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  1.    1985Fan reacted to a post in a topic: 5 Truths About the 2026 Twins We Can't Ignore
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  12. LastOnePicked
    Here's my Twins truth: I wish Shelton had been managing this club for the last five years.
  13. LastOnePicked
    If this team is ever to become a "big boy" of the MLB again, it's going to have to overhaul the roster. They gave up eight runs(!) in the final two innings of regulation against the Rockies. After being swept by the Dodgers. We may have had some hope, but this team is still exactly what we thought they were. Not at all ready for prime time baseball. Rebuild the roster. Now.
  14.    LastOnePicked reacted to a post in a topic: The Twins Could Look Completely Different After the Trade Deadline
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  23. LastOnePicked
    I'm on record for really, really pushing for a deadline selloff and a total organizational rebuild. BUT ... I'd rather see the Twins make a WC push than not. It would be hard to undercut a team that's fighting this hard to be relevant. It's possible that building a winning culture starts now, and you just hope that ownership makes up the remaining talent gaps with smart trades and, in the offseason, free agent signings. I still don't think it's likely, but I no longer think a WC spot is impossible. The next three weeks are key.
  24. LastOnePicked
    Any team can have a bad night, so I don't mean to take this too far, but ... this is not a team that should be talking about "buying" at the trade deadline.
  25. LastOnePicked
    See: "right-sizing the business." Circa the 2023 off-season. I love TF and I love the Twins, but I'm not coming back until there's new ownership OR I see a plan firmly in place to rebuild the organization and win a WS.
  26. LastOnePicked
    Please don't say "in the history of the franchise" when you clearly mean "in the last few years." In 1991, the Twins needed an ace and signed Jack Morris, who went on to pitch an eleven-inning shutout in the greatest Game 7 victory in the history of MLB. Buxton is raking on a 90-loss club. He's a wonderful ballplayer, but he's also just a potentially untradeable asset on a team the desperately needs to refresh its system with top-level prospects. The Buxton signing is not that epic and it hasn't led to much at all. Sorry.
  27. LastOnePicked
    But that's my point. Anyone who knows anything about the game would have looked at this roster - and the players remaining available in free agency - and determined that keeping your most valuable veterans was foolish at best ... catastrophic to your future at worst. This is the result. Some might say, well who could have guessed that Lopez, Jeffers, Ryan and Buxton would have all faced injuries this season? Anyone. Anyone who follows this club would have guessed that.
  28. LastOnePicked
    This old dad is going to point to Patrick Mahomes and Pat Mahomes as proof that it ain't dumbest question we Dads have ever asked. For the record, the dumbest question was asked in January 2023: "When Carlos Correa is a Hall-of-Famer, will he go in as a Twin?"
  29. LastOnePicked
    Completely agree. If Tough Talkin' Tom isn't spending his time scouring the league for promising GM and team president candidates, he's an even bigger fool than his interviews suggest.
  30. LastOnePicked
    If only ownership had understood this. Or, really, anything about major league baseball. Scouting, development, training, planning ... everything about this organization needs a total overhaul. But ownership can't envision a winner, so here we are. Maybe if we get lucky, we'll stumble upon a few game-changing prospects over the next few years. But I doubt it.
  31. LastOnePicked
    Here's the thing ... there's a lot more of these kinds of losses to come. A lot more. For everyone who thinks that a total take-your-lumps rebuild doesn't work, just look over at the White Sox. The Twins could gave started this process after 2024, but they've wasted opportunities. As a result, success is still further away than it needed to be. So the time to start is now. Right now. And it's gonna be 3+ years of truly dreadful baseball. But at least it might lead somewhere. The approach they took this offseason leads nowhere forever.
  32. LastOnePicked
    It'll be an interesting seven weeks ahead for Zoll. This team is years away from competing, so it'll be important to take offers on a large portion of the roster. Gomez might be great, but if you won't need a strong reliever for a few years yet, see what you can get that might be even better.
  33. LastOnePicked
    My bold prediction: neither Ryan nor Jeffers nor Buxton will not be traded by the deadline.
  34. LastOnePicked
    Oh no. I gave Murakami my social security number.
  35. LastOnePicked
    This team has to - has to - maximize their future value with every transaction. Ownership and payroll is still a question mark. They're still several strong arms and bats away from contending. Teams like the Twins need to use savvy trades to sell high and buy low. Jeffers, Buxton, Ryan and Lopez all should have been traded in the offseason. One is already off the table (Lopez), two are nearly off the table (Jeffers and Buxton) and Ryan has already had an injury scare. If they don't trade him and don't sign him, they will have lost tremendous future potential that could have been used to supplement the Abel/Jenkins/Culpepper era.
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