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  1. Whitey333
    Better base running isn't just in stealing bases. Moreover it is advancing runners. Taking an extra base to put guys in scoring position. Putting pressure on the opponents outfielders to perhaps them making a mistake. Tagging up to take the extra base. Hustling out of the box. Knowing how many outs there are. These are all things the Twins need to improve on. Sorry to all the Rocco apologists but it starts with the manager.
  2. Whitey333
    About your article:. What a bunch of crap. This team has poor fundamentals, plays very boring baseball, and still has a lot of wholes to fill. I too have been a Twins fan since the 60s. In it's current form this team is not a contender. Correa is a good shortstop but he alone, even with his super inflated ego can't vault them into a serious contender. This team has too many pitching questions to be taken seriously. Your comparison of Correa/Buxton to Trout/O'Hatani does the Angel duo a great disservice. Correa is a superstar, Buxton is a part time player and has been for 7 of his 8 years with the Twins. What I am looking for is for this FO to get creative and add pieces to build around Correa. If signing Correa is all they do it will be a huge mistake IMO.
  3. Whitey333
    Yes the Twins did well in getting Correa. Hopefully the cost wasn't too high so as not to be able to secure players needed in other areas. Farmer is a good addition. Urshela may have been a poor substraction. I noticed someone said Farmer had more RBIs than Urshela. That is true. It is also true that Farmer had more RBIs than Correa. Does that mean anything? Not really. Just be careful comparing stats. Signing Correa should be considered a step in molding the roster into a competitive contender. Hoping the injured players come back AND produce is very risky planning. As is counting on starting pitching staff full of injuries and very limited MLB experience. Relying on a manager that has good analytic skills but no managerial skills is also foolhearty. Rocco is a mediocre manager that oversees very boring baseball. I'm hoping that he improves as well or 2023 will be a dismal repeat. After 2021 we were told it was unlucky baseball and poor seasons by key players that lead to an awful season. 2022 has been blamed on injuries. 2023 better show significant improvement or start finding excuses. Correa or no I think most of us want a playoff caliber team with hopes of finally winning a playoff game. Go Correa! Go Twins.
  4. Whitey333
    We better all hope that Correa becomes the best Twins as ever. Otherwise it will prove only that the Twins are an ordinary team with a superstar shortstop. But there is no way he is the Twins best shortstop ever after only one season. I hope he becomes it though. If Buxton ever gets in gear and plays a near full season, the Twins could have quite a lineup.
  5. Whitey333
    Very good signing. The Twins however will need more than Correa to make them contenders. The pitching depth some fans rave about is riddled with question marks, injuries, and inexperience. Here's hoping the Twins strengthen their roster. Correa can't do it alone. Twins are taking a huge risk in Correa due to his injury. Let's hope Carlos lives up to the challenge and out performs his contract. Otherwise the risk will rightfully shift to this glorious FO and their future employment.
  6. Whitey333
    Are the Twins better on January 10 than they were on January 9 due to Correa signing? Of course not. The Twins only won 78 games with him with the team all year. Injuries, yes we had a ton of them. But let's be honest here. Most of the debilitating injuries came very late in the season. So let's not blame the whole season on injuries. I'm glad Correa is finally ( hopefully) signed and shortstop will be a solid secure position for the Twins for at least the next 6 years. He's a very good player but relying on injured players to come back health AND have good career years is a huge risk. If the returning players are good and productive we have a good chance of competing. If the teams performance the last two years continues in 2023 continues, a 33 million shortstop will have done little good. While Correa signing is good, it alone doesn't make us a contender. If more solid moves are not made we can expect another season of mud 70s in wins. Not even the great Carlos Correa can win it on his own. I'm really hoping that another move or so is coming in support of Correa. Go Twins!!!
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    I am hoping that if he passes his physical, which I think he will, then I'm hoping other moves are coming before the season starts. If the Correa signing is the only move made I'm afraid we will just be another mediocre team with a highly paid superstar. I sincerely hope there is more coming.
  8. Whitey333
    First who cares? Secondly what makes the Twins doctors better than those of the Mets and giants? Pending physical just like the other two signings. What's to get excited about? Why should we assume a deal will go through here when he couldn't get signed in San Francisco or New York? Why wouldn't the Giants or Mets able to sign him at a reduced rate of 6 at 200 million? Plus this team needs a lot more than Correa to be a legit contender. Unless this a new commitment from ownership and they also invest in other players, I think they will rue the day they agreed to this. Pending physical.
  9. Whitey333
    You have got to be kidding. But then again maybe not. He would be right up the twins alley. A nearly washed up pitchers with little playing time the past couple of years. But that 27 million per year is ridiculous for a guy to play 1 game or so per week. Plus with Baldellis penchant for yanking starters after 4 or 5 innings, what a total waste of money it would be to invest in Sale. It's not going to happen nor should it.
  10. Whitey333
    I don't understand this continues infatuation with Correa. Two major league teams have major concerns about his leg. Concerns big enough that they haven't signed him. Do the Twins have special doctors that are smarter than the doctors in San Francisco and New York? I doubt it. One only needs to look at the long injury list the Twins have. Twins need more than Correa to be serious contenders. IMO this can only work if payroll increases enough to improve the many areas on the team that need it. Otherwise all you have is a boring team with a losing record playing boring baseball. Like many I am sick of the whole Carlos Correa soap box. It needs to end.
  11. Whitey333
    The Correa saga is a three ring circus. The Twins are in the middle of it. Why? At this point I think the Twins would be foolish to sign him. There are so many other needs on this team where that money could be spent. Let the Correa hoopla go to some other town. The Twins infatuation with Correa is taking away from other areas of the team. Unless signing Correa is a prelude to a new philosophy in team payroll spending, it would be a waste of money. What good is it to have a superstar shortstop if the rest of your team continues to be meh?
  12. Whitey333
    You mentioned the Twins must see something in Ortega. Sure they do. Another cheap reclamation project this Team insists on. They have spent so much time on Correa it's ridiculous. I hope the Twins don't sign him.
  13. Whitey333
    Who cares? I hope Mets sign him. He won't make the Twins contenders. He's a water of time. Plus you can't use him as a center piece to build around if there isn't sufficient payroll. It's a lost cause. Let it go already.
  14. Whitey333
    Let's hope Mets finally sign Correa. Then hopefully we can move on from this fiasco. IMO we need much more than Correa to be considered serious contenders. If the Giants and Mets are concerned about his physical health shouldn't the Twins be as well? No more deals with opt out clauses!! It's a joke and hurts Twins, not help. If you are going to invest millions on a player then the commitment shouldn't be one sided. He never has wanted to make a commitment here at all unless it benefitted him only. Don't get used again, Twins. Forget Correa and make some real additions that improve your team.
  15. Whitey333
    Oh p-ah leese get over this Correa infatuation. Move on from it. Maybe I'm the only one but at this point I think it would be a huge mistake to re engage and maybe resign Correa. Yes we need a shortstop. But what good is it to tie up so much payroll on one person when there are so many other needs on the team. A less than mediocre team result with a high priced shortstop does not make any sense.
  16. Whitey333
    Your article is well thought out. I think relying on Buxton as a number 1 asset is foolish. This continues to be a Twins FO mistake. That is to assume he will come back and play a full season and perform like an MVP. They dont give MVP to part time players. For the Twins to count on a part time player to finally do something is ridiculous. This is where the FO must realize that you can't count at all on Buxton.
  17. Whitey333
    It's the same thing every off season. People speculate on Buxton. What if he played a full season? What if? To extrapolate his part time status into a season of full time stats is absolutely ridiculous. Comparing Buxton to players like Trout, and others is ludicrous. How can a normal logical person compare that way when Buxton never plays? The superstars are superstars because they produce throughout the season. And for season after season. Not by playing baseball in the trainers room. We've followed this B's for 8 going on 9 years. He shows flashes of brilliance. He also shows flashes of Sano. He is no superstar! To call him that with so little evidence does a great disservice to the real superstars of the game. The ones who play and produce. I hope he plays all year and has an MVP year. But I sure doubt it. Buxton is what he is. A good player, great center fielder, when he plays. Problem is he doesn't play nearly enough.
  18. Whitey333
    Great article. This FO has been very confusing from the start. There is no sense of direction for this team. They are listless and boring. I heard them say that for individual players and the team as a whole that the process is more important than the results. Really? That belief, and the support it gets from upper management is astounding. If your goal isn't to produce a winner, or a consistently competitive team you shouldnt be a general manager or manager. This team has very poor fundamentals, plays boring baseball,. It must be part of "the plan". Process more important than results will lead us to another boring season of Twins baseball.
  19. Whitey333
    Great article for discussion. Any of these players winning awards next year is pure fantasy. The only award Buxton could make is MIP. That's most injured player. To even be considered Buxton would need to play 140+ games. He hasn't done that in 5 years. I wish he could play regularly. How people project him as an MVP based on success from a limited playing time is beyond me. I'd love to see how he does in a full season. We will probably never know.
  20. Whitey333
    Nothing against columbe but this is just a typical Twins move. It's ok but very boring and doesn't move the needle at all. Nothing changes with the Twins off seasons.
  21. Whitey333
    I want to be optimistic but the Twins make it hard. As many of the people posted there's an awful lot of ifs. Depth in starting pitching? Where? Much of the so called depth is prospects with very limited or no major league experience. Plus many of the starters we do have are not established or are injured. Gray and Ryan seem to do well. Especially if Ryan can start pitching well against the good teams. Mahle is the big question mark to me. He must stay healthy and must perform. It shouldn't be that tough. He plays for a manager that generally doesn't believe in starting pitchers. Maeda? Jury is still definitely out since he hasn't pitched in over a year. Plus I believe he and Gray and maybe others are entering the last year of their contracts. Over has at times shown he's ready but other times us awful and injured a lot. Winder, Varland Richardson have far too little MLB experience to consider it depth. Like most of the team the pitching staff is littered with what ifs and has beens. Playing fewer division games may help but may be disastorus. I'm afraid it will be another season of boring baseball for the Twins. Their best promotion may be No- Doze night. Handing out caffeine tablets at the gates might be the only way to keep fans awake. As much as I would like to see 85-90 wins I realistically am anticipating only an 75 win season.
  22. Whitey333
    Another interesting article. I always find it strange that many new wave baseball "experts" like to down play results. Here you try to compare Varsho and Kepler while implying the analytics are more important than the results. What good is the total analytical approach if you don't get positive results? Results, bottom line, is the most important thing. But Falvey of course was recently quoted " it's the process not the results that's important.". I don't understand why a major league baseball team would want a philosophy like that. If your goal isn't winning, you have no business running a team.
  23. Whitey333
    Enough of Correa already, enough!!! For the Twins to re- engage contract talks with Correa would be one of the worst moves in club history. Signing him last year sure didn't move the needle for the Twins. With the twins history of staying in the bottom half of payroll teams it means there is little to no monies available for real team improvements. An argument about whether the twins should be in bottom half is for another topic. Way too much on Carlos. Get over it people.
  24. Whitey333
    I've always liked AK. But his injury situation is a big problem. I'm concerned that those injuries could soon force him out of baseball. Very nice article. But what good is a great walk % if you can't play?
  25. Whitey333
    It's hard to be optimistic about the Twins in 2023. You can't just assume all the injured players will not only be healthy but perform at a high level. Way too many "ifs" on the team. Id love to see them win the division. But as of today I think they will win about 75 games.
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