Twins Off Season Commentary

[powerchord86]

"Pinto appears to have won an Opening Day roster spot following the Twins' series of roster moves Monday, Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com reports.
Barring a late-spring acquisition of more veteran depth, Pinto and Kurt Suzuki will open the season as the only two catchers on the Twins' roster. While Suzuki is expected to begin with the larger supply of playing time, Pinto presents significantly more offensive upside and it may only be a matter of time before the roles reverse and Pinto takes over as the primary backstop in Minnesota."

Rotowire Mon, Mar 24

 

[powerchord86]

Kubel is expected to make the Opening Day roster for the Twins out of spring training, Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com reports.

Kuuuuube!

 

[buckamania]

"Pinto appears to have won an Opening Day roster spot following the Twins' series of roster moves Monday, Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com reports.
Barring a late-spring acquisition of more veteran depth, Pinto and Kurt Suzuki will open the season as the only two catchers on the Twins' roster. While Suzuki is expected to begin with the larger supply of playing time, Pinto presents significantly more offensive upside and it may only be a matter of time before the roles reverse and Pinto takes over as the primary backstop in Minnesota."

Rotowire Mon, Mar 24

Here's hoping for them! (and us)

 

[buckamania]

Kubel is expected to make the Opening Day roster for the Twins out of spring training, Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com reports.

Kuuuuube!

"Thisssss" is the great mystery of 2014, "Can Kubel return to form, or is he shot?) Personally, I liked him because he played well and kept his trap shut. He had to have been a manager's dream. Why did Gardy let him go, along with Cuddy, Revere, & Span? Didn't that kinda decimate the OF for maybe a decade to come?? Very strange, indeed.

 

[powerchord86]

"Thisssss" is the great mystery of 2014, "Can Kubel return to form, or is he shot?) Personally, I liked him because he played well and kept his trap shut. He had to have been a manager's dream. Why did Gardy let him go, along with Cuddy, Revere, & Span? Didn't that kinda decimate the OF for maybe a decade to come?? Very strange, indeed.

Kubel says it feels like he never left. He's kind of right.

 

[mr.hockey4242]

Gardy may not make all the moves and trades. But he sure doesn't help. Or make anyone any better.

Actually the opposite happens. Guys leave and do better. Come in and suck. It's the circle of Gardy!!

 

[buckamania]

Gardy may not make all the moves and trades. But he sure doesn't help. Or make anyone any better.

Actually the opposite happens. Guys leave and do better. Come in and suck. It's the circle of Gardy!!

Right you are! Gardy scouting and signing Nishi was the last straw for me. What does Terry Ryan do?

 

[powerchord86]

Right you are! Gardy scouting and signing Nishi was the last straw for me. What does Terry Ryan do?

Terry Ryan does nothing. You do his job for him. Right?

 

[mr.hockey4242]

Right you are! Gardy scouting and signing Nishi was the last straw for me. What does Terry Ryan do?

Terry Ryan does absolutely nothing as well.

 

[buckamania]

Terry Ryan does absolutely nothing as well.

Great answer!!! I'm laffing as we speak. Proves you're not one of the morons me & PC had to deal with elsewhere. I left that puck in the crease for you to see what you would do with it. You immediately slapped it into the net with no hesitation. Might have to nickname you, "The crease grease!"

 

[Nosferatu]

I mean no offense to anyone but I honestly cant understand how people are still supporting Gardy, just amazes me...

 

[Nosferatu]

Ive been kinda busy lately so whats the rotation shaping up to be?

Nolasco
Hughes
Pelfrey
Correia
Deduno

Is that right?

 

[buckamania]

I mean no offense to anyone but I honestly cant understand how people are still supporting Gardy, just amazes me...

No offense here either, but I honestly don't understand how people can blame Gardy for crappy teams that he didn't sign or even want. Who the "f" would sign a guy like Nishi and send him to a MLB team? Bill Smith, that's who, and I assume you know who he is/was. I watched Nishi at ST that first year. It was incredulous to everyone standing there how someone could sign this guy, but Smith did.

What fan could look at a team of mis-fits like the Twins and blame Gardy? Does John Farrell have to put up with stuff like this in Boston? The answer is No! Owner, John Henry cleaned house top-to-bottom and got a GM to put together a powerful team and they won. There were no Nishi's on that team. There are also no spoiled brats who make $23,000,000 and play where they want, when they want. Similarly, neither will Joe Girardi ever have to put up with the talent Gardy gets. The Twins F.O. admitted their complicity in a statement last Fall when they extended Gardy. I assume you read it. The Yankees did the same for Joe Girardi, admitting that they left Joe holding the bag with the aged Mariano, A-roid, and Jeter, et al.

The casual fan still yells, "Kill the Ump!, and fire the manager!" but this isn't 1930 anymore. The game is now "corporate-business" at its highest level. Either you get it, or you don't. If you don't, have I got a Twins web-site for you!

Case closed.

 

[Nosferatu]

No offense here either, but I honestly don't understand how people can blame Gardy for crappy teams that he didn't sign or even want. Who the "f" would sign a guy like Nishi and send him to a MLB team? Bill Smith, that's who, and I assume you know who he is/was. I watched Nishi at ST that first year. It was incredulous to everyone standing there how someone could sign this guy, but Smith did.

What fan could look at a team of mis-fits like the Twins and blame Gardy? Does John Farrell have to put up with stuff like this in Boston? The answer is No! Owner, John Henry cleaned house top-to-bottom and got a GM to put together a powerful team and they won. There were no Nishi's on that team. There are also no spoiled brats who make $23,000,000 and play where they want, when they want. Similarly, neither will Joe Girardi ever have to put up with the talent Gardy gets. The Twins F.O. admitted their complicity in a statement last Fall when they extended Gardy. I assume you read it. The Yankees did the same for Joe Girardi, admitting that they left Joe holding the bag with the aged Mariano, A-roid, and Jeter, et al.

The casual fan still yells, "Kill the Ump!, and fire the manager!" but this isn't 1930 anymore. The game is now "corporate-business" at its highest level. Either you get it, or you don't. If you don't, have I got a Twins web-site for you!

Case closed.

That was a fun read... Gardy had teams winning 90+ games a year and got his ass handed to him in the playoffs. Are you saying he should never be fired? We can lose 90+ games 20 straight years and he should still be manager because we don't go sign any of the top free agents? Guess what TK didn't get any good free agents to come to the Twins and he still won 2 World Championships.

Can we not blame Gardy for anything? Can we not blame him for how clueless he is in handling his bullpen? Can we not blame him for playing favorites? Can we not blame him for keeping Matthew LeCroy and letting David Ortiz walk? Does he really get no blame at all for the playoff failures? You can't possibly be that blind.

I find amusement in reading about how nothing is Gardy's fault, all hail Gardy and his 6 - 21 playoff record. Six division titles in a nine year run and nothing to show for it aside from being embarrassed year after year. Yeah, he shouldn't be blamed for anything.

Case closed? That's hilarious.

 

[Nosferatu]

You realize in 2006 he had the MVP, Batting Champ and CY Young winner on the same team a team that won 96 games and he went and got swept by the mighty Oakland A's in the playoffs.


Case closed... I'm still laughing at that one.

 

[mr.hockey4242]

Ive been kinda busy lately so whats the rotation shaping up to be?

Nolasco
Hughes
Pelfrey
Correia
Deduno

Is that right?

Gona be Gibson. Deduno in the pen. Worley traded for cash(lol) and diamond on waivers I believe.

 

[mr.hockey4242]

You realize in 2006 he had the MVP, Batting Champ and CY Young winner on the same team a team that won 96 games and he went and got swept by the mighty Oakland A's in the playoffs.


Case closed... I'm still laughing at that one.

Torri and Cuddy also had two of their better years. Nathan as well. Man....

About the bullpen thing the one situation that still kills me and I may be slightly off on is this...about 5 or 6 years ago(probably 2009 season) at Yankee stadium.

He decides to walk switch hitting Tex(batting on his weaker righty side) to load the bases. Obviously not a horrible move you can argue either way on facing him or walking him, IF A rod wasn't on deck. Gardy brings in Guerrier who was literally A rods bitch. If I know the lifetime numbers, Ron should too.

You know the story. Grand slam, almost positive it was the first pitch. This stuff happend too often

 

[mr.hockey4242]

Great answer!!! I'm laffing as we speak. Proves you're not one of the morons me & PC had to deal with elsewhere. I left that puck in the crease for you to see what you would do with it. You immediately slapped it into the net with no hesitation. Might have to nickname you, "The crease grease!"

Yeah TR has been a joke, no denying that. Heck our upper management is now "disappointed" in the spring training offense and that no one took control of jobs.

Well you guys are the idiots who built the shitty lineup!!!

But, you can't act like Gardy has been good either. He plays favorites, mismanages in games and really just doesn't get a squad ready vs the big time teams

 

[powerchord86]

Gardy is a good, well respected manager. If he were fired, he would be hired by another team in a heartbeat.

Case closed. lol

 

[buckamania]

Case re-opened!! (Since it's my courtroom, I can bend the rules.)

Yes, the Twins had "good" teams in those years but if you're telling me that Mauer is a "big-game" hitter I need to send you to Fox to get yur' butts handed to you. Joe is a pitter-patter hitter, that's it. The A's were just as good but no one except them believed it. The Twins players folded like everyone else in the playoffs until the Cards won it all. Accept it and move on. You should really have been calling for Jim Leyland's head in 2006. He had the best team in the AL and the Cards pimped him easily. You're bummed because the Twin lost and you need to blame someone. Blame the players, they were on the field, not Gardy. I watched those games too and they were never able to seize the momentum. That's their fault. The longer the other guy stands toe-to-toe with you the greater the chance he knocks "you"out.

Modern teams are created in the F.O.'s, not by managers. The manager (Gardy) writes the lineup, decides when to pull Worley for Matt Caps, and then settles in to watch another blowout. For Girardi he watched Sabathia throttle the other team until the 9th, then in came Rivera. If you can't see the difference in the two teams then just sit in the stands and call players names. Me & PC are beyond that.

You guys are too young to remember the Vikings in their "glory years." They got their arses kicked in the SBowl four times! That was all Bud Grant's fault? I know you guys will argue differently but you can't have it both ways. I'd rip your liver out in a courtroom the way you guys support you positions, trust me. Furhtermore, only one of the four teams that beat them failed to win multiple SBowls (KC), the Vikings have been pretenders ever since and they changed coaches over and over. It's the ownership fellas....either you get it, or you don't.

Yes,yes....the court is still in session! Sheesh!!!