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  1. rv78
    I prefer they just stay out of the Free Agent market and run with the young guys. The crap Falvey brings in hasn't worked..... ever. I don't understand why anyone wants to keep playing the same broken record.
  2. rv78
    Will never happen. Falvey has said that he isn't trading Ryan or Lopez. My question is......... did he put it in writing?
  3. rv78
    Seems a lot of you are missing the question in the title of this article. It is not grading the job we expect out of Shelton. It is the grading of the Front Office hiring Shelton. Of the 4 potential candidates they said they were interviewing, they obviously, and stated as such, that Shelton was the one with the most familiarity of the Twins organization. That made him the most comfortable hire they could make. All it did was confirm Rocco was let go because they felt they had to do something to make it look like they were trying to fix things. When Rocco got fired, it looked like they actually might be taking a step in the right direction. I have nothing against Shelton. He probably deserves another chance to manage just as much as Rocco, but hiring Shelton proved they aren't serious about changing anything. As a fan, he doesn't move the needle. Grade F.
  4. rv78
    You don't change the message if you think you are doing everything right. It also isn't a major change in leadership. It's more of the same or they wouldn't have hired Rocco 2.0. Shelton's answers were well rehearsed and gone over with Falvey before they sat down for the press conference. As for trying to invigorate the fan base...... they don't care. They especially don't think that 90% is anywhere close to the number that disapproves of what they are doing. It'll take an empty Target Field for the entirety of the 2026 season for them to get that message. Will everyone give that to them? No. Unfortunately there are still the Dad's that want to take their sons to the ball games each and every summer, no matter how bad the team is. They go for the experience. Winning to them is just a bonus. Only the hard core fans, that take winning as a reason to go, will be boycotting games. Will they be enough? Only time will tell. As for ownership providing resources going forward.... Why would they spend now? They had a chance to take the next step after the 2023 playoffs and those chose to go in the opposite direction. The 2025 team showed nothing that would signal a bump in revenue would matter. Unless you want to go from a 70-92 team to 80-82.
  5. rv78
    The image of Shelton and Tingler at the top of this article looks like they're either looking at a supermodel walking by in a bikini or they know they are the 2 luckiest guys that don't have a clue as to what they are doing, knowing that they have fooled Falvey into giving them jobs that pay hundreds of thousands of dollars.
  6. rv78
    Sounds like they are going to rollout the same crap we have been seeing. No big surprise there. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/derek-shelton-used-his-time-off-after-the-pirates-fired-him-to-present-the-twins-a-better-candidate/ar-AA1POjHV
  7. rv78
    You mean like when, Falvey says he "know"s how to run a baseball team, and he doesn't?
  8. rv78
    Well, since the Manager, (whoever it is) answers to Falvey, it's very likely the Coaches (whoever they are) also answer to Falvey. In most MLB situations, the Manager brings in the coaches he wants to have working under him. In Minnesota, I'm not so sure it works that way. Falvey doesn't make mistakes, is the smartest man in the room, and likely controls almost every aspect of what we see on the field, within the Pohlads payroll limitations.
  9. rv78
    If they don't trade 'em, in 2026 they might win 70 games, again. Yeah, that's the same number they won in 2025 with a good bullpen the first half of the season. If they do trade 'em they'll win less. The difference in the grand scheme of competing? None. Who knows if there will even be a 2027 season.
  10. rv78
    Okay, where are the hits going to come from that score the runs? Who is going to start playing better defense? The fundamentals are going to improve... how? The same players are just magically going to be better at every aspect needed? Dream on!
  11. rv78
    That must be the reason why Falvey traded him away. He saw he was just too good defensively.
  12. rv78
    My guess is, with Falvey in control, Popkins was told how to do his job by Falvey. It didn't work and for that reason he was the fall guy just like Rocco was this year. You have to keep reminding yourself that Falvey truely believes he doesn't do anything wrong. Every decision he makes is right. If anything he tries does not work it is not his fault. The person he puts in charge for implementing that decision is the failure. The process is never wrong. It's the messenger. I also believe that in Toronto, Popkins had free rein to do his job and he obviously excelled at it. Again, stop and think, why would he have so much more success in Toronto than in Minnesota? Is it the talent? According to Falvey he drafts the best, trades for the best, and his process is the best. He's not wrong. Or is it really Falvey, drafting NOT the best, trading for NOT the best and getting players that just really aren't that good, and above all,... the process is wrong. It probably doesn't matter who the hitting coach is.
  13. rv78
    Sounds like he could be a late inning defensive backup or pinch runner. I'm just not sold on low average hitters that show some power. This organization has been stuck on that model for too long. At least he knows how to play defense and steal bases. The biggest question you have to ask yourself is.... Will the Twins be smart enough to know how to use him if he ever makes it to the bigs?
  14. rv78
    In 2026 there's no chance of winning. No desire from Ownership to win. No clue on how to win from the Front Office. A new Manager with no history of winning. Players don't play good enough to win. In the end......... it really doesn't matter who the backup catcher is.
  15. rv78
    If I was a player and knew of the current situation in the Twins organization, I would take less money to play for someone else. Buxton, Ryan and Lopez will be asking for a trade by next years deadline if they aren't moved this off-season. Possibly Jeffers too if he has a good 1st half.
  16. rv78
    Are you 100% certain that there were multiple guys interested in the manager job or did they hire the only one that was? Interviewing for and actually wanting the job are not the same. Could be after the interviews, they hired the only one who agreed to the constraints that Falvey has in place outlined in the interview.
  17. rv78
    Baldelli was fired because Falvey needed to save his own butt. Hiring Shelton only cements that theory. His excuse was the messenger wasn't doing a good job delivering the message to the players. Performance was poor. It couldn't be the players that Falvey has drafted or traded for. It can't be his plan for how the team plays. The process can't be wrong, he doesn't make mistakes. In Falvey's world, there is nothing wrong with the team or the process. He doesn't need someone new to make changes, he needed someone new to carry on the same old message while he saved himself.
  18. rv78
    I find it comical that some of you posting here think any of these 3 guys are going to make a difference. Reading your posts it's like you are expecting the team to be in contention for the division and we need them to put this team over the hump. 1.The Pohlads are not going to spend the money for any of them and 2.It won't matter if they did.
  19. rv78
    With no chance of competing in 2026 they could also opt for Glen Perkins and Eddie Guardado. What was the purpose of trading the bullpen they had for the AAA pitchers they got if they aren't going to give them a chance? Falvey's usual old veteran dumpster diving will not improve the team going forward. Sorry Cody, but "The Best Bullpen in Baseball" hasn't worked. Bringing back the same guys isn't going to work a 2nd or 3rd time. In 2026 they need to let the young guys play so they know what they have for 2027 and beyond. That is the only way to get any value out of the 2026 season.
  20. rv78
    The biggest question that will give me the most answers: What are you going to do differently than Rocco? Because if he says he's not going to change much, then I know he just Falveys puppet #2. If he says everything, then I will expect meaningful change. Anything in-between those 2 answers and I don't have much hope because pretty much everything needs to change to get the ship back on the right track. I fully expect that he would say, we are going to continue the process we have in place and try to get better results. Because that is 99.9% why he was hired in the first place over someone without organizational ties.
  21. rv78
    Why would Falvey choose a proven loser over everyone else? Because he's a Falvey "yes" man. After your #1 (Rocco) is used as the fallman for your failures you don't hesitate to go to your #2 man (Shelton). He can just as easily be thrown under the bus. Don't get me wrong, I didn't care for Rocco so I'm not defending him. I just see no difference between him or Shelton. This totally means Rocco was fired because Falvey needed to do it to save his own job. Hiring Shelton, who has no proven success managing at the major league level changes nothing and proves Falvey only hired him because he'll be another "yes'' man and eventually another fallman.
  22. rv78
    If this is true, we can only hope that is the plan for Falvey as well.
  23. rv78
    And don't forget their fearless clubhouse leader in Houston, Carlos Correa. Nothing says Front Office Incompetence more than "Derek Falvey".
  24. rv78
    LOL! Seriously? Improvements need to be made in every one of these areas: #1. Owners #2. Front Office #3. Manager #4. Fundamental Baseball #5. More Talent #6. Better Health #7. Player Development The Manager is the only thing being addressed. A WS won't happen until all 7 have been changed for the better.
  25. rv78
    The talent competition will be limited to butt kissing. Falvey has assured all those involved that the best butt kisser will win the job regardless of who wins the swimsuit competition.
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