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  1. SteveLV
    I am glad this happened. This "game" is so rigged it is not even funny now. The best FA goes to the returning World Champs who are outspending everyone and embarrassing the concept of competitiveness. 2027's work stoppage cannot come fast enough. Our collective angst over the 25th and 26th spots on a lousy roster are laughable in the context of this move. Carry on.
  2. SteveLV
    JD-Twins, I think you need to think about how the Arbitration process works. The Twins are there with their lawyers. Joe Ryan is there with his Agents who are also lawyers. Then each side presents their "Case" to the Arbitrator as to why their figure is the one to select. That involves the Team pointing out the weaknesses in the players' performance to argue why their lower figure is fair. Imagine Ryan sitting there and listening to the team's representatives identifying his alleged shortcomings. If you don't think that is problematic, I don't think you are realistic, forgive me for saying so. I have handled hundreds of Arbitrations. You can be as decent and polite as possible, but there are inevitably hard feelings at the end. They should--and still can--just split the difference and move on. The Goodwill is important, even if they don't plan to sign him long-term. Players talk to each other, and you don't want the players to have an adversarial relationship with management, although this team may have already torpedoed any Goodwill with the trade deadline moves last year.....
  3. SteveLV
    Still pursuing their quest to accumulate ALL the sub .200 hitters possible on their roster. We got another one!
  4. SteveLV
    If you think about it, I don't this this FO could have found 4 WORSE hitters to bring in. I am pretty confident the handful of players who are worse that these 4 are no longer playing MLB. Incredibly disappointing acquisitions. But hardly unexpected.
  5. SteveLV
    2nd worse hitter in MLB last year of players with at least 200 AB's. Perfect!
  6. SteveLV
    4 pages of comments on picking up this guy? We must be all off work and bored out of our minds......
  7. SteveLV
    More milling at the bottom of the roster to no effect. Nothing to see here. Move on.
  8. SteveLV
    USAFChief and others, you are wasting your time going back and forth with Bean5302. He is a complete apologist for this broken system. Everyone else knows it is on life support if they want a truly competitive, fair MLB. He is blind to that reality. When the Dodgers spend more in taxes than 12 other teams do for their entire player budget, that should be sufficient evidence to any logical mind.
  9. SteveLV
    If the Twins turn down a bona fide, legitimate great offer for Ryan they are foolish. There is ZERO indication they want to extend him, so you are weighing 2026-7 production and then a Comp Pick (which might help out at some very distant point in the future) vs. the value of a trade offer for Ryan now. For a variety of speculative reasons (Falvey trying to keep his job, Pohlad's trying to sell the team, likely forlorn attempt to actually be relevant in 2026 without actually spending any money, whatever) they want to hang on to him. If he hurts himself or underperforms, or some combination of the two, they are going to rue the day they did not make the move. Again, if they want to open negotiations for an extension that is a whole 'nuther story, but I think we all know that is never happening.
  10. SteveLV
    "Pohlad du Jour". Best shot of the day!
  11. SteveLV
    Yeah, probably made more sense before they made their big signing of Bell. ;) I am pulling for Casas, seems like a very good guy, just got to get healthy. Realistically DH/1B type only. But I would rather give him PA's than 350 to Clemens.......
  12. SteveLV
    Have a buddy who is very wired into the Patriots and also to some extent with the BoSox. Tristan Casas is expected to start in AAA after 2 straight years of knee injuries with no guarantee of a call up, and now the BoSox go out and get Contreras. Buddy is hearing that Casas is looking for a "fresh start" somewhere else. Asking price can't be high given the injury history, poor MLB hitting last 2 years (limited PA's due to injuries) and generally poor fielding before injury. Risk is bad knee on a big man, 6'4" and 250 pounds. Have no idea what it would take, but this seems like a player for our Island of Misfit Toys here in Minny: Cheap, some upside, nothing much to lose and opportunity to play. Thoughts?
  13. SteveLV
    Lawler is an interesting player. I would consider him only if the Twins FO is not sold on Culpepper staying a SS in the majors.
  14. SteveLV
    Now THIS is a great article with insight. Thank you for putting this together. Now back to the next Trade Twin X for Other Team Y which makes no sense for either team article incoming....
  15. SteveLV
    Quick follow up: If Vientos was a FA, would you even want the Twins to look at him? No. So why would we trade assets for him?
  16. SteveLV
    Wow, this is getting bad, guys. There have been about a half dozen "Front Page" articles posted here in the last couple weeks with nonsensical trade ideas or roster suggestions. I know you need to drive page views, but you water down your good content with stuff like this. Just no.
  17. SteveLV
    Every fan with any sense knows MLB is not fair and balanced. However, given that environment and existing owners who do not want to spend, why on earth do you want to hold on to players you have no intention of signing/extending? It seems illogical and idiotic. Trade off the players you will not/cannot extend, gather young cheap talent and let the chips fall where they may. Then hope and pray that sanity prevails during the next CBA negotiation to save this game we all love.
  18. SteveLV
    But, don't worry Twins faithful, Tom Pohlad is serious about making sure we all know he is serious about rebuilding trust in this team. Yeah, right.
  19. SteveLV
    Tom, you could also sign a potentially good player, too. Like the freakin' White Sox just did, spending a total of $41M on Murukami. But we already knew you were just blowing smoke, so no real loss.
  20. SteveLV
    This might have been a consideration before the Twins signed Bell. That ship has sailed now.
  21. SteveLV
    Extend Jeffers. Extend Ryan. Sign some good players, not "mid tier" players. Then we will believe you. Not too difficult, really.
  22. SteveLV
    Who?
  23. SteveLV
    This is, frankly, a bizarre take. The veteran players that need to either be extended or traded are Jeffers and Ryan. They are proven good players. Wallner, Lewis, and Lee may not even be in the MLB by the end of next season if they don't improve. Why would you extend that type of player??? Jenkins, Rodriguez, possibly Keaschall, sure, those guys deserve consideration if they perform well in 2026. Sands is ok, but nothing they need to prioritize. I would give some thought to extending SWR if he does well this year and can be extended at a reasonable price. If any of the young SP's excels, sure, offer an extension.
  24. SteveLV
    Is anyone else seeing the gol darn Pandora pop up ad that pulls you out of your screen and forces you to refresh? It is incredibly annoying and I would respectfully ask the site owners to ditch it. If anyone has an ad blocker they recommend, I am all ears.
  25. SteveLV
    Twins have a gaping hole at 1B. A good, competitive team sign Alonso or Schwarber or even trades for Eldridge or Long. A mediocre non-competitive team signs Bell. The Twins are who we thought they were.
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