Riverbrian

Exactly. Rocco isn't rogue. You can't be this predictable and consistent rogue. You can't keep your job being rogue.

Keep in mind. This isn't Rocco alone. Someone has to build the roster for this to be executed on the field.

Yes... unless we are over stacked with lefties. Or unless they learn their lesson this year with Margot and Farmer not being adequate to face right handers.

Reasonable result when you roster players to protect against 25% of the pitchers that you face at the expense of 75% of the pitchers you face.

Look at the lineup tonight and look at the lineup Wednesday against Crochet. See any change. Rocco isn't throwing curveballs at us. Rocco is as consistent as they come. Monday when we face Crochet again.. This will be the lineup again. Sandoval and Crochet have huge left/right splits. Sunday against the lefty Detmers who has reverse splits. We might see a lefthander in the lineup. Kepler most likely... maybe Julien if Rocco goes crazy.

Chicago is one of the top cities for food in my opinion. 1. Hibbing 2. Chicago 3. New Orleans

I've never met Sano I mention that to point out that I'm not qualified to pass judgement on his work ethic so I won't. I will say this: Sano was given enough chances with the Twins to see his arbitration price rise to 14 million dollars. The choice for the Twins was do they pick up his option for 14 million or not. Anybody paying 14 million? I'm not!!! Think about it... If we did... we wouldn't be able to afford Joey Gallo!!!

Agreed. The only thing you can do with Farmer is forget about what he has done so far and blank slate him forward. Of course... if we start getting into June. There will be too much writing on the slate to blank it.

I guess that Julien, Kirilloff and Larnach will be on the bench tonight. Possibly Kepler as well. I think it will be a Crochet lineup against Sandoval and of course a Crochet lineup against Crochet on Monday. I'll guess, Kepler for sure and maybe Julien with a start against Detmers. I'm guessing a tough 4 days for Fantasy baseball owners of Alex Kirilloff.

The optics are not fixable. Will he get better... yes he will. I have no expectation at all that he will remain .067 BA or .297 OPS. I have no expectation that Carlos Santana will remain at .147 OPS. They are going to start getting some hits and drag those numbers upward. The question is: Can Farmer change the optics and make up the significant amount ground needed after being lapped by his peers with 1/7th of the season complete? I don't believe he can and at the end of the year... his numbers are going to look... unjustifiable and there is absolutely nothing that he can do about that. The back of his baseball card is going to look bad for 2024. I know that I end up in this location a lot but I must go here again because the Twins constantly go here. He needs AB's to get his numbers close to presentable. He won't get enough AB's to make the stat sheet respectable against left handed hitters alone and hitting lefties is what he does well. He's going to have to hit right handers and he has never really shown that he can do that.

I agree it's unfair toward Margot. Margot is not the second coming. It's totally fair toward anyone who thought that a back up would remain a back up. Willi Castro is currently tied with Carlos Santana for 2nd place in PA's. Not many would have had Castro in the box labelled starter.

It just goes to show that you can't judge a city by it's traffic, torsoless statues or giant mirrors in the shape of a bean.

The Italian Beef WET does not. 😉

We know that Rocco is capable of distributing catching playing time at a 2 to 1 ratio because that is how it started in 2023. Vazquez played two games to every game that Jeffers played. Of course at the time... it made sense. Jeffers was a young catcher coming off a not very good season offensively and Vazquez was the 30 million dollar dude signed to sing lead vocal behind the plate. As the season progressed... it was pretty clear that Jeffers was hitting as well as any catcher in the game and Vazquez was struggling offensively extendedly. Rocco was able to adjust that Vazquez 2 to 1 ratio to a 50/50 split between Vazquez and Jeffers. Never giving Jeffers that 2 to 1 that Vazquez got. It should have shifted all the way to 2 to 1 in favor of Jeffers and it should remain 2 to 1 in favor of Jeffers today and forward. Instead 50/50 is the rotation that remains. If the amazing defense of Vazquez is the reason it needs to be a 50/50 division of labor. I will counter that with... Yeah but... Jeffers played every single game in the playoffs. Defense obviously took a back seat when it was the win or die situation of the playoffs. Chips are down... It's Jeffers 100% Rest... Ok... agreed Catcher's certainly need it. However I'll repeat that Rocco started out 2023 with Vazquez getting a 2 to 1 ratio and Jeffers has never reached that ratio but we know 2 to 1 can be handled. Right now Jeffers extra AB's have come from the DH position. Sensible because he's been one of our best hitters... if not our best hitter. He needs to be the lineup. But, I'd rather they 2 to 1 the catching ratio in Jeffers favor and let others rotate through the DH position including Jeffers of course.

That's a good thing because Jeffers has been one of our best hitters... if not our best hitter. We should find him more AB's than what typical catchers end up with. However, when I read the article. Instead of how can you play Jeffers more... my mind went to how do you play Vazquez less. 😁

All good. I just like W's with due respect.

Reading your responses in this thread. You seem to be saying that you don't think Larnach is that good but his situation with the Twins has been horribly mismanaged. Beyond that... I'm not sure what you are saying.

OK Darth Vader. I honestly can't tell if we are arguing or not.

3 things need to happen. Health, Opportunity and Performance. The odds are long for all but a select few.

Agreed... Hat tip to Shewmake. He created a run out of thin air. Ryan and Miranda were both not focused. It's the only way he can swipe third without a throw to the plate. Two players were asleep. If Miranda is at the bag. He's probably still out. If Ryan is focused... it's a run down. The double steal of home? That works like a charm at the little league level. It should be properly defended by the time players reach the high school level. At the major league level. With the arm strength and talent... it just shouldn't happen.

There was but the rest wasn't as funny.

We agree it's highly unlikely that this incredibly bad pace continues. And I agree the White Sox have been ****ing terrible. So when do they start winning so they can climb from this .125 winning percentage to the 2003 Tigers worst team in the modern era .265 percentage? The 2003 Tigers started the year 3-25. Then they won 6 out of the next 9. Game 28 was the end of a real bad stretch. Game 29 was the start of a good stretch. I can't predict these things so I don't care if they are ****ing terrible right now... just looking at the MLB records indicates a real rough stretch of baseball for the pale hose. I'm not sure why you want me to double the games against Houston, Texas and Seattle. If it's because you are pointing out that they play twice as many games against the AL Central. I've already listed that the Twins were 29-23 against the AL Central and 20-12 Against the AL West last year. 52 games against 4 teams compared to 32 games against 5 opponents in the AL West is roughly double. I have acknowledged that by listing the records against divisions. Here's the deal I don't have the power to stop anyone from dismissing and diminishing. I think we all understand that winning 4 out of 10 is classified as a bad baseball team and I think we all understand that winning 6 out of 10 is classified as a good baseball team. I simply deny anybody's implication that 6 out of 10 is OMG how are we going to beat the best team in baseball and 4 out of 10 doesn't mean losing to them is a crime beyond the pale. This type of implication is rampant.

All this talk about Veal, Shell Fish and Milk is making me hungry.

I'm not being difficult... but I need to see what you are saying. Opening day roster - use the 13 Players chosen. Line them up... who plays against right handers and who plays against left handers. Don't worry about the catcher position... but I want to see the other 8 spots in the lineup. If you don't mind.