Darius

The offense starts coming around and the rotation falls apart. Well, Nolasco and Milone are bad, so it's not as much "falling apart" as them just always being bad pitchers. This team could really use their best starting pitcher in the MLB rotation right about now, if they have any hopes of crawling back into this thing.

Look on the bright side: Our best pitcher is really looking in AAA this year.

Tommy Milone gave up a couple runs the third time through the order? Shocking. Absolutely unbelievable turn of events.

Why don't they just make Sano ride to the games on a crotch rocket, while drinking a beer and texting, helmetless. Zip line him down from the Bud Deck down to the batters box for every at-bat. Send him to Lifetime to play pickup basketball in a pair of Nike Shox after the game. I mean, he could get hurt getting out of bed in the morning. You can't live life scared.

If these guys "always have to be sent back" you have an organizational problem. Stop the BS lip service, do your job, and fix it. Can't wait to hear what TRs excuses are in 2017. Then 2018, 2019, 2020....and so on. Of course, it's never: "Truthfully, I made some really bad decisions, again, and would like to take some responsibility for this train wreck.....again."

I don't understand....why isn't spending money a "luxury" that the Twins have? No salary cap, boatloads of cash from a new stadium, owners are some of the richest people on earth. The Pohlads don't want to spend money to field a talented roster. It has nothing to do with whether or not they "have the luxury." They're cheap, plain and simple.

All you can do is laugh at this point. TR is just an awful GM (I'm sure this will be censored...because heaven forbid you talk straight about TR around here). Do people honestly think the Twins still have a chance to win anything this year? Then, if so, honestly think that Murphy will contribute to that in any way? I'm sorry, but he's not fixing a darn thing. They're 7 games out for the division, and the season isn't even two weeks old yet. It'll likely be 9 by the time the Angels leave town. Three teams in the division look pretty darn good (Royals, Sox, Indians). Let's get real here, folks. It's over.

Meh. The bullpen arms in the minors do nothing for this team. Terry Ryan won't call one up until the season will be longneck over. Also, the most promising one, IMO, is injured (Burdi). May should be starter. To me, that's a no brainier. He may not be a great one, but he has some of the best stuff in the organization. Also, I think he's showing he can't handle the bullpen mentally. He unravels mentally in tough situations. Not the guy I want trying to slam the door on someone else's base runners in the 7th/8th inning I don't know how anyone can think going into a season with guys like Fien, Abad, etc. in a major league bullpen is a good idea. Kevin Jepsen isn't a major league set-up guy, and Glen Perkins is no longer a major league closer. Not good ones, anyway. This is a bad bullpen top to bottom. Ryan Pressley is the only guy who suits his role at this point. Typical Twins way to sit and wait for thing to "normalize." I hate to break it ya, but this is "normalized."

There isn't another organization in any sport that has been ran this hysterically bad over two-plus decades, with no changes to top front office personnel. I wouldn't go down to that stadium this year if they paid me. It's unbelievable that there are big enough suckers out there to pay these prices to go watch this garbage. As long as that continues, nothing will change.

Dick Bremer gets more out of touch with reality every year. He makes Hawk Harrelson look like Elon Musk.

Symbolism.

1) I don't why people keep bringing up weight. It means nothing really, in the case of Sano or Santana. I wouldn't think there is any less risk if he was 230, instead of 280. 2). Sure, there is always risk at any position, including DH. The risk of injury when playing outfield, however, is not the same as DHing. That's clear. Schwarber wouldn't have torn his ACL, and would still be playing, if he could be DH'd. Assigning the same level of risk across the board is kind of preposterous. Why not minimize risk as much as possible? 3). It's different if Sano is a gold glover out there. But, he's not. He's bad. He's arguable cost the team a game already. I keep hearing "right field defense doesn't matter" from all of these people whose opinions are typically spot on. That's just not true. Right field defense was the lone difference between the Twins losing in the bottom of the ninth, and getting a chance to retake the lead in extra innings. Sure, a game here or there typically doesn't matter over the course of an MLB season....but there is also that rare time when a team loses a game 163, or finishes the season a couple of games out of the wildcard. Why not do everything you can to maximize your victories? Is DHing Park everyday really doing that, and putting Sano in RF really doing that (I don't care about sunk costs)? So many think it's a cut-and-dried yes. But, I think that's debatable. 4). There's also that pesky little thing called the future. Why teach your best player a new position? Especially when it's not realistic for him to be there long term. Let Sano be Sano, and have assets of significantly less value make a career altering change.

Lol. This would dominate the PST.

I haven't seen those names mentioned at all. Who is overreacting? Pot/kettle.

There is something built at this point? Why, because they finished four games over .500 last year, after defying basically all advanced statistics? Are Buxton and Sano close to being the transcendent, MVP-type players, that everyone has already put in the bank?

Id listen to offers for anyone. I'd actively try to move Plouffe, Dozier, Mauer, Escobar, Hughes, Santana, Nolasco, Jepsen, Perkins. I dont know why anyone would want any of these guys, outside of Dozier and Escobar, but it's worth a shot. But, remember who our GM is. I have zero confidence in him. I'd feel better if they had some kind of trained animal to select things at random by nudging a beach ball, like someone always seems to do with the Super Bowl.

Is there a reason why they're not putting him on for a shot at a DP?

Nunez: Lowest threshold for pain on Earth.

But it doesn't matter in right field. /s It only kept this game tied instead of it being over.

Is that you, Terry?

I just can't over how Terry Ryan thought a bullpen upgrade was unnecessary.

What is with this team and diving for balls they can't catch? Rosario is just an awful player.

As long as TR is in charge, it wouldnt matter if Kepler hit four grand slams today.

Kepler strolls in and is the team's most disciplined hitter (aside from Mauer).

Here comes Jepsen. Enjoy the lead for the next couple of minutes.