![]() ![]() Three weeks later, they hired veteran trainer Nick Paparesta, who spent 12 seasons in that role with the Oakland A’s. The Twins reviewed their internal process and hoped to improve with fresh blood. When the season ended, Twins president of baseball operations Derek Falvey dismissed head athletic trainer Michael Salazar, noting the club could “do all of it better.” Done in by injuries that wiped out 9.4 projected Wins Above Replacement according to Baseball Prospectus, the Twins went from tied for first on Sept. Without making any excuses, the Twins pushed on and slipped further back. “It’s hard to swallow being at this point in the season and being this far out,” Baldelli said after his team dropped seven back in the division with 15 to play. Seeing his team - which by then featured the next man up’s next man up - lose a 15-inning affair on yet another Guardians walkoff had Baldelli exhausted and out of answers. But manager Rocco Baldelli’s face said it all after the Twins were swept in a critical mid-September doubleheader in Cleveland. ![]()
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