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  1. rv78
    bWAR means nothing to me. I look at stats. MIranda is far and away a much better hitter. Why did Miranda start the season in AAA? Pure Plain and Simple answer..... Santana. Even with Kirilloff expected to play some 1B Santana was the reason Miranda started in AAA. Had Lewis not got hurt and they needed another 3B guy Miranda stays there until Kirilloff goes down. Take away Miranda's production and the team has at least 5 more L's in the loss column. Give Miranda an extra 100 At bats that Santana has been given and add 5 more W's to the win column. Even if you cut that 10 game difference in half to 5 and it could be the difference between playoffs or not, or at the very least, a better seed in the playoffs. But those on the Falvine and Rocco band wagon don't see what could be, they only see what they have. That's what the rest of us call.... drinking the kool-aid.
  2. rv78
    Yes, Santana is replacement level. A sub .240 Hitter that hits an occasional HR is nothing special, especially for a 1st baseman. I'd much rather see Miranda getting the at bats there and reps in the field to make him better defensively at 1st base. His bat is significantly better than Santana's and he is 10 times more important to the team going forward than Santana. Miranda has almost as many RBIs as Santana in almost 100 less at bats. He's much more productive and is only being held back by Rocco, Falvey and Levine who want the veterans they sign to play only to make it look like the signings were "the right thing to do" when in reality it shows they weren't worth it.. Even Gallo was favored over the young players (Wallner) who out-performed him when given the chance.
  3. rv78
    It is fair to say that the Twins have been mildly successful since Falvine and Rocco have arrived. Unfortunately their shortcomings and mistakes have really kept the Twins from being even better. Additions like Gallo, have been horrendous and replacement level signings like Margot, Santana, Jay Jackson, to name a few don't make the team better, which should be the goal each and every season regardless of payroll. If you have limited resources you shouldn't squander them on multiple replacement level players but instead add 1 or 2 higher quality players where you need them. To me, it seems that they don't have what it takes to take the team to the next level. Not making the right moves at the trade deadline for instance, when you are having a good season show that. I'll be surprised if the Twins make the playoffs this year and IF they do, they will be lucky to win a series. The lack of adding quality pitching this year at the deadline will once again prove disastrous as they rely on the AAA arms to carry them the rest of the season. Seems we see this almost every year with this regime as their history of signing broken or washed up pitchers (Shoemaker, Happ, Archer, Keuchel, Pagan, JoeSmith, Floro, Colome, Pineda, Paddack, Mahle, DeSclafani) far outweigh the number of good pitchers they bring in. Their level of success, or should I say, lack of it, against the better teams, is the real indicator of how good the trio of Falvey, Levine and Rocco are.
  4. rv78
    Paddack is just another example of how this FO doesn't recognize the cost of injured players. True, they can get those injured or injury prone players cheap, but what do they really have? A player that can't be counted on, takes up roster space and requires another player to fill in for them when they can't play. So now they pay two players and tie up 2 spots on the 40 man roster for what should be 1 spot and 1 salary. Buxton is a perfect example, if he could be counted on they wouldn't have had to sign a Margot, who adds payroll and takes up another spot on the 40 man.
  5. rv78
    Unfortunately you may be correct. I had such high hopes for that swing and the AK we saw in the minors. There are just too many other options going forward for 1B, from Miranda, to resigning Santana, to sliding to another Free Agent option like they did with Santana, to giving Severino a shot. Add in moving a Julien or some other young player to play 1B and AK's chances dwindle even more. I hate to say it but it is time to move on and trade him.
  6. rv78
    Funny how Miranda and Woods-Richardson weren't good enough to make the opening day roster. Once again the FO overdid themselves by bringing in an injured Desclafani and gave a couple of roster spots to less than deserving veterans like Santana and Margot. Larnach looks to have found his stroke, Lee looks to be the real deal and hopefully Wallner returns with a bang as well. I said it before and I've been saying it for a long time........ let the youngsters play. Quit wasting money on aging or subpar veterans that hold no future value for this club.
  7. rv78
    Pablo López, Byron Buxton Get Right at Expense of A's Sorry, I disagree. They got right for 1 game. Against one of the worst teams in MLB. Lets try a month where they perform at a high level against quality teams before we start shouting in the headlines they are "Right". That's about as accurate as saying the Twins are a really good team because they've beat the White Sox every game this year.
  8. rv78
    Rocco has never had common sense or managerial instincts. Without his analytics he'd be a lost puppy. If you haven't gotten use to the way things are, you'd better try or just quit watching, cause it's never going to change with this current regime in charge. It's who, what, and how they are, and when you believe you are the smartest people in the room, even though you've WON nothing worth bragging about in 8 years, they aren't going to change despite their failures. They'll always have an excuse. If it isn't injuries or limited payroll it'll be something else. It's not their fault they bring in poor players that can't hit or pitchers that are injured. Ha Ha! Just drink the kool-aid and be a believer.
  9. rv78
    Let the youngsters play.
  10. rv78
    If given enough time and opportunities even the young players may battle their way out of a slump, which is what Margot and Farmer have been given. It doesn't change the fact their poor performance for the first part of the season probably cost the Twins some games in the Win column. Tell me how you'll feel about this if the Twins miss the playoffs by a game or two. Just because they are now hitting better doesn't make them the better players to be using or keeping for that matter. That's like saying Kepler was worth having on the team for 9 years since he had 1 & 1/2 years of good hitting. Both Farmer and Margot are bench/fill-in players. Both are very replaceable by a AAA player ready to make an impact if given the chance and can stay healthy. You say, if Margot can get to .225-.230 and Farmer to .225 are the best players this organization can give those at bats to, then they are in a more sorry state than most of us realize.
  11. rv78
    I see it as a simple solution. He replaces Kyle Farmer if/when Lee, Julien, Wallner, etc, etc, etc prove they belong on the big league roster. Afterall, Farmer is gone after this season and Castro is still here in 2025. He reminds me a lot of Eduardo Escobar. He too was a utility guy who forced his way into regular playing time with the Twins and went on to have a few good seasons with the DBacks also. I'd be looking to keep him. A reasonable 3 or 4 year contract extension in the neighborhood of Farmers current $6M contract won't hinder the FO if they do decide to trade him before the contract ends.
  12. rv78
    LOL, Maybe the Twins organization could get Nike to give them money for a good player or two instead of wasting it on a ****** uniform design. Puke!
  13. rv78
    That would be the ideal place to start, unfortuantely Rocco is tied at the hip to the FO so they'd just bring in Rocco 2.0 who would implore their same philosophy and management strategy.
  14. rv78
    Blame ownership, not Baldelli. Blame the FO, not Baldelli. Blame the players, not Baldelli. Really? I don't understand the love for a Manager that doesn't play his best players everyday, rests players based on a schedule and not how they feel, uses a platoon system that doesn't work, won't play small ball when needed, pinch hits players too early in games with players that can't hit, These are just a few things he does, almost daily. Reality is...... this team is a mess. From ownership down to the players. EVERYONE is to blame. Ownership won't spend money to improve. The FO doesn't know how to evaluate players or they wouldn't bring in injured pitchers or washed up veterans. Baldelli can't manage a player without a spreadsheet and only knows how to manage a game the same way every day regardless of what is taking place right before his eyes on the field. The players play with no conviction or confidence because they have a manager who doesn't believe in them to perform outside of the numbers on his paper. The core veterans that should carry the team, can't. Correa, Buxton, and Kepler aren't that good. Too streaky and inconsistant as hitters. The bench players like Margot, Farmer, Santana, yes are bad but they shouldn't be relied on to carry the team or they wouldn't be "bench" players to start with. Yet somehow, Baldelli finds reason to play them as much as possible. 2019 was a fun year, but it gave this regime from ownership down to the last player on the bench swinging for the fences a bad idea on how to win games. They went whole hog, face first into the HR theory and the offense has been terrible ever since. When you implore a strategy or philosophy that you expect everyone to follow, and it doesn't fit their skill set, you will fail or at the very least, get very inconsistant results.... which is exactly what is happening.
  15. rv78
    I posted in another article the 6 highest paid hitters on the team, getting paid over $80M this year, are hitting a collective .219 so far this year. That was before the Pirates series started. I can't imagine it has improved. We can argue that the young players like Wallner, Julien, Kirilloff aren't/weren't hitting but they aren't the ones who should be carrying this team. The 6 hitters who are getting paid $80M to carry the team are the problem. Look at the Twins leader board. NO CORREA, NO BUXTON, NO KEPLER, NO VAZQUEZ, NO FARMER, NO SANTANA. None of them can hit and there isn't one of them that is anywhere close to being worth what they are getting paid. This team will never amount to anything until the roster turns over completely to the next core of youngsters and that won't happen for another 5 years. LEADERS BATTING PITCHING Batting Average Willi Castro.252 SSAVG Runs Willi Castro31 SSR Home Runs Ryan Jeffers12 CHR Runs Batted In Ryan Jeffers36 CRBI Stolen Bases Willi Castro7 SSSB
  16. rv78
    Knowing the Pirates would respond with a right handed pitcher, he went with Manuel Margot. The decision was rewarded with Margot popping out weekly to push his pinch hitting tally in 2024 to 0-for-17. Having a Manager that bases his decisions on numbers really helps when he ignores the ones he needs to pay attention to.
  17. rv78
    Yes, it's the umps that cost the Twins wins, not the inconsistant pitching, lack of hitting, washed up veterans, over-paid superstars, or bad managing. If there were robo umps this team would be undefeated.
  18. rv78
    Planned day off, Rocco said there will be a few of them in the first 10 games or so. Paraphrasing what they showed on the broadcast last night. Which of course IMO was ridiculous to give him and Buxton a day off on the same day. Not because Buxton is good right now, but that means Castro to CF and Farmer to 2B, Miranda to 3B. They could have given Buxton the rest in game 1 and Lewis in game 3. Rocco prevents injuries by resting players. He's got ESP so he knows which day the injury is going to happen. It kept Lewis from hurting himself again. As for Buxton, he needed another day of rest. The off day on Monday wasn't enough for a super athletic player like Buxton. I wonder why Aaron Boone doesn't rest his best players more? That team is going to implode by September when they are all too exhausted to play.
  19. rv78
    Platooning is only going to be as good as the players that you platoon with. When it involves guys hitting .211 .217 .179 .214 it isn't going to be successful, period. It's a worthless attempt to gain an advantage when you imploy specialist hitters against a certain kind of pitcher.... and they are still bad hitters. Then add in the regulars that are hitting .247 .165, .207 .221 .240 and it's not too difficult to see the real problem. These guys just can't hit. Correa can't and never will carry this team, which is what a $30+M superstar is suppose to do. It's way past time for everyone to admit Buxton is the biggest flop in Twins history. Most of the time he can't play and when he does he can barely hit his weight. Kepler who was hitting .300 early on has seen his average drop to .263 and it won't be surprising to anyone if he is back to his old self of hitting in the .220's by the all-star break. Vazquez is washed up offensively. The savior to play 1B, Santana, is one of those specialist, hitting a robust .217. Farmer is hitting a Galloesqe .179. There's your 6 highest paid hitters on the team. Roughly $80 million dollars worth of crap offense. Collectively those 6 are hitting .219. Maybe, just maybe the youngsters who aren't good enough to play everyday or trusted to hit against opposite throwing pitchers really wouldn't be much worse or even possibly be better if given the chance.
  20. rv78
    So you are saying that the off-season acquisition of Manuel Margot was NOT a success? How dare you suggest that this FO has made a mistake. Off to the JoeyGallo's with you. Anyhoo..... don't expect the FO to admit a mistake by replacing that mistake. Oh, and if they did? The replacement would just be another mistake. I suspect they'll add another injured arm to the roster before they try to fix any previous mistake.
  21. rv78
    Disagree. They found money for Santana, Margot and a bunch of 1 year wonders for the bullpen. Spent money to keep Farmer for a bench/platoon spot. Spending power, even if it was limited, was wasted on floor type players, not on players that would IMPROVE the team. This happens pretty much every year. Even last year when they spent extra money they wasted it on a guy like Joey Gallo. But that's ok..... We know you drink the kool-aid. The first thing this FO looks for and wants in a starting pitcher is to see if he has an injury.
  22. rv78
    The Twins aren't going deep in any playoff scenario if they even make the playoffs this year. You need at least 3 legit shutdown starters to make a deep playoff run and their 4 best, Lopez, Ryan, Paddack and Ober are hit and miss at anytime. As we saw last year with Sonny Gray, all it takes is 1 bad outing to end a playoff run and Lopez, Ryan, Paddack and Ober do that consistantly. No point in trading prospects away for a 1/2 year of a big bat that won't make enough of a difference. A hot player at the right time like, Wallner or Larnach or Kirilloff or Miranda or Lewis will accomplish the same thing as adding Alonso. Stay the course, keep building from within, let the youngsters play, and add a true verifible ACE starter. It's the last piece to the puzzle, another HR bat won't matter.
  23. rv78
    So Lewis is a lock at 3B. The FO will not waiver from this in no way, shape, form or reason. ??? Why is this a stubborn and stupid plan? Lewis is probably the most athletic player of.... Miranda, Lewis and Julien. So who would be the best player of the 3 to play in a different position other than what they are used to playing? The answer is the one who is the most athletic. I agree in giving Julien a reset in AAA. When Lewis comes back it would be the perfect time. Let Miranda stay at 3B. Put Lewis at 2B. If a Lewis who has played a ton at SS in the minors cannot handle 2B then moving Polanco there was totally wrong. Is there anyone here that thinks Lewis canNOT play 2B? I doubt it. Let Rocco platoon Kirilloff and Santana to death at 1B. Santana isn't going anywhere just like Gallo had to suck for 2/3rds of a season before they would admit they made a mistake. Santana is version 2 of Gallo, so he's here for the majority of the season whether you like it or not. Margot is the RHanded Outfielder they so coveted going into the season. He like Santana isn't going anywhere. Pick your young player that will get sent down, Larnach, Julien, Kirilloff, or Miranda. The spot won't be opened by a veteran. This FO doesn't operate that way.
  24. rv78
    It is apparent you do not understand the meaning of my statements. The Manager should be setting an example. He is the Leader. Any comments to the media about the shortcomings or faults of his players should either be completely withheld or he should address them in a way that shows he is partially responsible, and that should be done EVERYTIME. It doesn't matter if this is the first time for Duran or any other player for that matter. If you want to believe that is what turned Keplers season around then so be it. Did Rocco make the same comments at the start of this season too since Kepler is one of the best hitters so far in 2024? I don't remember that happening. Maybe, just maybe, Kepler decided to quit swinging for the fences and trying to pull every pitch, which correlates to only having 4 HR's but leading the team with a .311 BA and tied for the team lead in doubles with 12. Sure, it's a small sample size so far this season and by the end of June Kepler could be back to his usual .220 BA. Let's hope if that happens it doesn't take Rocco another half of a season to make those same comments to wake Kepler up again.
  25. rv78
    Who has been openly critical to the media in the past? Rocco. Not the players. As I understand it, this is the first time a player has been that way. Rocco has done it multiple times. As I said before........... Do as I say, not as I do.
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