Well the twinks did a good job of keeping sale true to his ERA today (unless they can bust something in late innings)

with his count his day should be over

And let the bullpen parade begin. WTF is Gardy thinking.

And let the bullpen parade begin. WTF is Gardy thinking.

With the All-Star break on the way, you gotta... Oh, to hell with it. I got nothing.

And let the bullpen parade begin. WTF is Gardy thinking.

Thank goodness Gardy for that left on left matchup vs. AJ.

Just looked at the thread. He said plus glove, not gold glove.

Either way I'm still waiting for teh .890 OPS SS with a plus glove to emerge.

no lead is safe with OH MAN?? in the game

And let the bullpen parade begin. WTF is Gardy thinking.

It's not as if we have a doubleheader coming on Saturday or anything...

This game is so bad I almost watched a whole half of soccer.

I gotta image they'll send down Manship and maybe even RObertson to get some fresh arms for the weekend.

 

Guerra time?

Either way I'm still waiting for teh .890 OPS SS with a plus glove to emerge.

God forbid that a 25 year old rookie struggle in his first 175 ABs with a major league club. Guys like Justin Morneau, Michael Cuddyer, Jason Kubel never had that problem.

flipping back and forth to cleve-ny

pettitte injured his ankle and it looks like the dl

Dozier has also been awful in the field.

 

Either way, the real problem remains this awful pitching staff with no help coming from the minors. Blackburn is just not good.

God forbid that a 25 year old rookie struggle in his first 175 ABs with a major league club. Guys like Justin Morneau, Michael Cuddyer, Jason Kubel never had that problem.

Morneau, Cuddyer and Kubel were all top prospects, Doz is a middle prospect at best that if he turns into a utility player is a success for the organization.

Dozier has also been awful in the field.

He has been awful in the field. That's not unusual for rookies, either. All the scouting reports have him pegged as a decent shortstop, though his arm is sometimes in question. I'm not going to let rookie jitters on a bad team cloud my view of the player.

 

If he's still playing like this in September, it's a problem. If he's still playing like this in May of next season, it's a real problem.

Doz is a middle prospect at best that if he turns into a utility player is a success for the organization.

Just about everybody disagrees with you but that's okay. Personally, I'm going to listen to what BA, BP, FG, and Sickels have to say about the kid over any forum poster.

 

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/daily-notes-your-brian-dozier-headquarters/

He has been awful in the field. That's not unusual for rookies, either. All the scouting reports have him pegged as a decent shortstop, though his arm is sometimes in question. I'm not going to let rookie jitters on a bad team cloud my view of the player.

 

If he's still playing like this in September, it's a problem. If he's still playing like this in May of next season, it's a real problem.

The one thing that really concerns me and anyone who's rooting for him is his complete lack of controling the strike zone. In the minors he was getting on-base alot, now he can't take a walk to save his life. If he's not getting on-base the rest of his game is fringy at best.

The one thing that really concerns me and anyone who's rooting for him is his complete lack of controling the strike zone. In the minors he was getting on-base alot, now he can't take a walk to save his life. If he's not getting on-base the rest of his game is fringy at best.

Perhaps we should let him have more than a couple months in the big leagues before we make hard and fast declarations.

Just about everybody disagrees with you but that's okay. Personally, I'm going to listen to what BA, BP, FG, and Sickels have to say about the kid over any forum poster.

 

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/daily-notes-your-brian-dozier-headquarters/

 

You mean BA who ranked him 10th in a weak Twins system last season.

 

I'm not saying he's some fringe top 30 prospect like Tolbert was back in the day. But anyone touting this kids as an MLB starting SS is smoking drugs or an idiot.

But anyone touting this kids as an MLB starting SS is smoking drugs .

you say that like it's a bad thing

It's a real shame I missed the game today, a real shame.

you say that like it's a bad thing

Just another embarassing outing from the pitching staff. Not sure we even have a AAA caliber staff.

Waldrop up

 

Manship to AAA

My favorite stat of the day:

 

Groundouts-flyouts: Blackburn 3-8

 

That's quite a sinkerballer the Twins got themselves right there, yes sirree.

I have now given up on any material chance of the Twins making the postseason.

---Yep. And it's maddening. You don't need much to compete in this utterly lame division (Cleveland is in second place and only 2.5 out despite having one of the worst run differentials in the entire league), and the fact that the Twins didn't have enough to hang in it until July says a lot about how bad they are right now.

My favorite stat of the day:

 

Groundouts-flyouts: Blackburn 3-8

 

That's quite a sinkerballer the Twins got themselves right there, yes sirree.

---Yeah, he's awesome isn't he? The scary thing is that Diamond is the only Twins pitcher with more wins.

It's a real shame I missed the game today, a real shame.

I attended the game... watched all 9 painful innings.

My favorite stat of the day:

 

Groundouts-flyouts: Blackburn 3-8

 

That's quite a sinkerballer the Twins got themselves right there, yes sirree.

It managed to sink the Twins again ...