jaimedude

I wish Rocco Baldelli well in his future endeavors. I want to try what Cleveland did hiring Steven Voght as manager. How about seeing if AJ Pierzynski as manager of the Twins?

The reality is ownership has been a disaster in public relations, communicating about the media rights deal and the team not hardly being available on television the last three seasons. They said they were gonna do something unique with streaming and television. Then they pull the rug and sign a media rights deal with RSN Balley's, now fan duel TV two season's in a row where a bunch of people in the market didn't have access to watching the games whether it was Comcast or other cable and streaming services. Then fan duel tv boots them, drops them reducing revenue. Local TV rights and distribution have been a mess losing fans. The managing partner Joe Pohlad makes the right size the payroll comments to the media in 2024 and they suddenly have to slash 39 million. Now they have slashed another 30 to 40 million payroll and lokk like they are gonna gitg more. Pohlad ownership has been there own worst enemy with the fans and potential ticket buyers. When your out of site and out of mind for half your potential viewership from television you kill your in stadium customer base. Unlike the old days television is the largest marketing asset you have in development of customers. I mean honestly the ticket prices and in stadium, pricing for concessions is some of the best in the market, yet ownership has alienated a lot of their customer base with botched television rights deals, and now the Twins app, which has really reduced potential revenue. We thought we were gonna get something with Amazon. Now baseball has Apple TV, Roku game of the week, the whole MLB TV situation a mess for smaller and mid market teams. Brewers and Cleveland are a lot better run franchises right now. Ownership should look in the mirror they are the reason they are not making money on Twins product. Nobody has ever said you must be a 200 million dollar payroll team, nobody has those expectations. Just do a good job of putting a competitive entertaining team together. Twins have been dull, boring, and flat style of play two years in a row. They if there not gonna sell need to self assess who's running the team. I will give Joe credit on stadium operations and game day experience, it's good value and fair pricing. On the baseball product and TV it's been a total fail the last two seasons. MLB really needs to figure out a fair distribution of TV and radio rights and revenue between all their teams.

I know but we seem stuck with Pohlads as owners. They live in the community, the puff pieces in Star Tribune I think were to put a face on ownership. I don't really care about the behind the scene stuff of ownership, just that the team starts drafting and developing better talent. I mean 9 of the last 15 years have been lost season's on players development and a draft perspective. A lot more misses than hit's. Falvey hasn't been a great stewardship in his role. Trades for pitching beyond Pablo Lopez have not really panned out. Falvey was supposed to be able to be good at identifying pitching. They traded off there 3 best bullpen assets in Duran, Jax, Varland.

Why does Falvey get to keep his job when he constructed a major league roster full of slow, slump prone streaky hitters with no consistency in approach or talent levels? How can you blame it all on the manager when the guy constructing the roster has had poor drafts and recently overhauled the roster for a bunch of un-proven talent and minor league cast-offs?

I think that is likely. I could see Rocco getting another managerial job, he needs a team with more veterans., not a development team.

Or any other major league managerial job opening ? Giants have more veteran players, obvioys bigger market and payroll. I mean, I'm sure multiple managers will look at that opening g and see the Giants as an opportunity.

Mets have largest payroll don't they?

Down their top and best player so looks bleak.

Please let at least one of them go.

He is definitely a non-tender candidate, with no bat and a weak arm.

Bader at second base to rub salt in the wound of the trade deadline debacle.

I hate the gohst runner, in extras wish the Manfred rule would go away.

Sacrificing Lee over made so much sense with Fitzgerald and Vasquez coming up to bat. Is it good baseball play, yes if you pinch hit for one of those guys. Rocco's timing is spot on, not.

There has to be better Utility players than Ryan Fitzgerad in Twins system.

Predictable it would be Cabrera that would give up the lead. He tips his breaking pitches with his reach back when he throws them, it's a pattern. Like you said he has talent but has work to do in off-season.

Dang back when I still thought Twins had Wild card hopes that were alive.

When is last time this Mis...... I'm not spelling it pitched for Twins. Wasn't he with Saints? Never fear Genesis Cabrerra may pitch.

For me Gasper, Kiersey jr, McCusker, Fitzgerald, Tonkin, Hatch, Miranda are all easy drops from 40 man roster. All would go unclaimed on waivers.

I'm hoping Rocco Baldelli choose to pursue other managerial opportunity's, at least that is my hope.

Any trade talk I would want related to any outfielder trades is Lars Nootbaar of the Cardinals. I know he is 28 but he has speed, and plays good defense, BA is average but his home run power is above average. I would rather have Nootbaar than Wallner or Larnach. Probably moot point because I doubt Cardinals want to move him. He is a pesky hitter.

That was a really poor throw by Lewis. Clemmons had a nice pick at 2nd base. Wonder where Keaschall will play next season?

Agreed, he would have helped, as Twins could have used another left-handed pitcher in the pen.

Old friend Caleb Thielbar giving up home runs to the opponent to tie the game in the Cubs and Mets game looks all to familiar from 2024

Why not.

There is no appaent desire by ownership in Minnesota to even field a competitive team anymore at least no clear explanation for what they did at the trade deadline this year. Team and franchise appear rudderless. Whatever plan they have doesn't seem coherent or conducive to developing a winning team. Another poster suggested Torri Hunter. My outside of the box pick for manager without experience is this guy. AJ Pierzynski. Why him you ask? AJ played for two legends as managers that won the World Series and won a ring himself. He Pierzynsli knows what type of team and player's it takes to win a World Series. He would have a good idea on what coaches are needed from pitching on down. I like how passionate Pierzynski is about baseball as an announcer. Not sure if you could get him to do the job, but one thing Pierzynski would be as a manager is entertaining, and he wouldn't let the player's half ass it, or walk over him as a manager. AJ would be here to make the Twins winners again. I'm not sure he would do it but he is crazy enough to think he can win. Stephen Voght has been pretty good at the gig with the Guardians why don't the Twins bring in a former catcher, not the Hall of Famer either, the hard nosed, agitator.