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  1. Larry Janisewski
    But the question is, can he hit?? As most Twins cannot. When the A's roll out 3 pitchers yesterday with ERA's over 4.00 and the Twins collect 5 hits, that isn't going to get it done. And we have seen it over and over again.
  2. Larry Janisewski
    I'm not concerned about the pitching. It's the offense that needs serious improvement. The first 2 games of the struggling Yankees the Twins combine to put up a total of 4 hits. Last night the last 3 batters in the lineup had averages of .130, .186, and .167.
  3. Larry Janisewski
    The real problem isn't the Pohlad's wouldn't spend money but in how and who they invested it in. The Tigers payroll is about $400,000 more than the Twins and the Brewers payroll is about $27 million LESS than the Twins----and the Brewers have the best record in baseball as of August 1.
  4. Larry Janisewski
    The bullpen "was" a strength. the Twins problem was not being able to hit, especially with runners in scoring position and the position player movement was minimal.
  5. Larry Janisewski
    Totally agree with your first comments. For 2 seasons twins have basically played with the same lineup of position players with very underwhelming results. It is time for somebody to evaluate each individual player and make some tough decisions. I'd certainly include each member of the coaching staff as well.
  6. Larry Janisewski
    And sadly the Twins recently lost 2 of 3 to the Rockies and are in danger of doing the same vs the Nationals. The Nationals came into this series with the worst reliever ERA in MLB. The Twins have proceeded to score 1 run in 8.1 innings vs their relievers during the first 2 games of the series. I was excited about the hitting coach change the Twins made after last season only to see more feudal hitting this season. I obviously isn't the hitting coaches fault. Time for some changes.
  7. Larry Janisewski
    I still believe, on paper, the Twins are miles ahead of the Brewers. Yet the Brewers have the best record in MLB and we know where the Twins are. Brewer manager, Murphy, is getting all he can our of a bunch of unknown players.
  8. Larry Janisewski
    Rockies fans must be celebrating. The first time they have won back to back games all season!!! At least Twins have Baldelli locked up for another season and probably won't do anything significant at the trade deadline.
  9. Larry Janisewski
    While I also will give him credit for starting the regulars when I saw the infield playing in for a play at the plate with the bases loaded and 1 out in the 10th I told my wife, oh oh, I'd have them playing at double play depth. If they had been, it would have been an easy double play ball to Lee. Oh well..........
  10. Larry Janisewski
    Or the Dodgers
  11. Larry Janisewski
    While I would also like to see pitchers go deeper into games this isn't only a Twins issue. The last time I saw the stat, across all of the majors starters the average is 5 2/3 innings.
  12. Larry Janisewski
    If I remember correctly, the Tigers payroll is about $400,000 more than the Twins and both are just below the middle in team payroll ranking.
  13. Larry Janisewski
    "On something!!!" lol
  14. Larry Janisewski
    Totally agree the Twins are awful. However, I disagree about the not spending money part. The Twins have the 18th highest payroll in MLB and only about $400,000 behind the Tigers who seem to be doing just fine spending that amount. How and where the money is being spent is the problem.
  15. Larry Janisewski
    I would add the Braves who regularly bring up pitchers who step right into the major league lineup. And the Brewers who last year started 17 different pitchers (including having their ace--Brandon Woodruff our all of last year and this year so far).
  16. Larry Janisewski
    100% agree.
  17. Larry Janisewski
    Exactly!! But the Brewers started the same 8 position players batting in the same position in the order all 3 days vs the Twins (including their catcher) in extremely hot and humid conditions with great success.
  18. Larry Janisewski
    38 steals by DeBarge is 1 more than the Twins have as a team.
  19. Larry Janisewski
    I agree about overblowing the injury excuse. Every team has injuries. The good teams find someone (often times in their minor leagues to bridge the gap). The Brewers who just pummeled the Twins have done so without their best starter not having played since 2023 and used a rookie making only his 2nd major league start to throw 5 perfect innings vs the Twins. The Brewers used 17 different stating pitchers last year and still made the playoffs. The Braves have likewise won without having their best players available (Acuna most of last year and last week brought up a pitcher who had just turned 20 years old two days before he started for them.
  20. Larry Janisewski
    Baldelli has been notorious for bringing guys up and then sitting them on the bench without giving them the opportunity to see what they can do at the major league level.
  21. Larry Janisewski
    Best news I've heard about the Twins in a long time.
  22. Larry Janisewski
    I like seeing so many steals from Twins minor league players. If only that would transpire to the Twins. Hard to believe Twins have that much more speed in the minors than the majors. Coaching philosophies??
  23. Larry Janisewski
    Even more embarrassing is that the bottom 4 batters in the Rangers batting order drove in 14 of the runs.
  24. Larry Janisewski
    Love the groupings but you should have included the Milwaukee Brewers whose spend in the $115 million range and seem to win or compete for their division title almost every year.
  25. Larry Janisewski
    I agree. As a disheartened Twins fan, I can't help but wonder if the problem wasn't the manager's philosophy about trying to take advantage of the righty/lefty matchup. There were times when a player was in the starting lineup and replaced before he even batted because the opponent changed pitchers. Did the players lose focus or confidence? IMO, you start the players that give you the best chance to win and let them play
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