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  1. old nurse
    Aw, these people get so apoplectic about what someone says with no knowledge of what the team has for a plan.
  2. old nurse
    Pittsburg will hold yhe tiebreaker because they lost more games than the Twins in 24
  3. old nurse
    The comeback for Cleveland is that the Tigers are having an epic collapse. The collapse allowed Cleveland back into it.
  4. old nurse
    The if of a strike depends on what the players think they will gain long term versus what they lose short term in striking. As wages go up and careers for the short tenured players are growing shorter, the cost to strike may be too much of a loss for those players that are Average or less.
  5. old nurse
    The only place a high value was placed on Stewart was by people on this site.
  6. old nurse
    Somewhere in a back closet was Terry Ryan’s playbook on building fan interest in a franchise. Falvey must have recently found it. There are a lot of torn out pages., there are only a few lines now in the book. Paul Molitor is the only player fans have come out to see. Don’t spend the old man’s money, make him a profit. Lastly, when all else fails, try a youth movement. Falvey must have found it a little over a year ago. He shared it with Jim Pohlad. Falvey is now trying the last bit of advice. Jim is now enforcing the second bit of advice.
  7. old nurse
    Since his return at the trade deadline Funderburk has pitched to an ERA. Of 0.78 and a FIP of 2.38. Considering how bad his first half was, that should also be of interest
  8. old nurse
    So he ignores Funderburk. I am not sure if the author thought that any serious look at Funderburk was going to fins smoke and mirrors, there is going to be countless bullpen articles starting next week or he just goesn’t want to say anything nice to jinks him
  9. old nurse
    These are the good old days for the youth of the current time.
  10. old nurse
    Sands, Funderburk, Laweryson, Ohl will get a shot as there is really not much more for him to learn in the minors. They will probably pick up Topa’s option. That is not to say they will all do well, the question was what do I expect them to do. They will still need 3 setup guys and a closer.
  11. old nurse
    I do not think Adam’s and Cabrera will be on the major league club next year
  12. old nurse
    By your own words they came out for the newness in the 60s, and history repeated itself with Target Field . The attendance stayed high for the first 11 years if newness worked that well the attendance at Target Field would have stayed high up to the pandemic. Calvin Griffith and the Pohlads ran the same type of team model. 65 years of the same thing. Now it breaks the fan base? That is absurd.
  13. old nurse
    The players traded for Dyson amounted to replacement level players. That is hardly a shellacking, more like nothing for nothing. Lamont had a couple good years, but he was practically a bat only player.
  14. old nurse
    A league average bat is bottom third for a league starting OF/DH. You are correct that it would only be a potential and not an actual BP arm
  15. old nurse
    Given the state of pitching Hatch Tonkin and Misiewicz will all get offered a contract that might be a slight raise or not. It is better than a minor league contract with an invite. Ober does not have a replacement. The only way he is non tendered is if he asks for a contract that doesn’t include last year’s performance. Larnach would be wise to sign a contract that includes a small raise. The arb value on a replacement level player should not be 5 million. They may view Rodriquez as a replacement but they did not call him up once the season in St Paul ended. If there were more sure replacements he would be a non tender candidate. Injuries wrecked a team full of question marks, does 2 million break the bank?
  16. old nurse
    In the 60s when the Twins had a competitive teams the fans came out. They were one of the top drawing teams in the league. In 2023 with a competitive team the fans did not come out. No business is going to operate at a loss for long. They built it, the fans didn’t come. Paddack at 23 had a great future. Injuries wrecked that. The Twins still kept him because they really did not have other options that looked better. He did not cost them the season, but was a factor. Injuries to the key players on the team did that. Sure the Twins did not have as many injuries, but a number 6 and 7 starter who could not beat out Paddack were not going to be a replacement for a number 1 and 3 starter. Lopez was having a Cy Young votes season, Ober was touted as a potential Cy Young candidate. Regression by the players not named Byron did not help the cause, either. Losing to Colorado was just the end of the hope
  17. old nurse
    All the more reason to take a flyer.
  18. old nurse
    He is working his way back from Tommy John. It hasn’t gone well, but still, he was a decent arm. Should the Twins take a flyer?
  19. old nurse
    Here is to hoping that Boston makes it to at least the ALCS before losing out of the playoffs. A desparate team is more likely to pay more than others.
  20. old nurse
    Sigh. Who do you think was the one who had to sign off on the major trades.
  21. old nurse
    If the plan worked, attendance would be back toand it would not be 25% of payroll. They took a risk and lost. The cheap Pohlads spent money and it did not work. All it did was give the negative people one more thing to complain about.
  22. old nurse
    Interesting that the blogger can claim they will sign Hoskins but doesn’t suggest anything for the bullpen. The likelihood of Hoskins signing here is small.
  23. old nurse
    Maddux Houghton has out OPSed them all on the AAA level. People will be calling for him soon if all they read is the OPS column. 😆
  24. old nurse
    Martin is his acquisition. Except for Buxton, they all were his acquisitions
  25. old nurse
    The Mets and Giants had 12 year contracts. The medical were reporting concerns for the repaired ankle not holding up that long. Common sense as a shortstop says he was not going to last that long. There were no ankle issues in his Twins stay. There was no unreasonable length to his contract. He had been averaging 5 bwar a season for his career up to that point. His Twins contract was not unreasonable for that kind of player, It wasn’t working this season. That is not hindsight. There is understanding history.
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