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  1. rv78
    Rocco doesn't know how to set a lineup and leave it. Your lineups are a pipedream.
  2. rv78
    And coincidently their offense went in the tank immediately after that trade.
  3. rv78
    Comparing him in any way shape or form to a Luis Arraez puts him in pretty good company. Now, will Falvey recognize his importance to the lineup or trade him away like he did with Arraez. Everyone knows Falvey likes the HomeRun guys, the contact hitter guys ... not so much.
  4. rv78
    Your version of Correa and his desire to play in Minnesota is a bit different than I remember. Yes he signed a 1 year deal to play here initially but I think there was an option in that 1st contract that he could have chosen to return for a 2nd year, which HE chose not to exercise. So, he CHOSE to leave Minnesota when he could have returned. Then he signed not one, but 2 different deals with other clubs (Mets & Giants) in which THEY backed out, not him. It's pretty obvious he didn't choose to play in Minnesota. It looks more like Minnesota chose him and made his salary too good to turn down. That's a big difference. Sometimes money talks. Yes, I agree the Pohlads pulled the rug out from under everyone including him. But given the choice, he CHOSE to play elsewhere multiple times after his initial season with the Twins. His time with the Twins, even in that 1 playoff series wasn't historic. It really wasn't even memorable. Sorry, when any player doesn't live up to their contract or expectations that isn't something you want to remember. Most over-rated and over-paid player to ever put on a Twins uniform.
  5. rv78
    Can someone explain to me why we are seeing something called "Gasper" playing in games instead of any other player not named Gasper. He has currently shown nothing worth noting and at 29 years old has no value going forward.
  6. rv78
    Brian Dozier, Jorge Polanco, Royce Lewis, Brooks Lee, just to name a few. Seems to be a major problem for the Twins especially. Unfortunately spending $200 million for one didn't work either. I'd take a Greg Gagne type anyday if they could surround him with guys that can hit like Hrbie, G-man, Puck, Bruno, Gladden and ....... well,,,,,, you know..... those guys.
  7. rv78
    And what you won't read about is when he used that same cerebral approach and hit into a doubleplay to end a Twins rally. How often does he tell his teammates about those experiences? I think they were more numerous.
  8. rv78
    If you piggyback them, aren't you really just seeing if they will make an effective long reliever? An accurate test or evaluation of a player to be a starter is to treat them like a starter. If Rocco is going to pull them before the 3rd time thru the order then you really aren't learning if they can be successful at it since they aren't given the chance. Piggys belong in a pig pen. Horses belong in a stable. Make them horses not pigs.
  9. rv78
    That's is because there never was a consistant lineup. Thank injuries and Rocco for that. It would take a lot of research but I'd be willing to bet that the exact same lineup was never used for more than 3 or 4 days in a row all the while Rocco has been Manager. The players can't be consistant hitters when they don't get consistant playing time.
  10. rv78
    With Rocco running the show it won't matter. There's no consistancy to who he puts in the lineup or why. No reasoning or confidence for the player, only the process, and that process has proven itself to be a failure for quite a few seasons now. The firesale held at the trade deadline proves it does not work. Unfortunately the powers in charge think it is the players that did not work, and refuse to admit it is the process they have enbraced. Something tells me they will continue their insanity.
  11. rv78
    This is just Rocco doing his usual top-notch managing. A guy goes 3 for 5 and is rewarded with bench duty the next day. Even if his replacement is hitting .115 for the season. Playing time decisions like this is exactly why Rocco needs to go.
  12. rv78
    So Friday night Gasper isn't asked to bunt because he doesn't know how. Today Kiersey fails at bunting and looks completely lost at trying to do it. Obviously bunting isn't being taught at any level in the minor leagues. Go back to last season and the struggles Austin Martin had. Then remember why he had those struggles. It was because the Twins brass tried to make him into a power hitter. Could it be with Kiersey they wanted the same thing. That would explain the lack of situational hitting and bunting ability by most every young player on the Twins. They wanted a forever chain of players replicating the "Bomba Squad" that swings for the fences instead of contact first and situational hitting albeit hit and run, bunting or taking the ball to the opposite field. My guess is all the hitting coaches are telling all the players to swing as hard as you can everytime you swing. Setting the record for the most strikeouts in a season last year and seeing how bad they are at making contact again this year would suggest they haven't changed their approach on offense even if some of the players have changed.
  13. rv78
    I'm pretty sure the fans version of "fun baseball" is a whole lot different than Falveys. Stay tuned, "meaningful baseball" will return sometime in the next millenium.
  14. rv78
    Relievers are the easiest pieces to replace. In return the Twins got 2 legit starters in Bradley and Rojas. If they don't make it as starters they'll turn them into relievers and they'll quite possibly be just as good or better as Jax and Varland. While I don't like Falvey and the moves he makes, there is a chance of these trades having some upside if Bradley and/or Rojas can improve enough to stick as MLB starters. If they can't, then it's a wash or another Falvey mistake. Only time will tell.
  15. rv78
    Wasn't Paddack considered a starter?
  16. rv78
    Glad he is gone. Over-rated. Was just another Falvey mistake that cost $30M to get rid of. Falvey should show himself the door. How many guys get to make 200 million dollar mistakes and keep their job? Truely think he was the cancer that ruined this team. Always put himself first. That's why he left after his first season. Only came back because the Giants and Mets were smarter than Falvey. Hooray, Cheater is gone!
  17. rv78
    Gasper doesn't bunt because he doesn't know how? When you are a prolific hitting machine like he is, you don't throw away an at-bat by bunting. LOL! The guy has a career .125 batting average in the majors. WTF is he even doing on a major league roster and who put him there? And if he isn't capable of bunting, shouldn't the Manager replace him with someone who can? Seriously, you can't make this stuff up. Falvey and Rocco are the problem.
  18. rv78
    If adding Correa was Falveys "signature achievement", he failed miserably. It basically hand-tied him from adding any other significant talent that could have been used to add better options other than the cast-offs from other teams that we seen put on a Twins uniform on 1 year deals the last 3 seasons. It was a terrible use of payroll.
  19. rv78
    1. Getting rid of the most expensive, overpaid, over-rated player (Correa) was the best move Falvey made in his entire tenure with this team. Even if it was to correct the mistake of signing him in the first place. I never understood how you can make a known cheater and a player with an average bat be your team leader and expect the rest of the team to look up to him as an example to follow. I wouldn't doubt with him now gone the rest of the team will play better. They definitely can't play any worse. 2. Has the selloff made the smartest guy in the room (Falvey) smarter or was it a display of desperation and acknowledgement of failure? Either way he should not be in charge going forward regardless of who he got in return for the players traded away. 1 playoff series win in the time he's been here is total failure. 3. Choosing to partially dismantle a club that had high expectations without trying a new Manager first, when that club has failed season after season, is another failure. If they truely were a team built to be a perrenial contender, the players weren't the problem. This clearly indicates that Falvey and Rocco are together as one. Rocco should have been gone a long time ago.
  20. rv78
    LOL........ If he is important enough for the future and this season is lost, then give him a few extra days off. Ummm ..... Why play him at all the rest of the season then? Aren't you risking the future if you bring him back at any point in a lost season? Seriously, this is so insane that it isn't funny. You can rest him until the cows come home and he'll still end up with an injury. At least consider who the heck you're talking about here. There is NO amount of rest that will keep Buck healthy.
  21. rv78
    With Byron Buxton out, the offense does have to work a little harder, I about fell out of my chair from laughter when I read this line. The offense hasn't worked all year, even with Buck!
  22. rv78
    I think you are mistakenly tying the increase in velocity to success. Zebby hasn't proven it has helped him nor that he can be counted on. Outside of Ober, the 9 years of Falvey developing a pitching pipeline has been a massive swing and a miss.
  23. rv78
    If the goal is for him to mimic Zebby, I will be reserving judgement until Zebby proves he belongs at the major league level as well.
  24. rv78
    After losing 2 series to 2 of the worst teams in baseball, tell me again why there is reason for optimism since the Twins have an "easy" schedule the 2nd half of the season.
  25. rv78
    Since Ty France has a salary of 1 million and he is outperforming Carlos Correa at the plate, the "sneaky value" of Correa is less than 1 million. Good job Falvey!
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