After being one of baseball's best teams in May, the calendar turning over to June has not been kind to the Minnesota Twins. The Twins entered Monday with a record of 6-14 this month, and losses of 9 of their last 10 games. The chances of the Twins winning the American League Central are all but over, and the team is headed in the wrong direction in terms of the American League Wild-Card race.
As the Twins look for answers to their recent woes, shortstop Carlos Correa is doing his best to keep the clubhouse. After being swept by the Milwaukee Brewers this past weekend, Correa wasn't shy about admitting that things aren't looking great at the moment for the team.
“Panicking is not going to fix anything, but you’ve got to recognize that things aren’t going great,” Correa told reporters. “You’ve got to adjust and address them.”
With two starting pitchers on the IL and Royce Lewis working his way back from another hamstring strain, the Twins would need to rely on players like Correa to get the season back on track. The issue with that is the Twins' success has coincided with Correa's success this season.
When Correa was bad, posting a 61 wRC+ during the first month of the season, the Twins were quickly becoming an afterthought. However, with Correa posting a 147 wRC+ in May, it's no surprise Minnesota had a record of 18-8. Through 72 plate appearances this month, Correa has an 85 wRC+.
If things don't change, the outlook of the Twins' season could look very different ahead of the deadline. Instead of being buyers, the Twins could be a seller that contending teams look to poach from. Correa was pretty direct in saying that things need to change.
Carlos Correa is still fighting to lead the Twins through a free fall
“A lot of things have to change in terms of the way we’re going about the game,” Correa said after Sunday's. “We’ve got to address that internally.”
The schedule doesn't get much better for the Twins with games against the Seattle Mariners and Detroit Tigers to end the month. By this time next week, there may no longer be a debate; the Twins could very much be sellers ahead of the deadline.