Carlos Correa delivers blunt message calling out Twins after pathetic loss to Marlins

After a month of tempting the baseball gods, the Minnesota Twins are officially on life support. They’re the ‘what are tou going to do, stab me?’ meme come to life, as the Twins have played some of the most pathetic and uninterested baseball possible since mid-August.

It’s to the point where the collapse, one of the worst fans have endured, will likely cost jobs. The embarrassment is inescapable, and there are still five more games left in the season for the team to sink even lower.

That’s the sentiment based on how things have gone, as total and utter failure is the only way to describe what has happened. Still, not everyone is giving up on the season yet as Carlos Correa is both trying to rally his team in the 11th hour while also trying to hold everyone accountable.

Carlos Correa sends a message to Twins as the season teeters on the brink of total failure

Just when we think the Twins have hit rock bottom, they find a way to dig an even deeper hole. On Tuesday they lost to the Miami Marlins, a team that has fewer than 60 wins and the second-worst ERA in baseball.

That team, the lowly Marlins, made Minnesota look like a little league team in a 4-1 loss — in front of everyone’s dogs for Bark at the Park, too.

After the loss, Correa sent a rather blunt message to the rest of the team. Bits and pieces have floated around the internet, but most biting portion of his postgame comments seemed to be a shot at the guys who don’t seem to have what it takes to be part of a winning culture.

"Some guys take it as poison and some guys take it as fuel. The guys who take it as fuel are the ones that always come out on top and have a beautiful career and stay in the game for a long time. We have a lot of young guys and a lot of people try to help them, but at the end of the day, everybody has to figure it out on their own."

That’s going to be dissected a number of different ways, but what it once again shows the leadership Minnesota badly needs at a time like this. Correa proved his $200 million worth last October when he helped the Twins win their first playoff series since 2004, and he’s doing it again when things are much more grim.

Rather than throw his hands up or try to kindly explain things away, Correa is setting a tone that the Twins need to have. Losing is not acceptable, especially with a narrowing championship window for a talented team. Correa knows what’s at stake, and if guys aren’t going to fully buy in or figure out how to help the team achieve its goal than there are 29 other teams in the league they can try and make a living with.

It seems harsh, but it’s the message the team needs. This collapse over the last month has been both embarrassing but a potential sign of thigns to come. It’s more than just a meltdown, it’s the way Minnesota imploded that should trouble everyone.

Less than a calendar year ago the future seemed so bright, but cutting $30 million out of the payroll and a lack of production has created a situation where Rocco Baldelli might get fired, ownership could slash even more payroll, and the front office braintrust of Derek Falvey and Thad Levine might leave for a better situation.

Correa knows what’s at stake, and he’s taking a leadership role that the team has sorely lacked in the past. Whether or not his message is received is another thing, but that will at least help illuminate what the future looks like and who is and isn’t a part of it.

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