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  1. bighat
    Thrilled for this team. Such a fantastic season, it's been one of my all-time favorites.
  2. bighat
    Interesting post, thanks - some food for thought!
  3. bighat
    Detroit beat Twins 2-out-of-3 in Minneapolis a couple weeks ago. Was pretty brutal. Time for some payback! Hope Rocco puts in the "A" team here, I think everyone wants to see the Twins go for the clinch as soon as possible.
  4. bighat
    Sano has unquestionably proven himself at the big league level offensively. Defense isn't his strong suit, but the guy can play third. Buxton was really breaking out this season as an all-around performer. It's a shame that injuries have continued to plague him. Jury's out, IMO. If I had to guess, I'd say Sano has a better overall Twins career.
  5. bighat
    Completely agree. I'm bamboozled by questions like "should the Twins trust Gibson with a start in the playoffs?", etc..... Are you kidding? The guy shouldn't pitch again until the Twins have clinched. Same goes for Perez. And they should both be left off the post season roster. There's no room to carry around dead weight. Give them both a courtesy start when the division is clinched, if the Twins can do it, but that's it.
  6. bighat
    At this point the Twins have to stay away from using Perez and Gibby, and it shouldn't even be considered to use them in the postseason. Twins have to roll with Berrios, Odorizzi, and Dobnak - if they do advance, there will be enough days off to get it done with just those guys starting. Gaterol and Stashak have emerged as nice bullpen tools here as the post-season gets closer to reality. Nice to see. Also nice to see Rosario start clicking. Heck, everyone seems to be clicking offensively right now - Sano, Cruz, Rosario, Polanco, Marwin G...now if we can get Kepler back and get him swinging a hot bat as we roll into October....
  7. bighat
    Indians host Philly for one more today. Then they have the White Sox and Nationals on the road. If you're the Twins, you have to assume Cleveland sweeps Chicago - based on recent play they don't lose to bad teams. Period. The Nationals may very well have wrapped up the Wild Card by then, although they still might be playing to host that play-in game. That might play in the Twins favor, but Cleveland matches up with Washington very well. I see Cleveland losing 1 game. Twins have got to win at least 3 of the next 7. On paper, they should be able to do that. Still have to win between the lines though. Detroit took 2 of 3 from the Twins in a big spot a month ago.
  8. bighat
    I've never liked Gibson very much. Sure, he's an average MLB pitcher and I know it's good to have those guys on your team. But frankly....Gibby's not very fun to watch. He's got to be one of the slowest workers in the game. We're talking about a minute between pitches. It feels like 10 minutes per batter. When he struggles, the half-inning can take 30 minutes or more. His bad outings get magnified because they're so painful to watch. Another star-crossed Twin is Byron Buxton. But fans seem to be much more in Byron's corner, because it's fun to watch him play. Gibson's brand of pitching, on the other hand, is one of the reasons MLB is testing out a "pitch clock" in the minors right now. I know he's a good dude and I've got nothing against the guy personally. But Gibson's slow pace (and mediocre career numbers) haven't won him any fans.
  9. bighat
    Great article! Thanks for sharing all this info - one of the reasons this site is so fantastic.
  10. bighat
    4 games up with 10 to play? No, you don't bench Eddie Rosario and his 30+ HR and 100+ RBI. Now's not the time. It sucks to see lack of hustle, but there's a time and a place for discipline, and now ain't that time or that place.
  11. bighat
    Me too! Frankly, I thought it was just the best batting average among qualified players at the position. Learn something new every day, I guess!
  12. bighat
    Went to bed in the 10th. Saw a notification on my MLB.com phone app that Anderson hit a HR in the 11th. Fell asleep thinking "rats". Woke up this morning and lo and behold the Twins pulled it off. Cleveland fans had to be shaking their heads after that one!
  13. bighat
    Just like the OP wrote: (L) Max Kepler-CF (S) Jorge Polanco-SS ® Nelson Cruz-DH (L) Eddie Rosario-LF ® Miguel Sano-3B (L) Luis Arraez-2B ® Mitch Garver-C (S) Marwin Gonzalez-1B (L) Jake Cave-RF To me, this is the best lineup the Twins can post (against a RH starter) and I hope to see this in Game 1 of the playoffs, if they make the playoffs (don't want to jinx).
  14. bighat
    Berrios! Marwin is back! Rogers! Nice comeback win.
  15. bighat
    "The Central Division is on ice" - what? Are you TRYING to jinx this team? You know we have Martin Perez going this series...correct? Against power-hitting Jose Abreu the league-leading RBI machine. Cleveland is home against the worst team in baseball to start the week, BTW. Ain't nothing "on ice" until the magic number is 0, IMO.
  16. bighat
    Strange to grab a 2-run lead late, only for Rocco to send out the wild Romero followed by the ineffective Gibson to try and close it out. Almost couldn't have picked two worse arms if you tried. Gibby's out of gas and I hope the Twins can keep him off the field as long as possible. Sure hope the Twins take care of business against Chicago. These games aren't gimmes.
  17. bighat
    Huge win. Huge sigh of relief. Polanco's game has been great lately. Nice way to cobble together a bunch of zeros with all the pitchers. Give credit where it's due: Rocco did a nice job managing this bullpen game. Would be a heckuva deal if the Twins swept the DH today. Why not?
  18. bighat
    And this is par for the course for Rosario. I remember last season starting hot - in both 2018 and '19 he was one of the final candidates for All-Star recognition. His second half numbers tend to be very pedestrian. That said, he can still do damage if he gets a hold of one. Sure would be nice to see the guy launch a few into the stands in Cleveland this weekend.
  19. bighat
    Shane Bieber is pitching Sunday, he's going to get Cy Young consideration and is arguably Cleveland's best pitcher.
  20. bighat
    I hate to say it, but I see the Twins getting swept in Cleveland. I have no idea how this team is going to win a game against a competitive team with the lineups they keep sending out there. Someone mentioned yesterday that the Twins lineup looks worse than KC's and Chicago's these days, it's hard to argue. Nice to see Nelson Cruz come back to life. Guess that's a positive to hang on to.
  21. bighat
    Gotta agree with you. I can understanding resting guys for "precautionary reasons" in July, maybe giving some of the regulars a few days off. But the Twins can't hit right now. Can't score runs. Take away a few clutch Garver home runs and the Twins offense can barely scratch together 2 runs per game over the past 2 weeks! If Kepler, Sano, Gonzalez, and Cron can physically play right now, they should be in the lineup. Cleveland has won 4 straight. They have 3 with the Twins this weekend, if they sweep (which they very well could considering both Bieber and Clevenger are going in that series), the Twins will be in a tie for 1st place on Monday morning. And Oakland and Tampa are also ahead of Cleveland in the Wild Card. Both of those team by next Tuesday and could very well miss the playoffs entirely.
  22. bighat
    Yesterday, Francisco Lindor became just the 2nd shortstop to hit 30 HR in 3 straight seasons. Francisco Lindor is the same age as Buxton. The sooner Twins fans take off their rose-colored glasses when looking at Buxton, the better. Let's face it: he's a nice defensive player with good speed. He's a below-average hitter (just look at the stats) and he can't stay on the field. If we get a couple average years out of Byron Buxton the next couple seasons, we should be happy with that. He'll never live up to the hype, he'll never become the perennial All-Star we hoped he'd be. And we should have known all of that by 2018. Buxton is my favorite Twin when he's out there! He's a great guy, fun to watch, and we all love the guy to death. But let's get real: He's not a core player. He's never going to be anything more than a complimentary piece to this Twins baseball team.
  23. bighat
    You keep saying this like wins against KC and Detroit are automatic.
  24. bighat
    Forgive me for feeling negatively about this loss. But if you take away Mitch Garver's big home run yesterday, this team is averaging 2 runs per game over the past week. How they got away with winning 3-of-6 against Boston and Cleveland is beyond me. The Twins clearly can't compete head-to-head with Cleveland at this time and I wouldn't be shocked to see them swept next weekend. And with a hot Washington team scrapping for their playoff lives, the Twins are looking at a daunting week ahead. The offense looks as dismal and absent as it has all year, tank looks like its running on empty, with no help in sight.
  25. bighat
    How the heck are the Twins even going to win this division with Perez, a worn-down Berrios, an illness-stricken Gibson and a flavor-of-the-week rookie starting 4/5 of their games the rest of the way?
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