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  1. Karbo
    The start of every season is full of if's. 162 games, 6+ months is a long time, things happen. I have been a Twins fan since they moved here, (Though I was just a young boy then). I haven't seen a season yet that has gone as expected. That is one the many things I love about baseball. But this time of year we can all be full of hope. Maybe this year is the year. After all, We are in 1st place!
  2. Karbo
    I send down Robertson, Cave, Garlick, Coulombe, Faria, Smeltzer, Romero, and Winder. I would keep Duran over Winder because it seems he is more suited for a relief role at this point and he's a lefty. Winder can build up his arm a bit more in St.Paul for when we need him in the starting rotation, which I'm guessing we will soon enough.
  3. Karbo
    Looks to me like we will get to see quite a few of our young "prospects" this year both starting and relieving unless the FO gets off their butts and finds a real starter or 2.
  4. Karbo
    I would give a grade of C. The only thing that keeps it above a D or F was the Correa signing. They get an F on their trades to begin, but when coupled with the payroll savings to allow the Correa deal I can adjust that to a D. They get a C+ on FA signings which would have been an F w/o Correa deal. The Bundy deal still has me with an incomplete. I think it will be a D at best, but I hope I will be surprised. The gray deal is a C+. The deal with Texas was a D. The deal with NY would have been a D-.
  5. Karbo
    According to the Athletic there never was a true "asking price" given
  6. Karbo
    I can agree about Sanchez. His defense is as advertised, terrible. A couple years back he was a good enough hitter to plug into the DH spot on a fairly regular basis. The last 2 years he looks more like a poor mans version of Sano. K,K, BB,K,FO,HR,K,K.etc
  7. Karbo
    I look for the Tigers to surprise a lot of people this year. If the Twins pitching doesn't work out early and get fixed, they may spend the season chasing them for a wild card.
  8. Karbo
    As I see it, high velo gives a little more room for error. However, if I were the guy making decisions on a major league club, my 1st look would be at WHIP, ERA, and success. Velo would be up there too, but not as high as success.
  9. Karbo
    Arraez, because he just flat out can hit. Godoy, because he's a better catcher than Sanchez. Gordon, Because the kid is a swiss army knife who can run. Rooker, because he's a right handed bat. I leave Larnach in AAA to begin the season to continue working on hitting off speed stuff to build his confidence. He will be back up soon though IMO.
  10. Karbo
    I can't help but wonder if the Twins would have cut bait quicker last year on Shoe and Happ if they didn't get off to such a horrible start out of the gate. The team was buried by the end of the 6th week of the season last year.
  11. Karbo
    I think Larnach starts in AAA, at least for a few weeks. He still needs to show he can adjust to hitting the off speed stuff. The HBP may very well have knocked him off his game last year, but as I remember, what really messed him up was the pitch selection. Let him regain some confidence in AAA for a few weeks then see where things stand.
  12. Karbo

    Twins Opening Day Lineup

    Karbo commented on Greglw3's blog entry in Greg Allen

    Interesting. I agree that its time to do something about long streak type players. Nice when they get hot, but killers when they are cold. Need STARTING PITCHER!! Has anyone heard if Houston has figured out the rotation crunch yet or if they are still thinking about dealing Odo?
  13. Karbo
    There is a difference between unproven and unknown. What I meant by unproven was that most of our prospects don't have even a full season above A ball due to covid and or injuries. I don't follow the Rays all that close but I doubt they are starting guys out very often unless they have at least a full season or 2 in AA or above before promotion. Most of our prospects missed the entire year 2 seasons ago, and many missed big chunks of last season due to arm issues. That IMO is unproven.
  14. Karbo
    yes but the Rays have the guys to do it with. Almost all of our guys are unproven, even at the AAA level due to shortened season and injuries. IMHO we MUST add another proven pitcher, not even top of the order type, just someone that has enough of a track record to be counted on. Maybe mid 4 ERA with an avg. of 5IP per start?
  15. Karbo
    Glad to read the young players are making adjustments already. The sooner they learn to adjust on the fly the more successful they will be!
  16. Karbo
    I HATE this rule. I could live with it if they imposed it later say inning 12 or so, but it completely changes the way the game is managed with pitching strategy, and hitting strategy. I understood why they did it due to covid, but this compressed schedule is of there (players and owners) own doing and now they should live with it. As the saying goes, you made your bed, now sleep in it!!
  17. Karbo
    great points
  18. Karbo
    I admit when I got up at 7AM and saw the flash on my phone I thought it was a joke. It wasn't until a 1/2 hour later when I started looking at my computer and saw all the stuff on there, then went here, that I could believe it.
  19. Karbo
    Back injuries are hard to predict. As one who has dealt with back issues for the last 40 years now I have a certain amount of knowledge on the issue. Lower back injuries can be worked on and the muscles built up quite a bit thru PT in my experience, where upper back injuries are much more difficult to work on. The advances made over the last 15-20 years in pain control to help is amazing. Its no longer how much pain can you take before you need narcotics. There are several other ways that an athlete can couple with good solid training to minimize a chronic type back pain. The key is to keep in great physical shape. It appears to me He has kept himself in good shape and I'm sure the Twins staff will make sure he continues too.
  20. Karbo
    The twins have done this before, so why not now. If not Duran, it seems there are others.
  21. Karbo
    That would be a great deal for the Twins, Though I think the A's would want more MLB ready players.
  22. Karbo
    I guess he won't have to play short now.lol
  23. Karbo
    Who knows, maybe this new catcher they picked up off waivers can play short, and start a game here and there, and in a pinch can come in from the pen.
  24. Karbo
    It depends on who else they would include IMO. The only guy I see as a no trade guy at this point is Buxton. It all depends on the return. Hopefully better than what they did with the Yankees.
  25. Karbo
    I agree. I'll miss JD. I just hope he's injured when we play the Yankees. I'm still waiting for the "rest of the story" as on its own this trade made no sense, other than payroll dump of course.
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