Twins 3, Red Sox 9: Another Gut Punch Has Twins On Ropes

It is not on the ropes. It is down and the ref count is at 8

KC and Twins seemingly don’t want the WC spot. 

Twins have Marlins and Os

KC has Nats and Braves

Det has Rays and ChiSox

Seattle has Stros and As

17 games over seems like a long time ago. Bitter pill.

It's tough to win enough to make the playoffs when you have 3 rookie starters who only go 4-5 innings followed by a shaky bullpen.

14 minutes ago, twins_89 said:

It's tough to win enough to make the playoffs when you have 3 rookie starters who only go 4-5 innings followed by a shaky bullpen.

The rookie starters, IMO, been the lone bright stop over the last 6-weeks. They have done everything you could expect... as far as 4-5 innings, you may need to check-in with the MIA manager, he likes pulling starters at low pitch counts because his little tablet dictates him to do so. 

14 minutes ago, JD-TWINS said:

Lopez has been performing at a high level. 2.01 ERA over previous ELEVEN STARTS. He blew up today! Hopefully, he’ll be ready to go Friday!

Triston Casas won't be there Friday so that should help.

Rocco so terrified of losing the game in the 5th inning…that he lost the game in the 5th inning.

The horrible offense has turned Rocco from a guy who makes questionable bullpen moves into one that makes delirious bullpen moves.

Well, I guess the plan is to just keep doing the same things with the same people…..finish up the year and hope for the best. And then make all the right comments when we come up short.

Or, alternatively, the Nephew could make a statement to try to instil some urgency and accountability into this franchise while there is still some time.  Will he? Doubt it.  But it’s not a silly idea.  Besides, he probably will make the move early in the off-season anyway.

This team has lost its confidence and it is not getting it back without some drastic action. 

As I’ve said before, this team can’t hit. They pile up stats and wins against the sub .500 teams and when they play a team with decent or good pitching, the hitters don’t know what to do. Today’s pitching implosion is just another step in the complete collapse. 
When this team gets behind, everyone from pitcher to hitters loses confidence and the game is over. Everything goes bad at the same time from defense to hitting and everything in between. 
I’ll hold out hope that they can start a win streak and that today was bottom. That’s because I’m a (idiot) fan and I’ve been watching and cheering them on all year, so a few more games can’t be much worse. 

Just another loss in an absolutely terrible display of baseball over the past 6 weeks or so.  I believe they are 11 and 22 in their last 33 games.  Pretty pathetic.  And they are losing so badly.  Twins problems seem simple enough:  no offense, no defense, no manager, and very little pitching.  The choke continues.

Rocco committed managerial malpractice in this game with his use of a rested bullpen in a must win game. 

It is long past time to try someone new and the Rocco apologists shouldn't mind because they seem to think that managing really doesn't matter much... 

1 hour ago, ashbury said:

Hard to believe a waiver-wire pickup like Cole Irvin didn't prove to be a lights-out member of the bullpen.

Those 2 arb years though....

1 hour ago, USAFChief said:

With pretty much the entire pen available, that's the guy Rocco turns to. Who not only turns 1 on, 2 out, 2 run lead into a 1 run deficit, Rocco brings him back out in the 6th to start another rally.

Madness!

17 minutes ago, twinssporto said:

In all seriousness, if the Twins make the playoffs they will be blown out. They will be lucky to get through game two. I saw what this team was doing 4 weeks ago and knew the outcome. I really hope this post doesn't age well but I really doubt that will happen...so many issues to fix...

I got an email from the Senior VP of Twins ticket sales last week. Espousing what a great value and fun having a suite or season tickets would do for my company...I should post what I told him...

"Any given team on any given day..."

Even though Falvey will bring another analytics robot, Rocco needs to go. He's totally lost the team. As bad as the bullpen is, the offense is worse. Painful to watch. It's hard to even want them to limp into the play-offs. This season just needs to come to a merciful end. The wish list for this team is new owners, a new GM and new manager. But I'll take two out of 3 and be OK with one out of 3. 

I wished that the doubleheader would have been rained out and we'd make it up when we were playing better at the end of the season ....

Not going to happen  , we aren't going to get better that is , most of the players are lost and it's definitely a reflection of the coaching and leadership  ....

We need major league professional coaches and manager  , 

Brutal losses, just brutal. At least the Cleveland games were close ones, and there was some expectation that we might win some, of not all of those games. Not so in this series. Ugh. So, when does the Timberwolves season start?

As much as we'd all like to see the team get into the playoffs...they would get trounced anyway by a better team. What good would that do? Maybe this collapse is exactly what needs to happen...so changes will be made. A house cleaning is way over due. I certainly don't expect the GM(s), the manager, and the coaching staff to get fired, even though that's what needs to happen here.  This ownership would never do that...they're not that smart, and I don't know that they even care enough to realize that. 

Need to finish season strong!!!! 4-2 at very worst which I think will be enough to eek out playoffs. Don’t want to hear vikings talk or can’t wait for wolves season 💩love both teams along with wild but this is TWINS chat room NOT Vikings/twolves/wild chat!!! Day off comes at best time-we ALL need to support our twins this week/watch every game and get them in playoffs!!!