Minnesota Twins Talk

The math needed to unravel the behavior of the smallest objects in our universe requires additional dimensions to explain the physics. If these dimensions do indeed exist, then it's possible that some superstitions such as lucky socks, rally caps, etc - may indeed exercise an undetectable influence in one of these theoretical dimensions. With that as our premise and with the Twins definitely in need of some extra-dimensional mojo, you're invited to experiment with your superstitious behaviors and document them in this thread - tracking them game-by-game and posting which appear to be most coincidental with Twins' wins. As an example - when the Twins won the World Seri…

Just let that sink in for a moment, considering what this team has gone through over the first month and change. Yeah, the central has been garbage so far, but never apologize for that. Getting in the postseason is all that matters as it is a complete crapshoot once you’re in.

I just wanted to pass along the news that the excellent Twins Almanac features that Matt Johnson has been sharing with us will unfortunately no longer be appearing on the site. Matt will be devoting more time to his family, his grad school work and other interest, such as actually playing baseball. Please join me in wishing Matt the best of luck this Town Ball season (he plays for the Nowthen Knights). To keep up with the Twins Almanac project, you can follow along on Twitter @TwinsAlmanac or at TwinsAlmanac.com.

Saw a pretty cool article written by Corey Koskie about the first game of the 02' playoffs against the A's. Really fun to read about it from his view! http://linklete.com/2018/05/04/the-worst-three-innings-of-my-career/ Moral of the story: Trust analytics like you trust God? :lol:

Indians designated Belisle today. Can he add some stability to our pen? If the new guys wont work go with the ones you know....With Belisle we would have a different option to put in the closers role so we can keep Reed where we have him. Not saying he is a giod pitcher at this stage if his career but he could give us a more stable arm in the pen which we really need.

https://www.twinkietown.com/2018/5/3/17314692/fernandos-fastball-fernando-romero-minnesota-twins-pitching-baseball-mlb Nice write up at TwinkieTown.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2018/05/twins-place-miguel-sano-on-dl-designate-dietrich-enns.html

The Twins commitment to Hughes, Lynn and Santana this year. How much longer can they keep sending out Lynn? The Marquis line was 7 games.

Per LaVelle Neal David Hale was DFA’d after tonight’s game

The Twins have announced that Fernando Romero will start on Wednesday with Phil Hughes going to the bullpen. Wow!!

Hughes is done. That's obvious. Let's discuss the money..... If you cut Phil, and replace him with a minor league player, your costs go up by less than a half million dollars this year.... Are people thinking the team's budget is such they can't add less than one million dollars? If this is a playoff team, this year or next, they can't afford a pitcher like Hughes being on the roster. Let's discuss depth.... They have three guys in AAA, Romero, Gonsalves, and Mejia..... Four of you like Slegers. There is plenty of depth. The probably get Santana back this year, and have Pineda for next year. ... There is no good reason to keep him around.

Shocking. A 41 year old doesn't have it anymore to be a closer.

I understand that they probably won't but going on the premise that it's hard to fire the players and this is the second year in three years that the Twins have looked bad early it seems like some of this has to be on the manager. Either he's not getting through to his players or isn't able to solve the problem. If it's the second, it doesn't matter who the manager is, if it's the first, then a change could help. Joe Girardi and John Ferrell are both available. Neither is the next Joe Maddon but both have had success and are probably better at this managing thing than Molitor.

http://www.startribune.com/slumping-twins-miss-struggling-miguel-sano-byron-buxton/481196541/ Basically thinks the Twins miss Buxton's energy and Sano's bat. Also was surprised to hear that Duffey didn't think he should be sent to AAA.

You will not find a greater optimist than me when it comes to life, my Huskers, my Vikings or my beloved Twins. But right now, I am frustrated and basically pi**ed off in regard to the Twins. Can I be "DocObvious" for a moment? This team is just too good, too talented, to be playing this poorly right now. And there is no singular reason for their struggles, which might be the most frustrating part of this. When the SP does well, the BP implodes. Or vice versa. When both click, the defense or offense fails. There is no singular rhyme or reason, it just seems the whole team is out of sync right now. They take 2 out of 3 from Houston, have a nice and interesting split with…

4 appearances - 11 IP - 0.00 ERA - 14/1 K/BB - 3 hits allowed Call him up for Kinley or Hildenberger.

Per Fox Sports: "Minnesota Twins center fielder Byron Buxton was placed on the 10-day disabled list due to migranes, the team announced Wednesday. The Twins made the move retroactive to April 15, so Buxton can return to action Sunday. In 11 games this season, Buxton has a recorded a modest .195/.233/.244 slash line but has collected a hit in three straight games." ~~~ Here we go. "Blurred vision" next?

Only because the sortables can't be edited beginning the beginning of the TB series. Duke 0.00 ERA Presley 2.08 ERA Gibson 2.92 ERA Hildenberger 5.40 ERA Hughes 7.71 ERA Reed 9.00 ERA Odorizii 9.64 ERA Berrios 11.25 ERA Hale 12.00 ERA Rogers 12.00 ERA LaMarre 13.50 ERA Lynn 14.73 ERA Busenitz 16.20 ERA Duffey 27.00 ERA Moya 40.50 ERA Kinley 54.00 ERA Rodney infinity ERA

At least in the current AL Central standings.

The Yankee's DFA'd him when they claimed former prospect A.J. Cole. Hale's only MLB action this year came against the Twins when he struck out three over 2 innings. Somehow that failed to impress the Yankee brass I guess. At least it impressed the Twins. Looks like he's almost exclusively been used in the rotation in the minors, but he'll likely find himself in the Twins pen. Here's to finding a diamond in the rough.

The bullpen as a whole has been a huge disappointment but how 'bout Ryan Pressly? The ERA won't stay at 0.00 all year, but there's plenty of reason to believe he's figured it out and his peripherals looks great. Cheers to Ryan.

Frustrated, but laughing all at the same time, about another Yankee Stadium debacle. However, this topic has been gnawing at me since last year, and that is, Molitor's handling of the bullpen. This did not cost us the game today, but it still is a prime example. Our bullpen has been taxed by short starts recently and finally, Kyle Gibson gives the Twins exactly what they needed, a fabulous outing. After six innings, Gibson has struck out ten Yankee batters and given up one hit and sits at 95 pitches. Knowing the dire situation of the taxed bullpen, Molitor summons Addison Reed to start the 7th inning, already his 10th appearance in 20 games and then Zach Duke for his…

Last night, it appears Alan Busenitz was justifiably sent down to Rochester. This morning the Twins recalled Tyler Duffey to take his spot. Yet somehow, Tyler Kinley remains on the roster. How does this happen? The guy is a complete and total trainwreck. So far he's had one good (not clean, but decent) outing, one to be expected outing, and two disasters. I honestly believe the only thing keeping him around at this point is the hubris of the front office. This was their move and by all accounts it's been an absolute botch job. At this point Bard would likely have given them more, Chargois (yes, I know the two moves aren't technically related, but they sort of ar…

Ryan LaMarre has been infiltrating other topics, sometimes with my assistance so I'm starting a fresh LaMarre topic to help stay on topic elsewhere. I realize that I'm starting to create the impression that I'm Ryan LaMarre crazy after 12 AB''s. I want to clarify my opinion because I'm getting a lot of small sample size type comments and even some flavor of the month snark comments in response. At the very least, I'm hoping that it can be understood that I understand small sample sizes and my point is probably more about opportunity and timing than it is about LaMarre himself. I believe it is the job of the front office (General Manager, Scouts... whoever is in the…

Was it Mejia and not Hughes in town to start today? He was scheduled for Rochester who went with a bullpen game today instead.

Ok. 30 homers a year are not going to offset subpar fielding and striking out 40% of the time. He is showing no indication that he understands that he has a lot of improving to do. I hope he monitors Chris Carter’s career because that is where he is headed

The Twins have 13 pitchers and 9 relievers with Busenitz replacing Buxton on the roster. It doesn’t seem that the roster construction is best meeting their needs. The Twins now need a fifth starter. They will call up Hughes to be the 5th starter. It would really help to have a reliever that could go 3+ innings. They can get by with 7 relievers if someone could go long. Duffey is the best pitcher for this job unless Mejia is ready to start and Hughes goes into this role. It would really help to have a right handed bench bat. They have Garver but Molitor won’t use him even to pinch hit for Castro last night. Give Molitor a third catcher and go with 12 pitchers. If the…

......looks like a great place for baseball. At least for the next 3 games. Sano could practice hitting Moon shots.

Is there a method to find previous game threads?

Source: http://www.1500espn.com/twins-2/2018/04/twins-option-ryan-lamarre-minors-keep-roster-spot-open-now/ LaMarre will be headed to AAA and the Twins haven't decided who will be coming up. They might not play a game this weekend, so they may not need a pitcher, but I would assume Phil Hughes will be up as the 5th starter eventually. It seems they want to keep the 8 man bullpen together.