Jump to content
Twins Daily
  • Create Account

Dodecahedron

Verified Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    1,145

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Profiles

Minnesota Twins News, Rumors & Analysis

Minnesota Twins Videos

2026 Minnesota Twins Top Prospect Rankings

2022 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

Minnesota Twins Trade & Free Agent Rumors

Minnesota Twins Fan Guides & Resources

2023 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

The Minnesota Twins Players Project

2024 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

2025 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

2026 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

Forums

Blogs

Events

Store

Downloads

Gallery

Everything posted by Dodecahedron

  1. Dodecahedron
    What are some alternatives?
  2. Dodecahedron
    Nah, bruh, I'm not gonna do that. But I can use what you said against you. No one is denying they worked their whole lives. There is evidence in 2019 that they had not "rose to their level of incompetence" if you believe in that. Barring incompetence, which seems unlikely, we all see talent on this team, we are left with either being whiny or lazy. Take your pick. You may believe you have a mountain of evidence proving that they are not lazy. I would say I have a mountain of evidence proving they are not incompetent. Which seems more likely? They never were competent, their muscle memory got amnesia, or they are not playing to their potential (they're lazy)? Seems like I gave them the most credit with my analysis, no?
  3. Dodecahedron
    Yeah. I suspect Simmons was intended to be a stopgap solution, a 1-year rental.
  4. Dodecahedron
    Woah, hyperbole. He's not good for just 20 games a year. It's more like 25.
  5. Dodecahedron
    Sonny Gray was also not traded at the trade deadline, he was traded in the offseason. Unless of course we are talking about Gray's trade TO the Yankees, in which case note that the Yankees then turned around and traded him to someone else.
  6. Dodecahedron
    You would think that, but a lot of what moves at the trade deadline is not very exciting. Dudes with power who are feast or famine move. Defensive specialists move. Solid but not fantastic relievers move. Sure there are huge trades once in a while, but most are head scratchers. There are teams who would consider Sano for a playoff push, unless of course owners are still in no-spend mode as they were during the offseason. His talent is not being questioned by anybody, and managers always think they can turn people around.
  7. Dodecahedron
    The current solution is clogged! This is the replacement!
  8. Dodecahedron
    Sano will hit well again, at least in spurts, but maybe that should not be in a Twins uniform. My opinion is if the Twins do not cut ties with Sano, something is wrong, and I would hope we can at least put a pause on the narrative that this front office is doing a good job. Paying part of his salary to play for someone else should not be off the table. Getting him off the team will be a plus. Just like it's no surprise when Sano launches a pitch to the moon, it's also no surprise that there is often comical drama and inconsistency with him. Let him go. If no other team wants him, which is highly doubtful, this would only solidify the Twins mistake with keeping him around so long.
  9. Dodecahedron
    You made a big leap there. I said the players can "hold [their] own" not that they are "upper tier MLB players" with "playoff winning talent" as you said. This team should be around .500. Their current record is because they are not putting in the work.
  10. Dodecahedron
    Colome is the reason the Twins lost this game, so anything the Twins do to Dobnak won't solve the problem.
  11. Dodecahedron
    Sano was a local celebrity with a large entourage before the Twins even signed him. How do you change a guy like that? How do you encourage him to work hard? Giving him a large up-front signing bonus probably isn't the way. This is the first year Sano is making north of $10M. And it's the year the bottom fell out. Is this surprising to anyone?
  12. Dodecahedron
    This is not a bad year by Simmons standards. He averages 91 OPS+ each year, and he is at 91 OPS+ after the MLB deadened the baseball. He will only be here for a year, unless he gets traded sooner.
  13. Dodecahedron
    It's time to be blunt. The biggest problem with this Twins team is they suck, which causes them to lose too often. They suck at doing many things, if not most things. All things top to bottom? Maybe. I would offer this to many on the team and in the organization: If they don't want to play baseball, they can quit. Nothing is handed to any of us in this world. I'm not sure what one could say to motivate a bunch of yobs who think baseball is too tough of a job to put enough work in to succeed other than, "Goodbye." Too harsh? Not really. We all have tough jobs, and the reality is we all will be forced to hit the pavement if we do not perform. The difference is we don't get to travel and eat catered food. Who here got to travel in the past year? We all know this Twins team has ample talent to hold its own in the MLB, yet they are not stepping up. This is like watching Les Steckel's Vikings team, where the players just want it all to be over. It's the Yankees playoff games all year long. If the Twins players are unhappy about something, there are better ways to deal with it than dragging their feet through life. This is a moral question -- do you work hard when things are tough, or do you give up when something does not go your way? Snap out of it, fellas, these are your lives. Being miserable by choice is always the wrong choice.
  14. Dodecahedron
    There is someone waiting outside with a metal basin to connect to the water supply and drain. Let that sink in.
  15. Dodecahedron
    Baldelli has to ensure the team is practicing the fundamentals, which I think could be classified as "teaching" even if it is more reinforcement. I have not been to a Twins game in many years, but we used to be able to watch the team practicing what seemed to be very fundamental/banal things before each game. Coaches were certainly involved in these drills. Are we still seeing this today?
  16. Dodecahedron
    Mayo is no slouch. They re-attached my mom's leg severed at the mid-thigh, in the 1950s. She always claimed this was the first time this was done successfully.
  17. Dodecahedron
    For a pitcher described as a "tremendous success" it sure feels like he has been an invisible after-thought. If I were running things, I would not be against re-signing him. It would depend on what else happens with the team, what he is asking for, and what is going on in the FA market. One thing to point out is he is 32 and future contracts will be past his prime for a pitcher already showing signs of breaking down. He is solid enough to trade as the season winds down. This would give the Twins the opportunity to re-sign him later at FA rates, which for him would be a slight discount, should they feel the need or want.
  18. Dodecahedron
    https://deadspin.com/twins-josh-donaldson-says-pitchers-are-cheating-and-1847009296 My first thought about this is what type of retaliation will Josh face from pitchers and umpires for speaking up? If people think he is not hitting well enough now, darker days are coming.
  19. Dodecahedron
    That foul tip was nuts. Get well soon.
  20. Dodecahedron
    Kudos to the Orioles for snapping that bummer of a losing streak. Golf clap to Sano and Polanco. Way to show up or whatever.
  21. Dodecahedron
    I said before the season started that this year's bullpen looked utterly crazy, but it also looked utterly crazy in 2019 and 2020. Since it miraculously worked out for them in those two years, I said I would skip judging this year's pen because they seemed to know what they were doing. But beyond my opinion, the story here is the pitchers in this bullpen are completely different from the last two years. Falvey (or whoever) neglected to keep player turnover at an acceptable rate. The pipeline was inadequate and too many people left at once. To make matters worse, almost all of the current guys are over 30. The bullpen will still need to be completely rebuilt.
  22. Dodecahedron
    Not being able to decelerate is a huge problem, as signified by the equation E=MC^2. We don't want to atomize anybody.
  23. Dodecahedron
    He doesn't look cooked to me, but he has some interesting splits. In 2021 so far, he played better when the Twins lost. The Twins have lost just a little more than they have won, so overall he is doing well. Yes, he is down in May, but Who the heck wouldn't be down in May on this team? It's not like the bottom fell out and he's hitting like he is in one of Sano's dry spells or something. He is still producing. He had just as many multi-hit games in May as he had in April. Cruz's May looks like a standard, uninteresting slump. Let me know if it lasts another six weeks.
  24. Dodecahedron
    I don't know if anyone is smarter than anyone else, but it happens a lot where baseball teams are good for a year or two, then drop back to the bottom half. Maybe no one predicted the Twins had peaked, but no one should be shocked. I think most of us would agree that you're not going to make it far in the MLB if you treat staffing the bullpen as an afterthought, as the Twins have done for the past few years. Yes, this worked out for the team until now, but this is an inevitable result of that strategy. Plus, many of the position players just aren't very good. They are getting better, but the games so far still counted.
  25. Dodecahedron
    It's hard to vote against six home runs.
×
×
  • Create New...