Week in Review: It All Falls Apart

[Nick Nelson]

Image courtesy of Matt Blewett-Imagn Images

The Weekly Nutshell:
Opportunity came knocking, and the Twins flung open the door. As a non-contending team with plenty of useful contending pieces, Minnesota's front office was in position to take a very active approach at the trade deadline, and they surpassed even the most ambitious expectations by dealing away 10 players before the dust settled. That included Carlos Correa and the entire back end of their bullpen, tearing down the fabric of a team that was built for ongoing continuity and competitiveness.

Their final game before the trade deadline was a 13-1 debacle that, in fairness, gave all the impressions of a team begging to be ripped apart at the seams. That's exactly what happened, and by the time the Twins showed up in Cleveland on Friday, their roster felt almost unrecognizable, absent so many long-tenured players whose success stories we've watched and cherished. In their place: random minor-leaguers and promises of a better future from a front office that created this mess to begin with. 

This was a dark week for the Minnesota Twins, and its implications will shape the franchise's journey for many years to come. For now, let's try to get our bearings and catch up on all that just occurred.

Weekly Snapshot: Mon, 7/28 through Sun, 8/3
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Record Last Week: 2-4 (Overall: 52-59)
Run Differential Last Week: -15 (Overall: -34)
Standing: 4th Place in AL Central (12.5 GB) 

Last Week's Game Results:

Game 106 | MIN 5, BOS 4: Lee Delivers Walk-Off Hit in Rain-Delayed Bottom of Ninth

• Keirsey Jr.: 2-4, HR, 2 RBI

Game 107 | BOS 8, MIN 5: Two Homers from Lee Not Enough as Ohl Gets Rocked in Debut

• Ohl: 3 IP, 4 ER, 5 H

Game 108 | BOS 13, MIN 1: Despondent Twins Submit Meekly, Drop Fourth Straight Series

• Twins pitchers: 16 H, 4 HR allowed

Game 109 | CLE 3, MIN 2 (10): Williams Outduels Ryan, Lineup Silent Outside Martin's Three Hits

• Twins hitters: 14 K, 2 BB, 0 XBH

Game 110 | CLE 5, MIN 4: Ober Looks Okay in Return to Rotation, Offense Can't Break Through

• Ober: 5 IP, 4 ER, 2 HR

Game 111 | MIN 5, CLE 4: Twins Take Early Lead, Hang On for Rare Close Victory in Cleveland

• Urena: 4 IP, 2 ER; Ramirez: SV

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NEWS & NOTES

Oh, where to begin. I guess from the start: The Twins made their intentions clear at the very beginning of trade deadline week, sending Chris Paddack to the Detroit Tigers alongside Randy Dobnak on Monday in exchange for a young catching prospect named Enrique Jimenez. 

Two days later the Twins made their first true emphatic "sell" move, shipping Jhoan Durán to the Phillies for a young right-handed pitcher named Mick Abel and another, more highly-touted young catcher in Eduardo Tait.

Then came deadline day on Thursday, and that's where the floodgates really opened. A quick rundown:

• Harrison Bader was traded to the Phillies for RHP Geremy Villoria and OF Hendry Mendez.
• Danny Coulombe was traded to the Rangers for LHP Garrett Horn.
• Willi Castro was traded to the Cubs for RHP Sam Armstrong and RHP Ryan Gallagher.
• Brock Stewart was traded to the Dodgers for OF James Outman.
• Griffin Jax was traded to the Rays for RHP Taj Bradley.
• Louis Varland and Ty France were traded to the Blue Jays for OF Alan Roden and LHP Kendry Rojas.
• Carlos Correa was traded along with cash to the Astros for LHP Matt Mikulski.

It was one of the most sad and surreal days in franchise history — a deadline purge the likes of which Major League Baseball has rarely seen. A wave of new players were called in to backfill all of these suddenly vacated roster spots, including Roden who joined the active roster immediately following his acquisition from Toronto. Also called up from Triple-A: Austin Martin, Edouard Julien, Ryan Fitzgerald, José Ureña, Erasmo Ramírez, Pierson Ohl and Noah Davis.

Bailey Ober was activated from the injured list to start on Saturday night. Byron Buxton was placed on the IL on Tuesday with his inflamed ribcage not improving quickly enough. Luke Keaschall continued to progress in his Triple-A rehab, and could potentially be activated in the coming week.

HIGHLIGHTS

With the Twins turning their attention fully from the present to the future, the rest of this season will be spent focusing on the development of players who can aid their efforts to retool and return to contention with a reconfigured makeup. We know Matt Wallner can be a pivotal factor in this pursuit, so it was nice to see his bat show some life in a week where he went 6-for-17 with two home runs, a triple, five walks and just four strikeouts in 22 plate appearances. 

 

With Correa now out of the picture, shortstop belongs to Brooks Lee for the time being. His audition in August and September will go a long way toward helping the Twins understand whether they can trust him as their starter at the position in 2026. Lee gave us another burst of impressive production early in the week, delivering a walk-off hit on Monday night and then coming off the bench to homer twice and drive in five on Tuesday, before going 1-for-15 the rest of the week. Consistency and discipline continue to hold Lee back, but Tuesday's game was a nice reminder of what he is capable of at the plate. 

 

Austin Martin is someone who's going to have a big chance to reassert himself in the team's plans here in this second half. He took a promising step in his first game with the Twins this season on Friday night, notching three hits as leadoff man. He figures to see plenty of playing time in the outfield the rest of the way, and it'd be great if he could prove worthy of a role because the team really needs a dependable right-handed bat to balance out all of these lefty-swinging outfielders they keep on amassing. 

LOWLIGHTS

The dismantling of this roster that took place at the trade deadline was nothing short of a disgrace, and a turn of events that makes it harder than ever to have faith in this front office's leadership and judgment. While the decision to give up on this season and recoup value for players on expiring contracts is unfortunately understandable, the Twins went far beyond the traditional concept of a sell-off by trading away several valuable relievers who were under team control, and leaving the bullpen cupboard bare. 

The idea of being opportunistic or selling high with relief pitchers is logical, but based on the collective returns, it isn't really clear that Twins got the kinds of overwhelming offers that should have been required to warrant parting ways with these late-inning fixtures. On balance the upgrades to Minnesota's system don't feel transformative, and the best player they got back is probably at least three years away. The Varland trade — a breakout hometown bullpen star who isn't even in arbitration yet — was particularly shocking and confusing, with Bob Nightengale of the USA Today writing that Minnesota's decision to move Varland for a couple of unspectacular prospects left "Twins players seething and rival GMs dumbfounded." 

Nothing was quite so shameful as the decision to dump Correa's contract, unloading one of the team's most talented players in a stunning admission of failure and commitment to futility. Look, I've been as hard on Correa as anyone this season and I honestly believe that no individual deserves a larger share of the blame for what's happened to this team ... But I also recognize that he has the capability to individually uplift the team in a way few others can match. Which is what drew Houston's interest. 

That interest, combined with Minnesota's hell-bent directive to shed as much salary as possible, paved way for a trade that sent Correa to the Astros in exchange for essentially nothing — financial relief that realistically will not be reinvested into the Twins roster.

In the meantime, we as fans now get to follow and watch his hollowed out roster the rest of the way. Julien is back, not necessarily because the Twins felt he deserved it, but just because they needed a body. (He's looking pretty much the same as before, by the way, and hitting at the bottom of the order.) The bullpen, now absent all of its most trusted options, is going to be a grind to manage and watch, with plenty of innings to come from Michael Tonkin, Davis, Ureña, Ramírez, and other replacement-level arms with no future potential or upside. Gonna be fun.

TRENDING STORYLINE

I'd like to at least get a look at some more of the young players that the Twins front office sold out half their roster to acquire. Thus far only Alan Roden has joined the Twins, and he hasn't looked all that impressive out of the gates. Which is not surprising because he had a .589 OPS with the Blue Jays. 

While many prospects the Twins got back in all of these deals are a little further out, there are plenty of guys with big-league experience and readiness who should be able to help now, or very soon. That includes Taj Bradley, who has thrown more than 350 major-league innings with the Rays. While initially assigned to St. Paul, I'm guessing Bradley will be up in the Twins rotation before long. The same should be true for Mick Abel, the 23-year-old righty acquired in the Durán trade. He made six starts for the Phillies this year but his Twins system debut came in Triple-A on Sunday, and Abel pitched very well: 5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 7 K.

The opportunity to see these potential long-term contributors get their first reps in a Twins uniform gives us something to look forward to, at least. I'm also somewhat curious about James Outman, the outfielder who came over from Los Angeles in exchange for Brock Stewart — certainly one of the weirder deals made by Minnesota amid this flurry. The Twins gave up the next two years of Stewart and got back a 28-year-old outfielder who has been mediocre in the majors, and trending downward. Then they sent him to Triple-A? Falvey indicated that the team still feels Outman's swing needs some work, but again, the guy is 28. He is Trevor Larnach's age. He's not a prospect. 

Anyway, I assume we'll see a fair amount of roster contortion in the weeks ahead as things shake out following a drastic overhaul. That Minneapolis/St. Paul shuttle is really gonna get the miles in over these next couple months.

LOOKING AHEAD

The Twins will face a tough task against the division leaders in Detroit, not that it really matters anymore. Simeon Woods Richardson had his originally scheduled start pushed back to Wednesday due to stomach issues. As of now, to my knowledge, no starter has been announced for Monday's series opener in Detroit. (I'll be there, and am willing if needed.) Facing Paddack on Tuesday should be fun.

I'll be very curious what kind of turnout and reception the team gets upon returning home to Target Field next weekend. I can't imagine it will be pretty.

MONDAY, AUGUST 4: TWINS @ TIGERS — TBD v. RHP Casey Mize
TUESDAY, AUGUST 5: TWINS @ TIGERS — RHP Zebby Matthews v. RHP Chris Paddack
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6: TWINS @ TIGERS — RHP Simeon Woods Richardson v. RHP Jack Flaherty
FRIDAY, AUGUST 8: ROYALS @ TWINS — LHP Noah Cameron v. RHP Bailey Ober
SATURDAY, AUGUST 9: ROYALS @ TWINS — RHP Seth Lugo v. RHP Jose Urena
SUNDAY, AUGUST 10: ROYALS @ TWINS — LHP Bailey Falter v. TBD

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[Mike Sixel]

The outman trade is unforgivable. He's 28. He's in AAA?

The next two months better be auditions!

[Mike Sixel]

Also, Nick, I know you didn't want this. Sorry for you and many other fans. 

[FlyingFinn]

37 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

The outman trade is unforgivable.

But his is consistent. Outman is 0 for 8 with 5 strikeouts the last two days!

[tony&rodney]

In other news, I just watched Wichita score 10 runs in the 9th inning. to come back and defeat the Sodpoodles. Kaelen Culpepper looks really good at the plate and in the field, really good. Walker Jenkins is right behind Culpepper and is also scalding the ball. I haven't seen any other minor league players look as good as these two and I am guilty of watching way too much milb. A positive note on Kendry Mendez, the 21 year old outfielder that arrived from Philly in the Bader trade. He had  2 good games for Wichita.

The returns for Stewart, Jax, and Varland were simply strange. The future is not very predictable but did anyone see that coming? Correa? I guess it wasn't meant to be.

[Dman]

16 minutes ago, FlyingFinn said:

But his is consistent. Outman is 0 for 8 with 5 strikeouts the last two days!

And just to pile on. On a day when the Saints had 10 runs on 11 hits with 4 walks he was one of two players without a hit that day.  Of the 7 strikeouts that game he had three of them.  Almost half the K's came from him.  

I don't know how this guy put up a .970 OPS at AAA.  It looks like he needs glasses or something.  It's hard to believe he can even be this bad. Is it travel? an injury? Sickness?  I don't know but he is off to a horrible start if he wants to be back in the majors.

Come on Outman make me eat some crow.  Your career depends on it.

[tony&rodney]

The Phillies manager gave his uniform number (#59) to Jhoan Duran. Rob Thomson said managers don't need numbers. That is a sweet welcome.

[HerbieFan]

Always appreciate the work Nick. I've been a diehard Twins fan nearly 50 years.  I am NOT a fire the GM, or fire the manager guy.  However, I cannot wait until this team gets sold and Falvey and Rocco are shown the door.  Ownership and the front office continue to be completely tone deaf to their fans and, I believe, the players.  The players are no more than commodities...the trade of Varland proves that the most.  I honestly had no problem with the trade of 7 of the players.  The Correa deal I think was a last-minute salary dump.  On the three stud relievers, I don't feel like there was adequate planning on Falvey's part....just look at what they got back.  Terrible.  His statement of "needing to be blown away" was complete BS and "front office talk".  I think Thad Levine had the right idea.....

[ashbury]

28 minutes ago, FlyingFinn said:

But his is consistent. Outman is 0 for 8 with 5 strikeouts the last two days!

I hate when fiction writers pick character names that are just a little too on-the-nose.

Wait, this is a sports-news item?  😀

[Rhyno006]

These moves make me think that a sale of the team is near. It feels like they very intentionally dumped salary and took prospects in return with these trades. It's the only thing that makes it make some sense to me...

/ takes heavy pull from nearest liquor bottle

 

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

The Pohlads don’t want to invest in the success of the team, don’t get me wrong.

But if all this was was an owner-mandated salary purge, Falvey failed even by that measure. Falvey might have stopped at simply trading Correa and taken credit for that, job well done, or gone the full way and traded Pablo, Joe Ryan or Jeffers on top of all the rest, but he didn’t do that either. if it’s a salary purge, the return is secondary, even if you’re trading Joe Ryan. 

[Dman]

22 minutes ago, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

The Pohlads don’t want to invest in the success of the team, don’t get me wrong.

But if all this was was an owner-mandated salary purge, Falvey failed even by that measure. Falvey might have stopped at simply trading Correa and taken credit for that, job well done, or gone the full way and traded Pablo, Joe Ryan or Jeffers on top of all the rest, but he didn’t do that either. if it’s a salary purge, the return is secondary, even if you’re trading Joe Ryan. 

Yeah I agree.  They traded the players everyone knew would be traded in Coulombe, Castro, Bader, Paddack.  While that cleared salary it was an expected move any team would have done.  Trading one of Duran or Jax made sense and Duran had the most value and was going to make the most money.  They got their request of two top 100 prospects overpay for him so they moved him.  

The one's that were the hardest to understand were the none salary dumps in Stewart and Varland.  They both were on league minimum salaries with years of control left and solid arms.  They were not salary dumps.  Jax to a lessor degree since they traded Duran they could have kept him.  Pretty sure he would have held his value into next year, but they decided to move him but not much of a salary dump there IMO.

Even the Correa move didn't seem to be their idea.  I thought they were approached by Houston?  Yeah it ended up a salary dump, but it kind of seemed like the right thing to do for everyone concerned. Correa wasn't going to be a shortstop anymore. Lewis is at third with Keaschall and Lee for second base and outfield.  Culpepper will likely step in at short. It seemed like Correa wasn't going to fit the team moving forward all that well IMO.  I hate the fact we have to pay 10M per year for him to play elsewhere as we have limited funds as it is, but at least they recoup 20M per year to make different moves.

It is really heard to understand baseball finances with no cap, but I thought I read the Team stands to lose 40M this year with I assume attendance being down and TV revenue not being what they thought it might be. So to those questioning whether these saving will get invested back into the team if that report is true then it seems unlikely.  

[MN_ExPat]

[Doctor Gast]

"Their final game before the trade deadline was a 13-1 debacle that, in fairness, gave all the impressions of a team begging to be ripped apart at the seams."         

Sorry, Nick, that debacle wasn't on the team; it was on Baldelli, or whoever told him to take out Jax & give BOS a gift by putting Clemens in to throw to them HR Derby. How sad! No, it's on Falvey & Co.. They were the ones who had to be shown the door. The ones who were responsible for this mess shouldn't be the ones responsible for setting the new foundation, especially on this level of teardown. IMO, the high-risk lotto tickets received did not come close to the level of talent that was given away or were relevant to the team's needs.

The flat atmosphere that Falvey created caused the lack of production from the team. The players, although not wanting to be traded, were happy to be in a better atmosphere & each one rewarded their new team by dominating in their debut. Falvey must have felt like Santa Claus by handing out these tremendous presents (no wonder he is so well-liked in the league), again, at the expense of the Twins. IMO, what Falvey has done has set the Twins back maybe a decade if we are lucky.

[Patzky]

8 hours ago, tony&rodney said:

The Phillies manager gave his uniform number (#59) to Jhoan Duran. Rob Thomson said managers don't need numbers. That is a sweet welcome.

The teams collaborated to make sure Duran also got his opening extravaganza.. he was grateful.

[mike8791]

As a long-time Senator/Twins fan, I have experienced some great highs and many more lows.  It's been a rocky ride!  Last Thursday's selloff was a shock, no doubt.  There were some inexplicable moves that cannot be explained rationally:  Varland, Stewart, Jax - to name the most egregious.

I do not add Correa to that list because that was a trade that needed to be done.  My take(and hope) is that salary dump will grease the skids for a badly needed ownership change.  We can all agree the Pohlad's have proven totally inept in their stewardship.  Their removal is critical to a successful rebuild.  If a sale does happen, then I am all for the selloff.  This team was treading water and a shakeup was badly needed.  While some of the transactions were head-scratchers, overall the Twins seem to have greatly bolstered catching and the rotation.  With some excellent home-grown talent approaching the majors, I am more optimistic about the future of this franchise now than before.  But that optimism is more dependent on an imminent sale rather than the outcome of the trades.

[CRF]

Jhoan Duran...nah, we didn't need him anyway. He might just be the piece that gets Philly to the W.S. 

[Twinkie in Deutschland]

On 8/1/2025 at 2:21 PM, Glorybound said:

They will be hard pressed to win ten games the rest of the season. Sending out young pitchers to get bludgeoned is not development. Sending out young batters to get overmatched is development either. I doubt that there are more than 2 players that they acquired at deadline that will have a long term impact on the team. I am not sure what would compel someone to buy a ticket to see this crap show. One has to ask are the new owners planning a franchise move?

I doubt the team would be moving anywhere in the future, although it would not be a surprise if they announced it given what happened with the firesale. My guess is that the Pohlads are simply trying to unload the team to the highest bidder to relieve  themselves of the burden and allow for the new owners to inject cash and life into that organization. We do have a lot of suitors with ties to MN and the team so chances of them moving would be unlikely. Even if they did, we would probably get either an expansion team in three years or one of the minor league teams would be upgraded to a major league team, like the St. Paul Saints, because we cannot afford to turn Target Field into a city liability,

[Bodie]

1 hour ago, CRF said:

Jhoan Duran...nah, we didn't need him anyway. He might just be the piece that gets Philly to the W.S. 

It is Philly,  so it won't be this year!

The Phillies have a long running pattern of making deals (trades or FA signings) that are almost universally hailed as being "the final piece to get 'em over the hump" and then disappoints for the season.   The next season you get "tempered" expectations for a better, but not really a contending team.  They then go on to be a top tier team for the season. 

If recent history holds, he'll be a huge get for them next year!

[thelanges5]

Good piece by Dan Hayes on the trade deadline. One of the more interesting notes concerning Jax:

Once the teardown was underway Thursday, including the shocking deal which sent Correa back to the Astros, Jax asked his representative to put in the trade request, multiple league sources confirmed.

 

[NYCTK]

6 minutes ago, thelanges5 said:

Good piece by Dan Hayes on the trade deadline. One of the more interesting notes concerning Jax:

Once the teardown was underway Thursday, including the shocking deal which sent Correa back to the Astros, Jax asked his representative to put in the trade request, multiple league sources confirmed.

 

I can imagine Jax has been unhappy with the Twins since he was plainly told he would not be given a chance to compete for the starting rotation again. Imagine you in your job applied for an internal promotion and were flatly told you would never receive an interview. 

Good luck to him, and if he still wants to, I hope he gets that chance next spring with the Rays. 

[Eris]

It started falling apart about a year ago. This past week was the consequences. For the second half of 2023 through the first half of the 2024 season, the Twins were one of the best teams in all of baseball. Since the second half 2024 collapse, they have been one of the worst teams. It is difficult to understand how the same team—with about the group of players—can produce such divergent outcomes. 

[mikelink45]

Imagine if you were not limited in size and space - you could have written that Bailey Ober is still not ready to be the SP that we expected and I would shut him down and let other arms debut this year.  Ober seems to need a major reset.

In a league and time when BP is even more important than a full rotation we sold off the future and did not get enough back.  I was anticipating Varland being the new closer (maybe he will be, but not for us).

How long does Lee hold SS with Culpepper hopefully rising quickly.

Roden does not look like a major league hitter and Trevor Larnach is replacement level and Outman lives up to his name.

Buxton's ribs might hurt, but his psyche probably hurts worse. 

Keaschall must be wondering why he is not up to Minneapolis.  

The one we most needed to move is still here - Vasquez.  No one else could see his value.  Like Correa we buy and immediately have buyers remorse.

If I were looking to buy the Twins I would say they just took the value down and I would lowball them with an offer.  

How did the Pohlads luck into becoming billionaires?  Their business management of this team is horrible. 

Which coaches and front office people would we like to retain?  

The list of issues is as big as the sales price. 

[bunsen82]

"with Bob Nightengale of the USA Today writing that Minnesota's decision to move Varland for a couple of unspectacular prospects left "Twins players seething and rival GMs dumbfounded." "

No offense, I don't know how you can come to this conclusion.    Let me start off saying I am the first to say we did Varland dirty, and there was absolutely no reason to trade him unless the goal is to lose in the short term.  As to the Varland trade it was by far the best value.  I have questions on Roden,  but Kendry Rojas - a player just outside the top 100 prospect list  and by all accounts a stud pitcher was an excellent addition.  On MLB pipeline he steps in at #7 just behind Abel, He had 30 SO in 18 innings in AA.  Later we found out that the Blue Jays have been interested in Varland for several years,  so there is possibility they move him back to a starter role.  To me that seems logical or they see them as a legit closer,  otherwise they did end up paying quite a bit for Varland.  If Roden shows anything like he has done in AAA this one is win.  

 

Calling the Correa trade "shameful."  This was the smartest thing the Twins did.  You got from under a large contract for $30 million?  No offense,  that was magnificent.  The future of shortstop belongs to Kaelen Culpepper after Lee keeps the seat warm,  Having him blocked by Correa who was recently playing like a replacement player was the only prudent move.   Correa is a great leader, great teammate.   However his bat plays more as a complimentary piece.  If you have others that are dangerous he can then hunt for those fastballs.  Overall it really doesn't matter if he does perform.  On paper we are saving 24 million a year.  From what it looks like,  this was done at the Pohlad level, so in reality we are really saving the entire contract.   The new owners likely didn't want to be tied to the contract.   Lee at short has looked very good defensively.  If the bat can come alive at all, you have possibility of a really good trade piece or utility player.  

As to this team,  they didn't seem to get the memo.  They played more competitive against Cleveland than anything we have seen in the last week from this team.  If you are going to do tank job, there are 2 things you want to achieve,  one is that the team continues to fight.  In an extremely small sample size we are looking good here.  2.  Is that you can find some usable parts.  For the week we have a couple players trending up.  Topa and Sands more than held their own as our new highest leveraged relievers.  Martin,  other than being out of position defensively,  really looks like the bat skills that has always been talked about are legit.  Right now I think he has the best bat skills of any player on the team.  Lastly Kody Clemens.  The guy just fights for everything.  He tried to "steal" an on base opportunity by pushing out his elbow and getting hit on the pad.  Now that call is rarely, rarely called, but Clemens was not rewarded a free base.  He then poked a ball into right field.  Then while no one was really paying attention he stole a base.  Setting himself to be driven in with a hit, it didn't materialize.  He then squeezes in the winning run.  Honestly if the bat can just become a little more consistent,  I honestly see him as our First Baseman for the future.  The difference between him and Julien is,  both know this is likely one of their final shots,  yet Clemens is fighting tooth and nail for everything,  never going to get called out for not hustling, when Julien continues to make the same errors over and over again not running out a triple that could have been the difference maker in the previous game.  Lastly Just watch Larnach and Wallner and Lewis get on hot streak and carry this offense LOL.  We needed those 3 to perform all year and haven't gotten it.  I still have hope for the long term for this organization.  And call me a glutton for punishment,  but I was actually more interested in watching this team.  This current team,  still has fight,  they are outgunned especially on the bullpen side,  but they are not rolling over as of now.  For that I can cheer them on.  

Lastly could Erasmo turn into our version of "steady Eddie."  Won't be the same as putting Duran out there, but its looking like Erasmo earned the opportunity to be the new closer.  

[bunsen82]

10 hours ago, Dman said:

And just to pile on. On a day when the Saints had 10 runs on 11 hits with 4 walks he was one of two players without a hit that day.  Of the 7 strikeouts that game he had three of them.  Almost half the K's came from him.  

I don't know how this guy put up a .970 OPS at AAA.  It looks like he needs glasses or something.  It's hard to believe he can even be this bad. Is it travel? an injury? Sickness?  I don't know but he is off to a horrible start if he wants to be back in the majors.

Come on Outman make me eat some crow.  Your career depends on it.

They traded for him to be the next Buxton insurance plan.   Right now he is being outplayed by Martin for that spot.  Honestly long run,  of the 2 players for organizational purposes,  Martin re-finding his bat at the MLB level is a much bigger win.  I do hope Outman can get out of his funk.  

[David Maro]

First off the 13-1 loss was to be expected when rumors were flying that the team was open for business. We've all had jobs were we know the end is near.

Trading contracts that end at the end of the season is one thing but gutting the BP should not have happened.

Watching Correa the last month or more you saw he wanted out.

[chinmusic]

I'll need to stop checking obsessively on the Twins diaspora, and focus on the team and what they got in return.. (or I'll go NUTS)😅

[USAFChief]

1 hour ago, bunsen82 said:

Lastly could Erasmo turn into our version of "steady Eddie."  Won't be the same as putting Duran out there, but its looking like Erasmo earned the opportunity to be the new closer.  

I won't take down your entire steaming pile of a post, but this topper...

 

C'mon. Seriously?

[old nurse]

11 hours ago, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

The Pohlads don’t want to invest in the success of the team, don’t get me wrong.

But if all this was was an owner-mandated salary purge, Falvey failed even by that measure. Falvey might have stopped at simply trading Correa and taken credit for that, job well done, or gone the full way and traded Pablo, Joe Ryan or Jeffers on top of all the rest, but he didn’t do that either. if it’s a salary purge, the return is secondary, even if you’re trading Joe Ryan. 

It would appear that the fans did not want to invest in the team, either as attendance went down. If a team os long paid for, how did they get a $400,000,000 debt when MLB has rules against borrowing money for non baseball items after the Wilpon fiasco?

[bunsen82]

11 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

I won't take down your entire steaming pile of a post, but this topper...

 

C'mon. Seriously?

What is wrong with you?  I would take a steady eddie version of Erasmo the rest of the year.  Isn't that best case outcome.  You have been quite vindictive and unreasonable towards me since the trade deadline.  Please stop.