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  1. LastOnePicked
    There's our problem right there. I have zero interest in anything the Twins are doing to try to improve. I'm not an investor or a partner in the organization. I'm only interested in their actual improvement. Imagine eating at a terrible restaurant, and at the end of the meal the owner tells you all about the things they're trying to do to make the food better. For people they're bringing into the organization - cooks, investors, servers? Fine - let them in on your plans. For the customer, just make an excellent experience ... or shut up about it.
  2. LastOnePicked
    Imagine using the phrase "playoff odds" and "wins in the bank" about a 72-win team with a roster that got worse even before the next season began. I know, it's all just fun with projections. And that's fine. But this is a team without an ace, a shortstop, a competent defense and a bullpen. Teams in that situation always share the same playoff odds: 0%.
  3. LastOnePicked
    Unless there are major ST injuries for teams expected to compete, that time already passed, sadly. They would just be panic-selling at this point, and they wouldn't get back much in value ... or much respect from the league. No, they made their bed this offseason with their inability to make hard choices. Now they have to lie in it, and make even harder choices.
  4. LastOnePicked
    You're never actually IN on a player until they're on the roster. The Twins need to get away from this small dog baseball mindset. We fans can help them by not tolerating these kinds of publicity spins.
  5. LastOnePicked
    You have a far better chance at a "hit" higher in the draft than lower. But I agree that none of it matters much without top-notch scouting and player development.
  6. LastOnePicked
    But they had payrolls in that range and didn't get very far. Also, nothing is stopping Tom Pohlad from having a payroll in that range right now. I do think MLB has a competitive disadvantage problem, but smart mid teams are still finding ways to win without waiting for bailouts from the elite revenue teams.
  7. LastOnePicked
    Those teams had multiple Twins and MLB Hall of Famers. Do you remember how they got several of those players? High draft picks from being terrible in the early 80s. Draft high in the down years, develop well every year, sign well when your roster congeals. There's no other magic formula for mid-market success.
  8. LastOnePicked
    Yeah, he really shouldn't have started Spring Training with that "First Annual Twins Pitchers Arm Wrestling Tournament." Bad idea in hindsight. C'mon, I think we can give Shelton a pass on this particular tragedy.
  9. LastOnePicked
    One of my least favorite features of Twins baseball over the last 20+ years has been our collective praise of the FO/ownership for just being "in on" the rumors for a big name player. I would love to let that end once and for all. In baseball, you either land a player or you don't. No need to issue participation trophies.
  10. LastOnePicked
    No worries. Do you see a viable alternative pathway to a AL championship run?
  11. LastOnePicked
    No. Rehabilitate Larnach's trade value, and then trade him. There is no urgency. This team was going nowhere even with Lopez in the rotation.
  12. LastOnePicked
    Correct. This is why teams like the Twins have to be smarter and make hard decisions when those decisions need to be made. This is not a serious team. Disasters like this are the result.
  13. LastOnePicked
    Of course. This approach has never worked before. Except for the Rays, Tigers, Astros, Braves, Cubs, Rangers. Who am I missing? Maybe the Royals and Orioles will rejoin that group this year. The Twins need a superior player scouting and development system. They don't have that right now. The only other pathway to success is obtaining top-tier players. They won't sign them. So their only hope for the foreseeable future is through trades and drafts. No one has to like it, but lumps are necessary for growth. It's no sure path, but it's far better than being a nothing mid-to-low tier team year after year after year.
  14. LastOnePicked
    God willing, you have many seasons left to enjoy. I would so much rather see this team actually build a first-class farm system and be a legitimate contender in 2028-30 than to be a perennial AL Central nibbler. Nothing is as enjoyable as true playoff run. Nothing.
  15. LastOnePicked
    Because there's nothing whatsoever surprising about it. The only people surprised work for or own the Twins.
  16. LastOnePicked
    More than anything, let's hope Pablo is okay. But, folks, this is exactly what some of us were talking about all offseason. And it's possibly only getting started. When you have a glaring weakness or misstep anywhere in your organization, the fates will find it. And pretty quickly.
  17. LastOnePicked
    I hope he's okay as well, but the Twins are certainly not cursed. They don't evaluate the health of their players very well and they don't maximize their opportunities when trade values are high.
  18. LastOnePicked
    Trust me - the Dodgers know the current value of a player far, far better than the Twins.
  19. LastOnePicked
    I really, really don't need a guy who's always angling for MLB insider access to tell me to "give Tom Pohlad a chance" this year. The Pohlads have all had plenty of chances. Plouffe makes money from the organization, and he wants to keep making more, so of course he's going to say this. We fans pay in to this organization. Big difference. Respect will be given when it's been earned. Sorry to disappoint "Coach Trev" on this one. Plouffe is the one who was calling for Baldelli to keep his job for another year, too. So color me a little skeptical of his instincts and his motives.
  20. LastOnePicked
    The Twins gain a player and all they lose is the option to pay prospects more money? Tom P. must be in his glory. Zoll is getting a bonus $5 Starbucks gift card this week for sure.
  21. LastOnePicked
    Zoll knows it's legal to sign a free agent reliever who wasn't already with your team, right?
  22. LastOnePicked
    Oh goody, we're back to the "showed interest in X superstar free agent" years. But for now, I don't care. I just wanted them to show interest in building a world-class farm system. But they don't have any real interest in that.
  23. LastOnePicked
    F is the only grade that makes sense. The team ignored its greatest gaps and decided to let its greatest trade assets rot away on a half-baked roster.
  24. LastOnePicked
    No shortstop. No bullpen. Holes all around the rotation, the lineup and the field. But sure, first place is well within sight. After all, just four teams will be ahead of them. Come on, gang, we should be past this by now. It was foolish not to trade Ryan, Buxton, Lopez and Jeffers but we've crossed that bridge already. Now it's just a matter of silver linings and breakout performances for a few of the youngsters.
  25. LastOnePicked
    Baseball is still a beautiful game, regardless of where our Twins land. If I have hope, it's for tighter play on the field and feistier lineup.
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