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  1.    Linus reacted to a post in a topic: Mets hiring Falvey could hurt the Twins
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  3.    HarmonK03 reacted to a post in a topic: Mets hiring Falvey could hurt the Twins
  4. bean5302
    Falvey's considered an administrative advisor from my understanding. That's a huge step down and clearly identifies how the league views him. I'm not worried about Falvey hiring away guys who shouldn't be employed here much longer as the front office should be washed clean by a new GM. If the new GM doesn't clean house, I'm also not worried about losing front office folks from a team that's made the playoffs 1 time in the past 6 years despite typically having the highest average opening day payroll in the division.
  5. bean5302
    CBA negotiation results. Who heads the front office? Strategy for the offseason before the seemingly inevitable lockout. Those are honestly the only questions I think are a big deal. Joe Ryan has no significant trade value as in he's not bringing back elite prospects, but he may bring back an org #4-6ish type or a couple #8-15ish types. He's not "untradeable." Most teams would want Ryan in their rotation, they're just not going to pay much to get him because he'll be making at least $12MM and he only has 1 year of control left. Royce Lewis looks like a replacement level player at this point, at least for the Twins. I'd think he's probably even a non-tender candidate at this point, though this front office tends to hoard such players creating roster logjams and inflexibility. "Long Term" rotation strategy isn't too much of problem when Ryan and Lopez have only 1 year of control left. Lopez should be on target for opening day, barring any (normal) setbacks, but he's coming off an injury plagued 2024 on the wrong side of 30 with significantly declining peripherals. The "long term" plan will probably be decided by the CBA.
  6. bean5302
    Pohlad wasn't wrong. You're given an objective, you present how you're going to make it happen. It's that simple.
  7.    bean5302 reacted to a post in a topic: Re-Grading the Twins’ 2026 Trade Deadline Moves
  8. bean5302
    Do that by games started or innings pitched.
  9.    bean5302 reacted to a post in a topic: Bailey Ober is One of Twins’ Most Valuable Starters of Target Field Era
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  16. bean5302
    It's a pretty direct analogy to your argument that the objective of the trade should not be taken into context.
  17.    shimrod reacted to a post in a topic: Re-Grading the Twins’ 2026 Trade Deadline Moves
  18. bean5302
    What you're advocating is trading for things which add no value and fill no need. You need to get to the airport to catch your flight. Instead of calling an Uber to bring you to the airport, you request an Uber to bring you a sandwich. The sandwich was tasty. You miss your flight. In your world, the sandwich was a good trade.
  19.    bean5302 reacted to a post in a topic: Re-Grading the Twins’ 2026 Trade Deadline Moves
  20. bean5302
    I honestly see no point to this. When the first guy on the list is a 95% or better to not do what you're proposing, it makes it even less valuable. But, sure, if you're Derek Falvey, this is a pretty reasonable roster.
  21. bean5302
    Can't grade the individual components without the objective. At the time I was convinced the Twins needed to acquire a playoff caliber rotation arm, and probably needed a RH bat. Got neither. It was a half effort and the Twins didn't make the playoffs. Is what it is. An F. Either go all in or don't waste resources. Tom Pohlad said he's a decisive owner. Zoll's changes were not decisive, they were fairly leveraged.
  22. bean5302
    First at bat of the game he struck out. 50% Chase rate. Belt high fastball down the middle. Stared at a near middle-middle fastball, then fouled off a meatball and GIDP on a curve left hanging.
  23.    bean5302 reacted to a post in a topic: Giants 5, Twins 2: Aaron Sabato Debuts, But Zebby Matthews Stumbled
  24. bean5302
    Productive? He got RBIs when games were already decided so I guess there's that. Otherwise, he was a league average hitting position player signed to play 1B, but he was unsurprisingly so poor at covering the position he was moved to DH. A lot of fans argue the RBI. Okay. Then we're on the WPA train (Win Probability Added) which determines, over the course of the year, how much of the time Bell's production added directly to a win or detracted from it. -0.70 on the year. An average hitter would have netted the Twins 1 more "W" in the column vs. Bell. Otherwise, you can argue the overall stat line which ended in a little above league average wRC+ 108.
  25.    bean5302 reacted to a post in a topic: Should the Twins Bring Back Josh Bell for 2027?
  26.    bean5302 reacted to a post in a topic: Should the Twins Bring Back Josh Bell for 2027?
  27. bean5302
    Absolutely zero chance either passes through waivers if the Twins DFA/release them.
  28.    bean5302 reacted to a post in a topic: Breaking: Twins Calling Up Former First-Round Pick Aaron Sabato
  29. bean5302
    Neither player has any leverage. Neither player has a good fit on the team next year.
  30. bean5302
    Lewis has been very bad. I think folks are right that Lewis is totally checked out. I'd be surprised to see him on the Twins next year. Both Lewis and Wallner are likely to ask for a trade I'd imagine. .190/.225/.256 OPS .481 wRC+ 31.
  31.    bean5302 reacted to a post in a topic: In Hindsight, Bringing Back Trevor Larnach Was The Right Decision
  32. bean5302
    I guess this is an opportunity to give guys a chance to step up to the plate in the big show for the sake of memories or something.
  33.    bean5302 reacted to a post in a topic: Breaking: Twins Calling Up Former First-Round Pick Aaron Sabato
  34.    bean5302 reacted to a post in a topic: Breaking: Twins Calling Up Former First-Round Pick Aaron Sabato
  35. bean5302
    Gomez is middle reliever innings eater. A guy who fills out your bullpen. Not a guy who is expected to have a lead role. Career 4.68 ERA, 4.91 FIP, 5.07 xFIP. 2026 4.48 ERA, 4.54 FIP, 5.22 xFIP. Passable K rate, exceptionally high walk rate, no ground balls. It's possible Gomez could learn how to throw strikes at age 27 next year, and Stuff+ says his offerings are good. Some of the worst control in MLB.
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