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But with the small sample size Bride and Clemens has with the twins , the front office likes what they see for the time being ... I too would have to agree with management this time , the defense should be better with Bride and Clemens on the team and any offense from them is a plus ...

baseball is the hardest sport to play , round ball and round bat , physically and mentally goes into the equation as well ... Julian gave us some hope with his hitting in 2023 , but his fielding was terrible but did get alittle better in 2023 , 2024 was a disaster with the bat and glove , 2025 hasn't been much better as he continues to be mentally messed up at fielding , running bases and even pitch selection ... I get the impression his game could be so mental that he believes he doesn't belong in the major leagues , he does seem lost mentally in playing the game ... few reach the majors and fewer thrive in the sport ... I can't resist , few GM's reach the majors and fewer thrive at their positions , baseball is a difficult sport ...

I'm not sure the front office did any betting ... They live on hope ... The front office was stagnant once again , no aggressiveness during the off season to trade some players to free up money for a better grade of players ( an everyday player that could slot in and hit and produce ) ... It was a mistake , a mistake that the front office has been making since the 2022 deadline ( they thought we were contenders and made trades , Lopez, mahle and others ) , we were not contenders in 2022 but in 2023 we were and they did nothing at that deadline or 2024 deadline ... Gun shy at deadline trades is my guess or yes lack of payroll ... They add veterans , some have worked out , some have not , they don't invest wisely late in the off season ( i wouldn't want them as my investment broker ) , they usually over spend for a declining veteran ( gallo for one ) , the front office hasn't been good at evaluating talent to make this team click ... What the front office has been the best at is dumpster diving , and we know the disaster that has been ... I can't resist , front office has been a TOTAL SYSTEM FAILURE at constructing an exciting baseball team ... 2019 was exciting with the bombas , late 2023 and the playoffs were exciting , but everything else has not been exciting , just 2019 and 2023 seasons ... I still follow my Twins because I have a passion for baseball , I live for opening day , everything in between and then the world series ( it would be nice if the twins could get there again )... My friends think I'm crazy , if I am crazy , it's the only thing that's kept me from going insane ...

Great article nick ... It seems when we get good pitching we get lousy hitting and defense ... When we get better hitting the bullpen let's us down ... No complaints on starting pitching , and I concur 1 of the 3 starters will be traded at deadline if we're sinking ... This team is out of sync ... How can a fan expect the twins to win on any given day when the performances on hitting , defense and bullpen screws up ... Last 2 days the games were nail biters, edge of your seat , cross your fingers and your toes and hope the twins win ... The twins did win two 1 run wins , it's a re-start again , Baltimore and San Francisco at home isn't going to be easy ..

The affiliates battles some hard fought and some easily and They rose all as one ... I thought I was going to read alot better minor league daily update than this one , subtitle like that would tell a person it was a clean sweep for the day ...

It's a win and that's just fine ... A little sloppy on the communication for the second game in a row , yesterday it was Correa and Clemens , today it was larnach and bride , the ball drops between them and official scorer can't figure out who made the error so he went the easy way out and gave it a hit , someone has to be given an error , these are professional players and my grandmother could of caught that ... That missed catch is on Rocco and his lack of fielding practice , you have new players that haven't worked much together , you better have them practicing together so they can avoid these mistakes ... we took the series against Boston and road trip was 3 wins and 4 losses ... The road trip could of been worse and it could have been better , we should of won more games in Cleveland and I didn't think we would beat crochet and Boston ... I'm just speaking the truth , something I wish falvey would tell the fans or at least take the responsibility of this team performance ... One thing I'm seeing on this last road trip is some players taking an outside pitch to the opposite field , if that continues that will boost players performances , guaranteed ...

A series win , who would have thunk it...

So far so good , 1 more Duran , 1 more ...

Makes sense , but does Rocco have any ??? Couldn't resist

Duran , pump it up to 102 today please ...

They've been jinxed since they hired Rocco ... Sorry I couldn't resist ...

I can't resist ... Falvey cannot explain it , for a man that thought he was the smartest man in the room , he doesn't have the answer and he never will ... GM's may have lost respect for him too , we fans certainly have ... He hired all the top professionals in the industry ( his words ) when he reorganized the minors , I don't think he hired the top professionals for the major league team ( oh , webster dictionary is thinking of putting an asterisk in professional , eliminating baseball players as professionals ) This is not a professional run major league team , bad product , bad marketing , I'm not going to say minor league development is bad , but I will say at the major league our prospects are failing at this level To advance to at least an average player ... It would be nice if the pohlads would admit to the fans that this is a worse TOTAL SYSTEM FAILURE , yes pitching is better but it took time , but the hitting and defense has been pathetic , pitiful , putrid and piss poor... 2019 and the last half of 2023 and playoffs were the last exciting baseball the twins played , everything in between has been just lousy ...

Thanks Seth , I know it's minor league ball , but all these walks , is the pitching really this bad or are our players that patience ???

A needed win , Clemens player of the game , game ball Clemens , mvp of game Clemens ... Correa was terrible , botched a few plays , but turned the double play to end the game ... Duran was smoking and got the job done ... Team effort ... Rain delay was almost costly , Twins prevail ...

Clemens player of the game , gets game ball ... better test him for steroid use ... Haha

Sorry fans I'm not sure I want to extend the game to the 10th inning , I hate the Manfred ghost runner ... But I'd like to see Rocco fired , I really would , after larnach had that 2 rbi hit , Rocco showed no emotions , none , a smile would have been nice , larnach hit it to opposite field , it was a hit worth a smile ...

We've got no luck either , buck didn't read it well ...

Are you praying for your insurance runs .... If not , at least cross your fingers and toes for those insurance runs ...

The twins continue to get screwed and they don't even get kissed ... Correa head is not in the game today , second botched play that I have noticed ...

Loved the idea going to rightfield , goid effort by Vazquez ...

That was what this team needs to do , hit the ball where it's pitched and go the opposite field ... Larnach had a nice hit there , with 2 rbis that hopefully count as insurance runs , Provus is praying that we get the bottom of the 6th in the books and then the game is official when the rain cones ...

Didn't you get 11 insurance runs last Monday against Cleveland ...

Power now speed , Twins lead 3 to 1 , will Clemens homer stand up to be enough ... Who's available in the bullpen after Ober is finished , and Rocco it better not be after 5 innings ...

There has to be better players somewhere , AA or AAA that could at least be average , our bench is not average ...

Smart or lucky , at least he didn't butcher baseball , he took the talent he had and made that talent better by teaching the players how to play better defense , better fundamentals , not sure how instrumental he was with pitching and hitting ... He definitely emphasized defense ...