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  1. NYCTK
    If he wasn't from Minnesota there wouldn't be this irrational level of anger for shipping out a failed starter with a career WHIP higher over 1.3 and a AAA ERA over 4. Twins fans need to get over the fact that they traded away a failed starter for a very good SP prospet and a stopgap LF. Louie Varland isn't that great. He's fine and extremely replaceable.
  2. NYCTK
    Fans are so funny man. Fedko is close, but Roden, who is both younger and better, is dead weight. Last year fans speculated there were issues between Lewis and Correa. Maybe Lewis is the clubhouse cancer.
  3. NYCTK
    Competitive in the AL Central perhaps, but not in the AL at large. But that requires holding onto both Ryan and Lopez and is selling out the future in order to be a mediocre team in 2026. That sort of shortsightedness is why the Twins sucked so much these last couple seasons. It's better to just absolutely suck in 2026, fully stock those cupboards, and then go from there.
  4. NYCTK
    Yes. 100%. The only trade the Pohalds seemingly had ANY input on was Correa, and that makes sense because it required a significant financial commitment from the Twins going forward. This DOES NOT mean, like so many seem to speculate, that the trade was forced by the Pohlads.
  5. NYCTK
    The Twins aren't terrible for salary cap reasons. They're bad because of gross mismanagement. How does a salary cap change that? There will not be a salary cap come 2028, and there shouldn't be a salary cap. Fans that clamor for one are just doing the billionaire owners job for them.
  6. NYCTK
    They are almost certainly going to trade one of Ryan and Lopez in the off-season, and it will be the right decision. Just like the trade deadline sell off was the right decision. If they were well managed, they won't try to hard to compete in 2026. They'll patch holes with one year vets and let the young players figure things out at the major league level, all building towards 2027 with the small possibility of relevancy in 2026.
  7. NYCTK
    Twins now 4.5 games "behind" the Pirates. 3rd is probably the lowest they fall in the draft order odds. I don't think they're actually worse than the Pirates.
  8. NYCTK
    Only a game "behind" the A's in the tank standings. Go As!
  9. NYCTK
    Something is clearly wrong with his approach. In high leverage situations he's hitting into a IF popup a full quarter of the time. That's 2x as high as it should be given his profile. He's making an effort to lift the ball, and doing a terrible job.
  10. NYCTK
    We shouldn't expect him to be a 95 OPS+ guy. He's a career 80 OPS+ guy. And he's been that ever since his hot 3 weeks in May. Anyone expecting anything but a replacement level player from Clemens is asking too much.
  11. NYCTK
    I can guarantee you that they are NOT giving up on Rojas as a starter at the age of 23 because of 4 rough AAA starts. I think it's probably right that he's not ready for AAA quite yet. But he'll spend time in AAA next year, and then go from there.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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
  16. 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?
  17. NYCTK
    A Twins Brewers Tigers Blue Jays division is more likely than the Cubs and Cardinals being separated.
  18. 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.
  19. NYCTK
    There should be an NRI for Hatch. There should not be a spot held for a pitcher with more BB than K.
  20. 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)
  21. 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.
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. 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.
  25. 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.
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