Nice to see the Twinks knock degrom around. I was beginning to think that guy wasn’t human.
Twins don’t seem to miss the fat kid at third.
Anybody else notice a different sound when the bat hits the ball? Can’t tell if the microphones are different, balls are different or the bats are different. MLB could be messing with the balls to get more homeruns I suppose. Or maybe they are letting the guys juice again.
Good to have baseball back.
Anybody else notice a different sound when the bat hits the ball? Can’t tell if the microphones are different, balls are different or the bats are different. MLB could be messing with the balls to get more homeruns I suppose.
Good guess!
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/48260/moonshot-the-baseball-is-juiced-again/
and remember that our best hitter (Cruz) has been sitting on the bench the last 3 games due to no DH in National league. I know it’s still early, but this team seems to be for real. How good do the GM’s look after signing Polanco and Kepler to the team friendly 5 years deals?
Sano will add much more protection in the lineup and hopefully come upto bat with men on base. We really need a better answer at 2nd base though…that’s our biggest gap right now…
They have Lewis & Gordon in the minors that they are betting on.
and remember that our best hitter (Cruz) has been sitting on the bench the last 3 games due to no DH in National league. I know it’s still early, but this team seems to be for real. How good do the GM’s look after signing Polanco and Kepler to the team friendly 5 years deals?
Sano will add much more protection in the lineup and hopefully come upto bat with men on base. We really need a better answer at 2nd base though…that’s our biggest gap right now…
I know he hasn’t started off hot but Schoop did hit 2 hrs last night. His swing is looking better as the games go by and I think he will put up Dozier like numbers, and Dozier went through many slumps longer than Schoop has starting out this season. Not really even sure you can call Schoop’s a slump yet. The bullpen will still be our biggest issue. Scoring runs will not.
Nice to see the Twinks knock degrom around. I was beginning to think that guy wasn’t human.
Twins don’t seem to miss the fat kid at third.
Anybody else notice a different sound when the bat hits the ball? Can’t tell if the microphones are different, balls are different or the bats are different. MLB could be messing with the balls to get more homeruns I suppose. Or maybe they are letting the guys juice again.
Good to have baseball back.
Yeah, it sounded like the old man from Bull Durham was in the booth cracking the hammers together!
<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>eyeguy507 wrote:</div>
I’m finally able to enjoy watching baseball again. It’s refreshing to see a front office who doesn’t endorse the Gardy way. Also helps that Joe Manure hung up his cleats. Make the Twins Great Again should be the motto this season.It’s funny you say that because the “Gardy Way” is exactly how they are winning games. Great defense, putting the ball in play, and great base running. They have 5 or 6 home runs the whole year which is what we all thought would carry the team. The last two years I couldn’t figure out how Molitor (one of the most fundamentally sound players ever) couldn’t get his teams to play with ANY fundamentals. Glad to see him gone as well.
Clearly they are getting better pitching but during Gardy’s tenure that was Rick Anderson’s fault. He might be the worst pitching coach in history.
That being said, I hope their bats wake up a little and they start putting up runs like we expected this season.
They may be winning with small ball and fundamentals but we are a couple weeks into the season. I am referring to Gardy baseball as slap the ball to the opposite field and pitch to contact. Now they have 6 guys that can easily hit 30 plus dongs and some arms that can actually hit 95 on the gun. Quite the opposite. I quit watching this $hitshow as I couldn’t take this gardy garbage anymore. I told myself I would get back on the wagon once the goldenboy left so here I am and these guys are looking good. All that had to happen was Joey and Gardy leaving. This Astudillo kid is a freakin stud by the way!
Let me know when your new heroes can achieve what Gardy & Mauer did in their careers.
Well this game got embarrassing fast. Horrible move by Baldelli bringing in a rookie with a handful of games last year into a situation like that. What a joke.
Rookie move for sure 
Expect a lot of that. Baldelli has no experience so he will make mistakes. But you also expect big league pitchers to be able to throw SOME strikes.
Expect a lot of that. Baldelli has no experience so he will make mistakes. But you also expect big league pitchers to be able to throw SOME strikes.
That was the problem. He didn’t bring in a big league pitcher.
That you can blame on Falvey. You can only play what you are given.
That was a rough one for sure. Of course I turn on the game in the bottom of the 5th 
That you can blame on Falvey. You can only play what you are given.
He had a whole bullpen of major league relievers. The guy he chose just got called up today and has about 5 MLB appearances. To bring him in with the bases loaded in NYC is about the worst situation to bring a kid into. The kid should be able to throw strikes regardless, but he never should’ve been in the ballgame. AND Baldelli played the game long enough and was a good enough player to know that situation wasn’t going to go well.
And if the kid comes in and strikes out the side what does that do for his confidence? This also was the 4th inning, they had a long way to go. If the kid had to play it was probably best to do it early in case things went sideways.
That you can blame on Falvey. You can only play what you are given.
He has one of the best left handed relievers in baseball sitting in the bullpen that never got the opportunity because he chose someone else. I’m a huge fan of using your best relievers in any spot throughout the game, not just saving them for the 8th and 9th. Today is exactly why. Terrible move before Vasquez even threw his first pitch.
And this is coming from a guy who couldn’t stand Molitor because he would have pulled the same stunt. So frustrating to watch
I was lucky, I watch every game except when Jake Odorizzi pitches. I can not believe we can not have somebody else pitch besides him. One thing with the Twins, it seems they don’t give up. They could of easily packed it in facing Syndegard, but at least they made a game of it from the recap.
I was lucky, I watch every game except when Jake Odorizzi pitches. I can not believe we can not have somebody else pitch besides him. One thing with the Twins, it seems they don’t give up. They could of easily packed it in facing Syndegard, but at least they made a game of it from the recap.
For once I don’t really believe that Odorizzi was the main issue. Sure, he lost control in the bottom of the 5th, so by all means call a spade a spade. Up until that point though he’d only thrown what, 52 pitches and a goose egg for the Mets?
<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Dutchboy wrote:</div>
That you can blame on Falvey. You can only play what you are given.He has one of the best left handed relievers in baseball sitting in the bullpen that never got the opportunity because he chose someone else. I’m a huge fan of using your best relievers in any spot throughout the game, not just saving them for the 8th and 9th. Today is exactly why. Terrible move before Vasquez even threw his first pitch.
Amen. Use your best pitchers in the highest leverage situations, seems pretty simple…
Can’t get much hotter than Rosario is. See the ball, smash the ball. 
Let me know when your new heroes can achieve what Gardy & Mauer did in their careers.
Listen, Joey was good up until he signed that contract, then he loafed the rest of his career. Whether it was the concussions or his bi lateral weakness, he was an aweful leader. Gardy had his guys and didn’t care if he had better options. It was his way or the highway and he refused to adapt to today’s game. He was using TK’s strategy of small ball from the 80’s which worked then but no chance it will today. Gardy’s post season record 6-21. Joey Baseball’s post season .286 0 hr 1 rbi in 39 plate appearances. Regular season achievements are for individual success. These new heroes sure are fun to watch!
My bad. I didn’t read in his contract where it said he needed to be a leader, homerun hitter or RBI guy. I thought the contract was for being the best hitter and top 5 catcher in baseball before the injury’s.
The way you rant about Mauer you would think it was the worse contract ever signed in professional sports.
Tough series against the Jays, but nice bounce back against the Orioles. Taking both games of a double header, including 8 dingers in the 2nd game is impressive.
My bad. I didn’t read in his contract where it said he needed to be a leader, homerun hitter or RBI guy. I thought the contract was for being the best hitter and top 5 catcher in baseball before the injury’s.
The way you rant about Mauer you would think it was the worse contract ever signed in professional sports.
not the worst….he had an amazing season before so he timed it perfect then loafed. Joe was a great singles hitter, pitch taker and double play leader with all those grounders. If you are getting paid $23’000’000 you better be able to lead your team! man it is sure fun watching these young guys smash the ball!
Cautiously optimistic on the Twins. Tough Toronto series but then they go on the road and sweep a bad O’s team. A average or below average team goes to Baltimore and goes 2-1 or 1-2. This team still needs bullpen help, smoke and mirrors right now with May, Parker, et all. Kimbrel is still sitting at home and we’re in first, come on Twins!!
Let me know when your new heroes can achieve what Gardy & Mauer did in their careers.
Mauer had a very good personal career, but Gardy?
I mean, I guess he won some division titles with a really good team in a bad division. But if you have a coach who couldn’t make the playoffs with a core of Mauer/Morneau/Cuddyer/Hunter/Santana/Liriano/Nathan…
I never got the love for him, those team’s floor should have been a playoff berth, but their ceiling was definitely higher than immediate first round exits every season.
Waaaayyyy too early to know what this team or staff will be though. They are fun to watch right now though!
<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Dutchboy wrote:</div>
Let me know when your new heroes can achieve what Gardy & Mauer did in their careers.Mauer had a very good personal career, but Gardy?
I mean, I guess he won some division titles with a really good team in a bad division. But if you have a coach who couldn’t make the playoffs with a core of Mauer/Morneau/Cuddyer/Hunter/Santana/Liriano/Nathan…
I never got the love for him, those team’s floor should have been a playoff berth, but their ceiling was definitely higher than immediate first round exits every season.
Waaaayyyy too early to know what this team or staff will be though. They are fun to watch right now though!
Gardy’s problem wasn’t his coaching. It was that idiot with the mustache standing next to him torpedoing the pitching staff.
Gardy’s problem wasn’t his coaching. It was that idiot with the mustache standing next to him torpedoing the pitching staff.
Anderson was bad but please, there were lots of problems with Gardy’s time with the Twins and the most telling and painful one will always be this:
Jason Tyner, who has a career SLG% of .323, started 36 games as DH under Gardy.
Now back to the 2019 team, they are pretty fun to watch – whole team hits and plays defense really well and pitching is good in spots but that bullpen is super shaky, as expected. I still think they need to make a trade for a 7th/8th inning guy along with Romero to come up and pitch well soon, just need more dependable arms back there.
<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>philtickelson wrote:</div>
<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Dutchboy wrote:</div>
Let me know when your new heroes can achieve what Gardy & Mauer did in their careers.Mauer had a very good personal career, but Gardy?
I mean, I guess he won some division titles with a really good team in a bad division. But if you have a coach who couldn’t make the playoffs with a core of Mauer/Morneau/Cuddyer/Hunter/Santana/Liriano/Nathan…
I never got the love for him, those team’s floor should have been a playoff berth, but their ceiling was definitely higher than immediate first round exits every season.
Waaaayyyy too early to know what this team or staff will be though. They are fun to watch right now though!
Gardy’s problem wasn’t his coaching. It was that idiot with the mustache standing next to him torpedoing the pitching staff.
I won’t disagree with that! I mean, they had some talented pitchers in that timeframe, but I’m sure they could have built a MUCH more complete bullpen/rotation if they targeted pitchers who weren’t pitch to contact slowballers.
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