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Maybe his problem is just one of confidence. Maybe he just needs to have success in a high leverage situation to get over his poor pitching. We should give him every opportunity to round the corner. Eventually, he'll do it!

OK. Ryan has pitched 4 innings. Is it time to bring in Duffy?

Is it too early to point out that Ryan has a perfect game going? Has a team ever lost while their pitcher threw a no hitter?

I think there is an unwritten rule against hitting like that.

Any time the twins are down by more than a run, it counts as a blowout.

I love it!... About as much as I love a good colonoscopy.

How about a literal unlevel playing field? Have the outfield wall sit at 20 feet above home plate? That would sure make things a bit more interesting.

Bring back the cocaine era of baseball! Don't have to worry about slow games. Get more stolen bases, backflips, and hilarious mustaches.

Oooh. Another unpopular opinion. Baseball is NOT too slow. If you are bored, leave the game. Nobody will think less of you.

Well I suppose these are complaints, not controversial opinions. How about move the TB Rays to San Juan, PR and move the Diamondbacks to Monterrey?

After the obvious, baserunners on second in 10th inning, I can't stand that the AL and NL play each other during the regular season. It cheapens the World Series. Why not make it possible for the Royals and Tigers play each other in the WS?

I can never tell between the written and unwritten rules.

If Jax had given up a few more runs, he could have gotten a save.

Looks like they DFAd Dereck Rodriguez, who was just called on in the previous game to pitch 4 innings in relief, the first three of which were scoreless. That's gotta sting a little.

Well... I guess its good to get that out of the way. No more worrying about when Buxton will get injured. Onward with the rest of the season!

Not bunting on the shift is probably because of ... something... something... unwritten rules of baseball. ... If we can change the game to have ghost runners on second because it is too hard to get hits to move things along, then can't we just ban the shift? To me ghost runners are as ridiculous as having batters hit off the tee, or only allowing 6 fielders in extra innings. How is banning the shift so controversial?

No better day to give up a bunch of home runs.

He has pretty good numbers until 2021. But I’m not convinced he can get his old form back on a team that is notable for making newly acquired decent pitchers perform poorly. It’s also the same team where poor performing pitchers, once departed, suddenly perform exceptionally well on their new teams.

This type of thinking is long overdue. A dozen or more years ago we started obsessing about OBP, OPS, and such metrics resulting in drastic changes in the way lineups were constructed. It is time that pitching staffs and bullpens are blown up and logically reconfigured. Then the smart teams will better be able to beat the rich teams.

THIS will be the year of Jake Cave. We will all eat our words when Cave's slash line is 3/4/5. Anything is possible (before opening day gives us a sudden jolt of reality).

For this team to contend it will take a career year from most of the team. It has happened before, and it can happen this year too. At this point, every single team is highly unlikely to be in the world series so the Twins are in good company. Time to bid this winter a hearty farewell and start watching some young guys get paid a lot of money to play games while I drink beer.

How about next they let people hit off the tee after four balls instead of walk?

If he can hit .250+ he can weigh as much as he wants

Maybe Buxton can throw a strike from center field. Can Buxton alone take the twins to the playoffs? Too bad they DFA'd their best performing pitcher (Astudillo).

Unfortunately he falls just short of the Dave Winfield line.