Twins 4, Guardians 6: Another Late-Inning Rally Falls Short

[h2oface]

38 minutes ago, tony&rodney said:

Sorry for not including that Correa has the opt out and will almost certainly be a free agent, which means the Twins will have the option to negotiate with him as can any other team. Correct, Correa makes the call.

Turner, Swanson, Bogaerts. Or sign the stigma of the Cheatin' Astros, He didn't get what he wanted last year, and there is a reason. He was not prefered at his asking price over Seger (and he wanted that kind of deal but no takers), Simien, Biaz, and Story. No one wanted him long term. After this decline from 2021, and it was a signifgicantly worse year in all respects, Correa may like the $35 million guarenteed and an opt out after next year instead, and give himself a chance to be the guy instead of a participant. If you get paid $35 million, you need to play to value. He cannot shed his reputation, as is evident on the road.

Multiple factors may undermine star shortstops’ upcoming free agency hauls

https://nypost.com/2022/06/25/multiple-factors-may-hurt-shortstops-2022-free-agency-hauls/

Edited September 11, 2022 by h2oface

[tarheeltwinsfan]

1 hour ago, RpR said:

AT best wishful thinking as no one has any idea how thr rookies would have performed .

Kirilloff and Larnach were ranked higher than Miranda in many rankings. Miranda is doing great. Odds are at least one of the two rookies in my post would have done well enough, but maybe not. What's your point about the other injured players I mentioned? 

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2 hours ago, tony&rodney said:

Correa has been terrific at shortstop and mostly takes great at bats. The Twins need to make a decision

Yep. And so does Correa. It will be very interesting to see how it all plays out.

[RpR]

1 hour ago, tarheeltwinsfan said:

Kirilloff and Larnach were ranked higher than Miranda in many rankings. Miranda is doing great. Odds are at least one of the two rookies in my post would have done well enough, but maybe not. What's your point about the other injured players I mentioned? 

I do not have a crystal ball so I do not engage in , if only a, q or s , were playing it would be better, wishful thinking is all that would be.

Ranking means squat, or there would be a lot more rookies who are wonder boys.

[insagt1]

Twins have some real issues to contend with in 2023. First and foremost is Buxton. His pure talent and excitement is being stolen by his fragile body. Its not a small sample size anymore. He can't stay healthy. He played more games this year yes...but how many of them were played while he was hurt and just not wanting to come out of the lineup? I have to believe he was mostly hurt right from opening week. Its not fair that someone with SO much talent can't utilize it. He will always be a liability so what to do? After the first several weeks, Buck wasn't a good hitter at all.

Then Kirilloff. Lots of potential but he too appears to be chronically hurt. His wrist may never heal enough for him to hit major league pitching. Larnach was hurt all season. Sano was hurt all season (but frankly not missed and his tenure with the Twins is definitely over) Bullpen has more liabilities than one can count. Again. Taylor Rogers may have completely lost the bubble after a hot start in San Diego, but his replacement here has been one huge trainwreck.

Kepler is probably going to be an ex-Twin once the season ends. And thats OK. He has been mostly disappointing. Celestino has hit under .200 for a couple months now. He's young, but I don't think he has a high ceiling.

I can see the Twins finishing up 8-10 games behind the leaders and certainly under .500, if those last 3 ugly games against Cleveland are any indication of the final 3 weeks.  Would be nice to be totally wrong naturally. And anything can happen. But realistically, there doesn't seem to be much light at the end of this tunnel.