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I don't know, are these Brewer subs good players? Or are the just good against the Twins. Who's this Choi character?

 

Choi's been a good AAAA guy for awhile (their version of Kennys Vargas). They could have called up Keon Broxton (their version of Byron Buxton) or Brett Phillips (their version of Zack Granite) instead. 

 

When Healthy: They have: 

C - Pina, Vogt, Bandy, Nottingham, Bethencourt

1B- Thames Aguilar, Braun, Vogt, Choi

2B- Villar, Perez, Franklin, Saladino(was Sogaard)

3B- Shaw, Perez, Franklin

SS- Arcia, Perez, Villar, Franklin 

LF- Yelich, Santana, Broxton, Phillips

CF-Cain, Yelich, Broxton, Phillips

RF- Braun, Santana, Broxton, Phillips. 

 

When Not Healthy

C - Pina, Bandy, Nottingham, Bethencourt

1B- Aguilar, Choi

2B- Villar, Perez, Franklin, Saladino(was Sogaard)

3B- Shaw, Perez, Franklin

SS- Arcia, Perez, Villar, Franklin

LF- Yelich, Santana, Broxton, Phillips

CF-Cain, Yelich, Broxton, Phillips

RF- Santana, Broxton, Phillips.

 

Still pretty formidable. 

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It's getting late early. The only thing keeping the Twins alive is the underperformance of the Indians, who are still the overwhelming favorites. Playoff probability drops by the day while the Twins continue to lose winnable games against mediocre pitchers. Only real hope now is for Santana and Sano to come back and be productive. The Indians won't be this mediocre all year.

 

I think we used our “just be happy to get in (to the playoffs)” last year. This club, as is, would embarrass themselves in the postseason if they were to somehow limp in.

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Is it just me or does Buxton start every at bat with two strikes before he even steps in the box?

 

He is completely lost up there. It looks like he is trying to get a look at the pitcher so he let's the first strike go by right down the middle, then he swings at something out of the zone and boom... there ya have an 0-2 count. 

 

Pitch recognition is what he is struggling with. 

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He is completely lost up there. It looks like he is trying to get a look at the pitcher so he let's the first strike go by right down the middle, then he swings at something out of the zone and boom... there ya have an 0-2 count. 

 

Pitch recognition is what he is struggling with. 

Recognition, and hitting it when he does recognize it.

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Recognition, and hitting it when he does recognize it.

 

In 2018... Sano and Buxton are the exact same player in my eyes. 

 

Both are swinging at Garbage, Both are getting hurt and Both are critical to providing any kind of Right Handed Balance to a majority left handed lineup. 

 

If Sano and Buxton don't help this team, our need for a Right Handed Bat is comparable to the way a Grizzly needs Salmon. 

 

 

 

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About all our Homer Hankys are good for with this offense.

I was perusing YouTube yesterday and found a random Sunday night baseball game from early 1992...they were running down the scores and when they got to ours, they said “and the world champion twins...I got sad because I was only 5 and just missed out :’’’’’’(

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In 2018... Sano and Buxton are the exact same player. 

 

Both are swinging at Garbage, Both are getting hurt and Both are critical to providing any kind of Right Handed Balance to a majority left handed lineup. 

 

If Sano and Buxton don't help this team, oue need for a Right Handed Bat is comparable to the way a Grizzly needs Salmon. 

Disagree, actually. When Sano guesses right, he hits it hard.

 

When Buxton guesses right, he swings and misses but comes closer to the ball.

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Disagree, actually. When Sano guesses right, he hits it hard.

 

When Buxton guesses right, he swings and misses but comes closer to the ball.

The two centerpieces of our future aren’t worth a sack of rosin bags at this moment. Hence the sucking

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In 2018... Sano and Buxton are the exact same player in my eyes.

 

Both are swinging at Garbage, Both are getting hurt and Both are critical to providing any kind of Right Handed Balance to a majority left handed lineup.

 

If Sano and Buxton don't help this team, our need for a Right Handed Bat is comparable to the way a Grizzly needs Salmon.

Not to mention the impact long term if they don't pan out. This club will be in serious trouble if they don't develope into legit stars.
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