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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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
  5. rv78
    Have they contacted Jack Morris yet? We'll be needing him for Game 7.
  6. rv78
    Or a pitcher that is injured. That worked so well under the Falvey era.
  7. 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.
  8. 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!
  9. rv78
    I was hoping someone would change my mind. Okay........ my season tickets have been bought. Are you happy now? Whoops! Back to reality.
  10. rv78
    And yet the Twins have gotten worse. Your rose colored glasses have some manure on them.
  11. 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.
  12. rv78
    Falvey leaves and the process of finding the worst of the worst remains the same.
  13. rv78
    Valdez is too expensive for the Twins, even if he is entering the discount zone of time for Free Agents. The Twins already have a Valdez type pitcher on their roster and I would be less surprised to see him (Ryan) traded than another pitcher like him signed. Besides, adding to your strength (rotation) while leaving the bare cupboard (bullpen) empty doesn't really improve the team. This would look like a Falvey move. Maybe they could bring in another left-handed hitting corner outfielder too?
  14. rv78
    The Pohlads will never run out of scapegoats. The new people they hire to replace the used scapegoats become fodder for new scapegoats. If the Twins falter again in 2026, tell me they won't look to Shelton or a new Coach to blame. At the very least they will use Falvey as a scapegoat for the next few years saying he didn't do his job building up the team, (which I agree with), however, it will never get to the point where they say it's their fault.
  15. rv78
    Not impossible. The Brewers, Indians, Rays do it almost every year.
  16. rv78
    My first thought is........... the more things change, the more they stay the same. Carl first turns things over to Joe, then Tom. Levine leaves and his job goes to Falvey. Falvey gets the axe and his job goes to Zoll. Rocco gone, they hire Shelton. Seems like a lot of in-house connection that signals change but very little changes other than names. They will have to prove me wrong before I believe any of these changes will make a difference.
  17. rv78
    It's never a good thing when you reach the point of, damned if you do AND damned if you don't.
  18. rv78
    Of the 10 players that were part of the fire sale, how many were connected to Falvey either through the draft or some sort of acquisition by him? I didn't look it up but I'm guessing all 10. What's sad is that none of them were worth keeping. That alone, in a nutshell, tells you how good Falvey was at his job.
  19. rv78
    They are a dysfunctional bunch with different visions. Unfortunately all of their visions are flawed. In 2019 they had one of the best teams in baseball. They dismantled it in 2 years, built it back up by 2023 then went in the opposite direction the following season instead of building onto it. In 2025 they have a fire sale, tearing the team down even farther. After the season they claim they will compete in 2026, adding basically no one to date that will actually turn this team into a competitor. There is no doubt in my mind that both Tom and Falvey want to win. Tom understands the need to win to get fans in the stands, thus the reason for calling cancelled season ticket holders. He also probably understands that Falvey wasn't going to produce that winning formula with a limited budget that the Pohlads require. Maybe some of the season ticket holders that he talked to, told him Falvey needed to go too. Falvey's problem was that he was just terrible at evaluating players. He'd see a player that had 1 good season in their entire career or even just half a season (Jorge Lopez) and expect him to be the star he was looking for. Even when the Pohlads gave him star caliber type money to spend he blew it on a player like Correa, or good money on Joey Gallo. The pitching pipeline he was suppose to develop only produced 1 starter named Bailey Ober, in his entire 9 year tenure. How many players did he bring in that were injured or injury prone? Even his last acquisition from Colorado, Kaminska is coming off TommyJohn surgery. Falvey took Terry Ryans vision of "Hope and A Prayer" to another level. Why? Because he wasn't the smartest man in the room afterall.
  20. rv78
    The Pohlads came to the conclusion that Falvey wasn't capable of building a winner within their payroll restrictions and Falvey came to the conclusion that the Pohlads were never going to give him the huge amount of payroll he'd need to cover up his mistakes and still be a winner, That my friends is the mutual understanding and agreement they arrived at. Period.
  21. rv78
    I would have to disagree with this........ firing Falvey wasn't a tough decision. It's one that should have been done 2 years ago, or at least at the same time Rocco was shown the door.
  22. rv78
    Another, Go big or go home" move by Falvey. Joe must be proud. Question...... Why the obsession with injured pitchers?
  23. rv78
    This is less about reacting to matchups and more about dictating them. That shift suggests an organization leaning fully into modern roster construction. The Twins may not win many talent comparisons on paper, but they are trying to win the decision-making battle that happens before the first pitch. How is setting a lineup based on the other teams starting pitcher dictating a matchup? It can only be seen as a reaction. If you really think that the other team isn't going to pitch their top 3 pitchers against the Twins if it is their turn in the rotation because the Twins can throw a predominately opposite hitting lineup against them, you're crazy. If you win a decision-making battle, that fails to give you the production you were hoping for, and then you lose that option for a late inning decision-making battle, don't you fail twice? It's a stupid plan. Talent still looks better, on paper and in a game.
  24. rv78
    Agree completely. There was no point in keeping any of these 3 plus Jeffers if all you are going to do is add fringe players that make no difference. If I was any of the 3 or 4 especially Buxton and I am watching what kind of crap Falvey is bringing in to try to help this team get better, I'm asking for a trade ASAP. Joe says he doesn't do half measures, and he says he doesn't think not going full rebuild and at the same time not spending to add significant pieces are half measures. That kinda proves he doesn't know what half measures are.
  25. rv78
    What I wrote in reply in another article In years past we were told the bullpen was possibly the best in baseball, yet it was the first thing Falvey disposed of at the deadline. You think it's middle of the road? I believe it will be one of the worst in baseball. Especially if they don't add anyone with at least a year or two of high leverage experience in the prime of their career. Knowing Falvey, he'll go for someone that is at the end of his career and has his best days behind him. Hoping to catch a star as it fades into darkness. A Taylor Rogers or Caleb Theilbar, maybe Liam Hendriks or some other washed up former Twin. This is the Falvey way. bunsen82 .... I think I nailed it.
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