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  1. USAFChief
    Perhaps you're right. "Doesn't take outdoor BP" doesn't actually mean "doesn't take outdoor BP." Up is down. Right is left. Nothing can be done. "It'll turn."
  2. USAFChief
    It's "funny" that I take "he doesn't take outdoor BP" to mean "he doesn't take outdoor BP"? I think outdoor BP has proven worthwhile for 150 years, and a guy with a lifetime .240 average, currently nudging .200 maybe ought to be told to get out there and take some BP. And yeah, id have expected to read hes been facing velocity as he comes off the IL. And Yeah, I'd expect the manager to have some interest in that.
  3. USAFChief
    Gallo has been part of the problem since late April. That OPS has been sinking like a rock ever since. He spent some time on the IL, but he has 4 hits the entire month of June.
  4. USAFChief
    No. I dont feel better at all. 1. Thanks for your permission to "fan" any way I wish. That's big of you. 2. As I said, Id feel better if he actually said something. "This is what we're doing." Yes, I'd feel better if he made infield and outfield mandatory for a month. If they're no better in a month, at least they tried. 3. This article is just more of the same crap. Id feel better if the article didn't tell me that Buxton HASN'T been working on the velo machine. But thats exactly what it says. He couldn't be bothered. Nor did anyone apparently try to get him to do so. Nor, apparently, does he need regular BP. I want Rocco to say something about that, and DO something about that. "Buck is sitting until he gets his timing back. I've scheduled extra early BP for him every day this week, and extra cage time. His at bats aren't competitive and we both need to work hard to fix that." Instead, we get more hand wringing. And doing nothing.
  5. USAFChief
    I don't understand how we got to the point where 175 IP is thought to be some type of abuse. Let the man pitch.
  6. USAFChief
    I can't speak for "the other poster" but I want him to tell me what, precisely, he's doing. "It'll turn" isn't an acceptable strategy to me. It hasn't turned since at least 2021. "We've thrown to the wrong base too many times, so I'm holding a mandatory 'situational baseball' workout every afternoon for the next week. We're going to get better at that, or we'll keep the workouts going." That's a strategy. But that ain't happening. No. We get "it'll turn. They're adults, they can decide whether practicing is worth their time. What can we do?"
  7. USAFChief
    Are they? What are they doing, exactly? Have they decided the "batting practice, take it or leave it" approach maybe isn't a good idea? Emphasized cutting down swings on some situations,.particularly with 2 strikes and runners on? Stop taking strike 1 so damn often? Has there been ANY appreciable change for the better? Or do we see double digit Ks just pile up, night after night? I don't really think they're doing ANYthing. But so what if they are? Has it made ANY difference? Results matter.
  8. USAFChief
    Lewis isn't going to play SS. For one thing, Correa is a really good defensive SS, besides which the Twins didn't give him $200m not to play short. For another, Lewis isn't ever going to be good enough defensively to play short full time.
  9. USAFChief
    To dx's point, though, Rosario is hitting .265/.305/.511. He actually DOES hit some of what he swings at.
  10. USAFChief
    FTR, the game wasn't 9-3 when Moran entered. It was 3-3. With 2 out. He walked Refsnyder, then gave up a 3 run triple to a LH hitter. On an 0-2 count. So yeah, I'd say pitching decisions were impactful.
  11. USAFChief
    Some MLB player or players take MLB fastballs to the ribs pretty much every day. Most grimace and then get up and trot to first. Most don't go on the IL with a "contusion." Thats a bruise, BTW.
  12. USAFChief
    On another note, I'm not sure the Twins can continue to play Julien. Just absolutely brutal defensively.
  13. USAFChief
    The 0-2 pitch from Moran to Verdugo just. Cannot. Happen.
  14. USAFChief
    Who? We don't have enough relievers that can consistently get through ONE inning. In any case, unless you're advocating for new management, top to bottom, it ain't happening. They've had half a decade to demonstrate some other bullpen system, but they're tied to a short relief system. Like pretty much all baseball.
  15. USAFChief
    Short starts and a 6 man rotation just means one less bullpen arm to cover those innings. A 6 man rotation puts stress ON the pen, rather than lessens it. Edit: already discussed. But "more long men" isn't realistic either. That just puts MORE stress on the pen. There are virtually zero Twins games that require fewer than 3 pitchers and generally 4 or more. That ain't changing. You can't do that with a 5 man pen.
  16. USAFChief
    I'm ok with the Twins letting Rosario go, but How is a .693 OPS an 87 OPS+ While A .691 OPS is a 93 OPS+ Over the same time period.
  17. USAFChief
    He started a huge inning for Detroit the other day with another botched easy play that was ruled a "hit." His bat plays, but man, he's Nishioka level bad with the glove. Worse maybe.
  18. USAFChief
    Haha. Is this a joke? It was literally hit right at him. Yeah, hit hard, but That play is made 99 times out of 100 by a MLB second baseman. Embarrassingly bad. And MLB score keeping has lost any self respect.
  19. USAFChief
    Put me officially in the "different manager" camp. Too much bad baseball. Lack of hustle. Poor decision making. Bad baserunning. Etc etc. I'm not sure how anyone can watch this team and NOT blame the manager for much of what they see. Rocco can't hit or pitch. Nor can he catch or throw for his players. But it's literally his job to get his players to play properly. To prepare them. To decide who plays, and when. To ensure his team executes. Hustles. Works on hitting and defending. Throws to the proper place, is in position for cutoffs. And by gosh, has some mental fortitude. His teams are bad at ALL of that. If not at least primarily his fault, who? That all falls within his job description: Turning a collection of individuals into a team that gets more from their talents, rather than less.
  20. USAFChief
    I have a bad feeling we've seen the last of "above .500 Twins" for 2023.
  21. USAFChief
    Say hi to Mr Drucker.
  22. USAFChief
    Boston literally pinch hit Refsnyder for Duran the hitter before. 3 for 3 Duran. I'm very done with Baldelli but let's at least be fair.
  23. USAFChief
    The 0-2 pitch to Verdugo was 1 million times worse.
  24. USAFChief
    Good God we throw some ******* 0-2 pitches
  25. USAFChief
    SUMMERFEST!
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