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  1. rv78
    Yeah, Right, It is widely known the way this organization is currently being run is that the veterans get the long leash no matter how bad they perform and the youngsters get little to no chance of playing in their place, even when the veterans prove they aren't worth the roster spot. Tell me with a straight face that Wallner, Outman, Larnach, Bell and Clemens are going to help this team contend for a division title. Add in Lewis, Lee, Caratini, and the other cast-offs like Kreidler and Gray that were brought in to improve the roster. Improve? What a joke! There was NO improvement. They went backwards. Say goodbye to Buxton, Jeffers and Ryan at the trade deadline. They have NO reason to stay.
  2. rv78
    Is there really any reason why players like Wallner, Outman, Larnach, Bell, Clemens, are important to the future of this club? We can argue, speculate, dream all day long, and NONE of them matter. They are all playing the role of roster filler until someone better comes along that MIGHT be a difference maker. No one knows if E-Rod will be a difference maker until he gets a chance. Replacing a .200 hitter or less, that can't play defense shouldn't be that difficult, but the Twins have to save their precious service time and call-up options. Why? If you are seriously playing to contend, why stick with the players that aren't helping you do that, but in fact are making the opposite happen? If that isn't stupidity, it's insanity. Take your pick, it has to be one or the other.
  3. rv78
    I think the "long-building problem" with the Twins isn't due to the lack of international talent but more likely due to the lack of ANY talent. When was the last time they brought up a prospect that they drafted that was a .300 hitter on a consistant basis out side of Luis Arraez? Larnach, Wallner, Lee, Lewis, are just the most recent examples of players they drafted with all the hype of significant difference making status and they can barely hit .200 consistantly. I could care less WHERE the player comes from. Just give me a few that can hit like a Carew or Oliva for a change.
  4. rv78
    If Buck and Martin have their 2 outfield spots locked up. Which it appears to be, as of now. That leaves RF or Wallner to be the odd man out. Almost everyone here complains about Wallner being a terrible outfielder. His bat isn't anything great either. What would be the harm in giving ERod the RF spot full-time to see if he is better than Wallner. Wallner could then take Outmans spot on the roster. It's too bad they haven't tried using Wallner at 1B. Unless his glove would be horrendous there, I can't see him being much of a drop off replacing Clemens at 1B with the bat. That is something they should have done in spring training to see if he can play there. As for Outman being Buxtons backup, I wouldn't think Martin or ERod would be a disaster there if they had to play CF once a week. If Buck gets hurt, well this team is totally screwed and it won't make a rats turd of a difference who plays there then. If you are telling me that we don't have anyone in AAA that can give us better at-bats than Outman, then this organization is worse off than we think.
  5. rv78
    There is nothing about their off-season has me to believe they are serious about contending. The "Contending" statement came from them, not me. I never took that statement serious at the time nor do I now. It's just BS to try to get fans to buy tickets. As for signing Bell, what's the point? When you add guys like Kreidler, Outman, Gray, Roden, who didn't make the club out of spring training, counting on Clemens, a career .200 hitter to be a major part of your team, it's all just a joke. As for 1 high-leverage RP making a difference that's like saying Bell is going to make enough of a difference to get them over the hump. This team hasn't went all-in since 2019, and they've done nothing but go backwards ever since. Adding the fringe players every year like they have since 2019 hasn't worked and never will.
  6. rv78
    It is completely ironic or, maybe Moronic would be the better term, that the Twins have young players in AAA that they are sure of their glove and unsure of their bat and instead of taking a chance on them to see if their bat will play at the major league level, they use a veteran that has proven his bat DOESN'T play, just for his glove. It seems to me that they are treading the same water now without Falvey as they did when Falvey was here. Play the veterans no matter how bad they are, hoping the fans buy into the moves they made, showing that they KNOW what they are doing. In all reality, they are only proving to the fans otherwise by running the same type of worthless veterans out onto the field over and over. Kreidler, Outman, Bell, Clemens and a handful of others brought in by Falvey aren't worth a roster spot if they are really serious about contending.
  7. rv78
    You are backing up your story by saying fielders are taught to throw low? Where I come from they are taught to throw at the chest. Anything above, below or off to either side of that, is off target. Balls in the dirt are just as much off target as throws over the head. (Unless the throw was intentionally throw off the turf for a 1 hop bounce to 1B.)
  8. rv78
    So Bell should have gotten the error then? An errant throw is an error, regardless of who is trying to catch it. What you are implying would be the same as giving every hitter a hit even if the fielder can't scoop up the ball.
  9. rv78
    Yeah, the error in Friday nights game was by Kreidler, so he'll be an upgrade. LOL!
  10. rv78
    Have played 3 teams with below .500 records at this point, and the Twins went 1-2 against all 3. Tells you a lot about this team. They can't even beat other teams that aren't playing well. They are, what a lot of us thought they would be... Bad. Normally one would say they need to clean out the dead wood but that dead wood is what Falvey brought in the past couple of years, so they've got no one to turn to. The bonfire is going to be pretty big again this year at the trade deadline. Bye Bye Ryan, Buxton and Jeffers.
  11. rv78
    Tom really wasn't kidding when he said this team was going to be competitive. They are competing with the White Sox for last place in the division with all the vim and vigor as any last place team can muster.
  12. rv78
    I think it is more likely that the Twins will struggle against ALL pitchers this season.
  13. rv78
    4 reasons for Optimism 1. Joe Ryan 2. Byron Buxton 3. Ryan Jeffers 4. Pablo Lopez (not really) Look out trade deadline.......... here we come. 2026, a prove it year for Lewis, Lee, Wallner, Larnach, Martin or they'll be gone too.
  14. rv78
    The powers that be continue their narrative that this team will compete. Thus the retreads like Outman, Bell, Clemens and anyone else Falvey brought in the last few years that is still here will get the nod to prove they don't belong BEFORE the youngsters that would help this organization down the road get to prove they do belong. It's the recipe they have followed for many seasons now and even though the guys in charge have changed, the philosophy hasn't. Trying the same thing over and over again and expecting different results is......... ?
  15. rv78
    Based on their major league careers, especially the last 2 months of the 2025 season, I find it hard to believe that Roden is considered the 3rd outfielder over Martin. The author of this article appears to be drawing straws.
  16. rv78
    "Jack of all Trades - Master of None" will maintain their level of mediocrity. Looking for ways to get guys like Kody Clemens, a career .206 hitter, more at bats, does nothing to instill confidence in the fans for Sheltons ability to manage.
  17. rv78
    Agree with those that think he should stay at least until the trade deadline. On top of that, Tom isn't going to take away the chance for the fans to go to Target Field for a game, when they have a pitcher starting the game, that actually gives them a chance to win. The days he pitches at Target Field, will undoubtably have bigger crowds.
  18. rv78
    We aren't the only ones who think the Twins FAILED https://www.theringer.com/2026/02/12/mlb/mlb-offseason-grades-best-signings-trades-deals-spring-training
  19. rv78
    Have they contacted Jack Morris yet? We'll be needing him for Game 7.
  20. rv78
    Or a pitcher that is injured. That worked so well under the Falvey era.
  21. rv78
    Is this and your previous... bang for the buck post, suppose to be sarcastic? If so, then I agree. Someone like Carlos Correa would be ideal. Wait! They tried that already and failed. He wasn't able to provide that bang for the buck like you hoped. He was too much buck for the bang. Someone with similar skills for half the money would be the answer. Where's he coming from? It's true they are already talking Culpeppers abilty to be a major league SS is questionable. When was the last time they had a really good one that didn't cost C4 payroll? You have to go back to the days of Roy Smalley and Greg Gagne. In all likelihood, having Lee play SS for the near term isn't going to matter. This team, as constructed, isn't going anywhere anyway. Might as well have a below average SS to go along with just about every other positional player on the roster.
  22. rv78
    F is the grade for me. Maybe a D- if you want to be generous. Outside of improving the backup catcher spot with Caratini offensively over Vazquez that's all I see there. Bell will do nothing to improve the team at 1B and we already had 3 guys that are DH types like him that shouldn't be playing defensively. Every other move was changing pebbles on the beach instead of adding a few rocks. The big move in the bullpen was Rogers and he's a shadow of his former self when he was with the Twins previously. It's going to take another good FULL year from Buck, a bounce back year from Wallner, The same production all year from Martin that we saw in the last month or two of 2025, No sophomore slump from Keaschall and major improvements from Lee and Lewis for this team to be better than last year offensively. 1B still remains a liability. Maybe Jenkins, Gonzalez, Rodriguez, Culpepper will be up by mid-season to help, but that will only happen if all of the above DON'T do what they need to, which only solidifies that the off-season was a bonafide failure. The rotation is going to need to go deep into ballgames almost every game cause the bullpen looks to be a disaster. Good Luck Tom!
  23. rv78
    I was hoping someone would change my mind. Okay........ my season tickets have been bought. Are you happy now? Whoops! Back to reality.
  24. rv78
    And yet the Twins have gotten worse. Your rose colored glasses have some manure on them.
  25. rv78
    Sorry, I don't feel sorry for Falvey. He made a multitude of moves to numerous to mention that he had complete control over that he just completely whiffed on. Even his last 2 significant moves in spending $7M each on Josh Bell and Victor Caratini show his inept way of spending the available payroll he has at his disposal. Neither Bell or Caratini move the needle to a higher level. They only solidify a floor that maintains the status quo of mediocrity. Had the total of their 2 salaries, $14M, been given to just one, much better player, who was capable of significant improvement at even just 1 position it makes the team BETTER. The only problem of going with that avenue of spending is that Falvey has also shown with Correa and Gallo that he wasn't capable of spending bigger dollars wisely either. Blame the Pohlads if you wish, but Falvey failed in a lot of ways that weren't the Pohlads fault.
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