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- Thread starter SoapyCy
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No offence, but first Kimbrel wont pitch in a game for at least a couple weeks (at bare minimum, could be a month). Second, no one is prepared to go out into a 7th inning that was postponed for over 1 1/2 hours.
None taken. Just commenting that some bullpen help would be good. Not that Parker has been bad, but more pitching wouldn't hurt anybody.
RÓŻYCKI! How great has it been to watch him and Polanco show they are worth the money the Twins gave them this off season?
Two more doubles in a 3/3 night for Jorge Polanco. It was his 35th multi-hit game and he leads the league at a .341 clip.
As Bert Blyleven said-- "Just keep hitting baby."
As Bert Blyleven said-- "Just keep hitting baby."
Trevor May, Tyler Duffey and Mike Morin seem to be settling in pretty well with Taylor Rogers in the bullpen. Harper hasn't been bad either. Hopefully Parker just had a hiccup. Right when they needed them too as the starters have faltered a little.
Who had Odorizzi as the 2nd best pitcher in baseball this year? When he outpitched Verlander in that 1-0 game, that's when I started to believe this team might not be a small sample size fluke.
Who had Odorizzi as the 2nd best pitcher in baseball this year? When he outpitched Verlander in that 1-0 game, that's when I started to believe this team might not be a small sample size fluke.
It feels like they need one starter and one reliever. The back end of the rotation seems to be falling off. I don't think they can expect to blast HRs throughout the playoffs and there will always be that 2-1 game that requires some tough outs from the pitching staff.
They could certainly use a reliever. Depending upon Perez, they may need a starter.
They seem to have embraced the modern concept of how to use relievers in high leverage situations but they could really use an old school closer that you know won't blow a 2 or 3 run 9th inning lead.
Three lefty relievers, SanFran's Smith, Wash's Doolittle, and Cleveland's Hand, are rumored to be trade bait. All three could help the Twins, but Hand's $10 million on the last year of his contract might be too rich for them. They could get Smith relatively cheap.
ESPN article attributing some of the Twins success to a more laid back, at your own pace approach.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/26941983/how-relaxed-twins-rewriting-hr-hitting-history
Sano and Rosario have some quotes that paint Molitor as rigid in his approach.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/26941983/how-relaxed-twins-rewriting-hr-hitting-history
Sano and Rosario have some quotes that paint Molitor as rigid in his approach.
And there have been some great ones in that role.....Reardon, Aguilera, Guardado, Nathan.
Which made me think of Ron Davis, and some absolutely agonizing 9th innings.
