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About as surprising as Buxton being injured. I just hope Lewis can eventually come back and stay healthy.

Not crazy that they mentioned the Padres. They can do much better than that. For my money, you can't beat the cream pinstripes with the cursive Twins script from a few years back.

He reminds me a lot of Sano- some early success and a lot of promise, but ultimately disappointment. We'll probably continue to play him next year until it finally dawns on somebody that he hurts the team when he's in the lineup- just like Sano. This year we showed we have young guys who could easily take Sano's place, and I expect to see the same for Kepler next year. We'll probably hide him a lot on the IL while we play more worthy young guys in his place, and he'll completely fade away by the end of the year- just like Sano. I actually do hope I'm wrong and Kep can figure things out. I do think he has more of a chance to do so than Sano, but it doesn't look promising.

Of all the news to come down the pike this year, this is the least surprising.

I think here's maybe a 10% chance Correa sticks around. I'd want out if I were him. We just need a stopgap measure until Lewis comes back, and then hope our brain trust doesn't do something asinine like put him in center field again.

Obviously injuries were the worst culprit, but unforced errors around pitching decisions were a major contributor as well. Knowingly sticking Pagan in high leverage situations when he'd demonstrated no ability to perform is on the managerial staff. Not getting an extra inning or two from an effective starter also put undue pressure on the bullpen. These decisions probably cost us 8+ wins or more. So yes, injuries were terrible, but managerial decisions were the preventable death blow. I'm also not a fan of scheduled days off (except maybe in Buxton's case). Your best players should be on the field until they decide they need a break. Probably an unpopular opinion.

The key word for the front office this offseason should be DEPTH. There's no reason to believe many of the same people who are injured at the moment won't be missing substantial time next year as well. If you don't expect that, you haven't followed Twins baseball. We need to get into a position so when our top-line guys go down, we at least have major league caliber talent to back them up as opposed to the AAA team we're trotting out there right now.

I've seen enough. This organization needs to take a hard look at why we're leading the league in missed games because of injury. There's got to be more going on than random chance. We've also got front office problems, managerial problems and assuming Correa leaves, leadership problems on the field. IMHO they need more fire and less blind devotion to algorithms. Go Vikes and Wild!

Is this really "banning" the shift? Teams are just going to lineup their shortstops and second basemen an inch on the "good" side of second base, and continue as they have been. Seems like substantially, all this rule really does is disallow the positioning of infielders in the outfield grass.

If there's any good news here, apparently there is no current Twins agreement with Bally? Theoretically the Twins could find another partner next year? There's zero chance I spend $20 a month on this.

Analytics should just be one TOOL in a wider arsenal of information. It shouldn't be the be-all, end-all for every single decision.

Baldelli needs to put down the spreadsheets and open his eyes. Whatever the statistics say, Pagan doesn't pass the sniff test in any shape or form. Bringing him into a game substantially reduces our chances of winning said game. Hopefully some sanity will prevail, because I wouldn't choose Emilio Pagan as the hill to die on.

Low point or not, it's hard to imagine this team breaking their consecutive loss streak in the postseason, and that's assuming they can even qualify.

At first I hoped he was gonna be great. Then I hoped he was gonna be good. Then I hoped he was gonna be adequate. Then I hoped he wasn't gonna be the worst hitter in MLB. Then I lost all hope.

They miss a manager who will allow starters to go 6-7 innings when they're "on".

Not much more to add. We've all been seeing this play out with our own eyes. Nobody is going to convince me that Pagan belongs on this roster even one more day. Regardless of what they do afterwards, an immediate DFA makes this team better. And don't get me started on the decision making process of Rocco and the FO regarding the bullpen. I'm just depressed.

Bullpen help should be a far higher priority.

Just because some of Rocco's decisions pan out doesn't mean they're good. We seem to be be winning in spite of him. Having said that, he has a limited range of weapons to employ, and that's on the front office.

I was at the game. It was the most disheartening loss I can remember, and I remember a LOT of them. It's about time to admit the front office got completely fleeced in the Rogers trade. They've got to step-up, make it right and get us some bullpen help before it's too late. Rocco makes some absolutely god-awful decisions, but he's not responsible for the quality of arms available and the terrible execution. I'm just so depressed about this one that I don't see a realistic playoff push with this roster.

If it's ok to say this trade was bad, then I will. This trade was bad. VERY BAD.

The Twins should at least announce to the fans well ahead of time when Buxton has a scheduled day off for a home game, the same way they announce the starting pitchers. Then the fans can decide if they want to pay to see the non-Buxton lineup.

Regarding Buxton, the prevailing wisdom seems to be "he can't get hurt if we don't play him". Either that or "we won't have to worry about the incentives in his contract if he's on the bench". He could've been the difference maker in this game, and needs to be out there everyday until he tells Rocco he can't go or needs a break.

The Mets just DFA'd and released Robinson Cano, who was hitting a full 100 points higher than Sano this year and is still owed $45M on his contract. Just sayin...might be time for Sano.

Good one, but don't give them any ideas.