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I totally admit I hadn't heard of Thielbar until just now, but having looked up his track record in the minors, it looks excellent. You could argue that he's been a bit old for each level of the...

Isn't there like FanGraphs search or something that could figure that out? I'm not good with that stuff, but it seems doable.

Now in Year 4, I really don't think of Target Field as a park that...

I didn't think he was actually as bad as last year's numbers suggested (and his ability to block balls in the dirt still seemed average at the very least), but there were throwing issues last year...

Yeah, I feel like this argument is about 4 years past its prime. Granted, I used to say the same thing over and over again, but I feel like whenever you hear that now, 80% of that is directed at...

I've never heard this logic applied to any team before, let alone the Twins, but I don't find it particularly useful. What you are paying a player in a given year has much more to do with the...

I agree on the game pace thing, but I seriously doubt that it can be mentioned as a reason they would demote him. Vance Worley is another offender in this regard, so there could be some long,...

This could all change in a week, obviously (case in point: Aaron Hicks' performance), but after watching Arcia (22 yrs old on May 9th) play just a few games, can anyone with say any confidence that...

I just have zero interest in this. It's like the people who get worked up over Jamey Carroll not playing.

Omar Vizquel got some run with Toronto as a 45-year-old last year, but he's also one of...

Weather sucks everywhere right now. Games in Detroit and Chicago were cancelled yesterday while the Twins played TWO games. (Coincidentally, from parts of the same system that cost us the game on...

Totally in agreement with Mason on this one, though he's certainly not offering anything new or unique with that viewpoint.

Minnesotans are predisposed to complain about what they have, versus...

All of that may be true, and we've seen at least SOME evidence that Hicks can swing a confident bat in the minors.

But "taking a lot walks" is not, in and of itself, a useful or reliable skill. ...

Great points, Seth. Still, I'm really not concerned about what they do with Carroll. We've arguably gotten everything and more we could have expected out of him, but he's a career utility guy and...

I would think so too. I cringed when I saw Dave St. Peter tweeting people at 5pm who were asking if they should make a 2-hour drive to the game, and he told them it would be on. It was strange that...

I had the same thought - the "convenience store robber" facemask didn't give the impression he was too comfortable, and the way he kind of threw his glove at the ball kind of suggested he was worried...

I've been trying to get worked up about this, but the fact is that he dominated AA, even if only for 69 games, and he's murdering the ball early in AAA this year. He'll be 22 in May, and if we're at...

Aaron Gleeman was right about this, but not for the reasons I thought he might be right. I wasn't overly concerned about the arbitration stuff or the 2019 free agency. But if he's going to play...

Not sure it's the same people making both arguments, but amen brother! Let's have a honest discussion about what Ben Revere was. He played two full seasons with OPS of .619 and .675. The guy was...

According to Darren Wolfson of 1500 ESPN, the Twins are "kicking the tires on" outfielder Julio Borbon.

Borbon was designated...

I've seen him both live (Opening Day) and on TV, though that's obviously a very small sample size. The funny thing is that he's NOT Carlos Gomez up there - he actually is taking pitches and working...

This makes me really irritated. I just watched that play several times on MLB At-Bat. On one view, they had the camera isolated on Hicks the whole time. Hicks busted down the first baseline and...

I guess where I'm still confused though (and maybe I shouldn't be) is how they actually get more money from that. Target Field isn't "small" capacity-wise. Game 2 had the lowest attendance ever and...

Great comments. I don't consider this so much a thread about "Opening Day" as it is about the state of Target Field entering Year 4 (wow, already?) and the things that are new for this season.
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I saw the quotes live and thought it was pretty consistent with Gardy's role as a "player's manager". When he started talking about this being "Correia's game" and he "deserved" the right to get out...

It's been a very pleasant surprise, and it's nothing but good for the team and keeping some level of interest for the rest of the season. That opening series last year in Baltimore was SO bad, and...

I agree with Brock that Gardy generally manages the bullpen using defined "roles" as crutches and playing for stats instead of the absolute maximization of our chances of winning. But I also agree...