Twins (Paddack) vs Red Sox (Crochet): 5/4/25, 12:35pm

[Hubie29]

5.40 era and a 1.40 whip for the day.  That's who Paddack is.  Keep rolling with him. Nothing to lose now. 

[Patzky]

Does Stewart need to hit somebody every time out?

[BrokenCompass]

Some teams are better than their records, other teams are worse than their records. 

This Twins team, however, deserves to be exactly where they're at. They aren't Rockies or White Sox level bad, but they're in that next tier of very bad teams. Pirates, Angels, Marlins, Twins. 

The lifeless bats this year are impossible to watch, I'd rather see them lose 11-8 every day then have to be forced to watch crap like this day in and day out. 

[Heiny]

2 minutes ago, Patzky said:

Does Stewart need to hit somebody every time out?

It's part of his contract.

[Patzky]

1 minute ago, Heiny said:

It's part of his contract.

It's all fun until the favor is returned.

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

Another close loss coming up. 

[Patzky]

Just now, Twins_Fan_in_NJ said:

Another close loss coming up. 

Oh yes sir, we excel at that. 

[Heiny]

Just now, Patzky said:

Oh yes sir, we excel at that. 

We're good at other things too.  Like,    like,  ......oh, never mind!

 

[Patzky]

1 minute ago, Heiny said:

We're good at other things too.  Like,    like,  ......oh, never mind!

 

May the 4th be with you.

[Patzky]

C'mon Buck.

[Patzky]

Just now, Patzky said:

C'mon Buck.

Edit: c'mon Jeffers 

[BrokenCompass]

48 minutes ago, IndyTwinsFan said:

My thoughts exactly and it's a point I've raised before. 

Regardless of what one thinks of Rocco's managerial decisions, the players on the field need to perform regularly to at least a semi-competent level.  Except for the 1, 2, and 3 starters, and maybe Jax, that's something we've seen very little of since the end of the '23 season.  And from the looks of it, there probably isn't much coming to significantly help the situation anytime soon. 

We need to start putting more on the players to perform the way they're supposed to. 

I do agree here. It's like when people yell at Rocco for putting certain relievers into high-leverage situations. What the heck's a reliever good for if you can't put him into a 4-3 game? Heck if you're only going to pitch Alcala in blowouts, pay me to do it instead, I'll do it for $80,000. 

Rocco didn't put together this squad. Derek Falvey and the Pohlads did. Rocco can only do so much when his players aren't performing. And the players haven't been performing for the past couple of years. Period. 

On the other hand, one can argue that it's Rocco's job to put a little fire under their arses, and I'll have to say that Rocco is about as fiery as a piece of Wonder Bread left out in the rain over night. He'd be a great manager for a talented team like the Yanks or Dodgers. But he's a bad match for an underperforming and unmotivated team. 

So I think we're kind of looking at a failure on all levels at this point. Rocco's far from the only one to blame. 

[Patzky]

Yes indeedy!

[Peter]

Tied up 3-3!!! 

[mrtwinsfan]

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[thelanges5]

Jeffers! Come on 🇫🇷

[mrtwinsfan]

4 minutes ago, BrokenCompass said:

I do agree here. It's like when people yell at Rocco for putting certain relievers into high-leverage situations. What the heck's a reliever good for if you can't put him into a 4-3 game? Heck if you're only going to pitch Alcala in blowouts, pay me to do it instead, I'll do it for $80,000. 

Rocco didn't put together this squad. Derek Falvey and the Pohlads did. Rocco can only do so much when his players aren't performing. And the players haven't been performing for the past couple of years. Period. 

On the other hand, one can argue that it's Rocco's job to put a little fire under their arses, and I'll have to say that Rocco is about as fiery as a piece of Wonder Bread left out in the rain over night. He'd be a great manager for a talented team like the Yanks or Dodgers. But he's a bad match for an underperforming and unmotivated team. 

So I think we're kind of looking at a failure on all levels at this point. Rocco's far from the only one to blame. 

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[Joffell]

Jeffers really is the guy you want up in clutch situations

[Heiny]

When they told France to protect the plate with two strikes,  he thought they said protect the state.

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

Showing some grit. 

[mrtwinsfan]

Louie  Luiiii --  nice job today

[Heiny]

LOUIEEEEEEE

[mrtwinsfan]

2 minutes ago, Heiny said:

When they told France to protect the plate with two strikes,  he thought they said protect the state.

[Patzky]

3 minutes ago, Joffell said:

Jeffers really is the guy you want up in clutch situations

I would say France and Bader.have their moments 

[Patzky]

Might be time to consider Clemens in to PH

[Patzky]

Make it so

[glunn]

Nice first pitch hit from Correa.

[glunn]

1 minute ago, Patzky said:

Might be time to consider Clemens in to PH

Good call -- let's hope it pays off.

[Patzky]

Dang that Campbell is  right place right time. 

[Patzky]

This is evaporating quickly