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  1. hitterscount
    Get Buxton to waive his no trade and they might get the payroll under 40 mil.
  2. hitterscount
    Correa gone?
  3. hitterscount
    Taylor’s numbers look like Mike Trout when compared to Outman. Was kind of liking this trade thinking we were getting a solid MLB OF, the .103 average, .083 on the road, changed that. Hopefully consistent playing time will help increase thus….. otherwise let some of the promising minor league prospects get some time in September.
  4. hitterscount
    Whatever... All I know is if you had 7 other players in the field that gave the effort, played defense and understood the fundamentals like he did we would be fighting for first place.
  5. hitterscount
    I still disagree with the Duran trade…had him through 27 at a reasonable price. The pitching staff is solid when Lopez returns next season and gives the team a chance to compete now. Zero issue trading Correa if you get a couple of guys that could be everyday players next season. Our issues lie with the positional players. Need a ton of work with the lineup. I see the need for two corner OF’s, 1st, 2nd, SS if you trade Correa, that’s what makes the Duran trade so headscrathing, it addresses none of the issues that this team has. If you weren’t keeping him you have to get guys that can help almost immediately. The offense and defense is that bad. And as far as being unfair to Correa and future FA’s… you have to perform. Was alright with the signing when it happened, but the return has been nowhere near what he’s getting paid and he can nix any trade.
  6. hitterscount
    Have you watched this offense at all this season… seriously… the defense is horrible, baserunning…. horrible (a ball off the wall a couple of days ago with men on 1st and 2nd no one out and we end up with the bases loaded and don’t score, ,that sums up the season) Walner Larnich, Jeffers all taken steps backwards, yet our team development is good… got it.
  7. hitterscount
    Just a terrible trade. The Phillies needed a RP, their BP is awful. This is what Falvey gets in return, a 18 year old in low A that strikes out at an alarming rate, and a projected mid to backend SP. You have to do better. You have to get prospects that can help this anemic offense next year. We just traded one of the best relievers in the game, WITH team control for 2 1/3 seasons, WTF are we doing! This team isn't/shouldn't be this bad. We have the pieces on the pitching staff to contend for the AL Central. What we need is some players with speed that can play defense, oh and a new manager. This trade does nothing to improve the team, so a money dump Im guessing, it's gross incompetence like this that ended my season early.
  8. hitterscount
    I guess I am missing your point, so I cancelled MLB when Baldelli was extended and can no longer watch every game, won't make another game at Target field so somehow that means I shouldn't follow this site? It's been 12 months of sloppy and uninspired play with a rumor of a potential sale of the team, which appears to be the only way to dump Baldelli and Falvey, and somehow I am a traitor in your view? None of what I have said is a sign of a bandwagon fanboy...
  9. hitterscount
    Ryan and Gardenhire's teams were 100 times more enjoyable to watch. I don't expect to win the WS every year or even make the playoffs every year. But watching the current product on the field is tough, there are long stretches where they appear to just go through the motions and are even bad at that. I have zero hard feelings, just checked out on this season when a manager is rewarded for leading one of the worst teams in baseball since last August. It's not that much to ask for clean, sound fundamental baseball and even some situational awareness.
  10. hitterscount
    Trust me I will be fine and uninjured. I've been loving Twin BB since I could walk. The 87 & 91 WS exemplify what a team approach, fundamental baseball can do. Granted it doesn't guarantee WS or even playoff series wins, but it is clean and fun to watch. I've been consistent in my displeasure with Baldelli for 18 months... It was time for a break for me and the other posters and fans on this site in my takes on the shortfalls with Baldelli and the apparent lack of team chemistry and simple fundamental baseball seen at the 6th grade level. II don't have the same connection to the Brewers that I do the Twins as I still follow daily, w/o watching sloppy games. Instead I did what I said I would do after the Baldelli extension and stopped financially supporting a team with zero direction that plays uninspired and brutal ball more times than not.
  11. hitterscount
    Die hard Twin fan, always will be. But tuning out after the Baldelli extension and joining my wife in watching the Brewers has been refreshing. The two teams and approaches are night and day difference. Brewers focus on athletes, meaning... speed, defense, base running, contact, moving runners into scoring position in close games( bunting or stealing bases), constant pressure on the opponents pitchers and defense, overall discipline, accountability to not only yourself but the team. With that, this team can't be sold fast enough. There needs to be a change in the front office and on the field...... Baldelli and Falvey need to be shown the door and should have last year. I don't trust Falvey in anything, this team has talent, especially in the pitching staff, so if he feels like he needs to do something trade away all the position players you want, because there needs to be a complete overhaul there anyway, but leave the pitching staff alone because I have zero trust in what you are doing and less in identifying talent in the position players. Worse is the lack of direction in this teams offensive approach, poor defense and basic fundamental baseball. Hopefully there's a new staff in place next season so I can tune in again. Have a great day everyone...
  12. hitterscount
    I will agree to disagree…
  13. hitterscount
    Out for a burger and beer. First game I have caught in a couple of weeks. Nothing changes. Rocco is the absolutely worst manager in the league. You talk about demoralizing as an individual and team… the guy is a joke.
  14. hitterscount
    Not that I care (I guess I do or I wouldn’t be posting) but my hope is that they don’t do anything and the new owners, GM and a real manager can make the necessary decisions. I still contend this team should be better than their record and that’s on the manager. Last night is just another example of really good pitching gone to waste. In Rocco’s defense they are constructed so poorly on offense, zero team speed, terrible plate approaches and a refusal to play small ball when warranted… then throw in terrible defense and just like that you play uninspired crap baseball. Their body language says it all. So with that just hold tight and let someone else get the players to construct a competitive team.
  15. hitterscount
    Cancelled MLB after the Rocco extension ( yes I'm effing showing them) and have become a Brewer bandwagon guy... and tonight's unprofessional, non-competitive approach reinforces just how undisciplined this team is, defensivey and plate approach is a joke and it starts with the manager. Not happy to say the team directly to our east isn't as talented.... but understands that the little things win games. Hopefully we are not sellers or trying to improve at the deadline, this organization is clueless.
  16. hitterscount
    This is the nail in the coffin for me. Extending, quite possibly, the worst manager in the MLB just shows how checked out this ownership is. They don’t give a sh** about the product on the field. After the Correa signing everything they have done has gone against putting a quality product on the field, including keeping the clueless manager around. MLB TV cancelled at the end of the month. Living in Wisconsin I will join my wife and tuning in to the Brewers. Is it that much to ask for good clean fundamental baseball…. with Rocco that has never happened and he is rewarded with an extension.. No more for me. This style of baseball is a joke, beyond frustrating…. I’m out until some sign of accountability is made, and it should have started with the release of Rocco at the end of last season, but this front office seems to think this type of sloppy uninspired play is what we want to see every night…. Tone deaf and arrogant.
  17. hitterscount
    The players absolutely know Rocco is a stiff…. this team doesn’t play for each other, zero discipline, to hell with the fundamentals and defense is optional. The lackadaisical play is on the manager…. along with all of his other questionable decisions.
  18. hitterscount
    .210, 6hr’s, 10 RBI’s…. Those numbers wouldn’t cut it in the Northwoods league much less a team that is serious about winning. He’s had one good year, he has turned into a liability, at the plate and not so good in the field.
  19. hitterscount
    Wallner and Larnich are pretty much the same players, power approach with no results. Those two are a big reason this team sucks. I could see going into the season counting on one , but both was a mistake. And now they are bringing nothing to the roster including both being below average defenders. They epitomize what is wrong with the team. Megill walking Buxton to get to those two guys was a brilliant move by the real manager on the other side and an awful performance by those two. This team is unwatchable… but I still will even though I know better.
  20. hitterscount
    I just watched a three game series that proves strong fundamentals and good managing still exists…. and it wasn’t the Twins.
  21. hitterscount
    .500, love the optimism!
  22. hitterscount
    Someone in yesterday’s game thread identified what is missing in this team, other than a clueless manager…. They have like 7 DH’s on the field in every game. The one big issue is none of them are power or even contact hitters. There is very little team speed and the ones that can steal a base are never given the opportunity, unless the game is out of reach. The 7 DH’s in every lineup are below average fielders, lack the basic fundamentals to overcome some of their athletic non-ability and give away outs and rarely make game changing defensive plays. The pitching has been underwhelming the last 10 or so days, but overall they have held their own. Between a terrible manager and a philosophy on offense that doesn’t remotely match the talent we are likely in for a brutal end to the rest of the season. I for one would like to see Rocco relieved and replaced with a minor league manager, send down or release every player not given 100% or falls into the DH category that can’t hit or play defense, so like half the everyday players, and let the guys performing in the minors get moved up to see what you have and who can be moved come the trade deadline. What we have watched the last 5 of 6 games is a disgrace to professional MLB. players and organizations. Thank you for allowing this long ass much needed rant.
  23. hitterscount
    Really… do you honestly believe this organization has the balls to remove Rocco?
  24. hitterscount
    Pat Murphy is hands down a better:superior coach to Rocco. You look at these two rosters and without doubt I would take the Twins….. ok, I said earlier this season that I am done with the fire Rocco rants. I will just sit back and watch really bad uninspiring baseball for the next three months.
  25. hitterscount
    This is absolutely a joke. Correa watching a fastball strike 3 knee high middle of the plate, Lee taking deep breath’s like he’s facing a firing squad. Wish the winning streak never happened, could have tuned out a month ago.
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