Jump to content
Twins Daily
  • Create Account

NYCTK

Verified Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    2,633

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    5

 Content Type 

Profiles

News

Minnesota Twins Videos

2026 Minnesota Twins Top Prospects Ranking

2022 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks

Minnesota Twins Free Agent & Trade Rumors, Notes, & Tidbits

Guides & Resources

2023 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks

The Minnesota Twins Players Project

2024 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks

2025 Minnesota Twins Draft Pick Tracker

Forums

Blogs

Events

Store

Downloads

Gallery

Everything posted by NYCTK

  1. NYCTK
    That'd be like giving the owner in the film Major League credit for the team turning around their season.
  2. NYCTK
    Ok, well, he's still a Pohald so he can gtfo. Sell the team.
  3. NYCTK
    You're delusional, calling that a near impossible ball. You've been watching Twins corner outfielders for too long it seems.
  4. NYCTK
    Irrelevant question. The appropriate question is does it help the Twins in 2027 or 2028. It's very fun to have seen them sweep the Tigers, but no one should be thinking this is team is now in contention.
  5. NYCTK
  6. NYCTK
    I'm fine with getting rid of him, but I don't want him replaced with a player that I actually want to get playing time. Someone like Kreidler? Fine. Doesn't really matter much who the 13th man is.
  7. NYCTK
    This would be like celebrating the President when the gas prices inevitably fall over the coming days. Anyone doing so looks like a fool.
  8. NYCTK
    I know this is a joke, but I've been saying it here for a few years now. You're allowed to follow, and even cheer for, another team. The Twins aren't loyal to you, and you don't need to be loyal to them. Baseball fandom is most often born out of family heritage so there's friction. But we live in an age where you can watch or listen to any game you want, from nearly anywhere you want for only $150 a year. I will always hope for the organization to turn the ship around, but the Pohlads deserve nothing but misery, and the Twins will only experience misery whilst they're still in charge.
  9. NYCTK
    If Zoll was a half decent GM, he'd be unconcerned. But he sucks, so he is.
  10. NYCTK
    I'm all for just waiving him. Come July he's really only going to return a pitcher that projects as a RP in AA anyways. Just cut him and believe that a team will pick up his salary. A team like the Guardians could really use him.
  11. NYCTK
    Mets 5th OF, Tyrone Taylor, has essentially the same skillset as Outman (albeit better in almost every regard), is getting paid 4x, and is certain to get more playing time than Outman. But I've not heard a single Mets fan complain about Tyrone Taylor. The Mets traded for him, already a backup OF, out of options, specifically for this role. That's what good roster construction looks like.
  12. NYCTK
    Not every roster spot is going to, nor should get, equal playing time. That's my point by saying it's not little league. This seems like the first time you're even considering this concept, which is why I stated it, albeit rudely, in your opinion.
  13. NYCTK
    If you want to argue for the removal of Larnach, Wallner, or Bell, I'm all for that. But those players leaving are how someone like Rodriguez or Jenkins comes up and gets playing time. Not Outman. Like I said, Outman certainly sucks and I will weep no tears for him when he's gone, but the presence of a ****** 5th OF is not harming this team.
  14. NYCTK
    All this hand wringing about the Twins 5th OF is really indicative of fans losing sight of the forest for the trees. The Twins don't suck because of the 5th OF on pace for 160 plate appearances, and fans need to really stop fretting over that player. It was true with Keirsey and Margot too. Doesn't mean those players are good, but they're the least of the Twins problems. Th reason he's on the roster is obvious. Neither Roden nor Martin are trusted defenders in CF and Rodriguez and Jenkins obviously shouldn't be backups on a major league roster. This isn't little league. A player like Outman only getting minimal playing time can actually help develop other players, and find talent. There are about 6000 PAs to go around. If Outman is only getting 150, that leaves 300 PAs for the rest of the team to divvy up.
  15. NYCTK
    I think extending pitchers that aren't locks in the rotation would be foolish. But Keaschall would be wise with the potential changes in arbitration, early years for team controlled players coming up next season. Those years could potentially become significantly more expensive.
  16. NYCTK
    I don't agree with your philosophy. Just because someone's on the roster doesn't mean they need to be getting regular playing time. Outman is the perfect example and is currently in a perfect role. He's perfectly fine to roster, just as a 5th OF, Buxton insurance, occasional pinch runner, etc. Cutting him in favor of someone like Roden doesn't help Roden. It would just mean Roden is getting inconsistent playing time in the majors instead of continuing to show he's too good for AAA. In the event one of the main OF got injured, Outman could continue in that sporadic role while elevating people around him.
  17. NYCTK
    Today it basically was! 2 degrees warmer and people will be complaining!
  18. NYCTK
    Fair. Could say the season should have been pushed back a week. But people complaining about the weather in the first two weeks of the season is always going to be a thing. Heck, people complaining that the Twins didn't build a roof means people complain about the weather all season long. Death, taxes, and complaining about the weather.
  19. NYCTK
    I mean, global warming means this sort of happenstance is inevitable. They started the Twins on a week-long road trip. Do you want it to be a mandated 2 week road trip to open the season every year? The Mets home opener was 70 degrees, and then I went to the game on Saturday afternoon and the real feel temp was 35 degrees. Just gotta roll with the punches.
  20. NYCTK
    High leverage is interesting, because both Fangraphs and BRef have different cut-offs. But I'm interested where you see that, because both FG and BR splits show him with BAD leverage splits, which is my biggest concern with him - that he's merely a stat padder.
  21. NYCTK
    I do get the sentiment, but he's at 720! It's not like he only has a few months of play at this point. How good can he be to eliminate any concerns in the first 3/4 of those 1000 trips to the plate? Meanwhile Austin Martin (who I still don't like but do want to be proven wrong about) has 445 and Alan Roden is sitting in AAA with only 153. I'm not advocating giving up on him, but I really don't see his poor defense and poor bat contributing in a truly significant way on the next good Twins team.
  22. NYCTK
    I somewhat agree, in that I can see him on a good roster, but I still see him as a deeply flawed player that is optimistically a 12th man. Pinch runner with occasional starts at 2B and LF, and subbing in at SS when absolutely necessary. But because he can't play a good SS, I still wouldn't bet on him. If he were just a little bit better on defense, he could have made a good career as a utility player. I assume he'll be out of options come 2028, and 29 years, so I just think that role is going to be filled by someone else.
  23. NYCTK
    Same can be said for most of the roster at this point. If we're saying, optimistically, that the Twins could be contenders in 2028 I don't see any position player on this roster that will be a real contributor aside from Luke Keaschall. Buxton could age gracefully (but would be on the last year of his contract), Wallner could be a decent DH, and Lee could potentially take a big turn and prove valuable somewhere, but otherwise, I don't see meaningful playing time for anyone in 2028 on this roster. That being the case, those 4 should be getting all the playing time their bodies will allow, at the position they could reasonably be expected to be playing in 2028, and everyone else just...disappear for all I care.
  24. NYCTK
    The thing is, he's not nearly a good enough hitter to be as bad a fielder as he is. You compared him to Kepler, but yes, Kepler was a far better fielder and just as good of a hitter. Wallner gets a lot of hate for his defense too, but not many called for his release because most still recognize that his bat is significantly better than Larnach. Larnach just isn't good at any aspect of the game. He's merely adequate at a lot of things, and he's not going to be part of the next good Twins team.
  25. NYCTK
    .
×
×
  • Create New...