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  1. SteveLV
    Maddon or Bochy. I want someone with experience. I want someone who has the reputation and fortitude to stand up to the FO when it is warranted. I want someone who KNOWS HOW TO MANAGE AND WIN. Regarding Mauer and Morneau, they are nice guys, but they have ZERO experience. From listening to Morneau, his intellect does not manifest itself, and both of them seem to have way too passive a personality to do this job. Coaches have to coach. That means finding any and all means to communicate and motivate highly paid professional athletes (Ok, on the Twins, fairly well-paid athletes). That means that some players are treated with a soft approach, and others need their cajones busted. We tried the Newbie route with Baldelli. I would greatly prefer someone with experience this time.
  2. SteveLV
    Google fail, tons of errors. Significant omission: Bochy. 4 WS rings. Knows what the heck he is doing, and the players should (and better) respect the heck out of him. 70, but reportedly still wants to manage.
  3. SteveLV
    I am aware that the MLB Commissioner has traditionally been a bit of a lackey to the owners, but I am saying that if they actually had a STRONG Commissioner, he/she would take this kind of action. The reporting is that this was an unprecedented level of debt when it was $400M. Now we hear it was $500M! How do you accumulate half a billion in debt running a baseball team??? This deserves an investigation, IMO. And it will never happen.
  4. SteveLV
    Rocco was a risky hire in the sense that he had zero prior managerial experience. I think he is a thoughtful, calm personality type. I have no idea if he can actually coach, teach or inspire anyone else. I did not see evidence of it on the field, but, of course, have no idea what was happening off the field in practice, spring training, etc. I would hope this next hire would be a different type of manager. I would look for experience, proven teaching/coaching ability, and some frickin' fire when it is needed. Rocco was so dead-pan he made Bud Grant seem like Earl Weaver pissed at an ump's call. The advantage TK had with the WS teams was that he had actually coached and developed a number of the core players in the minors before he was promoted to ML Manager. They obviously respected him, and he must have taught them something because they were a darn good set of young players. If there is someone coaching in the Twins' minor league system who is worthy, I would have no problem with an internal promotion. I just don't have enough knowledge as to whom that might be. This will be an interesting hire....
  5. SteveLV
    Seems like a nice, thoughtful guy. But like it or not, I don't think there is ANY evidence that he elevated the play of his team or any particular players during his tenure. Time to try someone else.
  6. SteveLV
    If MLB actually had a strong, competent Commissioner, the Pohlads would get brought into the League office and told to bring all their books for a full audit and accounting to be undertaken to find out what the heck they are doing with the franchise financially. If the reporting is accurate, this is an unprecedented level of debt they have accumulated, reportedly to leverage losses in other, unrelated business activities. It is BAD for MLB on many levels, and the League should give a damn about it and take action.
  7. SteveLV
    I am neutral on Larnach. We certainly have worse players on our roster. But will the Twins FO pay $5-6M for him? I doubt it. If you could convert him to a bullpen piece or a young prospect, sure. But I have zero problem with Larnach on the team next year if they are willing to pay him. Not excited, but he is competent at least.
  8. SteveLV
    Vasquez is a FA, no?
  9. SteveLV
    With a poor ownership track record, the aborted franchise sale, and the broken nature of the League in general under the current (and past) CBA it is pretty darn difficult to see true hope for our Twins.
  10. SteveLV
    Not sure about Lee as long-term answer at SS. Bat is decent, glove is weak. I think Culpepper is going to push him big time (at least I hope so!).
  11. SteveLV
    Have a season Mr. Buxton. One shining beacon in a pile of $hit.
  12. SteveLV
    I think in HS he was the stud athlete that hit, pitched and played OF when he wasn't pitching. With his arm, he played OF from there on out. He might not be able to field grounders, I don't know. But for the Twins, 1B would be better than DH if he can play that position, or at least can play that position at times for flexibility. Let's face it: 1B is a boring position. Most guys want to play OF instead of 1B. That is the position for the slow guys! :)
  13. SteveLV
    So this whole "slow reactions" thing. Not necessarily buying it. You have to have pretty good reaction time to see a baseball and hit it with a bat and drive it out of a ballpark. That is WAY different than seeing a batted ball hit your direction in the air and trying to figure out where it is going and moving to intercept it. That is a different skill IMO (and in my own baseball experience). This, in turn, is different from reacting to a ground ball hit at you and trying to field it. Which is also different from seeing a ball thrown towards you and moving to catch it and simultaneously getting your feet in position to tag 1st base. I am simply not buying outright that the same guy who may struggle to track a line drive to right field is not capable of fielding a one-hop throw from 3B. Wallner may SUCK at trying to play 1st Base, but the fact he struggles in right field does not, IMO, rule out that as something to explore and find out about, especially in a 6 month off-season. And DH is an option. Nonetheless, the consensus is that he should be moved out of RF as a permanent position notwithstanding a strong throwing arm. He simply does not cover ground effectively and catch balls that should be caught.
  14. SteveLV
    tony&rodney, I agree that 1B needs reflexes for fielding and agree with what you wrote, but does anyone actually KNOW that they have tried/discussed 1B with Wallner or are we all just speculating? He may love to play OF and never wanted to try it? He was always the best athlete in HS, so why play 1B? I know he was also a P in HS. Again, I am just spitballing, but he sure looks more like a 1B than Arraez or Miranda ever did/have!
  15. SteveLV
    If the Twins are going to trade Ryan--and possibly Lopez, too--they need lots of really good pitching back. LOTS. But those arms don't have to be for 2026, IMO. The Twins are likely heading to a re-set year in 2026 and 2027 is hugely threatened by labor uncertainty. So I don't think it is imperative that any or all of the pitching come back be available to pitch in MLB in 2026. If some are, great, but get the very, very best arms without worrying unduly about 2026 (or 2027). My 2 cents.
  16. SteveLV
    OK, don't flame me, but is there REALLY any reason physically why Wallner could not play 1B vs. RHP? He is a tall, big target for throws. He is still relatively young. I am not channeling Scott Hatterburg here, but with a full off-season coming can't they at least TRY him at 1B to see if he can adapt? If his bat regresses positively to his career average and he can start 125-30 games vs. RH starting pitching at 1B and bat 6 or 7th in a lineup, I could see that being productive. They don't have any other in-house obvious candidates for 1B next year with Miranda flailing in AAA and likely to be released and Sabato still K'ing up a storm. Who else is going to play 1B? Re-sign Clemens? I sure don't see this ownership signing a FA 1B that has a better bat than Wallner.....
  17. SteveLV
    This team is the Walking Dead right now. Changing to re-runs of The Golden Girls. More life there....
  18. SteveLV
    Nice effort by the local 9. I think it is pretty clear that they have quit for the season and are lining up their off-season fishing and vacation plans at this point. Martin and Keaschall with the 3 hits, rest of the lineup 0-fer the day. This team is going to get gutted over the winter, and justifiably so. I wonder if Buxton is having any second thoughts on his No Trade position? I know I would.... Giving Pittsburgh a run for their money for the top lottery position, too!
  19. SteveLV
    I think they have 2 or 3 spots open on the 40 man right now, so they could have added Fedko (or Eeles or anyone else besides Kiersey for that matter....)
  20. SteveLV
    The caption for this article is a trick question. The actual answer is: "Anywhere besides the Twins operating budget".
  21. SteveLV
    As far as existing contracts are concerned and how to handle those if a cap is negotiated, there are lots of creative ways to make that work. I would not think this would be a meaningful impediment to the overall negotiation. Grandfathered in, single one-time exemption, limited number of one-time exemptions, etc. And the deferred contracts being handed out by the Dodgers? Just monetize those to present value to account for them under the new structure.
  22. SteveLV
    The biggest step is true financial transparency from ALL the owners. Lay all the money cards on the table. Then agree on a fair split, at least 50-50. Then put together a package that puts more money in the Players' pockets at an earlier stage of their careers, including in the minors. Then negotiate a hard cap and hard floor that accommodates those figures with earlier free agency eligibility. Bottom line: More players in the bottom 80% get more money, earlier. Big markets take a haircut, but mid and lower market teams MUST pump the shared revenue back into their teams instead of pocketing it. If 80% of the players make more money, you will get the votes to overcome the top 5% that rake in too much money proportionately, along with their agents. Tough sell will be the big market owners, but this is where a strong Commissioner is needed to ramrod this type of agreement to save the frickin' League. One selling point is that expansion franchises under this new system would be worth a King's Ransom. It will never happen. But I can dream of MLB that is fair and balanced like the NFL.
  23. SteveLV
    Just looked it up. Tied Puckett's record of 14 total bases. Puckett did it with 6 hits, 4 extra base hits. The 6 hits is still the Twins' record.
  24. SteveLV
    What a game for Clemens. 14 total bases. Is that a Twins record? He must have the read the article and comments about his role--or lack thereof--next year on this team and took matters into his own hands.
  25. SteveLV
    Morneau tried a desperate, homerish attempt to excuse Outman, even saying he came in cold so did not have time to make the play. I mean, come on, don't insult the fans' intelligence with weak stuff like that.
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