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  1. TNtwins85
    *What were you told about the direction of this team and this franchise going forward and what questions did you ask about the direction of this team and franchise going forward? Honestly. Cause all Twins fans would love to know.
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    What was Gardy known for? Continually getting the most out of some very dismal rosters that Terry Ryan gave him. Tell me I’m wrong. Hence, if Toby is anything like his dad it’s what the Twins need. “Baseball players”. The Twins don’t have very many “baseball players”. Guys that have all around talents and combine those talents to win games. In order to win you need to build a baseball team out of baseball players. Despite his playoff record every year he continually got the most out of what he was given. Something that got Baldelli and how many other coaches over the years fired. Now explain to me “What!?!?!?” Is wrong with what I said.
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    Honestly, I skimmed it. As I’ve seen this horse beaten to death for so long it’s engraved in my mind at this point. Twins payroll, Pohlads, Falvey, 40% of the roster, Baldelli, salary cap, salary floor, Pohlads, Falvey, stupid, cheap, 40% of the roster, Pablo, Ryan, Buxton, Jeffers, trade, Falvey Pohlads, salary cap, salary floor……
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    I did all the math. Pondered the equations and after long thought I came up with this genius answer. The Pohlads and MLB could agree to contract the team. In which case it would be $0. There, I answered every “the sky is falling” Twins fans question. What’s the prize?
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    Not a rebuild until they trade Pablo and Buxton. Until then I’m not gonna think this is even remotely close to a rebuild. They traded 4 relievers and all but one to be free agents. They were never gonna resign any of those guys and they got rid of relievers for starters and position players. They didn’t trade for all A ball guys either. Not a rebuild. The Twins fans “sky is falling” nature is getting overblown. When a guy like Walker Jenkins is in AAA a rebuild is not in the books. The prospect cupboards are not bare and last time I checked they’ve still got a bunch of really good players. I believe a rebuild when everyone over 27 is gone.
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    I would love for Toby to be in the coaching staff! If he’s even anything like his dad he’s exactly the type of coach this team needs.
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    I would love it to be either Rowson or Flaherty. I like both as they are outside hires with proven teams. Rowson has connections but he’s been with a few other teams since his stay in Minnesota. My question is why not have 2? Either of Flaherty or Rowson but have Shelton or Servais as bench coach. Haven’t heard their names floated around and they’re good baseball guys. My guess is that Rowson gets the job. At that point maybe ask Shelton or Servais to be bench coach. Hell, I’d even be up for having Punto as a bench coach as well. Really build it out and create a culture with the guys on the coaching staff. Get Falvey and Zoll out of there and let the coaches coach.
  8. TNtwins85
    I believe you are mostly right on this. Everyone points to logic that if the Twins trade Ryan or Lopez then why not tear it all down. That makes sense but for one fact. Pohlads still own this team and the Twins have never done a full tear down. Even when it would’ve benefited them in terms of competitiveness faster. Why? Marketability. The 90’s and 2010’s teams were slowly torn down and kept players that would have fetched prospect hauls. Instead Pohlad owned teams held on to stars through their declining years in order to still keep a couple faces and hold a death grip on what was. Why, to hold some semblance of what was to put fans in the stands even when the team wasn’t competitive. Puckett, Hrbek, Harper, Knoblauch(until he requested a trade) and Tapani and Erickson of the 90’s. Held on to for way too long. Didn’t maximize what they could have got back. Mauer, Morneau, Willingham, Span, Revere, Diamond and Perkins. All held onto too long when a total tear down would have accelerated the rebuild. Teams that did total tear downs? Astros( we all know how that went) and the Cubs (rebuilt fast and won it in ‘16) meanwhile the Twins prolonged they’re rebuild only to flounder ‘19-‘23 and here we are. Astros dynasty is closing and the cubs are just coming out of their 2nd retool. Why? Cause a Pohlad owned team will never just blow it up when they probably should.
  9. TNtwins85
    No team wanting and trading for Ryan is gonna want to part with legitimate major league talent. The Twins only maximize his value by getting 2 near ready guys and a few lotto ticket prospects. Unless the Orioles are willing to part with Rutschman, Mayo and a lotto ticket and the Twins add in SWR or another back end SP I don’t see how a “baseball” trade works out. I’m not sure they see Basallo as a full time catcher. Maybe the Twins go all out and do Pablo and Ryan to the Orioles. Then I’m asking for Rutschman, Mayo, Bradfield Jr. and Forret as the ML/near ML guys with Aracena and Morfe as the 2 lower level lotto tickets. Rutschman has 3 more years of control. Mayo is a beast and just needs to hit ML pitching. A high ceiling low floor guy. The rest are solid prospects. I don’t see any other teams offering ML for ML trades but the Orioles are like the Twins and might wanna shake things up.
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    Add in to that that they are not gonna sign a 30 yo SP to a long term deal. If you trade him now you most likely get 2 guys that contribute this year. That supplants Ryan’s value this year and out of the hopefully 3-4 guys you get supplants Ryan’s value the next 6 years. Gives you a better chance to compete in ‘27 then Ryan does in ‘26 and ‘27. He was good this year but not Cy Young good. The bar is 4.5 WAR. Or 11 WAR over his career to this point. If you take emotion out of the equation a Ryan trade just makes sense.
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    If you want something for him that can help you this season and for the next 6 seasons then you trade him. There will be plenty of suitors looking for a top of the rotation pitcher getting paid $6M. That type of pitcher gets you 2 really good prospects and at least 1 or 2 more lottery tickets. Regardless of what happened and what will happen to the Twins you trade guys like that. It’s just smart. In fact 1 or maybe both of the high level prospects bring value this season. High level value over the next 6. It may be unpopular but a mid market team regardless should almost always trade a guy like Ryan. It’s not about if the ownership is incompetent. It’s about is the FO competent? If they are they cash in on Ryan this offseason.
  12. TNtwins85
    Oh I totally agree. I don’t think we’ll see him until at least mid next season unless he becomes the heir apparent to Jacob Wilson. I don’t believe that will be the case because Wilson had and does have a better hit tool but I’m open to being surprised! I was just stating 24 games at low and high A won’t show what he is in the batters box but my gosh the defense plays now! Gonna need to see the ups and downs at A+ over 100 games to get any idea of what his offensive profile looks like.
  13. TNtwins85
    “What will the Minnesota Twins do with Matt Wallner?” play him at DH and bat him 5-9 and no higher. Never in the OF. That should be the plan. Don’t stray from this plan.
  14. TNtwins85
    In 12 games dude. Read the above comment. After playing a full 70 game college schedule with playoffs along with A ball. Literally the most he’s ever played in a season and against the best competition he’s ever faced. Yeah, he needs to work on hitting but your basing his A+ OPS on literally a sample of a sample size.
  15. TNtwins85
    Nobody said they would be Aguilera and Nathan. Adams’ velocity improved when he became strictly a short stint BP guy which plays up and he’s got an assortment of pitches to go to. No he’s not Duran but neither was Duran. Laweryson had good command. Threw strikes and got some good outs for only being in the majors for a few appearances. Duran was a failed starter with terrible command. Constantly injured. Jax was one of the worst starters in Twins history, had a -1 WAR and a 6 something ERA his first year. low velocity and iffy secondary stuff, Brock Stewart was a 30 something injury plagued scrap heap guy, Varland was a failed starter who couldn’t finish guys as a 15th round draft pick out of a tiny Minnesota college. Point is you never know where the next dominant BP arm will come from and if they show any promise they could be something. Especially when they can throw strikes and spot pitches. The eye test is superior to stats when it comes to spotting relievers. ERA is irrelevant as a few bad games blows it for the year. Nathan and Aguilera weren’t world beaters either unless you’re counting saves which is as good as errors as far as counting stats. As far as Lawerysons age, if he pitches good for a season or two what does that matter?
  16. TNtwins85
    Also, being able to keep a guy like Enrique Hernandez around all year with a middling OPS and barely playable all year just to know once the playoffs come around he’ll be a nearly .900 OPS in the playoffs year in year out. Guys like that who always seem to be found and kept on the roster all year by these big teams just baffles me. But they all have them when they make those runs.
  17. TNtwins85
    Kinda reminds me of those 2000’s Twins teams. Always one big pitcher or one big bat short for the title run. Play the game right all season only to not have enough to push them over the edge for a true title run.
  18. TNtwins85
    Love this! Everyone talks about how the Twins need to spend like this team and that team. Complaining how they can’t compete. How they need to be able to spend. No, they need to create an identity, a culture. They had one. They hit HR’s. They brought in guys who could hit bombs and taught guys to hit bombs. They still bring in guys on the pitching side and develop them. They take guys who are failed starters or other teams scrap guys with upside and turn them into something. Then they tried to shift heaven and earth to bring in Correa. To bring the Astros identity in. Try to spend like the big dogs when even the Astros didn’t want to pay him. Bringing in Correa and spending, the big FA, to change the culture and identity instead of focusing on the identity. Then they switched the identity. Falvey needs to figure out who they are. The identity should last for a decade. Not a few years. In that identity you bring in guys to implement your strategy. They lost themselves somewhere between ‘23/‘24. One can blame the Pohlads but one can also blame everyone involved in not implementing the plan of their identity
  19. TNtwins85
    Nolan McLean, Jett Williams, Dylan Ross, Chris Suero for Joe Ryan. That is a haul for a guy 2 years away from free agency. A top guy that tends to wear down in August and September and also a guy that will be turning 30 this year. I’d also be in on Jonah Tong instead of McLean but the Mets would probably need to add a lottery ticket in with him as well. Maybe Yovanny Rodriguez. I think this is a fair and balanced trade that helps both teams and isn’t crazy.
  20. TNtwins85
    As far as Laweryson or any other reliever I’ll never look at stats. It’s eye test 90% and K/BB to IP. The eye test showed he had command at hitting the corners and up and down. If he could get another 2-3mph he’s a solid reliever.
  21. TNtwins85
    Yes, I believe he’s gotta be on the opening day roster. Starter/reliever, anything. He’s got the stuff now. Liriano him day one.
  22. TNtwins85
    He had the command though right out of the gate. That matters. Stuff helps but after watching Deja vu of Duran in Philly walking batters like he did with the Twins and Abner Uribe doing the same and Roki Sasaki tonight with all the stuff and losing command. Also Griffin Jax had 3 incredible pitches but would struggle with command. Stuff and velocity doesn’t guarantee success. The Twins bullpen the last few years should have been a shutdown bullpen. It wasn’t. Go watch all the walk off games in Cleveland the last 2 years. Laweryson can get guys out. So can Adams.
  23. TNtwins85
    Because when you have the analytics of who matches up best against who and what their strengths and weaknesses are it’s essentially playing the human side of things. Knowing the player, trusting the player and relying on your pitching coach who helps set the game plan and your catcher to help set the pitch by pitch plan along with the pitcher. Managing a bullpen isn’t rocket science when you have the stats in front of you gathered by your coaches and stats team and you know the players. Managing is simply creating and maintaining the culture and the goals, deploying the players in situations that give you the best chance to win and managing a team to all be headed the same direction at once. The position is manager. He manages. Who better than a guy like Hunter?
  24. TNtwins85
    I would agree Hunter should be at the very top of the list. A true leader. Somebody that has the ear of everyone in any room. Not just the locker room. Someone who garners respect around the game. Someone who understands the value of playing hard all the time no matter what. This team lost its edge and Rocco lost the room. I believe Correa poisoned this well. You need leaders that lead by example. Putting in the work everyday and doing what they can everyday. You could tell something switched when Royce started talking about expensive guys and how he needs to be focused on his family until things got bad. Who was the most outspoken? Correa. Who made by far the most money? Correa. Who made the Dior comment? Correa. I think the Correa trade was more than just getting rid of an expensive player on a team going the wrong way. Hunter brings the right kind of leadership into the room.
  25. TNtwins85
    A salary cap and floor are not the quick fix like everyone thinks they are. These two words are just the narrative being pushed by the league and the union to make it seem as these two things are the only option. Also, it doesn’t help the game, the fans, or the players. Quick fixes never fix anything and ultimately make things worse. Why do you think that NFL teams comprise 7 of the top ten most valuable sports franchises? Why has the average NFL ticket gone up over 500% since 1994? Just like everything it all benefits them and not you. Or the younger more cost effective and more exciting players that drive today’s game. Baseball isn’t football, or basketball for that matter. That’s a good thing.
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