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  1. Whitey333
    Congrats. I hope it all goes well and that this is the start of a nice career with Twins.
  2. Whitey333
    Nice twins win. Huge to avoid a sweep there. Now the Yankees. They have manhandled us for years. I'm hoping we can at least gain a split. It will probably be a huge bullpen day with 4 inning Archer on the mound. A team could " win" the central with a 500 record or less. May as well be the Twins.
  3. Whitey333
    What an embarrassing display on national TV. It was expectedly bad enough facing Cease but letting the game become a circus by putting in and leaving Gordon in to let the "game" get out of hand was inexcusable. We had the guy we got from Boston hasn't pitched for 6 days. He couldn't pitch in a mop up role for one inning? There was plenty of options for one in ing. Gordon should not have been one of them. The team and organization was embarrassed by Baldelli decisions. Showing that you gave up early in the game, Twins once again displayed no life or heart on national TV. I fully didn't expect the team to win this game anyway but their ineptitude and lack of any fire is beyond baffling .
  4. Whitey333
    One of the things that bothers me lately with MLB in general is how many players don't hustle when running the bases. You only get to bat three or four times a game. If you can't hustle from the batters box and go all out you shouldn't be playing. Fun game last night. Good comeback but too many mistakes in the field and the managers chair. Correa has had one great series this year . That was against the Giants. He decided not to show up against the Red Sox. You don't get much effort and production for 35 million anymore I guess
  5. Whitey333
    Correa back? He was great against the Giants for 3 games. Right back into the tank against the Red Sox having a very poor series. That was topped off by the game Wednesday in which he meekly hit into a game ending double play with the tying and winning run on base. Continuing his abysmal lack of production with runners in scoring position and two outs. Buxton? He's been a part time player for eight years now. We should be used to all the time off because of all the injuries. I don't see either of our star players providing anything more than they have. In any case I think September could be a fun month to see how the season shakes out.
  6. Whitey333
    Excellent article. Prospects are just that until if and when they prove otherwise. Most never pan out.
  7. Whitey333
    I'm sure Rocco will be back. I don't really care for him as a manager. But the FO hired him to produce some of the most bizarre and boring baseball I've seen the past two years. His inability to do in game managing and adjustments is ultra frustrating. His commitment to the plan is intoxicating. The plan is more important than the game itself to him. His lineups, pitching decisions, strategy, are strange at best. IMO he has very little feel for the game. And I suggest the players probably do like him. There is very little accountability for the players performance. Rocco will be back. I just hope at sometime he combined the spreadsheet philosophy with some old school on field managing style.
  8. Whitey333
    Great all around win.
  9. Whitey333
    This article is absolutely ridiculous. It's nice to be positive and enthusiastic but not at the expense of common sense. First I do applaud the FO for these aquisitions. Even If they don't make the playoffs it should help in the coming couple of years. To me they waited way too long. They were the ones that assembled the pitching staff in the first place. They created their own mess that the had to patch up. The pen has lost 24 games that we can't get back. If it was only half that we would be in great shape. Their insistence on keeping Pagan because he and they say his stuff is great is very discouraging. Have any of those people really checked his results? He should have been DFA a long time ago. With the overwhelming positive nature of this article one can assume the writer works for the Twins lol ( tongue in cheek)
  10. Whitey333
    To me Bundy is definitely the better of the two. Who knows, maybe they will both be back. Maybe they will both be gone. To me Pagan is the prime example of analytics and projections gone mad. Does whiff rates, missed bats, spin rates really matter if you can't get anyone out. Duffey and Smith were released due to ineffectiveness but we're both better than Pagan. Whatever happened to the "eye test" evaluation of players. Anyone that watches must realize he is terrible. He has been very directly involved in 13 of the bullpen losses. But Pagan and Baldelli say he's pitching fine. What games have they been watching? Pagan should have been released a long time ago. Baldelli should go right with him.
  11. Whitey333
    Nice to sneak a win from the jaws of defeat! Not a very well played game though. But nice pitching from the Twins and Giants didn't seem very interested in the game
  12. Whitey333
    If, in part, you are talking about using his salary sump to spend elsewhere u kind of understand. But we have a $35 million shortstop that is way underperforming. I say let's hope he leaves and use his money to keep Utshela and also find more pitching
  13. Whitey333
    Nice to see an ala around very good win. Nice to see everything click in all facets of the game. Now the key is to build on that and build a little win streak. Great job Twins. Keep it up.
  14. Whitey333
    Final score:. Astros 6 Twins 3. In the 6 games against the Astros this year Twins were outscored 36-11. Current 6 game losing streak. Abysmal performance again. Not unexpected. Just more frustration
  15. Whitey333
    Of course Correa opts out. I think we've figured that out since the day he signed that contract. Of course Correa at least says he loves it in Minnesota. People treat him like a king. There is not nearly the pressure to perform here as in major market cities. He's got it made in that regard. I think he will opt out. If he leaves for another team so be it. I think his season has shown that he is over rated and definitely overpaid for what he is producing.
  16. Whitey333
    Not much to say. Twins are lifeless, and beaten up. Rocco is clueless and has been for a couple of years now. R.I.P. Twins 2022!
  17. Whitey333
    I'm a yawner regarding Correa. I'm always amused how people use analytics to make a player appear better than he is. Correa has not produced for what you would think for one player eating up a huge chunk of the payroll at 35 mil. For decades part of a players worth was measured in batting average, home runs, RBIs, risp. Now apparently they don't mean much anymore. As long as a player has great exit velo, high barrel up stats launch angels etc is all that matters any more. Results aren't important like they used to be. Correa is hitting around .125 with two outs and runners in scoring position. Hitting around .270 been stuck on 39 RBI forever. Even our young players have more than that. If he stays fine, if not let it be. I just don't think he's worth all the money he is getting.
  18. Whitey333
    There is no moral victory here. Except for the ninth inning the game played out in typical Twins fashion. I find it strange that both the Twins tv announcers and radio announcers immediately picked up that the twins were charged a mound visit during the little fracas. Yet with all the coaches in the dugout no one saw the clear notice made by the home plate umpire. Obviously that had nothing to do with losing the game as some would try to make you believe. Twins pitching, minus megill was very good. The bats are still in hibernation
  19. Whitey333
    A little slump? Byron has been taking hitting results right next to Correa for the past nearly 3 months. At least Buxton has an injury excuse. Correa not so much. Buxton over eight years now is hurt. Hurt a lot. It's part of what he is. It isn't likely to change. But here we have people worried that our " best player" being on IL for 10 days is going to ruin the Twins chances. Let's get serious. Of the 10 games missed he would have only played 6 or 7 of those games anyway. He and Correa are battling out to see who is the biggest flop since June 1. I vote Correa as the bigger flop but Buxton has been no prize. He has hit 28 Homer's and plays a good center field. He is poor at hitting in the clutch and is totally unreliable for play. Yes I wish Buxton didn't have to go on IL but his lack of production over the past couple of months will make it a mute point. If the team does not win the division it's not going to fall on Buxton. There's a lot to go around.
  20. Whitey333
    All great comments. Yes we are all frustrated. None more than me. This has been going on for most of the season. What is disheartening to me is the lack of fire and sense of urgency from the team and manager Rocco. Why is everyone so whoa is me on Buxton being hurt. Big deal. He's been hurt for 8 seasons now. Aren't we used to? Of his 28 Homer's 17 are solo. The past two months he's been absolutely terrible in batting average and in clutch situations. It really doesn't matter much if he's in there or not. He doesn't produce much anyway. Twins are cooked. They have no heart and are playing out the season.
  21. Whitey333
    This team has been missing leadership most of the year. The well paid veterans have, for the most part flopped. They play a listless brand of baseball most of the time. So many holes and weak parts on the team. No sense of urgency to them at all. Their pitching continues to rank toward the bottom in most categories. We have a 35 million dollar player hitting .125 with two outs and runners in scoring position. It's August 22 and he only has 39 RBI. Our defense is below average. We have one of the worst baserunning teams in the majors. Not just the puny stolen base totals but their inability to advance runners is ridiculous. The central division is just waiting to be taken by someone. The Twins look like a team that's not interested.
  22. Whitey333
    What a horrific but not surprising performance from these twins. Now they have to win Monday just to get a split with the lowly rangers. Twins scored 5 runs in 3 games. Pathetic. The most discouraging part is there is no life in this team. They play listless uninspiring baseball for a supposedly contending team. The veterans on this team have failed. The young players are carrying this team. Btw batting practice pagan should be DFA immediately
  23. Whitey333
    Now with our two best starters going the next two days against the Rangers those become must wins. After that we go to Houston and the Twins are like 2-12 against first place teams this year. Then the Giants. They better come out on Sunday and Monday and at least put in an effort. Team scored only 5 runs in two games against a pretty poor Rangers team.
  24. Whitey333
    After a slow start Miranda has become a very good hitter. For me he's the choice over Duran although Duran is very good too Miranda and Arraez and a couple of other younger players have been carrying this team.
  25. Whitey333
    Not a bad pickup but nothing exciting. He and peacock are probably going to be used for next year's bargain basement pitching additions in advance.
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