Jacksson

That (Fort Myers), just goes to to show you what a great fit that is. And don't call me Shirley!

Send Sano PLUS ? to SD for Myers Sign Escobar and use him at 2B Use Willians Astudillo at 3B

Trade with San Diego for Wil Myers

Is Buxton's defense REALLY that great? Or is he continually getting banged up and making what looks to be unbelievable plays because he gets a late jump on batted balls and uses his speed to almost make up for that which results in dives onto the ground and crashes into walls.

I dunn. Seems like he got into trouble in MN when he used his fastball to set up his curve and change. Also, when he couldn' t locate his fastball for strikes, the opposition pounced on his curve and change. Molitor, Pitching Coach, Bullpen Coach and Catchers, just didn't know what to do with him so the team gave up and traded him; now he is with a team that knows how to use him.

Each and every Twin who is on the 40 man roster And any Twin projected to the 40 man roster needs to be given an off season to do list. The organization needs to follow-up with each one to ensure that they are indeed working on said list. The Twin's organization needs to have a "PLAN" for each of those players.

If you were Escobar, wouldn't you prefer a situation where you are at 1 position 90% of the time as opposed to being a "Jack of All Trades" at: 3B, SS, 2B, LF, DH?? I see that as the pitch that will interest him in returning to MN.

I still believe that teams that rely heavily on their minor league system to develop players SHOULD NOT be drafting high school players in the upper level draft picks. There is a weeding out process that takes place in college, in addition to the additional physical and mental maturity. With the limited amount of time to develop talent due to the restrictions of either losing them through the rule 5 draft or losing them as minor league free agents, let alone the necessity of keeping the pipeline of talent to the majors consistently primed, a draft focus on college players just makes sense.

Unfortunately, the massive contract it took to keep him coupled with his concussion issues moved him off of the position at which the contract held value to a more marginal position. The contract coupled with the stinginess of ownership was never able to surround Mauer with sufficient talent to create a contender.

The way Magill ended the 9th, no way he should have been out there to begin the 10th. Continued poor bullpen management.

There goes the possibility for finishing at .500.

What would be the ERA's of the starters if you adjusted the earned runs by subtracting all of the inherited runners that were allowed to score by our relief corps? Hence, the real problem, which is actually two fold. The starters are throwing too many pitches and not getting deep enough into games. This puts more pressure on the bullpen on a night after night after night basis. Instead of just having to cover innings 8 & 9, the bullpen is having to cover innings 6, 7, 8, 9. In some cases the bullpen is used in inning #5. Not only were the 2018 veteran additions to the bullpen an absolute failure; once the team moved on from that and started to use some of the "kids" they were found to be either mentally or ability unable to step up. The biggest problem seems to be between their ears. Either that, or (as in the case with Alex Pressly) the Manager, Pitching Coach, Bullpen Coach and assorted catchers have no clue as to how to properly utilize their bullpen resources.

Not until Kiriloff is at AAA and is pushing Kepler out of future plans.

11 games remaining. 11 games under .500. Twins need to run the table.

Unfortunately, unless his bat comes alive and/or he begins to hit LHP, I don't see a long term future on the Twins for Max Kepler.

Due to his delivery, Hildenberger should never face a LH batter.

The entire Twins organization (Manager, Coaches, Catchers) NEVER figured out HOW to use Pressly. Just look back at how his pitches were called when he was with the Twins and how his pitches are being called in Houston. In Minnesota, was it that he shook off the catchers or that he didn't shake them off when he should have?

Kennys Vargas? Max Kepler?

Where are the RH power bats? The LHB friendly Metrodome is long gone and the current stadium is where LH power goes to die. Management has known about this ever since groundbreaking on the new stadium. SO WHERE ARE THE RH POWER BATS?

If he values his long term mental health, he will take an inventory of his concussions and weigh that against ANY career benefit to be obtained over the next couple of years, and retire. Should he decide to try and come back: 1 year + 2 option years @ $20M.

Why limit it to an inning? Go ahead and go through the order once, then go on to the next pitcher,

More interesting was the way that Houston used Pressly. He used the fastball to set up the slider and curve. He threw strikes, throwing 12 pitches and 9 of them strikes. HE NEVER THREW A CHANGE. Too bad the Twins: Manager, Pitching Coach, Bullpen Coach and assorted catchers could NEVER figure out how to properly use him. Check his stats since going over to Houston.

I think we are seeing the cumulative effect of concussions on Joe. He is "off" this year because of not being fully recovered from "Concussion Symptoms" earlier this year. He accomplishes nothing by playing beyond this year: no World Series, mo meaningful records, he's not a clubhouse leader, and doesn't need the money - nor the humbling from taking a huge pay cut. If he values his long term health and his family, he should just walk away and let the Twins move on without him.

Based on the efforts of some of the "heralded" minor leagers that were brought up this year and years past, seems like some mental counseling is needed by these players. Granted, this IS the MAJORS yet it seems like there is a lack of composure, a lack of toughness, a lack of prep by these players. They are making the biggest step in their professional careers - how about some added support for them from: coaches, former players, current players amd some mental health professionals to prepare them so they don't step out with the YIPPS.

A team that should and could be GREAT, except that they aren't very good!