Just super worried about having a David Ortiz: Part 2 movieTwins organization gritting teeth and sticking by Miguel Sano, but for how long?
His 18 strikeouts are tied for third-most in Major League Baseball. His .079 batting average ranks last. His .158 slugging percentage ranks next-to-last.
Slow starts happen all the time in baseball. Sano's slump feels more pronounced because he gives the impression of being an automatic out when he steps into the box.
Manager Rocco Baldelli's view is that Sano is being selective at the plate and swinging at good pitches. He's just missing them. Is that supposed to be more reassuring than him chasing pitches out of the zone?
"The kinds of at-bats that he's having don't look any different to me than the at-bats that he normally gets," Baldelli said. "But when he gets a pitch to hit, he's obviously got to hit those pitches."
Sano sat out the first game before being asked to pinch-hit in the seventh (last inning) with a runner at second and the Twins trailing by one run.
He struck out on three pitches.
Twins organization gritting teeth and sticking by Miguel Sano, but for how long?
Sano's at-bats have become frustrating to watch as his strikeouts pile up. His batting average is the worst in the league and he has six times as many strikeouts as hits.www.startribune.com
Win Twins!!
I'm not gonna lie. The continued consternation over Baddoo is somewhat perplexing. I have no problem calling out the Twins when deserved (which has been plenty over the years). But he currently has 31 official AB's this season, and has only started against a lefty once, in which he went 0-4. Previous to this stint in the majors, the highest he's been is high-A ball. I think it's a fair assessment to say the Twins probably didn't think anybody would be poaching him and keeping him in the bigs for an entire season. How many players jump from high-A to MLB and stick for an entire season? I would bet very few. He's played in rookie leagues and A ball, and has a career minor league batting average of .249. There is still a good chance he'll slump and they'll option him down to the minors, at which point they could lose him if the Twins want him back.
I would rather have him than Cave. Plus he’s a lefty and the twins could use a lefty bat right now. I am just so done with Jake cave playing as he’s not good at defense and not good at the plate. At least Badoo would bring you a lefty hitter to pinch hit. Plus maybe he could play first base when big fatty can’t hit half of his weight right now.
Yeah. He's more likely to be the 2nd coming of Glenn Williams than Johan Santana. I'm not concerned. The rule 5 is like buying a lottery ticket. Sometimes you hit on one. It doesn't mean the other team made a mistake.
That movie is far more likely to star Buxton.Just super worried about having a David Ortiz: Part 2 movie
Gotta rest the pitchers. Can’t have enough pitchers.
They had to insert someone as they aren't going to pitch Maeda or Berrios on 3 days rest in April. But Dobnak is basically a waste in the bullpen.
I complete agree...I think the was the coddle pitchers is ridiculous....Cody Stashek has been decent and pitched a few innings. His reward is a trip down to triple a for 10 days.
All I will say is they could have found room to add him to the 40 man and not lost a quality player. I don’t like giving up on that potential for free over keeping someone like cave or adding Garlick as a waiver claim. And for all I know Badoo will not be a good major leaguer, but man it’s tough to just lose those tickets for nothing. You would have thought they could have packaged him and anther outfielder like Rooker for an arm.
Don’t worry- if the Twins sign him to an extension, he’ll perpetuate his history and be injured every year. If they don’t, he’ll become a perennial all-star and average 500 AB/year. Cuz MN sports.
Could have had Badoo but they didn’t protect him...cave must have incriminating pictures of someone to still be on this team as a rule 5 draft guy like 4 years ago.
Eventually you gotta ask why the medical teams with the twins is doing. Either Rocco is just super protective of people and won’t play them unless they are 100% or the medical staff with the twins is terrible. They just seem to have so many tweaks and pulls.
They gambled with Badoo's injury history that nobody would pick him up. The Tigers took a flier.
He's already better than our closer.
A healthy number of reasons why a person would not feel comfortable getting the vaccine, but Howie is going to label Simmons for the rest of his life. Nice work. This is where we are today. I couldn't imagine viewing the world through the lens that you do
I was literally thinking the same thing, for weeks now. NHL teams (Vancouver and now Colorado) have been and are postponing multiple games and who in the world knows exactly why. Cosmetic theater essentially.
Not all of them were vaccinated, and most of the ones who were only occurred on 4/9.
