Ole St Carleton

Biggest reasons for this win: no Gasper, no Julien in the lineup.

I wouldn’t mind this sell-off if the coaching staff could actually guide the upcoming youngsters toward playing effective baseball. Baldelli & crew have consistently failed to coach the offense to successfully bunt, move runners, sacrifice, run bases, take a 2 strike approach etc. Look at how Milwaukee dismantled the Twins during their last series. Of course, all of this needs to begin in the low minor league levels. It’s sad to see Tom Kelly’s brand of winning baseball being fumbled into oblivion.

Perhaps you've heard of a player waiving his no-trade clause. Dangle the Dodgers or Yankees in front of Buxton and he'll "waive" goodbye. Or perhaps not...

Trade him now before the next injury. Terrible clutch hitter. Cheap owners would love to dump his salary and we have several young outfielders to build upon.

It seems like the pundits are assuming Santana is not coming back. If Correa is traded- there is NO ONE on this team that can field his position. I don't care how many sluggers we have, defense wins!

I agree with everything Ted says, but even with a good starter or bullpen arm added at the deadline, this team would NOT win the World Series this year. Therefore, management and coaches should emphasize training the young players to play baseball in a complete way. Bunting, sacrificing, stealing bases, advancing runners, putting the ball in play, solid defense…these are things that the Twins sorely lack. Bring back the Little Piranas!

This seems to be the perfect time to bring up Keirsey and Rodriguez. Larnach & Kirilloff just aren’t consistent and neither is great defensively. And we all know Buxton (who isn’t doing anything offensively) is due for another lengthy trip to the IL soon. The current lineup will not be able to make the playoffs- even with Rolls Royce back in. Time to bring up some kids and let them get some big league experience and who knows- maybe they can actually play baseball (ie: bunt, advance runners, sacrifice, steal bases)??

…and Byron Buxton starts his 432nd game in a row- still strikes out twice with a man on 3rd with one out

Yes- his PF is hampering him- but his defense still warrants a place in the lineup, but should be batting 7 or 8. The biggest problem that I see is Correa has appointed himself team captain and with his fairly good career and huge salary- it’s only natural. However, his leadership is horrible. I don’t see a lot of hustle or “leading by example”. His mood is completely dependent on his offensive performance at the time and, as we all know, that has been absolutely depressing. Rocco has now chewed out the team in public, but really this leadership problem falls into his lap. He needs to change Correa’s attitude- or bench him as an example. There is no accountability on this team .….and Buxton needs to be shut down for the year.

No need to sign an inconsistent pitcher that, presumably, wants more than he's worth. Trade now- for pitcher, pitcher and another pitcher. I do, however, have little doubt that Berrios will be great for another team. Look at Lynn, Hendricks, Pressley, Gibson etc, etc. As for Buxton- I'd like to see a reasonable offer on a base salary with big incentives for games played.

When you've got utility players like Arraez and Astudillo there's no way Sano should be wasting space on this team- especially, when (if) Donaldson returns.

Either Wade or Gonzales would be a vast improvement on defense and more dependable at the bat. We've got plenty of guys that can hit the bombas, keeping one in the lineup simply hoping he can catch a mistake 1 out of 30 times is not good management. Especially when the other 29 times result in at least 20 strikeouts.

It's too late now to have anything resembling a "real" season. A legitimate World Series title cannot be claimed this year and while the exhibition scenario may provide some entertainment- it ain't Major League Baseball. Coupling that with the potential risk to players and coaches leaves only one sensible choice- cancel the season! It'll be tough on those who depend on income from MLB, but plenty of other industries are suffering the same plight.

The "Not Ready for Prime Time Players" Starting pitching- awful- too scared to attack Relief pitching- just as awful, if not more Defense- sloppy Base Running- poorly educated and executed Offense- fantastic 1 out of 5 ain't good I just wish the Twins would finally give up on the "blind squirrels": Gibson, May, Duffy. How many more years do we have to endure their ineptitude?? Let's the (young) kids play! The minor league pitchers can hardly be any worse than most of what we now have.

There's the problem here...throwing good money (time & effort) after bad just because the Twins are afraid of the Ortiz situation happening again. Sano would be great trade bait for a team looking for a homer guy. The Twins don't need that- what they need is relief pitching. Sano is wasting space on this very well balanced team because: 1. He can't play the field. How many more bunts/dribblers up the 3rd base line do we have to watch him bumble before Rocco realizes this? 2. He can't get the clutch hit. When is he getting homers or extra base hits? Not in late innings when the game is on the line. Just start paying attention and you'll see. 3. I believe his play in the field and at the plate is dragging the team morale down. Sure, he may be a good locker room guy, but look at how the team was doing before he joined them. Dick & Jack kept mentioning Sano's need for more and more at bats to come out of the funk. Well- he should be getting those at AAA. I suspect the Twins will not trade or demote him. Here's my solution: keep him in the majors, but take him off the 25 man roster and make him shadow Cruz for the rest of the season to learn how to be a DH- because that's what he should be and it's a tough role to play. Who better to mentor the mentality of the DH than Cruz? OK- bring on the scorn- but mark these words.