Doomtints

Kinda tasteless putting the picture up of him about to have his leg broken (not you, whoever wrote that tweet).

I agree. The defense has really been the difference, this has been a .500ish team since the defense tanked. It's kinda sad the org isn't talking about it, which makes it seems like they are not addressing it and possibly don't even see it.

Dear Twins, Nice bullpen or whatever. Thanks, Doomtints P.S. Nice infield defense or whatever.

I'm not sure May has ever been that guy. Anyway, May has a nice website. http://trevormay.me/photos/its-lc-the-cat/

Are you sure? AA counts as "professional" baseball.

I was very much tongue-in-cheek when I wrote that.

In May's last 4 appearances he has two losses and a blown save with his ERA rising a full point. With the way the front office is cutting relievers right after a bad game, even if it was that reliever's first bad game in months, Baldelli may be sitting him for his own good. I would expect to see him pitch in games that don't matter for the next few weeks and with a very short leash.

Ouch.

I'm slightly more optimistic, I think this team can beat Houston. We're just one bullpen away from standing toe to toe with the Yankees, and alas that's where things will land this year. The Twins should either shoot for the top seed or shoot for the wild card and hope someone else takes out the Yankees before the league championship series.

Recently, every new Twins reliever has imploded their first time out. Dyson got it all out of his system and can now have his 0.00 ERA* the rest of the way. *Unfortunately the infield defense will still allow plenty of runs to cross the plate.

This is not the first time Patrick has done this. I have completely given up on that guy.

Where are the Twins now? Pretty much where they were before, as you say, with the same flaws that they could have addressed.

It's not second guessing, it's, "Would I have made the same decision in this situation?" Clearly a lot of us would not.

I think this is the fifth or sixth loss that can be directly pegged on Baldelli, albeit the first in a while.

I feel like the Twins are not the type of team that does QOs. Unless Odorizzi lays eggs the rest of the year, he probably chases after cash elsewhere. Gibson might prefer to stick around, I don't know. Pineda, yeah he's gone.

A few of the teams at the top just have nothing to trade. All of the decent talent they have is already in the majors. Yankees, Red Sox, Brewers, Cubs, etc.

The Astros have better prospects than the Twins and they seem to be trading a lot and spending money a lot. *shrug*

The articles I read are giving the Twins a D. It's no secret they still need one or two more arms.

Yes, the Astros recent run of success has been filling the seats, and even better the newer ownership is not afraid to spend the money.

Houston is considered a small market team. Their TV deal was botched. At one time, Rangers and Astros games were available all over the state. That's no longer the case, and for a while most residents in Houston could not watch them play on TV either. But even before all that stuff, they were not considered a big market team. Though the team is drawing fans now, this was not always the case. During the short time I lived in Houston, I was surprised at how little attention they got in the local media. The Rangers are not big draws historically either, mind you. Honestly I'm not sure Houston is much of a sports city. The Oilers struggled to fill the seats, and although the Texans declare every game a sellout, when you watch footage the stadium is half empty so these are sellouts on paper only.

Dyson is a good pick up and he was one of the guys I was hoping the Twins would target.

Wasn't Diplan DFA'd? The Twins could have made this move anytime.

I agree. You only have to look at the trade deadline moves two years ago: Buying, and then one week later selling, and then the team makes the playoffs. Uhm.... Having a strategy and sticking to it is a good thing ... don't worry about making the wrong choice so much. Who cares if the Pohlads have to spend a little more, it's not the end of the world. They should fight the fight to do what they think is right. The changing priorities and strategies just makes the internal waters too murky to make good moves.

Being afraid to make a mistake or being afraid to spend $1 more than the bare minimum required kinda sucks.

He could be a piece for a team that wants to dump salary, but that's it. I don't know how many teams need to dump salary on relievers, though. The Twins may have already found the only team that wanted to do that and made the deal.