Game 24 - Twins @ Angels - 5/2/12

[twinsnorth49]

Liam Hendricks....Twins top pitching prospect.

How does that make you feel?

Pretty good actually, because he's still just that, a prospect. He shouldn't be here and this is what happens when you rush prospects. He still has a lot of upside.

[one_eyed_jack]

Assuming the Angels hold on (i.e., absent divine intervention) there will be 17 teams with at least as many road wins as the Twins have wins.

Depressing. I wasn't expecting miracles this year, but I honestly thought this team was better than last year, and certainly capable of playing better than .250 baseball.

Oh well, maybe it's a blessing in disguise that we'll probably be out of it by Mother's Day. Now the front office won't be laboring under the illusion that we're 1 or 2 players away from competing this year.

Barring a major turnaround, I'm thinking fire sale at the deadline, major overhaul in the offseason.

[twinsnorth49]

I'd give my left nut for a guy like Weaver.

[wreakshavok]

The bottom 4 guys in this lineup couldn't get jobs for most AAA teams. Carroll, at age 38, should'e retired last year and does not deserve more than 2 starts a week.

omg ...Carroll might not swing a big bat but he is straight up money with the leather ....990% fielding pct.

[twinsnorth49]

Nice catch Clete..............there I said something nice.

[striker_86]

Assuming the Angels hold on (i.e., absent divine intervention) there will be 17 teams with at least as many road wins as the Twins have wins.

Depressing. I wasn't expecting miracles this year, but I honestly thought this team was better than last year, and certainly capable of playing better than .250 baseball.

Oh well, maybe it's a blessing in disguise that we'll probably be out of it by Mother's Day. Now the front office won't be laboring under the illusion that we're 1 or 2 players away from competing this year.

Barring a major turnaround, I'm thinking fire sale at the deadline, major overhaul in the offseason.

yeah, this is rough. Another bad series. Can we win a game against Seattle? I don't know

[TwinsGuy55422]

Good inning by Perkins.

[TwinsGuy55422]

At least they're battling their tails off....

[USAFChief]

Pretty good actually, because he's still just that, a prospect. He shouldn't be here and this is what happens when you rush prospects. He still has a lot of upside.

Ridiculous. What upside? He might someday be a servicable back of the rotataion starter, if everything goes right?

[Ultima Ratio]

Will we break up the no hitter in the ninth???

[Top Gun]

Doc & Hanson can't pitch but, Phillies & Braves sure can hit. Baseball can't be played on paper you got to do it on the field.

[Bark's Lounge]

I'd give my left nut for a guy like Weaver.

Is there a difference between right and left? The Twins have obviously been castrated - no right or left nuts required.

[striker_86]

if anyone breaks it up its going to be Span to extend the hitting streak to 13 games....

[TwinsGuy55422]

It looked good off Alexi's bat but it was not to be.

[USAFChief]

Just when you're convinced this team can go no lower...they put their back into it and dig the trench down another foot or two.

[Ultima Ratio]

How does a team fall so far so quickly? Nice game Weaver. The ball was coming out of his hand really well.

[twinsnorth49]

Ridiculous. What upside? He might someday be a servicable back of the rotataion starter, if everything goes right?

He's 23 years old and can throw 5 different pitches, he can be a solid #4 guy, give him time. I'd also mention I don't believe he's our top prospect, I think that still goes to Gibson. As far as ridiculous goes, think what you like, you're entitled, people who live in glass houses though................

[twinsnorth49]

Kinda fitting though, don't you think? No pitching and now officially no hitting...............Elvis has left the building.

[one_eyed_jack]

So that's what a legitimate top-of-the-rotation starter looks like.....

[one_eyed_jack]

Good Lord is this depressing. A starting rotation that would get lit up by a lot of Division 3 college teams. A lineup the features at least 3 automatic outs every night. A closer that can't close and a defense full of guys playing out of position.

Talk about a recipe for disaster. It's like watching a troop of drunken baboons trying to hump a doorknob.