Twins (Bradley) vs Mariners (Kirby): 4/29/26, 12:40 pm CDT

[KirbyDome89]

50 minutes ago, The Great Hambino said:

What exactly constitutes flaming out as a starter?  How long should they allow them to fail?  Festa's already 26 and Zebby will be joining him in a month.  They're not young young anymore.  I think they're squarely in the "ish or get off the pot" stage if they want careers as starters

I don't necessarily disagree that it's make or break, and those guys aren't young. This is around the time Varland made the transition as far as career IPs go, but the Twins need some sort of backup plan for the rotation. Prielipp throwing 100 innings would be an achievement. He's their 5th starter right now, and again, we don't know what's going on with Mick Abel's elbow. 

I mean, I guess if you're trading Joe Ryan at the deadline anyways you could just go nuclear, move all the aforementioned guys to the pen full time, and start waiver wire fodder 2-3x per week for the 2nd half of the season. There's a developmental argument to be made there for sure. 

[RpR]

[RpR]

At the end of the Eighth inning I had to go out and work in the Rose garden; it appears that was a blessing.☠️

[amjgt]

Gotta think Jeremy Zoll is starting to feel a little heat from Tom Pohlad, largely because of the bullpen, but some other stuff too. He seems to have gotten away without much criticism from the fan base, but he has been the GM since late 2024. 
 

I’m not really ready to criticize Tom Pohlad yet. I mean he IS the ownership’s representative, so in that way there should be criticism, but that’s not really about him specifically. 

[SteveLV]

I think it is fair to criticize Tom Pohlad for declaring that the team is competitive.  Either he is lying, or he is ignorant.  Neither is a good quality for an ownership head.

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

A bullpen that arguably lacks a major league quality pitcher continues to bite the Twins in the backside. Go figure...

[amjgt]

1 hour ago, SteveLV said:

I think it is fair to criticize Tom Pohlad for declaring that the team is competitive.  Either he is lying, or he is ignorant.  Neither is a good quality for an ownership head.

I think he was extremely ignorant to begin with. I also believe that he is probably the type of guy who knows that, hates feeling that way, and is doing his best to become knowledgeable. 

Do I necessarily think this will lead to good decisions? Who knows. Maybe not. But I’m pretty sure guys like him don’t like losing, how this team currently feels like a loser, and how that reflects on some of his early comments on the team. There will certainly be change. 
 

…. Not necessarily changes related to spending more money though. So, yeah, Jeremy Zoll should probably watch his back.