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Correct. The guy was a stud. Had Lewis stayed healthy, perhaps a different story. Miranda put up a great year, but Duran was consistent. Twins Geezer............out!

The Twins have surplus problems in the OF. Buxton has been injured nearly every year. As a result, we have learned that we can live without him. Yes, he hits for power. Yes, he is gifted in the field. That's it. He cannot play if injured and that is a massive amount of time. So let's just move on from him. Cave, Kirilloff, Garlick and our other OF members need to play regularly. Most of our players are injury prone to patrol the field. It's a 50/50 call. Personally, I would see where Buxton would like to play, trade him and then find three guys that can bring physical health to the team while being able to hit above .260 with some pop. Kepler might hit better with the shift gone, but his lifetime average is .240's. Our Forest Lake rookie needs to improve his fielding, but that will come. As of now, I would go with Garlick, Kirilloff, Walner in the corners and Celestino in center. Celstino only hit .240 and that should improve with another year. He showed speed, a good glove and consistency. Not the best of solutions, but it works with the outfielders we have and would get us something in return, which is needed by trading Kepler and Buxton. Time to move on from those guys. Thank you for your service. Remember, only my opinion. There are a variety of other ideas from out Twins fans out there that might be better or just as good. Twins geezer..............out!

Congratulations to Luis Arraez for the batting crown. Skill over a long season. Class. Enjoyment. Thank you to great efforts from Urshela, Gordon, Correa, Miranda, Ryan and Duran. Honorable mention to Thielbar, Jax, Cave (hustle award). The rest of the guys thank you for representing the Twins. Rest up. Do better in 2023. Nice way to go out with a win! Twins Geezer........out!

I commend you for writing about loss after loss. Good for Palacios! Wishing Luis the batting crown. Good Grief this club has mailed it in..... Twins Geezer .....out!

Completely uninspiring manager! I've been a fan since the start of the Twins. I love the Twins and will support, but this is the worst manager I have seen in the dugout. Either a complete incompetent mind or a complete puppet to the top guys..........either, he was a better player. Twins Geezer ..... out!

The season long plague continues. Get a couple of runs early and then forget where the plate is and what this wooden thing each player carries to the plate really is used for.........Oh how hard it is to be a Twins fan............this manager is just the worst. Go Twins................Twins Geezer out!

Uggghhhhhhhhhhh! Incredible how many times uninspired play can become even further uninspired. Yawn.............I can't wait to see Professor Baldelli lead us in 2023 (cough, cough). Go Twins! Twins Geezer.....out!

Keep him, sign him, play him daily. Solid as a rock. Low key. Durable. Proven. Kirillof is too fragile. It would be great to see Correa stay, but that is questionable. Gordon and Royce Lewis upon return can cover many positions. Play Arraez at second and spelling at first. Miranda can DH and alternate at 3rd with Urshela. The OF has plenty of capable players with Larnach, Garlick, Celestino, Cave, Contreras. I don't mention Kepler or Buxton. I would trade them for pitching. Buxton has the long contract but has teams he would allow to go to. Kepler probably has some value, as he is a great defensive fielder but the bat is soft. No shifts will help his average. Buxton is just a mess physically and could DH and play limited games for teams in the field but would allow the Twins to get a top flight starter or starter and relief. Only my thoughts. Above all this, I would clean house in the coaching ranks starting with the esteemed Mr. Baldelli. It matters not who we have or where we play them, he will not inspire this team to win. It's funny that once we crumble into third place this guy starts sacrificing, bunting, stealing and letting pitchers actually get into the 6th and 7th innings. Ughhhh. GO TWINS! Twins geezer............out!

Wow. See where Mr. Buxton would prefer to go on his contract list of teams and unload the guy. Keep Correa. The best SS we have had in decades. Unload Sano, Kepler, a few on the pitching staff, our catchers (maybe Sanchez gets on more year), the coaching staff. Celestino plays center pretty well. He will improve his hitting. Wallner needs to improve his fielding, but he is a massive talent and young. Miranda, Arraez, Gordon are solid and with Royce Lewis ready later next year, the infield with Urshela would be untouchable. Cave could be a good reserve fielder as he has good skills, speed, attitude and can hit when given a chance. That leaves Garlick, Larnach and Kiriloff to go for the remaining outfield spots. Pitching, Pitching, Pitching.........focus on that. Twins Geezer............out!

At the Saints game last night and it was a pretty good game for them until Smeltzer came in and was CRUSHED. He looked as if there was zero interest in being there and the results showed that. Fun field to see a game with great views anywhere you are in the park. Ex-Twins Rooker played left for the Storm and hit one out and made one very poor throw from the field missing the cut-off. Saints won. Good defense for the most part and a heck of a lot of line drives last night! Twins Geezer............out!

Love the guy in the field. Smooth, powerful arm, incredible sense before the ball is hit and what to do. His bat is a liability at this point with so many younger options that we have seen this year in the field. I think this is one ballplayer that would benefit from a different system and probably revive skills he does have. He will not benefit from our coaching staff. A fan favorite, but we need to change out some and add some better pitching consistency and catching improvement. We have other massive outfield individuals that need to be changed out also. Max has been one fun player his first several years, but the last two have really been grinds for the team, the fans and I am sure for Max too. Let him go somewhere not in our division. GO TWINS! Twins Geezer..........out!

I'm plagued by SAD and BAD (Baldelli and Data)! Express elevator going down! GO TWINS! Twins Geezer...........out

The fork has been stuck in it! Ahhhhh for the lost dreams of small ball and actually bringing a runner in. The most uninspiring, unimaginative, stubborn manager I believe I have ever seen in a Twins dugout. Put him in the batting rack and get another guy. This guy is bad news! Go Twins! Twins geezer...... out!

The same song. Score early and then forget where home plate resides. This team has some very good players lacking the support of a quality coaching group. Can the entire coaching staff in the off-season! Oh, and get a conditioning coach. Hopefully Professor Baldelli rides off into the sunset. Next year comes early! Go Twins! Twins Geezer.........out!

The Twins characteristic flaw was present once again. Score a couple early and then forget what to do with a bat during a plate appearance. No anti-virus shot for this. Now for my dream.........Professor Baldelli vanishes from the Twins payroll to appear elsewhere in the Central Division where he manages the other team as he does this one and we beat the daylights out of his team with singles, a good bullpen, good baserunning and no computer decisions cemented into the game plan before a pitch is thrown. A guy can dream...... Back to reality. Cleveland is better. Cleveland is managed far better. Cleveland rocks this year. Go Twins..........Twins Geezer. out!

Fun to watch some great defense game after game from the Twins! Two ouchies that will hurt us if not corrected in the next hill to climb in Cleveland. First, we need to stop hitting into double plays and swinging at first pitches. Second, get some runs throughout the game. This crazy score 3 or 4 in the first or second and then hang on is so weird to watch. We will have most of our answers in Cleveland after game one. Go Twins! Twins geezer..... out!

Yeah, isn't that a bummer? He could be the highest paid bench guy. He would get plenty of rest, might not go on DL, might even steal a base now and then as a pinch runner. I'm a wishful thinker from time to time with our team as I wait for them to get serious about contending. One of the worst deals we have done is to sign BB to that contract with his data line on games missed. You would think with all the analytics this club loves, that may have played a larger role, but the team went with it. Now, we, as fans, need to support, but are not contracted to say all the nice things people like hearing. Twins geezer....out again. Go Twins!

Two of the best well pitched back-to-back games of the year for this team. Gray is simply a solid pitcher that thinks and then executes. He pitches with wisdom. He has to come back next year and let's hope the Twins have a few healthy players on the field when he does. The Twins do have a very frustrating characteristic that has rarely been spoken of during the year. The team often scores several runs in the first inning or second and then goes into hibernation. Fundamentally there is/are coaching issues with the team that loom for us into the future if not addressed in the off-season. But, heck, celebrate two beautifully pitched games. Celebrate Correa finding himself. Celebrate watching Celestino defensively playing center as well as Buxton and coming back to play the next day, and in the field and not as DH. A lot of pitching could be gotten for BB. Twins Geezer ... out! Go Twins!

A complete Twins win! Good pitching, good fielding, good hitting and a Watkins Factor event worthy of ESPN top plays list. One of the few times in the last two weeks that I actually found myself agreeing with a Baldelli decision. It would have been sweet for JR to have that complete no-hitter, but in this moment, I felt it was a good decision to rest him. It was great to see Correa continue the hot bat but better to see Arraez leveling that swing and putting on the sting for hits. Go Twins! Twins Geezer.....out!

The culmination of a pretty decent team being led by an uninspiring dugout and data person. The individual should not be allowed to wear that Twins hoodie next year or be allowed to enter the grounds. Injuries, bad pitching and horrific field leadership have led us to this. Hopefully change will happen just as the leaves will fall before winter. Go Twins! Twins Geezer.... out!

Finally...........a W against the Yankees. The series exposed all that is wrong with the Twins, but also the fact that if they learn how to run bases, they can beat the elite. Go Twins......geezer out!

This is an emotional issue if you are a die-hard Twins fan. But it also comes down to some common sense about people as well as stats and data. Professor Baldelli is a true block of ice. All of the examples you raised are valid. More than anything, the manager is one of the most inflexible baseball managers I can recall. Yesterday, game one against the Yankees was a petri dish of how the guy "manages" and leads us right to another loss. What a leader! Twins geezer..............out (for now)

For sure Urshela. Thielbar has been one of our most consistent pen guys all year. Ice is in his veins! Then there are a couple of others and you have Celestino. No problem with that mention. But there are a couple of others of note. Bundy could have been there, Gordon as well. I think Arraez is very undervalued/appreciated. Something bad happened to his swing when he went to the all-star game and I would sit him right now for a couple of games. It is doubtful we will take the Central this year and sitting him won't matter much. His value to the team is energy, flexibility, hitting, improvement is what a team needs. He will be even better next year. More than anything the team needs to have a different manager and a more set batting order and wins. Go Twins! Twins Geezer....out!

To each his own Wabene! Have a great day!

Professor Baldelli is one of the best sunflower seed spitters we have had. IMO, I would like to see him go. If his computer were to crash I don't think he would be able to create a lineup or make any decisions. A very unimaginative leader. Go Twins! Twins Geezer - out!