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  1. JADBP
    I like Hunter too, But not sure he has enough experience coaching. Skip is a very interesting choice. He was manager of the year in 2023 but took 24 off for a family emergency. But then again, Rocco did well in his first year....so there is not a lot of history there. One change I would like to see is more of a "brain trust" surrounding the new coach. Rocco just seemed somewhat insular. He made all the decisions in his internal spreadsheet--seemingly without input from others on the bench. A couple of Head Coach advisers might have helped keep him from constantly pulling Wallner every time a LHP cam up or bouncing players from position to position.
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    He is the head coach. All of these systemic failures land at his desk. He is the one fully responsible. Remember TK went through every team in the minors to get everyone, coaches, managers, players, all on the same page as the Twins. Did Rocco ever do that? We all keep saying it is a tremendous jump from AAA to the big leagues. Its true. Almost every player comes up and immediately slows down because of the jump in talent and skill levels in MLB. Its the coaches job to help that player with the transition. Period. Rocco may have handed off these responsibilities to other coaches working for him, but that doesn't absolve him of responsibility! He still has to make sure they are getting the job done. For player performance, the buck stops at Rocco's desk.
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    There is plenty of blame to go around. Strong blame goes to Joe Pohlad (for being such a moronic public speaker) and Falvey (who just can't figure out how to continue to change with the changing MLB landscape). But, everything ON FIELD, regardless of what players he was given, was Rocco's responsibility. And, there was a significant decline in player performance, particularly over the last three years. This was simply overdue! Shudda happened a year ago!
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    At some point he had to stand up and take an interview. That trade deadline trading frenzy needed an explanation. Sadly, he stood up and said ….well, nothing. Maybe he just said “just trust me.” Hoping that it was even remotely possible. I believe that once he started trading, and the other teams picked up on it, they all jumped on him proposing any sort of trade. It became a feeding frenzy. And Falvey just kept taking those calls. I can’t believe he didn’t trade Ryan almost as much as I can’t believe he did trade Varland! Because Varland is an excellent young pitcher just coming into his own in the Biggs. So if we want to believe all this youth movement BS, then why did he trade Varland? That trade was an abomination. so how can we trust him?
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    I just figured out what is going on with the Twins! I now understand the peculiar decisions made by the Pohlads and Falvey. It was right in front of me all the time! Sorry I missed it, but now we can all relax and make sense of the direction that the Twins are going. I am looking forward to it! It is now obvious that the Minnesota Twins are aiming to become a BananaBall franchise! YAYYY!! This will be so much fun! I can't wait to see the team in yellow plaid skirts and love the idea of fans who catch a foul ball will record an out. This is gonna be great! Coming early next spring (or maybe they are already there??). www.bananaball.com Now, the Twins might have to change their name but you tell me....is the name "MinnesotaTwins" good enough for Bananaball or do we need a new name? Any ideas?
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    Here are the Joe Ryan splits first half vs second half (the AS break-as close as I can get to the trade deadline). Ryan’s Win/loss went down by 250 pts. ERA almost doubles. Hits per inning pitched went up by 30% and HRs per IP doubled. BA, OBP SLG OPS all substantially increased. There is almost no pitching metric that didn’t decline after the deadline. it’s probably even worse than this simple analysis because he Ryan had some fantastic starts in July before the deadline but in the 2nd half (like Colorado on 7/20—11Ks!).
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    I did—not sure I get the insight. He believes he came back too soon. Was it HE that rushed back to help the team or was it management that said “You’re up, Royce! Go get em!” Who was desperate here? That said, it is obvious as heck that Ryan wants out. He just totally checked out after the fiasco at the trading deadline. Remember, he was told he was traded then Oops, sorry, never mind. And Varland was traded. Makes no sense. Ryan is a very good SP and he certainly deserves better than the BS that the Twins management and ownership are spitting out. So do us fans!
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    You hit the nail on the head!!! What player wants to play for the Twins now? Just the rookies. Look at Ryan’s performance after the trade deadline (with bizarre Ryan’s rumors). He caved. And I don’t think it was intentional but, so sorry to say, he’s been mailing it in. Like most of the team. Pohlad/Falvey blew up the team, Rocco lost all control of the players, and they just gave up. There are maybe 2-3 that are trying. This all starts with Pohlad/Falvey and ends with Rocco. I’m can’t blame the players one bit! Imagine how the felt watching this absolute destruction unravel in real time. I have to believe they felt humiliated, dejected, sick to their stomach. What I just cannot figure out is how this possibly makes the team more attractive, more valuable, to potential buyers. Any ideas??? It’s not the players. It’s the management.
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    I really do hope Joe reads Twins Daily! Hi Joe! You’re an idiot!!
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    There is still time to catch PIT. But so what if we do. It won’t improve the Twins for several years. This whole team, top to bottom, is an absolute mess! I can’t imagine why anyone would want to buy into the team unless they can start replacing people from top to bottom. And that requires majority control—but apparently they only sold 40%. Seems like they just wanted to pay down the massive debt. Or, more likely, the banks forced them to pay down the debt. Maybe the Pohlad goal was to keep the baby Joe entertained away from the rest of Pohlad other businesses/money so he doesn’t screw them up too??? Maybe this is all a game to keep the man-child contained? I am pretty sure they can see he is an idiot too. Why else did they have to step in on the Correa deal …other than because Joe couldn’t get a deal done. A deal that both sides wanted to make!
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    They just did, Danny!!! Fired 4 of 5 scouts!
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    Nope. Rocco is the worst Twins manager ever. I’d take Sam Mele, Gene Mauch or even Billy Martin over Rocco! At least they got their players to stand up tall and play their hearts out! Rocco has completely lost the respect of the team. They have no choice—they have to fire him. The sooner the better!
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    You’re absolutely right! As long as the bozos are running this show, I won’t watch a game. I DON’T care!
  14. JADBP
    Wait…whaaaattt? “Coming up with a plan….” is not something that this coaching staff seems to do. Ever. Never. Never ever! Fire Rocco fast! That’s accountability!
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    DUH!!! OF COURSE HE IS THE FALL GUY. Nah Nah NAH Nah, Nah Nah NAH Nah, hey Hey-ey Goodbye!! All I can say, is GOOD RIDDANCE!
  16. JADBP
    I sure hope the Twins release Miranda, he get's picked up by maybe the Reds or Angels and has a fabulous career (away from the Twins)!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  17. JADBP
    Wait? Which franchise player? Killebrew? Olivia? Carew? Puckett? Viola? Or are you trying to blame Correa? I wouldn’t have laid that title on him but yes he was a bust. Wasted $$. Like so many other trades and FA that the twins brought in, especially over the last 2-3 years! What di we have for dumping 30-40% of the team a few weeks ago? And they think they are fooling us when they say it wasn’t about money….
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    Sorry I missed that Outman came in in the 8th. But there is still an issue. At that point, Rocco should have been able to see that he would again come up in the 9th and with no bullpen, the CWS were likely to at least tie the game. in the end, I am soooo over Rocco. He’s become a pathetic robot to stats. Like a robot, he is even emotionless.
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    The 9th inning was a managing disaster. Buxton leads off with a double and Larnach walks. Down by one, with no outs, a good place to be. Keirsey comes in to run for Larnach. Now, we have the middle of the order coming up in Keaschall, Wallner and Jeffers. So far so good. Then Keaschall pops out. Ouch. So, what does the idiot do? He again subs out Wallner for Outman! Wait…WTF? Outman is batting .134!!!! He’s not LH and neither is the Pitcher. Wallner is and is batting .234 and has an OBP over 100 pts higher than Outman. But alas OUTman lives up to his name. Easy out. I suspect the CWS coach is just laughing. Jeffers comes in and is the final out. Why if why does the idiot keep subbing out Wallner? It makes absolutely no sense. It’s like last year with Margot. Does Rocco understand that that he keeps making these “never works out well” decisions over and over? Doesn’t Jayce Tingler ever tap him on the shoulder and say “Hey, how about we let him hit tonight.” I would think that after watching Margot go 0-29, the Saber tool would say do NOT use him as a PH in big. Flashing red letters. Same for PHing for Wallner with a far inferior hitter! What is WRONG with Rocco?????
  20. JADBP
    Yes, it looked like at, most, 3-4000 in attendance. They won’t announce actual attendance as it is too embarrassing.
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    Hey. News Flash! Attendance went UP today! By a miserable 183 people. Or dogs. Remember, the listed attendance is only the number of tickets sold, is is NOT the number of fans in seats. From the looks of things, I’d guess it was actually well below 11,000. Maybe the added the dogs to the count? oh, and todays game….pathetic 9th inning. Both Buxton and Larnach get on base then 3 pitches say outs. It’s as if Rocco doesn’t care, doesn’t even bother trying. They camera panned to him once and he had a deadpan, bored, “who gives a f” look in his face!
  22. JADBP
    There is NOTHING on the planet that the Pohlads can do to rebuild trust. Absolutely zero!! ESPECIALLY JOE!
  23. JADBP
    OH I wanted the Twins to take Green so badly, was stunned when they took Lewis. Oh well...
  24. JADBP
    Bullet Points: 1. Unlike NFL and NBA (both of whom have salary caps), MLB is dominated by 3-4 teams with enormous payrolls and great teams. 2. This leads to a very inequitable and distorted competitive balance. 3. This, in turn, suppresses fan enthusiasm across the remaining 28-29 teams. This shrinks the entire sport of baseball while 3-4 teams win most championships. 4. Look at the NBA as an example. They exploded in popularity once they rebalanced the payrolls and MANY teams won, instead of 3-4 consistent winners.
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    We are very very close to billion dollar contracts. Ohtani at $700mill and Soto at $765 mill (with a possibility or reaching $800mill). But you missed the point entirely. What I am despairing about is the inequity of these contracts. Can you see the Twins, Rays, CLE, BAL, heck, probably all but 3-4 teams able to muster up a $300-400 million payroll? Of course not. Of course these teams are going to do better. They can afford to have several of these magnificent players on their teams. It’s not a guarantee of success—there are low budget teams that do well with good coaching and management. But it makes the league very very unbalanced. A few teams that perennially do very well and most teams struggling to find a “window” when they can effectively compete. The result is MOST MLB fans are rooting for teams (like the Twins) that have little chance of winning a World Series. The flip side is that if more teams can actually compete for championships, then the entire league has more fan engagement, not just 3-4 big payroll teams. The whole of MLB brings in more $$$. Everyone gets richer, not just 3-4 teams. Now MLB know this is a problem and has been trying to address it (with luxury tax, revenue sharing, and expanded wildcards). But they really have not made a dent in the problem. Many teams still struggle with small payrolls in smaller markets. Again, there are exceptions with well-managed small market teams with “windows” (KC). Compare this to the far more competitive NFl and MBA. You must not remember the NBA in the 60’s-80’s. From 1957 to 1981, 3 teams (BOS, LA and PHI) won 75% of NBA championships. The NBA wanted to grow beyond that fan base and did-with aggressive changes. In the last 10 years, 7 different teams have won the NBA. Championship.
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