Vanimal46

This guy Guzman is trying to hit an 800 ft HR. Try making some contact my dude.

You’ve got to be kidding me. What a horrendous decision to send him home.

Oh good. It’s all setting up for Pagan to pitch in the 2nd game.

I would give a blank check to the Yankees pitching coach. He makes lemonade out of discarded lemons. And his contract expires at the end of this year.

Put in Duffey you cowards!

Sloppy pick off attempt giving them a free base.

Bless your heart, Kepler.

Still waiting for that “put the team on my back” moment from Correa.

Rocco is most certainly a middle manager in this organization. He likely has some freedom with in-game decisions. For the most part, he has a mutually agreed upon plan with the FO on pitching workload, and resting schedules with the players. I would venture to guess 31 out of 32 managers have this same arrangement with their FO staff (can’t predict Colorado).

#1: The pitching pipeline depleting due to injury or performance. Winder, Ober, Alcala, Canterino, etc. getting injured for long periods of time. Balazovic and Sands taking massive steps back in AAA. #2: Emilio Pagan. Not even Alex Colomé single handedly caused as many losses as Pagan in a Twins uniform. #3: Alex Kirilloff. His career is at risk with his wrist injuries. We may never know if he’ll reach his star potential. #4: Miguel Sano. The last 3 seasons have been incredibly frustrating watching him play. Good riddance. #5: Derek Falvey. Trading for 2 high injury risk pitchers and both of them getting injured within 2-3 weeks after acquiring them.

I would assume this is the route they’ll go if MiLB joins the union. It was already trending this way cutting a number of minor league teams. One day I think we’ll see 4 levels. An international complex league, 1 A ball, 1 AA, and 1 AAA.

We made it. Week 1 is here! And it’s Packers week…

Did the Twins trade for a damaged goods pitcher again? Yikes. Didn’t turn on the game until I got a notification on my phone that Cease had a no hitter through 8. Perfect timing to see Nick Gordon get pummeled on the mound in the 9th. No hard feelings there… I want every team in baseball to embarrass any position player pitching.

Idk why Cease threw Arraez anything he could hit. Too bad.

Imagine thinking the Twins aren’t toast.

This is the kind of stuff I want to see every time a position player pitches. Make them embarrassed

- Baseball IQ makes someone a complete baseball player. Combining their physical skills with a deep understanding of basic and complex situations in a game. - It’s not something you’re born with. It comes with repetition, coaching, and individual study. Baseball IQ can click early on with a player, but it takes experience to keep improving this component. - Yes, there is a difference between experience and IQ. You’re placed into lots of difference game situations over time, but that doesn’t mean you learn from it. Example A: Miguel Sano swinging at sliders low and outside his entire career. - There are tons of examples of MLB players whose IQ is higher than their talent level. Kyle Hendricks has pitched for 9 years at the MLB level successfully with below average stuff. Drew Butera had a 12 year MLB career swinging a wet pool noodle for a bat. - I think we’ve all rooted at some point for a player with a low baseball IQ. There are a lot of athletes that come and go, but very few complete baseball players. Sorry to bring up Sano again but I think he was a supremely talented, low IQ baseball player.

Yankees sweep us, Twins win 2 out of 3 against Chicago, Twins win 1 out of 3 against Cleveland. 3-7.

Spencer Steer is getting called up to the Reds for September.

Not what I would describe as exciting September call ups.

September is tomorrow. Have we seen a “put the team on my back” moment from Correa this season? We sure could have used a star moment from him tonight.

Ihmir Smith-Marsette was waived now that Reager is on the team. 7 out of the 11 picks in the 2021 draft not on the 53 man roster. Amazing.

Mond is now on the Browns practice squad. Mannion on the Seahawks practice squad. And we just traded for WR Jalen Reager.

One of the things I miss when I lived out of state and watched on mlb.tv was park audio. No commentary, literally just sounds you’d hear if you were sitting at the stadium. I wish the option still existed on that platform and the regional sports networks. I think our broadcast crew is okay, nothing more or less. I roll my eyes at the occasional Bremergasm when a ball is caught at the warning track. I can’t recall any insight or story from the color analysts that made me think “wow, never knew that before.”

https://www.barrettsportsmedia.com/2022/08/30/diamond-sports-rsn-sale/ Diamond Sports, which owns 21 regional sports networks mostly under the Bally Sports brand, has as much as $8 billion in operating debt. Sinclair bought the regional sports networks from Disney in 2019 for $9.6 billion. Sports Business Journal reporter John Ourand reports companies who have considered buying the regional sports networks have predicted Diamond Sports Group will eventually file for bankruptcy, noting it would be a “worst-case scenario” for the NBA, MLB, NHL, and MLS teams whose games air on the channels.