Tigers 11, Twins 0: Yikes. Yuck. Other Words.

[Hunter4848]

22 minutes ago, DJL44 said:

What’s yours?

I am trying to figure out why are you posting a random stat line?

[Aggies7]

9 minutes ago, LastOnePicked said:

Here's the thing ... there's a lot more of these kinds of losses to come. A lot more.

For everyone who thinks that a total take-your-lumps rebuild doesn't work, just look over at the White Sox. The Twins could gave started this process after 2024, but they've wasted opportunities. As a result, success is still further away than it needed to be. 

So the time to start is now. Right now. And it's gonna be 3+ years of truly dreadful baseball. But at least it might lead somewhere. The approach they took this offseason leads nowhere forever.

Problem is we don’t seem to develop well, especially as the young guys get onto the big league roster. I too would love to stock up the farm system, but is there faith that it would actually work out? I don’t know. I wish we would have gotten more out of the fire sale last year except a few “maybe one days” and a few other guys who aren’t healthy. Now there isn’t much left to sell outside of Joe and Byron, who probably is never leaving. Dark days 

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

Last couple of weeks has featured some lifeless performances. Hopefully apathy not setting in.

[IndyTwinsFan]

15 minutes ago, Twins_Fan_in_NJ said:

Last couple of weeks has featured some lifeless performances. Hopefully apathy not setting in.

I think that it already has.

[Peter]

👎😤😡🤬🤮💩

[Thumbs Down Guy]

46 minutes ago, Blyleven2011 said:

Listened to game on radio , didn't miss seeing any highlights on TV , cause the players weren't capable of making any ...

Austin Martin made a nice diving catch to his left. But nothing else suggested they ever had a chance.

[mrtwinsfan]

1 hour ago, CRF said:

Can you say "sellers"? I can. 

other than Ryan  who i hope we keep-   who ?  Clemens  might get a a. player  ? Bell ? bag of balls ?  Jeffers ?   decent prospect maybe idk on him?-  who else ???  not alot of Wanted posters on this team 

[DJL44]

1 hour ago, Hunter4848 said:

I am trying to figure out why are you posting a random stat line?

You laughed at it, which makes me question your sense of humor.

[Hunter4848]

6 minutes ago, DJL44 said:

You laughed at it, which makes me question your sense of humor.

And yet you are unable to answer the question...

[DJL44]

50 minutes ago, Hunter4848 said:

And yet you are unable to answer the question...

Obviously I am honing my standup routine. Glad you are enjoying it.

[Mike Sixel]

50 minutes ago, Hunter4848 said:

And yet you are unable to answer the question...

Why would it be random to post how Lewis has done since his return? That was the post, right?

[JD-TWINS]

5 hours ago, purplesoldier4u said:

The front office has failed the team and the fans ... AGAIN!

Is the Ownership part of the Front Office? After $$ spent toward Correa & P. Lopez salary, the Team spend for guys on the field is $73M ………. FO is not made up of miracle workers.

[JD-TWINS]

2 hours ago, Twins_Fan_in_NJ said:

Last couple of weeks has featured some lifeless performances. Hopefully apathy not setting in.

To me, it’s a group of mediocre players (as a group) that are continuing with mediocre performances 60% of the time or more. I think the attitude is surprisingly upbeat.

Abel - Ober - Rojas would be a welcome shot in the arm over next 1-3 weeks.

Gabby Gonzales seems to be an option for the offense at some point soon. Fedko sure is grinding out solid performances in St. Paul as well. 

5 hits today - good news is Lewis got two of them. Sure hope he can heat up. I saw he struck out looking on his other 2 AB’s.

[karcherd]

11 minutes ago, JD-TWINS said:

Is the Ownership part of the Front Office? After $$ spent toward Correa & P. Lopez salary, the Team spend for guys on the field is $73M ………. FO is not made up of miracle workers.

Of that $73m they spent $7m on Bell who is a DH only who is below average at the plate.  And another $7m on a backup catcher who is making us wish Vazquez was back.  The FO has never done a good job with limited resources but somehow other organizations, Cleveland and Milwaukee can build winning teams without large payrolls.  Money isn't always the answer.

[Jack Pine]

5 hours ago, purplesoldier4u said:

The front office has failed the team and the fans ... AGAIN!

Hornwaggled is the term.

[David HK]

[David HK]

1 hour ago, karcherd said:

Of that $73m they spent $7m on Bell who is a DH only who is below average at the plate.  And another $7m on a backup catcher who is making us wish Vazquez was back.  The FO has never done a good job with limited resources but somehow other organizations, Cleveland and Milwaukee can build winning teams without large payrolls.  Money isn't always the answer.

Stupid money is definitely not the answer.

[bean5302]

6 hours ago, thelanges5 said:

Outman claimed by the Tigers. He’s got no options so he’ll be on the MLB roster.

Good. He might be able to single handedly prevent the Tigers from making the playoffs.

[Permanent Twins Fan]

7 hours ago, KirbyDome89 said:

MLB needs to ban these embarrassing 8th/9th inning position player pitching appearances. Seriously. Idk exactly how you legislate that with the Ohtani situation in LA, but non pitchers throwing non-competitive pitches is gross; it needs to stop. 

The problem isn't position players pitching, the problem is that they don't actually try out there. I agree that watching Alex Jackson throwing 50 mph fastballs is unwatchable, but what I want to see is position players going out there and actually trying to get outs. I'm not saying that they need to go full velocity and throw out their arms, but I'm sure most of these guys pitched in high school and some even in college. They know how to pitch. Go out there and show some pride, have fun and get guys out. 

https://www.mlb.com/video/jackie-bradley-jr-pitching 

[bean5302]

5 hours ago, Hunter4848 said:

I am trying to figure out why are you posting a random stat line?

Let me help you with that. It's called optimism; a bright spot for Twins fans. Seems like Lewis playing well offends you? Bummer.

[knothole61]

3 hours ago, Jack Pine said:

Hornwaggled is the term.

Or, bamboozled?

[chinmusic]

14 hours ago, Mike Sixel said:

This team is terrible, and everyone should be traded except a few pitchers and Keaschell, who I still think will bounce back at some point.

Re Keaschell.... Yes, he could become a sparkplug, batting near the top of the order. But man, his fielding is atrocious; reminds me of Julien, and that ain't good. A little  bit of power would be nice, too.

[laloesch]

15 hours ago, Hunter4848 said:

What's your point?

It's not going to last.  he's still swinging at everything in and out of the strike zone.

[David Maro]

They are who we thought they were!! This is just a bad baseball team period. And yesterday's game was absolutely unwatchable. 

[MinnInPa]

just think ..Twins just got handled easily by two of the weakest teams in the division.. Pitching staff just looks like they're throwing BP

[Hunter4848]

11 hours ago, bean5302 said:

Let me help you with that. It's called optimism; a bright spot for Twins fans. Seems like Lewis playing well offends you? Bummer.

Its called delusion...

How many times will suckers like you but into it?!

[umterp23]

So year to date snapshot…

31-39 record

9-19 record vs teams >/= .500 record 

22-20 record vs teams <.500 record

Record vs only 5 teams in AL .500 0r better 3-4 white Sox, 2-1 guardians, 1-5 rays, 1-2 Mariners, 0-0 Yankees

Twins just aren’t a sound baseballl team at all. Some bright spots few and far between to have any sustainable success. Pohlad’s made a trickle of a splash on terrible off season buys to say we invested in the club. They will argue, only 6.5 back in crappiest division in baseball at 8 games under .500. I will counter only 2.5 games out of last in crappiest division in baseball.

Would be shocked if Buxton doesn’t wave trade clause. They will sell him on look at the future with young talent coming up. Only way he agrees to future is playing young guys now to see what may be there before trade deadline or at this point for him off season if call ups get some continued run aug/sept.

currently constructed team will be lucky to get to 65 wins

 

[LastOnePicked]

17 hours ago, Aggies7 said:

Problem is we don’t seem to develop well, especially as the young guys get onto the big league roster. I too would love to stock up the farm system, but is there faith that it would actually work out?

Completely agree. If Tough Talkin' Tom isn't spending his time scouring the league for promising GM and team president candidates, he's an even bigger fool than his interviews suggest.

[karcherd]

3 hours ago, laloesch said:

It's not going to last.  he's still swinging at everything in and out of the strike zone.

Have you been watching any games, he has been letting the outside pitches go more, yes still needs to continue to improve.  But to say he is swinging at everything is just not accurate.