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  1. rv78
    This. Excellent post. Not only does it tell how bad this team really is but also how bad the manager is.
  2. rv78
    I understand there's only so much you can do. Unfortunately 2 of the worst bullpen pitchers remain on the roster as evidenced last night. What I don't understand is the reluctance to DFA players that just aren't worth keeping. Dumping Sanchez and Cotton, who just pitched reasonably well instead of Pagan and Duffey shows a lack of fortitude and IMO brains by the FO. Fulmer, Duran, Jax and Lopez can't pitch every game so the moves made will have limited effect. Mahle pitches tonight so we'll see if the FO is as smart as they think they are since he is the guy they supposedly had been targeting from the get go. If he's your Game 1 starter in the playoffs we'll see how he does against the playoff caliber lineup of Toronto.
  3. rv78
    I am more excited for 2023 than I am for 2022. Having Mahle and Lopez for more than just the rest of this year is huge. If the injury bug ever goes away and they can field their best players for an entire season this could be a really good team. It'd be nice to have a lineup with a healthy Buxton, and Larnach in the outfield. Jeffers/Leon, Kirilloff/Arraez, Polanco, Correa/Lewis, Miranda in the Infield. A rotation of Gray, Mahle, Maeda, Ryan, and 1 of Ober/Paddock/Winder/Smeltzer. Add Alcala to the pen with Lopez, Duran, Jax. Extend Fulmer. Trade Kepler, Urshela and Sanchez for another/better outfielder and 2 or 3 more good bullpen arms. If they can't get what they want thru trade be aggressive for them during Free Agency. 2023 has the possibility of being the best year of this organization in a long time despite Rocco mismanaging the team. Just think how much better they could be with a good manager.
  4. rv78
    Which brings up the question........ What happened to Buxton? Did not play in the first 2 games against Detroit. Did I missed something?
  5. rv78
    Twins seem to love Catchers that can't hit. Mauer has become a distant memory.
  6. rv78
    Not excited about the Fulmer trade. I realize they didn't give up much in Gipson-Long but Fulmer isn't a lights out kind of pitcher. He might be better than Duffey, Pagan or Cotton on any given night but he'll also be just as bad on other nights.
  7. rv78
    All are seeing the cost involved when the FO doesn't spend money for quality Free Agents in the off-season. You're going to pay, one way or the other. The only silver lining is that both Mahle and Lopez are under team control for 2023.
  8. rv78
    Have the Twins Seen the End of Miguel Sano? I'll give it the "Hope and A Prayer" that Terry Ryan made so famous for the Twins organization. I "Hope" so and I'll "Pray" that we have.
  9. rv78
    Don't have to worry about losing any top prospects for Montas. Yankees just acquired him and Trivino from the A's.
  10. rv78
    If you want to do what's best for the team, start with the manager. His inability to set a lineup that maximizes run production and stay with it is glaring. His inability to effectively use his starters beyond 4 or 5 innings is constant, and his inability to manage the arms in the bullpen is frightening. Adding different pieces that he doesn't know how to use won't change much.
  11. rv78
    Competing, which the FO said this team would do, comes in many ways, shapes and forms. They are/were correct. They are competing very well against other teams of the same talent level or less. They aren't competing very well against the better teams. They have 2 days to improve one of the worst things on the team that their Manager loves to use, the bullpen, Problem is, even if they do improve it, Rocco will mis-manage it. He had 7 other guys that he could have used instead of Pagan on back to back days in a crucial situation, Moran, Cano, Cotton, Megill, Duran, Jax, Smith, all had no innings or less innings pitched the day before, but instead he chose the 1 guy outside of Duffey who has been his least reliable pitcher to get out of a tough situation. I don't understand why he picks the worst guy to use at the most critical time. It's almost as if he wants to lose.
  12. rv78
    I have often thought the same thing. Lewis at SS wouldn't be running into any outfield walls right? Maybe down the 3rd base line...Hmmm! Not sure signing Correa would have mattered to signing relievers. They basically traded Donaldson to free up money for Correa. I wish they would have kept Kiner-Falafa and settled with a combo of Arraez and Miranda at 3rd. If they could have found someone to give them 2 or 3 really good relievers for Donaldson that might have been better but it's probably tough to trade a high priced aging veteran for more than 1 player in return unless the guys you are getting aren't that good.. I think Correa is over-rated and with that over-paid. Great glove but he's not a game changer with the bat.
  13. rv78
    Maybe he got tired of Rocco, like the rest of us.
  14. rv78
    The team woes start with the Manager. Playing Sano is a mistake. The guys needs to be DFA'd. Batting Arraez 6th is a mistake. He should always be batting in front of Buxton. How many of Buxtons solo shots would be 2 or 3 run homers if Rocco knew how to set a lineup? Ryan gives up 10 runs only due to Roccos inability to in-game manage. He'll pull a starter who's at 80 pitches and pitching with the lead and then leaves Ryan in when he clearly doesn't have his best stuff to get hammered and make the game a blowout basically giving the team no chance to come back and win it. I said before the All-Star game this team was toast. Thanks to Rocco, the toast is burning.
  15. rv78
    My list would not include Kepler, even though he's the first one I'd like to move of the 5 you have listed. I think the way Miranda has hit the ball the last month he'd have to be on the list if you pick another hitter to replace Kepler. I actually think he's going to be better than Kirilloff. If you pick a pitcher then I go Duran. ............... 5.Duran/Miranda, 4.Buxton, 3.Polanco, 2.Arraez, 1.Ryan. I value a promising top starting pitcher more than a hitter. Buxton drops to #4 because he cannot stay healthy and is starting to look like a one dimensional hitter, (high HR and low BA).
  16. rv78
    Was nice to come out of the 2 game set with Detroit on the plus side of both games. Had they lost 1 or both games with Buxton not being able to play it wouldn't have looked like a good decision to have him unavailable. As it turned out they didn't need him.
  17. rv78
    If the Twins were out of the race for the division it wouldn't look bad but when they are in first place, bailing on the contract would definitely look bad.
  18. rv78
    The more things change the more they stay the same....... ok nothing changed, my bad. First game of the 2nd half and Rocco proves he's learned nothing from the first half burning though 6 pitchers in 1 night. So what if Castro had 2 hits off of Ryan already. Odds are huge Ryan gets him out to end the 6th inning. Only at 86 pitches and hasn't pitched in 10 days there's was no reason to pull Ryan. Then only use Pagan to face 1 batter. Another moronic move. Correct pitcher usage would have been Ryan for 7, 1 pitcher in the 8th(Duffey) and 1 in the 9th(Duran). Over managing does not make you a good manager.
  19. rv78
    With the injury to Lewis the Twins hands are tied to Correa for the rest of this season. It would be nice to get something in return for him in a trade but not only does that send a bad message to other Free Agents that would consider coming to the Twins organization, I doubt they would get much in return anyway since he can just opt out of his contract regardless of who he is playing for. Not many teams are going to trade much for a half a season player even if it is a Correa. I also don't see the club trading for much help by the deadline, maybe 1 or 2 bullpen arms and that will be it. They've got 7 starters in Ryan, Gray, Bundy, Smeltzer, Archer, Winder, Ober for the 2nd half and possibly Maeda to finish the season with 2 or 3 of them going to the bullpen depending on what they do by the deadline.
  20. rv78
    Agree, all-star games are meaningless regardless of sport. Only reason why baseball made the home field advantage rule in the WS to the winner was to try to change that. It did nothing to entice fans to become more interested. Todays game is nothing like it was years ago. It has become boring. Starters have no incentive to pitch a complete game. Years ago a starter took pride in pitching a complete game now they're lucky to go 6 or 7 innings. That's what most high-school players do. Years ago hitters would hit to all fields and knew how to bunt. High-schoolers still do that. Most big-leaguers can't bunt and only try to pull the ball and hit a HR everytime. Maybe if all the fences in every ballpark were 450 feet away from home plate the real game of baseball would return. Seems to me if you want to watch a HR derby all you have to do is tune into any regular season game and watch as every batter swings for the fences.
  21. rv78
    One thing to remember, the FO said this team would be "competitive" they didn't say they would be a "contender". So far, it looks like their plan is working. If they improve the club before the deadline then we can hope they maybe changed their plan.
  22. rv78
    This team is in shambles and it's beyond belief they are still in 1st place. Any other division and they'd be in 3rd so I guess we can be thankful for that, but how does that give any of us hope going forward? The starters can't go more than 5 innings and that's only on a good day. The bullpen is imploding due to being overworked, understaffed with quality arms and no clear role given to any of them by the Manager who seems to change that role almost daily. The offense fires on about 2 cylinders out of 8 each day with no clear leader among them. Some of you seem to think there is hope for an upgrade before the deadline but where do you start and at what cost? The rotation, the bullpen, and the offense all need help, a spark, a difference maker. Don't see it happening. Instead I see the collapse continuing and them being sellers at the deadline, not buyers. Are we to really believe this team can compete if it reaches the playoffs? Not to worry, the current squad won't get there and I don't see the FO spending or trading to get what they need. It's just too much.
  23. rv78
    Sano Who?
  24. rv78
    Unless some trades are made before the deadline there's nothing to get excited about with this Twins team for the rest of this season. If they were in another divison they too would be under .500. I like watching the young players like Kirilloff, Miranda, Celestino, Larnach, Gordon, Winder, Ryan, Duran, Jax make major contributions but they are at least another season, maybe 2 from being what they need to be to become playoff worthy. Even if this team stays in 1st place and makes the playoffs this year I expect an early exit again.
  25. rv78
    With Rocco there is no "standard" lineup. You should know that by now. His idea of "managing" is to change the lineup every day. Then some guys here wonder why there is no consistancy offensively. If you don't play pretty much every day with a feel for who is hitting in front of you and behind you in the lineup, every day, it can be difficult to be consistant. By the way, what's up with Buxton. He's looking more and more like a Sano. Not good!
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