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  1. Whitey333
    I want to be optimistic but the Twins make it hard. As many of the people posted there's an awful lot of ifs. Depth in starting pitching? Where? Much of the so called depth is prospects with very limited or no major league experience. Plus many of the starters we do have are not established or are injured. Gray and Ryan seem to do well. Especially if Ryan can start pitching well against the good teams. Mahle is the big question mark to me. He must stay healthy and must perform. It shouldn't be that tough. He plays for a manager that generally doesn't believe in starting pitchers. Maeda? Jury is still definitely out since he hasn't pitched in over a year. Plus I believe he and Gray and maybe others are entering the last year of their contracts. Over has at times shown he's ready but other times us awful and injured a lot. Winder, Varland Richardson have far too little MLB experience to consider it depth. Like most of the team the pitching staff is littered with what ifs and has beens. Playing fewer division games may help but may be disastorus. I'm afraid it will be another season of boring baseball for the Twins. Their best promotion may be No- Doze night. Handing out caffeine tablets at the gates might be the only way to keep fans awake. As much as I would like to see 85-90 wins I realistically am anticipating only an 75 win season.
  2. Whitey333
    Another interesting article. I always find it strange that many new wave baseball "experts" like to down play results. Here you try to compare Varsho and Kepler while implying the analytics are more important than the results. What good is the total analytical approach if you don't get positive results? Results, bottom line, is the most important thing. But Falvey of course was recently quoted " it's the process not the results that's important.". I don't understand why a major league baseball team would want a philosophy like that. If your goal isn't winning, you have no business running a team.
  3. Whitey333
    Enough of Correa already, enough!!! For the Twins to re- engage contract talks with Correa would be one of the worst moves in club history. Signing him last year sure didn't move the needle for the Twins. With the twins history of staying in the bottom half of payroll teams it means there is little to no monies available for real team improvements. An argument about whether the twins should be in bottom half is for another topic. Way too much on Carlos. Get over it people.
  4. Whitey333
    I've always liked AK. But his injury situation is a big problem. I'm concerned that those injuries could soon force him out of baseball. Very nice article. But what good is a great walk % if you can't play?
  5. Whitey333
    It's hard to be optimistic about the Twins in 2023. You can't just assume all the injured players will not only be healthy but perform at a high level. Way too many "ifs" on the team. Id love to see them win the division. But as of today I think they will win about 75 games.
  6. Whitey333
    Nice article. I was going to point out that Rogers was actually very good for the Padres the first few weeks. While he was saving them Pagan was blowing them. Someone else did a great job reporting this. Pagan is a joke and the Twins insistence on process over results cost us many games last year. Pagan has been bad most of his career. Rogers has overall had a decent career. Also if baseball is trending to less importance and length placed on starting pitching, you better have a damn good bullpen. The Twins have some but overall it's not that great. If bullpens are pitching half the games each year they deserve big increases. The fact that the Twins won't pay market value for the product they need is not unusual. They bargain basement shop for their pitching staff and it shows. IfJoey Gallo is able to command a job on the Twins at 11 million, Rogers and relief pitchers like him deserve it more. Remember Gallo is a career .199 hitter. Yes that is CAREER. He also strikes out more often than Sano. And he is a terrible clutch hitter. The bullpen needs to be beefed up if the manager only lets starters go 5 or 6 innings. The bullpen was burned out last season. Twins need to pay at least market share. Good relievers cost money. Apparently Twins only want " affordable" ones.
  7. Whitey333
    Baldelli is number one improvement needed. IMO he has been mediocre at best. He's a very boring manager that manages a very boring team to play even more boring baseball. If they are always going to stick to the plan and are unwilling or unable to actually manage a game, then they should just set the laptop on the bench and let it manage lol. This is one of the most boring baseball Twins team I've ever watched. As they discussed about Pagan, it's the process not the results we are interested in. It's obviously the same philosophy the whole FO has. If they really don't care about winning and are only concerned about the process and not results, they should be fired.
  8. Whitey333
    Nice article on base stealing. Too bad it was diluted by a self serving infomercial.
  9. Whitey333
    First ballot is a tough gig. Unlikely Joe makes it on the first ballot. He should make it in the first 5 years. He deserves to be a HOF member.
  10. Whitey333
    I hope the Mets keep him. I don't want the Twins to resign him or have anything to do with him. I'm absolutely sick and tired of all this Correa garbage. Let him go. It's over. Who cares anymore?
  11. Whitey333
    Anything the Twins sign will definitely be a below average player. They traded a decent player Urshela for a low level pitcher we will probably never see. Apparently the FO wasn't excited about paying an arbitration salary of around 9 million for him. By trading Urshela for a song and dance they had created even more questions. Miranda could maybe go to third. He's played there before and looked pretty bad. Maybe he will be better. Seems this FO has created most of their own problems. I don't see them trading for any of the players mentioned. So far the off season has been a disaster. Signing Vazquez was one of the better signings as we needed a catcher and now they have one. Gallo? 11 million for a career .199 hitter is way over spend IMO. If they were able to spend it on him why wouldn't they have invested that money into some much needed pitching? He does homer in about once in every 15-20 at bats. But seldom homers in the clutch. He strikes out more than once in every three at bats. Come on Falvey, and Levine. You can do better than that. If not you should be gone. And take Rocco with you.
  12. Whitey333
    No Ted, in my view your view that Gallo is a good signing is way overblown. My guess is he may start kind of hot and everyone will get rel excited thinking it was such a great deal. But by mid season the dwindling fans in attendance will boo him mercilessly for all the strikeouts and low average and his continued poor clutch hitting. IMO he isn't needed. If another outfielder needed to be signed I believe better players were available. This will go down as another one of their strange signings. It will not make the team better. This FO will go down as one of the worst in Twins history. This team has very little direction. When 2023 ends, the Twins will have played another year of boring, losing baseball. Then it should be the end of Falvey, Lavigne, and Rocco.
  13. Whitey333
    If Twins start season with no more significant additions I suspect they only win 70-75 games. The fans will have pretty much booked Gallo out of town for his .199 batting average, a strike out rate in high 30% and his horrendous clutch hitting. IMO that 11 mill could have been better spent on the bullpen. I suggest that if these prospects everyone is so excited about don't have productive results in 2023, it's time to move on. That includes Falvey, Lavigne, and Rocco.
  14. Whitey333
    Twins treat free agency like a disease or the plague. One good thing about free agents is the don't generally cost you any player talent in return. You can keep your " prospects" even if they aren't any good. I also get a kick out of how people say we have starting pitching depth. Where is it? Depth, to me implies good reliable pitching. While Gray has been decent and Ryan gives hope, what about the rest of them Mahle? Possibly. Over, Winder, Varland, SWR, have proved nothing so far at the major league level. I full expect the Twins to go post Christmas discount shopping for starting pitching again. It's sad because there were a couple of pitchers out there that they could have had. The one thing this FO has shown is that they work off the gullibility of their fans. Dangle something out there, then don't sign him or anyone else of any significance, just under the pretext of looking like you know what they are doing. To me they currently look like frauds.
  15. Whitey333
    Can we ever quit discussing Correa? People talk like he was a Twins institution for many years and not the opportunistic bag of wind he proved himself to be. He and Boras used the Twins and us fans since day one. We all knew this and we played his con of how much he wanted to play here right to the hilt. I can understand us gullible fans and public buying into being played. But the FO should be ashamed at how they handled it. It's time to move on from Correa. If the Twins have another poor season it will be time to consider a new FO. Unless of course they can keep conning the fans into thinking they are good.
  16. Whitey333
    Since day one with the Twins it was apparent that Correa was in it only for Correa. The Twins got used from the beginning. Shame on the FO for letting it happen. My guess is Twins were never in on a second chance ( thankfully) just like they were really never in it originally. He wasn't going to play for a team that doesn't appear to have winning as a main goal. Not can the Minnesota area keep his ego propped up enough. And yes let's stop the Correa articles. It's old news. He was only here for one season and had no organizational ties here. It's done. Get over it.
  17. Whitey333
    Interesting article. If it is indeed true that the Twins offered Correa 285 mil over 10 years, then it is safe to assume there is money in the budget to spend at that level. Then it's totally understandable to question why the Team rarely signs even mid term FA. I think most of us realize they are not going after upper echelon free agents. And that's fine. It's understandable. But don't criticize fans who dare to question their lack of impactful signings. You can't have it both ways. If you aren't going after the top FAs then don't let people on thinking you are really trying. There are several holes on this roster to fill. Letting so many FAs sign elsewhere that were within twins budget is irresponsible. Vazquez seems like a nice signing. But Gallo? 11 million for a .199 career average and 38% strikeout rate? That's also irresponsible.
  18. Whitey333
    This FO is awful. They show little direction at all. Signing Gallo was stupid. Signing him to 11 million is more than stupid. He is not needed here. What a waste of a roster space at least for this Twins team. He probably would be a better fit with other teams. He hit around .160 last year and has a lifetime .199 average. His career clutch hitting is around .156. his strikeout rate is over 38%. Just what we need another automatic out in the batting order. People will cheer when he hits the occasional home run but listen to them boo when most of the time he produces nothing and at an alarming rate. The boo birds will be out early this year for Gallo and the Twins.
  19. Whitey333
    Another wish list that Twins will probably ignore. They will be hoping for a healthier team and improved performance from the players we have for the most part. When the dust settles, Gallo the choker will be booed out of Minnesota. Twins bullpen will blow another 12 games or so, clutch hitting will again be missing. Also missing will be the continued dumpster diving stiffs Twins always seem to find. Also we will have to stomach another season of terrible baseball. Boring and uninspiring and perhaps 75 wins. Fans will again be blasted for not coming to Target field as attendance will dip to 1.5 million. Put a team on the field that competes and a FO that is serious about producing a regular contender and people will come. Otherwise year 3 of awful baseball masquerading as MLB will bring the same old him drum performance and record.
  20. Whitey333
    Gallo signing was perplexing. He's just a minor upgrade from Sano in that Gallo can play a little defense . It won't take long to boo him and his 39% strikeout rate. At 11 million I believe he is our third highest paid player. What a waste of payroll. Did they check his strikeout rate? Did the check his career .199 average? Did they check his .156 clutch hitting average? I'm sure they did. That's how Twins do business. What ifs and hope that's how the Twins operate. Remember this FO recently said, It's the process and not the results that's important.
  21. Whitey333
    Nice article Seth! IMO the Twins did everything wrong so far this off season. But probably everything right within their unwavering "plan". Not signing Correa was probably smart. But missing out on other FA is inexcusable but not u usually. That's how they do business. They play boring baseball on the field and off. If 2023 turns out to be year three of another listless team the FO needs to go. Why can't they be a little truthful and transparent with fans? Remember their .ontra is " it's the process, not the results."
  22. Whitey333
    I totally agree. Failure
  23. Whitey333
    Wow. I'm all excited. Not sure about the rest of you lol. Typical Twins garbage signings. I'm sure some may play for Twins at some point this year. Why would we expect anything different?
  24. Whitey333
    Nice info on the video. IMO a total waste of resources. By mid season or earlier people will boo him more than they did Sano. Yes he's a decent fielder but an awful offensive player. He may homer once in a while but not worth 11 mil. They way over spent. I believe this makes him the third highest paid Twin at this point behind Buxton and Gray. Another typical, albeit strange move by Falvey. He really needs to go.
  25. Whitey333
    Good comments all. The FO has played us again. Many fans are gullible ( yes me included) that things may be changing. Yes they are for the worse. This FO has messed up a lot of things. Not signing Correa was a wise prudent decision. But letting good mid tier free agents sign with other teams while waiting on Correa is a crucial mistake. But they have done this a lot. Wait until most of the quality free agents sign elsewhere and bemoan the fact there aren't too many left to choose from is classic Twins. Yes we are a gullible lot us Twins fans. Oh yes we did sign Joey Gallo to a one year 11 mill contract. He with the .199 career average and a strikeout rate higher than Sano. Oh please. What a messed up organization.
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