farmerguychris
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Do you really think the team manager is the one who is supposed to develop individual players? He's the one making the big decisions, not the one showing a short stop how to field a ball properly. He certainly can't teach a pitcher how to throw a proper sinker, or add 5 MPH to a fastball. Its ok to not like Rocco, but need to hold him accountable for things he's actually responsible for. There are others in the organization who are responsible for player development to be unhappy with (and rightly so), thats just not in Rocco's job description.
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Not if they can find a way to avoid it.
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I can't see doing that - what did he do wrong towards the Twins? His body just is worn down and he wants to win. Something the owners don't care about any more compared to their pocketbook.
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Thats where I think you're wrong - They absolutely CAN afford to pay the man. They just elect not to spend the money. BUT - they'll never spend a penny of the savings from this trade on the team.
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I bet the Pohlads are just LOVING today! So much money going back into their pockets!!
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At this point, I just hope they didn't give away Castro to the Astros for free to take on Correa's salary.
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Bobby Nightengale reports deal involves other MLB players? Who else did we send them to take on that contract?
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I expect we'll get little to nothing in return and had to pay a portion of his contract.
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I know he hasn't been as productive as we would have wished - but we KNOW this salary dump won't be reinvested in the team. Pohlads sure make it hard to be a fan. 😠
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According to "The Sporting News" In return, the Twins get outfielder Hendry Mendez and right-handed pitcher Geremy Villoria. Neither player was highly regarded in the farm system.
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He's the one Free Agent I would hope to stay with us into next season. Great in the field as a back-up plan to Buxton who has excelled in left.
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Under this ownership you are correct.... BUT.... long term what if under new owners who understand you need to invest in a team?
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A lot of comments defending the F.O. here, but I think this article is spot on. The owners haven't cared about winning the past 2 years and surely regret the Correa signing (simple because of the cost). When they are sending down a player a day before calling up their replacement -just to save a few thousand bucks - you think they won't send Dobnak away for free just to save a couple million? This ownership can't sell fast enough. I hope they do before they sell off everyone for whatever salary savings they can get. Money is literally the only thing that matters to them at this point.
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Except I think we both know that under this current ownership - there will certainly be no significant 'buying' in the off season. I expect any salaries saved will simply go into their pockets and be happy to pay minor league guys for the rest of this year as we trade away our pending FA guys.
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I've reluctantly resigned myself to accept that we are going to be sellers - and if we can get one of the above packages for either ONE of these 2 relievers - I expect we'll do it. This FO has made clear they don't value relievers as much other positions and can create them essentially at will out of former/failed starters. With that said - I'd really prefer if we can get a catcher who is ready to step into a part time role in 2026 and an unproven pitcher ready to try late inning work next year. Give our proven pen arms for unproven ones who have potential to produce next year. Let see if people will really overpay. BUT- DO not trade Ryan.
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We've dreamed of having a controllable pitcher like Ryan since Santana - Why would we trade him for some prospects that 'might' work out. Would be really displeased if they made this move. Total rebuilds seldom work and just lead to multiple years of below .500 baseball. Would prefer to reload instead of rebuild. If going to sell - trade your pending FA (try to keep Bader?) for some AAA bats and try again next year.
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Just this week, I finally dropped Lewis from my fantasy team - so I expect a great second half from him. I'd actually be ok with that!
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I'd be interested in trading either Jax or Duran for prospects if we could then turn around and trade those prospects for hitting that would help us right now. It would be a tight needle to thread, but considering contenders are going to want the pitching but not give up major league ready hitters in exchange - its the only way it would work.
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If we ever going to trade him, should be between now and this upcoming off season. He's still elite, but no longer possess the fire of the 104 mph fastball. His value is only going to go down from here. Choices are to either trade him, or watch his body continue to deteriorate. Relievers burn bright, but burn out fast. Would be sad to see him go, but if the topic of this article is accurate, I'd be ok moving on if they, in fact, are willing to overpay for him.
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I expect he'll soon be playing as an above average regular overseas.
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If they trade Ryan, its going to signify to the fans that this isn't a team you will want to watch much for the next 2-3 years until the prospects make it to the majors. That alone makes me reluctant to trade him unless like another poster said - we can get 3 top 100 prospects for him.
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Financial stuff that I simply don't have the brain power to understand. Once we get talking about hundreds of millions of dollars - I kind of get fuzzy...🤔 With that said - whatever it takes to get the team sold to someone who actually wants to invest in the team, keep in in MN, and WIN, I'm all for it.
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To me - this would be a very disappointing outcome. If we are actually considering resigning Vazquez instead of promoting from within, we need to trade for someone they are comfortable with at the major league level. Vazquez is just above pitcher level when trying to get a hit - at this point in his career.
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I'm sorry, but just NO. We have zero major league catchers in our system that are ready to play other than Jeffers. This would be a horrible idea if we plan to compete in the next 2-3 years.
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I think this wraps it up all perfectly!
