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How does a manager managing to lose, ever win? 1-4 out of the last 5. Three game losing streak. Hello Phillies.

My contention is that you play to the game. In the 7th, it makes no difference what happened in the first 6. And Ryan held the lead in his last inning pitched. It is now a 3 inning game and you were spotted one run. 5-4. 9-8. 1-0. It matters none. But you know that.

Damn Joe Ryan. He let the bullpen give up another homerun.

So your starter goes 6 full, leaves with a one run lead and the bullpen only needs 9 outs, and it is all on the starter. He gives the team the lead, holds the lead in the last inning pitched, and it is on him when he is not even in the game, and left with a one run lead with 3 innings to go. I would say it is on the last three batters of the 8th inning. That was pathetic. And Baldelli bashing his head against the proverbial wall continuing to pinch hit Margot, now 0-23. Way to go Rocco. Living up to your nickname. Jeffers is about worthless right now.

Split it at best.

Lee has been involved in a couple of costly defensive lapses late in two different games now.

Impressive that Yelich bunted a runner in. Our hitters would never do that, nor would the manager be smart enough to call for it. Perhaps because our guys can't bunt even if they try?

If Jeffers ever learns to backhand the ball...... Sands wild pitch could have been caught, but his glove was not turned. He sits, and then never backhands the catch. Sometimes, especially is you sit catch, backhanding is the best option.

Absolutely. It hit the ground untouched and made a dive for foul territory before he even touched it. It was a foul ball for sure. It was inches away from the line and trying to go foul quickly when Okert reached down and helped it out, but now he had touched it.

Wow. And this aside is what you are showcasing and got out of the many perspectives of that great post by @JAH? Regardless of one's opinion on Kepler's value - if you are a fan that is all about statistical value and the business, or one that enjoys continuity and loyalty above one or two year strangers with a statcast niche - the post had an insightful and interesting take on the whole Kepler discussion.

How is life in a vacuum? 😇

More writing Kepler off. Gets old every year, and every year you are all wrong. I hope he is a Twin for his whole career.

No fan vote AND no player vote voted a Twin in. Mandatory pick by MLB goes to Correa. There has to be one from each team. He's the most famous for many reasons, and has very good numbers in the first half, finally, since becoming a Twin. Now he may need to let his wrist get some time off. I don’t have homer vision. There are no comparative all-stars on this team, when all the others in the game on all the other teams are considered. The cumulative baseball fans know it, and the players know it. "One month" Jeffers is not even close, yet. Some have had nice streaks, for sure. Replacement and mandatory must feel a bit cheap - to be on the team because MLB had to select at least one player from your team. I would think a player would want to have deserved a selection by the fans or players, and get to the game in a more respectful fashion, and replacement means exactly that, replacing the all-star that could not play. Maybe next year. I think some could sustain excellence and deserve it. Take off the homer blinders and get the big picture. We can still win without the "all-star(s)" on the team.

And Baldelli benched the hottest bat in the game. Formula man.

Wow. You think? No pitcher in the history of the game has ever purposely tried to hit the batter! Just ask them! Never. That would be totally unsportsmanlike and cowardly.

Here’s hoping. This team notoriously doesn’t get runs for Ryan. No runs, and when he leaves with the small leads after 6-7 innings, the bullpen “deGrom’s” him and blows the lead. But there is always that hope…..

Margo making 2 outs in the 9th.......

Such a shame to lose this game. 12 runs scored. So many truly great things happened. Funderburk and Winder are not MLB pitchers. What a waste of innings and time. And Costly. Lopez is soooooo disappointing at home. This Pablo Day crap is just too much for him. He can't take added pressure it brings. So inconsistent. He has the potential, I guess. But he really sucks this year for the most part, minus a couple really great games. What a weird game this was. I felt it really turn when Vazquez couldn't come up with the "wild pitch" that a great defensive catcher does all the time and that he called...... and the ground rule double on the chalk that followed now scored 2 because of the runners advancing. Then the progression of Winder and Funderburk. Painful.

Baffling. The guy is so hot, in the grove, and it would be a super low pressure at bat because of the 13-5 score. As low as it could be when it involves how each at bat now is pressure filled because of the streak/record. But to pinch hit? Because the 26 year old athlete, that is sitting down half the game on the bench between innings, could be ……tired? (correction: most of the game, as Miranda was DH) exhausted? really Baldelli? the great cooler? Because anything could happen before his next at bat...... like a rain out. Food poisoning. whatever. The time and momentum was then. Baldelli tries the "poor guys are tired" crap to spin it. "Those guys, they play virtually every day and they’re doing a good job,” Baldelli said. “In an eight-run game, they’ve been on their feet for a while. No reason not to get them off." Shame on the manager. You ask Miranda if he wants to hit, and listen to him. You don't get him off his feet because he has10 consecutive plate appearances with a hit !!!!!! And he is ready to set a record!!!!! Baldelli is so so so ...... the words that are not allowed to type here.

Straight from the horses mouth. One day Paddack will get out of the paddock, and earn some respect...... I hope.

Top pitching prospect, eh? Yikes.

I defer to @bean5302 just previous. He basically was injured, and they FO knew it and decided it wasn't a deal killer and made the overpay. Mahle had made a couple of starts after he came off the IL, and was a very questionable health risk. Absolutely. Pitching Well? I guess I don't consider a 4.40 ERA in 104 innings with Cincy "well". Maybe I have higher bars for "pitching well". Process? Whatever. Just because we needed better pitchers I don't consider trading for a blatant question mark a smart process. I hated the trade then, and of course, worse now. I didn't like him at all, anyway, especially because his wildness broke Buxton's hand in June of 2021 when we came back from a hip injury and we were needing him. https://apnews.com/article/minnesota-twins-baseball-mlb-sports-96bf7376a8011bf4d77fbee9dd681a5f Lopez wasn't injured, but why would the Orioles, who knew him and all the intangibles he brought, trade him when they were in the playoff race? It didn't make a lick of sense. Process? Lopez's track record of success was horrible before he went to the pen, and was a flash in the pan for just a few months, and the FO bet he was converted for good, and we all know how that turned out. All Lopez did was lose games for us, and he is still a liability wherever he has been. And we gave up a 2023 All-Star reliever and a starter that looks to be better than Paddack, and he can play. (Nobody thought they would be that good? The players did, and the FO claims to know how to pick them.) Horrible trades, and not just looking back. Homers wanted it to be a good trade. But it never was. Not then. Not looking back. F-.

Well, that says a lot right there about his value, doesn't it?

Well, not a fan of Gallo. Although some will drink it. And it is June still, for a few days. There is always July, August, September, and October.....

And to think they are paying him a relative pittance. MLBPA really gives guys like Lewis the shaft, so guys like Gallo can suck over 10 times more from this team than Lewis got/gets paid, and they set it up for 5 years to keep not paying what he is worth. Quite a deal.