Riverbrian

Frank Robinson is no Lou Brown apparently. (RIP to both)

I'm not an expert on the stadium contracts but I'd imagine that there is a form of compensation on those rare occasions.

I'm typically a fan of out of the box thinking but I'm going to counter your points in an effort to put it back in the box. 1. You go with percentage which can look bigger and scarier than what is really happening. I can counter that 20% with "Hey, 80% of this roster is coming back!" The actual total is 5 (3 starters). Here they are by name. Odorizzi, Gibson, Pineda, Schoop and Castro. Let's say we all lose all 5. It's quite possible that the replacements for Schoop and Castro are already on the roster. I think they are. On the mound it's a little more challenging, I doubt we will pick up 3 free agents to fill the spots, but we could sign one free agent, make an off-season trade for another and make a trade this deadline for another. Remember we acquired Odorizzi for our 20th ranked prospect. Saying that we should sell because we will lose 5 guys after the World Series is over, disrespects or ignores the other 20 guys who ARE returning and the 25 guys who will be participating in the playoffs. 2. I would never advocate giving a rookie a roster spot on opening day. When you do that, you commit a roster spot to that rookie and you have no chance to fix it because your depth is no longer depth. Rookie pitchers for 2020 should start in the minors and be depth in case the guys (you trade for or sign) don't work out or get hurt. They will get their chance when injury occurs and that's when we will find out if a disappointing 2019 is a problem for 2020. I have no idea what to expect of Gonsalves, Romero or Graterol in 2020. I also have no idea what to expect of Stewart, Smeltzer, Poppen, Thorpe, Alcala, Duran, Enlow, Balazovic or any other pitcher in the organization... but we got time to find out. 3. I will continually shake my head at this argument. We lose on paper and therefore have no chance so why bother. This argument is made by many and it holds no water historically. There is absolutely no evidence that the best roster on paper wins it all while the weaker teams on paper drift away on a hopeless boat. The team playing the best baseball wins it all. The margins are thin, so thin that if you did a poll on who has the best roster on paper, you would have multiple teams getting votes. Steve Pearce can win the MVP while Mookie Betts hits .210. 4. The Twins offense is for real, it's deep with plenty of options... The front office should support this offense in any way possible. The only sensible path to take is augmentation. However, Yeah, I typically like out of the box thinking and applaud yours.

The offense will ebb and flow but it is basically bulletproof at the moment. We can lose 3 or 4 players at a time and keep ticking. On the mound... We've done well but you don't have to look very hard to see how it can change quickly on you. Especially when you consider that the rotation has been eating more than it's share of innings. If we lose that, we gotta use the bullpen to replace those innings. More bullpen use will tell us if we have a bullpen or not. We are all suspicious that we don't. We need a starter first and foremost (For this year and next year). And then we need a couple of bullpen arms at least... and we need it because of the offense is ready for the support.

The Twins have Options. Sano has an Option so yeah AAA becomes an Option. I'd allow him a little time to work through it but that has a moment of reckoning down the road if it doesn't change.

Agreed And this could turn into a hot streak later so you keep working with him. It’s awesome that we have 11 other players who potentially contribute so Sano doesn’t kill us. All Rocco has to do at the moment is just play Sano a little less and keep working with him. If Sano doesn’t snap out of it. We have the option to use. We got until 2022 to make a decision on him. There is currently no reason at all to rush to judgement.

Agreed Rocco can’t rake his players over the coals publicly. And the reason is our fault and not his. We simply don’t know how to behave with the information.

He has an option. You are corrected.

I've waited a long time. Seems like by now I'd be a subject of a TD article.

When has reasonable health ever continued?

Considering that one is spelled correctly... I can say without question that you are biased.

Dude... Slow Motion... Falling. We've been over this.

That will be some Astudillo fuel for the Twinsdaily faithful.

(True Story) I once handed my bat to an ump after a bad call and said "Here... you hit that". He didn't take me up on the offer... nor did he reply. (True Story)

It was... I saw it. I can confirm. Manny Machado playing catcher... and Jennifer Lopez at 2B.

It's pretty clear that the coaching staff is teaching the team to hit back to the pitcher on the contact play. I've been saying for a long time that baseball is clearly changing.

Just a little advice. Food Falling in slow motion looks tastier

I've been to Fargo They are all kinda funny lookin'

Axl Rose says... All we need is just a little patience. Or was it Tom Hanks?

SANO!!!

Yes Sir... Jethro himself.