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  1. USAFChief
    For me it's a larger issue than just today's beat down. Today's game isn't the point. It's Rocco's complete lack of anything resembling building a real team. They don't take regular infield, they don't take regular BP. Players aren't asked to actually play every game. Rocco and/or the front office don't feel the need to bother their players with tried and true techniques to hone their craft. Meanwhile, real big-league managers have their 2nd place in the ALE team out there in the sun on a Sunday get away day right before the AS break taking BP and infield. And there's Rutschman, catching back to back games. Santander still in RF in the 9th inning of a 15-2 game. Meanwhile Rocco can't wait to get his 'stars' back in the shade and on the bench. I'm so done with Baldelli. Sooooooo done.
  2. USAFChief
    This is rock bottom for 2023, IYAM. -it started bottom 1. You get a walk and a double to start the game, with the eminently hittable Kyle Gibson on the mound, and your 3 4 5 hitters can't even push a second run across. - said Kyle Gibson somehow goes 7 innings, gives up no more walks 1 more run, and Ks 11. Set Down 17 straight at one point. Kyle. Blanking. Gibson. The 11 Ks is a career high, BTW. - Aaron. Blanking. Hicks. Are you KIDDING me?? - Buxton somehow manages to swing and miss AT A 3-0 Fastball. LOL. I'm not sure, but I don't believe I've ever seen that before, and I'm willing to bet I'll never see it again. A 3-0 fastball. Pretty much batting practice. Swing and a miss. From a MLB hitter. Hitting 3rd in your lineup, no less. Talk about embarrassing. Just freaking awful. Said it after Atlanta series, agree with Aggies above...how has nobody lost their job yet? At the very minimum, how do the hitting coaches-yes, coaches. More than 1-still have jobs?
  3. USAFChief
    "Black clouds over Target Field, downtown Minneapolis"
  4. USAFChief
    Followed by a successful on side kick
  5. USAFChief
    Cole Sands, ladies and gentlemen.
  6. USAFChief
    And a 2 pt conversion
  7. USAFChief
    Lol. Aaron Hicks torments the Twins. You can't make it up. That was blistered.
  8. USAFChief
    People watch strike 3 every game. I bet you can watch the next 10 seasons and not see a swing and miss on a 3-0 fastball.
  9. USAFChief
    Buxton gets the green light 3-0...and swings and misses. At a fastball. Lol. How does a MLB player swing and miss a 3-0 fastball?? Embarrassing.
  10. USAFChief
    It's literally their job to trade away the bad ones. The trick, of course, is to differentiate between the bad ones and ones before it's obvious. They haven't distinguished themselves, IYAM
  11. USAFChief
    I'm not very pleased to only get 1 run there.
  12. USAFChief
    To be fair, though, it's PRECISELY the job of the people evaluating talent, at all levels, to be right more often than wrong. And I think it's damn tough to make an argument in the Twins favor on this critical job. You can't name very many real success stories, particularly hitters.
  13. USAFChief
    I'd say the bigger mistake was who they traded FOR, rather than who they traded away.
  14. USAFChief
    Not for nothing...the O's took infield. But not our Twins. This will never fail to disappoint me.
  15. USAFChief
    I'd agree the Cubs probably don't care about a salary dump, although EVERY owner pays at least a little attention to the bottom line. However, Bellinger's contract with the Cubs includes a mutual option for 2024, which I'm reasonably certain prevents the possibility of a QO. The Cubs can't decline the option, then make a QO. It also means there's at least a chance Bellinger is here for 2024 too. And if Buxton isn't gonna play CF, they need better than MAT. Bellinger's huge year came in 2019, so it's a little suspect, but it was a 1.000+ OPS MVP year. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bellico01.shtml
  16. USAFChief
    Maybe try paragraphs?
  17. USAFChief
    This offense has been described as "inconsistent." I do not concur. The offense is tragically consistent.
  18. USAFChief
    Can you show the math on this? We can easily open up 8-10 spots next offseason, but adding 1 player now changes all that?
  19. USAFChief
    Julien? His hands look as soft as concrete blocks to me.
  20. USAFChief
    No, they're not. The next 5.5 years.
  21. USAFChief
    Twins should have picked up Aaron Hicks and DFA'd Taylor.
  22. USAFChief
    Putrid.
  23. USAFChief
    winner
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  25. USAFChief
    Winnah
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