HokieRif

I intentionally stayed away from the Twins and Lewis this year, and my mental health has been fantastic all year because of it. this team, this club, doesn’t hate to lose. I think that is the core issue. They aren’t willing to fight, to make tough decisions, because they can’t stand losing another game, or losing another season.

A healthy Buck was fun while it lasted.

I still read, I still check box scores. Just because I’m not watching doesn’t mean I’m not following at the macro level.

I'm not a fan of just enjoying moral victories, and that's all i'm getting from this take. I haven't watched a Twins game this year because my expectations were so incredibly low after what the Pohlads did (and didn't do) over the last 12 months, and investing the money to get the out of market games, plus agonizing over the mediocrity of the team just wasn't how I wanted to spend my Spring, Summer, and early Fall. Sure, the Twins have some playoff-caliber talent, but this 2026 team is not built for playoff run, let alone a deep one. I want sustained success, and if trading a player like Jeffers will net solid, team-controllable talent that upgrades other positions for several years into the future then the trade needs to be made. Keep in mind that Jeffers is only on a 1-year contract - while this chances might not be great, the possibility exists to trade him, let him have a playoff run, and re-sign him as a Twin in the off-season... if the Pohlands can find their checkbook.

Fair to say Eddie had an out-of-body experience in ‘21. Good for him then, but he’s back to normal playoff form now.

I think we also need to do something to mix it up and come out in the navy alternate unis tonight - ANYTHING to throw off this guys look back at the pitcher. Maybe throw in the emergency re-planting of some pine trees against the batter’s eye.

Depending on the situation (that is, we have a lead) I would even walk him with the bases already loaded. I would much rather deal with Tucker and give up a run than have Tucker at bat any way after giving up 4.

Can’t agree more. Our vets need to get the starts tonight across the board with maybe the exception of Farmer for Julien. But Solano at first, Farmer at third, and Castro in LF makes sense. The vets need to show the rooks how it’s done.

By the comments here one would think our season ended today. it hasn’t. With the rangers set to close out tonight that should mean we are under the lights tomorrow, and we are a significantly better hitting team when the sun goes down. have some faith.

Can't emphasize Taylor enough from last night. His first catch kept the fire in the crowd going after the first Lewis HR. The 2nd catch threw gas on it.

Option 2 please. No point in resting him if we can’t make it to round 2. There are way worse things we can do than be forced to have Polanco at 3B and Julien at 2B.

Who says we're still not in a dogfight? As good as the first two games of the Cleveland series felt, this isn't over.

Not baseball, but this is the only person that comes to mind

we've got a sample size of 8 years on Buxton if you include the '20 season. He's only played a "full" season once, in 2017. If you take a look across the entirety of his career he has only played in 56% of the total games. Looking at this year, that percentage is just shy of 61%... meaning we've gotten almost 5% more games played contribution from Buck this year than against his statistical norm. *sigh*

If he maxed out his incentives(if I read it right) I think his base would be 60% of his total comp (15M/25+M). 8M for MVP + a max of 2.5M for hitting all the plate appearances.