Guardians 11, Twins 4: The Slide Continues

This is what I worried would happen. The Twins watched the Wild last season and the intrigue of losing streak, winning streak, losing streak, winning streak, losing streak seemed to much to pass up. 

Time to face reality with this club.   When facing good to above average teams, this group is poor.

W-L record against teams at or above .500:   10-19/ win pct= .345

W-L record against teams below .500:  14-2/ win pct= .875

21st game this season (out of 45) in which this offense has generated 3 runs or less. When your offensively inept nearly 50% of the time (46.7%), its pretty simple:  You're NOT going to challenge for a dvision title.

Now 24-21 with an ugly 5-game losing streak in which the bats have gone back into hibernation and the pitching has been, at best, mediocre.

Where are the leaders on this team?  Where is the fire? Where are the guts?

Another very poor performance.  Not totally unexpected.  They aren't that good.  Since their 12 game winningbstreak I believe they are 5-9.  Again we started a b lineup with a lefty starting for Cleveland.  But the radio announcers on WCCO have it solved.  About all you heard from them other than all the bs they banter about that has little to do with the game being played was whining about bad umpiring, bad luck, and bad bounces.  It's getting old because that's all they talk about.  I guess since tge team went in the tank there isn't much else to talk about.

Someone explain why Jackson is on this team... GO!

1 hour ago, USAFChief said:

We have to find a way to lift ourselves up and score some runs." #MNTwins manager Rocco Baldelli

 

I realize you do not have many good options but Here's a thought: try less of your worse options.

 

The "we", Rocco, begins with ye.  

-Start holding players accountable for mental lapses and poor play.

-Stop being a slave to your spreadsheet and giving Vazquez, Margot and Farmer 40 AB's a week. 

It appears to have taken 44 innings of watching the Yankees and the Guards slap hits around the yard for the Twins lineup to realize that they could take more than one approach at the plate depending on circumstances.  Let's hope that 6-hit, 4-run ninth sticks in their minds.

5 hours ago, D.C Twins said:

Someone explain why Jackson is on this team... GO!

I think it is because Castro can only pitch under certain circumstances; too bad.  🫠

Any team that can win 12 straight and follow that up with 5 straight losses has a huge identity crisis. We can pretty clearly see now that yes, the win streak was indeed a result of historically bad competition. And it turns out that relying on guys like Ryan Jeffers and Carlos Santana to carry a team for a month is indeed unsustainable. 

This team could very well win 12 in a row and lose 12 in a row in the same year, would certainly be an interesting trivia footnote someday. 

When this team is bad, they are BAD. Buxton and Correa look old and worn out, Kirilloff's out of gas, Farmer, Margot, and Vazquez are all hitting .120....Willie Castro is a career utility guy who's got the yips and the guy needs a rest, Julien is watching Strike Three go by at historic rates....and that's what we have. Who else can the Twins count on here? A 31 year-old Max Kepler - a guy who has been a solid complimentary player most of his career? That's the best they got? 

Ugly game last night-need to end losing streak and start week with a win. We can take series with Washington (sweep) then 2-1 against Texas. Radios guys were right with umpires!!! Mlb needs to get rid of them and go AI/robotic!!! Our twins need our support!!! Im not giving up on them and neither should you!!!

Poor pitching, poor hitting, poor managing. Let's blame the umps. 

Ober laid an egg followed by Funderburk and why is he on the team Jackson. Rocco, note to self, if you use your better pitchers, the game may not get out of hand giving you a slight chance to come back and win a game. When your worst bullpen pitchers have pitched the most in the last week you are doing a poor job of managing your bullpen. Note to this FO, when you have a worthless player, waiting to DFA him makes you look worse at doing your job than signing him in the first place.

Who stole the sausage? It belongs to the better team on the field on that particular day. Competition wise, this team can't keep up with the good teams. 

5 hours ago, VivaBomboRivera! said:

It appears to have taken 44 innings of watching the Yankees and the Guards slap hits around the yard for the Twins lineup to realize that they could take more than one approach at the plate depending on circumstances.  Let's hope that 6-hit, 4-run ninth sticks in their minds.

Changing their approach might mess up their launch angle.  

A tip of the cap to the Santana/ Vazquez DP. Great effort on both parts, especially Santana for initiating it. For being mainly being a flyball pitching staff,  too many GBs get through.

The 3 best teams in the AL, by both record and run differential, are BAL, NYY, and CLE.  The Twins are now 0-10 against those teams, with a combined run total of 19-57.

There’s 10+ weeks to the trade deadline, and if this team can’t demonstrate some sustained offensive capability, it will be time to blow some things up.

All I can say is this team has become unwatchable.I think it is time to blow up the whole thing,starting with the FO.I am so happy I didn't pay for the MLB TV.

9 hours ago, Danchat said:

I don't get what the fascination with Jay Jackson is. Most innings pitched in the bullpen despite having an ERA over 6. Time to get Alcala back up and DFA Jackson.

Blewett has pitched a LOT better than Alcala in AAA.

19 minutes ago, DJL44 said:

Blewett has pitched a LOT better than Alcala in AAA.

Blewett & Alcala are 2 different situations. Blewett is content in AAA & hungry to get to the MLB. While Alcala has had a lot of success in the MLB & AAA is a demotion & being put in the doghouse. Varland isn't doing that well in AAA yet he proven himself on the MLB level in the BP. That's where he should be in long relief one step away from the rotation.

The schedule turns more friendly after the Twins leave New York on June 6. The stretch from May 3 to June 6 includes only the three with Washington for relief in those 32 games and the Nationals have been pretty good too.. Thus far the Twins are 7-8 for this period. The Minnesota squad is not playing good baseball at the moment and people can justifiably point to the putrid offseason of missed opportunities or pile on about the lack of talent, but there are still months to go in the season where the players can make adjustments and correct current weaknesses. It isn't time to get down on the local nine.

I will be curious to see where the Twins are as they head to PNC Park in Pittsburgh for an early June series with the Pirates. 

1 hour ago, Doctor Gast said:

Blewett & Alcala are 2 different situations. Blewett is content in AAA & hungry to get to the MLB. While Alcala has had a lot of success in the MLB & AAA is a demotion & being put in the doghouse. Varland isn't doing that well in AAA yet he proven himself on the MLB level in the BP. That's where he should be in long relief one step away from the rotation.

And they brought up Boushley which makes some sense because they want a long reliever and Alcala is a short reliever.

There is an open spot on the 40 man roster. They don't really need to open a spot to add anyone since Topa is eligible for the 60 man IL.