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  1. laloesch
    Yes. I've had enough of Julien for some time now.
  2. laloesch
    Meh let's just all relax and put our swelling bleeding hearts, emotions, and pride to the side for a moment. Buxton is a good guy there's no doubt, and the Twins have failed in many regards especially the Pohlads, in giving him better teammates lately, but up until this season (11 seasons into his career) he was largely a source of the problem himself. He's been wildly inconsistent in his offensive stats just like Correa was this season, going through massive sometimes multi-month droughts, where virtually every night is an ofer with multiple strikeouts, even when he wasn't injured. Let's be truly honest and candid here. Aside from the Pohlads trying to sell and being 400 million in debt and 40 million in debt this season alone, Correa and Buxton are part of the reason the Twins made the decision to reboot. It just wasn't working on offense. This season has been THE lone exception for Buxton where he's stayed healthy and had awesome stats without prolonged droughts. Correa on the other hand didn't show up until the very tail end of May. A team can't consistently win when their supposed two super star players and team leaders take two months to get going offensively. It's just not gonna fly.
  3. laloesch
    Pretty good summary I think. I believe that the Pohlads decided not long after Correa was signed that they were gonna sell especially after the debacle with broadcast tv deals with Bally. They checked out and started penny pinching again, especially with all of their commercial holdings lagging still from Covid. It was really bad timing. I think Correa would be fine if he had a Mauer, Moreau, Stewart types alongside him, but as a stand alone star it’s tough to be effective for most guys. Not ideal and honestly he’s not what he was when he was with the Astros he’s definitely declined
  4. laloesch
    Yeah I know. One season out of what 5. The fact remains he was absolutely horrendous this season and even in 2024 he was wildly inconsistent at times and that was also true in 2023. I look at the complete picture throughout the season, not end stats and OPS only. He has always been a double play machine and a rally killer for long stretches. He’s not at all the player he once was which is part of the reason Falvey moved him besides the contract.
  5. laloesch
    Baldelli will be gone with new ownership that’s a given. He was never the answer.
  6. laloesch
    The fact remains though that this group of players offensively was atrocious. They just couldn’t pull together and consistently produce runs and Correa and Buxton (until this season), were a big part of the problem. Wildly inconsistent, deep, deep droughts of no production. I honestly am relieved that Falvey made a decisive decision and changed course instead of just letting this situation languish. I’m not happy about it of course but at least they are reloading and trying something new. Instead of trying to patch something together that isn’t working
  7. laloesch
    What promise? Honest question. It’s a sports franchise for heavens sake not a marriage with all due respect
  8. laloesch
    That’s news to most fans. Correa did not produce as promised when he signed that monstrous contract and the Twins know it. I’m sorry but I gotta side with the franchise on this one. You can’t build a team around a wildly inconsistent and often injured player with a gargantuan contract. It’s simple reality.
  9. laloesch
    I don’t think he’s going to go back to being Correa of old. He’s about to be on the wrong side of 30, has issues with his feet, ankles, back. And his long offensive droughts have nothing to do with what position he plays. He’s been declining for a while now.
  10. laloesch
    I agree. The starting pitching will probably be okay for a while, but the bullpen has been devastated and the lineup is now full of holes like swiss cheese. They better start calling up guys and quickly.
  11. laloesch
    Correa is not what he appears to be. On the surface he acts like he's the man and the consummate professional and in many ways, he is, but he's also a known cheater and never lived up to the hype of that contract the Twins gave him at least from an offensive production point. I'm not blind. I've watched Twins baseball for many decades now well back into the early 80's and he wasn't ALL THAT in my opinion. He was absolutely horrendous in the order for much of his tenure here, perhaps one of the streakiest Twin's players I can remember in a long, long time. He was also a brutal double play machine and just destroyed the team's momentum on offense in close games and it just made me cringe at times watching him hit grounders. I'm kinda glad he's gone, not worth the money.
  12. laloesch
    Bad chemistry and a bad Manager. That to me is the only explanation, but hey what do i know. They had the talent to go on a solid 13 game win streak and do well the first 2/3 of the season last year before that historic collapse. That to me indicates something else was going on and I'm not talking about the sale of the franchise. I think there was internal trouble in the clubhouse and possibly a number of cancers and it just fractured the team into pieces.
  13. laloesch
    THIS 100%
  14. laloesch
    Baldelli should be let go at seasons end, extension be damned. He's not the answer. He's a nice guy but they need a different kind of coach, one that pushes the fundamentals HARD and I mean hard. This is my opinion only, but I think that Baldelli never was that kind of coach. He might have been a player's coach which is fine in some situations, but sometimes with young players you need a coach, coach, someone that will set hard goals, be the tough guy in the room, and push these youngsters instilling the winner's drive in them. With this rebuild they need it more than ever. This organization needs to build a winning culture again. The last few years the previous group often looked bored in the field, disinterested at times aside from the 13-game winning streak. That can't continue if the Twins want to turn this situation around. They also need new ownership but that's a whole different topic. The next few years are likely going to be very very rough. They've gutted the bullpen completely, traded away much of the lineup, and now are left with A LOT of prospects from different organizations with different philosophies. It's gonna take a real mastermind to mesh all of it back together and get this team moving in the right direction. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. But this will not be the end.
  15. laloesch
    I agree. The current roster configuration was not working and Correa was a big part of that issue. The guy might be a consummate professional, but let's be honest he was 0.1 war this season and his offensive production has been horrendous for LONG stretches and during those stretches the Twins would lose too many games. Buxton was also like that until this season, but paying Correa as much as they were paying him was not practical for a team like the Twins. But he's not the only one the offense was just horrendous the past 1-1/2 years and anemic before that. I also kinda think they should have moved Pablo Lopez, but that might still happen in the offseason.
  16. laloesch
    Don’t be surprised if he gets canned with. New ownership. The Twins are gonna be a total dumpster fire the rest of the season
  17. laloesch
    They have a potential buyer I believe though it hasn’t been released who that was. I have a sneaking suspicion this fire sale was an order or sign of new ownership incoming.
  18. laloesch
    It's a blessing in disguise really. I thought the Twins were gonna be stuck with that albatross contract until 2028. His production never was impressive.
  19. laloesch
    Well it's definitely a near full rebuild now. They should have moved Lopez too to be perfectly honest.
  20. laloesch
    Not to mention his infuriating hitting into double plays. He was virtually a black hole in the lineup from April through May and then from August to September most years. Way too streaky offensively. He was an absolute rally killer and momentum buster in the lineup for much of his time here aside from the occasional hot streaks.
  21. laloesch
    I'm sure he's a nice guy. But he was linked to the cheating with the Astros and he never lived up to the hype of his contract, but hey who would turn down that kinda money, i wouldn't.
  22. laloesch
    Yeah and then we'll see how good Falvey is or ISN'T.
  23. laloesch
    Yep. It wasn't just terrible it turned out to be a horrible signing. Carlos Correa was horrendous for the Twins the last 2-1/2 years. His offensive droughts legendary and intolerable for the amount of money he was making. Not a key cog to build a team around.
  24. laloesch
    yep.
  25. laloesch
    His vision maybe but his play was atrocious as a Twin. He was non existent every season from April - May and August - September. I'm relieved the Astros wanted him back so badly. Carlos Correa was a double play machine and a momentum killer in the lineup for much of the past 2 seasons.
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