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  1. John Belinski
    Rocco had hitters in 2021 that helped him win close games, but not in 2022. Good managers win close games.
  2. John Belinski
    Bases loaded and the Twins have a hitter that is 0-7 in last 2 games with 4 K's coming to bat so I was thinking that maybe Rocco would pinch hit for him, but that was too much to hope for. Instead he does pinch hit for AK later in the game. Rocco has no feel for the game. Looks like Twins will have losing record by end of May. Then maybe the front office will give him another new contract for 5 more years of losing. I feel sorry for the fans.
  3. John Belinski
    One could add Correa's name to this list due to his poor hitting so far this season. I was not a fan of signing him , but Twin's fans have to hope he gets better for many years to come since his big contract will not allow the Twins to sign other players.
  4. John Belinski
    In looking at Rocco's 2022 record shows he is not a good manager. Rocco had a losing record in 1 run games and losing record in extra inning games. Manager's choices in close games show the difference between good managers and poor managers. Good managers win close games and poor managers lose close games. If the front office is 100% behind Rocco then they should be replaced, but do not think that will happen. It appears they are happy with a .500 record give or take a few games so fans have to accept a .500 team. The Twins are not a big market team so guess fans will have to learn to cheer for a .500 team.
  5. John Belinski
    It appears his control has really improved. Our RP's walk to many batters and some of those batters are hitting under .200. There is just no reason to walk a weak hitter. In a recent game we walked 4 batters and 3 of them scored. If I was that bad at my job I would not have a job for long. Rocco would say the pitcher was having an off night, but how many off nights do you get before being replaced?
  6. John Belinski
    I guess the FO extended Rocco because they were concerned some other team would sign him? My local high school team does need a coach, but do not think they would even hire Rocco.
  7. John Belinski
    The Twins have several good teams to play in the next week so we will know more about this team after this week. We certainly need help from several new players and hope that Correa will not go on the IR, plus he starts hitting.
  8. John Belinski
    If our 2 highly paid stars do not start hitting better it will be a long season. I was not a fan of signing Correa and so far he had not shown that he deserves the big contract. He is just not hitting like a star player.
  9. John Belinski
    WOW 96 wins. Then you woke up from your dream!
  10. John Belinski
    Trading Arraez for pitching help was not a bad trade since the Twins got some pitching help. The really bad trade or give away was trading Gio, who is hitting .304, and getting nothing in return. The Twins would have a better record if he was our starting 3rd baseman. I am concerned that our front office is just not doing their job of helping the Twins be a better team.
  11. John Belinski
    I am not sure what you are drinking, but it is surely making you make wild claims that will never come true.
  12. John Belinski
    Any one who expects help from the Twins front office is going to be disappointed since they decided to extend Rocco. Is the front office really that bad at looking at Rocco's record. Rocco has no clue on how to handle pitchers, had losing record in 1 run games last year and had losing record in extra inning games. The Twins will be lucky to have a winning record by the end of May and the front office decides to extend Rocco. No other team is going to hire Rocco away from the Twins unless some high school team needs a coach.
  13. John Belinski
    One of these worst players hit .266 and one hit .274 so they would be stars on this weak hitting team.
  14. John Belinski
    Do you remember what happened last year?
  15. John Belinski
    It appears the Twins may not have a winning record by the end of May. Last year it took 4 months to drop below .500, but it may happen in May this year. Just do not understand why anyone thinks Rocco is a good manager? There must be better choices out there, but we may be stuck with him for many losing years to come. He has no clue on how to handle pitchers, had losing record last year in one run games and losing record in extra inning games. Why is he still the manager of the Twins?
  16. John Belinski
    After looking at last years records with bases loaded it appears the trade of Gio has really hurt the Twins production. The Twins gave away a player that could be their starting 3rd baseman with a batting average of .302. One has to wonder how many more games the Twins would have won if that trade had not been made. After the Twins traded away their best hitter for pitching help the trade of Gio should have never been made.
  17. John Belinski
    I get a kick when several writers say the Twins are "unlucky" when talking about not getting hits with the bases loaded. "Unlucky" hitters are poor hitters and "unlucky" teams are poor teams. Until the Twins make some changes they will continue to be unlucky.
  18. John Belinski
    One number that shows the Twins have problems with men on base is hitting into too many double plays. In Sunday's game LA hit into 0 double plays and Twins hit into 3 double plays. We will not be a winning team until we solve that problem.
  19. John Belinski
    Another good game by the Twins. We need more complete games by the Twins if they want to be in the playoff.
  20. John Belinski
    It seems surprising that the new pitch clock seems to have helped the pitchers more than the batters since it appears batting averages are down. Making the pitcher work faster would have seemed to help the batter.
  21. John Belinski
    RP's can just not walk batters. Game after game the Twins RP walks a batter or two that comes around to score. Whoever is calling the pitches shares the blame. Walking a .200 batter should never happen. These players are paid well to play a game and there is just no excuse for walking a batter. No one is perfect, but to ask a pitcher to throw 3 of 6 pitches in the strike zone is not asking too much.
  22. John Belinski
    The Twins are 0-7 with bases loaded and not outs. They must be the worst team in baseball with bases loaded. Maybe Rocco should try something different after going 0-7. With bases loaded the next 2 batters had only 1 pitch in the strike zone. Either Rocco or hitting coach have to go since the Twins keep swinging at bad pitches. The other teams manager know this and just has his pitcher throw pitches out of strike zone. Gallo had one at bat where the pitcher threw 8 pitches out of strike zone and he struck out. Maybe the Twins will have a winning season, but only if they stop swinging at bad pitches.
  23. John Belinski
    He needs to reduce his K's to become a complete player. He is still young so he may improve as a hitter.
  24. John Belinski
    I was shocked when Rocco called that play. I have always assumed that Rocco did not know what a bunt was so was really surprised when he called that play. I guess Rocco saw how many times the Twins had runners on third and did not score so decided to try the bunt. Maybe we will see more bunts to move runners over. What a game! The second surprise was when Jax came in and did not allow a run. One of the best games of the year for the Twins.
  25. John Belinski
    I don't expect Rocco to rip his pitcher, but to say he pitched well makes no sense. Was the catcher calling for strikes? Why didn't the catcher call for a fast ball if Lopez was having a hard time throwing other pitches?
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