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  1. Whitey333
    Twins are a mess. Yes the injury bug has hit them hard especially in September. But that doesn't account for their overall poor, uninspired play since June 1. Correa scheduled day off? Like everything this team has done it was stupid and ridiculous. There is only 12 games left he has months to rest up for his next team. They should have rested him Thursday in KC instead of Friday in front of home crowd paying huge bucks to watch minor league baseball. Rocco's unwillingness to use Correa in key pinch hitting situations shows the plan is more important than a possible win and more important than the home paying crowd. This exemplifies what is wrong with this organization. Too bad we have to put up with this phony front office and manager again next year
  2. Whitey333
    Twins don't develop starting pitching. If your goal is to only pitch the starters 4-5 innings you better darn we'll have a great bullpen not a minor league one like the Twins. It's obvious Rocco is taking all his lessons from Tampa Bay whom he played for all those years. Yes it's working for Tampa but not for everyone. Mainly Tampa obviously has better scouting and minor league coaching than the Twins. Also today the Twins DFA'D pitcher Sanchez. He's no Cy Young but I thought did an admirable job of kind of helping out in long relief. Why didn't they designate Pagan? He's been one of baseballs worst relievers for THREE years now. Looks like we will have to put up with many more blown saves next year.
  3. Whitey333
    My biggest concern with the Twins all year has been their lack of any fire. This team quit a long time ago. Losing is one thing but not showing up to play on numerous occasions is inexcusable. I know we have had a ton of injuries and the length of them is crazy. That in itself needs to be addressed this off season. I'm afraid with the current FO and manager we can expect more of the same next year. The "plan" has been a failure because Baldelli cannot manage without it. He is terrible at in game managing. His teams play boring, uninspiring, mistaken laden baseball which is a sure indication he should be fired. However, this is the Twins we are talking about. In the end the team will blame the whole season on injuries. This is a sure indication Rocco will be back and the 2023 season will be like Groundhog Day all over again.
  4. Whitey333
    If by signing Correa you have not enough left in the budget to up grade other areas of the team then no, let him go. Also if they do sign him long term do not include opt out clauses. If you have to do it like after year 4. Twins cannot plan if they don't know year to year what's going on with him. I have a gut feeling they already know his plans. If they don't they should. Personally I think he's been good but definitely not worth 35 mil per year.
  5. Whitey333
    I don't really care if Correa leaves or stays. He certainly was MIA most of the season until the September free agent salary drive. He's still hitting about .160 with 2 outs and runners in scoring position. He's a good shortstop but definitely not worth $35 mil per year. What good is it to pay one guy so much and not have money to field a major league pitching staff? I was excited too when he was signed. I thought it was a sign of things to come. But as I wrote on here back then it does little good to have a superstar if you cannot field an otherwise major league team. If he does stay over the long haul you will have many fans eventually complaining of so much payroll being tied up in one person thus limiting payroll for others.
  6. Whitey333
    Btw. You didn't mention the flareup of sorts between Baldelli and Cellistino. I'm not a Rocco fan but was elated to see him bench Cellistino when his head was clearly NOT in the game AGAIN!! He clearly should not be on this team
  7. Whitey333
    Twins were out of contention a long time ago. And of course now we have people tell us we should be happy with a 500 club. I agree the whole coaching staff should be replaced. An organizational look into the vast amount of injuries and their length. Lack of transparency between said injuries from management. Buxton? Twins got just what they planned for. A part time player on a $100 million contract that the only thing you can count on with him is being injured. Correa? Same thing. Just an average to below average season until September when it's important for HIM to improve his stats for another run at free agency. What was frustrating for this fan was the division was there for the taking and they couldn't do it. The lack of fire or urgency especially since the all star game is tragic. Very poor base running and hitting and pitching and a total laid back, I don't care if we lose as long as we stick to the plan philosophy by Baldelli. Handwriting was on the wall this spring when they told us all those blown bullpen games didn't matter because it was only one game.
  8. Whitey333
    Interesting article obviously written by a Twins PR man lol. A couple of responders know all the answers. Why aren't they running the team?
  9. Whitey333
    I totally agree with you Seth on the MVP race. Unfortunately Ramirez doesn't get the recognition he deserves.
  10. Whitey333
    Wow. Great comments by all. Well thought out. Yes injuries piled up at the end making for a convenient excuse. The team played very poorly since June 1st before the biggest rash of injuries. Buxton?? He, as expected is becoming if not irrelevant, certainly predictable and undependable. The FO messed up with the pitching staff big time. They knew they were thin in the starting staff but did very little to fix it until they traded for the injury prone. Also the maddening philosophy of sticking to the plan cost them many wins this year. We have a manager who is incapable of unwilling to deviate from the plan even if it will cost us a game. His in game management is terrible. The analytic approach/ spreadsheet approach is ok but must be used in conjunction with a common sense eye test approach. The FO is too narrow minded to approach the game in any sort of a semi or quasi traditional manner. I'm sure Rocco fits right in with that rigidity.
  11. Whitey333
    I've been to a handful of games this year but none since the all star game mainly due to my personal schedule but also due in part to the teams poor play. I'm glad they are running extra promos to try and increase attendance. The biggest attendance booster though is playing good sound baseball with players who appear to at least show some life. For me being out of contention makes some difference but playing solid entertaining baseball is more important. We've seen very little of that the past two seasons.
  12. Whitey333
    I noticed you gave henriquez a dressing down for his poor performance in his 4 th inning of relief. That is understandable. However no mention at all of our great closer Lopez who gave up 4 runs and couldn't even complete an inning of work. He's been awful since we got him. Anyway just a typical loss for a team just going through the motions the past few weeks.
  13. Whitey333
    Excellent article. I would have also included the several games in June losing to Cleveland late in the game with Pagan being sent back out there time after time to lose games. This is reflective of Rocco's stay with the plan I don't care if we lose approach. The what if speculations regarding Buxton have been going on for eight years now. Come on, he is what he is: a good, at times, part time player. You can't hang your hat on a part time player that is so undependable. So many failures before the catastrophic injuries even came up. Extremely poor in game management and adjustments by Baldelli. They have a lot of work to do to be competitive in 2023. The injuries and their length of time? I don't understand it for sure. Not even sure what can be done but a thorough organizational look into it should be one of the first things to do.
  14. Whitey333
    These last few games have really shown our latest surge of injuries and illnesses and depleted the lineup. But let's not lose sight of the fact that this team has many holes in it from the start. Since June the Twins have played very poor and uninspired baseball. It is becoming way too convenient to blame their demise on injuries. Yes they have had plenty but the team was playing poorly for several months with mainly a regular lineup up. Now they are playing rotten with a very depleted lineup.
  15. Whitey333
    Spin rates? Oh please quit trying to make bad pitchers look good. What good is it when your top spin rates pitchers are amongst your poorest results pitchers. Well researched article but it is just part of the new very boring emphasis on many of these types of stats.
  16. Whitey333
    Let's see, Twins score 3 early runs then don't hit a lick. We have a pitcher in over pitching very well through 5 innings and gets pulled by Rocco even though he said he was not on any pitch counts or restrictions. We again turn half the game over to the bullpen. Bullpen gives up several hits with the count 0-2 on the batter. Yes Gordon made an error but let's not forget the pitchers kept giving up hits afterwards. Thielbar was used 3 days in a row. Doran two days. He was fortunate to hang on against the Royals on Thursday. Friday not so great. Short pitching starts and bullpen overuse and losses a familiar theme throughout the season. Saturday we have two rookie pitchers starting with not much of a bullpen available. I feel sorry for our two starters. I have a feeling Rocco will let them hang out to dry if need be because of the way he mishandles the pitching staff. Not much has changed.
  17. Whitey333
    Wallner was put on the Twins taxi squad today. As for should he be called up, why not we currently have about 3-5 guys on the twins not performing. A couple of them namely both Hamilton's are lucky to be on a major league roster. Given their limited play it's perplexing as to why they sit and don't contribute anyway why are they there. May as well let Wallner and a couple of others replace a couple of Dr ead weights on the team.
  18. Whitey333
    Nice sweep against Royals AAA team again. Let's see here:. We were swept by the Guardians on our home field just before the Royals series. That Cleveland series was supposed to be vital. Yet we played poor lackluster baseball at home and lost all 3. As much as I'd like to see us pounce on the Guardians and take 4 of 5 I just don't see it happening. We have Over starting Friday that hasn't pitched in a major league game in over two months. Then for the double header we have Winder and Varland. Varland doing very well, Winder up and down. Lineup is decimated by elongated injuries. Tough road to hoe. I don't think we have the horses left to compete. I sure hope I am wrong.
  19. Whitey333
    I'll be glad to see the shift go. But I'm sure we will see some legal variation of it. The shift this year gives the appearance of defenses used in slow pitch softball. The baseball field has become an on field video game. Disgraceful!! As for players taking advantage of hitting into the open shift at will, come on get serious. Pitchers are routinely throwing near and over 100 mph. Making it near impossible to "place" hits and bunts wherever they want. It's just too bad that after decades of thriving baseball attendance and ratings that MLB has had to make major rule changes that although well intended, are slowly destroying the game.
  20. Whitey333
    Yes. Very frustrating season for all the reasons mentioned in the well written article. Add to it the teams pit hing philosophy of short starts and not having an adequate bullpen to back them up. I believe the bullpen has lost over two dozen games. Carlos Correa doing very little offensively until the last month of the season. Terrible base running, terrible in game managing by Baldelli. Yes the injuries have been way too high. But to be honest many of those injured players were either not projected to help much or contribute to the major league club. The injuries piled up at the end making for a convenient excuse to a dissappointing season. When the team was relatively healthy, playing with a normal lineup, they blew many winnable games. Remember those 5 disastorus losses to Cleveland earlier this year? Yes it's been frustrating because the division was very winnable. It's frustrating to see it slip away. It's also frustrating to see the health players perform so poorly with very little energy.
  21. Whitey333
    Great game by Ryan. He did a nice job like he has all season pitching great against the poorest teams while struggling mightily against the top teams. But that's ok. At least we have a starting pitcher that can do that.
  22. Whitey333
    Must be Baldellis agent. How about a little balanced article? You paint him out to be near perfect. I would much rather have Garden hire or Monitor as opposed to Baldelli. For people to leave Baldelli blameless and blame everything on injuries are clueless. Yes although I am not a Baldelli fan I do expect him back next year. If the FO doesn't quit signing bargain basement pitching, they may all be looking after next year. You and many people said 2022 they weren't going to compete and the real competitive season will be starting in 2023. If 2023 is supposed to be the start of a more annually competitive team, they have a LOT of work ahead of them
  23. Whitey333
    It is true the Twins had plenty of injuries. Some people list them and make it appear they were all all stars. Most of the players on that elongated injury list were not expected to be major contributers. To leave the FO and manager blameless due to the injuries is disingenuous. Since June the twins have been playing poor uninspired baseball. The FO made some trades which thus far have not planned out. The FO created the pitching mess by signing has beens on the cheap. If you are going to go with short starts like 5 innings or less as the pitching philosophy you better have a very solid bullpen. The team is listless and shows no sense of urgency in it's approach. We have a manager that has poor in game management skills and questionable pitching management. The team has too many players that don't hustle. We don't advance runners and have very poor base running. But the plan is the plan and Rocco and coaches stick with it no matter what. It's what got us to this point. It's what is going to finish us off.
  24. Whitey333
    You must be their agent. Glowing reports on the FO. I too expect them to be back but I would sure expect to see a better plan, a new computer, a manager that is at least flexible, and some direction for the team. This team appeared rudderless for the last three months. If 2023 was always the year to be a great contender they have a long way to go.
  25. Whitey333
    It's done. Yes we still have plenty of games left with Cleveland and Chicago. But you have to be able to win those games. This team has shown very little inclination of putting it all together. There has been no fight in this team for several weeks. Why would we expect it to change now?
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