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  1. LastOnePicked
    Look, I'm in favor of this. I advocated for this. BUT ... it does stink, too. I also had some hope that Correa signing meant a new era of Twins baseball. But ownership refused to take the next step in bolstering the roster around him, and the FO let an underachieving manager stay too long in the dugout. No vision. No title run. No more Correa. Okay, fine. Let a new era of Twins baseball begin.
  2. LastOnePicked
    Exactly the kind of trade that should happen. Give established vets a chance on a contender while building a younger, more athletic club. Looking forward to the bigger changes (ownership, FO, manager) in the offseason. Bring on 2029.
  3. LastOnePicked
    Falvey has the phone numbers of other National League front offices, right?
  4. LastOnePicked
    This is helpful. The return sounded disappointing yesterday - and it may yet be - but I know I sounded off before knowing more of the details. Here's hoping these guys are big 2028-29 contributors.
  5. LastOnePicked
    I like the deal. We could really use a rally squirrel. What does Fangraphs say about his speed and acorn-gathering skills?
  6. LastOnePicked
    Agreed. Eat $30M of the contract and ask Houston for a scratch-off lottery ticket in A ball. Correa is cooked here. It's time for this organization to develop their own top talent.
  7. LastOnePicked
    Something tells me Falvey will wind up in the Phillies front office soon.
  8. LastOnePicked
    And they shouldn't. It's rebuild time. Which is why they should never have sought Abel in the deal. Unreal. You want high-end talent and future promise, not an MLB 4th starter dud.
  9. LastOnePicked
    This is the best they were Abel to get?! Come on. I really, really hope we don't hear some nonsense from Falvey about needing to get an MLB-ready arm in return for the 2026 "retool." Ugh.
  10. LastOnePicked
    Say this as loud and as often as it takes until the "let's bring it all back for 2026" chatter finally ends.
  11. LastOnePicked
    Good for them - they made in two innings longer than the Twins did.
  12. LastOnePicked
    No, rebuilds aren't guaranteed to produce a championship, but I'd argue that it's a lot more fun to watch an up-and-coming team gel over a few years than it is to watch a sluggish, underachieving roster like this fall short of even the most modest preseason expectations, Let 2025 be the end of this kind of boring baseball in Minnesota for a long while, please.
  13. LastOnePicked
    It would have been nice to be able to compare Rocco's 2024 season to a new manager's 2025 season. Then we would have been able to isolate a variable, since much of the roster remains the same. I will never understand keeping Rocco after last year. But I don't have any hope for 2026. I'm still not sure this team will get a new owner, and even if they do, I can't imagine they'll be big spenders in the offseason. There's just not enough here to build around. Joe Ryan is fairly good. Pablo Lopez is fairly good. All the other starters are major question marks. There is no shutdown ace. There's no rock-solid slugger. I love to see Buxton's resurgence, but it can't be relied upon. And I'm nearly certain at this point that Correa is cooked, both in the field and at the plate. The Twins have a few pieces that could help them build for 2028 and beyond. That's the route they should take.
  14. LastOnePicked
    "This is the most disappointing Twins team I've followed in at least 10 years. Unlike so many others that have fallen short of expectations, this one can't point to an abundance of injuries or misfortune for its failure. Only a complete lack of heart and fight from a group of players that has fully earned whatever dismantling is about to come." Imagine that you work for an up-and-coming company. Your manager is a genuinely decent human being, but your department basically collapses under his direction. Mental errors everywhere. Misfortune and poor decisions abound. You miss all sales goals/productivity targets, and no one gets a bonus. Just a total disaster. The company gives everyone a few weeks off while the organization regroups. You come back, and you've got the exact same manager. You don't want to complain - he's a great guy, after all - but your heart and your spirit sink. How are things going to be any different? How do you think the employees are going to do in that scenario? How''s that next business quarter going to look? Keeping Rocco was a terrible, terrible decision. It deflated the season from Day One. That's the lack of heart and fight you mention. It's not a great team regardless, but this roster is certainly capable of being a pesky .500 club. It's long, long past time to move on from Baldelli. In fact, it's past time for a total rebuild.
  15. LastOnePicked
    To be fair, it was very hot. The Twins don't play well if it's very hot. Or very cold. The temperature has to be just right for them to play .500 ball. Rebuild. Completely. Fully. Commit to a new era of Twins baseball. No more "retool" nibbling with this squad.
  16. LastOnePicked
    Exactly this. This is a bottom-quartile MLB team. It's not a fluke. It's not a small sample size. It's like a busted shelf that needs replacing. It's never gonna hold a trophy unless you tear it down to the screws and start fresh.
  17. LastOnePicked
    Love it, and good on you. See how it all turns out. And please don't put any hard-earned money on Twins success this year. Or next.
  18. LastOnePicked
    At some point, it just doesn't matter. 50% of a contending team is 50%. That's never enough for a winner. The pipeline didn't materialize. The prospects have mostly been a bust. Correa's contract eats up any chance of taking on new free agents. No, it's not happening here, sorry. There's no other reasonable conclusion. Though I appreciate the hope some folks still have.
  19. LastOnePicked
    It might be helpful at some point to realize that this is not a playoff-caliber team ... and not even a particularly good team. Spotty rotation. Terrible offense. Weak defense. No, it's not happening.
  20. LastOnePicked
    I just don't think the comparison here is appropriate. Pressly was a crucial component to an already-strong and athletic Astros team - a team that was ready for championship run, from the minors to the front office. That's not the Twins. The Astros built their dominance on years of high draft picks and a complete organizational overhaul. That's the route we should be taking, not holding on to relievers who may - or may not - remain healthy on a sub-.500 team in 2026.
  21. LastOnePicked
    My two thoughts on Correa: 1) When teams with better track records in player evaluation refuse to sign a free agent after a physical, probably smart to take a pass. 2) Or, it's possible that he's still a high-adrenaline big-game hunter surrounded by players/coaches with zero killer instinct. It's maybe draining on him. It shouldn't be, but it might be.
  22. LastOnePicked
    It was the rough start that made the margins thin very early. That rough June would have still left the Twins in position for a WC run if they had come out strong in April. Or even competent.
  23. LastOnePicked
    Just so we're clear, I think everyone who loves the Twins prefers winning. I think many of us realize that winning it all just isn't possible with this current group.
  24. LastOnePicked
    Baseball's not just a game of numbers, but it's also a game of emotion. I still think that, after last season's epic stretch-run collapse, the players looking in the dugout and seeing the same manager and hearing the same losing messages had an impact. And sure enough, they picked up right where they left off and fell flat on their faces. This season was lost in April. But I agree that ownership torpedoed fan excitement and good will after 2023's meek but encouraging playoff run. That seems to be the core failure that has stretched its way across two seasons.
  25. LastOnePicked
    I get what you're saying, but no. We've played that song already, multiple times. the Twins aren't just a player away, and even if they were, their prospects typically just fizzle at the big league level. It's time to clean house.
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