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  1. rv78
    The correct move would have been to move Kirolloff to 1B, Sano to DH and keep Larnach up here for LF. Gordon has proven to be an effective backup in the Outfield, even center field, as well as the Infield. Garlick can be a righty option to platoon with Kepler. There is NO reason why they need to keep Cave at the major league level or even in the minors. He doesn't bring anything to the team that they don't already have covered. Please get rid of the guy. He must have some dirt on Rocco that keeps him around.
  2. rv78
    Every year I wonder why they play spring training games. If a young player (Larnach) has a good spring you still get sent down. It's not like the Twins can't use him on a regular basis in Left Field so he would get his at bats and not be sitting on the bench. Play Kirilloff at first, Put Sano at DH and run with it. Arraez and Urshela can split time at 3B. Sanchez can platoon at DH with Sano and catch every 3rd or 4th day. Gordon fills a bench spot for Infield and Outfield. Dump/Cut at least 2 of Cave, Rooker, and Garlick. No way any of those 3 should get a spot over Larnach.
  3. rv78
    I almost busted a gut reading this.... "Swapping out Mitch Garver and Josh Donaldson for Gary Sanchez and Gio Urshela is probably a net negative." Probably? I don't think there is any "Probably" to consider. It is safe to say it IS a negative. I would give the FO a "D" for their efforts. Resigning Buxton and getting Correa were the only 2 moves that had any significance towards improving the team over last year and one can argue resigning Buxton isn't improving the team since he was already here. Meanwhile they lost Garver, Donaldson, Rortvedt, Berrios, and Pineda. Maeda will be lucky to be back before the end of the season. Gray won't be better than Berrios, Bundy won't be better than Pineda. Will Ober or Ryan replace Maeda? I doubt Archer will. The bullpen didn't add any quality arms unless you count washed up guys like Jharel Cotton and Joe Smith. Maybe Duran, Moran, Winder, Romero will make an impact, but the FO didn't really make those moves this off-season so they don't count. They still have holes in the linup with Sano and Kepler. Now throw in Sanchez on occasion, Urshela isn't Donaldson. They are really relying on Jeffers to start hitting. I think a "D" is more than generous. One question, where did they improve the team other than Shortstop? And at what cost?
  4. rv78
    Agree with Dave. Rocco has shown in the past his inability to manage his pitchers effectively, aka staying with Colome too long last year, then using him again at the end of the year instead of trying to find the teams future closer, aka Alcala. This year the effective usage of the bullpen will only be compounded by the fact the rotation is still a work in progress and he will have to rely on the bullpen even more. Don't care what the experts say, this pitching staff has a TON of question marks going into the season. Sonny Gray is no Jose Berrios, Chris Archer is 5 years removed from a decent season, do I smell another Shoemaker here? Bundy is also 5 years removed from being an effective starter. Ober and Ryan are young guns that look promising but will be hard pressed to pitch 150+ innings. If no more moves are made to help the rotation there will need to be a revolving door for the entire pitching staff cause the bullpen will be over-worked and Rocco will mismanage it for sure.
  5. rv78
    "They’d likely be better off mixing and matching with arms they know everything about than a rookie pitcher who hasn’t shown he’s quite MLB ready yet." Only way to find out is to give him the chance. And why is piecing together has-beens that they know are short term fixes because of their lack of acquiring good arms in the first place, better?
  6. rv78
    What will be the roster repercussions from Dobnak’s injury? Not much!
  7. rv78
    Considering the opt-out clauses, Correa is the one in control. If the Twins don't make a couple more significant moves to improve the team for this season Correa's presence won't make a difference and he'll be gone either at the trade deadline or he'll leave at the end of season 1. Now there is even more pressure on Falvine to bring in the rest of the pieces needed to win.
  8. rv78
    UNBELIEVABLE! I am still trying to pick myself up off the floor. This will only make sense when tomorrow we here that they traded him away for Sanchez and Urshela Clones. Ok FO, time to finish the picture and get 1, hopefully 2 quality starters to fill out the rotation and make this Correa signing worthwhile, otherwise it won't put you over the hump.
  9. rv78
    I wish both players were on a different team. Bad enough to have 1 creating a hole in the lineup now we have another. 2 big trades and this team has gotten significantly worse. I can hardly wait to see what they do next.
  10. rv78
    Did they destroy this year's team to save Donaldson's dollars? YES!
  11. rv78
    Rortvedt hasn't been a big bat for the Twins but now that he's a Yankee I'd be willing to bet he'll find it. We all know why the trade was made. the Twins value money over talent and their desire to unload the big Donaldson contract cost them talent. Pure, plain and simple.... money over talent. I's not hard to read between the lines.
  12. rv78
    He should have stated that they were the two best "full-time" righthanded hitters. Part-time players usually aren't included in discussions. Knowing the Twins way they will opt for Pathway #4.
  13. rv78
    The Twins hang on to under-performers way too long. Thorpe is one of them. Instead of giving the next player on the depth chart a chance they'll go with Thorpe, He'll perform average at best and the guy who should have gotten a chance to pitch in his spot will spend the year in AAA ball racking up good numbers. At some point all AAA players who don't get the call have to wonder why they aren't considered good enough to get the call, especially when the player they could replace isn't performing well.
  14. rv78
    It appears this FO likes guys that can hit .199 or less and 30 HR's while ignoring their lack of defensive capabilities. They have taken what was probably the best catching situation of most teams in all of baseball and made it a question mark.
  15. rv78
    I can understand the desire to get out from under Donaldsons contract. But doesn't that directly point to the FO making a mistake signing him in the first place? Did they think he would bring them a ring and just now realize he is deteriorating quickly? That his contract will be a detriment going forward? Short-sightedness is again, a mistake. Is trading for Sonny Gray really that good of a move? He's 31 and has had only 1 good season, 2019 in the last 6 and even then he only pitched 175 innings. Hardly a work horse or an Ace. Bailey Ober is the only Starter that is in the rotation this Front Office has drafted. Can we admit, so far they have failed. They had to trade for Maeda and Joe Ryan, have signed worthless Free Agents in Shoemaker, Happ, Martin Perez, Bartolo Colon, and others who are washed-up veterans. You will probably be able to add Dylan Bundy to that list. I feel that Falvine has taken the Terry Ryan approach and has decided to try to "Catch Lightning in a Bottle" or use the old "Hope and a Prayer" method. Now we trade away the best hitting catcher in the league and a first round pick in Petty for a decent SS and another prospect and then turn around and get a terrible hitting and fielding catcher and average 3B/SS in return for that SS, losing a really good young defensive catcher in the process. Seems we have gone backwards and for what? Money. Unless that money is spent for a top SS or Starting Pitcher "IN THEIR PRIME" and not some aging veteran this FO is making really bad moves and doesn't know what they are doing.
  16. rv78
    Disagree with most of you. First they trade away what is arguably the best hitting catcher in the majors then acquire a pitcher who is in the decline of his career for a promising top draft pick. Both of these moves could have been avoided if they wouldn't value cash more than talent and sign top level Free Agents in the first place. You get better long-term and for longevity by hanging on to your top prospects, not trading them for 1 or 2 year fill-in fixes because you have mis-managed your major league roster and left your rotation bare. Should have kept Garver and brought up Martin to play SS. Kiner-Falefa will be marginally better than Simmons was and Martin will be left in AAA to rot for another season. Why are the Twins prospects so bad that they have to look elsewhere to fill the holes on the roster? If the up and coming pitchers in the minors are that bad they should have signed 2 good starters out of Free Agency and kept Petty for the future.
  17. rv78
    I know many of you are excited that an agreement has been reached and we will have baseball in 2022 but I have gotten to the point where I don't care anymore. The greed of the players and the owners has turned me off and I won't be going to any games for quite some time, if ever again. The only thing the lockout accomplished in my book is that it showed that neither the players nor the owners care about the fans. If I could accomplish one thing, it would be to have all of the fans boycott going to any games this season. I think the players and owners think that they are the only ones in the game. It's really time to prove to them otherwise by showing them it's the fans that are the most important, not themselves!
  18. rv78
    In 2022 if we have major league baseball, my sleeper arm will be Randy Dobnak. His ability in the past to make me shut the TV off and go to bed is when I do my best sleeping.
  19. rv78
    As a fan, I'm extremely disappointed. As a person, I could care less if the owners or players ever make another dollar. Both sides are letting greed get in the way of playing the game. Multi-million dollar contracts for players who can't hit .200 or pitch 6 innings are absurd. $100 tickets to sit in a stadium with $10 beers and $7 peanuts is absurd. If you think minor league baseball or independant ball is inferior I challenge you to take a look and enjoy a game played by people who play it for the love of the game, not for the dollar. By the way, it won't cost you an arm and a leg to go to it either. It's time to stop giving the greedy self-centered you know whos your money.
  20. rv78
    That would be a huge over-pay. The Twins just traded away Berrios for 2 prospects. Why would you trade away an established big-league hitter in Arraez and 3 prospects to get a Berrios like pitcher in Montas back? That makes no sense at all. Going backwards on that 4 for 1 deal would be an understatement and the A's would be smiling all the way to the bank just like the Yankees do everytime the Twins trade with them. The FO has missed the boat as the best quality Free Agent arms are all but gone this year. If they trade for an established pitcher that will actually help them this year they will have to pay and it'll be through the nose. The biggest problem is that 1 established quality arm that would help them isn't enough. They need 2. As much as it pains me to say it, I'd rather see them punt 2022. See what they have in Duran, Balazovic, Canterino, Enlow, Canterino, Sands, Vallimont, Strotman, Woods-Richardson and go for it 2023 with the return of Maeda. It'll give them a longer look at Ryan and Ober as well and build them up to be full-time starters, which they won't be in 2022 because of their limited innings pitched to this point. Also bring up Miranda and Martin, give Larnach and Celestino another shot. Find out what you have in Kirilloff and Jeffers. Then make the moves needed to be competitive in 2023 at the trade deadline and during the off-season next year. Who knows, there might not even be major-league baseball this year.
  21. rv78
    I enjoyed this article except for this: "It’s not a lack of strength but a conscious choice to give up contact quality in favor of avoiding the strikeout, and that can be changed — he certainly hasn’t always hit this way," says Law. "I absolutely believe the Twins are already addressing this." If the Twins try to change his ability to get on base in favor of more power, he doesn't need to turn into a strikeout machine either. I believe the Twins tried to mess with Buxton at the plate and that didn't work. Sometimes it's best to leave things/players alone. Be grateful yo have an on-base machine and use it to your advantage. Rod Carew wasn't a HR hitter. Luis Arraez isn't a HR hitter. Take what a player is good at and use it. Don't mess with it. I'd be happy if he hits .300, gets on base at a .400 clip and hits 10-15 HRs.
  22. rv78
    I am in the same house as Game7-91. Why trade a Berrios for prospects if you are going to trade prospects for a different Berrios type pitcher in return? If it is all about team control for another year or two then all you are doing is setting yourself up for the same problem over and over. The only answer I can come up with is the main thing this organization is known for.... cheap, cheap, cheap. Maybe it's time for them to change their name from the Twins to the Chicks.
  23. rv78
    I guess it is time for the fans to go on-strike against the owners and the players. Even if we have baseball this year quit attending games. Fans need to stand outside the stadium and demand that parking, game tickets, and consession prices be cut by 50% or we won't come back. If the owners and players aren't happy with the amount of money they are already making then we should not continue to support them. Any increase either of them get by these negotiations will be passed onto the customer. I'm getting real tired of giving people that are already over-paid my hard-earned 50 hour a week money just to support their play ball as a profession lifestyle or own a team money bag. Seriously, the fans are being taken for granted and it's time to remind them who is really paying their salaries and filling their wallets.
  24. rv78
    Getting Montas is a fantasy unless they package a top prospect with a guy like Arraez and then I start to think it is an overpay. Odo and Pineda are more likely.
  25. rv78
    "You can forget about trading him. If he starts hitting you keep him because then he is a really good player. If he isn’t hitting you will get nothing in return and the chance that he figures it out will be more valuable than the lottery tickets you will get in trade." Isn't this the situation with any player? It is only when you have multiple options at a position does it become feasible to trade that player when he is performing at a high level so other teams would give you a good return in exchange. The Twins have that currently with Arraez. He is a really good hitter but doesn't have a home in the field. Polanco and 2B, Donaldson at 3B. He can't play SS. Sano and Kirilloff have 1B covered. Buck and Kepler in CF and RF. That leaves LF and he showed us last year he's not an outfielder. I love Arraez but unfortunately his best position is 2B and Polanco isn't going anywhere. Between Donaldson, Arraez, Sano, Kirilloff, and probable new comer Miranda there will be 5 guys to fill 3 spots. That's where the trade bait needs to come from. So who goes?
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