Twins Daily Community Awards: The 2022-2023 Offseason

[Brock Beauchamp]

While Minnesota may be forever mired in winter, the crack of the bat is being heard in Ft Myers. Baseball is back, and it’s time to hand out our offseason community awards.

Image courtesy of Brock Beauchamp

A few times a year, we hit the pause button and take a moment to talk about and reward our most popular community members and the contributions they bring to Twins Daily. During what was (far and away) the wildest Twins off-season of my lifetime, the community exploded with content.

You wrote 123 blogs from when the Astros hoisted a trophy through the day the Twins took that field in their first split-squad games in Florida.

123 blogs. Incredible.

Let’s take a look at some of the other numbers:

• During the off-season, 424 people registered to comment on Twins Daily
• Over that time, 806 unique people contributed content to the site
• Users started 1,045 topics
• In those topics, you wrote 26,948 posts
• In those posts, you awarded 55,357 reactions to other users

All of those are record numbers. Every single one. Mind-blowing.

Our most prolific poster was @chpettit19, with @Mike Sixel coming in a close second. Thanks to both of you for your continued quality contributions to the community!

Let’s get to the awards, shall we?

Most Popular Post
The Luis Arraez trade was almost certainly the most controversial of the winter, and @Puckett34’s thoughtful take on the advantages and difficulties of losing a fan-favorite player was the most popular post of the off-season. This award usually goes out to someone who swoops in with the snark, so seeing it go to a serious post is a bit of a surprise. Well done, Puckett34!

We award you a thoughtful and heartfelt prize for your thoughtful and heartfelt take on the trade: a laser-etched wood photo frame of Nickelback lead singer Chad Kroeger holding an autographed Nick Punto baseball card.

Honorary Mention
Losing Carlos Correa to the Mets was the low point of the Twins' off-season. In the thread detailing his surprise signing (not-signing) with the other New York team, @Nashvilletwin wrote what many of us were feeling; baseball is broken, and MLB seems not to care. Unsurprisingly, this post was wildly popular with the Twins Daily community, earning it the second most popular post of the offseason!

Most Popular Blog Entry
From the fan perspective, manager Rocco Baldelli is the most controversial person in the Twins dugout. Where much of the fanbase blames Baldelli for baseball ills that transcend what happens in Target Field, @Nick Hanzlik takes the opposite approach by suggesting Baldelli is the perfect manager for today’s game. Some people agreed, which is why it’s the most popular blog entry of the Twins Daily off-season!

Congratulations, Nick, and for your efforts, you shall be awarded this (not at all garish) limited edition Spring Training 2023 Minnesota Twins bobblehead!

Honorary Mention
Want a surefire way to create conversation? Take Mount Rushmore, add your local sports team, and fire off some opinions. That’s exactly what @Luke Thompson did in writing up a blog about the four players on the Twins’ Mount Rushmore, earning the second most popular blog of the off-season!

As I mentioned earlier, Twins Daily broke every record over the off-season: more users, more comments, more blogs, and more everything. And a big reason for that is the users mentioned above and all of you who comment daily on the site and add your thoughts, insights, and opinions on the Minnesota Twins.

That’s why Twins Daily is the best place to talk Twins baseball. And now it’s time to start watching some baseball and our Minnesota Twins!

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[Mike Sixel]

My parents would be so proud. Great community here!

[Puckett34]

[Brock Beauchamp]

37 minutes ago, Puckett34 said:

PM me your address!

[chpettit19]

Whoa, whoa, whoa! I don't get a prize for being the biggest know it all with the most opinions on things?! @Brock Beauchamp don't you know how the internet works?! 😄

[Luke Thompson]

It's an honor to be on this list.

[Puckett34]

On 2/27/2023 at 10:44 AM, Brock Beauchamp said:

PM me your address!

[ofx1]

On 2/27/2023 at 10:44 AM, Brock Beauchamp said:

PM me your address!

Me too, cracka!

 

[Brock Beauchamp]

40 minutes ago, ofx1 said:

Me too, cracka!

Oh no.

[wsnydes]

On 2/27/2023 at 10:50 AM, chpettit19 said:

Whoa, whoa, whoa! I don't get a prize for being the biggest know it all with the most opinions on things?! @Brock Beauchamp don't you know how the internet works?! 😄

The prize is that it's now commonly known that you are the biggest know it all with the most opinions on things!  

[D.C Twins]

That prize combo of Nick -leback -punto is absolutely hilarious.

Made my day.... Kudos

 

[Brock Beauchamp]

56 minutes ago, D.C Twins said:

That prize combo of Nick -leback -punto is absolutely hilarious.

Made my day.... Kudos

 

Thank you! I spend wayyyyyy too much time thinking up the absolute stupidest prizes I can imagine.

I've literally spent a year trying to work out how to create a hilariously terrifying prize. Hopefully I'll get there in 2024.

[chpettit19]

13 hours ago, wsnydes said:

The prize is that it's now commonly known that you are the biggest know it all with the most opinions on things!  

Best prize there is!

[wsnydes]

1 hour ago, chpettit19 said:

Best prize there is!

Too bad we don't have signatures anymore.  You could have advertised it in your signature! 😆

[Mike Sixel]

14 hours ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Thank you! I spend wayyyyyy too much time thinking up the absolute stupidest prizes I can imagine.

I've literally spent a year trying to work out how to create a hilariously terrifying prize. Hopefully I'll get there in 2024.

Making me fly back in winter would be enough.....

[Mike Sixel]

13 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

Making me fly back in winter would be enough.....

Or worse, FL any time.

[Nick Hanzlik]

After a hiatus from writing ✍️, this was a nice little nugget to come back to lol. Though, you may have to send that bobblehead to Rocco. He commissioned the article.