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  1. Fire Dan Gladden
    Lopez and Ryan will be moved in the offseason, that is as close to 100% as you can get right now. "If" all 20 of the Twins prospects, 1st, and 2nd year players excel, then the Twins will be poised for success in 2026.
  2. Fire Dan Gladden
    Larnach is still auditioning for a spot. He is young, cheap, and the bigger names behind him are not ready yet. Clemens is auditioning for a spot. Him having success this year puts him in line for a 1B/utility role next year. Gasper (believe it or not) is auditioning for the backup catcher role next year. The Twins need to see what he brings defensively behind the plate before jettisoning him (they know what Pereda and Cardenas bring to the table). McCusker, Keirsey, a handful of other guys are the ones that could be DFA'd, as they have no real future Minnesota. They are the textbook definition of organizational depth. My guess is that because the Twins will probably have the lowest payroll in MLB next year (after trading Ryan and Lopez), Fedko will be given every opportunity in Spring Training to find a spot.
  3. Fire Dan Gladden
    Wallner has played himself out of a lock, but he is still cheap with potential. 1B would be a waste of his arm, but might be his best long-term opportunity. As of now, the only real OF lock is Buxton, everyone else can play their way into or out of a position. I could easily see the Twins giving Fedko a shot. I am not worried about age, history is littered with many players that did not blossom until their late 20's. He is not really hard-blocked by anyone (though there are flashier names ahead of him). His secondary numbers may give pause, but if he continues to find a way to provide average-ish offensive production to go with his average defense, he will find a spot somewhere.
  4. Fire Dan Gladden
    As everybody seems to forget, professional athletes are human beings, not robots, and that professional baseball is a job in entertainment, not a true athletic competition. In a game where extremely small things determine success or failure, extremely small things can impact how people play. When you are in a bad mood or a negative environment, are you always producing 100% at your job? Culture, to some degree, is a self-fulfilling prophecy. Winning perpetuates a positive culture, while losing perpetuates a negative one. You can have the best "culture" people in the world, but that does not always translate to success. The reverse of that statement is also true. As a decades-long sports coach, I can tell you that leader impact on culture is important, but not as important as the individuals within that culture. Rocco could be the best (or worst) at building a culture, but how the players navigate that culture is all that matters. You can have a laid-back atmosphere that wins, especially if the players stay positive and work to succeed. I am more curious as to how the organization works to get the best out of their players? I am not talking coaching, but more of the little things. The Vikings consistently rate as one of the top organizations for incoming players because of how the players are treated, creature comforts, facility, etc. When Chris Paddack got traded he publicly destroyed the Twins in this area. To me, that says a heck of a lot more about the organizational view towards money and players then any fan perception.
  5. Fire Dan Gladden
    If Tait continues to hit, you have to wonder if they will keep him behind the plate or work him into 1B/OF. Strong hitting, durable catchers are pretty rare. It will be interesting to see how they handle him as he moves up the system.
  6. Fire Dan Gladden
    My comments have never been personal. I have never met him. Professionally, I challenge anyone to find someone worse on radio or television for an MLB team. I have absolutely no idea why anyone likes him in a color role, much less give him 3+ innings a night on play-by-play.
  7. Fire Dan Gladden
    He never had it to begin with. I challenge anyone to find a worse color/play-by-play guy on the radio.
  8. Fire Dan Gladden
    Of all the negative issues currently swirling around the Twins, this has to be at least 47th on the list of concerns. Maybe lower, but only because it is a very long list.
  9. Fire Dan Gladden
    I 100% agree with your take on indifference. Without getting into the discussion of the good/bad view of Falvey/Rocco, I do not think making a change at either/both of those positions moves the public perception needle. Less die-hards want to see successful players, cheaper tickets, the ability to find the game on television, positive national recognition.
  10. Fire Dan Gladden
    I am gonna jump in here before the comments get turned off for the incoming hate. First - Clickbait title. There is no way to positively spin the announcement today. Second - When your fanbase is destroyed, preaching stability as a good thing boggles the mind. Third - The last 9 months of happenings in the Twins fandom world were only tolerated because the light at the end of the tunnel was new owners. That light has been extinguished. Unless demonstrative actions are taken that show ownership is trying to improve the team/product/media situation, the vitriol will continue to grow exponentially. (changing Falvey/Rocco does qualify as a demonstrative action because any new hire will still be bound by the same limitations of ownership)
  11. Fire Dan Gladden
    Yeah this stinks. Considering how horribly the pr through this process has been handled, I am not going to put a lot of stock in any announcements, just wait to see what actions are being taken. My main question: To everyone that says you are now done with the Twins... does that mean we will not see your posts anymore?
  12. Fire Dan Gladden
    Yeah, lets burn their service time in a lost season, this makes perfect sense.
  13. Fire Dan Gladden
    I don't think this is the time to panic and be all doom and gloom about... well... anything. The only point of the rest of this season is to play out the string and see what the youngers can do. This discussion needs to be tabled until at least next Spring Training when we will know if the Twins are making an attempt to be playoff competitive.
  14. Fire Dan Gladden
    The first one through the wall always gets bloody. How was Tampa received when they rolled out the one-inning starter. A main problem I see here is how to price these players? How does a 4 inning "starter" improve salary through arbitration when the entirety of arbitration is based on comparison and history? When they approach FA, how will they be received by the market? Anything that potentially impacts their salary in a negative way will not go over well. The same argument goes for incoming FA SP. How much complaining was there here when the Twins had Sonny Gray and didn't want him to go through the order 3 times because the statistics showed his ineffectiveness 3rd time through? I am not saying this is a bad approach. With the focus on max speed, spin, and effort, it seems like a logical step. However, the secondary consequences need to be thought about as well.
  15. Fire Dan Gladden
    Not arguing with your view. The remainder of the offseason should tell the story. If Ryan/Lopez get moved, then I am in complete agreement with you. If not, then we are back to the same discussion about "how many pieces away are they from competing for a playoff spot?"
  16. Fire Dan Gladden
    What is the context of your ranking? Is it player based? ? How are you rating the prospects coming back? Is it from similar trades? Is it your gut feeling? Given the variables of the team and the unknowns, other than the Varland move (which feels like you graded based off of emotions) I can't see any move being less than a B or B-. Finances ruled the day. Teams saw that everyone was being moved so they started to lowball all the trade offers. If this started a week ago, the returns may have looked different. The Duran trade only looks worse because of the Miller trade, otherwise everyone would be crowing about it. Correa gets a B in a bubble, but will be an F by next spring when that money is not reinvested back into salary. All of that being said, the common knowledge comment: We will not truly know the success or failure of these trades until 2028-2030.
  17. Fire Dan Gladden
    What does the public not know? Trades like this get made, spin is put out by the team to address perception backlash, stories are written about the travesty of the trade, a few days pass and life goes on. Why was the trade made? What are the real reasons Varland was moved? We-as-fans will probably never know.
  18. Fire Dan Gladden
    Any statements coming out after the fact are 100% spin. To expect him to come out and say anything negative is naive. Word is trickling out that the Jax and Varland moves were made for culture reasons. Jax even requested a trade after talking to Correa about the team direction. Of course Falvey had a role in this, but no GM wants to destroy a team and rebuild. My "insistence" revolves around the fact that virtually every story, every comment, puts all of the blame of Falvey for the negative fallout. The money aspect of this teardown, the impending sale, and ownerships role in this process is being virtually ignored, while every writer and commenter is taking the opportunity to bash Falvey as much as possible (reference your Derek St. Peter comment as example #1). I would love to see some balance and a tad of objectivity (or at least empirical data) in at least a few articles. I see bashing on the prospect return, yet nothing about how these types of trades have worked out in the past. There is bashing about how the Twins do in prospect development, but no information about how they compare to their contemporaries. Are they better? Worse? Have they done a better job than their predecessors in this regard? How about a little reporting into how involved the Pohlad's were in this process? Nope. Just ride the emotional wave of "Destroy Falvey!"
  19. Fire Dan Gladden
    Julien is a prime change-of-scenery candidate. He has the offensive tools to be useful, there are probably a handful of teams that think they could "fix" him. Miranda's situation is worse. Somebody may take a flier on him, but I have a hard time seeing him in the organization in 2026. Martin still has a window, but it is closing extremely fast. The Twins have a glut of prospects that may steamroll him as early as Spring Training 2026.
  20. Fire Dan Gladden
    This. We will see the Julien and Miranda types as the clock is ticking and the organization wants to know where they are at, possibly getting them exposure for an off-season move. Do not expect to see any real prospects come up this year.
  21. Fire Dan Gladden
    At this exact moment in time, there is truth to this article. However: 1) Chances of Lopez being traded in offseason - 80% 2) Chances of Ryan being traded in offseason - 85% 3) Chances of FA signing with contract value over $5m this offseason - 20% 4) Chances of salary savings being reinvested in team - negative 42% If the team sold tomorrow, and a new owner came in ready to spend this offseason, then the Twins would be more on a 1-2 year rebuild track than a 3-5 year rebuild track. If the team is not sold, Ryan and Lopez get moved, than this team is arguably the second worst team in baseball ahead of the Rockies heading into 2026.
  22. Fire Dan Gladden
    His decision is not loyalty to the Pohlads. It is prioritizing family and lifestyle over everything else. He wants to win like everyone else, but not at the expense of his family. He is not the first player to take this route, nor will he be the the last. Kent Hrbek turned down millions (this is 80's millions) from Detroit to stay in Minnesota. I don't understand the point of the article. Buxton has put his body through hell to stay on the field. When healthy, he has been pretty good to great. Are we supposed to be mad at him for staying? Are we supposed to be mad at him for not publicly tearing into ownership? Teams don't fail players, teams fail their fans. Teams have a responsibility to all of the people that watch their games, buy their merchandise, subsidize their stadium builds. That responsibility is to make an effort to win and make the product enjoyable. BTW - Yet another article blaming the FO for the fire sale. I am beginning to think the writers here do not understand how business hierarchy works.
  23. Fire Dan Gladden
    Yet another article unloading on the FO. Again: to not hold ownership to a much higher responsibility, both fiscal and decisioning, is not doing justice here. Everyone will eventially get their wish and Falvey will be gone. Barring a sale, whoever comes in next will have the same if not stricter controls on their decisions. Are we going to rail into them as well?
  24. Fire Dan Gladden
    How many more articles are we going to see putting all of the deadline weight on the FO when we know ownership pushed them into this process? Feels to me like all the articles are feeding into the "blame the FO" paranoia instead of taking a step back and looking at the situation as a whole. A little balancing might be in order.
  25. Fire Dan Gladden
    Sometimes a spade is a spade. The deadline moves weren't as much about returns as dumping contracts. Again, most of this blame falls on ownership. I qustion the Varland move, but don't have enough data to criticize it. The rest were pretty obvious. Every word out of Falvey's mouth right now is damage control. Stop looking for reasons.
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