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  1. JD-TWINS
    Coming out of the first start having pitched 5 innings and with an ERA of 3.60……… with not great command…….,I do not consider that a bad start. After 2 games Pablo’s ERA is 2.25……that’s tough to achieve with a bad start comprising 1 of the 2 starts. Nearly 120 games early to make final judgements, IMO.
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    The schedule fooled me too - Friday is a scheduled off day. He sure did a nice job in the 9th with an error mixed in……
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    Mr. Upbeat, the comment was directed principally at me. I pretty clearly said I didn’t think he’d hit 3 HR’s for at least 8 weeks - is that not clear? I’m not a big fan of the Bader acquisition but it deserves to be pointed out that he’s had some surprising success. That’s it……….chill.
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    Buxton got going - Correa got going - Bader is making all detractors eat their words early on this year…….I thought he might have 3 homers by Memorial Day. Entire Central Division is 2-4 and the Twins have a 2 game win streak going while everyone else lost on Wednesday. Big MO! Lopez got his ERA down to 2.25 and his WHIP down around 1.08…………Hope Joe is sharp again Thursday. Astros are in for a treat with highs in the low 40’s for the whole series. Twins need another series win…….back to .500 in a week?
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    Another very good start for Matthews next week and they’ll be clamoring for him to replace Paddack in Minneapolis! Hope so. Paddack needs to shift to PEN - Monday’s 96-97MPH in first inning down to 91MPH in the third inning paints the picture on how he/his arm/team benefits by him throwing 1-2 inning outings with max effort in relief!!
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    Counter in June with Castro or Keaschall at 2B?
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    RH pitcher or LH pitcher? ……DH hopefully.
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    The TEAM plays for the next 15 straight days. He turned it into a day off for two veterans so they’d be available in games 3-7 days from now with a better chance to win. They play 27 games a month for 6 months - it’s silly to try and hang on to a game down 9-0 so fans don’t get pissed off.
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    Where in what you are saying today is a rational take? “I think Baldelli should have been fired long ago……….”
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    OK roster stuff: Castro has started fine at 2B Larnach has started fine in LF Lopez gave up 2 earned runs & Ryan gave up 1 earned run Same two Catchers they’ve had for last two seasons …………….. Bad roster stuff: Wallner - Buxton - Correa - France - Miranda have approximately 5 hits between them through 4 games. Ober & Paddack have given up 17 earned runs through a combined 5 2/3 innings. Lewis & Lee are out - not helping at all. I agree that the everyday rostered guys leave something to be desired…………need another big bat to be competitive and to have enough depth to weather mini-slumps they’re experiencing. On paper, Lewis & Lee are the added depth…. or the FO could rationalize that they are the depth.
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    Do we really think Byron Buxton needs to be guided into performing by his Manager? Carlos Correa shows up at the Park & doesn’t know how to prepare himself to play a game without Rocco putting his arm around him or giving some motivational speech to the Team. These are professional athletes not 14 year olds. Is Paddack missing the plate with 5-6 straight sliders (when thrown) and then throwing absolute gut shots down the middle because his Manager didn’t get him mentally prepared. His velocity was 95-97mph in the 1st and 91mph in the 3rd. He isn’t talented enough physically nor between the ears to be in the rotation - that’s a front office issue! They were cruising and 17 games over .500 on August 16th last year………they started the year 7-13 ……. for 4 months they played 23 games over .500 in ‘24. Baldelli had absolutely nothing to do with any of that success but ALL the piss poor play by the players over the past 2 months of baseball are his fault. Doesn’t make a lot of sense.
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    They play 15 more straight days w/o a day off. Down 9-0 starting the 4th, he decided the 2 guys that need rest at some point, to stay fresh, should sit the rest of the day. Sound Management. Larnach & Wallner will be ready to go Tuesday & the #2 & #3 hitters got the majority of the day off as well.
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    What makes it more fun than Lee - CC - Keaschall - Lewis? That’s my hope for June!
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    When do the players have a share in, or take on, accountability? 2-34 for series top 3 guys in order 3 hits in game 2 for the Team It doesn’t matter what strategic slant anyone thinks Baldelli should have made, doesn’t change the results - Pitcher balked & then threw the ball away and gave up 2 unearned runs as a result in game 1. Game 2, scored 1 run. Game 3 scored 2 runs. Again, he’s not in the batter’s box. What moves by Baldelli, specifically, overcome the mediocrity at the plate?
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    Wallner 1 hit - Correa 0-series - Buxton 1 hit …… that’s the Problem! France 1 hit - Miranda 2 hits - Jeffers 1 hit - Vazquez 0 hits ……… that’s the problem! Crafty/command pitcher was sick but said he “was OK to go” …… looked terrible. I can criticize the Manager if he’s creating problems with his approach to strategy …… players gotta play well to win. Duran - Jax - Alcala all underperformed and nobody expects that to be the norm - Rocco’s not pitching nor hitting.
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    “Stacked” is a Huge stretch - agreed. To me, Wallner is a great #6 hitter. Julien being effective would help! Can’t have Top 3 go 2-34 and expect to compete. They needed to trade some pitching for a bat in the offseason (proven bat!) …… Duran & Morris (or like) for a hitter! They are at the mercy of Buxton’s hot/cold play ……. same with Wallner. Correa can’t go 0-series! I think the OF will hit eventually - 3 games in and 159 to get better results. 7-13 last year to start and 17 games over .500 by August 16th. Things will change & hopefully for the better.
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    “Stacked” is a Huge stretch - agreed. To me, Wallner is a great #6 hitter. Julien being effective would help! Can’t have Top 3 go 2-34 and expect to compete. They needed to trade some pitching for a bat in the offseason (proven bat!) …… Duran & Morris (or like) for a hitter! They are at the mercy of Buxton’s hot/cold play ……. same with Wallner. Correa can’t go 0-series! I think the OF will hit eventually - 3 games in and 159 to get better results. 7-13 last year to start and 17 games over .500 by August 16th. Things will change & hopefully for the better.
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    His points of criticism of Baldelli are weak! The players play & they sucked!!! It doesn’t matter where Gasper or Castro bat in the bottom 40% of the line-up if the Top 3 in the line-up go 2-34………period. Can’t manage around that type of non-production. Ever heard of beware of the sick guy - obviously, Ober represented his condition as “OK to go”. He had poor command. It happens occasionally. The difference between 81 pitches for Ryan coming off an arm injury not being close enough to an “expected 90 pitches” is nuts!! If he threw 5-6 more pitches it would have been better usage of Ryan? ….. come on. If he started the 6th inning and gave up a double everyone would bitch that he should have been pulled since he’s coming off an injury……..OR, doesn’t Baldelli know enough to “start a reliever with a fresh inning,” instead of bringing him into a jam. Julien was sick Wednesday - Friday. Reported Saturday and lumped in with Ober’s illness. He was out Thursday and used late off the bench Saturday - what’s the issue? Don’t play Ober - play Julien………….maybe, maybe the Mgr. spoke to the guys and trainers and made informed decisions, maybe? Bullpen …….. Alcala - Jax - Duran weren’t effective ……… it’s not the Manager throwing late innings. The SCARE written about here regarding the starters innings in their first starts and the likelihood that the Pen will be gassed if it keeps up…….that’s about as Chicken Little as it gets. The Pen is at the start of the year and had a day off on Friday. Dobnack stepped up and the bullpen is fine and will be fine. They have 12-13 arms to use that have pitched for them at MLB level previously…….not concerned. Ignore 2 2/3 inning starts - no, that’s never good! It happens. Funderburk - Stewart - Blewett - Tonkin - Dobnack - ……… guy brought up today, Mcaughan?? as well. Pen’s stamina should be fine with average health.
  19. JD-TWINS
    “Life” in a Club typically comes from run scoring & wins…….if they aren’t happening it’s pretty tough to fake it on this level. Correa was near embarrassing & Buxton as well. 2-34 in the Top 3 slots - tough to Manage your way around those numbers.
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    Is the new guy going to hit for .830 OPS? If not, won’t really help much. Team can still better last year’s start of 7-13 at this point………gotta score though.
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    Hitting side was overhauled on the Philosophy front. To me, Players play. Not adding a bat that’s competent (with all the supposed young pitching riches) in a trade is the issue to me. 2-34 from top 3 slots in line-up is hard to even imagine. My trade was Duran & young AAA starter to Red Sox for Casas at 1B. Not sure if he’s done anything positive either? As you say, there’s 159 to go but, things looked a lot like September ‘24 the past few days. 🤞
  22. JD-TWINS
    Was reported Saturday that Julien had been sick for 3 days ……. worse than Ober. Agree, defense looks pretty weak. Correa looks rough on both sides of the game so far. I know you love Martin and want him to have a chance. Realistically, he’s about the 6th 2B option in the organization. He didn’t hit well enough this spring to deserve a shot anywhere on the 26 Man. Hopefully, he gets it going in St. Paul. Castro is comparable to what Martin would bring at 2B defensively. He had 3 doubles & a HR in the series. 2B wasn’t the issue. Julien was sick or he may have played. 3 RH starters so Martin probably doesn’t play either if rostered.
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    Cannot win scoring 2 runs per game……1,2,& 3 hitters were 2-34 in series. I could pitch for Twins and same result with this offense!
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    All Winter I had hoped for Duran + Morris or Adams in trade to Red Sox for Tristan Casas as our new 1B. “Could really use some offensive punch”! Could also move Matt Wallner to 5th-6th spot in the line-up where he belongs!! Other option is keep those guys and Royce Lewis or Keaschall take over 1B with Brooks Lee growing into 3B……….works too, right?
  25. JD-TWINS
    Not sure what happened to Pedro either ……. Pablo gave up 2 earned runs in 5 innings without great command. That’s not an outing to be concerned about. Ryan gave up 1 earned run through 5 innings in his first MLB start after arm injury - great result! Unless Zebby or Festa can HIT, they probably won’t be needed anytime soon. The OFFENSE has been pathetic through 18 innings. Top 3 in line-up maybe have 1 hit over roughly 24 AB’s…….. that needs to change this afternoon! Pitchers will give up runs - we gotta score!! I like that Matthews is throwing a little harder - he’s now above average - that’s a big deal. I’m not as impressed with his walk rate as others - low walk rate doesn’t necessarily = “pin point command” per what the writer above eludes to Zebby having. He throws the ball over the plate - that’s not pin point control. As he gains experience at higher levels he’ll get more refined. Sometimes it’s good to throw the ball just off the plate - “competitive” pitches out of the zone. Gotta mix it up with MLB hitters - can’t pound the zone 75-80% of the time. Both guys have nice upsides & looking forward to early success at AAA - I don’t see Lopez getting traded prior to the last year of his deal - 2.5 seasons from now.
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