the last time he faced Plesac, so of course he's also on the bench tonight.
  9. bighat
    Twins just recalled Simmons and sent Gordon back down to the taxi squad. Didn't even get an AB or an inning in the field. Pretty pathetic.
  10. bighat
    Bloggers and Tweeters keep telling us that "It all evens out" - no, it doesn't. There is a reason some teams are 100-62, and other teams are 62-100. The bullpen, fundamental defense, and offense have been godawful. If things continue the way they are going, the Twins won't even come close to making the playoffs - in fact they will field one of the worst MN teams in years. Bloggers and Tweeters can dig around and find obscure stats that the Twins are excelling in (ie: from the 3rd-5th innings their XFIP + BABIP x WAR Squared is ranked 14th in baseball). Means nothing. I mean, I can probably find something positive about the Ice Capades but it doesn't mean it's a good production. Five games is a small sample size. 20 games is not. This team is getting smoked by good teams and is barely able to compete with bad ones. They are vastly underperforming and deserve all the criticism they've been getting and then some.
  11. bighat
    Great article, shocked there weren't any comments - for me it just appeared on my feed so maybe I missed it last night. All good points. I think the problem might be that our depth/reserves have been playing so much that the book is out on them. Guys like Astudillo and Cave (who ironically were last night's stars) probably used to get a few more cookies simply because they were viewed as backups. However....are we really going to blame this on the bench guys? Jeffers, Cave, Astudillo, Rooker haven't been good. But we wouldn't be in this position if Sano and Kepler were already at 4-5 HR each and 14 RBI a piece. Garver can't hit his way out of a paper bag. If THOSE guys produce, we're not even having this conversation....
  12. bighat
    Great effort by Happ, give credit where it's due. Any time you can get a gem like that out of your 4th starter, you have to be thrilled. Looks like he may have some gas in the tank still. We'll take it. Astudillo and Cave with the offense. That's cool, but also troubling. Maybe that 12-run outburst was really just a product of those infamous Oakland Day Games where the ball really flies. On a side note, it's really unfortunate to see yet again more ugly spring weather in Minneapolis. Don't get me wrong, outdoor baseball in Minnesota cannot be beat, it's absolutely the only baseball we should be considering....but man, watching guys have to play in snow, 30, 40 degree weather for a MONTH is pretty brutal. There's nothing we can do about it, but it just feels like such a severe disadvantage for this Twins team. Play on the road, or play in 30 degree weather - those are your two choices. Maybe it's just magnified for me this year because of the bad start to this team, I dunno. I played high school ball in Minneapolis - I remember playing with piles of snow in the outfield grass and mud puddles on the infield. The Twins are pros and their field is pristine, so they should be able to push through this. Just looks like they're not comfortable and it really shows offensively.
  13. bighat
    Blankenhorn going down maybe?
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    (Using my best Dwight Schrute voice): FALSE! Nick Gordon was ranked 48th and 50th, respectively on the MLB Top Prospects list a few years ago. That's in all of Major League Baseball. He was the #2 ranked Twins prospect at the time. Kiriloff came into the 2021 season ranked 21st on that same list, in all of MLB. Scouts and MLB employees know a lot about baseball and they have very high opinions of both of these players.
  15. bighat
    Yeah, this is one of those amazing games where you can't really blame any specific player OR any specific skill set. Everyone was bad on defense. Starting pitching was terrible, bullpen was terrible, managing was terrible (I rarely criticize managing because hindsight is always 20/20). Clutch defense was disgusting. Can't throw a guy out? Can't field a grounder? Honestly that looked like bad middle school baseball. GAAAHH!!! Cruz 2 HRs, Donaldson goes 4-for-5 or whatever with a HR, Buxton hits a 2-run homer in extra innings and you freaking LOSE?!?!? Who's going to get the Twins out of this mess? Berrios and Maeda are spent, guess it's time to turn to Big Mike on Friday? JA Happ and Matt Shoemaker are the type of guys that you can have ONE of, but you don't want two. But that's for another thread! Still just bamboozled over yesterday's loss.
  16. bighat
    Will be interested to hear Rocco's quotes about this one. Is he going to laud his players with praise? Talk about how his bullpen did a great job and had a few unlucky bounces? Talk about how the A's are a great team and wow how fun it was to be in this dogfight? I'd be refreshing to hear him just finally lose his apples and tell it like it is for once. For what it's worth, I like Rocco overall as a manager. I'm just an extremely irritated Twins fan.
  17. bighat
    Cruz was lifted for a pinch runner after getting hit by a pitch - you can bet we won't be seeing him today. Rocco's going to say DAY OFF!
  18. bighat
    Twins look just awful, offensively right now - wasting solid pitching from their starters. I'm sure they'll improve, but I can't recall feeling this bad about a Twins team since the "all systems failure" year of 2018. Also - sure would be a good time for a fiery speech from the manager. Alas, I think Rocco probably told them to make sure to practice self-care and drink some lemongrass tea while they think peaceful thoughts and listen to Enya. (No offense to Enya, she's great but I think the Twins could use some Cannibal Corpse or Onyx or Mobb Deep right about now).
  19. bighat
    Good points on your response, but this particular quote doesn't make sense to me. In Florida the vaxx has been available to anyone age 16 and over for weeks, and for anyone over 30 it's been available for a month. There are so many openings and so much supply that walk-ins are welcome just about everywhere the vaxx is available. The Twins got the vax last week, I certainly don't think they cut in line or stole anyone's spot.
  20. bighat
    I don't think you're going to get a list of those who got vaccinated, personal medical information, etc. I did see that Betsy Halfand tweeted that Kyle Garlick DID get the vax (see tweet below) and remember that Sano and Astudillo, already had the virus a year ago. Overall it's just getting old. I thought we were done with this nonsense - and up until now, the Washington Nationals were the only other team to screw the pooch on this, and that was opening weekend. Just super frustrating as a fan. Get it together already, Twins.
  21. bighat
    Welp, this season is now officially off the rails. This is stuff most teams figured out how to handle in 2020 and long before Spring Training. Inexcusable, frankly.
  22. bighat
    Let's look at the positives for a minute: Sano was 1-for-3 with a walk (by the way, 2nd in all of MLB in walks with 13 total, as many as Trout). Polanco was 1-for-3 with a walk. Kepler 2-for-3 and Donaldson 2-for-4. A struggling Garver was also 2-for-4. Of course....they somehow still managed to score just 3 runs. You'd think with all of those guys above finally hitting, you'd at least see a 5 or 6 spot on the board. Dobnak, what can you say. Dude got an extension, looked like a savvy move, and now he's just been awful. Kind of feel bad for him. Honest question: if the Twins hadn't given him this extension, would he be in St. Paul right now? Cave, another guy who should be playing once per week but instead has become an every day player. He seems to succeed as a role player - where the heck is Buxton already? Theilbar is this year's Ryne Harper. A great little comeback story, a fun little broadcast human interest piece. But if he keeps getting shelled you've got to cut bait. Twins are in last place in the AL Central. If the Twins play like they have been for another week, people are going to start to notice. This team doesn't look good, and it's not like they've got any major pieces on the DL or waiting in the minors right now. The players you see are pretty much what we're rolling with. And it's not looking pretty.
  23. bighat
    Thanks for sharing - found this link on Twitter. It's great when people interview in their native language, I think that more reporters should learn Spanish and give it a try with Latino players....just spend a day in their shoes trying to speak a new language and they'll have a whole new level of respect.
  24. bighat
    Cruz has appeared in 12 games, but he essentially missed the entire Milwaukee series. Buxton has played in 9 games but is going in the wrong direction. We're 2 weeks in and Buxton, Donaldson, and Cruz have all been "rested for precautions". Gimme a break. Donaldson and Buxton could absolutely have played yesterday. Both have missed more games than Ken Griffey Jr. would have in an entire season during his run.
  25. bighat
    Thanks for these interviews - great to see someone digging deep into the Twins system and getting these talented guys some much needed exposure to the fans. Much appreciated!!!
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