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  1. rv78
    You are taking this out of context to fit your narritive by deciding to use every player for comparison. I am only talking about regular starters. Maybe you need to re-read what I said....The 8 regulars, not the bench. Of your list who fits now? No one. Edman is the closest and if you are using a fair comparision he is actually considered a Utility player. Not a regular. Keaschall was not a bench player especially after he returned from his injury.
  2. rv78
    Dodgers only moved 1 regular player and that was Betts. The Twins have zero players like Betts. Talent wise Buck is the only one who comes close to Betts and I would cringe at watching Buxton play SS. Trying to make the infielders into utility players because **** happens still comes at a cost. Yes, Dozier started at SS and moved to 2B, Same with Polanco. I'm not saying Lee, Lewis, Keaschall or any other player CAN'T do the same thing, but Falvey specifically stated he wanted to get Keaschall some time in the outfield. Why? Is the outfield depth that much worse than 2B? Not hardly. Which only means 1 thing. they want Keaschall to be more of a utility player. Okay. Fine. But then try him where you need him, like 1B, not where you have a surplus.
  3. rv78
    This is the part that is just rediculous. If Lee isn't good enough to be playing SS then why is he there? Why did he play SS throughout his minor league career? The same can be said about Lewis. If you NEED a SS and the players you have there aren't capable then trade one of them for what you need. You don't just settle for subpar performance if you truely want to be a winner. That's a failed strategy proven over decades. If a player is good enough to be a Starter at any position, they don't need to play anywhere else. That's what you have a bench for. How many games did Hrbek, Knoblauch, Gagne, Gaetti, Puckett, Gladden, Brunansky play at a 2nd position? ZERO. That's why you have bench guys like Gene Larkin and Randy Bush. The ONLY utility guys you need should be bench players, not regulars. Good managers use their regulars only at their best position. Poor managers do the opposite.
  4. rv78
    Player flexibility is only an asset if: 1.The player is capable, 2.You don't have anyone else who plays that position better. If you still use that flexibility beyond the need then it is just poor managing. The Twins have a stable full of outfielders with 3 very good prospects in the wings. Keaschall has played the majority of games in his professional career at 2B. Why is there a need to play him in the outfield other than to try to make him a utility player? If Martin, Buxton, Wallner, Larnach, Outman, Roden, Jenkins, Rodriguez, Gonzalez, 9 players, are not capable of filling 3 outfield spots, then it is poor roster building by the FO and/or poor managing.
  5. rv78
    Who decided to move Miguel Sano to RF?
  6. rv78
    Making players utility players ISN'T always the answer. Playing the same position long enough to get good at it requires repetition and consistancy. Ever since the Twins had Marwin Gonzalez and used him everywhere it seems they have this notion that they can make every player a Marwin. It's time to move on and let each player play where they are best at and be done with it.
  7. rv78
    This is only true if you believe the Twins are rebuilding. Since Falvey did the salary dump at the 2025 deadline, one would expect he'd bypass paying $7M for a veteran. He just dumped a bunch of players that cost a whole lot less than that. Then through his brilliant use of payroll he throws $7M at a DH type HR hitter. It just pure stupidity.
  8. rv78
    So you are saying that acquiring them was never actually about winning and only to flip them for prospects? If the same intent is with Bell, then we can also assume that Ryan, Buxton, Lopez and Jeffers will be traded yet this off-season or at the 2026 deadline too. That would be perfect execution of them as well. What I believe is that Falvey is doing his usual add around the fringes with players that will make little to no difference. Then sell the hype to gullible fans to sell tickets for the Pohlads proclaiming from the roof tops that the team added just enough to push them into play-off contention. Signing Bell, another poor defender, low batting average, HR swinging DH type, does nothing to improve this team. I suppose since Correa is gone they felt the need to fill his capacity for hitting into groundball doubleplays. Mission accomplished.
  9. rv78
    Adding a "player or two" from this list is the reason why the Twins will not contend in 2026.
  10. rv78
    Indication from Falvey, if you read into what he is saying, is that the Twins will only get back someone of equal value in trade. makes sense, but what it also says is that Falvey is admitting he cannot get the better of a deal. That he can only pull off a trade if he gives up what the other team wants to get what he wants. Trading from a position of strength, or in the Twins case, means depth. The only strength they have is Buxton, Ryan and Lopez and they are supposedly off the table. The only position of strength/depth they have is in the outfield. Outside of Buck, and probably Jenkins, their outfield strength is mediocre. So that tells you what they will get in return. More mediocrity.
  11. rv78
    Falvey has $11M just waiting for him.
  12. rv78
    You haven't been listening to Falvey. Kody Clemens has 1st base covered, hook, line, and stinker.
  13. rv78
    Every direction you look, this points to another Falvey mistake. Or possibly many Falvey mistakes. Obviously Popkins wasn't a bad Coach or he wouldn't have won this award. Firing a good Coach is a mistake. If he wasn't able to get the players to perform up to a certain standard, the players that Falvey gives him to work with, then maybe it is the players. Who decides which players to keep, or draft, or trade for, or sign as Free Agents? Falvey. If this is the best the players are ..., it's a Falvey mistake. If the "Plan" on how to develop these players is failing, it points to a Falvey mistake. If it's the way they play and that is also the "Plan" then it is another Falvey mistake. When Falvey came to the Twins he claimed he was the smartest man in the room. Then why are the Twins having to fire the Coaches he hired, or trade away the players he brought in, or dump Correa's salary, or change to a more aggressive style of play that we witnessed at the end of the 2025 season. Everything he'd done before must have been mistakes. The biggest mistake he continues to make, is to think he can run a major league team and throw everyone else under the bus, when he himself, is the mistake.
  14. rv78
    In August the Twins changed the way they played based on a suggestion from Tingler. Rocco nor Falvey were smart enough to come up with it and the ONLY reason why they tried it was because they knew they had nothing to lose. My guess is, both Rocco and Tingler already knew at that point their jobs were gone.
  15. rv78
    Who are the handsome players the DBacks or A's would be enticed with?
  16. rv78
    Not really, they want everyone to be a super-utility player so they can suck at every position.
  17. rv78
    Yeah, just goes to show how inept Falvey is. Why hire a guy, who has no clue on how to make the players that are the most important to the team, better. Shelton will just be Rocco 2.0 and Falvey will continue to add fringe veterans that make no difference. The Owners won't commit to spending enough money to keep this team competitive, evidenced by their payroll cuts after the 2023 season and deadline sell-off in 2025. Now we are to believe they will spend enough to make a difference in 2026? There's no doubt that Falvey WANTS the team to be competitive in 2026 but it's all BS to try to get fans to buy tickets. Pay attention to what he does, not what he says.
  18. rv78
    Can Shelton help the next group of stars transition to MLB? To answer your question..... If Shelton admits he doesn't have the magic-fix, then the answer is no.
  19. rv78
    LOL! Abrams is coming off his best season of offensive production, wherein he hit .257/.315/.433 and launched 19 home runs. Twins shortstops, meanwhile, hit .251/.307/.380 and managed just 17 home runs. Abrams would be able to provide improved offensive production at a prime defensive position. The offensive numbers are so close that they should be considered identical. If that is an improvement it is laughable. And this was his best season? We can assume he will not improve much, if at all, based on his 2023 and 2024 numbers compared to 2025. He's a .250 hitter with an OBP of .300. Now throw in his questionable defense, which you point out in the article and this makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. I'd much rather see them give Lewis 1 more year as the EVERYDAY STARTING 3Bman with a Manager that instills confidence in him. Lewis has more upside offensively and at 3B than Abrams will ever give the Twins at SS.
  20. rv78
    Simplistically speaking, based on the amount of time they both played SS in the minors, (more than any other position by a wide margin) suggests they wanted them to be shortstops in the majors. By the time Lee was drafted I think they knew Lewis was not going to make it there. Thus selecting Lee and again crossing their fingers hoping he'd be good enough. Maybe the verdict on Lee at SS is still to be determined, but there are a lot of people doubting his ability there, not just me. Picking players based on overall athleticism instead of positional strength leads to a team that has a roster full of DH types that play poor defense. That's the Twins for the last 3-4 years now and Falvey's the one picking those players.
  21. rv78
    Overrated and overpaid. Turned into 2 Falvey mistakes. One when they signed him and one when they write him a check for NOT playing for them.
  22. rv78
    Where did I say the odds were 10%? Wasn't me. My Math is fine. Falvey = Zero.
  23. rv78
    I predict he will succeed in LA. It takes money to cover up mistakes and the Dodgers have enough to cover up Rocco's boo-boos.
  24. rv78
    What is the percentage for Falvey? So far it is zero. Lewis failed and Lee hasn't proven himself there yet with many people seriously questioning his ability to succeed there. I guess if you keep trying, your odds of someone actually making it there eventually improve. Like throwing darts or horseshoes. Close most of the time with a rare bullseye or ringer if you get to play long enough. Maybe in another 7 or 8 years he'll get lucky.
  25. rv78
    I predict Falvey will draft a shortstop that will not be capable of playing shortstop at the major league level. Why? Because that is what Falvey does. For me, it's next to impossible to get excited about anything in this organization because Falvey has proven himself to be incompetent at just about everything he does and the Owners still believe in him. That's not a winning combination. They are not trading away the big 3 (Ryan, Lopez, Buxton) and will be adding to contend in 2026. Anyone here who thinks that the players they add, will make this team successful to the point of contending, is a fool. Okay, Falvey and the Owners.......... make me eat my words. I don't think you have a clue of knowing what you need to do.
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