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  1. Woof Bronzer
    Instead of comparing pitchers over different seasons, which makes little sense, compare these 2025 statlines and tell me who was/is terrible: WAR: 1.0, W/L 6-9, ERA 5.10; WHIP 1.298 WAR: 1.2 W/L 7-4, ERA 4.04; WHIP 1.28
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    I definitely appreciate this concern, I just think that in the modern game players are asked to move around more, both in position and batting order, than in the past. Like it or not, it's the game. The Dodgers do this kind of maneuvering constantly and it has worked out well for them. More importantly though, aren't you really describing a utility player. Their whole value is derived in their versatility and it has been that way for decades. As disappointing as it is to say, that's where Royce Lewis is at. He's busted out as a starter. There are 1000 guys who work just as hard and who "want it" as much as Royce down in the minors. He's not a #1 draft pick anymore, just a guy fighting for an MLB job. The Twins have given him every possible opportunity to stick in the majors. He didn't take them up on it, and now things are different for Royce. We will see how he adapts.
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    I think the problems with this argument are 1) Royce was significantly worse under Shelton and 2) he may well have received that kind of coaching under the previous regime. Which is course is why his past comments are relevant. If he was that resistant to a position change maybe he was resistant to coaching too.
  4. Woof Bronzer
    You really need to take a deep breath, man.
  5. Woof Bronzer
    Wow. It sure sounds like you are the one working through some anger issues. Lighten up, Francis.
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    Who's his dad?
  7. Woof Bronzer
    I actually respect and appreciate that he wears his emotions on his sleeve and actually lets some personality through. So tired of the Rocco-like corporate speak from athletes. Unfortunately I am generally unimpressed with what actually comes out of his mouth. I'll throw out the day he tossed out the "I don't do the slump thing" comment as the inflection point. In fact you could say his entire career since uttering those words has been one giant ever-deepening slump. Perhaps the most on the nose "don't taunt the baseball gods" lesson ever imparted on a player.
  8. Woof Bronzer
    Love it as long as they actually play him. Give him the chance to make it impossible to send him back down!
  9. Woof Bronzer
    Oof Yep that's how it works Royce Agree to disagree
  10. Woof Bronzer
    I for one am glad the guy who calls himself Fire Dan Gladden is above personal attacks!
  11. Woof Bronzer
    Just so I'm clear. A 75 pace win team is a positive worth enjoying? Sounds like loser talk to me.
  12. Woof Bronzer
    For the 5000th time, a guy with the name Fire Dan Gladden shaming other posters for being negative, without a sliver of self-awareness, is absolutely hilarious. I will never not laugh at it. Never change, guy who wakes up every morning thinking some random radio announcer must be fired.
  13. Woof Bronzer
    Making any move with an eye toward "contention" is just going to push back the inevitable rebuild longer. This is an old, bad team that is going nowhere. Play the kids, even if it means some of them struggle.
  14. Woof Bronzer
    Stealing this from Nick Nelson: Before the season started, Jackson ranked 588th in OPS out of 592 MLB hitters with 400+ PA since 2021.
  15. Woof Bronzer
    The Athletic's business model is quite explicitly to destroy local sports pages, and they've been very successful at it. Gleeman knew this when he took the job and seemed completely fine with it until it began to affect him personally, so I'm having a hard time mustering up any tears for Gleeman. "Sure, I took a job with Eliminate Local Sports Journalism Inc., but I never thought I they'd eliminate ME!" Keep doing what you're doing, Twins Daily. And whatever you do, don't sell out to a private equity firm or hedge fund or Athletic or any other of these vultures who believe to their core that profit is the only thing that ever matters in life.
  16. Woof Bronzer
    Yep Correa is the 2nd highest paid position player on our roster.
  17. Woof Bronzer
    Why do folks not want to talk about who we got in this trade? Surely you understand that's how trades work. You can't just say "Polanco wasn't great for Seattle so it was a good trade." Polanco had 1.2 WAR in 2024. In return we got 2 1/3 innings out of Topa and literally nothing else. According to you 2025 is irrelevant to evaluating the trade, so looking solely at 2024, how in the world is this a good trade? I am not sure why 2026 counts in evaluating this trade, but if you think Polanco has been bad, you should check out Topa's numbers! It wasn't the worst trade in Twins history, probably not in the top 100. But trading a guy for several worse players in order to cut a few million dollars from the payroll is a terrible strategy and should not be celebrated. This organization desperately needs to acquire better players, not worse ones. Of course, there's a chance Gonzalez becomes a star and leapfrogs Jenkins, ERod, and the other dozen or so outfielders ahead of him on the depth chart. That would change the view of the trade.
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    This is a very interesting response. I notice you left off the other players that we also got. How come? The Twins cut $30 mil the offseason they traded Polanco. They pocketed the savings from the Polanco trade. You know this, of course. "Top prospect" yes I agree Gonzalez has done nothing to help the Twins. Interesting framing. I am gobsmacked by the people defending this trade? You can think Polanco was overpaid for his production and also acknowledge the factual reality that they got a terrible return in the trade. It's really ok to think both things are true.
  19. Woof Bronzer
    Whereas YOU would lead this hypothetical team to a pennant, amirite?
  20. Woof Bronzer
    Yeah that one. Who did they get for this "poor performing player", and how did those players perform? And who did the Twins sign with the savings from his "expensive" contract?
  21. Woof Bronzer
    Do you think setting a payroll number impacts roster decisions? For example, if T3 would have given Zoll an extra $15mil for the bullpen, would the bullpen look differently? Man I've become accustomed to strange Pohlad water-carrying over the years but insisting that T3 is a blameless absentee owner is just bizarre and counterfactual. He has literally said he's an active owner! You don't seem to grasp that there is much more to building a roster than picking up the phone and calling agents lol.
  22. Woof Bronzer
    Tom doesn't make roster decisions, but he fired Falvey because he didn't like Falvey's roster? That makes zero sense. Here are some direct quotes from T3: "We will be competitive in 2026," "We're in the business of winning baseball games," "I’d love to get off this ‘payroll’ thing for a second and let’s get halfway through the year, to the end of the year, and let’s judge the success of this year on wins and losses, on whether we’re playing meaningful baseball in September. " "My role, I think I'm going to play, if the question is, 'Are you going to be a passive owner or an active owner?' I'd say that I'm going to be an active owner," Does that sound like a hands off owner that is delegating everything to Zoll? Frankly I think it's odd that anyone would insist, without a shred of evidence, that T3 isn't involved in the decision making. Even a layperson can understand what "I'm going to be an active owner" means.
  23. Woof Bronzer
    Do you have a computer? Is it connected to the internet? If so, you can use a "search engine", such as Google to look things up and make sure you don't sound silly before posting.
  24. Woof Bronzer
    Obviously one couldn't KNOW that both Lopez and Ryan were going to get hurt, but given the demands of the modern game and past history with injuries, the risk should have been known. Tough Talkin' Tom is proving to be the least competent Pohlad yet. Under Jim the Twins operated on a continuous five-year-plan, always planning for a future that never came. Terry Ryan actually had a philosophy that reflected the market in which he was operating: focus on defense, solid bullpens and contact starters that let the defense do their thing. These things are affordable and the Twins weren't trying to compete with larger payroll teams for expensive skills like slugging. Joey didn't really have a plan, the Twins were a toy or a strat-o-matic game to keep him preoccupied from ruining other Pohlad businesses. He's the only Pohlad who has shown any interest in spending money to win. It was only when the elder Pohlads discovered that he had financially mismanaged the organization so badly they couldn't sell the team that he was removed. T3 operates on a one year plan, and that is to make as much money as possible to clean up the books, pay back their investor loans, and sell the team. There's no future view, very little baseball consideration at all in fact. Of course he wasn't going to trade Lopez or Ryan, because he thought they would boost attendance. Trading either of them for future value likely never crossed his mind; "future value" is a dirty word to people like T3. "Future value" doesn't buy you that 3rd yacht you've been eyeing. Pros and cons to each Pohlad, but Tom's shortsightedness is going to set back the baseball operations for years if Ryan is indeed hurt.
  25. Woof Bronzer
    And then they won the Series again in 91 using the pieces they gained in trading Viola a couple years later. This roster is in no danger of winning a World Series, much less 2 in 4 years. I'm going to go out on a limb and say this situation is juuuuuuuuust a bit different than your scenario.
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