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  1. NYCTK
    I'm sorry you hated cheap veterans that contributed 5 WAR of contribution because the rest of the team sucked. I would suggest you worry more about the broader team sucking than the supplementary players that were added, like all teams do. This is how so many people looked absolutely ridiculous last year when they signed Bader. Hating on his signing was the sign someone doesn't understand baseball in the least. Is Arcia exciting? No. But he's a minor league signing and he isn't supposed to be. Getting bent out of shape because of this signing is like getting mad at a stop sign.
  2. NYCTK
    "Twins Expected to Land Top International Prospect in January" "Merlo is ranked by MLB Pipeline as the 34th-best prospect in the 2026 class." Come on man. I know we live in a post-truth world now, but this is egregious enough of a stretch to be called a lie.
  3. NYCTK
    Sorry that you've completely misdirected your anger at the terrible team towards the cheaper, competent, if unexciting veterans instead of the actual problems.
  4. NYCTK
    It was only as much a guarantee as far as Miranda and Julien being both guaranteed to suck. A lot of people were also really convinced that Mike Ford was a guarantee to make the team to "block" some nebulous prospect. And as far as Arcia making the team, yeah, he very well might. Because this organization sucks. But people are convinced he's going to block a prospect that isn't even ready for the major leagues. And those people look ridiculous. My new standard is no deal "worked out well" if it doesn't result in a World Series victory. Why actually look at the deal itself when we have a clear barometer? Every single free agent signing since 1991 has been terrible because it hasn't resulted in a world series. Nay, every single roster move has been terrible since 1991. Drafting Joe Mauer? Terrible. Extending Mauer? Terrible. Trading for Pablo Lopez? So far, so bad. Etc, etc.
  5. NYCTK
    They quite literally did though. It's just that the team was far worse than many people thought. To get that production, about 5 WAR, for what came in under $10 million combined is quite good work from the front office if we're being honest, which many people here have trouble with. And that's not even counting the prospects that came back in return; Mendez, Horn, Roden (kind of), and Villoria. The signing of these three players was an undeniable success for the front office. That is, unless you just want to complain for the sake of complaining.
  6. NYCTK
    Fair enough. But Ty France is still a bad example because there was clearly no one better than him. Ryan Fitzgerald is actually a better comparison. He signed a minor league contract with the Twins, and was only called up when there was no one left. They sign a bunch of players to minor league contracts, and most of them don't make the team. Getting stressed about this specific move is incredibly foolish. But this team sucks so I get why everyone's upset.
  7. NYCTK
    If you think the Ty France contract is why the 2025 Twins sucked or even a bad deal, and not one of many examples of a low risk veteran contract working out, then I think you should probably just refrain from commenting further. Did Ty France make the bad team worse? Or are you just complaining for the sake of complaining? Do you want to complain about Harrison Bader next? Or Danny Coulombe?
  8. NYCTK
    Lol. This team blows.
  9. NYCTK
    MLB is different. Players take years to develop and, therefore, so do teams. Not every team should be competing every year. For example, it's entirely stupid for the Twins to pretend as if they're going to compete in 2026 and everyone knows it.
  10. NYCTK
    Completely arbitrary measure you've picked to prove your point. Check the average salary rank of Finale participants and you'll find your point disappears.
  11. NYCTK
    Status quo is still very owner friendly. 6 mlb seasons of cost control on every single player is a big hole to start in for the mlbpa.
  12. NYCTK
    Michael Cuddyer also had better skills. He had a higher sprint speed at the age of 36 than Lee showed at 24, and his plus arm allowed him to be a passable RF while Lee lacks that as well. That's why Cuddyer was allowed to move around the entire field to find a fit and Lee is an IF with a high potential of being a utility infielder. Still a chance Lee continues to develop real power and still becomes a valuable player so I'm not quitting on him, but all this is why I wanted the Twins to trade him in '23 for a playoff push.
  13. NYCTK
    It's well known Joey Gallo had a pretty good career. Twins fans just hate on him unfairly because it wasn't in Minnesota.
  14. NYCTK
    I tend to be more on your side as opposed to thinking Rodriguez is going to be a stud. But your hatred of him is getting excessive! I think he could still be Joey Gallo with more walks and less power. Whether I hate him or not all boils down to his defense.
  15. NYCTK
    Why are so many fans seemingly completely oblivious to the fact that mlb shares nearly 50% of revenue right now? Should it increase? Sure. And I bet it will. I'm fine with 100% revenue sharing, but I'm a socialist, so that tracks. I just also think equitable environments are lot more important for poor people than billionaires. What is it about sports that turns Americans into full fledged communists? Of all the terrible opinions you've espoused, this is probably the worst. "For the good of all" is laughably stupid. Please explain how hurting a union helps anyone? It'd be for the good of the uber wealthy controlling the purses only. There will be no salary cap. There should not be a salary cap. If the owners went to increase equitable outcomes, they can share their billions with each other.
  16. NYCTK
    I love baseball. Love, love, love it. That's why I adopted a second team. Too many fans view the sport only through their favorite team's perspective. This is such a narrow view and really prevents many fans from truly appreciating this wonderful sport. I remember at one point someone here said Elly De La Cruz was a bad player, and I was flabbergasted. You can say he's overrated or that you're not a fan of that archetype of player, but to say he's not that good just tells me you don't actually like the sport. You only like the Twins. I think you're generally a well educated fan, way less guilty of this irrational homerism. But this consistent trade rumor talk, of which most fans are guilty of, often devolves into this sort of thinking though. Which isn't to say we should stop these trade ideas. It's fun! And there's little else to do in the offseason. But it often becomes a lack of appreciation of the players and the teams being proposed. The Ober for Vientos trade Blog a few days ago was a good example and was especially funny because it made no sense for either the Mets or the Twins. Soderstrom and De Vries is a fun proposal. But it's also pretty ridiculous to propose the Athletics would trade them, and it's not out of line to point this out. Twins fans will make fun of other team's fans for ridiculous proposals on Twitter. It's equally valid to point out ridiculous proposals from Twins fans. This is all just for fun.
  17. NYCTK
    It's not that. Your full proposal isn't too ridiculous. But like he said, imagine the Twins were coming out of a rebuild but still weak in pitching. It'd be infuriating to see the Twins trade away a key offensive cog AND their #1 prospect. Contrary to what someone else said, Soderstrom is not blocked with the Athletics, and he is one of 3 key pieces, and if De Vries comes up next year and adds to it, that is a championship level core. Now, it's the Athletics so they're going to screw it up regardless, but nevertheless Soderstrom and De Vries for Ryan and Bradley is a bad baseball trade.
  18. NYCTK
    We're in agreement on that. They should either extend him or trade him. Failure to do either is the mark of a terrible front office, but that's just one of many for this regime.
  19. NYCTK
    That's an interesting theory, but I have to strongly disagree with you. You could possibly win me over by saying the expected average contract is lower than what he could receive right now, taking into consideration all the risks of injuries, underperformance, and new market conditions post 2027 CBA. But if you're signing an extension in the middle of a contract you're almost always giving a discount to the signing team. It's the complete opposite of betting on yourself, opting for security. Which is a perfectly reasonable decision...if you're happy in that situation. You have to believe the new CBA is going to drastically reduce player salaries to believe an extension now is potentially more lucrative. I don't believe that at all. There will not be a significant work stoppage and there will be no salary cap.
  20. NYCTK
    I keep hearing about how the Twins have a near top farm system, and this is supported by national outlets right now. After the trade deadline a lot of folks ranked the Twins in the top or second tier of systems. And that may be accurate. However, I'm only intimately familiar with two farm systems, the Twins and Mets, and I can say the Mets system is significantly better today. Which makes this discussion about how good the Twins farm is harder to swallow. It can still be true, with the Mets a TOP tier system (1-3) and Twins behind but still significantly ahead of other teams (4-8). But it doesn't FEEL right. I tend to think of farms more like Fangraphs rankings, putting a lot more value in the top of the farm system and caring less about the 35 FV depth that fills out the minor league squads. Funny enough Fangraphs has the Mets as the 11th best system, with the Twins right behind them at #12. The Mets more plentiful top end prospects versus the Twins isn't quite outdone by the Twins depth in their ranking system. All this to say, I really struggle thinking of the Twins as a top farm system with only one top end prospect, imo.
  21. NYCTK
    Twins front office strategy is 100% just hoping their division sucks bad enough for them to win about half their games. And they're going to fail miserably.
  22. NYCTK
    If your employer exhibited pure incompetence and then tried to get you to commit to staying longer, it's not at all crazy to wait until your contract expired and risked it, especially with the additional earning potential at the end of the deal.
  23. NYCTK
    Kind of true. But even then, Petersons fastball is 2 clicks faster.
  24. NYCTK
    His velocity has always been a weakness and the Mets are one of those front offices that overly worships it. This trade is the most not happening trade in the history of this website. Both sides hate it. I keep hearing people proposing trading Twins junk for Lawlar. Lawlar was a consensus top 30 prospect last offseason and continued to hit in AAA. People here are really overrating Ober if they think he's going to return someone of his caliber just because he struggled in limited playing time in the majors. I don't even like him as a prospect, but I would be livid if the Twins traded Emmanuel Rodriguez for someone like Bailey Ober.
  25. NYCTK
    I think the value of Vientos for Ober is pretty fair, but I can tell you the Mets wouldn't be interested. Someone said they have a hole in the rotation? Kind of, but they're missing an ace. They wouldn't really be interested in a pitcher with a 5 ERA. They have plenty of options in that department.
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