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
    Well then he's already at fault for either forcing a real budget or making one up for his organization, that he runs, as president. I get everyone hates the pohlads and I'm right there with you, but why are people allowing Falvey to abdicate any responsibility?
  2. NYCTK
    Doesn't really. But I guess I'm being hopeful that it'd be a signal. If they sell neither of Ryan or Lopez nor do they upgrade at 1B I'll be laughing and calling for a further boycott of the organization.
  3. NYCTK
    If I was the president of a $300-400 million company with an absent board of directors I'd either resign or, more likely, make decisions without the larger oversight in the best interest of the organization and force their hands. If Falvey wants to blame ownership he's a loser that is fit for the job specifically because he's a lackey of ownership. And he therefore deserves the blame.
  4. NYCTK
    OK. So we agree. The Pohlads suck but Falveys failures to improve the team in the short or long term would be his own fault, not the ownership.
  5. NYCTK
    Why are you under the impression that the President of the Twins has no idea what the budget might be in 2026? Are we just infantizling everyone in the organization out of Pohlad spite? They suck, but the organization sucks because they've also hired a bunch of people that suck. People like Falvey.
  6. NYCTK
    I don't think a front office standing pat would at all be an indictment of the ownership. If Falvey neither makes moves to improve nor sells assets to improve in the future, that's an indictment of him alone.
  7. NYCTK
    If his last name wasn't Clemens I'm not convinced he would have ever made the bigs. Counting on a sub 700 ops at first base is kind of hilarious. This season is going to be rough, but let's all keep in mind they're not even trying to compete this year in the hopes of contending in future years.
  8. NYCTK
    Why should the 630 OPS guy get promoted out of the bottom of the lineup? Because you suspect he's an egotistical headcase that needs to handled like a delicate flower? I'm at the point where I want the Twins to trade him. Not because I think he's going to bring much back in value, but because I'm fully out on him as a fan and I would rather he not be on the team I support. Complaining about being asked to play 2B and then complaining how exhausted he was at the end of the 2024 season buried him in my mind. I just can't pretend as if this is someone I actually care to do well. Him sucking the last season and a half has offered quite a bit of Schadenfreude in fact. If he wants to help my baseball team win baseball games, that'd be great, but I'm not holding out any more hope for the guy and I won't really be cheering for the guy either.
  9. NYCTK
    But if his value is greatly reduced after a season in which the team does not plan on contending, why not trade him early? It makes perfect sense to trade him now which is why I fully expect them to do so.
  10. NYCTK
    He's the top dog. He's the one in charge so the idea that he doesn't know is impossible. The owners can be mad with the decisions he makes, but he is the decision maker.
  11. NYCTK
    Which fans already have. They sold 11 players at the deadline including their starting SS. They're very obviously not trying to contend in 2026. Eh, it's a RP. A smart GM should be able to replace a mediocre RP for little cost. The issue is he continued to grow and became a very good RP. If would have been very nice to have him on the 2019 roster, absolutely.
  12. NYCTK
    Willi Castro played 20 games at 5 different positions, including 3B and SS. Austin Martin cannot climb the defensive ladder to become that sort of utility player. Willi Castro he is not. A utility player that is mostly limited to LF and 2B is not a utility player but just a role player. That doesn't mean he can't be valuable in that role, but it's not utility.
  13. NYCTK
    This, this is a pet peeve, but how do so many people here get seemingly every single name wrong? You get Keirsey wrong? I get it, he's one of the worst players in franchise history and he hasn't really earned the respect of remembering how to spell his name. Keaschall? It's a bit tougher, but hopefully is a very important name and you should learn it. But come on people. You have to spell their name right to look at their BBRef page, so spell it right here.
  14. NYCTK
    He had a 1.303 WHIP and 3.71 FIP with the Twins with one more season of control. They screwed up, but the trade made sense and this wasn't some egregious error at the time. They failed to tap the full potential of a player. It happens.
  15. NYCTK
    You've been given plenty of information. We know they are in what is at a minimum a one-year rebuilding period. Use that information to make your ticket and merchandise purchase decisions. You don't need to see their financial statements in order to make these sorts of decisions.
  16. NYCTK
    Brewers traded Burns and then had the leagues best record. You keep asking these questions cause you don't like the answers, as they don't fit the narrative you've already constructed.
  17. NYCTK
    Why are Fans under some misguided belief that they should be kept in the loop on these sorts of details? Pohlads suck, but not because they are keeping a target payroll figure from the public.
  18. NYCTK
    Fedko would need to be a defensive stud to be drawing interest with those batting lines. He's neither going to be added to the 40 man nor even at risk of being selected in the Rule 5.
  19. NYCTK
    He's not great either. I think he's a perfectly fine major leaguer that is so bad on defense he should be viewed as a part time OF and DH. This idea that he was blocked and/or cheated just isn't reality. This is the life of a fringe MLB player. They have to work harder to prove their value than the hot shot 5 tool prospect. He really, truly sucked at the start of the 2024 season and the Twins were absolutely right to demote him and force him to find his swing and fight for his job again. You can argue that he should have been promoted a few weeks earlier, but if we're really fighting over those 40 plate appearances as proof that the Twins screwed him over, I think we've really lost sight of what an MLB team is supposed to be.
  20. NYCTK
    He was terrible in spring training and struck out in half of his plate appearances at the start of the season and continued to play terrible in AAA, a 620 OPS in his first 150 PAs back in St. Paul. He did then seem to make some adjustments, really cut down his Ks and his next 150 PAs he had a 1100 OPS and he earned a promotion. Like I said, he won the starting job and was the primary LF in the playoffs the year prior. He was given the playing time his performance dictated both in 2023 and 2024. Ergo, he wasn't blocked. He wasn't really any good in '22, and those AAA numbers aren't all that impressive for a defensive liability. So it makes sense that he started '23 in AAA again. He's a major league player now, and many fans here are asking to trade him because he's so bad. But we're simultaneously supposed to believe the Twins organization screwed him over because he was so clearly a good player in seasons prior. Maybe the Twins understood he was a bat only player that was going to strike out in 30% of his PAs and that really limits how valuable a player he could be.
  21. NYCTK
    2023 he won the job and was the starting LF in the ALDS, so I don't know how you can say he was blocked. He had a difficult task of becoming an everyday starter with both CF and DH tied up, and Kepler having a long track record in RF, so they only had one actual position of flexibility to even work Wallner into the lineup. And in 2024, he was given the job and played himself out of it. He was striking out in half of his plate appearances and continued to struggle when he was demoted to AAA. He then he eventually played his way back to the majors. Matt Wallner was not blocked.
  22. NYCTK
    Every team hires veterans. Like the two teams in the World Series for which these two veterans played. People here looked incredibly foolish throwing a fit about Harrison Bader and they'd likely look just as foolish over a mediocre middle infielder veteran signing. They would almost certainly be a significant upgrade over Ryan Fitzgerald just like Bader was a significant upgrade over Keirsey. No one's being blocked.
  23. NYCTK
    I don't know why so many fans are so sure of a significant work stoppage in 2027. There will not be a salary cap, and the owner's won't push too hard for one during negotiations. The big lockout in 1994 still saw them playing 113 games in the season, and 144 in the following. I don't see a more dire situation than that today. We all hate the Dodgers, but the fact is that TV viewership was up pretty significantly this season in national broadcasts for both the regular season and post-season. They especially look good in comparison to the NBA.
  24. NYCTK
    Why would anyone wanna see one of the worst pitchers in Korea on the Twins? Never mind how ****** a human he is.
  25. NYCTK
    Chicago Cubs are a very high profile free agent destination (when they want to be). New York is often the most high profile free agent landing spot for baseball players. Neither of their teams in either city have roofs and it doesn't deter anyone. Yes, the early April weather isn't as bad on average, but I also sat in Citi Field for a game that was about 40 degrees this year. Not near the 32 or whatever Target Field experienced that same night, but I'm just saying the lack of a roof is not a factor in free agents not wanting to go to Minnesota. I'm no longer there, but the 4 years or whatever it was for which I lived in the Twin Cities with Target Field, there was never a single day I wished it had a roof. And it's so annoying still hearing this tired discussion. Thank GOD Target Field doesn't have a roof.
×
×
  • Create New...