Small ball and fundamentals aren't important to the Twins. They'll just sit back and wait for the homerun and when that doesn't work, they'll pin their hopes on a rancid sausage gimmick.
Twins 'prospects' are talked up at an alarming rate - reminds me a lot of the Yankees' farm system a few years back. All these can't miss young guys except they did - Judge the exception.
Don't understand the appeal of Manzardo acting like he's a team mascot when he hits a homerun. Act like you're doing your job instead of the clown show.
Santana's glove is platinum caliber this season but he desperately needs a day or two off. Instead of that though, it's Correa, Buck, and Lewis that are getting the orange slice and juice box days. Managerial malpractice.
The Cleveland bullpen has been lights out. This one won't be won by getting to their 'pen early. They need some runs against a very hittable starting pitcher.
I'd say the game-in 'managing' was the biggest detriment to the team this summer. Starting with the Sunday Massacre in Texas, there's 4-5 games that the Twins gave away. Imagine shifting those games into the W column? Twins would have the first wildcard spot close to wrapped up.
How many legitimate 'power' hitters do the Twins have? I wouldn't consider Royce to be in that category. Santana used to be and while he's over 20 HR's, he's not what immediately comes to mind. So you have a team that lacks power hitters and has horrible plate discipline swinging at stuff outside of the zone all in the name of hitting the 3-run homer.