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Heck no! I'll let your business fold, but I won't join an internet site and post about how bad your doughnuts are every day or demand your doughnuts be free or eat them even for free. I won't be enraged if your doughnuts don't win awards or get voted the best doughnuts in the country, etc. Basically. I won't care... Ironically, btw, I grew up on Hans' Bakery doughnuts as a kid and still believe the original recipes and ownership group were the best ever. The realtor who took it over as some reality TV game recently ran the business into the ground and sold it to Wuollett bakery, who was also just bought out by somebody else or something, but is withholding the doughnut recipes. I certainly won't go out of my way to get them today, even if they were free. If the greedy and incompetent previous owner never allows the bakery's original recipes to see the light of day or Hans' Bakery folds up forever, that'll be a bummer, but I'm not going to lose any sleep over it.

Is going to continue considering how many people spend $0 on the team, yet feel "entitled" to the team being run as a charity.

Just an obvious satirical response (weather control machine, etc) based on the kinds of comments I see from a lot of "fans" on this site. It's not a personal attack or challenge to you or anybody else. Complaining about ownership from the 90s, explaining why they don't like to be at the ballpark because of x, y, z reasons from years ago, etc. The Pohlads are not remotely close to the bottom of the barrel for MLB owners.

Right-size probably means something like not projecting losses if the team doesn't advance in the playoffs. The Twins look to have made money last year based on Forbes projections so seeing them cut payroll burns, and he debacle with Diamond Sports/Bally Sports North deserves a lengthy apology and explanation to fans from ownership, along with a plan for how that can never happen again. The Twins are still running a cumulative loss since 2019, and the fans aren't attending with various excuses, er "reasons" while the ownership still spends more on payroll than their rank in attendance. What many Twins fans "expect" is not possible to achieve. It's a generally moving target of a $1B payroll made up of a 75 man active roster in violation of MLB rules, consisting of the top 25 free agents, 25 sure fire favorite prospects, and the 25 best players currently in the organization. Also, it requires free tickets, plus free private limo transportation to/from the games, a personal game day maid/butler (whichever you prefer) who delivers free gourmet food and beverages to wherever you're walking/sitting in the stadium. A weather control machine to make sure the game is always played under ideal weather conditions is a given. The owners should also be at every game, greeting fans on their hands and knees groveling for forgiveness for being wealthy and successful, and if that's not enough to get fans at the game, the fans at home should be able to watch the game for free with free Door Dash/Uber Eats or free food/alcohol at the bar where the game is broadcast. The Twins should also win every game by no less than 20 runs and the World Series every year. If the Pohlads are willing to do this for 10 straight years, some people on this forum MIGHT be willing to attend a game, though it's probably not enough because of how the Twins played back in the mid-90s so the ownership must still be taught a lesson.

I think it's easy enough to put some positive spins out there most of the time, and that's their job. Take Manuel Margot. First guy: That brings the young veteran Margot to the plate. Rocco's got him playing today against a left handed pitcher and that's been an easy call for the last several years as he's really hit lefties well over the course of his career and full seasons. This year hasn't clicked right out of the gate, but you have to believe the bat will come around, and he's certainly shown life over the past 3 games. Other guy: Yeah, and you know, guys like Margot are under appreciated. They come in and play wherever you want them in the outfield, and that's something they need to back up Byron Buxton in center. I know a lot of fans were hoping see Taylor back this year, but between the two, Margot's been the better hitter over his career, and Taylor's had a real rough start to this season as well. First guy: That's true! Look at Kepler last year. Sometimes things just don't go your way, but you have to believe it'll balance out over time, and Margot certainly looks like he's putting it together over these past couple games right when the Twins need it most!

I think that's fine you're expecting more from him, but I don't think the Twins were expecting more than what they're getting from him this year. Certainly, last year's regular season was a real letdown, but he was also a monster in the playoffs last year after the Twins finally gave him a couple weeks to rest his fried foot. Correa was one of two players on the team who actually made the Astros pitchers throw strikes. In any case, you'll be happy to know it's not $33MM next year. It goes up to $37MM haha

I'm okay on Paddack. 4.47 ERA, 4.00 FIP, 3.75 xFIP. He's got 3 quality starts (which were all excellent) in 9 games, and over 50% of his starts have FIPs north of 5.00. Really nice to see that 8 inning performance, but I'm not staking much on him. If he remains healthy, he should be an adequate mid/back end starter.

In Royce we Trust. Also, somebody make him eat apples.

So you think the Twins were expecting what? 60 HR power, 8 run home runs with nobody on base? Correa can't drive in runs that aren't on base. He's 27% better than the average MLB hitter in a whopping 30 games played. What do you care if it came from home runs or doubles and walks? Right now Correa's xwOBA is 35 points higher than actual, and he'd be on pace for 20+ home runs if he played all his games at Dodger Stadium. He is clearly not the problem.

Rooker was, in fact, on the Twins before he was age 28. He was essentially benched for Larnach and Kirilloff in 2021 when Rooker was 26, after he ripped the cover off the ball in 2020 at age 25 before he had his wrist broken by a HBP. The peripherals for Rooker showed he was getting unlucky in 2021, and even so, he was still as good if not better than Larnach or Kirilloff. The Twins chose Larnach and Kirilloff instead of Rooker. That's called evaluation of talent. Rooker is now a middle of the order slugger with All Star caliber numbers the past two years. Rooker's "defense" isn't so bad when you look at Kirilloff Larnach. The Twins dropped the ball like it was routine fly to Alex Kirilloff.

Levine tried. Nobody wanted to give him a job. I think you might be seeing why...

Keirsey!!!! Worse numbers in center field than Martin. Get him up here!

Correa is a stud shortstop with a wRC+ 127 on pace for a 4 WAR season. He's right in line with what you could expect. Buxton's been a disappointment at the plate, but not like some other guys. Neither Correa, nor Buxton were legitimate options to change before this season. A whole bunch of other guys were.

Not sure why anybody cares what the bullpen does when the starter gives up 7 runs. It's just not relevant.

LOL, you're 100% right. It's definitely not the Twins' fault they can't evaluate talent.

It had to do with how the Twins handled Rooker. Not the fact the Twins were willing to toss him in with a free bucket of baseballs to clear a spot on the 40 man for Pagan.

You seem to be stretching your arguments. First, Larnach's K rate was very similar to Rooker, but Larnach does not have a lot of game power. Second, Larnach and Rooker are pretty similar in the field in terms of results. Third, there's a 2 year age gap (1 year draft) difference between the two, it's not 3 years. Finally, Rooker's ability to punish both breaking balls and fastballs and hit for power made him significantly less risky than Larnach. The Twins tossed in Rooker to complete the Padres trade... and the Padres cut bait on Rooker after 7 plate appearances (and his AAA .990 OPS) to acquire a 29 year old emergency depth backup catcher on release waivers from the Royals in Cam Gallagher. The Padres then DFA'd Gallagher, who didn't play a single game for the Padres, a month later. Yeah... that's a lot of "potential" recognition what with the DFAs. Rooker's reputation was stained by the Twins who poorly evaluated him. Rooker's defense is not -30 UZR/150 in the field so I'm thinking you just don't understand positional value adjustment. Also, I suspect you never watched Rooker on a regular basis in the outfield because he never played on a regular basis for the Twins. Rooker had the equivalent of 2 months of consistent outfield play for Minnesota in his career. He did look a lot like Wallner out there in terms of instincts, though. I'd expect Rooker to settle in at -10 runs-ish per full season in the corners. Positional adjustment to corner outfield is +20 runs.

Velocity in 2024 (100.7) is the same as 2022 (100.9) and less than 1mph off from the first 15 appearances in 2023 (101.5). His velocity will probably improve a little as the season continues. Not sure about why the catchers are calling what they're calling, but apparently they're not on the same page as Duran atm.

Rosario ran out of team control years ago. The Twins would have needed to sign him as a free agent. Comments about Rosario are downright stupid at this point.

I think it's late enough in the season to ask what the heck is wrong with Matt Wallner? Is it all mental, does he need to see an ophthalmologist or is the coaching staff inept? I suggested a few weeks ago that Wallner go down to Ft. Myers. I'm suggesting it again. Either there's something wrong or he's lost every bit of confidence. Putting him on easy mode level might be the way to go.

Yes. Choosing to keep Larnach over Rooker was an obvious mistake as far as I'm concerned. I've expected Rooker to be a very good valuable hitter for a long time now, but he needed an opportunity. The Twins' treatment of Rooker ruined his reputation as a prospect and it took landing with the Oakland A's for Rooker to finally get a lengthy look in the lineup. I don't think he'll keep hitting quite as well as he has this year, but I bet the Padres and Royals are wishing they gave Rooker more plate appearances and ignored Minnesota's evaluations. I don't think it's probable Rooker will continue to improve at this point, but he could settle in at a 3.0 WAR DH or if somebody puts him back into the field, a 4.0 WAR corner outfielder with rough defense.

Dude is 4-2 with a 4.89 ERA coming into the game with 5 of his 8 prior starts having an FIP over 5.00. I think the woe is Chris Paddack stuff can wait.

Ryan Jeffers wOBA .400 vs. xwOBA .359 (still great). He's got a ways to go on the regression, but no matter what way you look at it, he's been very good this year. After clearly starting the season off on one side of luck, Larnach is now on the opposite side of the luck line. It seems like his bat will bounce back at this point. Santana isn't taking walks anymore which has been the hallmark of his bat's value over the years. Expecting him to put up a season even at league average marks is probably a stretch.

With the new rule changes, defensive teams will be required to have a minimum of four players on the infield, with at least two infielders completely on either side of second base It's not from the center of the base. It's from the "side" of the base, the graphic is imperfect showing 1 line instead of 2. Correa was in violation. Not seeing this "strike 3" error you're talking about.

What a mess. This team does make it hard to believe in them.