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  1. Dennesey55347
    Dear Twins Daily, You have my express written consent to delete over-the-top negative/personal attack responses to your articles. If I disagree, I'll let you know with nothing more than a retort : ) My brother-in-law had (shared) season tix through work, and we would hit 2-3 games per season. We just happened to be at the game in 2022 where Arraez hit his only career grand slam, and that was one of the most exciting hits we saw in person. I'm not into jerseys and have only ever owned one player shirt....Arraez. My interest was almost exclusively on him game to game. He felt like a mash of Gwynn and Ichiro. I'm not sure if he desires to return, but I would love to have him back- even in a lineup that's pretty horrible at advancing runners home. Bell will give us a HR every six games, while Arraez would probably get on base 12 times in the same span. I'd take the latter.
  2. Dennesey55347
    Pin this perfect summarization! It's simply crazy how few star cornerstone position players the Twins have had over the last decade.
  3. Dennesey55347
    Nice motion/delivery. Now let's film it from a rear angle.
  4. Dennesey55347
    This team will win 76 games, assuming zero departures. If any of the Big 3 leave, subtract 6 games. It's not just that the Twins underperform to varying levels annually, but they also lack award-worthy players, RBI-producers, clutch hitters, (high) doubles/triples/SB dudes, 160ish hits guys, etc. There is no one thing the Twins offense can claim to be better at than most of the league. No proven development pipeline. Questionable coaching staff. 82 wins isn't out of the question if everything comes together. But let's be real. Any win projection higher is based on several "what-ifs".
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    It could depend on our incoming staff, but Miranda's chance of success with another team right now is almost certainly higher, given our player development shortcomings. He'll become a "Rooker lite", with decent average and a semi-consistent power grid. Dude's going to the Rays.
  6. Dennesey55347
    (Love the article) I'd love to see robo-ump and robo-skip go at it until one shorts out after a dead-on, 50/50 call. Name robo-skip "Bal3000", inspired by Baldelli's data-heavy approach.
  7. Dennesey55347
    We could use the term "Systematic flaw" often to describe one area or another in the Twins org. since 1991. This year, it just happens to cover practically everything. The overall durability difference between today's pitcher and those of past eras is still hard for me to comprehend. Same with offense. In 2000, the league was hitting .270. In 2025: .246.
  8. Dennesey55347
    Below is a list of Twins offensive prospects over the last quarter-century that exceeded expectations, became a stud, or made a lasting impact. The front office and coaching staff get significant credit for properly developing these players:
  9. Dennesey55347
    The past decade has been the beginning of the end of quality Twins baseball. It's also the end of the difference-making, offensive free agent era, unless we overpay. Every talented position player brought up from the minors turns out to be another underdeveloped, expendable guy the Twins hold onto for too long. The current tank might net us yet another solid player, but I already know his fate based on the dozens before him. Fully detached, personally, but glance at stats here and there after checking on the quality org's players first. So, so many exciting studs out there. On a positive note, trimming payroll increases the chances of having a row of seats all to myself should I ever purchase a ticket.
  10. Dennesey55347
    My thoughts exactly. They're doing something right in the pitching dept, but have to be near the bottom for hitter development.
  11. Dennesey55347
    57.1 career innings pitched. 57 earned runs allowed. 87 hits surrendered. He's a "this is the last guy that should be in the majors" candidate.
  12. Dennesey55347
    The Twins have one of the more chronically pedestrian offenses, so selling will always make sense until a future star or two self-teaches the art of the RBI. Nellie Cruz was the last man I felt confident sending to the plate with men on...or single-handedly start a rally. If not for pitching, we'd be in Orioles territory or worse, which means a late-season surge is out of the question. Sell. Sell. Sell.
  13. Dennesey55347
    This post could apply to any year of the Buxton era. Cruz has been the only consistent RBI producer during that time. He's also the last guy pitchers respected. Hitters time and time again getting the minimum numbers of expected runs per scenario (they might have the record for most 3-hit innings without a run scored). If you tilted the stadium so that gravity would force everything to fall towards home plate, they would still find a way to not score. Also, who is the last rookie (sensation) that's been called up that exceeded expectations? How many first round picks became LEGITIMATE Twins mainstays? I'm not seeing any consistently good hitter hitting the market anytime soon....that would want to join this lineup of under-performers. FYI: This squad has a lower batting average and OBP right now than the 2011 and 2016 teams- arguably the worst 2 squads over the last 70 years. The offensive futility seems to be chronic.
  14. Dennesey55347
    The Twins haven't been consistently good with RISP since.... um. Morneau was the last RBI producer. I said after the first month of the 2018 season that Buxton, Sano, Kepler, Rosario, and Polanco ("The Saviors") were over-valued under-performers.
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    Twins hitters don't play full seasons, are (comprehensively) deathly allergic to plating RISP, steal bases only on the 3rd Wed of each month, have no killer mentality, and never reach their potential or vastly outperform expectations. Warning to incoming hitting coach: you are working with nothing, sir/ma'am. And don't think your draft stockpile will save you. These players sparkle every once in a while but eventually leave the team for better player development.
  16. Dennesey55347
    We need to develop guys who can drive in runs with consistency. Period. Every contender in the American League has a guy. Pitching help is always nice but KC wouldn't be where they are without Witt. Gunnar in Baltimore is doing it all. Soto/Judge....my goodness. Devers in Boston. Altuve/Alvarez in Houston. Minnesota's got uh.....
  17. Dennesey55347
    There is no question Buxton has been worth $14M per year. He's been valued at more than double that in a few seasons. But contract value vs. being a true difference-maker for a team over full seasons is another story. Especially considering where he was drafted and how many other team's young stars have made a name for themselves since 2015. Would I have signed him to an extension? Absolutely not. His health issues were an annual thing when we offered the long-term deal. It's money wasted if a player's overall offensive contributions only span parts of every season and are almost exclusively home-run-driven. Career lowlights include mendoza-ish BA with RISP/high-leverage situations, BB's, SB's, BA, OBP, hits, non-HR RBI pace, etc. Anyone looking over his name-redacted career batting line would say "No way this guy is a career 10-year starter AND under a long-term contract".
  18. Dennesey55347
    I totally hear your point. I'd personally opt to pass or pay for a more efficient solution. He'd move the needle if we were a contender.
  19. Dennesey55347
    He'd maybe? help their K% but not the K problem. My comment was specific to totals, and Rhys would almost certainly add a team-leading number of outs (K's) that do not advance runners.
  20. Dennesey55347
    As a side note, adding Hoskins would most definitely give us a chance to break our own season strikeout record.
  21. Dennesey55347
    Yeah, even though I was a little teed off the FO turned their back on Big O, I was also getting slightly annoyed with the strikeouts in key moments. Sort of a milder version of Sano. Ortiz never really found consistency until he left. I remember him saying that Boston's coaching dramatically improved his approach to hitting (knock on the Twins staff).
  22. Dennesey55347
    Trading him for a starting pitcher. Unless of course we want to revisit this question for the 10th time next off-season.
  23. Dennesey55347
    When your RBI leader is at 66 in back to back seasons, sabermetrics become moot when literally no one is reliable for a clutch at bat or a team-carrying season. Basically, a balanced contribution load from a bunch of meh to decent producers. Pitching saved us from a top 10 pick in the draft.
  24. Dennesey55347
    Not even remotely close. Our team leader had a meager 66 RBI...for the season...in back to back seasons. Runs leader fared a little better and the offense as a whole was OK, but without eye-popping numbers studs or anyone opposing pitchers fear (for good reason), we're like middle of the pack. Not even sure how championship could be in the same sentence as Twins without firing up the VCR. Also, take a look at the World Series managers since 2000. Mostly names any baseball fan would recognize instantly.
  25. Dennesey55347
    I was referring to individual performance metrics. Enlighten me on a single player who put up excellent hits, runs, RBI's, HR, OBP, WAR, OPS, etc. totals?
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