Twins (Matthews) vs. Pirates (Ashcraft): 5/31/26, 12:35 pm CDT

[Patzky]

That was exhausting.

[Aggies7]

Totally overmatched by the white sox and pirates. Eek

[Patzky]

1 minute ago, Aggies7 said:

Totally overmatched by the white sox and pirates. Eek

I got bad news for you..

[HarmonK03]

Just now, jaimedude said:

Shelton sucks, i'm convinced he's instincts are as bad as Rocco Baldelli. This terrible roster but he proved he was not a good manager in Pittsburgh. Twins took easy way out hiring him. 

I don't disagree about Shelton.  But some of this is dictated by the front office analytics of how they play in all the different situations.  I was hoping we would get further away from this without Falvey, but we haven't gotten far enough away.

[jaimedude]

1 minute ago, Aggies7 said:

Totally overmatched by the white sox and pirates. Eek

Example 1,000 why the Pohlads need to sell the Twins. This franchise needs new leadership from ownership to front office to minor leagues. 

[hitterscount]

3 hours ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

I know this team isn't good or anything, but it's still demoralizing to see them get so close to .500, and then lose a bunch in a row.

They seemed to be playing like they at least understood the game, we are back to poor defense, suspect pitching, slow plodding base running, to many undisciplined plate appearances…. Sox and Pirates are ok, but they are toying with us and taking advantage of all of the above. 

[jaimedude]

1 minute ago, karcherd said:

I don't disagree about Shelton.  But some of this is dictated by the front office analytics of how they play in all the different situations.  I was hoping we would get further away from this without Falvey, but we haven't gotten far enough away.

Agreed, the front office and ownership need replacing. 

[mrtwinsfan]

is Larnach  allergic   to maybe trying 1st base  ?   everyone else seems okay to be there -Arcia

[ziggy]

10 minutes ago, Danchat said:

Just checking in... Clemens in CF, Arcia at 1B... yep, we've reached that portion of the season. 

Dog days already?

[jaimedude]

1 minute ago, mrtwinsfan said:

is Larnach  allergic   to maybe trying 1st base  ?   everyone else seems okay to be there -Arcia

I don't think he ever played it College or High School. He Larnach has always been an outfielder. Don't think Larnach even tried it in Twins minor league system. 

[Blyleven2011]

5 minutes ago, Patzky said:

Damn without Jeffers we're a sixty win team.

When we started the season i thought we would lose all 162 games , 

I'll take the 60 wins though ...

[Patzky]

Just now, Blyleven2011 said:

When we started the season i thought we would lose all 162 games , 

I'll take the 60 wins though ...

I'll raise you one.

[USAFChief]

1 minute ago, ziggy said:

Dog days already?

Dog days in late May

Say a lot about a team

And our ownership 

 

 

[HarmonK03]

3 minutes ago, mrtwinsfan said:

is Larnach  allergic   to maybe trying 1st base  ?   everyone else seems okay to be there -Arcia

I think it is fairly safe to say, they are not going to play Larnach at 1B, they have had 4 years and haven't done it yet.  Right now with this roster what difference would it make, who would play LF then.  They need massive changes to this roster.

[LakesPibble]

13 minutes ago, Danchat said:

Just checking in... Clemens in CF, Arcia at 1B... yep, we've reached that portion of the season. 

Clemens in CF, not great but ok.

Clemens batting 3rd...

[Patzky]

We need a few sequences like this, Ashcraft is distracted, Gray is patient, the threat of running..

[Blyleven2011]

2 minutes ago, ziggy said:

Dog days already?

My thought exactly  ...

Starting alittle early with all the injuries and lack of depth ...

[Vanimal46]

Lucky break for Keaschall. He was dead to rights on that pickoff 

[mrtwinsfan]

1 minute ago, jaimedude said:

I don't think he ever played it College or High School. He Larnach has always been an outfielder. Don't think Larnach even tried it in Twins minor league system. 

to me he is not a major league  left fielder ,    D.h. or  cya  wonder if they ever even ask or ?  same with Wallner

[jaimedude]

7 minutes ago, Blyleven2011 said:

When we started the season i thought we would lose all 162 games , 

I'll take the 60 wins though ...

My issue is still losing all these  games with fringe MLB players  an 4A guys. There is no development happening with key prospects being hurt, or being kept in the minor leagues for service tine. Twins ownership the Pohlads  are notorious for keeping service time clocks in check, and controlling players as long as possible at minimum salary's. There is littlr to zero value on rostering MLB players like Alex Jackson and James Outman.  They are not enough of difference makers even in 25th to 26th spots. I get all owners do the control thing, but Twins do it to the point of excess, and guys get stale playong AAA ball for longer than sometimes they should. They also hang on to guys beyond the point of redemption. 

[Patzky]

FWIW Royce is sitting today and the Saints are off Monday.  Do with that what you will 

[HarmonK03]

2 minutes ago, jaimedude said:

My issue is still losing all these  games with fringe MLB players  an 4A guys. There is no development happening with key prospects being hurt, or being kept in the minor leagues for service tine. Twins ownership the Pohlads  are notorious for keeping service time clocks in check, and controlling players as long as possible at minimum salary's. There is zero value on rostering MLB players like Alex Jackson and James Outman.  

The Pohlads didn't decide to keep Outman over Roden, there is no other backup catcher in the minor leagues.  You can thank Falvey for that, not the Pohlads.  The only prospect that is potentially being kept in check for service time is Culpepper.  There are many other guys they could bring up, that would not be impacted by service time.

The Pohlads screwed up last offseason by not getting rid of Falvey in October so that they could get a real baseball executive in to lead the team.

[Patzky]

There goes the quality start. His first HR

[Aggies7]

Hey let’s give up more home runs boys  

[Vanimal46]

Gonzalez tattooed that one 

[Hunter4848]

3 minutes ago, karcherd said:

The Pohlads didn't decide to keep Outman over Roden, there is no other backup catcher in the minor leagues.  You can thank Falvey for that, not the Pohlads.  The only prospect that is potentially being kept in check for service time is Culpepper.  There are many other guys they could bring up, that would not be impacted by service time.

The Pohlads screwed up last offseason by not getting rid of Falvey in October so that they could get a real baseball executive in to lead the team.

Who do you think hired Falvey and kept him around forever?!

[mrtwinsfan]

6 minutes ago, Patzky said:

FWIW Royce is sitting today and the Saints are off Monday.  Do with that what you will 

Lewis is a lost cause ,  he wants to be released or traded ,   please oblige !!

[HarmonK03]

1 minute ago, Hunter4848 said:

Who do you think hired Falvey and kept him around forever?!

I blame them for that as well.  But it feels people on here like to blame the Pohlads for every personnel move, and Falvey always gets a pass.  That was my whole point.

[Church of Kreidler]

Our eagerness to give batters their firsts remains…

[jaimedude]

7 minutes ago, karcherd said:

The Pohlads didn't decide to keep Outman over Roden, there is no other backup catcher in the minor leagues.  You can thank Falvey for that, not the Pohlads.  The only prospect that is potentially being kept in check for service time is Culpepper.  There are many other guys they could bring up, that would not be impacted by service time.

The Pohlads screwed up last offseason by not getting rid of Falvey in October so that they could get a real baseball executive in to lead the team.

I can see that 100% but the  Pohlads keep people like Falvey around to the point of excess or staleness.  Once Lavine left, they should have overhauled Front office and scouting. Joe Pohlad was a meddler behind the scenes, with limited baseball knowledge.  Sounds like Tom at least try's to let people do jobs without micromanaging. All the injury's suck but even fans knew this is a poorly constructed roster, lacks depth,  to start the season even. Twins didn't do much if anything to supplement the roster and that is 100% on ownership.