Red Sox 10, Twins 4: The Story Remains the Same, and the Twins Lose Again

Seriously is this team on the take as well tanking games? 

Is the offense waking up? Or was that a mirage in the midst of the desert called "Twins baseball in June?" 

It is hard for me to say that those garbage time home runs have much meaning in the overall scheme of things. I'm sure Kluber was told, "Just get us nine outs."

26-34 since April 14

30-37 against the league (ex Royals)

Pitching is regressing, and hitting is what it’s been all year. Really no sign that the ship is going to turn around.

Time to try something different, no?

Gettin' dark early at mid-summer. Bummer.

I'm thinking Headrick is headed back down to St. Paul after this performance. Is it for Maeda or do we need another pitcher for a couple days as our starters appear to be stressed out knowing they can't allow a run or they are losing.

The most unwatchable twins team since the 90s. Baseball and the twins are a staple of my summer. Haven't watched a game since the end of May and definitely won't until changes are made. No longer planning to take my kid to a game on July. We'll go fishing and camping instead. 

"It's not the baseball we're accustomed to from our team"

What the heck is Rocko talking about? Since June of last year, this is exactly the baseball I have become accustomed to seeing from this team. 

I hope we keep stacking losses so that we sell at the deadline, or at least prevent the FO from burning more assets on this steaming turd of a baseball team.  Keep those assets and at least leave me with hope that things will be better in years to come.

"We don't do a lot based on one particular day".  

We are nearly through half a season and are on pace to set the record for strikeouts!!  Our team has been insanely poor ALL YEAR with the bases loaded!  Did Rocco just notice today that our at bats are consistently not great 😂?  How many games of mind numbingly poor offense are required before we would consider doing "a lot"?

Since Kepler homered tonight does the DFA clock reset?

And to think that it's not even summer yet.

6 hours ago, TwinkieFan4life said:

"We don't do a lot based on one particular day".  

We are nearly through half a season and are on pace to set the record for strikeouts!!  Our team has been insanely poor ALL YEAR with the bases loaded!  Did Rocco just notice today that our at bats are consistently not great 😂?  How many games of mind numbingly poor offense are required before we would consider doing "a lot"?

Agreed!

And I get roasted every time I ask this question, but I will ask again:  who exactly is "we", Rocco?  Are you the manager, or not?  If not, when can "we" expect one?  Because the FO can't manage from the penthouse, and you don't seem able to manage without their permission.  

A manager I used to work for once said "we need a plan; we have got to have a plan.  I don't even care if it's a GOOD plan!  Just give me a plan!"  Does this team really have a plan?  If what we are seeing day in and day out is a plan, give me a new one.  I don't even care if it's a good one.  I can't be any worse.  🤕

7 hours ago, BsuNemo said:

The most unwatchable twins team since the 90s. Baseball and the twins are a staple of my summer. Haven't watched a game since the end of May and definitely won't until changes are made. No longer planning to take my kid to a game on July. We'll go fishing and camping instead. 

Same. Not wasting time or $$ on this garbage team right now.  At this point, the only positive that can come out of the season is tanking bad enough that Joe Pohlad and company actually take action on this incompetent regime. 

It's time for ownership to have some cajones, and make some changes. Whatever it is, that we actually we have here...isn't even close to working.  

Well the good thing is Rocco said before the game that Buxton is no closer to playing in the field then he was at the beginning of spring training. 22K attendance the last two nights, wondering if that will continue?

Amazing that despite all the injuries, the guys who are playing seem to be having their worst career year, or close to it. Memory is a bit fuzzy, but I seem to remember that way back in the day Earl Weaver used to issue fines for stuff like not getting a runner in from 3rd with less than 2 outs. (and Earl subscribed to the 3-run HR offense)

Storm clouds started forming when Twins unloaded the AL batting champ for a 'hopeful' starting rotation 'ace'. Then they cast k-king Sano adrift and added his clone Gallo to replace his k's.  They 'won' the Carlos Correa sweepstakes from Mets and Giants and so far all they 'won' was a 3 month struggle and a BA barely over .200. Wow.

The strikeouts with runners on, for me, is the most aggravating part of this season. And it isn't close to improving. I would be ready to tell these guys to lay one down with a runner on 3rd. What can it hurt except perhaps a bunch of egos?

2 hours ago, rwilfong86 said:

Cleveland is sitting one game back now and playing the A's 😩

Yeah, that's good for Cleveland, but then again Tampa Bay had problems beating the A's last week, so who knows?

43 minutes ago, TwinsDr2021 said:

Well the good thing is Rocco said before the game that Buxton is no closer to playing in the field then he was at the beginning of spring training. 22K attendance the last two nights, wondering if that will continue?

From what Rocco said, it sounds like we are likely NOT going to see Buxton play in the outfield this year. But if he's in that bad of shape, why would you even want him running the bases? Oh yeah, I forgot: he's either striking out or hitting home runs, so running the bases isn't a factor. Okay, he DID have the single today, but still, if he's that fragile just put him on the IL and get him healthy again. 

If we need some extra bats, maybe we can talk Trevor Plouffe out of retirement. Hell, I'd even welcome back an overweight Miguel Sano at this point. 

Unfortunately this team is exactly what I thought and said it would be at the beginning of the season... CRAP. Signing Gallo and Correa were huge mistakes and this organization gets to pay for 6 years for some of that crap. The one player they went out and got that I am disappointed in is Vazquez. It seems he has regressed to become just like the other worthless veterans on the team. Maybe father-time has caught up with him but regardless Jeffers needs to play more. All of the youngsters need to play more. As for Rocco, he's never had a smart reply for any tough question ever asked. I'll never forget the time he was asked about Buxton and Correa having scheduled rest days happen to fall on the same day. He couldn't figure out how to solve that problem. Hey. if he isn't smart enough to do that, he isn't going to solve anything. As for "A Plan", they have a plan, you are seeing it. Go out and get guys that hit HR or strikeout. Swing for the fences and if you miss, oh well, They don't want a single when a guy is on 3rd, or 2nd, they want a HR, and they usually end up with a K. That's the Plan. It is more than ironic that they let Sano walk instead of exercising his $10.5M option for 2023 yet they went and spent $11M for Gallo who is just as bad or worse than Sano. Brilliant!

9 hours ago, BsuNemo said:

The most unwatchable twins team since the 90s. Baseball and the twins are a staple of my summer. Haven't watched a game since the end of May and definitely won't until changes are made. No longer planning to take my kid to a game on July. We'll go fishing and camping instead. 

That will be way less expensive and a great way to father son/daughter time that used to be taking my boy to a game.  I can't even imagine paying a couple hundred dollars to sit in that heat and not even seeing a hit.