Mets (Holmes) vs Twins (Ryan): 4/14/25, 6:40pm

[Aggies7]

2 minutes ago, Blyleven2011 said:

The little league world series is better baseball than the Twins...

What’s Danny Almonte doing these days? He could still be in the bigs if he ever made it. Sounds like a guy the twins would take a flier on in the offseason 

[Vanimal46]

The Astros were able to get 6 good seasons out of Pressly AND move on before we get 1 good year out of Alcala. That reminds me, where is Celestino these days?

[Western SD Fan]

It has to be sad for starting pitchers to know that if they even give up a single run that they are probably going to be tagged with the loss.  Then our resident Swedish Meatballer comes in to pitch in Alcala.  I wonder if Rocco is going to demand PFP tomorrow morning?

[IndyTwinsFan]

1 minute ago, T.O. said:

This is like a bad car accident. I decided to watch something else but then I just can't not look.

I'm very near the point of not looking anymore at this mess of a performance. 

[Linus]

2 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

The Astros were able to get 6 good seasons out of Pressly AND move on before we get 1 good year out of Alcala. That reminds me, where is Celestino these days?

Yea another Falvey gem. 

[NYCTK]

2 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

The Astros were able to get 6 good seasons out of Pressly AND move on before we get 1 good year out of Alcala. That reminds me, where is Celestino these days?

The Mets AAA actually. 

[Hubie29]

Well, if you take yesterday's game and tonight's game, we are .500.  That's not bad!

[jkcarew]

3 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

What’s Danny Almonte doing these days? He could still be in the bigs if he ever made it. Sounds like a guy the twins would take a flier on in the offseason 

I don’t know. He was 29 when that picture was taken.

[Danchat]

3 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

The Astros were able to get 6 good seasons out of Pressly AND move on before we get 1 good year out of Alcala. That reminds me, where is Celestino these days?

We need to have a retrospective on how badly we whiffed on that trade. There was a lot of defending of the trade right after Pressly immediately morphed into a high end closer and all we ended up with was an inconsistent reliever and an AAAA outfielder. 

[AceWrigley]

Ha ha. So much for having a baserunner.

[Blyleven2011]

6 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

What’s Danny Almonte doing these days? He could still be in the bigs if he ever made it. Sounds like a guy the twins would take a flier on in the offseason 

He would have fit better in the astro's roster , he cheated in the little league and lied about his age ...

[Parfigliano]

11 minutes ago, Blyleven2011 said:

I'm listening on the Mets broadcast  and it picked up some loud booing from the small crowd ...

Tip your hat to the fans that booed ...

No problem.  Happy to help.  Booing Rocco in person oddly therapeutic.

[Western SD Fan]

Wait?!? What is the sorcery? A relief corps is capable of having a high leverage pitcher go multiple innings?

[UpstateNewYorker]

FWIW, ESPN ranks the Twins 27th in MLB in terms of "watchability."  Seems too high.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/44629277/mlb-2025-rankings-most-fun-teams-watch-dodgers-red-sox-phillies-cubs-padres

 

[AceWrigley]

Yep, rip out the bottom of your empty beer cup . . . instant Boo-ga-phone. Booooooo.

[Vanimal46]

7 minutes ago, NYCTK said:

The Mets AAA actually. 

I legitimately lost track of Celestino so that is funny he’s there out of all places 

[Vanimal46]

8 minutes ago, Danchat said:

We need to have a retrospective on how badly we whiffed on that trade. There was a lot of defending of the trade right after Pressly immediately morphed into a high end closer and all we ended up with was an inconsistent reliever and an AAAA outfielder. 

That’s not even Falvey’s greatest hits of bad trades. 9 total innings of Tyler Mahle has to be #1. 

[NYCTK]

1 minute ago, Western SD Fan said:

Wait?!? What is the sorcery? A relief corps is capable of having a high leverage pitcher go multiple innings?

Mets have 3 they've been using regularly for multiple innings. Butto and Kranick as well.  

[AceWrigley]

Just now, Vanimal46 said:

That’s not even Falvey’s greatest hits of bad trades. 9 total innings of Tyler Mahle has to be #1. 

Yeah, that trade chaps my backside too.

[mnfireman]

3 minutes ago, UpstateNewYorker said:

FWIW, ESPN ranks the Twins 27th in MLB in terms of "watchability."  Seems too high.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/44629277/mlb-2025-rankings-most-fun-teams-watch-dodgers-red-sox-phillies-cubs-padres

 

Just saw this and was going to post....😂😂😂

[Danchat]

2 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

That’s not even Falvey’s greatest hits of bad trades. 9 total innings of Tyler Mahle has to be #1. 

Jorge Lopez immediately turning into a pumpkin alongside Yennier Cano being cured of "Twinsitis" gives that trade a run for its money. Oh, and the Orioles have Cade Povich in their starting rotation now as part of that trade. Yikes.

[UpstateNewYorker]

Just now, mnfireman said:

Just saw this and was going to post....😂😂😂

The ESPN write-up is this:

"The Twins ranked low last year, and I'll repeat what I said then: The team itself is probably better than this ranking, but there isn't a lot of glitz and glamour here. No big star (Carlos Correa's shine has dulled and Byron Buxton really never got there in the first place), no big masher, no speedster on the bases or must-see ace on the mound. The youth score will go up if Emmanuel Rodriguez and Luke Keaschall get called up -- which might be the case given the early struggles of the offense."

 

[mnfireman]

2 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

That’s not even Falvey’s greatest hits of bad trades. 9 total innings of Tyler Mahle has to be #1. 

It was actually 43 innings, but yeah. 

[Doc Lenz]

1 minute ago, Danchat said:

Jorge Lopez immediately turning into a pumpkin alongside Yennier Cano becoming way better gives that trade a run for its money. Oh, and the Orioles have Cade Povich in their starting rotation now as part of that trade. Yikes.

Aaron Hicks for JR Murphy has to be top 5 all time.

[Vanimal46]

1 minute ago, AceWrigley said:

Yeah, that trade chaps my backside too.

Also LaMonte Wade, who’s still kicking it with San Francisco for a broken reliever Shaun Anderson

[AceWrigley]

Funderburk settling in after his incendiary debut.

[AceWrigley]

Just now, Vanimal46 said:

Also LaMonte Wade, who’s still kicking it with San Francisco for a broken reliever Shaun Anderson

I hated that trade the minute it occurred.

[Vanimal46]

2 minutes ago, mnfireman said:

It was actually 43 innings, but yeah. 

I had it mixed up. 9 total starts not 9 total innings. Good call

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

October 2023, it looked like the Twins were poised to have a multi-year run on top of the division and have post season success. The Pohlads let cheapness get in the way and the baseball gods have kicked this team's ass ever since. And no end in sight.

[sweetmusicviola16]

This team is unwatchable.