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  1. umterp23
    When you are the so called face of the franchise, you play and insist on playing and you don't come out of a game. Pulled early because a deficit in score that manager threw in the towel and said we can't win and you pull your faces out, sends a message to the rest of the team as well. I hear we have great clubhouse leaders, which means nothing to me when we praise guys for that by the way, you set the tone, you play until you are eliminated. Pretty sure Royals and Tigers aren't resting guys like we do. Best 9 on the field regardless of starting pitcher lefty or righty has to be the mandate this week. Musical chairs batting order is quite laughable as well. Set it and get after it like your season depends on it because it depends on it at moment.
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    I would think if Correa wants out and a trade is possible, he may be willing to restructure his contract to new said buyer. Do we believe in Lee enough to move off $30+ MM a year in budget help? I ask question in jest as I believe ownership wouldn't use the savings the way we would want them to.
  3. umterp23
    So last year we win the "weakest" division in baseball by a handful games. Now the "weakest" division in baseball is now the "toughest" division as we have 4 teams fighting for now 3 spots in postseason. O's crap the bed and you may see 4 teams get in from "weakest" division in baseball. Did I mention the Weakest division in baseball? Payroll, lack of moves off-season/deadline and t.v. contract have an impact but leadership drives the bus. Rocco doesn't have that quality and guys can only hold each other accountable for so long. We've blown a few tires and have no spares left to stay on playoff road.
  4. umterp23
    $30+MM for 75% of playing time at best last two years. Is he valuable for sure, but did other teams dodge the injury bullet and balk at the contract, maybe they knew something we don't. Could the remedy be the shoes, change of position, let's hope so. If not, going to be a really expensive contract as he ages. I like Lee as he gets more and more comfortable, but I do believe he is a 2nd basemen and SS for short Correa stints
  5. umterp23
    Cleveland in W/L column is better team for sure, but I'm surprised at this stat in this 4 game series. Twins went 9 for 27 (33%) with runners in scoring position. Guards went 8 - 32 (25%) with runners in scoring position. Guards have better depth in bullpen, pretty good starting pitching but really stood out was how clutch they were in sphincter tight moments. On to the next one. 9 games to go and Twins most likely have to go 7-2 to get into playoffs. I for one will root them on till elimination but just don't see how they get enough wins at this point. Go Twins
  6. umterp23
    terrible at bats by $47MM batters. Ugly swings = ugly outs.
  7. umterp23
    2 bad innings over 3 days pitching wise and instead of looking for a 4 game sweep, we are looking to break even today. Kick in the you know whats either wakes up the team moving forward or was final nail initiated in the coffin. Hoping for the wake up call though.
  8. umterp23
    High $$$ guaranteed contracts for x amount and the rise of baseline contracts heavily influences injuries (minor) more than really bad major injuries. The investments made in the top line guys from each team with really large $$'s tied to the team bankroll come into play. Owners need performance for their investment and then protecting that asset tied to money spent. One way is tie $'s to category of player for salary minimum and then back end the money tied to performance bonuses from that year. We have a crap ton of measurable statistics to choose from, so are useless in my opinion, but there can be a way to balance year over year money vs the 2-3 year guy who has been awesome takes a team for 10 year deal and $300MM and then plays less than 50% of the time during the contract. Then reset the following year and earn your bag of money as the kids say these days. Now this will never happen, but the model would have guys fighting to stay on the field to earn money based on performance. If it did, talk about leveling the small market big market conversation by base pay for a player being the base pay no matter what team he is on. You perform you get a bonus, kind of like us non professional athletes live, work and provide. Interesting take but MLBPA won't like, Owners would
  9. umterp23
    Buxton leading off in CF
  10. umterp23
    Some workouts, some live BP vs low minor league arms, what could go wrong? Let us hope nothing but track record means something happens with either one of them or both. Just make the playoffs and see what happens. Go Twins
  11. umterp23
    2 strike approach vs long ball happy approach is vital to being a balanced hitter. 2 Strike approach is lacking from him and he needs to adjust as he is in 2 strike mode more often these days. 1st pitch swinging at pitches in the zone don't help either. Jeffers and others have adopted it, battle to stay alive in at bat and some times good things happen. Not ideal to be in 2 strike hole in many at bats and others from what I can tell choke up a bit on the bat, look to put ball in play but others swing away. Consistency of staying healthy longer than a month at a time keeps you on the field and in form to produce. Some guys aren't built for the DH position, Buxton being one of them. At 24 years old, being relegated to DH to keep bat in lineup isn't ideal. Has raw talent, has overcome injuries to get on the field. Has to find a way to stay on the field
  12. umterp23
    8/21 Update: TWINS Win, 1-0. Guardians Lost 0-1 (Twins -2.5 back) 8/22 Update: TWINS off day, 1-0. Guardians Lost 0-2 (Twins -2 back) 8/23 Update: TWINS Lost, 1-1. Guardians Lost 0-3 (Twins -2 back) (((( Royals Win, -1 game back to Guards) 8/24 Update: TWINS Win, 2-1 Guardians Win 1-3 (Twins -2 back). (((( Royals Lost - -2 back) 8/25 Update: TWINS Lost, 2-2. Guardians Win 2-3 (Twins -3 back). (((( Royals Lost -3 back) 8/26 Update: Twins Lost, 2-3. Guardians Lost 2x (Twins -2.5 Back). ((((Royals Won 2x - 1 back) 8/27 UPdate: Twins Lost 2-4. Guardians Lost 2-5 (Twins -2.5 Back). ((((Royals Won - 1st place even) 8/28 Update: Twins Lost 2-5. Guardians Won 3-5 (Twins -3.5 Back). ((( Royals Lost - 1 back) WildCard Twins +3 to Sox for final spot 8/29 Update: Twins Off - Guardians Off - Royals at Houston - RedSox vs Blue Jays
  13. umterp23
    Royals aren't going anywhere, so it now puts pressure on Twins to hold serve the best they can. Handful of games in the clear of BoSox, so the perceived weakest division in baseball holds 50% of playoff positions. Go Twins!
  14. umterp23
    8/21 Update: TWINS Win, 1-0. Guardians Lost 0-1 (Twins -2.5 back) 8/22 Update: TWINS off day, 1-0. Guardians Lost 0-2 (Twins -2 back) 8/23 Update: TWINS Lost, 1-1. Guardians Lost 0-3 (Twins -2 back) (((( Royals Win, -1 game back to Guards) 8/24 Update: TWINS Win, 2-1 Guardians Win 1-3 (Twins -2 back). (((( Royals Lost - -2 back) 8/25 Update: TWINS Lost, 2-2. Guardians Win 2-3 (Twins -3 back). (((( Royals Lost -3 back) 8/26 Update: Twins Lost, 2-3. Guardians Lost 2x (Twins -2.5 Back). ((((Royals Won 2x - 1 back)
  15. umterp23
    8/21 Update: TWINS Win, 1-0. Guardians Lost 0-1 (Twins -2.5 back) 8/22 Update: TWINS off day, 1-0. Guardians Lost 0-2 (Twins -2 back) 8/23 Update: TWINS Lost, 1-1. Guardians Lost 0-3 (Twins -2 back) (((( Royals Win, -1 game back to Guards) 8/24 Update: TWINS Win, 2-1 Guardians Win 1-3 (Twins -2 back). (((( Royals Lost - -2 back) 8/25 Update: TWINS Lost, 2-2. Guardians Win 2-3 (Twins -3 back). (((( Royals Lost -3 back)
  16. umterp23
    Back after a day off for myself - Date/Result/Record of remaining games (games out of 1st in division): 8/21 Update: TWINS Win, 1-0. Guardians Lost 0-1 (Twins -2.5 back) 8/22 Update: TWINS off day, 1-0. Guardians Lost 0-2 (Twins -2 back) 8/23 Update: TWINS Lost, 1-1. Guardians Lost 0-3 (Twins -2 back) (((( Royals Win, -1 game back to Guards) 8/24 Update: TWINS Win, 2-1 Guardians Win 1-3 (Twins -2 back). (((( Royals Lost - -2 back)
  17. umterp23
    T&R - I think Lee could be outside looking in if and when Correa/Buxton return. What might get interesting is making the playoffs, your 1st round roster will only need 3 starting pitchers but do you keep a 4th to piggy back let's say a SWR who may go 4-5 innings and then you throw a Zebby or Festa piggyback to reduce the quality of bullpen. Let's say we do, we could add a bench guy for defense/pinch run that has some speed late might a Kiersey get a look in September to see if he fits the bill? Thanks for following along on the Road and commenting!
  18. umterp23
    Final 36 Games Road to Playoffs 8/22 Update: TWINS Win, 1-0. Guardians Lost 0-1 (Twins -2.5 back) 8/23 Update: TWINS off day, 1-0. Guardians Lost 0-2 (Twins -2 back) chpettit - didn't look at is close enough for final series, but could work in Twins favor as well. O's starting pitching has a serious injury bug and Yankees could be in front by decent margin, so O's could be fighting Red Sox for a playoff spot. Looking forward to September baseball, especially if Twins close out August on a really good run of W's
  19. umterp23
    Good morning all, not a blog contributor by any means, but I did put one together yesterday in case anyone wants to follow along on Road to Playoffs. Go Twins
  20. umterp23
    Alphabetical order when record is the same, pretty lazy on MLB website
  21. umterp23
    Final 36 Games Road to Playoffs 8/22 Update: TWINS Win, 1-0. Guardians Lost 0-1 (Twins -2.5 back)
  22. umterp23
    We could debate almost all the positions both on the field in the batting order. Catcher is kind of intriguing as I point out the following question as I don't have a great answer - If you were to say for our catcher position from offensive side of things we wanted the following: .230 avg, .365 slg and .627 ops high teens for HR's, about 50 rbi's or so, kind of middle of pack on offense, would we not be jumping for joy? Vazquez has had about 1 month of games to get improve his numbers to what I listed minus the Homers and RBI's Jeffers had a tough stretch in June/July but I give him a pass for one thing only that I hope none of us would have to go through or have gone through. We don't know what he has or is going through with the unexpected still born death of what would have been a son that if his wife had gone to full pregnancy would have been born in this month window. I will always tip my hat to him and his family for battling a baseball and balancing life and it's curveballs. August he has seem to be able to hit better but not the hot start he had in April/May. Glad we have a problem of who helps us win come playoffs, either one should make us happy that we have a tandem.
  23. umterp23
    back to back lineup graphics showcasing the catchers ... has to be a rarity for Twins marketing team
  24. umterp23
    Comments over the last few days to get to the playoffs have been, Twins may need to go 21-15 over final 36. Let's dive into our road vs Cleveland. TWINS: AWAY Padres (1) - HOME Cardinals (3), Braves (3), Blue Jays (3) - AWAY Rays (4), Royals (3), HOME - Angels (3), Reds (3), - AWAY Guardians (4) Red Sox (3) - HOME Marlins (3) & Orioles (3) ... 21 Home Games and 15 Away games GUARDIANS: AWAY Yankees (2) - HOME Rangers (3), Royals (4), Pirates (3) - AWAY Royals (3), Dodgers (3), White Sox (3) - HOME Rays (4) Twins (4), AWAY Cards (3), Reds (2) - HOME Astros (3) ... 21 Home Games and 16 Away games So stretch run could be very exciting or a debbie downer quickly depending on how we close out August. Equal amount of home vs away games but the big 4 AWAY are at the Guards. Would have been nice to get them at HOME where maybe the crowd could give the team some extra juice. According to Tankathon website - the remaining strength of schedule is: TWINS have 10 hardest and GUARDIANS 11 hardest Basically even from hear on out on paper, but playing Guards at their place may be the difference in winning division or just getting into playoffs. KC has the toughest road with 4 division leaders left on schedule, Guards have 4 division leaders left and Twins just 2. 24 games before the Guardian series, if Twins can go 16-6 or better, then game on to win division. Go Twins
  25. umterp23
    Back to back tough losses in very winnable games. Rocco is Rocco, so won't pile on but 3 things that shoulda, coulda, woulda not grasped defeat from the jaws of victory. 1. Martin thinking he was going to score on bad/no one covering 3rd base frantic moment 2. Miranda with bases loaded had one job to do get ball out of the infield even if it meant sac fly. Some will argue the very bad 1st pitch called strike changes the type of at bat needed, but I will argue it was one pitch and only the first pitch. 3. Why oh why would Jax who threw only 10 pitches (9 strikes) not come out to start the next inning? Tight ball game and you need to lock down the 2 run lead at least for momentum sakes. Other than that the guys battled, came back and then implosion by some guy(s) in the pen which is unfortunate. Salvage the road trip today and then go on a much needed home stand run to put pressure on the Indians, pains me to say Guardians Go Twins
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