Spring training game thread: week of Feb 21

[mrtwinsfan]

And no Royce AGAIN !!!!!!!!!!   READY TO TOTALLY GIVE UP ON HIM  YET ANYONE ??

[thelanges5]

7 minutes ago, Parfigliano said:

1st inning 1 out 4runs in and TC BP is pumping out players without a name on their jersey.

Yikes, not even the Yanks starters here. Going to be a long afternoon in the Fort.

[thelanges5]

Larchad 🚀

 

[mrtwinsfan]

Trevor ,  pleez pick up a 1st base glove --  it will help extend your career -  talk to Morneau 

[RpR]

Larnach shows he wants to keep his job..

[RpR]

LOL, following the game on tv and MLB web site; the TV delay is huge once again but I knew Caratini struck out before he did.🙃

[mrtwinsfan]

3 minutes ago, RpR said:

Larnach shows he wants to keep his job..

pleez pick up a 1st base glove --  to me he is a perfect project to play 1b ,  i dont get why they dont , he is not a good outfielder , but batting wise he got Game !!!!!

[thelanges5]

Sands - woof

ST doesn't matter, right!?! I'm tuning out for today.

[mrtwinsfan]

So is Sands our ! #1   righty out of the pen ,  scary thought !!

[Patzky]

Sands fares no better.  

Guess we knew it would be like this..

[mrtwinsfan]

Just now, mrtwinsfan said:

So is Sands our ! #1   righty out of the pen ,  scary thought !!

[mrtwinsfan]

1 minute ago, mrtwinsfan said:

[mrtwinsfan]

#  88   pitching ,  cya later !!!!!!!!!!!!

[Patzky]

12 minutes ago, mrtwinsfan said:

#  88   pitching ,  cya later !!!!!!!!!!!!

Or is it the ball boy wearing BB..

[SteveLV]

This team is so frickin' bad.  It is going to be a LONG season, folks.

The idea that they are "competitive" is an insult to anyone's intelligence. Who do they think they are kidding?

[RpR]

The Yankees are 5-2, the Twins are 2-5, this game probably shows why.

[Hubie29]

19 minutes ago, SteveLV said:

This team is so frickin' bad.  It is going to be a LONG season, folks.

The idea that they are "competitive" is an insult to anyone's intelligence. Who do they think they are kidding?

Cmon now.  The pitchers are just "working on things".

[Hubie29]

45 minutes ago, mrtwinsfan said:

So is Sands our ! #1   righty out of the pen ,  scary thought !!

Can't change terrible in one year. 

[RpR]

If the New York sports writers pay much attention to Spring Training, I can imagine they will once again roast the Twins after this game.

[Danchat]

15 to 1, woof! It's not often you see a team score 15 runs on only 11 hits.

[RpR]

Twins pitching 12ks - 10bbs,🤑

[SteveLV]

Raya has been a pro pitcher for a number of years now.  If he is incapable of throwing strikes---much less hit his spots--he can't be a pitcher.  

[RpR]

[Squirrel]

Twins are going to get beat up on game after game after game during the season

[Vanimal46]

7 hours ago, SteveLV said:

This team is so frickin' bad.  It is going to be a LONG season, folks.

The idea that they are "competitive" is an insult to anyone's intelligence. Who do they think they are kidding?

The faster Tough Talking Tom realizes this, the better. We already blew it selling high on Pablo Lopez. If we miss the opportunity with Joe Ryan it will set this organization back years. 

[Major League Ready]

On 2/27/2026 at 8:29 PM, Vanimal46 said:

The faster Tough Talking Tom realizes this, the better. We already blew it selling high on Pablo Lopez. If we miss the opportunity with Joe Ryan it will set this organization back years. 

I have been on this bus since it became evident the talk of building a contender around Ryan/Lopez was not just positioning for a good trade return.  It's really too bad because this team was really well positioned to rebuild in a relatively short period of time.  Of course, that remains true, but they will have lost the opportunity to adda couple of important pieces. 

Joe Pohlad and Falvey were not great but now we have a Pohlad that thinks he knows how to run a baseball team.  Doing a 180 when you have started the rebuild process does not suggest competence.  Thinking you are going to turn a 70-win team into a contender while doing virtually nothing to improve the team does not suggest competence.  How smart do you have to be to look at well-run organizations like the Cardinals and Brewers and follow their lead.  I have never had so little faith in this organization.   

I am confident some contributors will come from the depth we have in the minors.  We will get better.  We just will never be a real contender until we get rid of the Pohlads and I have never been in that camp.  Now I am. 

[thelanges5]

2.28.26 Twins at BoSox

DH BUXTON

LF RODEN

1B BELL

RF WALLNER

c JEFFERS

CF OUTMAN

2B CLEMENS

SS ARCIA

3в URSHELA

P BRADLEY

[Jim H]

I certainty don't want to defend the Twins after allowing 17 runs. I would like to point out that of 10 pitchers that appeared in that game, only Sands has much of a chance of starting the year with the Twins. It is early in spring training.

[Parfigliano]

17 hours ago, Squirrel said:

Twins are going to get beat up on game after game after game during the season

I'm betting money on it.

[USAFChief]

Ryan in mid season form. Bases loaded, 1 out, routine 6-4-3 inning ending DP.

On a 1-0 pitch.

 

Sigh...