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  1. Vanimal46
    Romo’s frisbee has been off the mark his last 3 outings. He was lucky to squeak by the first 2 without a ton of damage, and the pendulum swung the other way last night. It still feels like most of the players are trying to catch up to MLB pitching, except Sano and Cruz. Clevenger challenged our hitters with letter high and above fastballs and succeeded. Last year the Twins feasted on that pitch and sent a majority of them over the fence.
  2. Vanimal46
    It’s annoying that the Royals have the Twins’ number this year. KC isn’t a particularly good team but manage to give the Twins their best effort every game.
  3. Vanimal46
    Congrats to Jeffers who had a memorable MLB debut! Berrios’ outing is very encouraging, but it can’t just be one start. We need to see this on a consistent basis.
  4. Vanimal46
    Concur. Romo looks comfortable closing out games this year, and should remain in that role. I like Duffey in the fireman role who can come in anytime to shut down a rally. Rogers should spend a couple of weeks in low/mid leverage outings to get his swagger back.
  5. Vanimal46
    It’s difficult to consistently keep their sinkers down in the zone. If that trickles up an inch or 2, that pitch is ending up in the 3rd deck. I still have nightmares about Carlos Silva. He was able to keep his sinker down during the 2005 season and had a career season. The very next season he couldn’t locate his sinker and his ERA ballooned to 5.94. As you said, not having an out pitch is the big concern. Without that, Dobnak is walking a tight rope every time he pitches.
  6. Vanimal46
    If the playoffs started today I would trust Maeda as the game 1 starter. Berrios is still young enough to cling on to hope and potential, but he’s not there yet. He’s looking like Scott Baker more than what you’d consider an ace. Dobnak’s been great for 50 MLB innings. I simply don’t trust sinker pitchers to last. We’ve seen it time and time again. For now I’ll keep quiet and see how long the Cinderella run lasts.
  7. Vanimal46
    Berrios is a liability this year. It’s disappointing to see the regression.
  8. Vanimal46
    Depends on if you think the 2020 season matters, or if it’s just an exhibition. If it’s the former, give them all some time and see who clicks at the plate. If it’s the latter, leave them on the St Paul squad and wait until next year to start their service time clock.
  9. Vanimal46
    This probably doesn’t bode well for Nick Gordon, who just got cut in line for potential MLB playing time.
  10. Vanimal46
    I'll be surprised if any major trades happen this year. And I would consider every name mentioned in the OP as a major trade in 2020. What owners are willing to take on additional expenses this year? Slim to none. What owners are willing to cut costs? 100% of them.
  11. Vanimal46
    I don’t know why we had to open up this old wound again. Hated the trade at the time, still hate it today.
  12. Vanimal46
    And the Twins aren’t considering quarantine??
  13. Vanimal46
    In one week of MLB play, 15 games have been postponed and 8 teams affected by scheduling conflicts due to covid. How are they going to make up these games? And when is it going to be bad enough to pull the plug on the season?
  14. Vanimal46
    The latter, hopefully. What a shame. Dude can never catch a break.
  15. Vanimal46
    I’m really not looking forward when we inevitably normalize a player testing positive for covid and added to the IL. Followed up with discussing the strategy of who will take their spot in the lineup. Makes me very uneasy to be frank.
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  17. Vanimal46
    2 months of public negotiations and horrible PR, only to go back to the original agreement. As Tom said, this was supposed to be the easy part. These heated negotiations have lost the casual fans... probably some diehards too. I can’t get my hopes up with this development. They have a ton of work to do outlining health and safety protocols. NBA/NHL have been focusing on nothing but that since March and still can’t figure it out.
  18. Vanimal46
    Burying the lede on the David Wells blurb.... Dude was either still drunk or very hungover the day he threw that perfect game. And it was a beanie baby giveaway day!
  19. Vanimal46
    Worst case, if this whole professional thing doesn’t work out for him, he’ll be the GOAT in any slow pitch softball league!
  20. Vanimal46
    If it’s going to be just 50 games then let’s truly make this an experimental season... Robot umps, automated strike zones, pitch clock, etc. Let’s implement all of the ideas that have been tossed around the last couple of years and see what actually works.
  21. Vanimal46
    Nevermind. I got fooled by how the owners are splicing up the funds. All they’ve been doing is repackaging the same proposal over and over again.
  22. Vanimal46
    Here’s an excellent thread that lays out the difference between the latest proposals over the last couple of weeks. The latest proposal of 76 games for the first time gives me hope the owners actually want to negotiate.
  23. Vanimal46
    Lol yep! Only I alone get to decide what’s right and what’s wrong in this country. Drew Brees thinks kneeling = disrespecting the flags and troops. His teammates, the people he spends a vast majority of his time with, used kneeling to bring awareness to police brutality on black people. He took the symbol BLM used to peacefully protest and made it about himself and his beliefs. The timing of his comments are bad. His comments were insensitive and dismissive of what’s going on in the world.
  24. Vanimal46
    What’s the cut off age when you’re supposed to know what’s appropriate and what’s not? I’m 30. Am I in the group with Drew Brees who should know better? Or am I in Max Kepler’s group who can post something stupid then backtrack saying I don’t know politics ✌️
  25. Vanimal46
    His opinion doesn't matter because it's wrong. I didn't think this was hard to understand. Athletes have been saying for years exactly why they kneel during the national anthem. It's his fault for not listening.
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