mngopherguy

I start thinking about possibly trading him after next year when we have an idea of how the guys on the farm handle AA/AAA. They are too far away right now for me to move anyone for them.

They all came back from injury, so how is it that they no longer want to play? Why would Buxton be upset about now being up? Why did Sano come back? Why did Rosario come back and clearly get reinjured? Or does he deserve an academy award? With all due respect, it sounds to me like your angry and using the injuries to fit your narrative. You are essentially questioning their heart, and I hope you have something to back it up with. The fact as I see it is they are all trying to play and are either not healthy to begin with, or have gotten reinjured.

Dan Bailey should at least get a call.

Like I said when the Twins traded Rodney, the next closer is not in the organization. Almost nightly this group of relievers are showing why the FO was grabbing every waiver guy they could. Hidly is a 7th inning reliever, not a closer in a one run game.

I like watching him play and I'm happy for the guy, but this still seems like LaMarre. Even with everyone going well for him, he's been on the wrong side of a .300 OBP. I don't think it's sustainable, but it's fun to watch and I hope he proves me wrong.

A lot better than I expected. I'll have a plate of Crow so far on that.

That's fair, I'm excited for the future. This team hopefully wins 6+ games and makes a bowl game. That would be a good result.

It is possible Brooks could come back for the last few games this year and with the new redshirt rules, both Brooks and Smith are planning on being back next year.

And it all starts at the top. The owners are find with mediocrity for the sake of profit. Until that changes, the Twins winning any playoff games will be unlikely.

Unfortunately this is what MLB has become. And while I still enjoy it, it is no where near as good a game as high school, college, townball etc. I'm 43 and having been coaching baseball over a dozen years.

Both are useful, both are not stars at the MLB level.

Exactly, I was responding to Carole.

There is zero gain, there is a loss in flexability, and the opposing manager can plan around it ahead of time. It's a gimmick, that will be exposed.

Yet so many people buy into moneyball.

I have zero issue with the Twins not bringing up Buxton and he's probably my favorite player on the team. I do have an issue with how he was told and that this wasn't the first time they've had others deliver the news. That is a bit of a concern.

That seems to be what the national writers are thinking as well. Problem is this week's game is a pickem against Fresno St. who is better than some Big Ten teams. Lose and the novices who figure they are on par with New Mexico St will start crowing, especially after a Reusse hack job. It should be a good game, hoping for the best. I want to see how Terrell Smith and other DB's handle better WR's. Smith looked good for game one. I also want to see a bit more pressure without needing to blitz. I also hope Annexstad plays a bit more consistent in game two. I was very happy with game one though.

Their tackling was awful and their wide outs don't have hands. Winfield's stiff arm at the 20 was hilarious. Reminded me of Brooks running over the same Purdue DB over and over a couple years ago.

Tyler Johnson is a stud who dropped a pass. He finished with 5 catches for 100 yards and 2 td's and didn't play much in the 4th qtr, They played 28 freshmen, I thought they looked pretty sound in that regard. Amateur gameplan? This I don't get at all. They used Green in different roles, spread the ball around to the WR's who are much better than we've had in a while. This was the least vanilla opener I can remember.

Judging a team starting 4 freshmen on offense "a bit" in the 1st qtr of the first game of the year, is like deciding on a prospect after 20 at bats. You should have watched longer.

It is a preseason that counts towards your record. It's also a huge $$$ deal for smaller schools. And this is not just a bowl game issue, FCS (1AA) D2 and D3 all do it. You just never hear people complain about St. Thomas opening up winning 76-7 over Trinity...

I think with the way he is struggled in April, we need an "opener" for him.

We were talking about resources and support ownership gives. It's just another example big or small.

And the dynamics and money in baseball has changed vastly since the Twins won their last World Series. (Kirby Puckett, MLB's first 3 million dollar man during that time.) If you think the Polad's spend and support this team close to as much as the other owners, we will never agree. They care more about 52%, and I still contend the best way to improve this team is to get new owners. Too bad that's not going to happen. I'm bit surprised I haven't seen any posts on why they have the minimum 7 minor league affiliates while teams like the Yankees have 9.

I do love Buxton and for all my agreements with shutting him down, he is my favorite Twin. I do agree with you as well, he has a different mindset, I don't see the confidence in how he goes about things. I hope he finds it.

I wouldn't give up on him, but I've read some things over the past couple years that suggested to me he was more of a AAAA pitcher. This is why I disagreed with anyone who was willing to deal Romero when he clearly is a much higher prospect.