Same Offseason, Different Winter for the Twins

[JD-TWINS]

On 12/14/2025 at 9:36 PM, tony&rodney said:

The lack of a plan is evident. Teams with a concept don't wait out the signings and trades and then get busy signing the best of what is left over. Bader, France, and Coulombe were great last season. They were helpful in guiding the Twins to 72 wins. 

Math seems to be difficult for the Twins brain trust. The ownership bleeds money and is now begging for investor funds while the club POBO wonders how much money is available and sits around looking confused. The Brewers, Guardians, Rays, and more keep making their decisions and work quickly to address weaknesses that might hinder their clubs from reaching their goals. It's a tough job but business is tough for most in the scrappy parts of town.

If there was one change that might boost the Twins it is a clever publicist who handles all communications and delivers messages of hope. Falvey doesn't ever need to speak publicly again in his lifetime. It would be for the best. He is by many accounts a wonderful fellow. He is a step below lame as a speaker though which is clearly not his strength. If he is to run the business of the club he needs to allow the employees in charge of talent procurement, public relations, etc. do their jobs. 

The Twins have some good young players that are capable of leading the team in competition for division flags. Those players are Jenkins, Keaschall, and others. It may be possible to hold on to one of Ryan or Lopez for one more year and even Byron, maybe. The time to move on was apparent when Duran and Varland were moved last July. It is time to complete what was started.

The Acquisitions above did work out…… the math problem seems to be your issue, as the Team won 72 games without any of these guys for 1/3 of the season. Jax - Duran - Varland  - Stewart vacating the the PEN for 1/3 of the season lead to no chance for Team to compete. Conscious decision by front office at that point. Equating a terrible year end record with a mediocre record at trade deadline are two different things. Lopez being hurt and Keaschall being hurt and guys like Lewis - Lee - Wallner underperforming is what lead to the demise of ‘26.

The front office gets laid all the responsibility (blame) but players that have shown previous competence and have expectations to perform at a level that contributes to wins - they need to perform! It’s not the Manager’s fault nor the FO.

Hell, at one point maybe 45 days into the season they had lost 3 different games almost solely due to pitchers not fielding their position properly. This ultimately falls at the feet of the FO - why??

It wasn’t the hitting coaches fault in ‘24 either (‘25 coach of the year). The ability for the Players to grind through a season and make adjustments to keep themselves at a level of performance is generally on them.

[Russ]

The Twins FO have always done (non team building) things to improve the experience at Target Field.  Wouldn't building a winning team improve the experience at Target Field?