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  1. bighat
    Yeah I'm on board. The Cron signing looks good. Cruz signing looks great. The Schoop signing looks good. The Gonzalez signing...still up in the air but I think he'll come around. After last year's bombs, it's nice to see this year's signings have been a complete 180 and are really contributing!
  2. bighat
    Woah woah woah - who whizzed in your Easter Ham, guys? Twins are 12-7. First place. Buxton's hitting. Polanco's hitting. Garver's hitting. Cruz is launching moonshots. Scoop is looking like the 2017 All-Star again. Rosario is absolutely on fire. Astudillo's hitting....did I mention BUXTON is hitting!?!?! Just imagine when Sano gets back. Where do you bat him? 5th behind Cruz? That's borderline scary. And think about when Gonzalez starts hitting. No more snow-outs, no more 30-degree games. The talent is here folks. Down year in the division. Twins could take the Central and avoid the dreaded wildcard. This team could be very, very good. Will the Twins realize that talent? That's the question. But this is the most dangerous Twins team I've seen in a long time. They just have to execute.
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    Can't wait to see the Twins do more of this to the Tigers, White Sox, and Royals as the season progresses. The Indians are going to feast off those guys too though - which is why winning series like these against non-division opponents is going to be a difference maker.
  4. bighat
    Bad job of two out hitting with runners in scoring position, advancing runners, doing the little things. This team looks like it could be great, but they will have to start playing smarter. The talent is there.
  5. bighat
    I'd keep Cave and send Astudillo to the minors. If La Tortuga doesn't break out of his shell (0 for his last 13) soon, he's on the fast track to Rochester when Sano returns and I'm fine with it. A-Stud has options left and it's realistically the smart and logical move. Call him back up in case of injury or IL stint for any of the regulars. Easy. I think people are way too quick to assume that Sano is a terrible fielder. Not sure if that's just because he's big, or because he's easy to criticize, or both. But it's simply not true. He's not Brooks Robinson, and he may even be a bit below average, but his defense isn't something that should keep him out of the lineup. He's a great athlete and I think he'll improve with more playing time there. The Twins are going to need to score 8 runs per game if they want to win games when Berrios isn't on the mound. Sano should be given every opportunity to get into the lineup full time. With Sano, this lineup could prove to be one of the most dominant in MLB.
  6. bighat
    Yeah this is a pretty good comment. Good observation about executing in the 9th offensively. And you're right, the Twins do have a little junk yard dog in them.
  7. bighat
    The Twins have played the fewest games in baseball to this point. Maybe it's time for Rocco just to play his "A" lineup for the foreseeable future? Sitting Cron, Cruz, and Scoop in the same game seems a bit conservative at this point. Still kinda miffed about Kepler swinging at that first pitch, grounding into a DP with Buxton on 1st....Polanco goes yard the next at bat...a 3-run HR turns into a solo shot. Eeef. Not blaming A-Stud for anything, but it looks like he's the odd man out (injuries withstanding) when Sano comes back. Odorizzi on the hill tonight. Yikes. Here's hoping he gets his mojo back and repeats that early season masterpiece against Cleveland.
  8. bighat
    Trevor May's stats returning to his career average of a 5.14 ERA pitcher. Not sure we should be surprised to see him, a career minor leaguer in Harper and Hildy blowing this one. Gibby didn't help much either. Offense needs to start scoring 7-8 runs for this team to have a chance if Berrios isn't on the hill.
  9. bighat
    Anything less than a 0.00 ERA from this bullpen is unacceptable! Okay, that was sarcasm....seriously, would you prefer the Twins' starters just give up the runs instead? Losses happen. Mejia didn't look good, end of story. Maybe we should start looking at the Twins' bats? The most recent issue is that they seem to only score in one inning per game. Putting up crooked numbers are great, but if you take away a few big innings from the offense they'd be virtually scoreless in the past week. Would like to see the offense start adding a run here and there and not just rely on 3-run HRs for all of their offense.
  10. bighat
    Missed the game as I was watching the Game of Thrones episode recorded last night....but reading the summary, it appers the walkers from beyond the north wall got to the Twins bullpen? Twins haven't had too many games where everything is working. In both wins and losses there have been some poor performances (starters, bullpen, or offense). The good news: if it all comes together, this team can be really good. Is the shine coming off Astudillo a bit? 0 for his last 10 or something? His last hit was against de Grom if I recall correctly.
  11. bighat
    Yeah I watched the video above. It looks like dudes were hitting shallow pop-ups that were ending up as HRs. Looks like it was just one of those weird weather days.
  12. bighat
    The ugly moment sticks with me: Twins load the bases on 3 walks - nobody out - and you had to think the game was going to be blown wide open at that point....to get nothing was a real gut punch. Those harsh moments are always softened by wins. Great day from Pineda, the 'pen, and once again Rosario coming up with the game-winning hit (how many of those does he have already?) Cruz needs a few games to get his swing back, just keep rolling him up there. The way Gonzalez is playing, he's going to start taking a back seat to Astudillo at 3rd sooner rather than later. Interesting video on the non-swinging strikes, Tom...dude needs to get a bit more aggressive it seems.
  13. bighat
    I have some good memories there too! Went to Game 1 and Game 7 of the 1991 World Series in the Metrodome. Went to the Final Four there as well. Also went to the first ever T'Wolves victory (vs. Philly or Golden State, if memory serves) at the dome. Waited for Frank Viola outside after a game and got an autograph. I lived in town so I'd actually bike down to the dome for day games in the summer, lock it up near Hubert's, and bike back home with my buddies after the game! It was a different era.... All that said I'm glad the dome is gone. I'll take Target Field in a heartbeat, rainouts, snow-outs, and all. It's a far superior experience for fans, players, and I think it's a plus for signing free agents.
  14. bighat
    The NBA is so incredibly awful these days, it's worse than Disney on Ice. It's the new Chuck E Cheese:a place to host your 10 year old's birthday party. It's not for adults and that's by design. They've gone all in on the entertainment angle and it's just ruined the league for true sports fans IMO.
  15. bighat
    Tomorrow's game PPD already it appears. Looks like we'll have to wait until Saturday to redeem ourselves.
  16. bighat
    Tomorrow's game already PPD apparently.
  17. bighat
    I'll agree he was not so great last night. But he's had 5 other appearances and has been perfect. So you're willing to just give up on Hildy because of one bad outing? That's just so shortsighted, man.
  18. bighat
    Hildy just walked one guy last night, otherwise has been solid. No need to blow everything up after 10 games. We're 6-4 man.
  19. bighat
    I agree, you just have to roll the dice with Romero. He's off to a decent start, just give him a chance. There's a high ceiling and he honestly can't be worse than what's happened already.
  20. bighat
    Gibby was nibbling in Haiti also - on undercooked fish. Nibbling has got him into a lot of trouble this year on the field and off.
  21. bighat
    Looks like the lineups are out for Wednesday. Astudillo batting 3rd again.
  22. bighat
    For what? I'm not sure anyone wants him.
  23. bighat
    2 HR's each from Schoop and Garver. And hey, let's not forget the offensive nights from Rosario, Polanco, and Buxton - they are heating up and looking good right now. Twins offense seems to be firing on all cylinders without Cruz, which is crazy. The pitching from Gibson wasn't good. At all. He's nibbling and really getting himself into trouble. It was hard to watch, frankly and he looked like the second coming of Mike Pelfrey out there for a while. That tummy ache he had 2 months ago isn't going to work as an excuse any more. De Jong was a De Saster and really was a wet blanket on what still ended up being the most fun win of the season. Thrilled with the work by May, Hildy, and Parker. Would really like to see an efficient outing from Odorizzi tonight. Twins are in need of a quality start from someone not named Berrios. I think Jake can deliver. Cleveland keeps winning and is now 7-3. Mets look good, that AL East is going to be a great division this year.
  24. bighat
    San Fran is just gobbling up all these Twins fringe waiver players. Looks like Ziegler's more "organizational depth" than anything at this point, but he could be a nice player. We won't know for many years if the Twins got the better of this deal. Good luck Tyler, that chip on his (and his father's) shoulder is only going to get bigger.
  25. bighat
    I think if the Twins are facing a right-handed pitcher, they're going to send Castro up there. Especially yesterday, since he'd gotten a hit earlier. They figured they'd "ride the hot hand" as it were. I know we're all down on Castro (me included) but the Twins can't afford to just give up on him after 8 games. They're going to need him to be at least a .230 hitter this year and that means giving him ABs.
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