Nice compact audit of thoughts and impressions!

Right now, the sub- .240 average does not classify the guy for all universe! Way too much all Buxton all the time. He's superb most of the time, He simply does not fit into the greats of the Twins at this time. Puckett, Carew, Killebrew, Hunter are examples of gamers. We have other guys on this team that grind it out almost daily with little notice. Polanco, Urshela, Arraez and even Jeffers and Sanchez seem to just play ball.

We have a massive wealth at this time of possible above average ball players with Celestino looking very good as noted above along with Larnach, Lewis (in St. Paul), Ryan, Duran, the mystery man Kirilloff and many in AA and St. Paul. It makes watching the Twins fun again and wow, did we need a dose of that.

Not a great fan of Professor Baldelli, but I am a massive Twins fan and watching this collection of ball players find ways to win or cling on to victory is fun to see. The meat and down and dirty parts of the season are still ahead of us which will reveal if this team can continue with wins and teamwork.

Troy Kelley, a good short and concise read! GO TWINS!

Great post. Thanks for sharing. I agree the Rogers trade looks like a L and could be one of the worst trades the Twins have made in recent memory. 

I understand looking at the Rogers trade as an L right now. Wins matter right now for this team. I do think we need to look at how much Rogers signs for in free agency and what we get out of Pagan and Paddack in the next combined 5 years on this one though.

On 5/21/2022 at 7:29 AM, Jeff D. said:

Nice compact audit of thoughts and impressions!

Right now, the sub- .240 average does not classify the guy for all universe! Way too much all Buxton all the time. He's superb most of the time, He simply does not fit into the greats of the Twins at this time. Puckett, Carew, Killebrew, Hunter are examples of gamers. We have other guys on this team that grind it out almost daily with little notice. Polanco, Urshela, Arraez and even Jeffers and Sanchez seem to just play ball.

We have a massive wealth at this time of possible above average ball players with Celestino looking very good as noted above along with Larnach, Lewis (in St. Paul), Ryan, Duran, the mystery man Kirilloff and many in AA and St. Paul. It makes watching the Twins fun again and wow, did we need a dose of that.

Not a great fan of Professor Baldelli, but I am a massive Twins fan and watching this collection of ball players find ways to win or cling on to victory is fun to see. The meat and down and dirty parts of the season are still ahead of us which will reveal if this team can continue with wins and teamwork.

Troy Kelley, a good short and concise read! GO TWINS!

 

Since 2019, the Minnesota Twins are 124-73 (101-win pace) with a +233 run differential when Byron Buxton plays, per @PaulHembo. In the 203 games he hasn't played, Twins are 94-109 (75-win pace) and -97. In his last 162 games, Buxton has 8.4 WAR. The definition of impact player. -Jeff Passan

I can explain the impact Buxton has on this team to you, but I can't understand it for you. 

You field Buxton. I'll field the other guys. No need for insults, even though it was pretty nicely delivered. I like data too. I also like being able to separate data from decision making at times. There is room for both in our world and on the field. Have a great day. GO TWINS!

My bad. I wasn't trying to start anything. I've seen so much negative stuff about Buxton and I think the average fan doesn't get what he does. He's already worth 17+ million this year. He is all world in my eyes. Buxton, Trout, and Judge are on the same level. Go Twins!