MABB1959
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Is Buxton back? No updates on MLb. I think today is his expected day to be back???????
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I wouldn't go there yet. The Twins MO is to replace the other coaches and that seems to have never worked. I would go higher and let Rocco go. He calls the game right? Tells the hitter when to swing and when to not? I am not 100% sure but letting Rocco go could force a culture change. IMO they need a coach who has a clear understating of statistics but does not call the game solely based on them.
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Pitchers is the only position chosen correctly and hope one of the Twins is a top choice. Maybe even a starter. My point was the players we consider "All Stars" aren't even there. Even a popularity contest should bring them at least in the top 10.
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The Twins have only one player on the MLB AllStar leaders and that is Joey Gallo 9th of 10 on first base. How can that be a play-off bound team. And I do realize it is more of a popularity vote, but no Buxton or Correa or Polanco?
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Forever! The Pohlad’s aren’t going to want to payout their remaining years.
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A lot longer than 3 season. I would say 10+ at the very least. Longer if you go back to their last playoff win.
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He should have been fired the day after the 7-0 loss to the Rays with 12 K's or
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No manager who wants to keep his reputation would ever want to manage the Twins and it starts at the top.
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Depending too much on their tablets to do the work and not using one ounce of instinct. They should stop using stats and use their baseball minds.
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Viscous circle if attendance drops they have a great excuse not to spend but I think most of us would agree that is their typical method of operation. We can afford one MAYBE two valuable/somewhat expensive players. So they seem to trade good players before they have to pay them. We should have been able to keep Arraez and pay for a player of Lopez's abilities. But it has been that way since they traded Torii and then Mourneau to afford Mauer. Berrios was due for a big pay day (even though I don't think he wanted to stay) and they panicked and got us two players we have yet to see while Berrios is doing a very good job for Toronto. Arraez would have been pricey to resign and on and on. Yet we keep thinking or hoping for something better and I doubt that is coming.
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If the hitting coach goes then Rocco should as well. I watched the Toronto vs Houston game and the managers knew how to manufacture runs and they called good games for the pitchers as well. It was nice to watch. I love Buxton but he is not a good or even average DH. They desperately need a Nelson Cruz like player at DH and in front of the players with above average OBPs. It sucks not having a player with a good chance of hitting a HR. They need a good stable #5 hitter. It seems lately the 1 - 3 hitters can’t get on base and more often than not they strike out. I would say it is the most boring line-up ever constructed. They are almost dead last in stolen bases another exciting part of baseball.
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Game Thread: Twins (Ober) @ Rays (Chirinos), 6/8/23 @ 12:10 CT
MABB1959 replied to wsnydes's topic in Archived Game Threads
I think AAA could beat the easily beat the Twins with the lineup they have been playing -
Game Thread: Twins (Ober) @ Rays (Chirinos), 6/8/23 @ 12:10 CT
MABB1959 replied to wsnydes's topic in Archived Game Threads
Way past time for Correa to earn some of his massive salary, A HR would be nice. -
Game Thread: Twins (Ober) @ Rays (Chirinos), 6/8/23 @ 12:10 CT
MABB1959 replied to wsnydes's topic in Archived Game Threads
It seems like yesterday, Lewis was hot and we had a 3 game winning streak. Couldn't wait to watch them continue. Now we are close to a 5 game losing streak with mostly unwatchable games. Losing 2-1 was okay, still a competitive game. But we all know being down even one run is a danger zone. If they can't get it going this game they will fall under .500 and Cleveland too close. -
Kudos for López for keeping it competitive.
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Okay, time for Lopez to show us what we got for Arraez!
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The FO just makes too many mistakes. It could come from the very top that has them get rid of good players before they have to pay them. Sounds ridiculous I know! Berrios was my favorite player in a LONG time, He plays to win and is devastated by his results last year. I think he is coming back and will be at least and All Star by next year if not more. Opinions will vary on that BUT we have yet to see what we got back and not sure we ever will. Hicks was traded to make room for Buxton but with his unforeseeable injuries we would have been better with Hicks for a few more seasons (debatable), but we got a great big goose egg back. Arraez HUGEST in a long time. He would affect every game the pitcher we got back even if a #1 Cy Young winner only plays max 2 games a week or 3 games in 2 weeks. This is going to be another Big Pappi for us. Kepler why they keep him is unexplainable Time to see what they have with Wallner and not just one game, the rest of the season would be fine by me. Lewis almost had a life changing play last week. I hope he doesn't have long term effects from this. Correa: Did the other 2 teams see something the Twins FO didn't? Buxton: CF or bust! Catching, LF, 2nd and 1st are "okay"
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We are 9th in the AL and would be almost 5 games out of the Wild Card. All of the ALC teams are way down in the Wild Card standing it is almost pathetic
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They seem to make the coaching changes in the wrong place (hitting coach, bench coach, pitching coach) over and over again with no results. Time to move it up a level if they want to try to salvage this season.
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I have seen other Managers fired during the season and I do hate for anyone to lose their jobs. Just saying it seems like we are in desperation now over some of the decisions made. This is just my opinion and you don't need to be so snarky. First place in the ALC is not much to hang your hat on and the way the last few weeks have went we may not be there for long
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Up above someone mentioned the Twins being able to say they above average by being over .500. In this division it should be over .700 to have something to boast about.
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Didn’t see it live, just the article that said he was okay. Watched the video. He is incredibly lucky he didn’t break his neck. IMO that was worse than any of Burton’s collisions.
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I hate for anyone to lose their job but Rocco should have been fired after yesterday’s game. Ownership needs to show Minnesota fans that they care about the fans. These boys need a tough coach to get them in line and the players need to know playing time is not guaranteed. The media article headlines need to change. They focus on pitchers. Yes allowing 7 runs is not good but the Twins putting up a glaring goose egg should have been the headline. How many games have the hitters given our pitchers a lead so they can relax a bit. WHY DID LEWIS SIT OUT especially with Buxton out. WHY IS KEPLER still on the team. I seriously think the AAA team could beat the MLB team. Whoever made the decision to send Waller down should also be fired. The person responsible for the Arreaz trade should also be fired.
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Is Lewis too tired to play? Think they would learn from the latest Buxton injury that sitting out and not playing in the field will keep them healthy.
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Any good reason?
