Carlos Correa is Coming On for Minnesota

Should we really accept that it takes two months to “heat up”. Minimal AB’s in spring training, lots of off days early on, -are slumping athletes getting the work from hitting instructors and extra work in the batting cage. Our offense is really bad- and it shouldn’t be! Let’s hope lessons can be learned and fixed for the future. All these winnable games will really come back to haunt us at the seasons end. Every game counts.!

I'm not sure that Correa's .731 OPS in May (with a .504 OPS over the last week) is really any reason to get excited.

I am not a fan of investing so much money on one single player who is not Shohei Ohtani.

Ted, are you hired to make the mess look like a success?  5 for 20 - also 5 Ks. -149 WPA.  And how much are we paying him to be a superstar?  No we have the right to criticize

I'd have to agree that Correa is slightly turning the corner at the plate , working counts to his favor and getting walks  ,  we need production from him in a big way , timely hitting in clutch situations  , but we need that from all the hitters ...

We need to hit , run and score pure and simple  ...

I wish it was that easy to hit a round ball with a round bat but adjustments have to be made , identifying pitches also in order to do it  , the strikeouts continue to mount in double digits every game and is inexcusable  , 5 or 6 hits or even less is inexcusable ...

The starting pitchers have kept us in the game and the hitters have not ,  they have to start performing better and helping out the pitchers  ...

Is it possible the Giants and Mets did a thorough evaluation and saw this coming and the Twins cracker jack front office didn't?

I can't feel sorry for Correa. He dug his own grave. Only some of the Twins fans seem to now not care because he is on their team. And Houston fans don't care, because he was on their infamous team. The rest of baseball fans are not forgetting. Nor should they. The only thing he can do is perform, and this year, he has a long was to go. If he is soooooo good and smart, why does he start the last two years at the plate like someone that needs DFAd? And Miranda took him as mentor and is starting even worse. Perhaps he needs some help? Something is terribly amiss. Time to earn his salary all year.

1 hour ago, mikelink45 said:

Ted, are you hired to make the mess look like a success?  5 for 20 - also 5 Ks. -149 WPA.  And how much are we paying him to be a superstar?  No we have the right to criticize

Date	Tm		Opp	Result	Pos	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	GIDP	SF	SH	ROE	BOP	WPA	aLI	cWPA	acLI	RE24	PO	A
2023-05-30	MIN	@	HOU	L 1-5	SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	-0.013	0.74	-0.01%	0.76	-0.477	1	2
2023-05-29	MIN	@	HOU	W 7-5 (10)	SS	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	-0.118	1.12	-0.07%	1.12	-1.354	2	9
2023-05-28	MIN		TOR	L 0-3	SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	-0.099	1.24	-0.06%	1.22	-0.877	1	1
2023-05-26	MIN		TOR	L 1-3	SS	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.070	1.19	0.04%	1.18	0.655	5	4
2023-05-22	MIN		SFG	L 1-4	SS	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.011	0.65	0.01%	0.66	0.194	2	2

5 for 20 is a .250 average. Add the 3 walks and it's a .347 OBP. 5 strikeouts is pretty low for todays' MLB. If this is a "bad stretch" he's doing just fine.

33 minutes ago, MABB1959 said:

Is it possible the Giants and Mets did a thorough evaluation and saw this coming and the Twins cracker jack front office didn't?

That wouldn't explain why they wanted to give him more money than the Twins are paying him.

18 minutes ago, Riverbrian said:

Two players on this roster can't have ice on them. They are Correa and Buxton. 

What they are capable of doing would be nearly impossible to replace. 

Spot on Riverbrian, spot on....

Correa told Buxton be the DH.  Buxton told Correa swing and miss like Sano.  They traded frequent mall shopping buyers cards for cologne all while laughing when they get their direct deposit of a paycheck each month.  Turning it on.  

Correa 0-5 in Twins win vs Astros with Lewis and Jeffers being clutch.

Buxton not in the lineup for the win, but I heard he is on pace for appearing in 90% of the games this year! Whoop-de-do.

Almost $45MM a year for these two and we have to allow them to play themselves into better shape into June each year.  

What a bad commentary of let's write another feel good article and would of, could of.  Can't wait to see the next Arraez article.  

Last years slow start was partially attributed to the late start in spring training and short spring training from the lock out.  While I fully understand slumps and am not surprised by any player going through one, I will be disappointed if Correa doesn't end up close to his career OPS by the end of the season (.828 career OPS).  However he gets there is fine by me.  But i think others prefer a more balanced OPS through out the year.  especially at the beginning.  

The Twins Pythagorean win total should be 32-23 by runs scored and runs given up 248 to 208.  vs the 28-27 record we currently have.  I have never seen the Twins underperform this by that much.  we are usually over with our record.  That I think is the most frustrating part of the year.  we have the offense it just doesn't work all the time.  

2 hours ago, DJL44 said:

5 for 20 is a .250 average. Add the 3 walks and it's a .347 OBP. 5 strikeouts is pretty low for todays' MLB. If this is a "bad stretch" he's doing just fine.

The problem is - it is not a bad stretch - it is his best stretch and we are 1/3rd of the way through the season, not opening month.

His defense is spectacular. On offense it seems that he only hits when the game has already been won or lost. That has been true last year and this year, so why not at least move him down in the order.

3 hours ago, MABB1959 said:

Is it possible the Giants and Mets did a thorough evaluation and saw this coming and the Twins cracker jack front office didn't?

Sadly, I think this is very likely. Falvey/Levine set aside the x-rays and picked up rose colored glasses instead. Boras was probably only too happy they came back around to help him and his client save face.

I like Correa. I wish this wasn't happening. But he's no superstar at this point, and it's only year one.

Did I miss something? Did CC "come on" overnight? I have no doubt that he'll start to pick it up relatively soon, but he's not doing much yet. 

1 hour ago, JD-TWINS said:

Come on……seriously? He’ll hit .265 plus by year end & will be a threat in the middle of a good line-up come September/October.

Lewis - CC - Polanco/Farmer - Kirilloff/Gallo is maybe the best all-around offensive infield in the game! Not every game or even to this point in May. But ultimately they are very good!

Is .265 good.   I guess I would expect nothing less than .300+ for that kind of money.  What do you see to expect.265?

May was better overall but NOT when the Twins needed his bat. Lot of hits that were meaningless. Twins paid for clutch hits!!

13 minutes ago, MABB1959 said:

Is .265 good.   I guess I would expect nothing less than .300+ for that kind of money.  What do you see to expect.265?

11 qualified hitters hit .300 or better last year. Baseball has been going this direction for years now. 

It has become extremely unrealistic to expect anyone to hit .300.