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  1. tony&rodney
    Of course he can. So can Miguel Sano.
  2. tony&rodney
    Because many of us are diehard Twins fans we wait for something positive to occur. However, Falvine have been less than acceptable at a time when the AL Central has been the weakest in memory. Still, we wait.
  3. tony&rodney
    I would not have signed Bellinger with his option. His contract is for $12.5M with a $5M buyout. Bellinger was an MVP and suffered a bad injury a couple of years ago. There is some thought that he may be finally healed. If you consider both players, the Gallo contract doesn't seem so crazy. I agree. However, in consideration of the needs of the team the signing was pointless at any price.
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    Who gets a roster spot if Gallo is the same in Spring Training as he was for the Yankees and all of Martin, Gordon, Larnach, and Wallner tear it up? I would guess we know and say that Spring Training doesn't mean anything, which means that the competition for a roster spot doesn't apply to Gallo. While it doesn't matter to me what a player makes in salary, it does matter to the Twins. The Twins seem to continually have about $30 million per year in mediocre players but cannot afford Carlos Correa. That doesn't add up. I can support financial realities and understand if Correa was too much. I'm ok with using Kyle Farmer or whomever until Royce Lewis is ready but also want the team to transition to a more watchable game. The signing of Gallo must portend a series of trades and they will need to be major moves to improve the roster.
  5. tony&rodney
    Good for you. You were one of the 20% who supported a $350 million deal for Correa. I wouldn't be upset by what the players make either. But I do have a question about talent and the style of baseball. Gallo simply isn't any good. I wouldn't pay him a penny. Gallo only makes sense at half the cost if the Twins are trading Larnach, Kepler, and Gordon plus having lost faith in any potential from Wallner or Martin. Then again, maybe that is the plan. I sure don't know or even pretend to know what Falvey has in mind for a plan.
  6. tony&rodney
    Cleveland is a fun team to watch. They pitch, field, run, hit, and have fun playing for the best manager in baseball.
  7. tony&rodney
    I'm afraid that this is the only course of action. The Twins would be more interesting with a roster that costs below $100 million because they would be forced to develop and play athletes. They could have been better by being less cautious and pushing the payroll to $165 million. In between, they are stuck signing mediocre players and threatening more of the same of the last two years. It would take two or three trades now to turn the team. I'm not sure that is possible and while it doesn't seem correct, other teams may see the Twins as vulnerable. That makes trades difficult. I guess we shall see what happens next but one could have never seen such a poor start to the offseason.
  8. tony&rodney
    The Twins spent the bulk of last year in 1st Place in the AL Central and their attendance tanked. The team was boring to watch was the general consensus amongst the population. Attendance is how the people voice their collective thoughts. As a diehard Twins fan I really struggled to watch the team because of the way the games were managed, the lack of fundamentals, the poor plate approaches, and generally shoddy, uninterested playing style. Now the Twins add Joey Gallo? Even if he hits 40-50 home runs, he will strike out 200+ times. And then we read he signed for $11 million? I would have been a little worried about adding J.D. Martinez, but now the Twins signed Gallo. Incredible. Clearly, Luis Arraez is out the door too. Bring back Miguel Sano.
  9. tony&rodney
    I have zero confidence in the Twins ability to develop players right now and also have questions about their ability to evaluate talent. That said, I do like Brooks Lee. I just worry about how he may be handled by the Twins.
  10. tony&rodney
    Simply insane. Wallner is better right now than Gallo. The math says $11 million for Gallo and $720 thousand for Wallner. And Kepler, far superior - $8.5 million.
  11. tony&rodney
    My fervent hope is that all of Gray, Mahle, and Maeda are awesome starting pitchers for the Minnesota Twins in 2023. My brain tells me that Ryan, Ober, and Varland or include Winder and Woods Richardson will be better starting pitchers next season. Another post has suggested that there are teams interested in our experienced guys. I'm open to trading any or all of them.
  12. tony&rodney
    That was a weird article. It read like Hayes had been admonished recently, because Hayes seemed to defer to "other" plans. What plans? I guess we will just be patient and wait to see what transpires before Opening Day. The article was comical. What is not comical is that the Twins strung out this idea that they wanted to sign Correa. I cannot accept that neither Boras nor Correa ever communicated any guidelines to let the Twins know what the boundaries of a long term contract would need to include in order for Correa to sign. Lindor, Seager, others signed recently were a part of that picture. It would have been the same if the Twins had repeatedly stated their desire to sign Aaron Judge for something like 5/$225M. I found it hard to understand why the Twins didn't just wish Carlos Correa well on his next contract and thank him when the numbers were clear. I'm all good that Correa is now a Giant but I'm less of a fan of Falvey due to the process followed in the debacle that played out in the last few months.
  13. tony&rodney
    The minimum goes to $.720 million in 2023. Farmer will be around $4.75 million. Add Farmer, delete Swanson; you saved.
  14. tony&rodney
    I'm not sure this is exactly true because I don't know what Falvine have in their minds. It is really hard to see a path under their direction whereas the strategy was more apparent under Terry Ryan. The Falvines have the resumes so they hold the keys to whatever is going to happen. Cautious is a word that comes to mind to describe the Falvine tenure. Every move is cautious and the team plays with caution too. Caution is a safe investing and business strategy but I'm not to sure it is effective in sports. I'm still waiting for some moves and a new focus for the Twins.
  15. tony&rodney
    I laughed out loud. The Dobber could come back. Did Dick Bremer say that? How could I forget? I wonder if the Twins will forget to decline his three option years because they forgot about him too. A little $21.5 M extra for Dobnak. Now that would be sweet.
  16. tony&rodney
    The Pohlads are good at running businesses and making money. The Minnesota Twins are just one of their businesses and needs to show a profit. All of that is just fine by me. I do think MLB requires a little more risk-taking than the Twins are willing to entertain, but they have their guidelines. Also fair. The Twins have put themselves in a little bit of a tight spot though as far as accumulating the talent needed to be a worthwhile team to watch in 2023. Attendance was down last year despite the end of Covid which brought on a huge demand for entertainment. The Twins lacked charisma last year and you could sense that the crowds felt so. A team that played station to station, followed the plan, and had atrocious fundamentals in the field, on the bases, and at the plate turned off people even as the team was leading the AL Central. The current roster just doesn't cut it. There are a couple of free agents worth a look: Chafin, Martinez, ..... hard to know what Falvey has in mind. I wouldn't mind letting Martin, Julien, or even Lee get a look. That leaves trades and it will take at least two trades to add some talent and I think the Twins need to use their 40 person roster to make those trades. It's Falvey time because if the team tanks, loses 90+ games, and attendance plummets .... well then he is gone. I'm hoping he stays.
  17. tony&rodney
    Months ago, I thought that Correa/Boras would want to beat the contract that Lindor signed with the Mets. It seemed rational from my perspective. It also seems like there could have been a direct conversation with Correa about his goals and aspirations concerning a contract. If Falvey knew the parameters, the contracts of Turner and Bogearts should have led to a new understanding. Standing pat doesn't really count as disciplined if the player matters. Now if the Twins were only in on Correa for a deal, then it makes sense to throw the hope offer out there. I don't get upset in any way at the loss of Correa. I do get a little annoyed at the gap between the Twins bids and the winning numbers. Cleveland has built a really fun team. The Twins need to adjust in 2023 to address the lack of fundamentals and boring play (station to station) or the lack of fans at Target Field will push the team in an entirely different direction. As someone said earlier, buy good tools.
  18. tony&rodney
    Every day, every year. Yes, I was saying the same in agreement.
  19. tony&rodney
    Happ, Shoemaker, Bundy, Archer, etc. What does it add up to?
  20. tony&rodney
    I wouldn't take that bet, would you? I would also say he has the same odds as any other pitcher. Would you bet on any pitcher staying healthy?
  21. tony&rodney
    It makes sense to listen and have conversations with every team. St. Louis likely is wishing they had another decent starting pitcher. Maybe there is a match there. Miami still needs some bats and has plenty of pitching. Maybe there is a match there. As we saw from the three team trade last week, teams often prefer a specific player from a team. The trick is to line up the pieces, which means to keep an open mind as to the end results.
  22. tony&rodney
    10 and 5 rights, an institution with the Giants, has a pile of young kids that love their life in the Bay - it would have been more likely to sign both Judge and Correa. Would the Twins have traded Joe Mauer before his last year? No way. What can happen is that Falvey can pivot to sign Rodon to a 10/$200 M contract. That would be a normal deal.
  23. tony&rodney
    Rodon wants seven years and $200 million? Give him a 10/$200 contract.
  24. tony&rodney
    The Twins have some items to address, that is for sure. Swanson would be agreeable, but 6/$150 is likely both too much and too little. Too much to pay and too little to sign. Pivot # 1 is to sign Carlos Rodon for 10/$200. It's absurd but so are the other contracts. He wants $200 M and more than 6 years. He gets his way. Pivot #2 is to sign Elvis Andrus for a year at $8 million. Pivot # 3 is to trade Max Kepler to NYY and take Aaron Hicks with his $30 M left on the books along with Oswaldo Cabrera and Roderick Arias. Pivot # 4 is to trade Luis Arraez, Bailey Ober, Trevor Larnach, and Keona Cavaco to Miami for Pablo Lopez and Edward Cabrera. Pivot # last is to sign J. D. Martinez for $12 million. He can DH and pinch hit. Roster comes in at around $130 million and I'm listening for outstanding offers for any of Gray, Mahle, and Maeda.
  25. tony&rodney
    I have been pounding this drum since the season ended. San Diego drew 1.2 million more fans than the Twins last season. The team was weak fundamentally and rarely played an interesting game. Cleveland, by contrast, was a must watch team, even before they caught and passed the Twins. Some trades are needed and a shift in attitude and strategy must follow. A repeat of the plan would result in a further loss of butts in seats.
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