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  1. Whammy
    I assume the Twins thought that having him on the MLB club was unsustainable and that the only possible way to move forward was to get him to AAA. Then, based on his recent performances thought that if he’s ever going to clear waivers, this is when it would happen. We’ll see. Part of me thinks “of course someone is going to claim him” but then another part of me thinks “who’s actually going to roster him.” It’s not like the Twins are some upper echelon club and he was tanking us. The list of teams in May who can roster a guy like this is pretty small.
  2. Whammy
    I did not see this coming. Especially with Rojas going on the IL I suppose if he’s ever going to get through waivers, this is the time.
  3. Whammy
    That definitely seems like the owners mostly likely path to success. Get the bottom 75% of players (Arb and pre-arb guys) asking the top 10% why they get to make all of the decisions and why those decision always seem to benefit the 10% and ignore the 75%.
  4. Whammy
    I propose we sign Buxton to a 4 year 85M extension that pays him: $81M in 2027 $1M in 2028 $1M in 2029 $1M in 2030 That'll get us compliant and set us up for spending a bunch the next offseason I'm only partially kidding.
  5. Whammy
    I think that was part of the proposal. 1.5M
  6. Whammy
    I'm working under the assumption that a) There will be a couple year window for teams to get compliant, and b) There will be some sort of grandfathering in of current contracts, which is why the Dodgers have seemingly been even more aggressive than normal, bringing in mega contracts the last few seasons.
  7. Whammy
    Any agent who has a client that will be a free agent this offseason should be fired if they have that player sign an extension. Under normal circumstances that is a very high bar to clear; offering enough money that it's not worth waiting a couple months to be able to negotiate with 30 team, but in an offseason that could very easily have 15 teams that HAVE to spend a ton of money, that bar is in the stratosphere.
  8. Whammy
    That makes perfect sense if it wasn’t for the fact that tomorrow looks like a bullpen game
  9. Whammy
    She seemed fine behind the plate in Boston. It was the swing calls that I’ve had issues with.
  10. Whammy
    Just glad she’s not at 1st or 3rd because I feel like her swing vs no swing calls have gone strongly against the Twins recently
  11. Whammy
    Hope she doesn’t go pAWOL
  12. Whammy
    Getting back to 0.500 sounds fun. We should do that tonight.
  13. Whammy
    So Kendry and SWR are out for tonight then.
  14. Whammy
    It also kinda feels like the kind of thing you do when you feel like Buxton will be back patrolling CF soon. I'm skeptical on that, for obvious historical reasons, but I don't know why you'd go this far off the books unless you're like "we'll just do it this one time" Or maybe I'm just overthinking it. (it's probably this)
  15. Whammy
    This feels like the kind of move that portends the end of the line for Outman
  16. Whammy
    The White Sox have beat up Lefties this year. 0.781 OPS vs lefties compared to a 0.694 OPS against righties. We're going to need good Connor tonight.
  17. Whammy
    I mean "Bandawagon" is just sitting there.
  18. Whammy
    The stuff he was doing when he was batting was whatever to me. Trying to get under Taj’s skin and it worked. That’s baseball. The crap with the slide into 1B and taking out Clemens is completely unacceptable The play at home… a little over the top, but it WAS a pretty close play. I actually think if he would have just slid, he would have beat it. Did us a favor by looking for contact (assuming Caratini’s hand is ok going forward)
  19. Whammy
    More common in an MLB first AB? HR or 4 pitch walk?
  20. Whammy
    Yes. But he and Hendry Mendez were the only two healthy batters on the 40 man roster (I'm not counting Wallner and Lewis), and but even with that 11/21 stretch, he still only has a 0.686 OPS in 2026. I'm not here to rip Gonzalez. I'm glad he's getting a taste, but I'd be SHOCKED if he starts more than 1 game this weekend (probably tonight since they are facing a lefty).
  21. Whammy
    It's ironic that he was part of the Polanco trade because the first thing that came to my mind was the Polanco call-up in 2014. Polanco was at High-A but he was on a the 40-man. The Twins had a roster crunch and needed a warm body, so they called up Polanco. This is a little different, of course, because Gonzalez is at AAA, but it feels more like a "warm body" situation than a "this dude is ready for his first taste in the majors" situation.
  22. Whammy
    "Had for nothing" is not the same as "committed to having him on their 26-man roster all season"
  23. Whammy
    I don't believe the Twins are in a position to assume that ANYONE performing well at AAA definitely can't do it in the majors. History is littered with example of players that surprised everyone. Brent Rooker is not being tossed around because people think Kyler Fedko is a comp to Brent Rooker. He's being used as an example of a player that multiple teams either never gave a chance to or barely gave a chance to, that figured it out later than a lot of prospects do. Sometimes conventional analysis gets it wrong. I'd rather be the team that's happy a player turned into more than expected, rather than the team that regrets not giving that player a chance. That doesn't mean they should call him up tomorrow, but it does mean they shouldn't assume he won't be a major league contributor.
  24. Whammy
    I could not possibly have less trust in ZIPS telling me how it thinks a minor league player will do in the majors. Like... literally zero.
  25. Whammy
    I'd quibble with this. He was basically a non-prospect 15 months ago but I agree that he deserves a shot at some point this year. He had that 3HR game, but other than that he really wasn't hitting much until late April. He's only had 80 total games at AAA and started off slow in 2026. It's hard for me to call a guy like that "Stuck in Triple-A"
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