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If we look at the minor leagues I am sure we can make this 750!

Then I hope they play him and give him a chance to make a difference.

I am ofter confused by the Twins. Does this mean that Wallner will play 3rd base? No equivalency here. I want Wallner up, but I want Gallo (I know he was a hero yesterday) or Kepler gone.

How we love the low rung fruit - the A's and the Royals. Our record against them is 10 - 1. Luckily we get more As and Royals in this three week stretch. That should propel us over 500 and maybe with a lead in the division, but if this loss felt ugly and the writer captured that - then winning this division could feel really ugly too.

I doesn't mean anything. It took me four years after I said I was going to retire before I left that job and started a new career. In the middle of a frustrating season with a frustrating manager he is just sounding off.

Both and if no one else wants them it is a message to the team. Move on.

Yes, move on. We have had many occasions in the past where pitching coaches were changed, why not hitting? We fire managers, why not coaches. At a time where we have as many coaches as players we need to get out of the MN nice and move on. I love the Cruz idea, he not only knows how to hit, he also knows how to communicate and motivate.

I love it - a player who signs his contract gets awards, cheers, and boos. Expectations are high and should be. Didn't we hear he was the best of the SS free agents? I like Stark calling out players and I hope it is motivation. I would love to know Correa's stats before and after last years All-star game. I think he became the player we expected in the second half. Can he do it again? If not he and Buxton and Gallo and Kepler can duke it out in the LVP race.

It is always good to begin the season and again after the all-star break with hope and wishes and crossed fingers and toes. The record does not show that they are worthy, but they have a really weak schedule - much to our joy! So maybe the baseball gods are being good to us and we will win a playoff game, but then there is Tito Francona!

Thanks for the note - we are filled with mysteries, but if we go through these next 26 games and still have a 500 record I have to side with those who say blow it up, sell, and build with our youth.

What was our record after the all-star break last year? Not good. Do we expect a repeat? The annual Buxton the superstar story is worn out and he provides us with little value - causing us to have a below average CF, and a clogged DH spot. 0.8 WAR so far on BR. Correa has made the Mets and Giants happy that they moved on. Nice player but not a key to the team. Although last year most of his value came in the second half contract moves. Kepler and Gallo do not belong on a good team. Solano has over performed in his role, but if he is your best hitter the team is in bad shape. Miranda has still not found himself and maybe that one great year in the minors was a mirage. Polanco should have been traded last year. We cannot count on him and his health. The BP has been covered and should be covered up. Can Duran pitch 4 innings a game - every game? I have been afraid of Cleveland since the start. They always move up in the second half and Francona leaves Baldelli in the dust. I know - good draft - divert our attention and hope for the best.

I try to imagine the Twins with those batting averages.

Only Robertson looks like an improvement.

The BP is what I am concerned with. Another rotation arm does nothing to address the BP inadequacy unless he is always going to go nine innings.

So glad that Kiriloff and Julien are on the roster = I hope they stay there. In the last game it was them and Miranda who got hits - where were the vets? Lewis looks legit, but so did Buxton before his rash of injuries. Now we have Correa and Buxton signed as stars, but playing at replacement level. So we have Taylor's bat in the lineup along with old Strikeout Gallo, and Vasquez and his disappearing bat. Kepler stays in the lineup and all of us shout to TD - replace them. We have wasted a half year of Wallner who has been hitting really well. (we will bring him up when he hits a slump). Wouldn't Steer look good? Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards 2 Yrs 116 484 420 57 110 24 2 16 59 9 3 53 97 .262 .353 .443 .796 110 186 6 8 0 3 0 162 Game Avg. 162 676 587 80 154 34 3 22 82 13 4 74 135 .262 .353 .443 .796 110 260 8 11 0 4 0 2022 24 CIN NL 28 108 95 12 20 5 0 2 8 0 1 11 26 .211 .306 .326 .632 72 31 2 2 0 0 0 5/34DH 2023 25 CIN NL 88 376 325 45 90 19 2 14 51 9 2 42 71 .277 .367 .477 .844 121 155 4 6 0 3 0 357/DH What do we do? The FO will not dump their signings, but we need something drastic. In addition, while our SP have been great, the BP has not been. Will it straighten out? Not sure how. Sands is not the answer. What will they do?

Being in the middle is actually the worst place to be. You keep hoping to get better even though you haven't shown that you can improve. You're trying not to get worse because in this division you're still at the top or close to it. If your Detroit you see. Ahead, if you are KC, you know you're not going to win in the future. Doesn't look good, if you are the White Sox you go to the asylum and hope there's a doctor on call, if you're a guardian fan, you just wait for francona to push the right buttons and take over the lead. If you're in Minnesota twin you enjoy the first month and then hang on, hoping that you can somehow cross that 500 barrier at the end of the year. It's not good enough.

Sabato gets his 6th HR. He is only batting 225 - if power is his game he is about 10 HRs behind what he needs to be. I see him as a failed first round pick. Sorry that SWR needs a starter to succeed, but he can take solace from Balazovic who had such a bad year and now is in the BP.

We are tied for 9th place in the AL overall standings. Only the Central division saves us and now Cleveland has put us in second. Are we in free fall like the end of last year?

Too bad we can't develop pitchers. Oh well. Why is it going to have a tendency to roll my eyes when I hear only one bad inning? Seems to be in most games. It's settled by one bad Inning and the idea is to not have one bad inning.

Whatever the supply looks like they cannot continue to burn Duran with two inning stints - it isn't working. Keep throwing in the arms until something clicks.

It is a sad comment on the team when this list is expected to improve the team.

Kiriloff at least put a ball in play - these are the major leagues - players throw 100.

What a lineup - I know that they got us our one run, but Farmer and Castro batting 3 and 4 - how does that compare to Killebrew and Allison/Hrbek and Puckett/Mauer and Morneau? No wonder we cannot get runs. Sorry, but Buxton getting his HR taken by a good defense is not an unusual play this year. There have been a of "robbed" HRs. that is how it is in a game of swinging for the fences. More importantly when we were in the bottom of the last inning Vasquez and Kepler ended it with Ks. Nice game by Ober but Ryan and Lopez showed what our starters must do to win - 9 innings, no runs. Easy task! Someone already said it - we want the Royals.

Overall not a good day for our top prospects.

Major League baseball is having this issue. We want maximum speed on their fastballs, maximum swing, and somehow the body just can't handle the load. Notice it. Mike trout is now out again. That doesn't mean the twins. I'm suffering more than the majority, what baseball does its best when they have the best players out on the field?