Monkeypaws

Agree totally with #2. Berrios is our impact starter, and there is a long line of pretty good looking guys to back him up.

Why do we even care about such rubbish?

Morani looks like a fast track candidate - as he fills in, with those numbers. What kind of stuff are we talking about here?

Hah, Mr. Beeker has a sense of humor. Seems like a smart young man, with a pretty cool name to boot.

Get 'em ready. Buxton is a no brainer to us who watch him, probably the most amazing CF I've ever seen. Baseball likes to honor the usual suspects tho, and Mauer's treatment is pretty typical of how I expect this to go down.

Pitch to a pitchers strengths as opposed to pitch to contact. Hmm, I'm in.

I think the Twins have some nice young arms on the way. Besides Berrios, you have Gonsalves, Romero, Thorpe, maybe even Stewart. I've said it before, and will say it again - just throwing money around is a fool's errand. I think the owners feel the same way. I hope the new regime will be able to uncover the future Klubers and Arrietas on the cheap. They are out there.

Are we certain that Berrios is not gonna be the guy moving forward? He certainly has the stuff and the make-up to be a top starter. His 23 year old season was quite successful as well.

Getting Darvish just isn't gonna happen, and that isn't a bad thing. I wanna see Falvine put their magic to work and unearth some hidden gems. Hell, Santana was a rule 5 guy. Liriano part of a package deal for a vet. Cubs got Arrieta and Strop for Clevinger and Feldman. I know fans here are tired of the scrapheap approach, but I find that much more satisfying when it works than throwing giant wads of money around. That isn't in the Twins DNA.

Glad they both got a taste this season as well. We'll have openings at catcher and pitcher next season.

Close? I guess you and I have different lifestyles John

Riverbrian and Chief got it right. Watching BB go wild in the field are some of my favorite Twin moments, and I watched Bob Allison play. Generational excellence should never be second guessed. BB is still just 23. He'll learn in time not to kill himself. Hell, Tori's ran through an outfield wall in his youth

I'm watching ace expensive starting pitching get ripped to shreds in this playoffs. Maybe putting the money in a good DH would be cheaper...better spent.

Somebody needs to give them a "this is not inevitable" speech here.

How secure is a 3 run lead. Hmm, with their pen? Hope the management are taking notes tonite.

Whaddaya know, another dramatic game 163 with the Twins. Left they were leading 3-0, come back losing 5-4. I fear that game ending BP in NY. Well, play the damn game and see what happens. Just saw the Buxton catch - hsmf

A stunned silence falls on Yankee Stadium....

Most improved: Berrios. He was worse than awful last season. Berrios 2016: 3-7, ERA 8.02, 74 hits in 58 innings Berrios 2017: 14-8, ERA 3.89, 131 hits in 145 innings. That is a complete turnaround. Buxton's numbers are better, but not to that degree: Buxton 2016: .225 BA, 10 HR, 38 RBI, .714 ops. Buxton 2017: .253 BA, 16 HR, 51 RBI, .728 ops, in about 160 more at bats.

Ok, well, consider this the Husker Du version....

Who can turn the world on with her smile....

Do you think there will be Marney 9 in 9 teeshirts available after the game?

Boy, Moya looks is funky as hell out there. He looks like a balk waiting to happen tho.

Belisle looks like he's chewing on a dog dump

The Cleveland paper rephrased a quote from Tito to the effect that the Twins had a bottomless roster. Kind of true, lots of tough outs 1-9 and on the bench. Hard to call an MVP out of it, but for me this team would be on the outside looking in without Ervin Santana. HM to Dozier, Sano, Rosario, Buxton, etc.

Like to see Duffey working the fastball. Free innings to try something new.