Monkeypaws
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I was watching the Red Sox on NESN via MLB app earlier this week, and the subject of the Twins popped up. After general agreement that the Twins look good, Eckersley and Remy got into a discussion of "when do you really know what kind of team you really have?" In their opinion, mid-May was too early. Their thought was that by mid-June, you have probably got good idea of what you have. Makes sense to me. Seattle and Boston have re-aligned in the last couple weeks to come closer to where they belong. The Twins have only gotten better as the season has progressed, and have banked wins against the best in the AL, so hopefully the wheels won't fall off in another month.
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Trading for a reliever would be fine as long as it isn't a Ramos for Capps redux.
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Like those Hoosville jerseys almost as much as that Sano blast. I think that one made the water.
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Hah, nice find. Just after Trout and Harper, ahead of Machado, and at #16, our friend Jake Odorizzi(#24 Aaron Hicks, #28 Kyle Gibson, #36 Miguel Sano). I liked this passage: Destiny.
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As promised, Rocco has these guys playing loose, having fun - I wonder if there is an advanced stat that correlates smiles and wins.
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To show how far Addison Reed has fallen, I initially thought we were talking about Jake Reed.
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Interesting facts of the day: Baltimore has used 23 pitchers already this season, plus Chris Davis. Their team ERA is 6.37. The Twins staff is bedrock in comparison.
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Indoor baseball: if I'm going to watch a game inside, I'd rather it were on television(at least the game I'm watching might be outside). The sounds(echo), smells(cleaning fluid), are sights(pure artificial light) are all off in a dome. There was nothing worse than going to an afternoon game at the Dome when it was 70 outside with a blue sky and puffy white clouds. Painful.
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Austin has had a decent start with SF: batting 2nd in the lineup, 2 for 5 with a 2 walks and 2 Ks over 2 games. Belt actually played in LF last night, so TA may be getting a lot of at bats this season.
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No better time to DFA someone and try to slip them to the minors than after a performance like DeJong put on last night.
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13 more than our friend Bert Blyleven. That 68 MVP, CYA season: 1.12 ERA, 12 shutouts, 304 IP. Still managed to lose 9 games somehow, along with 22 wins. I always liked the Dusty Baker quote that Gibson would throw at his own mother if she dug in on him.
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Just saw today that Hunter Greene is gonna have TJ surgery. I remember really wishing the Twins would take him. Hope he has a good recovery. I remember from what I read that he is a good guy.
