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  1. JD-TWINS
    Seriously, everything is the Manager’s fault? He had a torn quad - they have a scheduled level of activity for him, obviously. Nobody wants to write Lewis into the line-up more than Baldelli.
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    Margot was picked up to be a RH hitting platoon guy and for OF depth……,he’s a career .255 hitter …..BA for last 3 seasons has been .254, .274, & .264 ……he’s hitting .231 as of this morning…….he was at .130 about 5 weeks ago…they said on the broadcast that he’s hitting .371 over last 23 games. What’s the mean he’s regressing to? Jeffers is one of the worst hitters in the game for nearly a month - an epic spiral with a two homer game in the middle. W/o Vazquez to split the time, while continuing to be a top 10-12 defensive catcher it could really be ugly. Agreed, Duran & Sands were as good as it gets! Hope this is a continued upswing for Kepler & Buxton…..,they both look encouraging in the past couple games…….,Correa performing at a high level …..,hope he can maintain the energy……needs a day-off, maybe Sunday? Ober is sort of due today - fingers crossed.
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    Attitude - leadership - availability……he was a young guy on a World Series winner…..there’s value in having him around our young roster guys!! Worth something - intangible. Availability & hindsight is the real flaw in the other guy’s comments as you point out……as well as your point of what star players really cost. Lee - Lewis both out nearly the entire season to date - Absolutely sunk if they were penciled in as the designated “starters” ………Miranda appears to be back and has the real potential to be a valuable flex player, ongoing. Nobody knew he would perform to this level! My question is how far back does one turn the clock for this “reversal move “? End of ‘22? Middle of ‘23? Just before playoffs start in ‘23? …….obviously, taking him off our roster weakens the line-up - our team attitude - the team depth changes greatly.
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    “……saved the Team in the first half.” Yes, a bit strong BUT, a big time contributor and has definitely helped stabilize the staff. His uptick in velocity is nice and his effectiveness with the slider are the two key elements in his very good performances game to game. At 23, he’s a nice bright light for the Staff’s future. I’ve seen him pitch 3-4 times and his pitch mix keeps him from being a guy that “gets figured out by hitters” meaning as long as he continues to execute the way he has been, he should remain pretty effective! Look forward to his starts now instead of cringing at the thought - big change in my attitude over past 6 weeks.
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    Farmer is a month away from respectability ….Margot is around .280 v. LH pitching……Santana is 2nd on club in HR & RBI & definitely above average on defense. The disappointment is with ALL 3 young left handed bats being failures to date. The fact that all 3 are in St. Paul on June 14 is telling. Don’t see this as a FO failure.
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    I get this forum is to generate discussions but the Will Holland reach seems extreme to me. “He’s hitting for the first time……” 1st time, wow, doesn’t seem like a call-up candidate. He is 5’10” - 181lbs. with a 30% strike out rate and he’s elevated his BA at AAA to .256 in 88 total AB’s……….Eighty-Eight at bats at the AAA level, ever. Can’t imagine he’s in FO top 12 guys to consider calling up.
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    50% of the time he’s overrated……40% of the time he’s a high functioning guy that might be worth the $$ ……..10% of the time (the last week) he’s one of the best in all of baseball!!
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    Is St. Paul team out of town? I still don’t see the roster spot filled on the 26 man - strange, right?
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    His adjustment is to let the pitch hit him!!
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    I don’t exactly disagree on the adjustments or lack of, BUT Wallner & Julien were up a considerable stretch last year…….they got to see the “League’s adjustments” they dipped a bit and then countered………there’s only so many different ways to pitch a hitter with the repertoire each pitcher has - these guys just seem STUCK!
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    OR Miranda could be hitting .218 again with 3 XBH & Lewis could be hurt…….lots of ifs and buts and hindsight are available. We could have signed Blake Snell and then everyone would be pissed off about that spending. It’s all educated guessing and Correa definitely hasn’t been anywhere near below average trending toward pretty good. There are plenty of days that Kepler/Buxton at $26M seems to be awfully foolish as well. Gotta roll with it and hope youth balances the spending and output for the good.
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    Lindor is a roller coaster of performance - Turner and Swanson aren’t on the field as much as a Team would like to see - Bichette is more like Arraez, value but CC stacks up with him. Seager - Betts - Witt are among Top 10 Players in the game, they just happen to play SS. …….Henderson looks like he’ll be elite as well. Correa is solid defensively - he leads - and when his approach is right, he’s a .280 hitter with pop for the middle of the line-up. When his approach wanders he hits too many grounders to SS & his average dips to .240ish. I like his health & look in ‘24! He makes a bunch of $$$ so he’s got to be near perfect OR he’s considered overrated.
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    Not sure if they want to maintain control long enough to try & move him in July? I think he gets another shot to contribute but either up big, once again, or down big. No high leverage situation anytime soon.
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    ELEVEN hits from our 6-9 hitters today - that usually works out well!! Lopez looked a bit disinterested today. Maybe he just knew he had their number? Thielbar (I had stopped watching at 10-3) sounds like from comments and box score here, was not exactly sharp for a second straight day. Walk last night - walk today……that’s something he can’t get away with, unscathed. I had him possibly getting DFA’d this morning - definitely demoted to the “8th spot in pen” and looks like he reinforced those thoughts. Jay Jackson is back - gotta get some miles out of him if they’re going to pay him regardless, I guess? Saw a couple rollers Correa hit today to get to his 5 hit day - pretty fortunate but that’s OK, we’ll/he’ll take it for sure! An aside……after Tuesday night, how long before the Wallner (or anybody) for Kirilloff exchange is made? ALWAYS have been a supporter of Alex but he looked absolutely feeble at the plate on Tuesday and he’s hovering at .200, plus a bit. Needs a change of scenery and fans/Team needs to see a different LH hitting guy in LF!
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    How about the reliever not walking the guy & then grooving a fastball for a home run - how about some accountability from the veteran pitcher…….he’s been good at times, he was horrible last night & that’s not on the Manager. I can give up 4 runs and get zero outs.
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    Doubt the 6 innings plus of shutout is the norm to come ……he’s got a 2.80 ERA at home and 8.20 on the road ……that’s gotta level off. His velocity sure looks good, that’s for sure. So like the “sticking with” fastball and moving it around - threw it 50% plus of the time.
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    Completely agree - he’s going nowhere & when he performs there’s no reason to get down on him. A sacrifice fly to score a run is a good play every time!!! I did see J.T. Realmuto had to get knee surgery, impromptu. Probably out 8 weeks. Did see this as a possible avenue to move Vazquez to a highly competitive team with $$. Just a thought. I routinely point out that if Jeffers got hurt and Twins didn’t have Vazquez they’d be sunk!
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    Heard Tuesday night that since the start of ‘23 season, only Judge & Ohtani have a higher Slug%. Obviously, a small sample size of AB’s but he gets it done!!
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    Agreed on the Yanks having a better club for most of the last 30 years. Last year the Twins took the Series 4-3. Haven’t heard more than just a brief mention over past series. The Yanks, after Twins series, headed into the weekend with a 45-19 record ……best in baseball. Not like the Twins were getting beat up by a blah club! Seems to me the recollection of record over the years is a negative view for a sports team to enter a contest/series in today’s reality. Does it really matter to guys playing in the Minnesota organization in 2024 what the guys that wore the same uniforms in 2008 or 2013 did against the Yankees? Should it matter? Do the Lions look at their historic record v. the Vikings before the 2 teams play each year? For their sake, I hope not! They can play & be competitive now and that’s all that matters ……,Twins need to get it together so if they do face the Yanks in the Playoffs they are playing at a higher level….that’s really all that matters going forward.
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    Hopefully, Paddack for 6 and then Castillo/Okert as needed Staumont in 8th & Thielbar in 9th. …….if they could take a lead to Castillo for an inning or two, that would be swell! Sands may be available to finish an inning or to get an out or two ……3 batter max.?
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    Hung in with a couple breaks today …..,then our depth in line-up & Pen pushed us over the top. Ober’s finish was disappointing - cannot walk two guys in a row up 2 runs. If a guy hits one off the wall, that happens. Walking runners into place & then giving up XBH is not a good path! Kirilloff seemed to take a bad angle and at times looks like he’s running under water. Seemed to me he should have caught OR that somebody should have caught what turned out to be a triple. Duran looked sharp - Alcala still throws too many pitches and walks guys - wish he could trust his stuff and throw strikes. Need to win a couple series and stabilize back in Mpls.!
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    Margot’s hitting .153 v. RH pitching ……. he’s hitting .276 v. LH pitching………he was brought in to play v. LH pitching. Wallner was to be the every day left fielder - 70% of the time, minimum. He was so bad that nobody places any blame on his sorry performance because he’s been in AAA for so long. If Kirilloff were hitting .260 plus, as was intended, Margot probably wouldn’t be pinch hitting for him. Julien was supposed to hit 25 HR and hit .250 with a .350 OBP…..he disappeared after 4 weeks. Jeffers has dropped 70 points in BA in 3.5 weeks. Buxton is Michael A.Taylor. Kepler is Kepler again. ………PLENTY of blame to go around other than Margot & Baldelli. Players win & lose games - guys aren’t performing this week!
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    Agreed, obviously. …….the fixes though, to me, are in house with player performance. Wallner - Julien - Lee - Buxton - Kepler - Jeffers - Kirilloff - Santana need to level off as a group (nobody is constantly performing well, understood) Larnach - Castro - CC - Miranda - Lewis seem to be playing with some level of success and a reasonable level of consistency. Farmer - Margot - Vazquez are depth guys that are going to be up & down depending upon the situation……,,gotta live with that.
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    Lewis slump??? …….he’s played 3-4 games since back - right? …..,,couple HR’s. Gotta be at least 4 or 5 others to worry about prior to Royce…..he can’t hit a HR or get two hits most days, it’s baseball.
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    Showing up & getting 3 outs and keeping the game within a run instead of sheepishly having to be relieved in the 9th would also light a fire under the team. Duran didn’t lose the game - I get it - he sure as hell didn’t contribute very much either. It comes down to EVERYONE doing their jobs…….maybe Lewis & CC are performing at reasonable levels along with Miranda & Castro. Who else does the Manager pencil in or pinch hit other than the other 9, non-performers, on the roster? Who is playing well offensively? …..is it where they are in the line-up? how much rest they have? …….it is not a Managerial issue. They have 60% of the schedule left…..currently above .500 and in or on edge of playoffs - not really a reason to make any big moves.
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