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  1. rv78
    They can get plenty of Free Agents to come here. There will always be guys that no one else wants, you know, the leftovers that they wait for every year after other teams take the cream off the top. With the same Owners and Front Office in charge, their strategy won't change.
  2. rv78
    if one or two of them take a step forward with their development, this team starts to become a threat. That's a big "if"
  3. rv78
    The Twins are really good at playing guys that have proven they can't play. If Gasper, Urena, Julien, Clemens, Roden, Hatch, Fitzgerald, Topa, Funderburk, Ramirez, Kriske, and so on, are the future, then start laughing. A lost season should be used to evaluate future talent. Not the crap they are using.
  4. rv78
    It's too bad that since the Twins are so good at tinkering with pitchers and their mix of pitches and have such a good track record of adding velocity that it wouldn't equate into pitchers actually becoming better pitchers. I'm pretty sure there have been more pitchers that they brought in via trade or off the waiverwire that failed verses those that they improved.
  5. rv78
    One word describes this organization..... From ownership's attempt to sell the team, Falvey's attempt to build a perrenial contender, (which was his own words), Rocco's attempt to be a good manager, and the players attempt to play fundamental winning baseball. That word is FAILURE! And the worst part......... the lack of ACCOUNTABILITY!
  6. rv78
    The only sound that the Pohlads would understand better than chants of "sell the team" would be crickets "chirping". Joe says he'd rather have passionate fans than fans that are disengaged. What he doesn't understand is that the disengaged part has begun and THEY are the reason for it.
  7. rv78
    I think you hit the nail on the head.
  8. rv78
    The Pohlad family keeping control of the Twins is bad enough. Pretending it’s good news is worse. Joe Pohlad opened his remarks, as quoted in Phil Miller’s Star Tribune piece, by saying, “I don’t think we could have imagined a better outcome than where we landed.” It IS good news. It's good news for the Pohlads and Joe tells us that in his remarks. Don't be fooled that he meant it for Twins fans. They don't give a rats A$$ about the fans, only themselves. Joe is happy. Falvey is happy. Rocco is happy. Anyone who thinks this is going to result in any change that will be meaningful to the fans is a fool. Attendance Thursday night was 24,000. In the picture it looks like they had 23,000 no shows.
  9. rv78
    Two statements that spell doom for Twins fans.... Joe is running the team and Rocco is happy. There isn't anything that says bad news more than that. Also, I've never known minority investors to be in charge enough to be able to make changes. They're known more as "silent" investors. In this case "suckers". Nice try, but the positive spin you put on this doesn't work because too much of the old still remains.
  10. rv78
    Stability for Twins leadership is the last thing this organization needs. What the leadership really needs is to be held accountable for their failure. Let's all boycott this organization for as long as the Pohlads are in charge. Adding 2 minor, limited partners to the ownership group only means that the Pohlads will suck as much money out of those 2 partners as they continue to feed their hope and a prayer BS to the fans for the forseeable future. As bad as the last 9 years of being a Twins fan has been, this is the worst news any of us could have gotten. I grew up a Twins fan watching Carew, Oliva, Killebrew as a kid. Got to watch 2 incredible World Series victories in my early adult years. Even enjoyed the years with the M&M boys even though they didn't get a ring. The last 9 years of this crap isn't anything close to what Twins baseball was or should be. Knowing it is going to continue means it is over for me. The hope and a prayer that I was holding onto died today.
  11. rv78
    Say what you want about the current roster. They can't hit and they can't pitch. But even if they would have had the roster they had before the deadline sell-off they still would have lost. I tuned in to watch a couple innings and twice the camera man showed the players in the Yankee dugout looking out onto the field at the Twins and they were smiling and laughing. Watching the Twins try to compete was comical to them. They know this organization is a joke. You have owners who don't give a rats a$$, A Front Office that brings in guys like Gasper, Bride, Clemens, Hatch, Wentz, Kriske, and a Manager that doesn't even know how to set a lineup and play his best players regularly. The former roster deserved to be blown-up. Now lets get rid of the Owners, Front Office, Manager and Coaches so we don't have to continue to throw-up when we watch 'em.
  12. rv78
    Rocco doesn't know how to set a lineup and leave it. Your lineups are a pipedream.
  13. rv78
    And coincidently their offense went in the tank immediately after that trade.
  14. rv78
    Comparing him in any way shape or form to a Luis Arraez puts him in pretty good company. Now, will Falvey recognize his importance to the lineup or trade him away like he did with Arraez. Everyone knows Falvey likes the HomeRun guys, the contact hitter guys ... not so much.
  15. rv78
    Your version of Correa and his desire to play in Minnesota is a bit different than I remember. Yes he signed a 1 year deal to play here initially but I think there was an option in that 1st contract that he could have chosen to return for a 2nd year, which HE chose not to exercise. So, he CHOSE to leave Minnesota when he could have returned. Then he signed not one, but 2 different deals with other clubs (Mets & Giants) in which THEY backed out, not him. It's pretty obvious he didn't choose to play in Minnesota. It looks more like Minnesota chose him and made his salary too good to turn down. That's a big difference. Sometimes money talks. Yes, I agree the Pohlads pulled the rug out from under everyone including him. But given the choice, he CHOSE to play elsewhere multiple times after his initial season with the Twins. His time with the Twins, even in that 1 playoff series wasn't historic. It really wasn't even memorable. Sorry, when any player doesn't live up to their contract or expectations that isn't something you want to remember. Most over-rated and over-paid player to ever put on a Twins uniform.
  16. rv78
    Can someone explain to me why we are seeing something called "Gasper" playing in games instead of any other player not named Gasper. He has currently shown nothing worth noting and at 29 years old has no value going forward.
  17. rv78
    Brian Dozier, Jorge Polanco, Royce Lewis, Brooks Lee, just to name a few. Seems to be a major problem for the Twins especially. Unfortunately spending $200 million for one didn't work either. I'd take a Greg Gagne type anyday if they could surround him with guys that can hit like Hrbie, G-man, Puck, Bruno, Gladden and ....... well,,,,,, you know..... those guys.
  18. rv78
    And what you won't read about is when he used that same cerebral approach and hit into a doubleplay to end a Twins rally. How often does he tell his teammates about those experiences? I think they were more numerous.
  19. rv78
    If you piggyback them, aren't you really just seeing if they will make an effective long reliever? An accurate test or evaluation of a player to be a starter is to treat them like a starter. If Rocco is going to pull them before the 3rd time thru the order then you really aren't learning if they can be successful at it since they aren't given the chance. Piggys belong in a pig pen. Horses belong in a stable. Make them horses not pigs.
  20. rv78
    That's is because there never was a consistant lineup. Thank injuries and Rocco for that. It would take a lot of research but I'd be willing to bet that the exact same lineup was never used for more than 3 or 4 days in a row all the while Rocco has been Manager. The players can't be consistant hitters when they don't get consistant playing time.
  21. rv78
    With Rocco running the show it won't matter. There's no consistancy to who he puts in the lineup or why. No reasoning or confidence for the player, only the process, and that process has proven itself to be a failure for quite a few seasons now. The firesale held at the trade deadline proves it does not work. Unfortunately the powers in charge think it is the players that did not work, and refuse to admit it is the process they have enbraced. Something tells me they will continue their insanity.
  22. rv78
    This is just Rocco doing his usual top-notch managing. A guy goes 3 for 5 and is rewarded with bench duty the next day. Even if his replacement is hitting .115 for the season. Playing time decisions like this is exactly why Rocco needs to go.
  23. rv78
    So Friday night Gasper isn't asked to bunt because he doesn't know how. Today Kiersey fails at bunting and looks completely lost at trying to do it. Obviously bunting isn't being taught at any level in the minor leagues. Go back to last season and the struggles Austin Martin had. Then remember why he had those struggles. It was because the Twins brass tried to make him into a power hitter. Could it be with Kiersey they wanted the same thing. That would explain the lack of situational hitting and bunting ability by most every young player on the Twins. They wanted a forever chain of players replicating the "Bomba Squad" that swings for the fences instead of contact first and situational hitting albeit hit and run, bunting or taking the ball to the opposite field. My guess is all the hitting coaches are telling all the players to swing as hard as you can everytime you swing. Setting the record for the most strikeouts in a season last year and seeing how bad they are at making contact again this year would suggest they haven't changed their approach on offense even if some of the players have changed.
  24. rv78
    I'm pretty sure the fans version of "fun baseball" is a whole lot different than Falveys. Stay tuned, "meaningful baseball" will return sometime in the next millenium.
  25. rv78
    Relievers are the easiest pieces to replace. In return the Twins got 2 legit starters in Bradley and Rojas. If they don't make it as starters they'll turn them into relievers and they'll quite possibly be just as good or better as Jax and Varland. While I don't like Falvey and the moves he makes, there is a chance of these trades having some upside if Bradley and/or Rojas can improve enough to stick as MLB starters. If they can't, then it's a wash or another Falvey mistake. Only time will tell.
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