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  1. Unwinder
    It's pretty clear that the FO didn't drop Sano because they've lost their taste for all-or-nothing strikeout slugger guys, they just did it because they think he's cooked.
  2. Unwinder
    I think they got cocky after lowballing Buxton.
  3. Unwinder
    Yeah, I don't know if the doom and gloom is totally justified here. I'm very frustrated with the free agency situation and want to the FO to make a big splash, but the Twins' have had big FA names on big contracts for the last 2-3 mediocre years, and the last really good season the biggest free agent name was Nelson Cruz and he was getting paid 14 million. Different situation! Strong core! Career season for many players! Miguel Sano was competent! I know, I know, I'm just saying it's not inherently hopeless. We already have a better starting rotation than we did in 2019, an adequate if uninspiring plan B at shortstop, and we've figured out the catching situation. We're mostly free to look for upgrades wherever we can find them instead of desperately plugging holes, and we've got tons of spending money. Total optimism would be pretty silly right now, but total hopelessness is nearly as silly.
  4. Unwinder
    Nobody seems to be getting this reference, no Wolves fans on TD???
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    Yeah, this isn't merely a case of the haves beating out the have-nots, this is an absurdly long contract which could very well include more bad years than good. I feel like this deal would be controversial in Minnesota from the get-go. Long live Lewis, long live Lee. Thank you Farmer or maybe Swanson for being the bridge through hopefully only a few mediocre years.
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    I recall a lot of people on here holding their breath for another starter last offseason and feeling let down when Paddack was it and Montas was still in Oakland. Oh yeah, and there was a lot of angst when the Twins didn't make any moves before the lockout. But it was definitely way more of a go-for-it year than the front office gets credit for. Problem was the results (and arguably the gambles on injury risks) not unwillingness to make big moves.
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    I'd do it for a few years of a pretty good bullpen piece. I'm skeptical of him bringing more than that unless he's part of a package and not the headliner.
  8. Unwinder
    I believe this was actually someone just piecing together what they saw in the various leaks.
  9. Unwinder
    Overall these uniforms kind of feel to me like when a website I use every day gets overhauled and suddenly everything's flatter and there's more whitespace and I don't have a good feel for where everything is. Generally though, when this happens, I get used to it and the old version begins to look silly to me.
  10. Unwinder
    I actually like the M hat quite a bit and want one.
  11. Unwinder
    You may need to come to the Twins Daily comment section for that in the future, Brent.
  12. Unwinder
    I hope the number font is a bit different, that's the one thing I'm sure that I don't like.
  13. Unwinder
    That Miranda "jersey" is definitely a tee shirt and I have no idea how representative it is of the actual jerseys.
  14. Unwinder
    The first time I looked at this the W and I mashed together for me like a lot of people are mentioning, but now that I'm a little more used to it it doesn't seem so confusing. Good cleaned-up evolution/merging of the past two script logos. I prefer the really big underline over the smaller "win" underline, but I can understand why they went with the small one. I read on another website that one of the problems with the old "TC" was that the red and blue were too similar in shade, and blended together for colorblind viewers (or in black and white photography), and for this reason I kind of wish that the all-white TC that we see on that Twin Cities pennant was the main version of the TC. I see some "Minnesota" merch on here, but if they could actually change their name to the Twin Cities Twins that would actually be pretty cool. But also, referencing the W from the Washington Senators logo is also unbelievably cool. Hard to decide which possibility I like more.
  15. Unwinder
    Saw this on Reddit and they put the new hat on the left and the old hat on the right, and a good handfull of Redditors are angrily bashing the old logo because they think it's the new logo.
  16. Unwinder
    I was expecting something almost exactly like this - A tweak that 95% of fans wouldn't even notice without seeing the two side-by-side. Nobody's going to be blown away by it, and I can understand not liking it. It's clear that the goal here was to not lose any of the identifiability, but to make the spacing on everything a little more even, and the lines are a little bolder and more uniform. The main reason to do this is that it'll look just a tiny bit clearer and read just a tiny bit better when printed at small sizes, or when viewed at a distance, like on a player's cap. THAT SAID, is that T Kasota Gold or is that just lighting?????? (Even if it is, they play around with the colors a lot on novelty caps like this, so it's hard to be totally sure that the standard T isn't still white) EDIT: I looked at the "southwestern" themed hats for the other MLB teams and all of them had the white in their logos replaced with beige for this particular series of hats, so it's very safe to assume that the Twins TC emblem will continue to use a white T.
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    Correa specifically called out the Dodgers last year as a team he didn't want to play for due to the Trevor Bauer scandal thing (or at least that's how everyone interpreted his comments about wanting to play for a team that "respects women"). Maybe money or ambition will change that equation, but as of now, the Dodgers are the only team I've ever heard Correa rule out.
  19. Unwinder
    I don't know if I've seen everyone's version of this yet, but I'm sort of surprised that everyone's been pretty conservative about next year's roster considering all the calls for change around here.
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    Also: If it did, seems like it would be pretty easy to change back.
  21. Unwinder
    I don't know, I remember Jax being used as a multi-inning reliever early on, and then getting limited to one-inning stints after a while despite being decently effective in multiple innings. There may have been some really good reason behind the scenes for this, but it feels like Rocco prioritized getting the best possible stuff out of Jax (and possibly some others?) over covering innings adequately.
  22. Unwinder
    Same. I feel like I can't actually critique Rocco without inviting another pile-on, so I avoid saying anything at all about him. I do think that some people defend Rocco a bit too aggressively and personally, and I think what's going on under the hood is that they believe in the analytical style of baseball that Rocco and the front office represent, and they feel like the Twins are going to lose even more if they're replaced by a more go-with-your-gut regime. I definitely feel a lot more inclined to leap to Rocco's defense when someone suggests that his problem is that he won't turn back the clock and ignore the last 20 years of baseball knowledge.
  23. Unwinder
    My serious answer is that Rocco can only regain fans' favor with wins. Whether or not he pulls starters early, plays bad relievers in high-leverage situations, rests good players, changes up the lineups every day, refers to "spreadsheets," emphasizes fundamentals, lets players bunt or steal bases, tells guys to swing for the fences at every plate appearance, holds players accountable for bad play, operates in lockstep with the front office, shows emotion when the team loses, or accidentally makes two mound visits in one inning, if the team wins enough, he'll be fine. If he changes some or all of those behaviors and the team wins spectacularly, he'll be generally liked. If he changes none of them and manages exactly the same way next year and the team wins spectacularly, he will be liked. If he can't get the Twins to start winning, he will be disliked. Being the lightning rod for fan frustration is part of the job.
  24. Unwinder
    I'm not sure what he could do, maybe he could try using more analytics?
  25. Unwinder
    Eddie's in it again too. Edit: Oh yeah, the article is about AL teams.
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