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  1. Whitey333
    Well with any trade it takes two to tango so to speak. I don't see much value in this for the Brewers. Interesting, well thought out, article. I'm guessing nothing happens here.
  2. Whitey333
    This team needs a lot of upgrades in all areas especially pitching. My guess is the FO won't do much in FA pitching. I like Rodon but figure neither him or any other major FA would come here anyway. With the organizational philosophy of starters going 5 innings we need a solid bullpen. They tell us the last two years were flukes and injuries. Now they are promising a better 2023. If the are relying mostly on the current players I'm afraid next season will be a repeat of the past two.
  3. Whitey333
    The Twins better hope that at least a couple of their young pitchers develop into real major league pitchers or it's going to be a long rebuild with even more boring, unimaginative and poor baseball for us Twins fans. The pitching dumpster overwhelmingly hasn't worked. It's time to change the philosophy. Great article.
  4. Whitey333
    Most of the Twins internal pitching options come with significant risk. They may or may not pan out in 2023. Like pre 2022 too much of hope it works out attitude doomed the staff. We have guys coming back from injuries, some guys who haven't pitched much over the past two- three years, and young prospects who may or not pan out. Relying on questionable prospects is very risky as well. Twins created this mess with their annual dumpster diving for pitchers. Let's see how they work out of it.
  5. Whitey333
    Twins need pitching. Good pitching. The amount of monies being talked about here would leave very little payroll flexibility to improve in other areas. I would be all for signing Correa if I knew we had more payroll to improve the team. I just don't see the twins dipping into expensive free agents long term.
  6. Whitey333
    With next year's rule banning over shifting you are going to need athletic players at shortstop and second. Correa would obviously foot the bill at short. However he's simply too expensive. Tying up that much payroll for one player doesn't leave much for either FA signings or paying arbitration eligible players. I agree you need a balanced roster to be competitive. What good does it do to pay Correa so much that all you are left with is a superstar shortstop on a team that will be .500 or less because there will be not enough payroll monies left over to field a good team? IMO just move on without him. He wasn't going to be here long term anyway.
  7. Whitey333
    To be honest I never heard of him and I follow the Twins closely. My point being first thanks for the well researched article! Secondly, I agree that he perhaps needs to prove, like Miranda did, that he can play ball with the big boys by playing AAA for a season.
  8. Whitey333
    Adding an aging player to play shortstop for the Twins? Interesting concept. This FO has been doing it for years with the pitching staff, so why stop there?
  9. Whitey333
    Just dump pagan. Considering how many games he blew last year, keeping him would send a terrible message to the fans that pay major league prices to watch a minor league team. That trade with San Diego was curious from the start with the timing and knowing Paddock already had one Tommy John surgery. But agreeing to pay Rogers salary on top of getting a couple of stiffs shows very poor judgement by the FO, at least in this case. DUMP PAGAN!!
  10. Whitey333
    The albatross contract I was referring to wasn't Correas one year deal, although twins didn't do much afterward to build a competitive team around him. I was referring to the albatross contract of Donaldson that was mentioned in the article. The article referred to the Donaldson contract as an Albatross due greatly to the dollars involved. Yet the team spent $10 million more for a very good shortstop with nothing more. If the FO had no intention of adding more than Correa then it was a waste of money. I like Correa. I hope he stays for reasonable monies. But the witching will really start when we have a great shortstop getting 25% of salary with just a .500 team around him. I just think he is too expensive for the Twins.
  11. Whitey333
    The Correa saga is getting old we knew he was going to opt out when he signed his deal. We should have realized at that point that we would all be used by Carlos. His only reason to be here was to manipulate everyone for his own benefit. It's been astounding how we bought into his line of how he loves Minnesota and the Twins. How self serving can you get? How gullable us fans are. We are supposed to feel grateful just for his presence. He's a good shortstop who is only looking out for himself yet we fell for him hook, line, and sinker. To the same people that hope the Twins pay him a market value contract of over 300 million:. You will be amongst the first to complain when the Twins say they don't have any more payroll flexibility. Could we go from one "albatross" contract to another? Time will tell.
  12. Whitey333
    Yes the bar to play on the Twins is getting low. .200 hitters considered good major league talent? Let's get serious here. Jeffers would be lucky to be a backup on most major league teams. As for the ball and strike umpiring and pitch framing:. Watching catchers move their glove several inches to try to get a call is so sophomoric. The umpires call it as it's crossing the plate. We just have very poor home plate umpiring. In fact the framing is strange. Wouldn't it seem more likely that on a close pitch if the catcher moved it into the strike zone that an umpire would think it must have been a ball. I think the umpires are just that poor and very inconsistent.
  13. Whitey333
    Good for Smeltzer. I'm hoping he finds a real major league team with real coaches and a common sense plan to develop a major league roster. It sure seems to be lacking in Minnesota. Where else can you have two terrible back to back seasons and each time shrug your shoulders and say it was bad luck and injuries? This FO loves to take bows for the moves they make but criticism is not allowed. It violates the plan.
  14. Whitey333
    What opening win ing window are you talking about? This team has been terrible the past two seasons. There is no window. Maybe a window of mediocrity. The FO likes to pat themselves on the back for all the moves they made the past two years. Do they watch their own product? Or like the fans they can't stomach it either? This FO could go down as one of the worst in Twins history.
  15. Whitey333
    So why does everyone act with shock and disbelief that Carlos Correa is going to opt out? IMO this was a foregone conclusion the minute he signed. Correa had a great September. Mostly due to a salary drive and playing against many AAA pitchers. Otherwise he was good but certainly not worth 35illion. This was never about elevating the Twins. It was all about Carlos Correa and what can he do to get a massive contract. He did a great job of using Twins and us patsy fans for his own ego and gain. The Twins had an affordable option in Kiner-Fileva but they immediately traded him to Yankees in part to dump Donaldson's salary to then pick up an even higher salary in Correa. Kiner-Fileva is no Carlos Correa. I'm not even suggesting that. But he's good enough to be the starting shortstop on a storied Yankees team that has world series aspirations. We were all duped and predictably so by Correa and his celebrity allure. Now the truth is he will be gone, almost assuredly, and we will still be without a shortstop. Looks like the FO got dumped as well.
  16. Whitey333
    Unfortunately we can expect more of the same for 2023. At the end of the past two seasons the Twins were blaming their past two seasons on bad luck and injuries. The FO never taking any responsibility for their own moves and lack thereof. Since they are going with the same old philosophy and saying not to expect too many significant changes expect more of the same. I really hope they make the playoffs next year but I am highly skeptical because winning may actually get in the way of their "plan"
  17. Whitey333
    Arraez for Twins MVP is a no brainer. Great player on a very poor, injury riddled and boring team. There is no way Buxton would even show up on an MVP list by playing part time. I would put Miranda, and Gordon ahead of him. The only thing Buck did that was noteworthy, other than hitting 28 Homer's,, was get management to sign him to a $100 million deal. Great contract by him for an 8 year part time player.
  18. Whitey333
    Wallner is a nice story for a team that needs more of them. But where "massive season" came from is strange. His ascension through the minors to the Twins in such quick fashion is a great accomplishment. His time with the Twins wasn't massive, just average. But I like his potential. It's sad though that statistically the bar has been lowered so much by the Twins and us fans. I hope Wallner makes the team next year and does great. The current set of blah, underperforming, overrated, and down right boring group needs a big upgrade.
  19. Whitey333
    Most of those "depth" players were just fill ins. They aren't really that good.
  20. Whitey333
    Oh please, seriously? Must be April fool, or Monday satire. Anyway it was fun to read all the great comments.
  21. Whitey333
    Keeping Pagan is foolish. They should have DFA him by the middle of the season. Keep sending him out there in key situations on many occasions just to watch him lose another game was a disaster. They keep talking about his stuff. He has good stuff, good spin rates, good missed bats, etc. What good is all that garbage if you can't get anyone out? The major league team is the last step on the baseball ladder. If you can't make it here you don't belong. Pagan epitomizes what is wrong with this team and management. Get rid of him.
  22. Whitey333
    Congrats Luis Arraez!! A true champion!
  23. Whitey333
    Just a curiosity question. Why wasn't Correa in the starting lineup yesterday? Was the last day of the season too much for him? His scheduled day off lol? Or was he injured?
  24. Whitey333
    This is a bad baseball team and has been for the past two seasons. I agree with many people here regarding analytics. It's ok to use them but we need to be able to deviate from the plan when the plan is obviously not working. Baldelli has NO in game managing/ adjusting skills at all. The Twins play listless boring baseball. They must get away from the swing for the fences on every pitch, and get players who don't strikeout 30% of the time. Too often we have seen players throw to the wrong base, not know how many outs there are, botch things up on the bases. It sure is convenient to blame the whole season on injuries even though most of them were later in the year. Our pitching continues to be amongst the worst statistically in baseball. I think many fans are tired of the 100% stick to the plan even if it means losing games. The FO needs to be honest with the fans in whatever it is they are trying to do. This a bad baseball team playing very bad baseball for two years. My guess with the same FO and management philosophies in place we will only see more of the same.
  25. Whitey333
    This team is not even reasonably close to competing for a title. Correa and Buxton being great together? Where is that fantasy coming from. Buxton has and will continue to miss 40-50% of games due to injury. He is severely injury prone and henceforth not dependable. IMO the Twins are not in competition with anyone for Correa. The Twins aren't going to give him that kind of money and years. Besides, if you do pay him that much then many fans like me will be complaining about the Twins not having enough payroll to add players to make the team competitive. Carlos best offense month was September. Just a big salary drive for himself against normally sub par pitching as teams roll out unproven pitchers to see what they can do. What good is it to sign a big time player if you aren't going to be able to surround him with other good players? I say let him go. It didn't do much good to have him this year. He was in hiding for several months offensively when the club needed him. Now that he is padding his stats to make it appear he had a good season is not missed on most.
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