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  1. ICTwin25
    Man, I dont know why the Twins would give up three young, promising players for Luzardo and Arraez. Especially when Luzardo is similar to Ryan in value. While I love Luis, Julien and Gonzalez give me way more comfort as they don't have shattered knees.
  2. ICTwin25
    What a dud signing he was. I had high hopes, but now the team relies on Jeffers to consistently put it all together. Idk, this position feels like a crapshoot next year
  3. ICTwin25
    Correa made some great plays in the field, but offensively, he showed up for 1 game. Take away Game 2 vs Houston and in the other 5 games he had 1 RBI, 1 Double, 0 walks, and 0 HR's. The guy earned his contract by hitting homers in the playoffs and there was zero of that this year. I realize I am nitpicking here, but he's getting paid $200M over 6 years, gotta be clutch on defense and offense for the Twins to win
  4. ICTwin25
    7/30 he had a .258 average/.378 OBP/.911 OPS and on 10/1 it was .251/.373/.877. I don't think you can really say that's dropping. Wallner will be fine and I am excited about him, along with Julien. I think you trade Larnach, Polanco, Gordon, and Miranda. My wish list is finding a number 3 starter, a quality reliever or two, a new hitting coach, and giving Brooks Lee a shot.
  5. ICTwin25
    I love the Saturday time. Great excuse to start drinking the cold ones without my wife judging me
  6. ICTwin25
    I will also eat crow on Popkins...same goes for Floro as once again he is awful. While I still think he is most efficient as 7/8 guys, he has been an awful addition. I think Royce Lewis has been a huge spark for the offense as this offense/team seems to rally when a guy is on fire (Nelson Cruz). Hope the bats stay hot to win the division and end the playoff drought.
  7. ICTwin25
    If Terry can't fix a guy then nobody can. Noah is done.
  8. ICTwin25
    Ober should have went longer, Kenta should not have. What is frustrating to me is using Duran more than 1 inning repeatedly when he's not very good in those scenarios. The bullpen has been a mess since the All Star Break and with how stubborn the crew is with managing arms, it's frustrating to watch lost opportunities to widen the division lead.
  9. ICTwin25
    The most frustrating thing for me is how bad his bat is when it matters. His splits are cringeworthy bad in high leverage, with RISP, and when 3 men are on base. I was never big on signing or resigning him as he's always a cheater in my eyes, but he's probably another casualty in regards to the bad hitting coaches on staff.
  10. ICTwin25
    By follow the blueprint you mean hire a Top 3 Manager?
  11. ICTwin25
    I agree with you on all fronts. I have hated Kepler for 3 years now, but gotta give credit where credit is due as he's playing really well right now and I hope it lasts. I really like Wallner as the guy can flat out hit. Larnach was a big name coming out of college, but it just doesn't seem like it will ever happen...he has never been good at the AAA level
  12. ICTwin25
    I like this trade as we don't really have a good fit for Lopez. Lopez's best numbers are when he pitches in the 9th. Floro's stats are best when he's the set up guy and so far this year, that has been pretty good (2.98 ERA in 7th & 8th inning combined). His career stats have always been that way, but the Marlins have used him a lot more in the 9th this year which is why the stats don't look great. Let Duran be the closer and Jax fills in when he cant go. Let Floro be the set up man. The Jorge Lopez trade didnt work, fine, maybe this is them admitting it and moving on. Rental or not, I am optimistic it works out.
  13. ICTwin25
    Moran deserves a lot of blame for last night. He has been bad all year and has too many outings result in a giant blow up. The reason Pagan gets so much angst was he traded for and was bad last year. Nobody wanted to keep him yet he stayed on the roster so that created an intensified distaste from fans. He's just one of those guys you can't rely on as you always feel the Bad Pagan is coming and it could be tonight.
  14. ICTwin25
    My vote is no, but his stats are absolutely hilarious because he makes it very obvious when to pitch him and when not to. Ahead in games? Nope. Day games? Nope. High leverage? Nope. Night games, against Cleveland or Chicago, and low leverage then he's your guy.
  15. ICTwin25
    What makes our situation even more frustrating is seeing the Guardians with a -7 differential and are leading the division. They aren't a good team, but Terry has making plays when it matters. I want to be optimistic about the second half, but refusing to change much won't help. Also, the series vs Baltimore really looked like guys were playing for the break...what an ugly series. Yankees fired their hitting coach, will the Twins do the same with Popkins? Nobody should be safe, especially when you have group of arms the Twins do.
  16. ICTwin25
    I live in a blacked out market so I stream through sportsurge.net as it's free and legal. Most stream links work just fine once you get through the pop ups
  17. ICTwin25
    For the first time in a very long time I love this group of pitchers. So many good arms that have kept them in a lot of games.
  18. ICTwin25
    Weight Loss hurts the power and likely swing speed. No game plan at the plate hurts finding the right pitches. Having the group of hitting coaches the Twins have has him in the same boat as several other hitters and that's a down year. He likely isn't one that will bounce back and repeat what he did last year and could be packaged with other minor league guys for bullpen help...especially when he doesn't have a true position and the Twins top prospects are owned by infielders
  19. ICTwin25
    The FO has made a lot of mistakes as of late. Keeping Pagan is laughable, especially when most people said during the offseason that bullpen was a huge need. Where I give them credit is addressing the rotation, something that held them back in 2019. Traded for Gray, Ryan, and Kenta (Great in 2020). The reason I lean towards the coaches is so many batters are having almost career low numbers. Miranda had a huge sophomore slump, Correa isn't showing any signs of getting to his norm, Vazquez hasn't been this bad since 2018, and both Kepler and Gallo are hitting under .200. To me, that's way too many players underperforming so putting the blame on the players feels like a stretch. They're the million dollar professionals but when that many continue to struggle, it feels like it's something more.
  20. ICTwin25
    Front Office and Rocco both deserve blame. I don't think Rocco knows how to manage in game pitching. What's confusing to me is the steep decline in hitting from 2019. 2019 had splits of .270/.338/.832 and this year the team is currently hitting .231/.308/.706. This year, at bats all feel like it's all or nothing. Almost all of Buxton's and Gallo's RBI's are from homeruns. Are the coaches ruining hitter's approaches and swings? Is losing Shelton proving to be more of an impact that we thought? I just don't get it and it's frustrating considering they have a great group of starting pitching.
  21. ICTwin25
    With how bad the pitching has been since Wes Johnson left, it wouldn't surprise me if the Twins finished 3rd in the Division. I'm almost to the point where I dont want to trade prospects for pitching right now because there are so many holes in the bullpen and the starting rotation. I trust 2 starters and 3 relievers...that's it. Unless they score 10 runs a game when Joe Ryan or Sonny Gray aren't starting, it could be an ugly second half.
  22. ICTwin25
    Ok, then what do you think the issue is? Since he left here are some SP stats: 26th in fWAR, 27th in ERA, 27th in FIP, 30th in xFIP, 25th in K/9, and 26th in H/9. Pitching coaches are also important for game day preparation. I think Wes was a guy who really understood how starting pitchers needed to approach their opponent that day. Again, since he left, the starters have been god awful
  23. ICTwin25
    Trading Correa not only wont work out the way we hope for return of players, but it sets an ugly precedence on FA moving forward. He was a huge get and trading him after not even playing a full season is an ugly look. Plenty of other guys we can trade that would still generate a strong return
  24. ICTwin25
    Go after anyone and everyone worth a damn. My worry is that we need multiple pitching pieces to win the division and win anything in the playoffs. Pitching has been a complete dumpster fire since Wes Johnson left and a lot of teams will realize this when negotiating with the Twins, so the price might be too much for us. On the other hand, we have roughly 100 infielders in our farm system so moving some youth shouldn't be a problem.
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