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  1. NYCTK
    We also need to remember that pitching is SO MUCH better now that 20, 40, or 60 years ago. Average fastball is so much faster. Average breaking pitch has so much more break. Maybe everyone's just as good a bunter, but bunting is just way more difficult these days.
  2. NYCTK
    People here trying to recreate Tom Kelly's hitting philosophy that drove Big Papi to become a hall of famer with the Red Sox.
  3. NYCTK
    Especially these days, when teams are assessing carefully pitcher arsenals and many teams have specific pitches they like to try to add. If they're working on adding a pitch, or training sequencing, better to do so in AAA.
  4. NYCTK
    Fans are fickle. Fact is, Fedko is something like 11th on the organizational OF depth chart: Buxton Wallner (Roden) Larnach Outman Martin Jenkins Rodriguez Gonzalez Mendez Fedko Keirsey McCusker
  5. NYCTK
    They're the same age, Fedko slightly older, and Roden has been better than Fedko every step of his career. But you're willing to fully quit on Roden. Because why?
  6. NYCTK
    A Twins Brewers Tigers Blue Jays division is more likely than the Cubs and Cardinals being separated.
  7. NYCTK
    Positive in the fWAR calculation as well. He's good enough to hold it down next year. But I'd make sure to have a reliable MIF on the bench. And then, hopefully Culpepper eventually takes his job and either pushes him to 2B/3B and maybe Lewis to 1B or Keaschall to LF. Or maybe it becomes clear he's just a decent IF that should be a bench role player regardless. He can still be valuable. He's not a lost cause like Austin Martin yet.
  8. NYCTK
    There should be an NRI for Hatch. There should not be a spot held for a pitcher with more BB than K.
  9. NYCTK
    Trevor Plouffe's Realignment Proposal - EAST - Northeast: NYY, NYM, BOS, TOR Atlantic: PHI, WSN, PIT, BAL Midwest: CIN, CLE, DET, STL Southeast: MIA, TBR, ATL, NSH WEST - Pacific: LAD, SDP, SFG, LAA Southwest: ARI, TEX, HOU, KCR Great Lakes: MIN, MIL, CHC, CHW Mountain: COL, SEA, LVA, (por/slc/van)
  10. NYCTK
    In my mind, a coach's son is no less likely to be a spoiled idiot lacking work ethic or industry specific IQ than anyone else. And this is pretty obvious to anyone that's played with a coach's son, or done business with the boss's son. So, yeah, I really, truly don't care about his dad's profession. Nor should anyone else.
  11. NYCTK
    The only advantage to SLC is the proximity to Denver, creating a regional pair...and I guess the general beauty of SLC and the inhabitants therein.
  12. NYCTK
    You are right, I am dismissing it, because it's nothing but a baseless theory. BTW, the Pohalds are descendents of an, admittedly, very successful businessman. Does that mean we should expect greatness from them? They have that inherent Business IQ after all.
  13. NYCTK
    I really don't know how the lore of him being a coach's son became at all a thing. That's as relevant as my work experience during the summers while in college. It's not Cal Poly is even that great a program. They've won a middling conference once.
  14. NYCTK
    No. I can't imagine they'd be interested enough in Twins baseball enough to travel there for 7 games that the Brewers aren't playing.
  15. NYCTK
    Just because only one of the Mets/Yankees/Red Sox/Phillies could win that hypothetical division doesn't mean the others can't still make the playoffs. Wild cards wouldn't disappear, the playoffs won't shrink as much as I might want that. However, MLB could go from 6 Mets/Yankees games a year to 14. And 14 Phillies/Yankees and 14 Mets/Red Sox. The hope is more regionally driven rivalries could give a big boost to the league, not to mention a radical realignment creating intrigue to the more passive fans. I think this sort of shake up is a great idea. The Twins have no historically significant rivalries and I don't fear missing out on competing with anyone inside the current AL Central. They can easily preserve the rivalries deemed important (NYY/BOS, CHC/STL, LAD/SFG) and amplify some more (NYY/NYM, CHC/CHW, LAA/LAD, MIN/MIL) while creating new ones in the process.
  16. NYCTK
    Eh, I don't think that's an entirely fair way of judging things. I look it in terms of who actually achieves success. I believe there have been 13 different winners and 19 of the 30 teams that have made the World Series in the last 20 years. This is actually the exact same as the NFL that has also seen 13 different winners are 19 different participants, which technically means less parity since they have more teams, but call it even. MLB has the same "parity" as the any-given-sunday NFL. The salary cap is nothing but an answer in search of a problem. The owners want it for obvious reasons. And the fans are susceptible to propaganda.
  17. NYCTK
    He's on a roll. 3 terrible opinions, and this one is also paired with a "fact" that makes no sense. Why would it be the players that are against revenue sharing between teams. Your ire should be directed at either the richer owners for being against it, or the "poorer" owners for just pocketing the revenue sharing as it is and refusing to use it to try to compete.
  18. NYCTK
    It's a major oversight for the author not to include his huge propensity to strikeout as a reason for concern, especially when one of the biggest strengths is that he's an "on-base machine". We saw this sort of high walk rate with a massive strikeout rate with Julien coming up, and then we saw how it plays out in the majors. It's a too patient hitter, constantly falling behind in counts and watching a lot of strike 3s. Now, if Julien were a plus defender at SS none of us would actually mind, so there is a real chance for Rodriguez to still be a valuable player. Not to mention, he could be a true power bat with these massive K rates and on base skills and good defense. And we have...Joey Gallo. So, he could be good, or even very good, but he's guaranteed to be an extremely frustrating player.
  19. NYCTK
    Wow, another contender for worst comment of the year.
  20. NYCTK
    Busting the MLBPA is perhaps the worst opinion I've read on this website. Somehow even worse than Pohald defenders.
  21. NYCTK
    I'm not saying he should have that level of control. I'm saying the Twins failed to add anything at the 2024 deadline (and the 2023 deadline) and I can imagine that having a deflating effect on the moral of the team. I can imagine Correa buying into the Twins...and then throwing up his hands after the Twins front office decided not to support the players. I've been a "trade Correa" guy for a year, so I'm not even trying to defend him.
  22. NYCTK
    As it pertains to Correa, I think he probably did view himself as a clubhouse leader and cared about the culture and mood of the team...right up until the 2024 trade deadline. It was reported that he provided a list of players to Falvey that he wanted to see the Twins target, and after seeing them bring in a complete nobody, I can imagine him quitting on the organization. Even though he actually performed well in the second half, I think it's feasible that the trade deadline broke the camaraderie and culture of the Twins clubhouse. I'm only a fan, and that's the point I quit on the organization, so I can only imagine how much worse it would be inside the locker room.
  23. NYCTK
    Let's Go (whoever is playing the) Twins!
  24. NYCTK
    Idk what you're referring to with this. During last negotiations mlbpa basically doubled minor league pay.
  25. NYCTK
    Screw a salary cap. They lack of a salary cap is NOT why the Twins suck. It's not in the top 20 reasons.
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