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  1. rv78
    Play of the game goes to the fan holding a baby and catching Lewis's Home Run ball bare-handed. I hope he got Lewis to sign the ball and eventually gives it to his kid.
  2. rv78
    Unfortunately this can be said about the Twins a lot this year. Byron Buxton catalyzed the action, poking a double off the right-field wall Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while before Max Kepler—in what must be the first time in his career—found a hole through the infield with a chopping single, Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while Twins win with a single Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while They had as many hits as strikeouts Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while Maybe the secret to winning is to NOT have Rocco around when the game is on the line.
  3. rv78
    They are eliminating seats so eventually 22,000 will be a sellout. It's easier to make the capacity of the Stadium less than it is to field a good team that actually fills all of the current seats.
  4. rv78
    No need to look at who is gone, look at who is here.... Wallner is available and probably a much better option than Kepler but the Twins won't make the move that is so glaringly obvious. This FO is so narrow minded that they need to go down with the ship and yes that ship is sinking.
  5. rv78
    Unfortunately this team is exactly what I thought and said it would be at the beginning of the season... CRAP. Signing Gallo and Correa were huge mistakes and this organization gets to pay for 6 years for some of that crap. The one player they went out and got that I am disappointed in is Vazquez. It seems he has regressed to become just like the other worthless veterans on the team. Maybe father-time has caught up with him but regardless Jeffers needs to play more. All of the youngsters need to play more. As for Rocco, he's never had a smart reply for any tough question ever asked. I'll never forget the time he was asked about Buxton and Correa having scheduled rest days happen to fall on the same day. He couldn't figure out how to solve that problem. Hey. if he isn't smart enough to do that, he isn't going to solve anything. As for "A Plan", they have a plan, you are seeing it. Go out and get guys that hit HR or strikeout. Swing for the fences and if you miss, oh well, They don't want a single when a guy is on 3rd, or 2nd, they want a HR, and they usually end up with a K. That's the Plan. It is more than ironic that they let Sano walk instead of exercising his $10.5M option for 2023 yet they went and spent $11M for Gallo who is just as bad or worse than Sano. Brilliant!
  6. rv78
    Yes they need to go out and get a veteran for at least $11 or $12M who better fits their profile of a .190/homerun/strikeout hitter that plays superior defense.
  7. rv78
    Why do they need help? Look at who they brought in or back this off-season. Correa - a highly paid, high defensive talent that is an average hitter when he's at his best. Gallo - another overpaid defensive type player that is an all or nothing HR/K hitter. Taylor - a superior defensive outfielder to cover for the lack of Buxtons ability to stay on the field, when he hits it is considered a bonus because no one expects him to do so. Lopez - a slightly above average pitcher exchanged for a batting champion in his prime that was a fan favorite. Who else did they "bank" on? Kepler - who hasn't hit in 3 years, oh yeah, they eliminated the shift so now he can. Buxton - who's fulltime move to DH will keep him in the lineup, even though last year he became the 2nd coming of Miguel Sano and still can't stay healthy and probably never will. When over half of your lineup is defensive first type players, offense is ignored and you trade away your best bat, you create an even bigger problem. Note to Falvine: you have to score runs to win. Add in the fact you sign, keep and extend a Manager that uses paper instead of his eyes and his brain to manage and the place this organization really needs help at is in the FO.
  8. rv78
    Are any of the pitchers happy when they get pulled? Why is it that just Gray that gets talked about? Because he voices his displeasure or shows it through his body language when Rocco makes the move. My guess is very few pitchers like getting removed from the game. Some just don't "show" it like Gray does. Blyleven was notorious for saying in the broadcast booth that he wanted to finish what he started everytime he went out there, meaning .... pitch a complete game. Now that happens how often? Never for the Twins, and using the analytical approach, it never will again. The biggest thing I see going on with Rocco and not just his pitchers but all of his players... is "confidence". Rocco shows little to none in any of them to do their job beyond what his analytical spreadsheet says. As soon as they show one instance of struggling to get hitters out, and if it is in his spreadsheet danger zone he makes the move. He has no confidence in them rising above the analytical BS that he uses. He does it on the hitting side as well, pinch-hitting or shuffling the lineup daily because he thinks they can't hit a pitcher that throws right-handed one day and one that throws left-handed the next day. You know what? Most of them are proving they can't hit period and the reason for that is the same....... If your Manager shows no confidence in you, why would you care? And this team plays exactly like THAT! Look at the picture at the top of this article. Other than Gray they all have their heads down, dejected and none of them are looking at each other. Rocco is dressed like a bum, at least tuck your shirt in and look respectable if you want to be respected.
  9. rv78
    This is the problem = Even Popkins went on the record, and was available to the media recently to talk about the Ks. Admitted they may be overwhelming players with too much info. And This is the solution = I think the Twins need to focus on the practical a bit more and the analytical a bit less It's not too difficult to know where the problem is coming from and how to solve it. Fire the FO and Rocco.
  10. rv78
    You touched on it briefly when you said 'he wanted out". Berrios knew this team, with this FO, and this Manager, are never going anywhere. Making the playoffs with them is a stretch much less doing something IN the playoffs if they ever get there. Look at 4 of the veterans they think so highly of, Buxton = can't stay healthy, now can't play defense and can't hit. Kepler = can't hit, hasn't for 3 years now. Gallo = can't hit, never has, never will and was given $11M as if he was going to be a savior. He isn't worth $2M. Correa = has injury issues that the Giants and Mets didn't ignore that the Twins FO did, also can't hit, never has been a hitting phenom and never will be, and now has 6 years of making superstar money and can play like an average Joe due to their stupidity.
  11. rv78
    LOL! And there's some here that still think this team is good. Gallo is exactly what they got, a poor hitter that's going to strikeout a ton. Worst $11M ever spent. Kepler still taking at bats away from Wallner or Larnach who at least have some upside possibility but no opportunity to stay with the club long enough to prove it. Kepler is just too good to be replaced by anyone else, even if they are better. How's Buxton doing since his recall from injury? He looks more lost than Sano ever did. Good job there Rocco going to him as a pinch hitter to end the threat. I'm sure Detroit was glad to see Buck and his lost approach come to the plate. Why was Kirilloff pinch hit for in the 6th? Using Solano and his .284BA would have been better used in the 8th instead of a lost Buxton. Poor Managing, Poor Hitting. 14 K's.... well at least these guys are good at something. LOL!
  12. rv78
    Based on current stats this would be my starting lineup. I am putting the least productive hitters on the bench and will only use them as pinch-hitters or defensive replacements unless or until their approach at the plate changes. 2B-Julien SS-Farmer 1B-Kirilloff RF-Wallner DH-Solano 3B-Lewis LF-Castro C-Jeffers CF-Taylor Bench-Buxton, Correa, Gallo, Vazquez. Kepler-DFA'd for Wallner's spot. If Polanco comes back and stays healthy he takes over at 2B, Julien slides into the DH spot, Solano goes to 1B and Kirilloff takes over in LF for Castro who replaces Gallo on the bench as he gets DFA'd as well. It's time to send a messaage to Buxton and Correa that their performance thus far is unacceptable. Then at the end of the year I trade both over-rated duds for whatever I can get and move on with the young guys in the organization.
  13. rv78
    First - Who Cares? Not me. Second - If he can't hit anymore and all he can do is help defensively his $33.3M for 6 years is a huge overpay.
  14. rv78
    This team won't get better until they get rid of the dead wood they think so highly of. Start with Kepler then add in Gallo, Buxton and yes, Correa. They are the 4 hitters that are hurting this team the most offensively. Unfortunately the FO is forced to stick with them because they have a lot of dollars invested in them and to reverse course would be admitting they were wrong. It's not going to happen. At the end of the season when ownership sees how big of a mistake they made, hopefully they'll all see the front door.
  15. rv78
    The fact that, not hitting at an average above .250 is acceptable is a poor perception of hitting. Lowering standards so I fit in with todays game isn't something I am going to do. Having a lineup of guys that can hit .220 along with 15-20 HR's and will probably set a record for strikeouts is not a winning formula for an offense. My perception is fine. You've just decided to jump on the bandwagon and consider since it is how things have become, it is how things have to be.
  16. rv78
    It's amazing how someone with a .240 Batting Average is now considered a "solid player". I've always felt that if they couldn't hit at least .250 that there had to be someone better that could replace them. I guess when the majority of the team is hitting .220 or below, .240 looks pretty darn good. Excuse me while I go puke. As for the problem when Buxton is healthy............... when will that be? In the year 2525, if man is still alive....
  17. rv78
    The last thing I want to see this FO do is trade away more prospects for worthless veterans. Last seasons deadline acquisitions and how it "helped" the team down the stretch prove they have no sense of what it takes to actually make the team better. Also everyone is pretty much on-board with the theory that deadline acquisitions are more expensive than at any other time. That's reason number 2 for NOT doing it. The main problem I see with this team is that this FO has invested in 6 veterans that are not worth their weight in feathers. Vazquez, Correa, Buxton, Kepler, Gallo and Polanco are the problem. Taylor and his $4.5m contract has been decent enough as a backup CF, problem is, he's become the fulltime CF. Solano, Farmer, Jeffers, Kirilloff, Julien, Lewis, Wallner have all hit better than the 6 veterans I listed above with the exception of Polanco, who can't get healthy enough to stay on the field. As for Larnach, I would not throw him away at this point. He's still young and has not been healthy for long stretches either. He would get a chance to play over Kepler any day on my team. And why is Garlick and his special right-handed bat any better than Wallner and his lefty bat at this point? There comes a time when you have to put the blame where it belongs, and playing these veterans that are NOT productive verses the guys that are falls directly on the FO and the Manager. A rebuild would not be as disastrous as some might believe. Getting rid of the dead wood in the 5 or 6 veterans that can't hit the broad side of a barn for some young, up and coming talent, would be the best thing to happen to this team for 2024 and beyond. This current team isn't going anywhere in the playoffs this year, if they even get there. So let's turn this team into something better, and the sooner that happens, the better. But for that to happen, the FO, the Manager and the Coaches all have to go along with those worthless veterans they think so highly of.
  18. rv78
    Nothing like a win to make the fans happy. Unfortunately the approach offensively is the same. Swing for the fences and if you get lucky we'll score, otherwise it's a strike out. Oh well, that's what they want and it works occasionally, just not often enough to matter.
  19. rv78
    This season is a broken record and nothing will change under the current administration. Rocco is an extension of the FO. Even if there is no direct message sent on a daily basis Rocco knows what the FO wants and they are on the same page when it comes to analytics. That means Rocco will play righties verses lefties and vice versa regardless of the player and how they are performing. It's been proven for 2 years now and even if it fails they won't waiver from it. Their spreadsheet says it is a good strategy even when it isn't. I can just envision Puckett, Hrbek and Gaetti getting pinch hit for due to the same strategy.... Tom Kelly would have been run out of town. But it's ok with this Manager because he isn't held accountable for anything. Even when he can't figure out how to rest his main players on different days if their "scheduled off days" fall on the same day. A 10 year old could figure that one out. Batting Garlick 3rd is absurd. Batting Kepler anywhere at this point is beyond absurd, but it won't change under this Manager or FO. They can blow away another season using their analytical BS and get away with it. Only the fans can force a change by not attending games and showing their dissatisfaction with the current regime. Ownerships pocketbook has to be affected to be effective.
  20. rv78
    Unfortunately this is probably true. And since it is up to the FO to fire Rocco and/or any coaches, they will have to go as well.
  21. rv78
    Offensively this team misses their leader. No it wasn't/isn't/neverwillbe Correa. It was Arraez. Without someone who can take a bunch of pitches, get on base, and rile up his teammates, this lineup is offensive.
  22. rv78
    If you want different results, you don't keep doing the same thing over and over taking the same approach. Changes need to be made and there's no better place to start than at the top. When Rocco got his extension the wrong message was sent..... Mediocrity was acceptable. It has come to the point now that only the fans can force the change and as bad as they are playing it might actually happen. Fans are going to stop going to games to watch this crap.
  23. rv78
    I'd trade the FO and a few more guys... Rocco and his coaches. Acquiring hitters like Gallo that can't hit and keeping more hitters that can't hit like Kepler and then batting them at the top of the lineup or in the middle of the lineup proves these guys don't know what they are doing. If they trade away more prospects this year to try to make this current team better then they are only doubling down on their own stupidity. Add Buxton and Correa to Gallo and Kepler that are worthless. The last thing they need are more veterans that this FO thinks are good.
  24. rv78
    The Minnesota Twins employ one of the best centerfielders in baseball, but unfortunately, he often isn’t able to field the position. And now, even when he is, he isn't given the chance. Where is he now? On the IL again and it is not due to playing centerfield. His last 3 IL stints had nothing to do with Buck playing defense but the powers that are in control are protecting him from injury. How's that working out? Is it insanity, stupidity or both? Face it, the guy is made of glass. A full bodycast of bubblewrap or medieval body armor are the only things that will keep him in the lineup AND on the field for a full season.
  25. rv78
    I will add one more thing............ Last year on June 7 the Twins were 32-25. This year they are 31-30. There are a few variables to consider, especially the fact that the schedule of teams being played is quite different but...... isn't it the job of the FO to make the the team better than what it was? Maybe we being sold to believe that this is a playoff caliber team when it is really just a team in transition from veterans who just can't get the job done to a new set of hyped up youngsters still learning how to play the game? I think it is the latter.
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