The Twins Need Correa and Vázquez to Live Up to Their Salaries (So Far, So Good)

[Schmoeman5]

11 hours ago, Nick Nelson said:

He hasn't been bad offensively this year and if you think he has you're looking at the wrong numbers in a small sample. Vazquez has the 4th-best xwOBA on the team behind Lewis, Correa and Kirilloff.

That's because everyone else has been so dreadful. Not a notable achievement. 

[D.C Twins]

This didn't age well.... 

[akmanak]

Yikes. Bad timing for this one.

[bean5302]

Honestly, the big payroll guy the Twins need the most is Pablo Lopez by a mile

[Whitey333]

Vazquez?  I know the eye test doesn't matter anymore.  My eyes don't deceive me.  He's just not very good.  With Correa out and Buxton not in todays starting lineup, looks like a minor league lineup.  Who knows maybe it will work.  Buxton is only hitting around 220 with 0 homeruns and 5 RBI.  The great Carlos Santana is hitting all of .114 with 0 homeruns and 1 RBI.  Good luck Twins

[JD-TWINS]

22 hours ago, stringer bell said:

It is still incredibly early. There has been promise in Vázquez' plate appearances, but the results have been minimal. His throwing has been outstanding, but again, small sample size. The Twins have gotten the calls and great tags to turn those plays into outs. 

Correa has looked very good, in all facets of the game. At 29, this should be a peak season for him. 

With REPLAY there are no “fortunate” calls anymore……other than balls & strikes. I’ve watched maybe 6 games and have seen him throw out 3 guys, minimum. He’s only caught 3 of the games. He’s not a solid hitter any longer but he keeps working at it & if he hits .230 and plays solid defense he’s a good piece for the Twins……..IT IS EARLY, you’re right …………whether he was paid $4.5 million or $10 million it doesn’t change the rest of the Team’s roster………Correa’s salary (not complaining) is the restrictive number relative to a more robust, well rounded roster, offensively. CC’s salary & the decision to back up Payroll to 2021 level - $26M lower than last year are the restrictions.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Sigh.

 

Sorry i ain't folowing too closely, but i saw something about Correa being injured, and i just wanted to check how long after this was posted.

 

But of course someone else has beaten me to saying this aged well...

 

Hope he gets better soon!

[JD-TWINS]

31 minutes ago, Whitey333 said:

Vazquez?  I know the eye test doesn't matter anymore.  My eyes don't deceive me.  He's just not very good.  With Correa out and Buxton not in todays starting lineup, looks like a minor league lineup.  Who knows maybe it will work.  Buxton is only hitting around 220 with 0 homeruns and 5 RBI.  The great Carlos Santana is hitting all of .114 with 0 homeruns and 1 RBI.  Good luck Twins

Santana has really disappointed from the right side of the plate! His role, with other’s health, was to hit from right side & provide defense as the situation warranted at 1B. Now he’s playing every inning - not cool.

CC out 3-4 weeks could be a serious problem.

Wallner - Jeffers - Santana have to contribute something!!…………Castro & Farmer will be playing regularly and need to help as well……obvious stuff here, I know.

[USAFChief]

15 minutes ago, JD-TWINS said:

Santana has really disappointed from the right side of the plate! His role, with other’s health, was to hit from right side & provide defense as the situation warranted at 1B. Now he’s playing every inning - not cool.

It's quite apparent the plan for Santana was, and is, full time first baseman.

Stupid plan.

[Mike Sixel]

39 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

It's quite apparent the plan for Santana was, and is, full time first baseman.

Stupid plan.

Concur. 

[Parfigliano]

HEY wanna rip on $#!t begins and ends

[Woof Bronzer]

On 4/12/2024 at 12:17 PM, Nick Nelson said:

He hasn't produced offensively, in 15 at-bats. I don't think that equates to him being bad offensively.

George Orwell could not have come up with a better, more concise illustration of how sabermetrics has warped the collective mind of an entire sport.