07-24-2021, 07:20 PM
(07-24-2021, 05:03 PM)ChadR Wrote:His defensive days are long over. He is beloved in Minnesota. He is pretty much a hitting coach that can demonstrate his advice. He showed up and the entire lineup learned to hit for the entire season. The Twins are even more Hispanic than average so it just worked. He is the team leader. The season is a huge disappointment. Offensive injuries and the pitching is inconsistent. Kepler has been hurt. Byron Buxton plays like Willie Mays and you are lucky if he plays six weeks before the next extended injury break. Just no continuity when you are shuffling new kids in the lineup constantly.(07-23-2021, 05:49 PM)fenders53 Wrote:(07-23-2021, 05:12 PM)ChadR Wrote: He was fun to watch when he was here in Texas, but cost us a World Series ring by his half assed attempt at a fly ball that fell for a hit.
Expect the talent to start leaving the Rangers any day now in a fire sale. Though being on a 9 game losing streak, it's hard to justify keeping anyone that could get us any prospects back.
I guess I missed that. He's definitely just a DH now. The Twins are just a shadow of the 2019 team that broke the team HR record. Pretty sure we had 8 players hit 20 bombs. I'm not sure we even have an offensive player any team would be interested in trading for other than Polanco. Buxton maybe but I'm not sure how healthy he is at the moment. The deals will be flying around the league the next few days though.
This play was probably the start of his transition to DH. Though being 40, I doubt he could even play in the OF now anyways.
I hate it that I have to settle for division championships but 2019 was really special to watch. I realize it's about more than power hitting to win it all but 8 guys hitting 20 bombs and at least 4 hitting 30+ was amazing. That's not likely to happen soon as I think they put the special baseballs away for now.