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  1. Whitey333
    I'm sick of hearing about all these great prospects and the Twins great farm system. These prospects are only suspects until they can play and contribute to a winning team at the major league level. All these names people through out there are just that: names. Most of the Twins prospects currently on the major league roster haven't proven they belong yet. Way too much hype not nearly enough results.
  2. Whitey333
    Who cares anymore?? The Twins are at their lowest point at least in terms of fan interest in the Falvey years. It's always the same: wait to maybe sign a bargain basement player. Tell us how great the prospects are and dump as much hype and hope on us gullable fans. Whereas Falvey says everything is in place and our young players are great it's more likely the Twins finish 4th in the division again and fans stay away in droves.
  3. Whitey333
    MLB needs some kind of salary cap with a floor. The disparity between revenue and non revenue teams is growing. I believe the current collective bargaining agreement has a reopening clause for the owners of December 1, 2026. I wouldn't be surprised if the owners lockout the players. There may not be a season then. Maybe that's what MLB needs to get it's house in order.
  4. Whitey333
    Great idea. He's not really need here anyway
  5. Whitey333
    This is probably the least enthused I've been about a Twins off season in years; especially the Faĺvey years. They usually wait until the end so they can bargain shop. IMO part of the problem is in how the payroll is spent. Too much spent on too few players. CORREA, BUXTON, and Lewis? You are counting on them to play regularly and produce? Sheer fantasy.
  6. Whitey333
    First the goal of the Twins is not to win a championship. If they do win it's basically done by luck and everything falling into place. The goal of the Twins this year is to continue to "right size" the payroll as Turkey of the Year Joe Pohlad would say. An̈d with the club up for sale who knows? And with Falvey most of the time he's last in line to make off season moves apparently to get the bargain basement deals. I am sure they will clear out as much salary as they can. It is a good time to find out if these young players can actually play or not. Or will they continue to keep proving how over hyped and over rated they are.
  7. Whitey333
    Dumb idea. Manfred has already pretty much ruined baseball for most of older traditionalist. It's almost unwatchable. Baseball used to be fun, relaxing, and enjoyable. Now it's become just a huge very boring video game. Players "skills" have diminished greatly. They have trouble throwing g to the wrong base, can't bunt, can't hit and run, can't adjust their at bat to advance runners. The starting pitchers rarely go over 5 or 6 innings yet we are paying them more than ever. This leads to higher ticket prices. I've never been more discouraged about the state of major league baseball than I am now. Rule changes like this will destroy what's left.
  8. Whitey333
    I agree the Twins just don't have the talent. They had the worst record for letting inherited runners score. I too use the eye test. Too many analytics in all of baseball right now. Jax was awesome in bullpen. Duran not so much so. He regressed. Your closer or high leverage situational pitcher simply cannot lose 9 games in the bullpen. Yes he needs to get down to two pitches. Twins touted the bullpen as one of the best in baseball before the start of the season. That didn't work out too well.
  9. Whitey333
    Mauer was great and proven by making the MLB hall of fame on his first try. The rest of the list is filled with what ifs
  10. Whitey333
    Good for him. But who cares? IMO this current Twins administration has done a poor job in player development. Sure we have some prospects on the current roster but haven't proven much at the big league level. Too many times players are brought up from minors only to be relegated to part time status due to the ridiculous platooning. Also they are made to play multiple positions with little or no experience. Why would any young player want to be in the Twins organization?
  11. Whitey333
    So many interesting viewpoints regarding the bullpen. My opinion is that our bullpen could be OK k but it could just as easily be a disaster. Last year we were told it would be one of the best bullpen in baseball. That sure didn't pan out. We get the usual excuses of bad luck. Come on. Let's get real. It takes talent. The Twins will shop the dumpster to find a few injured arms and proclaim what good deals they made and how great the bullpen is.
  12. Whitey333
    Most of these " can't miss" prospects do just that: miss. It can be kind of a crap shoot. Maybe if the Twins drafted the right can't miss prospects the team would be OK. Most of, notice I didn't say all Twins prospects are over rated and over hyped. They do prove themselves by either not being good enough or injury prone or both. Several on the Twins now need to show a lot in 2025.
  13. Whitey333
    Another article about can't miss prospects having a major league impact. Let's call it what it is Fantasy Land. They MAY make it to the Twins sometime in 2025 but it's unlikely any of those will make much of an impact.
  14. Whitey333
    Congrats to Zoll for the promotion. The Twins job of developing players has so far produced very sketchy results. Too many years times our prospects are brought to majors o ly to be relegated to a part time status through pinch hitting and platooning. Most of the prospects on the team have proven very little in an effort to prove they belong in the big leagues.
  15. Whitey333
    I agree that at this point the Twins are 4th best. But not in the AL. Fourth best in the central is more like it!! IMO everything would have to fall into place for this team to be relevant. Too many holes, too many question marks. This "core" as you say has missed the playoffs 3 of the past 4 years with two of those seasons by collapses. Hardly a ringing endorsement.
  16. Whitey333
    Just because the Twins are dumb enough to acquire broken down pitchers with broken down arms doesn't mean other teams are that dumb. Paddock is of little or no value to the Twins or any other major league team.
  17. Whitey333
    Such a good article topic. Reading all the responses reminds me of how many holes and question marks this team has. It's daunting. Many of the Twins prospects have not shown much at the major league level thus far. Maybe that's due in part to them being relegated to part time status with their platoon system. Very strange way to develop your prospects: play full time In minors only to play part time on the major league squad.
  18. Whitey333
    Being in contention means consistently being a playoff calibre team. The Twins have missed the playoffs 3 of the past 4 seasons with two of those being bad collapses. That isn't a contending team. Correa is good but can't really be expected to be a leader on this team. His payroll and that of Buxton and Lopez make up too high of a percentage of payroll to be able to add to it. Our "prospects" haven't proven anything yet. I just think all viable options should be open. Go ahead and trade him.
  19. Whitey333
    In a better time the Twins may look to improve the club through free agency and targeted trades. This off season it appears to be another salary dump of sorts to maintain and not increase payroll. With Lopez getting a 13 million salary boost in 2025 and Correa getting a boost the savings have to come from somewhere. Plus many increases due to salary arbitration. With three players, Correa, Buxton, and Lopez combining to make over $70 million of a $130 million budget. Something may have to give. I don't want them to trade Lopez but I wouldn't be shocked if they dud.
  20. Whitey333
    What an awful and depressing article. Come on can't you guys do any better than that?
  21. Whitey333
    We know it's off season when your annual Byron Buxton hyped article is forced down our throats. J feel sorry for him because he undoubtedly has some talent and has had to work hard to try to play. But overall he has been a BUST.
  22. Whitey333
    No big deal on any of them. I hope they all do well wherever they end up. I've never been impressed with the current regimes handling and development of their prospects. No surprise here.
  23. Whitey333
    Both catchers will be back. Just a couple of years ago it seemed we had a very good catching situation. Since then both Vazquez and Jeffers have become below average at that position. Keep them through 2025 and go another direction from both of them.
  24. Whitey333
    Congrats to Carlos Santana. Well done!
  25. Whitey333
    Last off season was a big failure for Falvey. Let's consider that in the 8 years he's been in control the Twins have had 1 90+ win season. I believe 1 playoff series win. They have missed the playoffs in 3 of the past 4 seasons. Two of them in catastrophic (choking) style. Polanco would be better than what we have now. Not wanting to sign an injured player or injury history player? Falvey has done it many times. I don't really think the Twins will resign Polanco. They are looking to manage payroll. With Correa, Buxton, and Lopez going to take up around 75 mill of a 130 million dollar payroll it's going to be difficult. Obviously salary will need to be dumped again.
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