Then every player who has not equaled or exceeded the year before is an absolute failure; any one who compares another's performance by one single year of many is narrow minded and will never be pleased.
The bias against Correa here is astounding, add to the the magical future play of rookies is an astounding pie-in-the-sky -- maybe we should bring Rooker back.
This is a team sport where players can become quasi-brothers; it is not place where a souteneur has people for sale, or use.
My computer is not set-up for the acute accent symbol in Spanish, so I used the common Latin spelling.
I had one once where I could change key board easily, including to Cyrillic, but that one gave up the ghost.
I said it in another thread, Correa was not given the money for his bat; or Polanco would be at Short Stop and they would have bought one of the best Second Basemen in the League.
As compared to what?
Simmons, when he was the best of the best had up and down years; Correa is still in his twenties you expect him not to be a normal human being with ups and downs?
Ozzie Smith the best Short Stop in my life time, did not hit his offensive peak till he was 30.
Every one talks about developing, what percentage to top line pitchers were created in a farm system verses being as good as they are because they were born with that talent?
That talent is what scouts used to see with juggling numbers.
Twins have now had probably the two best Short Stop players in the past decade; posters have ragged on both from the get-go; If the Twins lose Correa it will leave a gapping hole in their defense especially as First Base is still a unfilled void.
I am beginning to wonder if there is a FO created gremlin in the Twins pitching force.
When Happ left for the Cardinals, sudden change, similar with some others that went else where to a degree.
I am going to say Cruz; his leadership in the club house is void not refilled.
Were he here with Correa, Urshela, Sanchez, Sano their numbers would better as would Cruz's though his rbi production is still plenty this year.
Buxton's defense, when he is in the outfield makes a huge difference but has any one noticed he is heading for the Mendoza line?
You can rant about pitching but the twins would have lost whether or not Duffey pitched, dumping on Duffey is silly as the only two runs the Twins got was not from any thing that resembled a professional offense.
Gaetti was never negative at third; Koskie was a positive , except his first ten games; Plouffe was never a good infielder but not bad with a bat.
We need top line fielders more that good bats, defense has been a large negative for the Twins too long.