Orioles (Povich) vs Twins (Lopez): 9/27/24, 7:10pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

Oh, the irony of Povich shutting out the Twins tonight.

[USAFChief]

I'll lay 2-1 Margot leads off and Farmer is at 2nd base tonight, even with the season over and neither will be a 2025 Twin.

Anyone?

[thelanges5]

if anybody is looking for a way to watch the Twins tonight. 

 

[Florida Flash]

15 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

I'll lay 2-1 Margot leads off and Farmer is at 2nd base tonight, even with the season over and neither will be a 2025 Twin.

Anyone?

I dont disagree, but I would like to see Farmer back. What with all the countless Twins injuries, he does a respectable job at any infield position. I wish he would hit better, but then he probably has been coached by the Twins hitting coaches.

[Parfigliano]

1 hour ago, USAFChief said:

I'll lay 2-1 Margot leads off and Farmer is at 2nd base tonight, even with the season over and neither will be a 2025 Twin.

Anyone?

Nope.

[Parfigliano]

1 hour ago, Florida Flash said:

I dont disagree, but I would like to see Farmer back. What with all the countless Twins injuries, he does a respectable job at any infield position. I wish he would hit better, but then he probably has been coached by the Twins hitting coaches.

Im OK with him back at Target playing for another team.  With TC is a big no.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

2 hours ago, USAFChief said:

I'll lay 2-1 Margot leads off and Farmer is at 2nd base tonight, even with the season over and neither will be a 2025 Twin.

Anyone?

Way to dash my hopes for a Margot pinch hit.

[thelanges5]

 

[gregens]

2 hours ago, thelanges5 said:

if anybody is looking for a way to watch the Twins tonight. 

Thanks for the info!

 

[Parfigliano]

20 minutes ago, thelanges5 said:

 

The Margot-Rocco bromance continues

[hitterscount]

With the season over, the next thing too look forward to is what shake ups and roster moves are made this winter, maybe even sooner. This team has some talent and young promising arms in Festa, Matthews and SWR. However there needs to be changes , you absolutely cannot run this coaching philosophy back next year, and need a GM that can identify cheap talent in the field.... you cannot continue to rely on the home run while playing poor defense and sloppy fundamental situational offense. Look no farther than the next team to the east. 

[Patzky]

5 minutes ago, hitterscount said:

With the season over, the next thing too look forward to is what shake ups and roster moves are made this winter, maybe even sooner. This team has some talent and young promising arms in Festa, Matthews and SWR. However there needs to be changes , you absolutely can run this coaching philosophy back next year, and need a GM that can identify cheap talent in the field.... you cannot continue to rely on the home run and play poor defense and sloppy fundamental situational offense. Look no farther than the next team to the east. 

My biggest worry isn't Margot, or whether they'll sign Farmer, or Paddack, or Kepler.

 

My concern is the regression of our so called Future building blocks. I'm ready to cut ties with Julien, Kirilloff, Jeffers, and royally disappointed with Royce Lewis. Are any of them going to be usable at all going forward?

[hitterscount]

1 minute ago, Patzky said:

My biggest worry isn't Margot, or whether they'll sign Farmer, or Paddack, or Kepler.

 

My concern is the regression of our so called Future building blocks. I'm ready to cut ties with Julien, Kirilloff, Jeffers, and royally disappointed with Royce Lewis. Are any of them going to be usable at all going forward?

Agree with everything said other than Lewis. Too much talent there not to give him another year.... However he needs to stay healthy and identify where he plays in the field.

[Patzky]

14 minutes ago, hitterscount said:

Agree with everything said other than Lewis. Too much talent there not to give him another year.... However he needs to stay healthy and identify where he plays in the field.

I'm sure there's an underlying issue that Royce is too proud to admit. He can't be unaware.. if his body is that banged up he shouldn't be playing but healing. Guess I'd add Joe Ryan to that same category.. he learned the lesson about Playing Through It in 2023. He needs to be healed and ready for 2024, even if it isn't until May. No halfway crap.

Correa, Pablo, Ober, Ryan, Buck, Jax. Maybe Wallner and Duran.  There's your core to build around. 

Castro, Vazquez, Lewis, Sim, Topa, Festa, Alcala, Larnach. Maybe Miranda, Stewart and Paddack, maybe not. Probably not Jeffers or Julien. There's your supporting cast.

Emmy Rodriguez, Zebby, Keaschall, Camargo, Eeles. There's your exciting up and comers.

[NYCTK]

1 hour ago, Parfigliano said:

The Margot-Rocco bromance continues

If everything is broke, don't try to fix it. 

- Rocco probably

[NYCTK]

1 hour ago, hitterscount said:

and need a GM that can identify cheap talent in the field....

Talent, period. I don't know how else they brought in Manuel Margot to play CF on a major league baseball team. And how they managed to keep him around long after they determined he couldn't play CF. 

I just...I don't get it. Fire them. Seriously. 

How they managed to completely screw the pooch on the 2 most glaring holes, 4th OF (aka starting CF) and SP, and in a way that everyone knew was obvious. They're no smarter than a random poster on this website. And that's not a compliment to any of you. 

[killebrewlover]

My wish list for the rest of the season.
(1)  Twins pack it up and clean house in the off season.
(2) Rocco leaves and the Twins find a new coach
(3) Twins come back in 2025 with a fresh start

[thelanges5]

 

[karcherd]

4 hours ago, Florida Flash said:

I dont disagree, but I would like to see Farmer back. What with all the countless Twins injuries, he does a respectable job at any infield position. I wish he would hit better, but then he probably has been coached by the Twins hitting coaches.

Can we maybe set the bar a little higher than Farmer, even if is in a reserve role.  We fall in love with below average veterans then we wonder why we are a .500 team.

[karcherd]

1 hour ago, Patzky said:

My biggest worry isn't Margot, or whether they'll sign Farmer, or Paddack, or Kepler.

 

My concern is the regression of our so called Future building blocks. I'm ready to cut ties with Julien, Kirilloff, Jeffers, and royally disappointed with Royce Lewis. Are any of them going to be usable at all going forward?

Everybody wants to keep Santana because he leads the team in RBI's and HR's.  But Jeffers who is right behind him you want to get rid of.  Royce Lewis has 500 AB's, with an OPS of .830, I think it is premature to say he is not usable. Yes his last month has been disappointing, but give him a position and let him play there every day and get comfortable.  I have no idea what to do with Julien, Kiriloff, Miranda, we either have to play them or get starting caliber players in to replace them.  Not the Santana's and Margot's of the world.  The bar needs to be set higher in terms of expectations and stop this position flexibility and platooning for everyone nonsense.

[David HK]

2 hours ago, NYCTK said:

Talent, period. I don't know how else they brought in Manuel Margot to play CF on a major league baseball team. And how they managed to keep him around long after they determined he couldn't play CF. 

I just...I don't get it. Fire them. Seriously. 

How they managed to completely screw the pooch on the 2 most glaring holes, 4th OF (aka starting CF) and SP, and in a way that everyone knew was obvious. They're no smarter than a random poster on this website. And that's not a compliment to any of you. 

Compliment taken anyway. 😅

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Did we win yet?

[Tlaker]

31 minutes ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

Did we win yet?

Probably not…….

[Parfigliano]

3 games left.  Ive decieded to watch and go down with the ship.

[Tlaker]

1 minute ago, Parfigliano said:

3 games left.  Ive decieded to watch and go down with the ship.

I’ll cue the orchestra and rearrange the deck chairs 

[CRF]

Povich? Isn't Maury a little old to be moonlighting as a pitcher for the O's?

[David HK]

4 minutes ago, CRF said:

Povich? Isn't Maury a little old to be moonlighting as a pitcher for the O's?

He could still spin a shutout against this moribund crew.

[David HK]

5 hours ago, hitterscount said:

With the season over, the next thing too look forward to is what shake ups and roster moves are made this winter, maybe even sooner. This team has some talent and young promising arms in Festa, Matthews and SWR. However there needs to be changes , you absolutely cannot run this coaching philosophy back next year, and need a GM that can identify cheap talent in the field.... you cannot continue to rely on the home run while playing poor defense and sloppy fundamental situational offense. Look no farther than the next team to the east. 

True, but the saddest thing about it is that the housecleaning needs to start in the owners' suite. 

Eff the Pohlads. 

[Western SD Fan]

4 hours ago, karcherd said:

Can we maybe set the bar a little higher than Farmer, even if is in a reserve role.  We fall in love with below average veterans then we wonder why we are a .500 team.

Exactly, we already have a below average utility person, WIlli Castro. On an unrelated topic, it was interesting how Cory P was surmising how some of the pitchers may be down after the work the last couple days.  If you're not available for an elimination game, I don't want you on the team.  And if the coaches/managers are shutting you down, they need to go as well.