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  1. JD-TWINS
    Cannot disagree with facts! Are they that bad consistently on offense or are they just completely absent of any clutch gene? They seem helpless v. everybody now! Hitters with OPS+ over 100 in normal line-up: Orioles - 9 guys Detroit - 4 guys (plus one relative newcomer) Kansas City - 4 guys Yankees - 4 guys Twins - 9 guys What’s up, other than injuries?……..injuries certainly are a significant piece…..few care!
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    Players gotta play and get outs…….each guy. He could pitch you or me & and if they can’t score it doesn’t really matter. The run totals were 17-4 on the day………..the continual lack of any offensive punch is the issue. If they ever have a lead after the 5th/6th I’m confident that the appropriate guys that are available will be in the game.
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    Royals are winless over last 6 games & now they are headed out on the road for reminder of regular season. 4 runs over last 5 games. Game back of Tigers & Royals……..just need to tie one of them. Seems we need 4 of next 6 or we are probably toast. Gotta assume Detroit wins 4 of 6 at home. If we win 3 games, Mariners have to win 5 of 6 to get past us. Ober has 2 starts left - Lopez has 1 start left. Rookies all have 1 start each. Need 4 of those. Offense is not much better than non-existent……..gotta pick it up at home! Pen should be back to pretty rested by Tuesday.
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    Ober’s last 3 starts have all been good & Team is 0-3. Lopez has been performing at a high level. 2.01 ERA over previous ELEVEN STARTS. He blew up today! Hopefully, he’ll be ready to go Friday! Rookies have been up & down - until their last 3 starts over the previous few days (really good) they were pretty rough. I think 4-5 innings of 2 runs or less is most that can be expected. Can’t whine about length of their starts as they are all in high end of innings expectations and the competition (Detroit) throws out “openers” 2 of every 5 starts. Gotta figure out how to cover the innings, period. Everyone has a Pen that’s spent - particularly if they can’t score, like our club.
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    No hits - no runs………Lopez could have pitched a gem and they still lose. 4-6 guys per game going hitless makes it tough to back the Team. The Royals are struggling - that’s the best thing to discuss. Swept in back to back series & 4 runs over their last 5 games…….Twins like.
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    I get the Margot angst and certainly understand challenging the statement about him being “a solid center fielder”! Trading a few guys in a group to try and find some reasonable value for a potential trade partner seems logical. The bad news is all 29 other Teams have video and scouts and TV’s and computers and brains and none of them are trading a #3 starter for 2-3 guys the Twins don’t want, because they aren’t good enough to play regularly on a competent Team. ROTATION: Lopez - Ryan - Ober were all essentially Top 40 pitchers in baseball (blending WHIP - K’s - K/walk ratio - innings - etc.) before Ryan got hurt(3 of Top 40 & there’s 30 Teams) ………add Festa after a dozen starts in ‘24 & SWR after 26 starts in ‘24 and our rotation is fine in ‘25…… Paddack/Matthews & couple more farm guys in the wings. PEN: Moran - Funderburk - Irvin - Stewart - Topa - Henriquez - Headrick - Winder - Alcala - Varland - Paddack - Jax - Sands - Duran - Blewett - Tonkin - Canterino……….,that’s 17 guys w/o digging too deep. At least 10 of these guys can be exceptional, when healthy. Signing a FA, that’s a competent reliever is a crap shoot. Not against it completely but one never knows……maybe explore this? I don’t see the gaping holes in the Twins near term Roster.
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    Emulating the Rays could mean developing pitching from within. Lots of things other than reducing payroll to new lows. I’m not deluded enough to think Lopez is going to retire a Twin for sure, but trading him after letting Gray walk would nearly guarantee another drop in attendance of about 1/2 million in ‘25. Fans bitch - fans in TD group really bitch. People are still pissed about the Viking’s of the 70’s…….they sell out every week…….If Twins make the playoffs and look competitive the focus will turn to next year and the outlook will be all roses! They haven’t lost the fan base, yet.
  8. JD-TWINS
    ………and, most importantly, Lee has to prove he can hit!
  9. JD-TWINS
    Miller is hitting .251 with a .668 OPS in high A ball btw.
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    I think Lee could be a pretty solid 2nd baseman. He’s pretty intuitive with his movements………he’s easily a younger version of Farmer……..maybe OK at 3B? He doesn’t look like a competent SS though….able to make some flashy plays but not a day in day out great fielder.
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    If they trade Lopez after this year, the fan base as well as the guys in the Clubhouse will shutdown……..if he gives up 6 runs in a playoff start, maybe there’s no hit out out in Falvey? Otherwise, he’d need to keep his head down, IMO.
  12. JD-TWINS
    Duran barely escaped……. numerous great Pen performances………how about Louie Varland getting 4 outs - throwing gas! Huge play on tapper & flip to the plate - huge!!
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    Didn’t get why Julien isn’t sent up, unless there was a lefty counter move from their Pen? Maybe Rocco decided to go full George Costanza and do “the opposite” of logical to shake things up? It looked like the worst possible match up. Watching the 4 & 5 hitters pop out to 3rd baseman in foul territory seemed like the last nail, in real time. On a separate note………Is Miranda gassed? He needs to square something up in a bad way - really soon!
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    This morning it looks pretty reasonable for baseball in Boston from 6:30 - midnight Eastern…….not sure how long they put off the game? Unless there’s a big shift it seems likely they get it in this evening. Some bullpen rest would/could be a big deal though!
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    Wanna go get the Royals spot!!! If we can advance in standings, next weekend v. Orioles could really get interesting……..,one at a time though, I guess.
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    Big Win! Excruciating to watch!! My oldest moved to Boston in June for her first career job and my youngest is visiting this weekend …….they’re texting me that they are loving rubbing the Twin’s win in the face of the people at table next to them…..,hope they’re careful!!! Sounds fun though. What a bullpen performance - had no business being in this one with ONE run through 11 innings. Duran almost let it slip through our fingers. Ronny - Louie - Tonkin - Blewett - Sands & even Thielbar!!! Duran & Jax a couple more ho hum innings - wow!! Nobody available from Pen on Saturday??? 8 guys threw and only Blewett was really well rested. Irvin threw 30 pitches yesterday. Sure hope Pablo is able to hang for a while on Saturday. Looks like rain in daytime so it might turn into an early evening game? Gotta start scoring some runs! …………. I’m typically a Rocco backer with a more pragmatic view of his moves - seldom 2nd guess. However, how in the hell is Margot pinch hitting instead of Julien v. RH reliever? Maybe they had a lefty up? Sure seemed odd to pinch hit Margot for Vazquez…….. understand Vazquez was tiring but Margot for his 30th pinch hit appearance - he’s gotta be lacking confidence in that spot - right?
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    I realize the last month has helped morale anywhere under the Twins Nation - fans, Mgmt, nor players are feeling great. That said, I think the future of playing with a competent Buxton, along with Lewis/Wallner/Larnach/Jeffers/Lee ………Ryan back with Lopez & Ober plus about 4 other young starters………a Pen that will start the Spring with 14-15 options with refreshed health……..will make things intriguing for a guy that places emphasis on winning! Also, his $37.5M salary in ‘25 (& ongoing) would really limit the takers on the other end of a trade…..so that needs to be weighed of one wants to be “on a winner”.
  18. JD-TWINS
    Team doesn’t need a SS with .300 points less OPS either………Lee isn’t ready at the plate in ‘24.
  19. JD-TWINS
    Because Lewis is already hurt 65% of the time - doesn’t need a position that demands more range and physical challenges. Correa is the best offensive player through the year at this point. Removing him via trade would be a bit crazy, since the fan reaction would be to go sign some FA slugger to help the offense……..”why doesn’t ownership spend?!?!?!” Having Lee move to SS is premature since Correa has to remedy the foot problems no matter where he’s positioned. Also, Lee has done almost nothing to prove he is a competent hitter at the MLB level. I hope he proves his early results were a fluke but right now he looks weak & overmatched. He’s only played a portion of the season due to his own injuries - fatigue shouldn’t be an issue, at least not physical fatigue. To me, he looks really rough at the plate!!!
  20. JD-TWINS
    Because he’s already hurt 65% of the time - doesn’t need a position that demands more range and physical challenges.
  21. JD-TWINS
    Larnach - 114 OPS+ Buxton - 136 OPS+ Wallner - 151 OPS+ Lewis - 122 OPS+ Correa - 152 OPS+ Castro - 105 OPS+ Santana - 108 OPS+ Jeffers - 106 OPS+ Miranda - 116 OPS+ Farmer hitting .406 in September If Larnach can run, this would be the probable starting line-up v. RH pitching. NINE starters all over 100 OPS+. 2 months ago, only Orioles could compete with these numbers through the line-up………doubt anyone else is better top to bottom. Hitters gotta hit………13 runs in a 4 game series isn’t going to get it done! Can’t pitch nor Manage around not scoring/hitting.
  22. JD-TWINS
    Cleveland’s Pen is a bit of an outlier - they are excellent!!! Essentially every other Team in MLB would love to emulate the Guardian bullpen……Twins being just one of probably 26 other Teams.
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    I get the Angst ……..a month ago the Team was 17 games over .500 & cruising to playoffs. Don’t recall any attendance records being set back then. Wins & winning are ASSUMED in most markets…..if it’s early in the year fans “…..can always get out to see a game later in the year - more meaningful…” or wait til they aren’t doing as well & complain about not being good enough to watch or spend money on…….it’s a personal choice that can always be rationalized.
  24. JD-TWINS
    …….& Jorge may have only needed one pitch to give up a dinger and ended the misery more quickly. If’s & but’s……….. guys gotta get more than 3 hits in 10 innings!
  25. JD-TWINS
    1) To me, ‘22 & ‘24 are completely different from a health standpoint. As beat up as this current club seems, the ‘22 club was starting 3 AAA outfielders for a pretty long stretch the last couple months……Cave - Celestino - Wallner - Larnach - Contreras etc…………Rudderless is maybe true, but I gotta point to 3 hits yesterday - 6 guys going 0-24 on Wednesday - previously, 2 straight days of losses with 5 hits. The lack of offense goes way beyond the Manager’s responsibility. 2) I cannot let myself believe that the organization nor the upper management has control of injuries to players. Muscle pulls - soft tissue, sure the training staff can influence those. The rest is just the way it goes, IMO. MANY other Teams have numerous injuries throughout their rosters - particularly pitchers. High strikeout rates for the Staff & solid OPS guys seems to be a pretty smart goal. 3)I live in Cincinnati & can’t really comment accurately on the media issues and effects on revenue. It surely seems to be an ongoing problem that will obviously ripple into payroll.
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