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  1. MABB1959
    Last thing we need are unhealthy/easily injured players. We are WS winners in that category. But it would be nice to have a HR DH. No idea where Twins HR's will come from next season.
  2. MABB1959
    The Twins are not mentioned in any of the MLB Rumors section. Sean Murphy looks like a catcher we could use among many pitchers.
  3. MABB1959

    They need a new everything strategy.   WS is fun to watch but super depressing at the same time.  Houston was able to both sign good players and make them great!  Twins have maybe 2 players in that category one being Correa who is all but gone and Buxton who the current training staff is unable to keep healthy.  The Twins look like a little league team compared to Houston.  

    1. mikelink45

      mikelink45

      I loved the way Houston played.  I also like Dusty Baker letting them play.  Rob Thompson made a Rocco mistake pulling Wheeler because there were runners on base.

      But you are right, Houston signs and develops its players.  Look at the turnover since 2017.  Springer and Correa were thought to be cornerstones, but Houston was ready with the next great players and their pitching staff is built to have great starters go deep for great relievers. 

      We want to use 3 -4 RP per game, but we do not have that many good ones and it burns out the staff. 

  4. MABB1959
    Is that what helped Presley go from sub par here to a great closer with Houston. Glad to see him close out the WS and get a ring after all the guff he got here.
  5. MABB1959
    Fun article. So wish we had a FO that knew how to build a WS caliber team. They throw us a bone occasionally but those bones stay with the team a year or two (Correa, NCruz, Donaldson). https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34902054/world-series-2022-houston-astros-shortstop-jeremy-pena?platform=amp
  6. MABB1959
    Will never understand why we they want to trade away the better players?
  7. MABB1959
    WHY do we always get these types of choices. They all had great careers but way to far away from their prime. I suspect these types of last hope players are the only ones that would even consider signing with this team. How pathetic is this entire situation!!!!
  8. MABB1959
    The article sounds like we are on the cusp of a team that will go far in the playoffs, just by tweaking a few positions. So much relying on health/injuries. They need an above average medical staff, one that knows how to prevent and one who knows how to rehab. Right now, I do not see a rosy picture! Pitching: I don't have a lot of faith in the pitching with mostly the unknowns (mostly health related). Additionally, they need an above average pitching coach. Catcher: Sanchez gave us the most games but has a .205 BA, Jeffers .208, Leon .179. Huge hole! DH: Need a true high average home run hitting DH 1st: Arraez for sure! 2nd: A healthy Polanco. Perhaps that is why his BA was .235 this season, if not another hole! SS: If they don't resign Correa they need Lewis to come back healthy or HUGE issue. 3rd: Urshela should be good. LF: Gordon has the most games and a decent BA. Need a backup better than Garlick and Cave if Larnach and Kiriloff don't come back healthy. Neither of these have showed the potential we expected. CF: A healthy Buxton who fields AND hits most games. RF: Neither Kepler or Wallner will do! Outfield Overall: Only Gordon has an BA above 250.
  9. MABB1959
    Why would we want them to get rid of a batting champ? Do you really trust their ability to get at least an equal value?
  10. MABB1959
    I thought the managers job was to set the line-ups? So what does “manager” mean in baseball? He should be managing everything including the medical staff, conditioning and their rehab. I agree he doesn’t have the final say in who the FO signs but he should be giving input.
  11. MABB1959
    How about an above average stable line-up. We as fans need to know our team good or bad. Right now it is horrible and barely a recognizable name. Seems we get a good player or pitcher they are gone as quickly as we get them. Really the only players to get excited for this year were Arraz, Buxton and Correa. Arraz is so stable an likeable, Buxton is very likeable and so exciting when on the field and at bat. He was barely in the field (DH'd more games than I like) and we as fans didn't get a chance to know Correa and probably didn't get as excited because his time is most likely short lived. Baldelli changes the line-up based on stats. He will "rest" a hot player just based on the opposing teams pitcher. There is no accountability either. He runs sub-par players out all the time. I hate to pick on Kepler but he probably should have been a bench player and they should have found a right fielder that can hit as well as field. Plus he is just a little boring doesn't seem to have the fire he should. We are searching but unwilling to pay pitchers. We let Berrios go without a blink of an eye without replacing with a better or even an equal replacement. Yes he struggled but he has the fire most fans like to see. They are not very transparent or even in the fight for the top players. My gut feeling is no players in the prime of their career want to come here. Why would you want to go to a team that hasn't won a playoff game in 18 tries. Also it doesn't take a baseball genius to see a team that seems to look for re-treads instead of real MLB quality players. He also needs to look at his coaching and medical staff. Hard to get players from AAA to the MLB. As for injuries hard to blame him but they obviously don't have a good medical staff or trainers. Too many muscle strains and pains for what should be highly athletic players. The rehab process does not seem very good either.
  12. MABB1959
    Better coaches OVERALL. But aren't some of the basic fundamentals learned in little league and the way they become a MLB player is because these fundaments are above average to excellent? How does a player who doesn't understand the fundamentals make it to the MLB to start with?
  13. MABB1959
    Another item to throw in is without a way to watch them on TV is going to contribute to the declining ticket sales. Many fans like me want their team. Guys who play most of the season. Resting days are needed but getting ridiculous with the Twins who did their fair share of "resting". Resting for what? To make it to post season which they rarely do and when they do it is short lived. Buxton is supposed to be our Aaron Judge. It is sad to say but except for Buxton I would not recognize a single MN Twin player. IMO that is how you get a following. Spent $300 dollars on 4 tickets and neither Correa or Buxton played. If you could at least know the team it would be more incentive to go to a game. Otherwise it is like watching a bunch of no-name players.
  14. MABB1959
    Starts at the top and obviously worked it's way down. The players were never held accountable either. The whole organization is a mess that we know from experience the Pohlad's really don't care. Most FO/Owners would have let Baldelli go after they got lost the series to Cleveland and then got swept by KC. We will be having this discussion at the end of every season for years to come. I am mostly discouraged by the promise of the Twins window of opportunity 3-4 years ago was supposed to be the start of that. By letting Berrios go (yes I know he had a tough year) showing they are not willing to keep the MLB caliber players by replacing them with players hoping to have one last shot. No different with Falvey and Levine as it was with other FO's. It will only get worse because ticket sales are plummeting and we will very soon be considered a small market team. I was able to watch the NYY/Blue Jays game last night and it was refreshing to see real MLB talented players again! I am going to go with Toronto as my team to go far in the play-offs! Have we heard a peep out of the Pohlad's?
  15. MABB1959
    Huge concern! Not sure if they do not have solid conditioning plans and almost certain that they are not able to rehab most of the players. Too many to name!
  16. MABB1959
    Seems to me that they were aware of Mahle's and Maeda's health before signing.
  17. MABB1959
    I so hope this turns out to be true but for us it never quite happens that way.
  18. MABB1959
    We have this conversation EVERY single year. 2-3 years ago was supposed to be their window of opportunity but instead every year is a total rebuild.
  19. MABB1959
    FO for sure hasn’t delivered and should be fired. If a new front office is brought in Rocco should be gone so a new front office can choose their own manager. The FO has made way too many blunders and bad trades. Given the poor pitching, hitting and fielding it doesn’t appear the bench coaches can’t get it done either. And finally the medical staff. Injuries do happen but the Twins staff obviously has issues with rehabilitation. The players should be held to higher standards. If you can’t hit or make errors they don’t get benched. The only time we saw anything close to discipline was with Celestino last week. We don’t know what goes on behind the scenes but publicaly there hasn’t been a peep of an acknowledgement of failure from the Pohlad’s down. This season was way more of a total system failure than ever before.
  20. MABB1959
    Perfect answer. We have been playing the if game forever. Sure we have a few ALC titles but no playoff wins. This team will most likely be ifffing for the next 10 years. Their window of opportunity is long gone with nothing to show.
  21. MABB1959
    I certainly hope they are giving season ticket holders money back for the savings non season ticket holders will be getting
  22. MABB1959
    How do you stay so positive and hopeful for the future?
  23. MABB1959
    If he did get to a superstar status, the Twins would find a way to let him go.
  24. MABB1959
    Typical and never going to change. We will continue to bargain shop and when we do get a gem let them go with not much in return. We have been waiting 20 years for our window of opportunity. Last blow for me was letting Berrios go and then trying to find someone to replace him.
  25. MABB1959
    I get notifications on my phone and don't know for most part if the players is a Twin or not. That's how "great" this team is.
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