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  1. Blyleven2011
    Falvey , just glad he's gone and his plan gone hopefully , he's rubbed me the wrong way ever since he was hired , his persona of always trying to be the smartest person in the room , never seemed loyal to the fan base . , but was definitely loyal to Rocco and the players he should have DFA'd ... I dont know if the next operations manager and their plan will be any better but they should only have one way to go , UP ... Play baseball with quality pitching offense and defense , get these players the development they need , if it's outside the organization as one poster mentioned Ryan going to driveline helped him develop from a 2 pitch pitcher ... Everyone wants a good game to watch, not a sloppy game of giving extra outs to the opponents and under Falvey and Rocco that is exactly what the offense and defense did with no change , some change came with the offense towards the end of 2025 ... Some will say it's the owners fault and I would agree to a certain extent , but they put there trust in the personal they hire and Falvey wasn't good at getting a big bang for the buck ...
  2. Blyleven2011
    Thanks for the wright up , Renick was a first class guy , got a taste of MLB baseball and had sucess as a coach ... Condolences to friends and family ...
  3. Blyleven2011
    Definitely better than having a Gasper on the roster , sorry Gasper fans ...
  4. Blyleven2011
    Put the best 26 players on the roster going north , how many years in a row have they kept someone that didn't have a good spring and no options left and DFA other players and lost them to a waiver claim ... They got to do better and hopefully they will without falvey and Rocco playing their favorites ...
  5. Blyleven2011
    Twins claimed Kowar from Mariners and signed a minor league contract with Salazar , both pitchers ... I roster is going to look different for spring training , big Tom is trying to go big or Mrs Tom might not let him come home ... Nothing significant added today but maybe our guru pitching coaches can tweak something for some value ... Cody lawyerson was bumped from his current 40 man roster spot with a west coast team ...
  6. Blyleven2011
    One can dream but the chances of a player that commands a high salary are over until we get new owners ... The pohlads can't afford baseball anymore with the signings of ohtani and Soto , since these two have signed with dodgers and mets the pohlads have gone in the other direction , other than buxton , the only position player making more than 10 million on twins payroll isn't even on the roster ... They tried it with Donaldson and Correa , they have paid Puckett and others that were home grown to stay , Mauer they gave him a 8 year contract at 183 million , if the pohlads are going to stay in baseball , they need to pay our homegrown great players to stay .. One problem right now is " where are they "
  7. Blyleven2011
    I think it's time for the bear to go to and get TC possum , play dead at home and get killed on the road .... I'm just kidding about the bear ...
  8. Blyleven2011
    Festa to the bullpen is a no brainer , he was shut down at end of season with the injury that turned out milder than they were expecting , so why risk further injury that could end his career if he is over worked ... Festa should already be penciled into the bullpen and our FO and manager should have told him he's going to pitch in relief so he can prepare his season ... Optimism , boy i hope we can win some games and the games will be exciting ... I sure hope the players are prepared to battle harder than ever before cause it's going to take alot of team work ( forget the organization , there a lost cause ) , will the players go into spring training with Optimism of winning or just Optimism on making the 26 man roster ...
  9. Blyleven2011
    Yes the bullpen needs to be addressed but im not concerned as much about reshaping the bullpen with our surplus of pitching , whether it's a starter converted to a reliever im all for it ... My main concern is the rosters lineup , the lineup has to do better , alot of players need to have better seasons at producing , the twins lineup lacks discipline , failing to score from second or third with no out is a catastrophe , they lack the mental toughness to come through in the clutch ..
  10. Blyleven2011
    I don't know where to start ... I don't know where to end ... Definitely more bad than good for being the smartest person in the room ... His deadline trades were the worst at acquiring and the years he lacked on pulling the trigger and should have acquired players for a push to be better in the playoffs ...
  11. Blyleven2011
    Living on hope and prayer with falvey is no more , now we are living in reality, can the ownership right the sinking ship and hire the competent personal to construct a winning team in the future on a lower budget ... Milwaukee , Tampa , Cleveland have all done well with less payroll than the Twins and the ownership has probably questioned falvey as to why he didn't or couldn't adjust his spending on better players ( spending 11 million on gallo still amazes me ) , nine years it took to find a acorn by a blind squirrel , Bader, France and Colombe , Bader was fun to watch play defense , France for 1 million was a steal , Coloumbe performed well out of the bullpen ... Last year's fun players to watch were Buxton , Bader , Keaschall and maybe Martin , we need better players to make twins baseball fun to watch again ...
  12. Blyleven2011
    It takes a whole organization of strength to make up a good team , owners , FO , players , coaches , this we haven't seen for quite sometime ... We haven't had any sort of identity for quite sometime ... Our starting pitching is our strength and pitching wins games , but a weak bullpen as of now will lose those games , the young power arms we have could surprise us more than the dumpster diving arms ... We have some starters that won't make the 5 man rotation , some we need as depth in AAA but some others that have injury concerns could be moved to the bullpen and monitored on pitching to remain healthy ... Will the bullpen thrive with these young arms in the bullpen, only time will tell , pitching is our strength as of now and that's all we can rely on , defense and offense is another story let's hope our players worked hard during the off season to better themselves ...
  13. Blyleven2011
    I'm leaning towards our young starters that don't make the starting lineup to fill in as relievers and then there are some players that have injury concerns that should be regulated to the bullpen so they can maintain and develop innings ... Pitching is a strength , let's find someone for the ¹lineup who can hit to all fields , arraez just signed with giants , arraez was fun to watch when with the twins , he could have probably brought some fans back to the stadium even if he doesn't hit for power and his defense is suspect , our hitting has gone south since losing arraez and Polanco ...
  14. Blyleven2011
    I look forward to the baseball season starting but I dont look forward to the long season of losing ... Players need to step up as professionals ballplayer and play with more passion , you have passion you can succeed at anything ... With falvey and baldelli gone the players have a new dugout voice ( shelton ) , the players should play harder to make the roster in spring training and they should play harder during the season to keep their position as a ballplayer , don't play for just the money cause other players are trying hard to take your position from you ... With no real wisdom in the front office , Shelton should be able to play his , the players and fans style of baseball ... It sure should be a more exciting style of baseball , win or lose ... Shelton in my opinion should connect better with the players better than Rocco , it's a win win situation and now with falvey gone it's a bigger win ... What took so long , did the owners finally get new glasses and hearing aids ... I will root for Shelton to succeed , I was never able to root for baldelli and falvey especially after how they played the 2019 playoffs , catastrophic starting a rookie dobnak in front of Yankee fans that are the worst fans for an opposing team ... I knew then that this group of falvey , Levine and baldelli would never win a world series with the twins , i stated that many times on twins daily since October of 2019 ... I look forward to a new beginning with personal , now the owners need to find a buyer after the work stoppage or strike of 2027 ... I am happy and I know it , stomping the ground ...
  15. Blyleven2011
    Do the Pohlads own the Vikings too ??? 🤣
  16. Blyleven2011
    I'm glad he's gone but the timing isn't quite right , reminds me when our pitching coach left to go back to college coaching ... Maybe Zoll will show some guts and add something worthwhile for the lineup ... Did Falvey clash with leadership Tom , tom trying to be the alpha dog when falvey wouldn't have none of it , falvey wanted to do it all , im reallysurprised he never went to the dugout to manage when we all knew all the yes men had to follow Falvey's plan ... Shelton hopefully can manage footloose and fancy free ... It's also good for the players ( i hope ) it also allows them to play the game with a Shelton plan and not a falvey plan , Zoll will have to follow him out the door ( falvey clone ) as soon as a new president of operations is hired and changes GM's ... It's a good day for the team and fans , baseball just got alittle more exciting , now the players need to play like professionals and I think they will with nothing holding them back now ...
  17. Blyleven2011
    Jeffers , Shelton or zoll may not be lying but they are just repeating from the main culprits mouth ( falvey ) and he is used to lying and if jeffers is traded he will put the blame on someone else .....
  18. Blyleven2011
    Yes the FO and company should always be listening on potential trade interest on any player ... We do know Ryan's value is high but like others have stated his value might not be as high as other clubs view him .... Do i like trading our good players , NO , but in reality this team is not even close to being a consistent , competitive or a contending team so a trade is still possible and we should continue to keep listening to the offers ... I to was not totally impressed with the return from the sell off at the deadline , trading the quality of bullpen arms , i would have expected more quality major league ready players back in return ( to soon to know until the 26 seasonis over ) , in a small sample size after the deadline we had Rogen , Abel and Bradley spent some time with the twins to finish the season giving us a glimmer of hope , can't forget Outman either in his showcase with the twins but he'll remain for defense in centerfield with not much of a bat ( just like Keirsey Jr did ) .... Ryan in my opinion would surely welcome to be traded to a contending team and who wouldn't , Ryan and I'm sure other players are glad our past manager was let go , let's hope our new manager shelton and coaches can tap into some of these underperforming players ... Having a new manager certainly can have some impact , players will play harder to impress in spring training to make the club and players will play harder to remain on the roster throughout the season ... Can't believe im saying this about this team , ONE CAN ONLY HOPE ...
  19. Blyleven2011
    I still think Lee at 24 will mature from his previous 2 years in MLB and become a better hitter , not ready to give up on the bat , SS he's not but you got to tell our organization that he's not a starter there , utility or emergency yes ...
  20. Blyleven2011
    Probably just as well if not better , he filled in for Correa back in 2023 and did a commendable job ... Now is he the same player now , they say he lost some steps in his speed due to his lower body injuries ... I'd be willing to switch Lee to third and Lewis to SS , wouldn't hurt to try it out and see if it makes our team better ...
  21. Blyleven2011
    I wouldn't say larnach is the most unliked player on the roster , yes he's right around average for outfielder but I think he is definitely better than wallner even with his cannon of a arm which isn't exactly on target ... Larnach showed improvement hitting lefthanders by raising his wRC+ from 2024 - 63 to 2025 - 71 , give him alittle love for improvement , hitting righties is above league average , how many players did the lineup have that were above average in hitting in 2025 ( not a whole bunch ) ... Outman is pretty much a lock as backup centerfielder just like kiersey Jr was , no bat , good defense ... Our roster is a mess , who's going to be playing where or even on the roster going north , the twins need a hot start but leaving warm temperatures every year to cooler temperatures they just seem stalled out of the gate until the temperatures warm up at Target field ...
  22. Blyleven2011
    Taylor Roger's was brought in to pitch , pitch cheaply at 2 million for the year ... If the younger players are inquisitive and ask Roger's how he does this and that , im sure he'll cooperate and help them out ... He's here to pitch and concentrate on helping the twins win games however that may be ...
  23. Blyleven2011
    The long term vision , how can anyone see a long term vision when they sign players late and cheap that no other team has made an offer to ... There is no long term vision on 1 year contracts , I'd rather have the young players play for our long term 6 year future ...
  24. Blyleven2011
    Oh what a tangled web we weave , when first we practice to deceive ... Falvey and big boy Tom fit the bill of half measures so far ... We aren't spending over 3 million on a bullpen arm and most likely with our strength of pitching , our bullpen will be from our in-house surplus of young arms ...
  25. Blyleven2011
    If you were to ask falvey a question at twins fest ... I would ask him if the twins team is more athletic going into this season ??? His answer would be ( our players are definitely more athletic than ME ) ...
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