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  1. Woof Bronzer
    I'm guessing a combo of small sample size and the imperfect-at-best nature of defensive metrics.
  2. Woof Bronzer
    Very interesting when one of those groups is quite famously also represented by a union, which also just happens to be in the midst of its own labor negotiations.
  3. Woof Bronzer
    Encouraging week for Royce. I continue to believe his biggest issue is the mental fortitude required of a professional athlete. It's easy to be confident when you are knocking the ball around the park. A bit harder to maintain that when you are going through a 2-week slump (like all MLBers do from time to time.) To me his biggest thing is going to be not let 2-week slumps turn into 2-month slumps. Or let 2-month slumps turn into 2-year slumps. I think the Twins have to play the rest of this year with the big club though. Give him every opportunity to lock down a starting job for 2027.
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    I feel like he could have served that role here too given all the bullpen churn. There really must be more to that story.
  5. Woof Bronzer
    Let him play. See what he can do. Give him the opportunity to make it impossible to send him back down.
  6. Woof Bronzer
    But you think those same partners would have invested in an organization losing hundreds of millions of dollars every year despite receiving $200m/yr in welfare (revenue sharing)? Think about this for a minute. Agree on this. Total System Failure.
  7. Woof Bronzer
    Do you have access to the Pohlads books? Or are you just choosing to believe whatever the Pohlads want you to believe? Talk to anyone in commercial real estate in the Twin Cities how the Pohlads are doing. It's well known around town that at a time when most other companies were bailing from commercial real estate - especially class A office space - the Pohlads doubled down. They are now underwater on a large portion of their real estate portfolio through two companies (United Properties and Northmarq). Shifting debt around is actually a pretty common business practice for large corporations like the Pohlads. They just got caught with their hands in the cookie jar when they decided to sell the team. Here's the biggest tell: if the Twins were really losing hundreds of millions year over year (keeping in mind that they receive $200m in revenue sharing), the Pohlads would have sold the team for a dollar, not to mention $1.5b. So if what you are saying is true, that the Pohlads ran Twins-only operating losses in the hundreds of millions of dollars for several years (even though they received $200m in revenue sharing), then turning down $1.5b for the privilege of continuing to lose hundreds of millions of dollars every year would make the Pohlads quite possibly the dumbest businesspeople in the history of capitalism. The number of fans carrying water for the Pohlads in this thread is really surprising.
  8. Woof Bronzer
    Your entire premise is based on the false idea that the Twins debt came from operating losses which Falvey would have known about. It didn't. The Pohlads used the Twins as a debt shelter for their failing real estate businesses. Falvey was an incompetent GM and has played an enormous role in the sad state this franchise finds itself in. But it's silly to blame him for the Pohlad's dumb decision to double down on a dying market (commercial real estate post-COVID).
  9. Woof Bronzer
    Again, dude, your "plan" involved a laughable trade (for another outfielder) that Washington would never, ever, ever make; signing a crappy reliever for $7m, and illegally trading Bell less than 2 months after signing him and Mendys for no one (for some reason). Your "plan" would get laughed out of every front office in baseball. Don't quit your day job lol. Your narrative is also shifting. Yesterday Tommy couldn't wait to fire Falvey, now suddenly he wanted to work with Falvey. Which is it? How do you know this? I now understand why you are carrying so much water for Tommy. I'm guessing you emailed Falvey your brilliant "plan" about 7 times and got angrier each time he didn't respond, so now you hate Falvey because if he'd only listened to you the Twins would be World Series champs by now. I hate to break it to you, but Tommy isn't hiring you.
  10. Woof Bronzer
    Uh, what? This is nonsensical. Tommy first showed up at a press conference in September. He officially took over in mid December. Yet he waited til February to fire Falvey. Why didn't he fire Falvey on day 1? day 5? day 30? The original poster was saying this plan - to contend with a talent-starved roster while not investing any resources - was dumb, and Tommy Pohlad was dumb to think it would work. You seem to think it was a good plan and it's Falvey's fault it didn't work. Ok. lolololol yes why didn't the Twins simply do this, it's so simple. Finally, the Twins package Hendry Mendez to sweeten the deal for a team to take on Josh Bell's contract in return for a PTBNL. Ah yes, the classic 1) sign a guy 2) trade him 2 months later before playing a single game 3) give away another prospect in the deal too 4) get nothing in return 5) ?? 6) compete for the playoffs!
  11. Woof Bronzer
    How does one get bolder and more aggressive roster-building by giving a new GM $0 to work with 3 weeks ahead of spring training?
  12. Woof Bronzer
    He was very clear that he wants the 2026 season to be judged not on payroll but on wins and losses.
  13. Woof Bronzer
    Max Kepler hit .216, OPS'd .690, and put up 0.1 WAR last year.
  14. Woof Bronzer
    Thanks for confirming he's currently suspended for cheating!
  15. Woof Bronzer
    Kepler is currently suspended for cheating.
  16. Woof Bronzer
    Well it's true he "missed" a series in Toronto because he refused to get a safe vaccine, and now he has "missed" half a season for cheating and injecting himself with dangerous chemicals and getting caught. Maybe that's his nickname, Missing Max!
  17. Woof Bronzer
    You have an extra "are" in there. Typos happen to the best of us!
  18. Woof Bronzer
    Yep, that's my point. Somehow in those 125 years of changes, "let's create more Anthony Swarzaks" just hasn't stuck. I wonder why.
  19. Woof Bronzer
    Lol. There was a significant portion of the comment section who insisted for years that Wallner was actually amazing and the fans who didn't like him were just ignorant haters who didn't understand the modern game where home runs are all that matters and strikeouts are fine. I believe a certain someone (not naming names) even said before the season that every MLB team would start Wallner in RF in 2026. More accurate to say the love and hate for Wallner on this site has always been disproportionate to his actual talent and impact.
  20. Woof Bronzer
    What exactly is the end goal with this proposal? Because it sure seems like the end goal is having worse pitchers throw more innings, and having better pitchers throw less innings. One thing I love about the "we're smarter than baseball" sabermetrics crowd is that they dismiss 125 years of the game as pure unenlightened ignorance. As if every single idea under the sun hasn't been tried over the past century and a quarter. Maybe, just maybe, things end up the way they do because that's the best way to do it!
  21. 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
  22. Woof Bronzer
    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.
  23. Woof Bronzer
    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.
  24. Woof Bronzer
    You really need to take a deep breath, man.
  25. Woof Bronzer
    Wow. It sure sounds like you are the one working through some anger issues. Lighten up, Francis.
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