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  1. TwinkieFan4life
    Great job going straight to personal insult while adding no substantive take of your own. Really added to the conversation. The option of trading for a talented young shortstop with a track record of past success interests me. It would sure up the infield while raising the offensive ceiling for the team (immediately).
  2. TwinkieFan4life
    You can't kill what is already dead.
  3. TwinkieFan4life
    We will be given options to watch on TV!! Still an improvement relative to 2024!
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  5. TwinkieFan4life
    I am out. My first move upon hearing this was to cancel my subscription for Twins baseball. I then pondered which team to adopt as my new team, only to realize that if I supported them the Pohlad family could benefit through revenue sharing. This is a hard quit of MLB baseball for me. The Lynx can get me through to football season. Obviously not something I thought I would ever do when I chose my account name years back.
  6. TwinkieFan4life
    Without having been able to watch much (maybe 3-4 games all year), it sure sounds like the Twins were a tough watch. I hope I can rekindle some attachment to this team next year. Even if next season is disappointing, that would be an improvement over what they made me feel this season (nothing at all).
  7. TwinkieFan4life
    I will support the team win or lose. This TV stuff has totally turned me off though. I wrote it off as an unfortunate mess until this summer. Selling the fan base on resolving the TV problem, only to sign a new agreement with Bally, followed by this season's TV debacle. Unforgivable. I feel basically nothing for this team at this point. Hell, I have hardly seen them play.
  8. TwinkieFan4life
    I don't care about what they spend, or what they do at the deadline. I just want to be able to watch the damn games. Pretty low bar to clear.
  9. TwinkieFan4life
    The TV deal will vanish from my memory once I forget we have a team, given I haven't seen a game on TV in two years.
  10. TwinkieFan4life
    I'm a high school teacher. I run into very few young people that care about Twins baseball at all. It is mind-blowing the Twins and baseball would deny in market people the opportunity to watch and connect with the athletes.
  11. TwinkieFan4life
    If my memory is correct, both were coming off arm issues during the seasons they were traded. Twins seem to like this type of discount.
  12. TwinkieFan4life
    Maybe the TV deal was strategy. Make it financially prohibitive to watch the team, forcing us to follow the team through highlights only. This makes the collective approach of striking out at historic rates chasing power more palatable to the average fan than actually trying to endure full games. Thanks for looking out for us Twins front office!!
  13. TwinkieFan4life
    Not really a good way to work around the problem of people not being able to watch games. Especially the 18-40 demographic (likely to lean into streaming). Sold their future for a present payday.
  14. TwinkieFan4life
    When take into consideration the present value of money deferred 10-20 years into the future, the value of this contract isn't what it seems.
  15. TwinkieFan4life
    Last year I didn't attend any games. I have been a big fan since the mid 90's, but I have no feeling of connection to the team anymore. I don't like feeling that way, but it has been so long since I could watch games. I have 3 kids and can't justify it to myself to pay for cable just to watch the Twins. Can baseball survive this?
  16. TwinkieFan4life
    Not sure why someone would give this statement a thumbs down. It is objectively true. They just struck out at a record level for a season. Our approach is obviously to sell out for power. I mean, I hope this is true, or the K record becomes really depressing.
  17. TwinkieFan4life
    Did I imagine a Twins executive saying that we should expect a payroll reduction next year?
  18. TwinkieFan4life
    Of course it would be better to have depth at all positions. Unfortunately this is an economic decision. The opportunity cost of spending 20+ million on vets like Vasquez, Gallo, and Taylor must be considered. Of course they had value, but so did Gray and Maeda. This team has a bunch of needs and limited payroll. With the payroll crunch, some reliance on youth will be a necessity, even if it isn't ideal. I would rather stack pitching depth than infield or outfield depth.
  19. TwinkieFan4life
    You can look at his history over multiple seasons. You can look at the fact that he has been trying, unsuccessfully, to recover from this knee injury for 2 years. You can look at the fact that he is entering his 30's, a time when healthy center fielders begin to decline. I am not an orthopedic surgeon, but I am hoping the Twins plan based on the assumption that Buxton won't be available in center. If he is then it's a bonus. You just have to plan as if he isn't on the team. You just can't count on him.
  20. TwinkieFan4life
    I generally agree. I was critical of sticking with an ailing Buxton and bad Joey Gallo over players like Wallner and Julien. However, I was also critical of not trading veterans like Polanco, Kepler, Maeda, and Gray at the deadline. The front office ultimately pivoted where needed while mostly sticking with the roster. This was clearly the right thing and I am so glad that I'm not in charge 😂!
  21. TwinkieFan4life
    Yes!!!
  22. TwinkieFan4life
    You can add Lewis to the list :)
  23. TwinkieFan4life
    I know he is a little old for a prospect, but DaShawn Keirsey is getting hard to ignore. Premium defense at a premium position. Great on the bases. High obp and ba. Hits for reasonable power. Strikeouts are reasonable. He's 26 (and still will be at the start of next season) and could be an asset to the Twins for 3-5 years if he can sustain this.
  24. TwinkieFan4life
    I agree if we are talking about prospects that are in A ball coming up 2 years later and breaking out. These players were contributors on playoff teams MONTHS later. The writers grading these trades are irrelevant and know little about the players being moved relative to the teams making the deal. The hitters that were moved had broken out already and the Twins should have known what they had.
  25. TwinkieFan4life
    It's the Twins, just give it another week or two and I'm sure some spots in the lineup will open up due to new injuries.
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