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  1. twinzcynic
    This nails it. I was hoping Mr Bonnes would make some more of these points in this article, but alas, I remembered he and most of the rest of the TD staff are adverse to actually critiquing the current FO/coaching staff.
  2. twinzcynic
    Since you clearly have internet access to baseball reference, I suggest you look at the column labeled WAR. It stands for Wins above replacement and approximates value. As amazing as your screenshots there, I suggest you also take a gander at OBP (something we've lacked). If you seriously are debating Wade vs Cave, you may have to apply for the circus for your next gig.
  3. twinzcynic
    This is what needs to happen. This FO is so bad at scouting and and so desperately wants to be the smartest in the room. One example that comes top of head if getting rid of excellent MLB-starting level players (Lamonte Wade, Luis Gil) to acquire and keep a horrible 4th outfielder (Jake Cave).
  4. twinzcynic
    This is a large part of it for me as well. If I spend the time and money to take my family to a ballgame, I want it to be a good entertaining product. As much as some in here love starters going 5 then handing it to their bullpens, or the hitting philosophies that have been implemented since the beginning of the Falvine saga, I would much rather go to a game where something exceptional happens including: spectacular defensive plays (either by us (lol) or the opposing team (in which case you have to actually make decent regular contact)), an exceptional pitching performance (dare I say a complete game?), or an offense that has any sort of situational skill ("bUt ThaT's RanDOMizEd" - analytics nerdz).
  5. twinzcynic
    I for one am SHOCKED! I read in the comments after our last game that beating the Sox 2 out of 3 meant that the haters (of which I'm proud to be a part of) were wrong and that the team was back on track. Anyone sane enough to point out that the Sox are a AAAA club was quickly thumbs-downed. This team is a joke, and we won't be finishing above .500.
  6. twinzcynic
    Except for the Orioles once Adley started playing, and that's just a very recent example. Though I'm not one to panic this early, this is exactly the type of ball you get when you change literally nothing about leadership and philosophy.
  7. twinzcynic
    I thought it was a brilliant move by Sonny Gray to load the bases as soon as a potential rally started. He's more than familiar with this organization's ineptitude in those situations dating back to when he was with this ball club. Truly, it was the easiest way out of that inning.
  8. twinzcynic
    I think one area the projection systems fall short when it comes to the Royals is not projecting in positive regression for Melendez and Garcia. Both of those guys have shown flashes of being impact players, and certainly are capable of putting it all together. Honestly, unless our big 3 SPs stay healthy all season, I fear we're heading towards another 4th place finish.
  9. twinzcynic
    And before him I would say that Torii was a great leader too. I know he had a bad WAR in 2015 (sheesh, I can't believe that was already 10 years ago) but I think he was instrumental in almost getting that squad to the postseason.
  10. twinzcynic
    I can't agree with this more. This is the human side of baseball that our twinz philosophy is lacking in. Imagine being excellent at work, one of the best in the world at what you do, and you've been placed in and out of a position of great prestige. This upcoming business year, your boss says you won't get that full-time promotion to that position, despite excelling at it in the past. Yeah, I'd be PO'd too and want out of that organization ASAP.
  11. twinzcynic
    This Just In: Projection system ran by spreadsheets adores team put together and ran via spreadsheets!
  12. twinzcynic
    I think the most important thing besides staying healthy: don't buy in to the three true outcomes philosophy of the organization, but rather find a private coach that plays to his naturals strengths as a hitter.
  13. twinzcynic
    "This bullpen (like the rotation options above) is evidence of just how poorly the Twins drafted and developed pitching for much of the 2010s and 2020s." Hold on a second, I've said this before but the genius fans of the current decision makers of the Twins love to state that our pitching pipeline is amazing and so full it could burst! That said, I'd be ecstatic to have either Gil or Povich (or Chase Petty shortly) in our rotation. Finally, I think it's hilarious (and damning) that Falvine was so in love with Jake Cave as a fourth outfielder they let Wade walk and traded Gil for him. Truly one of the front offices of all time.
  14. twinzcynic
    To the people who are against trading even a low level pitching prospect like Festa for one year of Cease, I don't think you understand just how good he is. He would immediately step in and be the ace. He would give this team legitimacy in competing for this year, and trading Vazquez + prospect pitcher + top 15 prospect is an easy yes. The twins recent track record suggests any young starting pitching prospect has a much more likely path to the middle of the bullpen then they do as a remotely successful SP.
  15. twinzcynic
    5 questions for the most elite bullpen in baseball? Nonsense! We are so elite, did you see that our fangraphs WAR (fangraphs WAR is based off of what theoretically "should" happen instead of what actually happens...) was the best?! I for one think this has the makings of an all time bullpen! I don't care about the WPA, the stranded runners rate, or the possibility of regressing to the mean, I only care about fangraphs projection!
  16. twinzcynic
    Yeah I have a theory that around 3 years ago, the powers that be on this site got greater access to the team and got close with Falvey and/or Lavine. Because of this we RARELY will get a negative article on that tandem or even Rocco. I know I'm not satisfied with the every other year playoff appearance only due to being in one of the worst divisions of all time, but instead we get the same article about how our projected bullpen is absolutely elite.
  17. twinzcynic
    I'm dealing with Deja vu this morning (the phenomenon not the downtown establishment). I could swear I read this exact same article last year, even down to the "we're so deep, gReAt relievers might have to start in the minors". Classic.
  18. twinzcynic
    I believe it is these two guys plus Miranda. All three have very good hit tools, but I'm afraid the organizational philosophies don't play to their strengths. All can be very good line drive hitters with 25-30 HR potential, but it's precisely these type of hitters that the launch angle revolution affects negatively in my opinion.
  19. twinzcynic
    Given this front office's track record of being geniuses when it comes to properly evaluating players within the organization (names that include Lamonte Wade, Rooker, Gil to name a few examples), I have every confidence that they chose the correct players to protect/expose.
  20. twinzcynic
    Ah yes, I remember when people around here were excited by Winder. Yet another pipeline "success".
  21. twinzcynic
    This is a good list; however I would add the plethora of starting pitcher prospects to this list as well. The pitching pipeline is full of 4th or 5th starter types (if everything goes right) but the most likely outcome is a trip to middle relief (see Varland, Sands, Jax, etc.).
  22. twinzcynic
    He is the real deal but mysteriously gets left out in all Twins daily articles regarding the Royals. The Twins would be incredibly lucky to have an actual run producer at first rather than the slop we've put out in recent years.
  23. twinzcynic
    Me too. 7 years of it and now we are blessed with such an abundance of pitchers and we don't have enough middle reliever roster spots for all of them!
  24. twinzcynic
    This wasn't the most disappointing, that distinction in my lifetime goes to the 2011 Twins. I knew this club stanked, even if most were fooled by the record for the vast majority of the season. In all reality if the Twinz of this year didn't get blessed to play the ChiSox 13 times (where the Twinz went 12-1), they were a 9 games below .500 team, which met my eye test.
  25. twinzcynic
    By being ok with mediocrity. By being ecstatic that we won 2 games against the Blue Jays last October because our 35 Million dollar SS played unreal ball, which gave these guys a few more years to instill mediocrity. By making excuses for a "pitching pipeline" that has only produced Ober, a few relievers, and squandered a few top 100 prospect level talents that they inherited. That's how.
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