A blowout  of 10 runs or more would be great ...

A 10 game winning streak would be better ...

Management hasn't shown me any indication that they have learned their lessons  ...

Thanks for your thoughts ,

This is my story and I'm sticking too it ...

Agree with most of your points. I hope the Twins can come back to win the division. If they don't its time for a new coaching staff IMHO. 

So Sonny Gray has been an injury riddled pitcher for years - little IL visits here and there. Bundy has had major arm problems. Archer has had major arm problems & apparently an iffey hip. Maeda, Ober, Winder, Paddock are all out or have been out with arms issues. Ryan’s in his first year in the Bigs & coming off lightly used Covid years. If guys like Duffey & Pagan (few times Thielbar & Jax) performed at reasonable levels 75% of the time we would have 6-8 more wins and nobody would have heartburn over how starters are being used/protected. Guys have to perform and complaining about front office miscalculations or Baldelli’s inability to handle a staff are old!

Maybe the complainants about Rocco’s handling of the staff are getting old because he’s been mismanaging the staff for so long?   If he’s the manager next year, the Twins need to get 2-4 guys who can pitch 2-3 middle innings. 

6 hours ago, JD-TWINS said:

So Sonny Gray has been an injury riddled pitcher for years - little IL visits here and there. Bundy has had major arm problems. Archer has had major arm problems & apparently an iffey hip. Maeda, Ober, Winder, Paddock are all out or have been out with arms issues. Ryan’s in his first year in the Bigs & coming off lightly used Covid years. If guys like Duffey & Pagan (few times Thielbar & Jax) performed at reasonable levels 75% of the time we would have 6-8 more wins and nobody would have heartburn over how starters are being used/protected. Guys have to perform and complaining about front office miscalculations or Baldelli’s inability to handle a staff are old!

The MLB leader has 24 starts this year.
Bundy has 20, on pace for 30 starts
Archer has 20. on pace for 30 starts
Ryan has 19. on pace for 27 starts.
Gray has 17. on pace for 24 starts.

I'm not sure if your world is realistic based on what you're writing. Do you expect relievers to never allow a home run?

Jax has 44 appearances. In 39 of those, he allowed 0-1 runs...
Thielbar has 46 appearances. In 43 of those, he's allowed 0-1 runs... and only 1 of the games where he's allowed more than 1 run has occurred in his last 44 appearances.
Why not throw Jhoan Duran under the bus like Thielbar and Jax? Duran has 3 games where he's allowed more than 1 run too.
We ditched Joe Smith, who had only allowed multiple earned runs twice this year, lol. 20% of the runs Smith allowed was from the fielders knocking balls down with concrete gloves. 

Perhaps you think that's sustainable and good relief pitchers are guaranteed to go out there and go 3 up and 3 down all the time?

In any case, Baldelli has been afforded several reliable relievers. He elected to use Duffey and Pagan all the time instead of giving Bundy or Archer another inning. Duffey still has the 3rd most innings of our relievers...

On 8/16/2022 at 11:17 AM, Blyleven2011 said:

A blowout  of 10 runs or more would be great ...

A 10 game winning streak would be better ...

Management hasn't shown me any indication that they have learned their lessons  ...

Thanks for your thoughts ,

This is my story and I'm sticking too it ...

I didn't say a blowout, just said scoring 10+ runs. Scored 9 the next day btw

I agree a 10 game winning streak would be better.

I don't have much confidence in management either, hopefully the starters keep telling Rocco to stay in the dugout.

Thanks for contributing 

I'm still waiting for Max Kepler to reinvent his hitting approach, ala Corey Seager.