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  1. KirbyDome89
    Yep, plus some outsized expectations magnifying the struggles.
  2. KirbyDome89
    If you're reaching back 2 decades to find an example are you not proving the rule? The stretch that has them sitting over .500 also included 12 games against the dregs of the AL where they went 11-1. Above average offense from this current lineup? Yeah I think that's a stretch.
  3. KirbyDome89
    Who was complaining about the starting pitching going into this season? I mean c'mon, the entire offseason was a Matthews/Festa hype train. The bullpen? Again, show me the posts en masse calling for change anywhere other than the fringes. The concern was a lineup that was injured and/or just plain bad. They added more vets hoping for a bounce back season (mixed results) rolled the dice on younger guys like Miranda and Julien sticking (poor results) and crossed their fingers on the health (mostly poor results) of expected major contributors. Have those concerns been quashed? Nope. If you're taking a victory lap at the very least don't fabricate the argument you're gloating over.
  4. KirbyDome89
    "Bride has impressed with Minnesota." What? He has been the definition of replacement level for the Twins. Both he and Keirsey are a wasted roster spot. Keirsey's "strengths," at least are things this club needs; defense and the ability to take an extra base. If I have to choose between two bad players I guess give me Kiersey.
  5. KirbyDome89
    Idk if the shift in Buxton's handling the last few years is applicable here, but if the idea is that Royce dogging it on the bases prevents another injury it's beyond time to rethink that. Move at full speed, at all times, until you can't, or if you're currently unable to do that, then 100% go back on the IL. This half in half out stuff isn't working.
  6. KirbyDome89
    Idk you can watch that attempt to get back to 2B and think his best shot at getting there was to pull up and toe tap his way to the bag. There's no world in which Lewis actually pivoting and making an effort to dive back somehow makes him slower. Misreading a ball in play isn't what's being questioned. Yeah, mistakes happen, whatever. FWIW Lewis's lack of game time over the last 4 years doesn't matter. That play happens at all levels of baseball, and he has played plenty of ball in his life. It was a tough read and he got caught. The issue is giving up outs on the bases. This team, and Lewis as an individual, aren't good enough to do that. Honestly, nobody really is.
  7. KirbyDome89
    The mental gymnastics here are bordering on Olympic level.
  8. KirbyDome89
    Does locking Ty France into 1B create this WAR surplus? The results thus far are a resounding no.
  9. KirbyDome89
    He's posted .1 WAR and we're essentially 1/3 of the way through the season. You can call it early, but barring some massive turnaround, he's the same offensive player he was last season, which another poster already noted, was enough for Seattle to DFA him mid season. If France was viewed as a solid MLB player he wasn't signing a non-guaranteed deal with MN...
  10. KirbyDome89
    This. People need to stop conflating "value," with actual production. France is a below average bat, with near zero power, and he provides nothing defensively.
  11. KirbyDome89
    Morton is a corpse, this should be a steamroll. I knew Baltimore was scuffling a bit but holy **** looking over their pitching numbers and just watching them as a team last night....yeesh.
  12. KirbyDome89
    Beautiful weather for early May and a Wolves playoff game (plus a disappointing Twins team) definitely play a part here...
  13. KirbyDome89
    I know it's literally his job to be enthusiastic about the club, but man he's tough to listen to while this team is playing this poorly. It's like listening to a DJ try to hype up and empty club....
  14. KirbyDome89
    Somewhere, somehow, there are probably still posters not willing to admit MN lost that one...
  15. KirbyDome89
    Single digit steals playing close to 100 games in each of the last three seasons (only 61 games in 2021) while remaining one of the fastest players in baseball actually is kinda wild.
  16. KirbyDome89
    Somebody has to win the ALC. You could realistically make the same quasi contender argument for all 4 of MN, Det, KC, and Cleveland. MN has pretty good SP, and it's been healthy (for the most part) the last few years. Add in Chicago being a lifeless punching back 13x, eh, I can see a mid 80s preseason projection. Agreed that the talent level is consistently overrated here. My hopes for the 2025 postseason rested primarily on the rest of the division crashing out a la 2023 rather than the Twins becoming something they aren't.
  17. KirbyDome89
    Jones, Hedges, Kwan. That's Cleveland's 8,9,1 in the lineup. 12 pitches, 9 of which were fastballs. I don't recall an actual changeup being thrown. What game were you watching?
  18. KirbyDome89
    "An unfathomable stretch of heartbreak..." Eh, not really. The Twins needed 3 outs to push a Manfred runner across in the 10th. That included said runner misreading a single up the middle and another runner being thrown out at 2B. Although in fairness, with Vazquez in the box at the time it likely doesn't make a difference. Cleveland needed 1 out (a productive out that moved the Manfred runner to 3B) to score 2 runs on 2 hits with an intentional BB sprinkled in. They swiped 2 bases in the process. That's pretty much all you need to know when wondering why the Twins have such a poor record in these close games. I said it in the game thread, the poor showing vs. Cleveland isn't some anomaly. The Twins aren't snakebitten, this isn't "bad luck." Bad teams find ways to lose games, and we've seen this club play a lot of pretty bad baseball over the last few years.
  19. KirbyDome89
    Varland looks like the same time bomb he has always been. Multiple middle/middle FBs today. It just happens that the bottom of Cleveland's equally putrid lineup couldn't do anything with them.
  20. KirbyDome89
    A slightly more polished version of KC. Pretty low bar tbh but seemingly insurmountable for the Twins.
  21. KirbyDome89
    Idk if that's on Topa being slow to the plate or Vazquez (or both) but Cleveland was surgical in the 10th. They flat out embarrassed the Twins with the way they pushed 2 runs across.
  22. KirbyDome89
    Say this louder for the people in the back. It's been this club's MO for way too long. All of a sudden they have to play an actual baseball team and they puke all over themselves 3 out of 4 games. Tbh, Cleveland isn't some juggernaut either. They didn't look all that impressive and their offensive ineptitude matched our own. Can't wait to hear about how MN outhit and outscored Cleveland in this series though.....
  23. KirbyDome89
    That last inning perfectly encapsulates the difference between these two squads. Lee fouls out. Bader singles and Gasper misreads the ball. Idk if he's sent home even if he gets a good jump but regardless, it's a baserunning gaffe. Bride sac fly. Bader caught stealing. Tough to moan about that with Vazquez at the plate. Arias is down 0-2 and instead of hacking away, he gets a pitch on the outer half of the plate and pushes it to 2B. A productive 1st out. Ramirez of course singles because I guess we're pitching to him? He swipes 2B. Manzardo is intentionally walked. Now it's runners on 1st and 2nd, tie game, 1 out, Cleveland in full control. Ramirez swipes 3B, doesn't matter, Martinez slaps a single. Ballgame.
  24. KirbyDome89
    Don't let anybody try to tell you this run of losses is just "bad luck." Bad teams find ways to lose these games. That's exactly what happened this afternoon.
  25. KirbyDome89
    Lol stay hydrated....
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