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  1. LastOnePicked
    Nine game winning streaks are fun. We should try a few more of these this season.
  2. LastOnePicked
    This is ... spectacular. It's goofy nonsense like this that loosens a team up, puts a little wind behind the sails and changes the narrative for what was a crash-and-burn start to the season. I love it. May the storied summer sausage take this team to a title.
  3. LastOnePicked
    That Saran-wrapped summer sausage seems to have salvaged the season.
  4. LastOnePicked
    Hey, good for Miranda for making the most of his return and forcing the club to look elsewhere for a demotion. That's the kind of resilience I really like to see out of young guys on the cusp.
  5. LastOnePicked
    I'm going to petition the Commissioner's Office to see if I can get a few more games against the Chisox and the Angels put into the Twins schedule this year.
  6. LastOnePicked
    You got that from a fortune cookie.
  7. LastOnePicked
    Every win while Correa and Lewis are out of the lineup is important. If this team can hover around/above .500 until June, then I might have to soften my stance about the season being over.
  8. LastOnePicked
    "That was a season-saving series" ... is what I would've said if I wasn't already on the record here saying the season couldn't be saved. Hey, they beat who they had to beat. That's step one in getting out of this hole.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. LastOnePicked
    Aren't they first-place teams because they've played the Twins? This team might be making the competition look good by comparison.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. LastOnePicked
    Good work, you all. Keep it up. Loved the "underrated Twin" starter. Hadn't thought of Dennys Reyes in years.
  19. LastOnePicked
    I don't know how Baltimore got to be so good. I've been reliably told that organizational rebuilds don't work.
  20. 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.
  21. 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.
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. 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.
  25. 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.
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