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  1. JD-TWINS
    He got sent down for 2 plus months to get his act together before having a pretty good 2nd half……he came back from injury HOT & has been declining steadily after his first week back. “Great hitter” is embellishing a bit …..his recent steep decline is an issue!
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    The offense scored 2 runs and 1 run respectively in last two losses. On Friday, if someone told you the TWINS were going to score 1 & 2 runs over the weekend games, would you have bet any money on the Team winning either game? Every loss can’t be on the Manager. Wallner’s average has dropped 50 points in 10 days………he has 5 HR in 31 games & 102 AB’s. Royce Lewis has been terrible & is hurt a second time. Correa has been better but nothing special. Miranda & Julien have contributed zero. Duran can’t get a hold & loses a tie game Saturday & enters Sunday’s game and walks the lead-off hitter on 4 pitches with a one run lead. Players have to play well or the Team will lose!!
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    Throwing to the right base and the knowledge and capability to do it properly is developed when a kid is 10 - 12 - 16 - 20 …….. certainly shouldn’t be a question mark for someone in their late 20’s making $7M per year in the Show? The left fielder knows when a 2B should cover the bag on a steal - where they should throw the ball - etc. If fans know where the proper play should be made the player surely knows….. definitely shouldn’t know. If you & I are in our Lazyboy and, I assume, are both screaming at our TV’s because we cannot believe where Castro threw the ball …… that’s 110% on the knucklehead player!!! The Manager/coaching staff can’t hold the player’s hands on every play. I guarantee that Brooks Lee - Vazquez - France - Duran were all wondering what the hell Castro was doing. Responsibility to catch the ball and to throw to the right base is on the player. There’s no outfield practice that makes the catch of a ball 7ft in the air at the fence at the end of a sprint any easier…….he makes the play or not. A regular left fielder may have played it better but is that Larnach?……Bader can’t play all 3 OF spots if Buxton is hurt.
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    Was Buxton pulled from a game in Houston after getting hit on the elbow or not? I’m confused.
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    At some point in a tight game the Closer has to end the game……..walking the lead-off hitter on 4 pitches has nothing to do with SWR getting taken out (whenever), nor the Manager. Period. Score some runs or pitch perfectly………SWR leaving the game had Zero to do with the outcome!
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    Makes sense to bring up Kiersey as Buxton is dinged a bit and Castro slots into the IF ……,2B with Lee & Bride covering 3B. McCusker is a longer shot…….probably need POTENTIAL offensive upside more than defensive OF depth!
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    While I agree that our offense could be much better ………Brown had a 1.76 ERA entering the game v. other Teams. The line from the author that one bullpen would lose and the other would win can certainly be applied to the two offenses as well! We gotta make something happen …..Abreu threw one or two strikes each AB and went to 3-2 three times and we couldn’t be disciplined enough to walk…….I get he throws 100 but Teams seem to be able to walk off Duran when he’s not in the zone. Closer misses from Abreu, but the 3rd straight time he threw a slider out of the zone on 3-2, we gotta play the % and “take”, IMO.
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    Who gets the call to replace Alcala on the roster? Do they reach into the Randy Dobnack bag again? I have no idea how he’s been in St Paul? ………good experience to get from here to All-star break, maybe?……,…...I’m curious.
  9. JD-TWINS
    Coulombe - Jax - Sands all fresh for this afternoon………goods news. Varland did a nice job working out of trouble last night - good to see. Front Office: To me, they’re given little to no credit for doing their job…..at a nice level. Pulled the trigger on moving away from the weak link within a very good Bullpen….good luck to Jorge! Bader - France - Coulombe - Stewart - Castro all FA guys they’ve acquired. Not a bad list as of June 12, 2025. Topa is doing what was expected/anticipated when he was central figure in trade with Seattle. Carlos Santana has a .350 OBP & is repeating his very good 2024, for $12M …….Luis Arraez is having a somewhat “off season” for him from a BA standpoint at around .280, for $14M ……..Ty France has similar BA to Arraez, he has better pop & little better OBP - maybe better defense at 1B as well, for $1M. Seems that the FO’s signing here doesn’t get much credit. I do think France & Bader will regress somewhat as the season wears on but they sure have (affordably) helped get Team to where they are today - in the playoff hunt. Nice moves by FO.
  10. JD-TWINS
    Wallner - Larnach - Buxton - Castro - Bader Probably the best offensive collection of 5 guys across MLB that form an outfield!! Buxton & Bader, while aging somewhat, are still both very, very good defensively. These 5 guys are going nowhere.
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    Most of these guys are just names on paper. McCusker - Kiersey - Gonzalez have done nothing but bring emergency depth due to injury. Keaschall seems to be more of an infield piece……..he’s for real and will take Bride’s roster spot at some point after All-star break. Winokor seems to have real upside & Jenkins upside is obvious! Both are possibilities/probabilities in 2027. Emma’s lack of contributions get masked by a nice OBP. To me, he hasn’t done much to differentiate what we’ve seen before with Eddie Julien ……..somewhat of a house of cards……. continual strikeouts & injuries really make me apprehensive to get excited about his potential with Big Club.
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    What’s the point? Team doesn’t need to be auditioning guys for 2 week stints. They’ll need a 40 man spot when Keaschall comes off the 60 day IL……..seems Bride is in until then……another 5 weeks, give or take. How about getting more than 18 AB’s at AAA this year before jumping him to the roster? Clemens - Lee - Castro all ahead of him at 2B (Keaschall coming) - he’s not displacing anyone at SS.
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    Vazquez - if he hits .225 or better he’s a positive contributor - $6-7M for continuity in ‘26 and his defense and great bench presence/attitude……worth serious consideration!
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    Lewis could be the best hitter in baseball batting after the Four hole in the line-up …….give it til the All-Star Break ………if he hits .260 going forward instead of .130 it will give the offense a huge lift! By adding him and Wallner, along with Keaschall in another 5-6 weeks, the offense should be solid and sustainable.
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    I get it - because there are so many disciplinarian Managers - real hard asses in the game today. Not! Gotta get out of 1976. Managers today coddle above average players, essentially across every sport……particularly in baseball. Our Utility guy makes more than the Manager does and because of the income/power disparity the players generally do what they will and it may occasionally draw “a discussion with the Manager” ……. there’s no Jim Leland or Tony LaRussa or Dick Williams or Lou Piniella or Tom Kelly walking in the door at Target nor in any other stadium in MLB. Sure, there are different cultures and different organizations have varying levels of accountability but I don’t think there’s a disciplinarian Mgr. in the game any longer. Problems w/star in Atlanta - Problems w/star & Mets - Bochte is probably as close as it gets and he gets respect due to 4 Series Wins - that buys a lot! Seldom do Teams move runners along with hit & run (maybe 3-4 in the game) nor does anyone bunt to get on base nor do pitchers throw into the 7th or 8th routinely, if ever, nor do guys get benched or chewed out when they don’t hustle or make basic base-running mistakes or throw to the wrong base or miss a cutoff man, It’s a different day and has been for some time. Not going back……,It’s not a “Twin’s thing”. Rocco isn’t throwing the ball when Jax is in the game - Rocco’s not giving up an insurance run for the opponent in the 9th, that’s Duran - Rocco’s not the guy that’s not coming through (repeatedly) w/RISP……..players have to perform and to think that something the Manager has to “say” or his “demeanor” is going to elevate a player’s ability to hit a baseball or command a pitch is nuts, IMO.
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    “Getaway day” typically implies (denotes) travel coming……Twins have Monday off and play series Tuesday - Thursday at home v. Rangers.
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    2nd coming of Sonny Gray……2023.
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    Duran gave up one run - Twins lose by one run. Seems the “bullpen faltered” to me.
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    Pretty sure Alcala’s stuff would allow him to have a sub 3.50 ERA with less walks, at AAA. He wouldn’t be as afraid to be aggressive with strikes. His lack of performance (Alcala’s) is a much bigger reason to promote Adams or someone and not Lopez’ injury. SWR to rotation & Festa to PEN eventually could be a positive move as well.
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    I agree somewhat that the rankings (all this stuff) don’t really matter & that EmRod hasn’t shown much that would lead someone to think he’s got a good shot at being a good MLB player. Eddie Julien can post a high OBP and he’s crippled in the batter’s box at MLB level. The ankle sprain comment about the “individual/organization allowing this to happen” leads one to believe there hasn’t been a lot of sports activity there.
  21. JD-TWINS
    It was his turn in St Paul yesterday so it fits his rhythm & it gets the other 3 an extra day of rest……….that too.
  22. JD-TWINS
    Can’t play him & take Larnach out of the line-up v. probable LH pitching - Bader & Buxton in OF with Jeffers at DH ……….ALL seemed to work out pretty well - right?………can’t start 11 hitters, so my slant is take the success and run.
  23. JD-TWINS
    It’s got little to nothing to do with the big scores and wins over the A’s & their non-existent rotation/PEN…….Lopez is out through August and Paddack could go down any day…….Ryan hasn’t pitched an entire season that I can recall……Thus, keep the pitching depth!!…..that’s the point, IMO.
  24. JD-TWINS
    Exactly, he wears a heating pad around his back between innings in every game he plays - I too thought “the park” didn’t have much to do with any issues of CC.
  25. JD-TWINS
    Off topic but big part of Team’s success: Sands - Jax - Duran leading the bullpen was essentially expected heading into the season………. but how about these ERA’s……… Coulombe - 0.00 ….. Topa - 2.14 ….. Varland - 2.54 ….. Stewart - 2.93 ……….Bullpen success to date is becoming ho-hum and all that’s recognized is if a guy gives up a run ……. they have been fantastic. Duran, reliever of the month for May! …. Jax wasn’t far behind.
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