Hosken Bombo Disco

Buxton crushes

Oh wait, ignore my too serious post above and let me post this instead lol

Probably best to wait until after the series to spite the baseball gods? ? I’d argue that Taylor Rogers is doing fine overall. Definitely coming back down to earth after his hot start. His late June slump was probably a blessing for him, as it earned him a rest over the All Star break instead of having to lather up and pitch. They are certainly working him hard. A lot of his other struggles could be attributed to pitching back-to-back days, which any Twins fan could have told you…

Lest anyone be conclusively proven right or wrong on the question of regular lineups, I think it would be an interesting exercise to go back to the start of 2019 and compare what those daily lineups looked like at the start of that season. /soapbox

Should the Twins trade Brian Dozier, Eduardo Escobar, or Ryan Pressly. Should the Twins trade Nick Gordon and Stephen Gonsalves for Gerrit Cole. Should the Twins trade Alex Kirilloff and Trevor Larnach for Noah Syndergaard. Should the Twins trade Jose Berrios for Austin Martin and Simeon Woods-Richardson. Should the Twins trade Taylor Rogers for Chris Paddack and Emil Pagan. The soothseers commenting in this thread seem to say, "No" to a Correa trade (and I agree, however ask me again on Sept. 9 when my hindsight kicks in)

@chpettit19 @Squirrel care to elaborate?

Thanks for posting! This is one of those enduring questions, with random sampling playing a role and variables that can be argued for either side. For example, when a starting pitcher is physically fit and is “making his pitches” that day, so to speak, and is already a high quality starting pitcher to begin with, I think the third and fourth time through the order can actually favor the pitcher. The pitcher has that data on what the batter is doing and swinging at, on that particular day. what do you think?

#gameThread

They should just load up these pitching staffs with a couple of top starters, then for the rest just load up on guys like Emilio Pagan who can serve the taters

Also apparently there’s another Blackburn in the American League now? Lol and he’s pitching in the All Star game?

Me too!

Thanks for posting this!!

Is this one of those Spanish Inquisition types of deals?

Just a friendly reminder you mis-spelled ‘closer’ by forgetting the letter ‘c’ somewhere in the above sentence (In other words, that we don’t call names or get personal here)

this team desperately misses Dobnak and Coulombe* * joking** ** i think

I think the question of team control is irrelevant, Anyone can be controlled for the right price, even another team’s first round draft pick (Chase Petty is doing well in Cinci’s system). The Correa deal ought to have showed us that Wheeler would have come to the Twins for 2020 for the right price. Those of us who wanted Yu Darvish prior to the 2018 season were subject to a healthy dose of schauenfreude when Darvish immediately got hurt after signing. I played the long game and didn’t give up on that take, and Darvish has performed since then, if not All Star. I will likewise play the long game on Berrios. Any pitcher is capable of a successful stretch of 8-10 starts (thank you Devin Smeltzer), and likewise any pitcher who has had some long term success earns the right to a mulligan for 8-10 starts, too. Berrios has done just fine his last few outings. He may be coming around. Time will tell. How will the Berrios trade look in three years? I don’t know. But the two players we got in return for Berrios from Toronto will be slipping down the minor league rankings heading into next season. Tyler Wells is another name you could add to the hypothetical bullpen list or even rotation for this season. Lots of other posters here have chipped in good words for several other pitchers a little lower in the system who have departed over the past few seasons. There is unfortunately no magic taking place, no broad new philosophy at work here, within this team’s brain trust, to build a pitching juggernaut. It’s just the usual scouting, coaching, development, and transactions. And that’s okay! We all hope that the front office starts hitting on some of these transactions, starting with the 2022 trade deadline coming up, We can still all come together and cheer for the Twins when the money is on the line.

Luis Arraez is very deserving, as is Buxton, and maybe a better success story than Buxton. Signed internationally for a modest bonus, an ACL injury wiped out his age 20 season while in high A, and give this front office credit for something, they shot him up through the system and he was in the majors in 2019. Cheers, Luis ?

Filed under: Things that caught you by surprise: The Baltimore Orioles are on their way to a four game sweep of the L.A. Angels this afternoon and within one game of .500, and are in the wild card hunt, while the Angels sink deeper into fourth place in the A.L. West.

It’s one of life’s great paradoxes. “Hitting a baseball is the hardest thing to do in sports, but good pitching is harder to find than good hitting.” It’s why I love baseball!

no, that would be the planet Earth ?

Likewise, and conceding that no one here is perfect, whether writer, moderator, or thoughtful member, lets all recommit to the skill called “just keep scrolling past”

The Southsiders lost again last night. #TheEasypartofTheirSchedule

Sure! We are definitely encroaching into “the 5th Beatle” discussion territory here, with any number of extra peripheral individuals who were integral to the success beyond the top four

I’d argue Gladden belongs, despite his numbers he was truly a catalyst. I would also argue for Gaetti, even though his last season was 90 and actually split away from the other hellraisers before that. 87 just doesn’t happen without Gaetti. Or Gagne, for that matter. So now you have core five, which does not rhyme, undermining the entire premise (also Bernie Williams wtf)

Hmm, If only there was someone to pinch hit there for Gordon and then an additional player to come in and play short * ducks, runs