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  1. Old Twins Cap
    Did I miss something? Where Buxton at?
  2. Old Twins Cap
    Have to agree with this. Typical route for young pitchers is to start in the bullpen, get MLB experience, earn your stripes, build your repertoire, then step in to starting. That's how the Cardinals do it, that's how Santana did it with the Twins. Believing that, after a big step back as a prospect, somehow, Romero will pull a Rumplestiltskin and turn himself from straw into gold, man, that's mistaking a fairy tale for real life.
  3. Old Twins Cap
    Twins are not playing well at home. Period. Been like that since May. In general, they appear to lack energy, enthusiasm and passion for the game. Have fun guys! We in first. Snap the tags down when you get a runner coming in. C'mon now.
  4. Old Twins Cap
    Falvey and Levine's master plan is to generate enough internal talent, especially pitching, so the Twins will always be relevant in the American League Central. I think they are about a year, to two years away from having that system in place.
  5. Old Twins Cap
    I've been around squirrels all my life, whether in the BWCA or just on the farm. Pretty rare for a squirrel to run through someone's legs out in the open like that. Of course, Kepler prolly looked like the St. Louis Arch to that tiny beast. Still, I think we should call it "Cheeky"
  6. Old Twins Cap
    Full roster crunch has been circling this team since Arraez proved to be a player. Buxton, Cruz, Astudillo are all on the verge of returning. Cave can go down, maybe another reliever can go down, but after that, it's going to be a tough decision -- one that has playoff implications.
  7. Old Twins Cap
    Do you need to interrupt a baseball game in order to remember that you are proud to be an American?
  8. Old Twins Cap
    I'll go there: why, again, are we singing what amounts to a 2nd Patriotic song during the middle of a baseball game? Are we that insecure as a nation, that 6 and 1/2 innings in we have to pull the God Bless America cord? Is that what 9/11 did to America? Just awful. Play the damn anthem and have a veteran raise the flag and let's be done with this crap. Right out of Soviet Union this kind of forced State appreciation.
  9. Old Twins Cap
    Hate to even think it, but most likely to trade Rosario and Buxton. Why? Buxton always injured; Rosario showing up without desire. Lewis can play center, Larnach and Rooker a corner. Buxton and Rosario would each bring back a good pitcher, sorely needed right now.
  10. Old Twins Cap
    Yeah, maybe the "Eddie" chants have gone to his head. Players gotta realize: their moment in the sun is brief, and they need to make plays to stay relevant. Love Eddie to death, but, to me, as a fan, I seem someone who is not giving it his all. And in baseball at this level, that matters. A lot.
  11. Old Twins Cap
    Nelson Cruzified the Royals. If he keeps this up, he going to be thought of as RH David Ortiz.
  12. Old Twins Cap
    Problem is: Twins not playing well, not firing on all or even very many cylinders, especially in extra innings. And, defense has been poor for a couple of months now, along with relief pitching, and against good teams, the starters don't even grade out well. So, Twins are not playing well. Cleveland is. Still got time to get back in the groove, but this is go time in MLB and the Twins are waiting at the busstop.
  13. Old Twins Cap
    Twins did enough to be a credible playoff team. They won't win the World Series this year but at least they might win one playoff series and get their young guys some good experience. Look at Houston and realize what a team needs to compete with the Dodgers, Red Sox and Yankees: great starting pitching, long lineup, quality defense at every position and a knock-out bullpen. We ain't got that.
  14. Old Twins Cap
    The deadline is the hammer that makes deals possible as GMs run up against the possibility of getting nothing. Before that, they believe they can do better if they hold out for more. Once reality bites, then they come down and deal. Twins should not be expected to rectify their pitching corps in one trading deadline: they have too many holes. So, if they add anything of value, that's the best we can hope for, along without losing anything of great value.
  15. Old Twins Cap
    It's been a fun season. How many years over the last decade would we have killed to have a team like this and to be in the playoff hunt? Buck up Twins' boosters and enjoy the ride. The young boys are getting a great experience and whatever happens will build character and capacity for the future. All in on the next two months.
  16. Old Twins Cap
    Having Buxton back really helps this team. Time to run off six, seven, eight in a row. Rip the beating heart out of Cleveland's chest and stomp it into dust as a parade of players round the bases, bomba upon bomba.
  17. Old Twins Cap
    Sano maturing at the plate. Unfortunately, in the field, he looking like a rookie at 1B. Sure, he will get better, but we're in the playoff hunt and 1B handles the ball a lot.
  18. Old Twins Cap
    Twins can't solve their pitching situation in one Trade Deadline. Most important corollary: they aren't going to win the World Series this year. So, if those two premises hold, the question becomes: what to do? You look to build for the future, and to bolster this year's playoff run, in order to gain some experience for the young guys who will be there in '20-'21-'22. But, you don't sell out to win this year, and you keep the cream 'o crop that will be needed in the next three years.
  19. Old Twins Cap
    FYI, Martin Perez will not be able to win a playoff game for the Twins. Neither will Pineda. Question becomes: who will be able to win a playoff game? Berrios. Maybe Odorizzi. And, in the bullpen? Rogers can. Anyone else? So, the Twins have a problem to solve. Need to start thinking in terms of winning big games against good-hitting teams.
  20. Old Twins Cap
    One thing about Rogers being used over multiple innings for a save: The other relievers are rested for that game. So, Gibson goes seven, Rogers goes two, the rest of bullpen rests. What we are seeing is a way of creating space for other hurlers to be better once they are used. I think it's smart and will prove out, especially once 3 batter minimums are enforced in 2020: relievers are going to have to be pitchers again, not specialty guys.
  21. Old Twins Cap
    Twins have to score more than two runs in a game against a mediocre team throwing a bullpen game. And, they have to field better, show more intensity and generally play to win. Step it up guys.
  22. Old Twins Cap
    You know Santana was sitting on a curve ball. He had no chance on the hard stuff. If you want to throw a curve there, put it in the dirt.
  23. Old Twins Cap
    Twins got lucky tonight. Sano reaches on an error, Adrianza a walk, Kepler on an infield hit (he did hustle his way on base for sure), and Polanco gets the game-winner on a catchable ball. I'll take luck, because baseball is full of it, but, not a game they outplayed the other team.
  24. Old Twins Cap
    Should at least mention that Rocco has been resting his backstops, making sure they don't get run down. I will bet this becomes a new "thing" in baseball, much the way they rest pitchers to improve velocity and command. To Garver's and Castro's credit, they seem to like each other and generally "get it", which is rare enough these days. They also really smart people. All season I have been talking to friends about Odorizzi: "Really? A 94 MPH fastball riding up in the zone is unhittable in MLB all of a sudden?" Had been until recently. Where he got that swing and miss magic I will never understand. Teams that make a run in the playoffs always need two things: a rookie or two that provide an unexpected boost, and multiple guys having career-years. Twins got Harper and Arraez, and, Polanco, Kepler, Buxton, Cron, Castro, Rosario, Odorizzi and Perez making a run at each of those. You don't win games on paper so Twins need to play well, but I like our chances for sure.
  25. Old Twins Cap
    Buxton's play, I was at the game, surprised he went for it. Ball wasn't that deep. More often than an out, I think the ball would get by the 3B and he would score because the pitcher was backing up home. I like the aggressiveness. Who knew that would be their last chance at a run? Hilarious at the end of the 6th(?), when a strike 'em out throw 'em out on a check swing resulted in a DP and no one on the Twins realized there were three outs. Like little league -- "c'mon to the dugout boys, the inning is over".
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