Phillies 9, Twins 1: Seven Run Inning Dooms Prielipp and Twins in Lopsided Loss

[JD-TWINS]

36 minutes ago, Mortimerkenny21 said:

As much as I try to be hopeful, I just don't see that happening. 

I have no rational argument that they go 22-14 either. They play a number of not very good Teams over these last 36, but the Braves & Yankees & Padres are 9 of those, along with White Sox for 6.

UPHILL battle for sure!

5-8 v. Royals 

0-3 v. Pirates

0-3 v. Reds

Shown face to face results above aren’t those of a Playoff Team.

[JD-TWINS]

The “should have traded for prospects in ‘26” talk in general, I can’t get my head around.

Buxton is somewhere in the OF for 2 more years ……. if advantageous for Team, could probably extend a year or two on a Team friendly deal, with his attitude about “staying a Twin!”……..Keaschall is probably moving to LF permanently to account for his weak arm. ……Jenkins - Gonzalez ….. maybe Rodriguez are ALL strong candidates for future OF……. Mendez too has an outside shot.

Culpepper - Houston - Lee - Lewis make up the core of the infield for 3-6 years to come.

Festa - Matthews - Banda - Sands - Prielipp - Raya - Rojas - Predes - Acton are all in a position to help the Bullpen, as needed, in ‘27 …….. Morris - Gomez - Funderburk - Hoffman - Nance are a very good core to start from in ‘27.

Bradley - Ryan - Lopez - Kremer - Abel - Ober is a sound core for a rotation.

Catchers - Diaw, Lackey & Tinney ….. with Tait out a bit longer, seem to haveTeam covered for 6-8 years - right?

Assuming the CBA negotiations get players some “spending floor” from ownership…….I think our present 2nd best hitter, after Jeffers leaves, Larnach ……he gets offered a deal in arbitration to be the primary DH v. all RH pitching……….. with $$ to spend, I think Ober gets arbitration offer too at some modest total.

Clemens - Martin & even Minter (with spending floor) could all be back one more year to fill roles.

Frankly, I can’t worry about more than just through the ‘28 season with all that changes each year - that are unforeseen.

 I like the Club going forward over the next few years with pieces already in the organization. Not saying PLAN to stagnate but I don’t think there should be any desperation to ACT swiftly.

FA’s - always have an open mind! ….. QO Jeffers if realistic to bridge for another year….. can’t imagine he’d sign.

[Mortimerkenny21]

[mikelink45]

5 hours ago, DJL44 said:

The trade deadline is over and there are no saviors in AAA. Most teams have players with below average bats and above average gloves sitting on the bench. Caratini and Roden didn’t even play today so I’m not sure how this loss is their fault.

Not sure how you can jump to they didn't play so the loss is not their fault.  This is not about one game - it is about the supposed play for the playoffs and they are not contributing. 

[DJL44]

1 minute ago, mikelink45 said:

Not sure how you can jump to they didn't play so the loss is not their fault.  This is not about one game - it is about the supposed play for the playoffs and they are not contributing. 

This is a post-game article thread. It is about one game.

[Hunter4848]

28 minutes ago, DJL44 said:

This is a post-game article thread. It is about one game.

I forgot the rule that we should not think about the previous parts of the season and only focus on the last game...

[DJL44]

9 minutes ago, Hunter4848 said:

I forgot the rule that we should not think about the previous parts of the season and only focus on the last game...

Nobody stops people from going off topic to grind their favorite ax, but they post different articles to spark different conversations. Some people forget that and spam every article with the same posts.

[Hunter4848]

9 minutes ago, DJL44 said:

Nobody stops people from going off topic to grind their favorite ax, but they post different articles to spark different conversations. Some people forget that and spam every article with the same posts.

Says the guy that just made a post that wasn't about the previous game...

What a hypocrite 

[Mike Sixel]

5 hours ago, chinmusic said:

Well, maybe. But hindsight's 20/20.

To be clear, I do not think the Twins are a very good team. Every time I see the "how many games do you think the Twins will win this year" question, I go with 76-80. Even when they've hit the rarefied air of a .500 record. 

As a fan, though, I'm not necessarily logical. I did not want them to sell.

Not hindsight at all. Many here said that over and over.