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  1. Blyleven2011
    Shoulda , woulda , coulda ... Team for sale ( thank god ), Team pinching pennies , extentions are not happening at this time due to the pohlads exploring a sale of the twins .... When Ohtani signed his mega contract , I posted the pohlads woùld not be able to afford the price of doing business and a sale was in the future ... At this time , no extensions even though it is cost effective ...
  2. Blyleven2011
    I'd say they are gun shy since the trades at 2022 deadline didn't work out ... Dobnak is not as talented as Jenkins , that dobnak out of the box contract was a head scratcher to lock up ...
  3. Blyleven2011
    Think Dobnak and we know how that turned out ...
  4. Blyleven2011
    All I can say is, yes we need new owners that want to win more than just the regular season division ... That is how the pohlads operated , construct a team to be competitive and put fans in the stands for the season , they never constructed a team to be playoff contenders , never filling the necessary holes to put them over the top ... I can't speculate on what the new owners will do , but I wouldn't want to go through owners like Calvin or pohlad and sons again ...
  5. Blyleven2011
    We have lots of water and lots of fishing ...
  6. Blyleven2011
    That's alot of creativity doc , and alot of holes to fill ... You missed one hole , Rocco is not a major league caliber manager ...
  7. Blyleven2011
    If the pohlads tell falvey to jump , falvey says how high ... If the pohlads tells falvey to cut payroll , falvey says how low ... All I can say is watch your back , jack , something has to give to make this team better in 2025 , , the FO has relied on hope to long ... Usually every team tweeks it's roster every off season and doesn't keep shuttling out the same roster year after year ... Let's get the obvious holes filled ...
  8. Blyleven2011
    As much as I liked santana's defense and some clutch hitting , we just can't bring back the same players from 2024 and expect good results in 2025 ... Where is our depth of over hyped prospects that play a great game in the minors but they just can't seem to find a position in the majors and get comfortable .... Falvey's creative or wait and see approach just isn't working , especially for the twins fans ... We need the roster to hit and play better defense with better health ... Spring training is for reminding these players how to play the game the right way , plain and simple ....
  9. Blyleven2011
    The twins have had those same 3 questions for the past several years ... Righthanded bats , bullpen help now more than ever , a solid left hander ( they couldn't find one in the rule 5 draft ) , first basemen is needed and they continue to have nothing for the future for a catcher ... The holes are never plugged and the ship is sinking ... If the twins are going win , the players in the lineup are all going to half to have career years like 2019 , if they trot out the same lineup that they had at the end of 2024 were in a heap of trouble ... I don't have a problem with our rotation of starters , it's the inconsistency of the hitters ...
  10. Blyleven2011
    I'll remember you said that ... I hope your right , but me personally thinks he won't start the season on 26 man roster , he has to earn it back in St Paul , he had a real bad second year ...
  11. Blyleven2011
    I just can't cut the the owners , FO , manager and coaches any slack ... I love my twins but they could have better players if they prepared them better , spring training is 2 months away , watch them play the rookies and dumpster divers and the veterans will be on the back fields most of the spring , they may play home games but they rarely travel on the bus across state ... The veterans get off to slow starts because they don't get enough live pitching to get their timing right ... I won't see it happen this year because I'm not spending any of my money on twins fest , spring training or target field tickets until we get an owner that wants to win ... But I will take gifts ...
  12. Blyleven2011
    The falvey take ... At the start of the off season, falvey emphasized that we have to be creative ... , Falvey has now swung from we have to be creative to a wait and see approach now that the winter meetings are over ... Will falvey ever keep to his word ...
  13. Blyleven2011
    Lopez is making good money now with the extension they gave him ... Couple more years with the twins and he'll reach free agency and with the price of doing business going up and up he will receive a nice payday ... Like DocBauer said , Lopez will be given a qualifying offer , but he could be traded in his last year if the return is better than a qualify offer , just like berrios ...
  14. Blyleven2011
    Who knows what will happen with the pick in the rule 5 , he most definitely will break with the club out of spring training unless he is a total flop ... If he shows any flashes he can get MLB hitters out they will start the season with him , bullpen makes the most sense at least for to first season and then if he succeeds he becomes a starter ... I can't believe the twins found 173 thousand dollars to spend ...
  15. Blyleven2011
    catcher Kyle Teel and 3 others traded to Chicago for pitcher crochet ... Bostons not afraid to trade away high prospects ...
  16. Blyleven2011
    Catcher Kyle Teel and 3 others have been traded to Chicago for pitcher crochet ... Now we need a solid catcher from the Dodgers in a trade ... Will it happen , I just can't believe they are sitting on their as** ... A solid catcher is needed for our future ...
  17. Blyleven2011
    Rule 5 draft .. With an inconsistent lineup , we can't afford to choose a bat and hide him , plus the team is strapped and pinching pennies ... A left handed bullpen arm is needed but again they are pinching pennies and we still have Moran and they might even bring back theilbar back on a minor league deal ...
  18. Blyleven2011
    Ober has been a blessing for the pitching staff , each year he has improved his game and should be considered part of the future ... Maybe not extend this offseason but it might be wise to extend him next offseason with the current scenarios of the twins team future ...
  19. Blyleven2011
    I'd agree with Brandon, what's the hurry all about when your not going to sign or trade anyone until after the new year ... If this is really true though and he was late getting to the meetings , it's another reason to not cut falvey any slack ... Did anyone notice in the interview that he has dyed his hair to cover the gray ??? , maybe that's why he was late , going to his hair dresser ...
  20. Blyleven2011
    I loved watching him pitch , is he HOF worthy ? ... That's a tough question , he was a dominant pitcher for Boston and had dominance in the playoffs , his 229 wins are low but I'm sure alot of losses were by 1 run , he had lots of deception with his unique delivery , probably not as unique as the ( bird ), Mark Fidrych though , fans paid to see both pitchers pitch ... Writers didn't vote for him and now the committee didn't , looks kind of borderline , but I think he is worthy of a plaque in HOF ...
  21. Blyleven2011
    Welcome back huscar ynoa ... Be healthy and prosper ... I agree this is a better addition than a rule 5 player , he's young and has mlb experience and showed flashes when healthy ...
  22. Blyleven2011
    They key take away is that the Mets out bid the Yankees ... The contract of Soto is 760 million plus a 75 million signing bonus if I read that right a day or so , that means Yankees offered 710 million and then boros went back to the Mets and the Mets held to their initial statement of beating all offers by 50 million ... Don't know if it really has any merit but it's what I read during the Soto episode of free agency ...
  23. Blyleven2011
    Cùt him no slack , thank you doc ...
  24. Blyleven2011
    One of the AL best projected roster ... The twins are one of the major leagues streakiest pŕojected rosters ... We have seen the start of 2023 streaky As losers , we have seen the start of 2024 streaky as losers and then turn it around and were winners only to go back to being streaky and losers ... The pitching isn't the real problem , the lineup has been the problem with no consistency , 2 or 3 hits isn't going to score you many runs , they twins need a stabilized lineup from leadoff to the ninth in the order ... Maybe a new hitting coach will help but that is wishful thinking and one the FO is hoping on , THE KEY WORD WITH THE FO IS HOPE ... The twins ranked high in runs scored , but the Twins sucked against winning teams and better pitchers ... Please change the hitting formula to a more exciting game of baseball , learn to hit and get on base , then steal , hit and run or hit behind the runner , learn how to hit to all fields would be nice as alot of teams that are good hit to opposite fields , they beat the twins last year going opposite field all year , emphasize better defense to would go along way ... It's time for a manager to be a manager and not their friend ...
  25. Blyleven2011
    Boy are we in trouble once again ... Streaky offense at best , hope we hired some hitting coaches that can perform magic ..
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