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  1. Woof Bronzer
    Joe Ryan is maybe having the best season for a Twins pitcher since 2023 (Lopez and Gray). Ryan's own 2024 was probably better than this year. Does Gleeman understand that stats after the all-star break count the same as the games before it? Pretty clear by now that Ryan is a solid first half pitcher, but not one who can be counted on once the calendar flips to August.
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    Assuming Rocco gets fired without an FO change. I expect the replacement will be someone...identical to Rocco. A young, hungry guy with little to no experience and therefore little leverage , someone so willing to break in as a manager that they'll agree to just do whatever Falvey directs him to do, someone willing to go along with Falvey's "sabermetrics as a philosophy not a tool" mindset, someone without the experience and equity to argue or push back on the FO when they force the manager to trot out bad veterans just so their latest trade or signing doesn't look like another dud, someone who believes in process over results, someone who would come very cheap of course, someone who understands the job here is making the Pohlads rich and not probably most importantly, someone who understands and is ok with what the job here is NOT: seriously contending for championships.
  3. Woof Bronzer
    Everyone here who says it isn't about being cheap have not provided an alternative reason What baseball benefit is there to the organization by firing scouts, if not cost savings?
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    We're talking about the Twins. There's a Twins source who says it's a cost cutting move. The Twins have been cutting costs for 2 years now. And you're saying it's not about cutting costs because the Cubs did something. Think through that logic man. Seriously I can't believe the concept that the Pohlads did something to cut costs is offensive. What has this organization done since October 2023 to signal that they are interested in anything except cutting costs?
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    I think we disagree on who these investors are...I don't think they will have any equity, they're basically lenders. The Pohlads will want to make them whole ASAP so they can get their precious billions from a sale. Time will tell on this, we're both just guessing. Also I think you underestimate how profitable it can be for teams to be terrible. I don't think the Rockies, As, Sox, are seriously try to compete...and the Twins failed upward into the gift ESPN TV deal, which is tens of millions of dollars they'll receive with zero correlation to how the team is doing. They could lose 120 games and still get every last cent.
  6. Woof Bronzer
    It's viewed as a cost cutting measure because a Twins source told Hayes it was a cost cutting measure.
  7. Woof Bronzer
    It was a cost cutting move. Hayes points out in his report that a reduction in pro scouting departments is becoming a "trend" in Major League Baseball, but his source described the decision as "cost-cutting measures."
  8. Woof Bronzer
    The investors are giving the Pohlads a loan to clear the $400m off their books, which was the impediment to them making the billions they feel they so richly deserve. The debt was not Twins operating debt, but rather debt from their other failing real estate businesses that they sheltered with the Twins. (Could also be stadium debt - the Pohlads hate spending their own money on anything.) So their limited partners are paying off the debt for what I'm guessing is a healthy ROI, which the Pohlads can guarantee by cutting cost and maximizing their revenue share. This is a hedge fund or private equity investment. It has nothing to do with baseball. The limited partners are investing $400m to make boatloads of money, not to win baseball games.
  9. Woof Bronzer
    The Pohlads just fired their scouting staff to save, what, a few hundred thousand dollars? In what world are they spending $30m next year? They're in cost cutting mode until their new investors are made whole. It's really not that complicated. They are much more likely, I'd even say probable, to cut $30m then spend it.
  10. Woof Bronzer
    Great piece Matthew. If baseball is the American past time than baseball history is American history. And don't listen to the critics here - they love politics in sports, just only when they agree with the politics. (You never hear the "stick to sports" people demand that we stop singing the anthem or "honoring the troops" at sporting events or having presidents throw out the first pitch or, like NY did the other night, offering a tribute to a divisive figure who had nothing to do with NY or baseball.) Write what you want to write.
  11. Woof Bronzer
    Do you have any constructive feedback to the piece, or do you think that writing about brown people automatically makes the writer a left wing fanatic?
  12. Woof Bronzer
    You must be furious about the Yankees' "tribute" the other night...
  13. Woof Bronzer
    The folks in this comment section have come up with simple, thoughtful, smart ideas off the top of their heads that are better than anything we've seen from the Pohlads in years. As an organization you almost have to want to be this bad at PR. In all seriousness the Twins should hire some of the folks here. Passionate fans would make for productive employees.
  14. Woof Bronzer
    You are literally copy pasting Twins marketing gobbledegook.
  15. Woof Bronzer
    Well now I know there are at least 2 people on Planet Earth who would have traded a decent MLB reliever for the ghost of James Outman's rookie season.
  16. Woof Bronzer
    Agreed, when the team is this terrible, when the system fails so totally, people run out of new words to describe it.
  17. Woof Bronzer
    If this is average, what in the world does failure look like?
  18. Woof Bronzer
    As far as I know the Pohlads have never used the phrase "minority owner" but "limited partnership group". I'm skeptical the Pohlads would give anyone a share of their family business. I suspect the partners are investors who are paying off the debt for a handsome return, not minority owners. The debt was the main reason the Pohlads couldn't sell so that's their priority. Regardless I think fans expecting these limited partners to make any meaningful positive impact on the on-field product are bound for disappointment...if anything the partners will ensure that the Pohlads run bare bones payrolls until they make the partners whole.
  19. Woof Bronzer
    The weird thing is though can you really call it a rebuild if you don't trade away any of your top 5 players?
  20. Woof Bronzer
    Then don't trade him?
  21. Woof Bronzer
    I'm quite comfortable judging James Outman, in fact I don't think I need to see another James Outman at bat as long as I live. Taj Bradley has pitched in this league more than 2 years now. These aren't prospects, they are who they are. Abel doesn't look like a major leaguer by any stretch of the imagination and Roden's ceiling is, what, 4th outfielder?
  22. Woof Bronzer
    Billionaires do not tolerate criticism. Buxton and Ryan are as good as gone. If there's a silver lining maybe Pablo stays now?
  23. Woof Bronzer
    Most businesses have plans, and successful ones usually share them with the employees affected by the plans. Just flailing away without any plan, or with a plan you hold secret from everyone, is a recipe for disaster for any business. The Twins shared their plan with Correa at the deadline, so I'm not sure why it's unreasonable to expect them to share the plan with the face of the franchise. The Twins plan last off season was to hold tight because Falvey thought this team was really good and last year was just a fluke. Not a good plan, in my opinion, but a plan. There is truly no need to carry water for the Pohlads and FO.
  24. Woof Bronzer
    I think things are going exactly according to the Pohlad plan (recall Joey P call it "the best possible outcome".) They wanted this, and Rocco is being a good soldier by facilitating it. The on the field plan for the next couple years is going to be running low payrolls and losing. It doesn't take any special managerial talent to do that. Why would they fire a guy who is doing exactly what they asked and delivering the results they want?
  25. Woof Bronzer
    If Martin is an integral part of the team we're definitely losing 100 games.
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