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Twins Trade Candidate Breakdown: Chris Paddack
David Maro replied to Nick Nelson's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
Don't see a offer for him until teams see him pitch in ST. You can't expect a team to take his contract without seeing if he can take a mound and show something. This situation is and has been a problem with Falvey trying to build pitching with tired,weak arm and shoulder pitchers. They saw it with the BP as well,just look at Stewart who couldn't even get out of ST. They need to do better at drafting and develop pitching like Cleveland does. -
Carlos Correa Trade Buzz Is Heating Up
David Maro replied to Nick Nelson's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
Maybe some other team and that's a big Maybe. Both the New York teams have SS. The Yankees have Volpe who is 23 yrs old and plays every day. The Mets said no to a ankle,why would they say yes to a ankle and 2 bad feet. And they are not slapping Lindor in the face after the post season he had. -
Why are we talking about this when the FO and manager like daily lineup changes. The only positions that had minimal change was 1B and catcher. Yes injuries had something to do with it. But when you look at LF since Rosario left there has been more than 25 different players. Hopefully when someone comes in and buys the team the first thing they do is dismiss Falvey and Rocco. To get improved defense players need to have a position they play regularly.
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Too many 3-2 counts and position players playing out of position didn't help. Not all players want to play like a utility player. Pitchers pitch count climb when you go 3-2 again and again and then throw a meatball. How about trying to pitch instead of being a thrower. Throwing 100 miles per hour doesn't get it done when you throw it down the middle.
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Time to realize Buxton and Correa are not going anywhere. Name one team that wants to pay part time players the salary they are at. If they look to trade anyone it could be Ober. Looking at Ryan or Paddock they both have arm issues. Yes both maybe are fine,but I think teams will want to see them in ST first. As far as Lopez goes they need a Veteran pitcher to help the young arms navigate the season. Now you are at Vasquez who is a over 30 catcher making 10 million playing basically half the season.
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You are asking a team to play baseball and this FO and manager don't want that. All you have to do is watch how many times they had bases loaded with no or one out and everyone swinging for the fences. What this organization thinks is all the lineup is capable of going deep. You also have the booth getting all gitty about so and so going deep instead of getting the ball in play. I saw numerous strikeouts and DP balls. If the new staff plays the same game they will only see all the same problems. All they need to do is look at what happened to the Yankees in the WS,they kept waiting for the homerun.
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Hard to build a winning team when you're core players spend so many games on the IL. Don't see a lot of teams lining up to take any of them. You may have a team look at Lewis only.
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It is time to move on and make a trade of AK.With a tight payroll this team needs players that play.His history is more time on the IL.They had to go out and sign Santana because of the unknown with AK.He also never did show he could play 1B at a major league level.This team already has 3 star players who will miss a good portion of the season next year because of their history.
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Hopefully Moran can become a pitcher not a thrower like before.It has been said he has great stuff,but no control.There was a game I remember he was brought in to mop up and he failed.He walked the bases loaded when the score was 12-5 the Twins. Like many of the players named it is time for them to start showing their ready to contribute or not.
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Should the Twins Sell High on José Miranda?
David Maro replied to Matthew Lenz's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
Here is an idea stop the revolving door position players.One example there was 7 different LF in 24. Spring Training work to have 2 players per position,that seemed to work at catcher. And with payroll restrictions 1st base will need to be filled by Miranda or Kirilloff if still on the roster. This probably was one reason they fell apart at the end,to many position and lineup changes. -
3 Lessons Learned from David Festa's Rookie Season
David Maro replied to Cody Christie's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
What I saw was a pitcher with the same problem as SWR. Things would start out OK for 1 or 2 innings then the wheels would start to come off. Their pitch count would climb and walks would happen and runs would score. Both need to refine their pitches and command.That also include going after hitters so fewer 3-2 counts. -
If he was going to get a chance as a SP they would of plugged him in ahead of SWR or Festa.Or after Ryan went down ahead of Zebby who they brought up from AA.He would have to change his approach and most likely be just another 3-5 inning pitcher.
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Randy Dobnak’s Journey Back: A 2025 Role in Sight?
David Maro replied to Cody Christie's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
Maybe Dennis Quaid is available to play him in the movie.It was a nice story,but all storys do have endings.It was time to move on probably 2 years ago.The Saints are a AAA team now,not Independent League.Players there are working to make the big club and his time is up. -
What Was the Point of Signing Carlos Correa?
David Maro replied to Nick Nelson's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
This whole mess is on Falvey,he thinks he is the smartest guy in the room.He signed Donaldson who didn't fit the team.Gives Buxton a so called home team friendly deal knowing he is a part time player.Then trades assets for broken down pitchers like Mahle and Paddock.And after Correa opts out and fails two physicals decides he knows more than them and resigns him for 6yrs at 200 million.Now a team with limited payroll is stuck with another part time player.This organization is going to have a tuff time competing in a much improved division. -
The biggest problem is the remaining payroll.They have 50+% going to 3 players.They now have to do one of 2 things,increase the payroll or trade players.If you give Castro the 6.2 million that is almost 10% of the remaining payroll.So basically you now have to fill 22 roster spots with the remaining 40% which is going to be hard to do.This team would have a hard time competing in the much improved division.
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Ranking the Twins’ Worst Base Runners in 2024
David Maro replied to Cody Christie's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
This team's mentality is swing for the fences not playing baseball.There are players on this roster who should be table setters,but aren't.I do remember Jeffers changing his approach with 2 strikes,never heard anyone else doing that.Then why would baserunning fundamentals be needed.It is the same thing with defense,when you rotate players all over the field,fundamentals aren't necessarily.- 23 replies
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The problem this team has is a FO who put all their eggs in 3 baskets.You now have over 50% of the payroll tied up in a pitcher who pitches every 5th day.And a SS and CF that can't stay on the field.They have not given the team what is needed to be successful.The whole team has had a issue with health and are now a year older.People want Santana and Castro gone when they were the only 2 available to play every day.The whole medical and conditioning staff needs to be replaced.The program that is being employed isn't working.
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Eloise loved the team,but when she was gone so was the love.I think everyone in the USA would invest 195 million to have other people give 360 million to give them a stadium.And now they will walk away with about 1.5 billion,life is good if you're last name is Polhad.With any luck when a new owner takes control they waste little time cleaning house.
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Twins Daily Awards 2024: Pitcher of the Year
David Maro replied to Cody Christie's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
He deserves to be 1,but now this could be a problem for the team.He said he wants to be a SP.He is great in the BP because he can let it fly.The last time he pitched in a second inning he was lite up.To be a SP you need to be more of a control pitcher not a let it fly guy.- 13 replies
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Why the Twins Might Need to Trade Carlos Correa
David Maro replied to Cody Christie's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
He is not getting traded,two teams said no because of an ankle.He now has feet not foot issues as well.It is a problem the Twins are stuck with for 4 more years.And to make things worse Falvey said that he is involved in who they bring in as hitting coaches.What he should be doing is finding options to solve the problems with his feet,because he is needed on the field.You can't have your highest payed player missing half the season. -
Ripple Effects: Infield Out of Order
David Maro replied to Matthew Lenz's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
Hard to have good defense when the only position in the infield that was consistent was 1st base.Because Julien couldn't hit 6 different 2nd baseman played.And 3rd base was no better when Lewis was lost day one.Only Rocco and Falvey think they have 12 platoon players on the bench.Yes the team had injuries,but pick someone to play a position for more than one game at a time.Moving on to the outfield LF and CF had basically all the same problems.And everyone who fellows this team knows that Buxton would have a tuff time making it through the season.- 33 replies
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No one is talking about Ryan here or any where in regards to if or when he will be back.Until he is on the mound actually throwing pitches,he is still a question mark.So at this point in time the starting 5 are the same as they ended the season with.Why is this organization so against having a LH starter.

