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  1. LastOnePicked
    Here's what puzzles me - many fans here seem to rule out the coaching staff as even a potential source of the problem, but then they admit (rightfully) that there's enough non-injured talent remaining on the roster to be at least be a .500 team. All that remains is to shake a fist at the baseball gods. No. Failure to live up to expectations, inability to hit with RISP, injuries on low-contact plays, poor defense and baserunning - these are hallmarks of Twins baseball under this coaching staff. There have been instances and stretches where these issues have faded, but when it rains bad baseball with this team, it pours. Ownership didn't set the payroll up for "next-level" playoff success, that's true. The FO didn't make the shrewdest off-season moves, that's also true. But in terms of direction, development, preparation, accountability - in a word, coaching - that's where this team really continues to suffer.
  2. LastOnePicked
    In January, the heat went out in our home. Gas furnace. The fan worked, wiring good, sensors clean. It was a cracked ignitor. Whenever a spark was needed, there was no ignition. Can't think of a better metaphor than that. This team just cannot ignite, and the players needed to stop the spiral just aren't on the field. I watched a bit of the game for the first time this year. Zero heat, zero fire - just no life. Regardless of what happens against the White Sox, I truly believe it's over already. Eight games back? Sorry, folks - with this roster and rotation, it's not going to happen.
  3. LastOnePicked
    Read your post again. You're saying that players with stronger established career track records (5 of the 7 you mention have played the majority of their careers outside of MN) are suddenly struggling with the Twins ... and the coaching staff here has *nothing* to do with it? I'm not sure you're making the case you think you are. I sometimes wonder what folks think "coaches" are actually hired to do. Fill out a lineup card? Take up a spot on the bench? Answer a few postgame questions? Presumably, they might at some time be responsible for player development and performance. Crazy thought, I know.
  4. LastOnePicked
    When the Twins were being predicted as the ALC winner for 2024, that's when I started rethinking any grand optimism I had. When have the Twins - especially Rocco's Twins - ever lived up to high expectations? For some reason, expectations almost seem to create a mental block for this club. They just fall apart, whether it be at the start or at the end of a season. I understand the Lewis and Correa injuries have taken a toll, but come on. This isn't some fluke poor start - this is veering into "total system failure" territory again.
  5. LastOnePicked
    "Organizational enema." Ouch. I guess I like the old term: rebuild. But I agree. We've given this staff, this approach and this philosophy every chance to turn this club into a winner. We got a couple of playoff wins, which were great and fun and mostly against an bad postseason Blue Jays team. We're not at the end of the road, but it's in sight. This team chronically underperforms. It's uninspiring Twins baseball 75% of the time. No more.
  6. LastOnePicked
    I'm sorry, I'm ready to call it. This is 2021 again. It's over, friends. I know it's early, and I think there's every chance of playing +/- .500 baseball through the summer. But this hole is just too deep, too sudden and too demoralizing. You can lose a division in April. It just happened ... again.
  7. LastOnePicked
    Aren't they first-place teams because they've played the Twins? This team might be making the competition look good by comparison.
  8. LastOnePicked
    They did, and it was beautiful. That's the kind of team I want to see at Target Field ... and not just in the visitor's dugout.
  9. LastOnePicked
    Exactly this. Philosophy and execution are two very different things. Popkins has proven to be a weak spot in the coaching staff. The Twins lose nothing from letting him go. If anything, the players may appreciate a sign from the executives that failure of this magnitude isn't going to be tolerated. But then again, these are the Twins.
  10. LastOnePicked
    Good work, you all. Keep it up. Loved the "underrated Twin" starter. Hadn't thought of Dennys Reyes in years.
  11. LastOnePicked
    I don't know how Baltimore got to be so good. I've been reliably told that organizational rebuilds don't work.
  12. LastOnePicked
    Agreed. There's never any urgency with this organization, and to follow up last season with one of the steepest payroll cuts in the league was just idiotic. Fan morale seems back to pre-2019 levels.
  13. LastOnePicked
    If baseball makes anything clear, it's that weaknesses will quickly be exposed. If the Twins put me in RF, I'd bet money that the first three batted balls would find the hole in my glove. Good article. Yes, we all know it's "early," but the offseason missteps are digging an early hole. This team seems old and slow and unable to keep up unless the other team gifts them a W.
  14. LastOnePicked
    It's only April, but I'm wondering if I was maybe right to push for a total rebuild after the 2021 season. I'd hate to lose those precious playoff victories of last year, but I think that's all we'll see from this squad for awhile.
  15. LastOnePicked
    Looks like the people who were worried about the Spring Training results might have been on to something. This team doesn't look like they were fully ready to launch.
  16. LastOnePicked
    Winning in the postseason is never a mistake. The mistake is ownership not taking the next steps to try and make sure it happens again soon.
  17. LastOnePicked
    "Tonkin a Twin again" Tell me the Twins are off to a bad start without telling me the Twins are off to a bad start.
  18. LastOnePicked
    Wait, what? Twins fans wanted better than Desclafani in the rotation. He appeared to be a huge injury risk, and even if moderately healthy wouldn't make even a drop in covering the gaps left by Gray and Maeda. And ... those fans were 100% right. That was $4m wasted by a team that has now shifted to counting pennies.
  19. LastOnePicked
    Our bad luck with top prospects is insane at this point. Just insane. Pulling for Royce's full recovery, but it is not exactly easy being a Twins fan at this point.
  20. LastOnePicked
    On any team, this would be a letdown. On a team that is fighting to keep open a window of contention, while dealing with the prospect of massive payroll cuts in the years ahead, this is ... worse. Twins fans have been hoping for something big to happen for this franchise. Instead, the most talented spark plugs keep cracking. Others have a better attitude on this. But I'm sick of baseball at this point. Sick of watching big market teams pad their rosters with free agents while we have to pray our top prospects don't get totally derailed by fluke injuries. Life isn't fair. Everybody understands that. Baseball is our escape, though. Baseball should be fun. This isn't fun.
  21. LastOnePicked
    I'm confused. Didn't the Twins already leverage the farm system in trading for Gray, Mahle and Jorge Lopez? Gray worked out perfectly well. Mahle and Lopez were disastrous. But perhaps they didn't leverage the system again in the offseason because there's just not much potentially-expendable talent left in the system. I think it was a HUGE mistake not signing a free agent starter this offseason, and it may force them into another foolish deadline trade come late summer.
  22. LastOnePicked
    Please no. This is costly in terms of the future, and this FO does not have the knack for being a successful buyer in deadline trades. Build depth now.
  23. LastOnePicked
    I'm not worried. Maybe I should be, but the Twins really seem to have players focus on ramping up slowly and making incremental adjustments in ST. I don't think there's much of a correlation between the way they're playing now and the way they'll play when the season starts.
  24. LastOnePicked
    Why on Earth would you weaken the farm system (including losing potentially-expendable up-the-middle talent you might actually need as a bargaining chip come the trade deadline) when you could have simply signed MAT, who offers a little pop and Gold Glove defense? My first reaction? This is not a good move.
  25. LastOnePicked
    Find someone who loves you the way Seth loves Twins baseball. I personally enjoy payroll talk - and even trying to put a little pressure on boosting the roster through free agency - but I also value that there's some real optimism and appreciation for the team. I hope they meet your/our hopes.
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