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  1. Trov
    The Tigers offense is not very good. Not that ours is either. Outside of Meadows, Torkleson, and Cabrerra, who is only hitting singles, they have bad offense so far. The steal of the rule 5 draft that so many Twins fans have been crying about, Badoo, has been down right terrible at the plate. Baez back and healthy could help their offense, but outside of the few guys no one really scares you. Torkleson is really a 3 true outcome guy too. We really need someone other than Aaraez and Buck to step up at the plate though. Hopefully we can get some guys going soon.
  2. Trov
    I have not seen Encarnasio-Strand hit yet. He is putting up crazy numbers when he makes contact. That is most likely not sustainable, but not sure if he is getting lucky sometimes or everything he hits he just hits hard. The question is how will he adjust as teams adjust to him over the season. Is he a Rosarrio type that will swing at everything but still make decent contact or will he just start whiff as more and more breaking pitches are thrown his way out of the zone. I have a strong feeling he will start to struggle as teams make him show he will take out of the zone. Maybe not, but he is at just A ball right now. I am excited of what he could bring, but until he does it at higher levels and for a long stretch I will just keep wondering.
  3. Trov
    When he is healthy, I would say he is one of the best overall, when you include his base stealing/running, and defense. His double the other day was a single for just about every other player, but he knew the right fielder would be throwing toward home, and even when hitting the cut-off Buck got all the way to 2nd without a throw. It was crazy, and really should be talked about more how good a play he made there. 99% of guys would have just jogged out to 1st and maybe round it just in case the throw was getting airmailed. However, now teams will have to decided, should we throw just to 2nd and not even think about drawing a throw home because Buck will go to 2nd even if you throw to cut. The question for the last couple years is can he stay on the field. The fact that he got hurt sliding into a base really raises concerns. Hopefully he will be on the field for 150 games because he is a huge difference maker.
  4. Trov
    I sure hope that if Urshela, Sanchez, Sano, and Larnach do not produce the Twins will not hesitate to make some changes quickly. Larnach can go across the river if needed to work on whatever is leading to his issues, but the others, DFA or trade if they continue to fail. We have guys that can come up and do at minimum what they are doing. I could see Lewis or Miranda at 3rd, and Lewis or Martin in LF with just about anyone at 1b and DH with someone filling in as backup catcher. The 4 listed do not offer enough defense to make up for below average offense. They are in the line up for the offense and if they cannot do it, do not hesitate to try and find someone who can.
  5. Trov
    It may be that I have only heard Bremer on the TV for Twins my whole life, but I do think he is good at what he does. I have listened to some bad play by play guys. In the early 2000's Dick and Bert were great. However, Bert got old and did not adapt to the game, and just sounded like old man complaining that it is not like in his day. The partners Dick gets now are not very good, which is hard for Dick to really do well when he has nothing to play off of. Dick has adapted to the game and gets his audience has adapted as well. He still likes some old school style, but he gets the change that has happened. I just do not understand why broadcasts always feel the need to have the color guy be an ex player or manager. I get they need to know about the game, but there are many trained broadcasters that never played in majors that know the game. They could provide just as much incite but in a better way. For some reason years ago it was decided in all sports broadcasts the color guy would be some ex player with name brand. All too often they are terrible at the job. Some are great at it, but many are terrible.
  6. Trov
    How so? I can think of 1 game where he would possibly made a difference, that being the blown save by Duffy. The other blown lead by Duffy it is unlikely Rodgers gets the nod. If you can point to any other games the pen blew that Rodgers would have pitched in please point them out.
  7. Trov
    Remember when people were tearing into Twins for Ryan being the opening day starter? Who has been the best starter on the team so far? Overall our starters have done well, but he has been the best. I bet he could have went another inning or two for sure, but will take the win either way. Early season sure, but if you had to pick Berrios or Ryan right now who would be your preferred starter?
  8. Trov
    The early returns on Yankees trade is tilting Twins, despite neither player we got doing great, Donaldson is doing terrible. In terms of the Gray for Petty trade, time will tell if we made a mistake or not. High school pitchers are so hard to project. He is doing fine first 11 innings in A ball for Reds.
  9. Trov
    He started off a little slow, but picking it up. I have huge expectations for his hitting game, just where he will play on defense will be the question. He bat should play at the majors.
  10. Trov
    I hope his new eye at the plate is not just SSS and when teams start to pitch him different that he will not regress.
  11. Trov
    Everyone on here was worried about starting pitching coming into the year. There was a few guys they wanted us to have over who we have so far. The few other guys have done well, but overall so has our starting pitching. Even if we got Manea, or Rondon both we still would be losing. Until our bats can score any runs we will never win. What I am most worried about is if our offense start clicking that is when our pitching will start to falter. This is how last year went, we never had all areas firing at the same time. If we pitched well, we could not hit. If the starter gave us a chance to win the pen blew it. If pen was going well and hitting was going well our starters could not get through 2 innings. I know it is early, but this terrible offense is not fun to watch at all.
  12. Trov
    I know early in year, but Berrios is doing terrible in 3 starts with Jays, 11.1 innings pitched 11 Ks with a 2 whip, and 6.69 FIP. Not saying he will not bounce back, but right now I would say Twins made a good trade last year as he would have little value right now. Also, Jays on hook for 7 more years. I do not wish Berrios anything bad, but I sure hope we win the trade and Woods Richardson sure is looking good so far. Yes he is doing in minors and Berrios in Majors, but every one of our starters have done better than Berrios has so far.
  13. Trov
    If Correa continues to hit sub .200 with OPS of .586I think he opts in for next year, so I would not say he is a lock to walk. Also, if he continues to hit like that we will be a bottom feeding team again as well. The most frustrating about our hitting prospects is our stacked OF list has not performed for various reasons and now our future OF hitters look terrible right now. Of course Marten, or Lewis could get shifted there if no IF spots are open when they come up. Also corner OF is easiest to fill from trades or FA so not too worried there.
  14. Trov
    I do not understand how shifting Buck to DH would fix the issue presented. He got hurt, to what level it is, while running the bases after hitting. So if the goal is to keep him in lineup hitting, how does just DH him help this, as it was hitting that led to the issue? Last year as well, he hurt his hip running the bases, and he was hit by a pitch later on. Yes, he has got some injuries in the field over his career, but many has been from hitting and running bases too. I believe he broke a toe on a foul ball, hurt a hand on a slide once, as noted hurt hip running bases, been hit by pitches. If he was routinely getting hurt running into walls or on dives in the field I would say this idea is worth entertaining, but the fact that a lot of his value is in his defense, and there is not evidence to suggest that making him just a hitter would reduce injuries to almost none, then why lose his value in the field?
  15. Trov
    How long before Lewis gets the call up? No he will not take over for Correa, but he can play 3rd, or OF if his bat plays well, just put him in the MLB line up. Right now he would be better than what we have been throwing out there.
  16. Trov
    I did not watch the game last night, but how many times will Duffy keep getting higher leverage chances? Also, why does Rocco hate Gordon so much? He pinch hit for him early in game to get Garlick into the game against a lefty. Garlick has shown no reason to trust him this year. I get lefty lefty can be issues, but Gordon has yet to get a fair shot in actual game action for extended period. He is always first to be pulled. I am not saying Gordon is going to be amazing, but Rocco is not willing to even give him a fair shot for some reason.
  17. Trov
    Read update on Krillioff showed no new injury. That is very concerning to me that this will be a long term injury he will need to learn how to play through or never be what he could be.
  18. Trov
    He is who he is. We know who he is. You either play him or cut him. Sitting him does nothing. He has always been a guy on long slumps and long hot streaks. He will never make the changes we all want. Personally I am for cutting him to give Arraez more playing time, but do not just bench him.
  19. Trov
    Kirilloff issue is a huge deal. The fact that he had surgery and has never had pain free swing is huge. This may end his career, or greatly reduce what he may have been. Prior to his injury last year, he made great contact and hit the ball very hard. Since, it has just not had the same sound. Even if he thinks he can play through the pain, it clearly affects him. The fact that surgery did not fix it is worrisome. I had huge hopes for Kirilloff, but now I do not expect he will do much. Maybe he can get a new surgery that does the job, but he will be on the shelf again for months. I do not see how waiting will do any good if he spent all off-season feeling pain but did not address it. I think this is a huge loss and I do not expect him to play, at least not at a high level, the rest of this season if not his career. I know some will say I am overblowing this, but he needs to have pain free swings in his wrist to be productive. Having a full year of this without pain free swings even after surgery means it is unlikely he ever will.
  20. Trov
    I guess you know Kershaw's body/arm better than him. He told the manager he would be done. He was asked how he felt and if wanted to keep going in the 6th inning. He said give me 1 more inning around 80 to 85 pitches. Guess the manager should have told him, nope I do not care how you feel Kershaw, you can make history here so go out there pitch tell you either give it up, your arm is injured, or game is over. If Kershaw told his manager he was good to go and wanted to try it, then I would have some level of agreement with you, as you should trust the person and what they say, but he said he would be done.
  21. Trov
    Paddock looked terrible to start. Could not find the zone. He did not get a few possible called strikes, maybe Jeffers would have helped that. The fact the team was going to need to let the pen rest it was nice to see him recover to at least fight through a few innings. Still terrible start. New guy stepped to eat up some innings. Yes he got stretched out and got blown up in 8th but he did what was needed in this game. Lets hope the road helps get some of these bats going because we need more than Buck to hit if we want to compete.
  22. Trov
    I see no space for Upton. He hits lefties fine still at this point in career, but negative against righties, and in the field. So the only positive you get is the few times he would play against left handed pitchers for the maybe 2 to 3 at bats he gets that game. Why would you use up a valuable roster spot on a guy with very limited times he would be better than a replacement player?
  23. Trov
    Archer was effective last night, but not great. He was all over the place with command. His velo was up from recent years, which is a plus, but he will need to get his command back or some games he will get blown up bad.
  24. Trov
    At this point, if he can hold down DH, that is where I would want to see him most. He has not looked good at 3rd early on. I do not know if it will get better over time, maybe if he had a single position he could work on exclusively that could help, but he was never known for his glove. His bat needs to be in the line up, he gives great at-bats every time. He may not always get on base but he never gives an at-bat away. He will work counts, foul balls off over and over. Sanchez has not shown he will give you competitive at-bats each time out.
  25. Trov
    Without Buck explaining his comment more everyone is just speculating. He did not name names or say anyone in particular. He did not even say it was different from start of last season. Sometimes when teams are losing it leads to bad club house too. Yes, Donaldson is known to say things that rub people wrong way, never reported that I know of to be his teammates though. I have long argued good clubhouse is important in baseball though. Unlike in some other sports, baseball you spend every day, including weekends, with your teammates from late February to hopefully late October. Unlike people with normal jobs we get weekends away from co-workers we do not like, or can change jobs easier.
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