Jump to content
Bailey Ober takes the bump as the Twins try to halt the losing streak. Come join the discussion! ×
Twins Daily
  • Create Account

In My La Z boy

Verified Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    747

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Profiles

News

Minnesota Twins Videos

2026 Minnesota Twins Top Prospects Ranking

2022 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks

Minnesota Twins Free Agent & Trade Rumors, Notes, & Tidbits

Guides & Resources

2023 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks

The Minnesota Twins Players Project

2024 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks

2025 Minnesota Twins Draft Pick Tracker

Forums

Blogs

Events

Store

Downloads

Gallery

Everything posted by In My La Z boy

  1. In My La Z boy
    My definition of a fair way to assess this deal - to me, it means we are trying to win. I want to try to win. That is what this means. I am also happy with this deal because it means Byron likes us and wants to stay and win here. This is all good.
  2. In My La Z boy
    This is only a conundrum for us. Based on the hindsight provided by the Jose Berrios saga, I believe the FO has always been set on a team friendly extension, or a trade. Trading the 2 most valuable trade chips left over by the TR regime is consistent with most front offices desire to create their new team in its own image. Falvey would have taken a world series championship with Ryans players, but now here we are. I think they are trading Buxton.
  3. In My La Z boy
    I'd like to see it this way, but have no faith in this FO to acquire the correct prospects and develop them into allstars.
  4. In My La Z boy
    Sadly I agree. I will hope for a couple big trades to go along with this, and maybe we take a flyer on Syndergaard? I cannot imagine Pohlad outbids everyone for anyone.
  5. In My La Z boy

    Jorge Polanco and The Twins

    In My La Z boy commented on Tim's blog entry in Tim

    This is the question. Does Falvey think we are a playoff contender next year, or does he think we are rebuilding? We certainly should consider trading him if we aren't thinking playoffs for 2-4 years. Given the contract, and his numbers, Polanco is by far our most valuable trade piece. I'll give the chances of this happening at 10% max. Zero percent if we cannot sign Buxton.
  6. In My La Z boy
    Rocco did not make as many puzzling in game blunders the 2nd half of the season, I'll give him that. Managers matter in most cases - others, not so much. Was Madden a genus or was it Tampa as an organization. It is obviously Tampa. On the other hand - look what Cora did in Boston - Baker in Houston. Those managers mattered. I do think Falvey hired Rocco to implement his agenda. I think other managers are more free to do their own thing. Rocco's level of decision making freedom is perhaps much less than some? Maybe this moves him from an F to a C- in all fairness?
  7. In My La Z boy
    There are plenty of ways to win? I'm sorry, but major league baseball says no salary cap's/no salary minimum's so there seem to be only 2 ways to win in today's game. The Tampa/Oakland way - The Yankees/Dodgers way. If we aren't playing the way Tampa plays there is no other way for us until Pohlad gives us $200M annually. As to fan support - it has way more to do with the State of Florida, and the ridiculous dome. Marlins never draw either even when they are good.
  8. In My La Z boy
    Next time don't beat around the bush and just tell me what you really think. I advocate nothing here. Just saying, why do we play the games? We play to win. Tampa wins. They keep winning. I'd like to win. As other posters have posited - we have an excess at 2B, and if trading - should trade from strength. I love Jorge. Easily my current favorite player, but he likely brings back more in quality trade than any other 3 players we have combined. He had a career year, and honestly we could have finished last without him. We are a million miles away from the playoffs with this pitching staff. Can we compete the next few years during the balance of Polanco's contract?
  9. In My La Z boy
    Tampa would most certainly trade Polanco. He has peaked, and is our best trade value chip. Selling high and buying low is always the objective in Tampa and Oakland. When, if ever have we sold at the peak of anyone's value? We certainly have a surplus at 2B. Trading anyone else (with the exception of Arraez) would be selling low.
  10. In My La Z boy
    Not sure trading Sano opens up anything? If not for Kirilloff's injury, Miguel would have ridden the bench the past month. I think we keep Sano as primary DH and back up 1B/3B. I'd try Kirilloff back in the OF and give Miranda 1B.
  11. In My La Z boy
    I agree it makes sense to trade either Garver or Jeffers if it helps the team rebuild quickly. We need to either sign and/or trade for 4 quality starting pitchers somehow. I love Rortvedt's defense and his arm, and am all for giving him a shot. We can get our offense from other positions. I do think Garver could bring back a nice return.
  12. In My La Z boy
    I will hope the FO is humbled, and makes some adjustments. Thanks for the chart - lots of Aggressive - Reach - and Huge Reach on this chart. Not much performance thus far to validate the aggressive - reach and huge reach. Leads one to believe Falvey and Levine bought their own hype and came in a little too big for their britches. The Pohlad family has always had a super long leash. I think so many on TwinsDaily aren't necessarily eager to keep this duo, as they are resigned to the fact that the duo isn't going anywhere anytime soon. Humility is now required to right this ship in my opinion. They know it hasn't gone the way they planned. Let's hope they can fix it. Frustrating to see both Greene and Baz debuting this week. I'd like to have gone starting pitching with both the Lewis and Cavaco picks.
  13. In My La Z boy
    Totally fair argument. I disagree, but your side has merit. I am probably more upset with the end of the season, no games for 6 months, and a suck year, after barely any ball last year. So many unknowns, and zero confidence this front office nails it this off season.
  14. In My La Z boy
    I guess I am asking too much from our front office to trade the Jays Stewarts Gonzalves's of the org and not the Ynoas & Gils. C'mon man. This is why they get paid. Trade the Alex Meyers when the Nationals traded him to us. You are making my point. We seem to be on the wrong end of many of these. We should be trading the Smeltzers, not acquiring them. We should be trading the Caves, not acquiring them. I can't name a diamond we uncovered for a bag of balls. We've certainly received some bags of balls for some diamonds in recent years. The only good returns we've received is from trading good players. All of us fans with no front office experience could have gotten good returns for Pressly/Escobar/Cruz and Berrios.
  15. In My La Z boy
    Why do you advocate for trading minor league pitchers? I'd say our organization has no business trading minor league pitchers until we field a group of 5 starters that can keep us in games. I mentioned Ynoa because he was another very young pitching prospect we traded for what turned out to be nothing. As you say - you trade pitching like Tampa - or how about the Dodgers dealing us Smeltzer. For whatever reason we've accumulated way too many 25-26 year old AAAA guys - potential maybe 5th starter guys. We then compounded the Gil/Cave error, by choosing to keep Cave over Wade, and here we are watching the Yankees giving Gil a starting rotation position at 23 years old. Same age as Balazovic. The Yankees see something they like very much in Gil, that is obvious or he'd be in the minors.
  16. In My La Z boy
    Gil is still 2 years younger than Ryan - 3 years younger than Barnes and Ober - is there an "eye" test anymore? How about trading Ynoa? Same mistake. No, these are not the type of pitchers you trade for bench players. Strotman we just got in the Cruz trade is 2 years older than Gil right now. He is the type of pitcher you trade. Not electric, not 19, not for a bench player.
  17. In My La Z boy
    Gil has quite an arm. This kind of arm should not be traded at 19 years old, especially for a 4th outfielder. Not sure any of us needs hindsight to make this claim. Live young arm for a 25 yr old 4th outfielder. Wasn't wise then, and looks worse now.
  18. In My La Z boy
    Not to mention we'd have lost last nights game if not for Rortvedt blocking balls. No way Jeffers blocks 100% of those. I love the defensive catcher. Rortvedt blocks everything and has a cannon.
  19. In My La Z boy
    Simmons continuing to get SS everyday is a mystery. Not least valuable, but perhaps the greatest disappointment to me is Max Kepler. Just awful stats this year for him.
  20. In My La Z boy
    Envisioning a good rotation in 2022 is a dream of mine as well. Reality is - on paper, last winter envisioning a good rotation in 2021 seemed more plausible. A 1/2/3 of Berrios/Maeda and Pineda sounded a whole lot better than the potential 2022 rotation of Ober/?/? Seems as we look at it today, the foundation of our vision for the 2022 rotation is hope and good fortune. Hopefully we hit on 2 or 3 of the young prospects. 2021 was a bust on that front (Smeltzer/Dobnak/Thorpe). Hopefully we hit on the FA market. 2021 was a bust on that front (Shoemaker and Happ). Hope and Good Fortune. Here we go again.
  21. In My La Z boy
    I do not understand the shortstop agenda here - we continue to play Simmons, and we apparently have long given up on Gordon or he'd be getting a chance. You'd think Palacios or Javier would get some sort of shot - both needing to be added to the 40 man. I do believe both these kids get picked off this winter if not protected. Javier had former hype (like Baddoo) - Palacios will hit 20hr's, and has the glove potential. What are we doing in this organization at this crucial position? I see nothing. I take it we hope to resign Simmons to a team friendly deal for next year? ugh ugh and more ugh. I have an idea, give some youngster a shot, right now, why not?
  22. In My La Z boy
    I hope so! I am concerned we are rebuilding, and no one is telling us this. #1 off season priority is signing Buxton. All other priorities should be signing pitching.
  23. In My La Z boy
    Well, I guess you take that up with the TD staff and writers. I do think it is fair to hammer Falvey and Levine over this season. Maybe each individual player we lost is nickel and diming, but in the end it was a suck year and it is their fault. Gil and Ynoa were the biggest 2 sickening failed evaluations, and I can't help but think that is what keeps Cave on the roster - which makes one mistake become two.
  24. In My La Z boy
    Whines is a pretty strong indictment against your fellow brethren here during one of the biggest failed seasons ever according to expectations. I just want them to keep the ones that seem to magically be excellent the minute they don another jersey. Identify talent and coach it up, and construct a winning roster. It is quite fair to whine about the failure this year. We aren't in the player personnel department. We are in the rabid fan department.
  25. In My La Z boy
    We've missed on many the last few years. Reed isn't one of them. However I agree it's been very frustrating to see "our guys" succeed on other team's the last couple years - Littell and Wade, and seeing the Giants success ticks me off. The Cave/Gil trade ticks me off. Giving Ynoa away ticks me off. If other teams can pull guys off our scrap heap, I expect we should be able to do the same. So far, fail.
×
×
  • Create New...