I also have to assume that the dollar hotdogs are just awful on par with the KC dollar hotdogs that a dog wouldn't touch. But that is purely an assumption as I don't typically eat at the ballpark.
I feel like the Metrodome attracted Twins fans and Target Field still brings out people who want to say they went there or want a non-baseball experience. And that really annoys me.
There is no way he was worth any of that? 21 million? Come on, what was Yelich worth? 8 trillion? Using whatever formula that is every single player including Bobby Bonilla is underpaid in today's game.
If there weren't a dozen holes on this team no one would care but they need to improve every pitching staff spot with the exception of Berrios. There is no way to be competitive with this god awful pitching staff.
Boomstick! For the record I don't think Cruz will be blocking anyone that we actually would want to see more ABs from. I don't actually expect him to be around past July but at least he is a legitimate player that teams may actually want to trade for come the deadline.
In contrast, if the league had used the two division per league format during these years the Twins would have played in a Game 163 in 2004 and won the division outright in 2006 and 2010. It is very sad that these are the so-called glory days of this franchise. Particularly the 2002-2004 Twins were fun to watch and 2006 is the great "what could have been" year but this franchise did absolutely nothing in-season to try and improve the team when Ryan was in charge. Their best moves were dropping the dead weight that Ryan insisted on dumping on the team year after year. Bill Smith actually improved his teams in-season but the rest of his moves were criminal. I actually appreciate these teams less the further in the review they get as it's just annoying how poorly they were constructed.
Get out of the damn dumpster. These two won't help the Twins this year and they won't bring anything worthwhile back in trades. Please, Please, PLEASE change your entire mindset as a front office.
Agreed, but you have to take incremental steps to improve your team. Sign a couple real players each off-season and suddenly you're a good team. Signing no one year after year and hoping for every single internal candidate to take five steps forward is a recipe for disaster.
This roster looks like a 65 win team right now. Adding three or four bargain basement FA makes this team a 68 win team. Make some real moves to show you have some sort of interest in winning for a change.
My idea of using the farm system is by trading question marks for established players. How many prospects are really going to cause people angst that they got rid of for a stud like Goldy?
Donaldson is the best of the bunch but I'd be very concerned with his durability. It would be nice to nice to add some more swagger to this team, however.
I always though Showalter was at the head of the analytics charge even as early as the 90s when he was with the Yankees. His issue was over-analzying everything, at least when he was with the Yankees.
I think this season had more of a 68 win feel than 78. The record suggests mediocrity but I think this season was nothing short of a failure. Berrios going into the offseason healthy is probably the best thing that happened to this team.
Molitor had a quote in the STRIB yesterday that Hildy has shown he isn't intimidated by the ninth inning. I would say the exact opposite as he has been terrible since taking over closing duties. I fear if Molly is around next season that Hildy will be our closer.
The silver lining is that Hildenberger is pitching himself out of what I assumed would be the closer role next season if he was even reasonally competent.