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  1. puckstopper1
    Coming into the season, I felt that the Twins with Maeda, Berrios, Pineada, Happ, Shoemaker, Thorpe, Smeltzer and Dobnak had one of the deepest starting rotation in all of baseball. That is 8 deep. I don't know of anyone who predicted that 7 of the 8 would have major issues, strongly contributing to this train wreck of a season.
  2. puckstopper1
    I certainly do wonder about Falvine's ability to evaluate, obtain and develop pitching at this point. I'd love for the Twins to pilfer some of the talent evaluators and developers in Tampa, but I know that is not going to happen.
  3. puckstopper1
    How can Kirilloff have the 2nd worst WPA for the Twins when he had 2 of their 4 hits in a 10-0 blowout? Is this an example of those wonderful advanced stats showing how meaningful they are again? Like Happ and Jax each struck out more than a batter per inning in their outings. Look at where that got them...
  4. puckstopper1
    And Chapman saw his ERA go from 0.39 to 1.96 in the blink of an eye. This rally was quick, and unexpected and wonderful given it was against Chapman and the Yankees!
  5. puckstopper1
    The Hackimer fall from grace was fast and unfortunate. He had some pretty good numbers in 2017 and 2019 raising some hope that he would be able to be a legitimate BP option...
  6. puckstopper1
    I agree with the Top 3, but if I were to add a 4th it might be the hiring of Edgar Varela as hitting coach. Maybe Rowson benefited from a livelier ball and all, but this team's approach and results at the plate has been attrocious for most of the season.
  7. puckstopper1
    I was trying to figure out how Tampa remains so competitive, and I believe this is a big part of it.
  8. puckstopper1
    Some have mentioned a "winning June." I feel that ship might have already sailed with 3 loses (to the Orioles and Royals) to open the month and the Yankees and Astros on the horizon. That coupled with all the injuries and they way they played the first two months this season leaves for little optimism that June will be any different. I hope I'm wrong...
  9. puckstopper1
    SIGH!
  10. puckstopper1
    The first hope is that he can stay healthy. Secondly he needs to clean up his fielding as I don't believe the Twins anticipated his -dWAR when they signed him. As for his bat, it seems to play better when others are better around him. Having a stronger hitter behind him would help (like it would anyone), but as long a Rocco goes with his typical right-left-right line-up, it would be huge boost to Donaldson if Kiriloff, Polanco or perhaps Kepler got *really* hot. That plus a bit more "luck" on balls in play would be nice!
  11. puckstopper1
    Expectations for Duran will be thru the roof when he does join the Twins. It won't help him that his first name is pronounced the same as another legendary Twins starting pitcher, albeit it is spelled differently. ?
  12. puckstopper1
    I have also been a big critic of Sano. The story shows his hot streaks, but what about his cold ones? They are longer and horrible - including his poor playoff performances. But also as others have also stated, the Twins do not have anyone else better at this time, so I'm fine that they keep putting him in the lineup for now.
  13. puckstopper1
    Totally agree, Mike. Along with the Twins pitchers putting up firestones inning after inning, seeing them score 9 runs without any home runs is a very welcome sight!
  14. puckstopper1
    I have been as critical as anyone of Sano, but he has played a huge role in the past three wins. Keep it up, big guy!
  15. puckstopper1
    Excellent report, Allen. Thank you! Kind of surprised that you didn't mention that our old pal Kohl Stewart started for Iowa against the Saints. Glad to see that Gordon took him deep!
  16. puckstopper1
    Jeffers 0-4 with 4 K's. OUCH!
  17. puckstopper1
    The Twins went 0-for-10 with RISP, 'nuff said...
  18. puckstopper1
    Some thoughts/musings... 1) This team is brutal right now. 2) Congrats Trevor Larnach’ on getting your first big league hit. Hopefully many more to come! 3) Is Jorge Polanco turning the corner at the plate? Lets hope so. 4) I feel the Twins missed an opportunity to try and get Sano straightened out at the plate. A rehab assignment coming off the IL may have given him a chance to right himself with less pressure, etc. 5) This team is brutal right now
  19. puckstopper1
    Given his outing last night, it looks like Juan Minaya would fit right in with the current Twins pen...?
  20. puckstopper1
    Five games and Five losses yesterday throughout the system, and the bullpens were responsible for at least 3 of them. Not good.
  21. puckstopper1
    In looking at the bullpen usage it looks like Colome is rested and ready to close out tonights game. Lets hope the Twins have a 9 run lead at the time...
  22. puckstopper1
    Nine - what has Sano done recently that justifies him getting regular at-bats besides his ability to take a walk? Take out a 3-4 month hot streak in 2019 and his last 4 seasons at the plate have been wretched! I'd love to see him catch fire again, but how long do you wait / how many chances do you give him? And who loses at-bats while you give him the opportunity to do so?
  23. puckstopper1
    I completely agree Tar Heel! And so does my 86 year old Dad who has been following the Twins since they first came to town!
  24. puckstopper1
    I've said this before, but Sano needs to do on a LLLLLLLLOOOOOOONNNNNNGGGGGG rehab assignment before he returns. Give AK, Arraez, and Polanco (with a little bit of Tortuga tossed in) the at bats while manning LF, 2B and 1B for a while.
  25. puckstopper1
    Time to end the Shoemaker experiment...
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