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  1. TheLeviathan
    I would amend slightly to *player. At this point Larnach has basically been a replacement level player for his career. He's not bad, but he's also not good. The weirdest thing about him is the folks who are super defensive about the team buying this trade dedline are really protective of him. Which is odd to me because right now he's a net negative for this team's ability to compete. Ditching him for Abreu or even someone a tier lower than Abreu would've been a huge win for the team.
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    Stay classy southside!;Bringing dropkicks to baseball!
  4. TheLeviathan
    They did enough to not be dead, but 5 games under .500 isn't a serious team on August 23rd. The phrase "Water seeks its own level" applies in a large sample size. This is what the Twins are - a not good team. Fiesty, resilient, maybe even fun depending on your definition...but not "good".
  5. TheLeviathan
    The day the Twins sign someone to a Machado contract is the day I sprout wings.
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    I said 3-3 to keep anything resembling a pulse. So I think they still have the faintest bit of life. They aren't a good baseball team, that won't change with any random three game sample.
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    I hope he finds his swing, he should be traded this offseason.
  8. TheLeviathan
    He was as obvious a "sell high" candidate we've had in a awhile.
  9. TheLeviathan
    Keaschall's outfield play being called "questionable" is some mighty generous labeling, :) I think he's a player in terms of what he can bring at the plate. Get that man an outfield coach and hit flyballs at him all winter.
  10. TheLeviathan
    Anytime a player can come up and be successful right away is a good thing. Now we wait for the adjustments to the adjustments and hope it stays positive. I'm more interested in seeing how his defense plays out in a larger sample.
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    I do like that there was buzz they tried to move him, fair point. I don't know how well the kids will play but I know Larnach has been a 65 OPS+ player for over a month now to say nothing of his terrible defense. I don't think he's helping now or in the future. At least those other two have a potential future and offer a certain defensive upgrade.
  12. TheLeviathan
    I, for one, think it's very nice of the Twins to set our prospects up so that when their arbitration years are over they can transition smoothly to social security.
  13. TheLeviathan
    I really don't understand why we kept Larnach. He's a platoon player, who plays shoddy defense (in LF, where the Twins have openly stated the value of having a good LFer), has very little team control left, and was at peak value. We kept him lodged in a spot that very clearly needs to have two of our top prospects playing there in the very, very near future. Our commitment, dedication, stubborn behavior about him (call it what you like) has been rewarded with a dreadful performance. His OPS is under .600 in his last 90 at-bats. At this point he's a significantly sub-replacement level player that we keep hitting at the top of our lineup and refused to trade to open a path for more talented player. I just don't get it. This is the guy that's the obstacle to seeing either of these young guys up. It'd be hard for them to be worse than Larnach's been for about two months now.
  14. TheLeviathan
    I'll say it again.....if you get an anti-trust exemption from the American people, you should be required to have full financial transparency at every freaking level. You are a publicly accountable enterprise or it's time for us to renegotiate what exemptions you get as a league.
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    I said they had to go 3-3 against the Braves and Padres to be not-dead. Well....we're officially not dead. I don't think this team is any good, but they fight. You can't deny that.
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    Two quality wins. It keeps the pulse going.
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    I think that's the part I find the most frustrating. The folks on the board who bent over backwards to heap praise on the team for their moves are diehards. The diehards that would still tune in if they sold at the deadline. Tune in if the Twins play in capes. Tune in if the Twins started Buxton on the mound. Tune in if they went to bat with 2 x 4s. They tune in no matter what. They selfishly wanted their needs met and absolutely refused to hear that it was a long-term bad move. The Pohlads then sought out the council of these folks and made decisions based on feels and not the cold, hard decision making the top teams do to stay on top year in and year out. They were so sure about the goodwill and positive messaging but they forget that the casuals that turn 20k into 40k could give two craps about a 75 win team adding some relievers. Only the diehards cared. They didn't sell more tickets. They didn't build more goodwill. The only thing August 2nd accomplished was another day of lost value and poor asset management. A Twins tradition like no other.
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    I am right there with you. Hell, I wanted them to go on a losing streak before the deadline just so the phony "we're contenders" stuff could be dispatched. Rip off 40 in a row if you want after that, I'd be happy to see the playoffs. Terrible asset management has been a huge part of why none of us have seen a World Series since 1991. This deadline was yet another example.
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    I think it should be noted...this argument is landing only with the diehards. The casuals never saw a winner and a half measure deadline sure waan't going to change that. All the next 40 games will do is tell the casuals they were right and the diehards will start the newest spin-job. You are so right, though, about how quick and thick the fawning got over two freaking relievers on a 75 win team.
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    Oh for sure....this team was never good. I think back to all those articles about "no half measures" and "the Twins are going to win the PR game and show people they're serious". So many of those arguments were predicated on playing meaningful baseball down the stretch. How's that looking a mere two weeks after those bold proclamations? We still have people arguing this was a good "business move"! I don't know how anyone does that with a straight face while we stare down a far more plausible conversation about lottery odds than playoff odds. I also think it's worth noting here, because @jkcarew is doing his damnedest to get people to see the folly of the team's "contention" in another thread, that there was basically two reasons to believe this team was ever a contender: 1) Best offense in the AL. Yup. They were. They also were hitting like Tony Gwynn everytime there were runners in scoring position. A lineup of Tony Gwynns we are not. The regression was inevitable. 2) The WC standings. A stat that has almost nothing to do with the Twins themselves. Merely a reflection on an entire league being garbage. Everything else? Run diff, bullpen, defense, regression, the play of your stars, depth, strength of schedule....all pointed to "who the heck are we kidding?" We chose poorly.
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    I don't really care about the prospects we gave up. The Kremer deal is one I like from a selling perspective. (Buy low on a depressed asset and give it a try for a few months) Hoffman is an ok deal, though you paid a deadline premium on it. That deal would've been better served in December. Minter didn't cost much. What I do care about is Larnach was at peak value. We needed to clear room in the OF and there was a golden path to do so. We had a good catcher (who ain't coming back) to deal in a market desperate for them. We had the second best potentially avaliable starter in a market that was also paying good prices. It's like the baseball gods opened us a window and we completely ignored it to chase a bad bet. It isn't hindsight. This team isn't good. We bet on a lame horse and then doubled down on it despite an opportunity to come out ahead. All in the name of something we won't achieve anyway. (Fanbase goodwill)
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    Dennis Green once said something that seems relevant right now. The lost opportunity to use the last few months to build towards the future is going to bite this team down the line. As all bad investments do. Whatever "goodwill" to the fanbase the deadline was supposed to represent is going to be eliminated by a completely irrelevant September.
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    Rough series. They've got 3 with the Braves and 3 with the Padres. Things might look pretty bleak by the time we hit September 1st at this rate and the way we play against the NL. They pretty much have to go 3-3 or it's time to stop even pretending this team is in the mix. WC standings be damned because our strength of schedule is not to our advantage at this point.
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    This is my fear as well.
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    Appreciate the post. One quibble: hindsight was not necessary to see this team for what it was.
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