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  1. wabene
    Rocco needs to be fired immediately if he is going to continue to pull pitchers too Earlate©, lol.
  2. wabene
    Looks like two darts may have stuck, Headrick and Stewart, we'll see.
  3. wabene
    Well I guess we know what the metronomic recurring complaint complex will include this year. Giving up games with the B lineup and leaving pitchers in too long. At least Rocco mixes it up folks, right? I think Whitey might be at least partially right about Rocco's unpopularity. The most unpopular in Twins history? I don't know but there are some on this forum who have been watching the whole time and may have insight. Ray Miller? Billy Martin? I looked at the threads from last night here and a brief look at the comments at the Strib and the anti-Rocco sentiment is strong. Personally I don't get it, I like him. He is a little quirky compared to most in sports management and has a unique way of describing things. I get a kick out of it. The lineup yesterday was determined by a management team with heavy input from the new training staff. Then it is Rocco's job to answer the mob for these decisions. That's why he gets the big bucks. It's interesting that every year it's the same people deriding management, reacting strongly to each loss, blaming and predicting poor outcomes and then the same people pushing back and preaching moderation of reactions, looking at the big picture, and patience. It's pretty polarized without much crossover. It appears to also be a microcosm of this nation of ours, lol.
  4. wabene
    Burp
  5. wabene
    Gads man, give the man a chance. BTW the Twins have signed and traded for many PROVEN bullpen arms. Matt Belisle had a long healthy track record of success, signed for 2 years at about 17mil and then got hurt. They traded for Romo and Dyson and then Dyson's body (and brain) promptly went on the fritz. They traded for Fulmer. Lopez. I would agree that the pen is one area they don't want to put too many chips into.
  6. wabene
    He doesn't have options and that left him out of the last man in the pen role. He was battling Sands not the higher upside guys for better or worse.
  7. wabene
    If Joey Gallo starts hitting singles, the league better beware. The homers will always be there and there is in the far reaches of the stands.
  8. wabene
    I get that you don't appreciate Joey Gallo as a player and that you do appreciate spouting negativity, but don't put words in my mouth. Look back and READ my posts, I did not advocate for signing Gallo. I did not sign Gallo. I doubted whether he would bounce back. That is why I'm pleasantly surprised.
  9. wabene
    What happened to all the quick hook Baldelli comments? As stated ad nauseum last year, you gotta have the horses. Like was stated last year Baldelli rode Berrios harder than his next team. I appreciate the silence this year, but the crows in Twins land should be running scared. Man up and eat your crow, Chicken Littles, lol.
  10. wabene
    The analytics clearly state it depends on who your pitcher is.
  11. wabene
    Man Gray gets wound up for the fight, lol. What an interesting interview and so unlike the average sports cliche-fest interviews we are usually subjected to.
  12. wabene
    Say Gray accepts a qualifying offer and pitches a 3rd year for the Twins. Is 3 years of this Sonny Gray a good swap for Petty? How many late first round pitchers have 3 years like this in the majors? 0.5%? At first losing Petty stung a little bit. The longer I have looked at this trade, the more I appreciate the move. This would be a very sustainable strategy. This is chess not checkers.
  13. wabene
    Gray is fun to watch he just gets after it. It's being said he will want to test free agency which would most likely greatly diminish the chances he resigns with the Twins. If he keeps this up and the Twins give the Qualifying Offer, he either stays on a 1 year deal or we get basically the same pick we gave up for him. Either option is good for the Twins. Gray might not like it. With the pick the Twins would be getting 2 years of Gray for free.
  14. wabene
    I'm not so sure about that Harrison. He played all spring with the shoulder and raked, smacking five homers I think. I chalk it up to the weather. He was fine in Florida after all. Many of these guys have very limited experience with cold weather.
  15. wabene
    Sorry, I don't agree. I prefer it done the way they have been doing it with matchups before roles based on the inning. No closer can be used every day anyway so you the need the flexibility to shift roles. They will all give up runs, as Duran has, but you are going to need those four and then some others in important spots.
  16. wabene
    Half kidding here. A friend recently mentioned that while on vacation in California his family went to a park on a 60 degree day. His kids were in shorts and flip flops while the native California kids were in puffy coats and winter hats. The MLB has many players from Latin America and the US born players are predominantly from the warm weather states. Since we can't get all our players from Wisconsin, like Noah Miller, we need another solution. Let's get all these guys to winter in Minnesota. Do their own shoveling. Take their kids sledding. Go ice fishing, Nordic skiing, whatever it takes. And no balaclavas damnit! (I could care less about the balaclavas or whatever they wear as long as they produce)
  17. wabene
    Jax and Thielbar are in that mix too. You can't just rely on two guys like you mention simply because they can't be available every day. Another factor is the reason Duran got the 9th is not because of a closer role it is because the meat of the Nationals order was due up. The Twins are not going with set roles in the pen based on the inning. Those days are over no matter how many times some clamor for it.
  18. wabene
    Lopez is done trying hard for the next 4 years now that he's got his money. Ha ha ha that's gotta be it! I crack myself up ha ha ha....
  19. wabene
    Ouch, go Twins.
  20. wabene
    Now they gotta follow a blueprint, ok, I'll try to keep up. I thought they were too rigid and had no feel?
  21. wabene
    Ah whack-a-mole, sure I'll give it a try.
  22. wabene
    It's easy now to say they should've used Lopez instead of Jax. Did you watch Lopez pitch for the Twins down the stretch last year? He is now incapable of allowing a run? We have a clear top four in the pen and the manager is going to have to rely heavily on all of them.
  23. wabene
    Agreed ^^ Miranda needs a reset.
  24. wabene
    Ugly loss to be sure, but this thread is depressingly Stribian, lol. Damnit Rocco heh
  25. wabene
    Ok now I'm on the Kyle Farmer bandwagon big-time.
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