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  1. wabene
    Somehow coming to the conclusion that Baldelli is responsible for Correa playing less than the leaders at his position is mind boggling. Baldelli, huh? Gleeman came up with a stat (which I just verified on Baseball Reference) that after Carlos returned from his second injury stint he played something like 96 out of 102 games. A 152 game pace. I looked at it another way. He had 2 stints on the IL missing 21 games. In the 141 games where he wasn't injured he played 132. That is also a 152 game pace. I hope next year there is a least some reduction in people blaming Baldelli for everything they don't like and every outcome that isn't favorable. How about some reasoned discussion instead!
  2. wabene
    Except that would mean they are out of it again. I hope they are rolling, but I think if they are in it next year they might have to stand pat at the deadline because the farm has already been raided.
  3. wabene
    The narrative that the Twins made a mistake putting Lewis in the (dangerous?) position of center field does not hold water for me. He's is a ballplayer. His whole life. He is, apparently, prone to knee injuries. That play where he got hurt was pretty routine. The stresses on his knee as he landed after bouncing off the wall could've happened at short, at third, on the bases or walking in Texas after an ice storm. This is one instance where fans are working overtime to assess the Twins leadership with blame.
  4. wabene
    When he was first called up Palacios played short and did look good. It was when he played second that he messed up. He hasn't played there much.
  5. wabene
    That's not an attack. C'mon man. It is an observation and a factual one. I don't even pass any judgement I just state the fact. Now if you want my opinion on that behavior, that is another story. The OP was about what it would take to win fans back. I chose to discuss those that exhibit the most disdain for the man and my opinion on what would have to happen to change their stance. That is impossible to discuss without mentioning those fans and how they behave. Edit: the rest was just a rant and wasn't going to do any good.
  6. wabene
    Well I don't think someone vigorously attacking another for posting negatively about Baldelli is the right approach. For example my answer to the OP that you are quoting doesn't attack anyone. I do get very weary of the repetitive negativity. I even have my own complaints about Baldelli and the front office. I have not felt it was wise to add them to this site that is overrun with complaint.
  7. wabene
    For those that deride Baldelli in every or nearly every post they make there is nothing he could do to gain their favor. If the Twins won a playoff series or had a level of success not seen around here for decades, my guess is they would just go silent on the subject. I'm still sort of astounded while reading a post where at the end, even if it doesn't seem to fit the subject, they will finish with something along the lines of the manager must go. Almost like an email signature. I've never witnessed this much disdain for anybody in a lifetime of reading about sports. I, personally, don't get it.
  8. wabene
    You could actually argue that due to the above average amount of injuries, a fine managing job was done to meet the original expectations.
  9. wabene
    FTFY
  10. wabene
    Doubt, a common thread.
  11. wabene
    If a half dozen grey t-shirts and a couple of different color shorts qualifies me as a fashionista, count me in!
  12. wabene
    He looked damn good tonight.
  13. wabene
    Ownership has a track record of extreme aversion to change in team leadership. Another year like this, close to 500, and I wouldn't be surprised to see them run it back again. These are good points and the Bundy and Archer thing really bugged me. Having to call St Paul after every Archer start. I get that they were considered the 4th and 5th starters, but if they only go 4 or 5 at best, split em up. If the team exhibits the same weaknesses next year I'd support a change in leadership. I hope it doesn't come to that.
  14. wabene
    Actually you can angle the clipboard to direct the ball to your throwing hand for super quick transitions. More double plays my friend.
  15. wabene
    A dark celebration, have fun with that
  16. wabene
    I'm slowly coming around to this, sadly. It is in part because of your excellent posts @chpettit19. The reason it has been so hard for me to give up on this new regime is moving on from the TR experience was so far overdue. I wasn't on board with bringing him on for his second go round and was very excited for change. I liked the revamping of the organization and the idea of a well developed pitching pipeline. Better talent development overall. I'd be inclined to give them one more year with the expectation that something is done about the injury problem and that the bullpen and starters going deeper is prioritized. With the owner's track record I highly doubt they make a move, but if they do it will be a whirlwind off-season.
  17. wabene
    That's why I strategically said 7 or 8 innings, lol. He should've have gone out for the 6th. I also agree that using the top relievers the night before with this series and a double header coming doesn't make sense to me.
  18. wabene
    If the Twins are going to have a starter or starters that they can only count on for 4 innings, I don't want them to sign that starter. Especially not 2 of them. Hopefully this year has proven to the front office that getting an above average number of innings from their starters is necessary if they want to be an above average or better team. They had better adjust some of their strategies.
  19. wabene
    "Opinion: a view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge." This is true. "An opinion, by definition, can't be wrong; it is based on a viewpoint. It is how someone views something. A viewpoint can't be proven or disproven; it is an opinion." I don't think this follows logically. In this case @rwilfong86stated that the team quit on Baldelli. A serious accusation against the players and manager. In a bad season the team's best stretch of ball was the last three months. If a team had truly quit how would that manifest itself logically? By playing better? Sometimes things have to make sense, don't they?
  20. wabene
    In Bailey Ober's last rehab start at St Paul he had ramped up to 4.2 innings and 66 pitches after not pitching for 3.5 months. 3 and a half months? Hey that's kinda like an off-season. But **** I don't care he still should've went 7 or 8 innings because that's what I want!
  21. wabene
    You can have your opinions and everything. It doesn't even really matter if logic or facts or involved in forming those opinions. Your opinions can also be wrong, such as this one. The Twins record the last 3 months of 2021 was 29-28. It was remarked by many, including myself, that the team played the string out hard in spite of being well out of the race for most of the season.
  22. wabene
    You mean never succeed again?
  23. wabene
    Larnach was the best player on a team that won the college world series. A first round draft pick he is probably the reason why the twins noticed Spencer steer who was not the best player on that team. There's no way they're going to move on from him right now.
  24. wabene
    Based on the eye test. When Larnach has been on not only is the D better than many predicted, his all fields power approach makes me dream big on this guy. He had also proven to be clutch in college and with some big bombs in the bigs.
  25. wabene
    I was going to chime in but bean beat me to it. I agree teams don't want to buy at 8m per war. I've always cringed at that number and have thought 6m was more reasonable. If you tell people Buxton has been worth 32m this season, it will push those already sceptical of analytics further away. Now 24m? Maybe, that sounds better. Anyway you like at it signing him to that deal was a sweet deal for the Twins. As with any deal there is still a risk factor.
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