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Ober was rolling, nothing hit hard for 3 innings. Floro is terrible. What are we even doing anymore? We literally acquired him for Jorge Lopez smh

Duran…you’re trying to record an out not drag your foot like Cris Carter on a sideline catch

Good thing Polanco isn’t a third baseman and never has been

He’s a hitting outfielder not a fielding one

Polanco should start swinging with his eyes closed. He might come closer to making contact

Today shows why it’s so imperative for fans not to overreact over one or two bad games

Continues to amaze me how many non major leaguers are currently on this roster but Falvey said they just couldn’t part with anyone at the deadline. Gallo, Balazovic, Winder, Sands don’t belong on any MLB roster but here we are

You can be upset all you want at the bullpen or Rocco for “mismanaging” it but the problem boils down to Falvey not doing anything about the bullpen when it obviously needed help. If the bullpen blows the chance to finally win a playoff series then he needs to go.

Falveys inability to recognize the need for bullpen help is really going to ruin their chances to finally win a playoff series isn’t it? They could have given up like 4 prospects in the 20-40 range that none of us had ever heard of for two bullpen guys or could have spent like 11 million in the offseason or even evaluate internal options better (Hoffman, Hamilton, Coulombe, Cano) Falvey just has to pretend to be the smartest guy in the room

Time to get Ober some rest 438 feet to Miggy is embarrassing. He’s about the worst player in baseball nowadays

Might have been touched on already, but can I comment on how awful that walk off call was for Dick Bremar? It is 100% time to bring in some new blood. He’s just too old.

Oh great Stewart to the 60. Great job not bringing in relief help. Glad to know that the twins can’t evaluate injuries at all

Also his wife just tweeted that they’re still open to anything

Who else just wants them to lose miserably the rest of the season so we can hear that everyone has been fired? Best overall twins pitching in decades and they’re barely mediocre. Falvey is worse than Terry.

I know he “opted out” lol but they can still go to him. He wanted to be here for a reason.

Do not let Keuchel just walk. Ryan is broken

By definition he hasn't but the Twins have basically made it clear he's not a fit somehow. Most of the solid relief options that are impending free agents were given up for near nothing when it comes to prospects. A prospect in the 15-20 range or a couple beyond that easily could have gotten them Chapman, Brent Suter or Raley. The Twins pen is teetering on the edge of destruction. One significant injury and it's over for them. Is that not worth a prospect most of us have never heard of? Or a few million dollars at the start of the year, but I digress.

Here's what didn't make sense. Falvey mentioned loving their 40 man roster and finding it tough to move on from them. Gallo, Ortega and Sands have no value and would not be taking 40 man spots on most other teams. Brock Stewart having a setback and not adding to the bullpen. If Stewart was about to come back maybe it makes some sense, but Thielbar is turning 37 soon and has had injury troubles lately as well. If both of them cannot make a solid comeback the bullpen is done. How can they sit back and rely on that? Winder and Henriquez have been awful this year and they don't seem to have any interest in promoting Funderburk. Not finding some sort of upgrade to the right handed hitting options. Unless Anthony Prato is coming up soon and they have full faith in his abilities to hit lefties then they will continue to be the worst team against LHH. They're throwing out lineups with Solano at 3, Farmer at cleanup, Castro at 5 and Vazquez at 7. What do they expect to happen? And finally, letting Keuchel leave even though he was way better than anyone could have hoped. The INTL league is tough on pitchers. The league OPS is over .800 and Keuchel generated whiffs and weak contact. The Twins have 5 viable starting pitcher options with Keuchel gone. Ryan is struggling mightily, Ober is hitting his inning high soon, Maeda just came back from TJ and Gray hasn't passed 130 innings in 4-5 years. Varland wasn't good and no one wants to see Dobnak ever again. Winder and Sands have sat on their butts in the bullpen all year raking in cash while only being let in for blowouts. A 6 man rotation was worth a try. I hope Keuchel immediately succeeds somewhere so we can add his name to the list of Twins on other teams that immediately succeeded after leaving.

I think one piece of context that’s often missed is that the league wide OPS is over .800 for the intl league and era is over 5. He’s been great and there’s credit to be given, but all these AAA guys have great OPS’ for a reason. Hitting stats in this league are just so bloated every year

Either Falvey remains so shell-shocked by his recent trade failures or he's so sure he's keeping his job that he has become this complacent. What an absolute failure especially with Brock Stewart having a setback this past weekend. The best overall pitching staff most of us have ever seen on the Twins and a chance to beef up the top heavy pen and potentially add a right handed bat so we don't have to see so much of Gallo, Castro, MAT, Farmer and they just punt the opportunity away just like they did in the offseason. We all recognize the playoff losing streak and Twins curse. We also recognize this curse most likely stems from terrible pitching staffs in years they make the playoffs and taking advantage of the terrible AL Central which has been the worst division consistently for nearly 2 decades now. And because they did nothing and haven't cleared a 40 man roster spot they're going to lose Keuchel who did everything they hoped for in AAA and more. How many good players has the duo of Cole Sands and now gone Jake Cave blocked by being on the 40 these last few years? At least call up some of the minors bullpen help in guys like Funderbunk and Boyle dominating AAA, but they'd rather stick with Moran, Ortega, Sands.

Either Falvey remains so shell-shocked by his recent trade failures or he's so sure he's keeping his job that he has become this complacent. What an absolute failure especially with Brock Stewart having a setback this past weekend. The best overall pitching staff most of us have ever seen on the Twins and a chance to beef up the top heavy pen and potentially add a right handed bat so we don't have to see so much of Gallo, Castro, MAT, Farmer and they just punt the opportunity away just like they did in the offseason. We all recognize the playoff losing streak and Twins curse. We also recognize this curse most likely stems from terrible pitching staffs in years they make the playoffs and taking advantage of the terrible AL Central which has been the worst division consistently for nearly 2 decades now. And because they did nothing and haven't cleared a 40 man roster spot they're going to lose Keuchel who did everything they hoped for in AAA and more. How many good players has the duo of Cole Sands and now gone Jake Cave blocked by being on the 40 these last few years? At least call up some of the minors bullpen help in guys like Funderbunk and Boyle dominating AAA, but they'd rather stick with Moran, Ortega, Sands.

The bullpen is absolutely taxed lately partly because they’re playing with a 25 man roster while every other team has 26. What is the point and goal of Cole Sands hanging out in the bullpen doing nothing? He’s shown nothing over the years. Just DFA him and move on. Boyer and Funderbunk are dominating AAA where most pitchers struggle. League ops is over .800 and ERA is over 5. I’m as annoyed with Moron and Pagan as anyone but the Twins are putting themselves in this situation by rostering Sands for absolutely no reason.

Rocco is really lucky removing Julien didn’t come back to bite him. The chance Taylor steals against a lefty is slim and his sprint speed isn’t that much better that it likely would have mattered on a two out double. Rocco can’t be making those kinds of silly changes

Montgomery wasn’t going to factor into their playoff rotation though. They had their top 3 aligned in Cole, Cortes and Severino. Replacing Gray with Ober in the playoffs would be a massacre. Lopez potentially moves to the top spot If Gray were to be traded that moves Lopez and Ryan up to 1 and 2 playoff starters instead of 2 and 3 so you’re changing up the entire playoff rotation to hopefully get one extra prospect, likely 2 total but they’ll be acquiring a prospect in the draft for his supplemental pick. Ober will be on an inning limit and I don’t trust Ryan currently as anything better than a 3 with his lack of quality breaking pitch.

The Twins are a stressful team to watch, and this season has been stressful in new ways than usual but I’m excited for the second half. This is why- If the offense can wake up a bit, then this is their best chance to break the playoff drought. I’d love to win a series or a few as well but we all recognize we need a glimmer of hope that the curse is over/not real. A playoff win will give us that. If they fail and the second half is as bad or worse than the first then it should be over for at least part of this regime. If for some reason they fail and nobody is relieved of their duties then I’ll just have to find some new activities during baseball season. This is how I’m going into the second half of the season.