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  1. NYCTK
    Pure cope.
  2. NYCTK
    Austin Martin was arguably even worse than Margot last season.
  3. NYCTK
    If you're defining it post facto, Buxton. But that's a stupid thing to do. I will bet money that Bader is not the starting LF on opening day (bet is null if against a LHP).
  4. NYCTK
    So, you'd rather dedicate two roster spots as a solution to the Twins OF problems (which are defense, Buxtons impending injury, and THEN LHP) instead of one? You understand there are really only 3 bench spots, right? 4 to play with if you wanna include a flexible DH. Who's ever led anyone to believe he's any good? I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and say he could potentially be a league average defensive CF. Whereas the Twins current 4th OF is now, I'd argue, a better defensive CF than Buxton. Now, that doesn't mean Keirsey couldn't be be an acceptable 4th OF, more so with a dependable CF which the Twins do not have, but we also have no reason to believe he'd hit even as well as the player you said cannot hit, and you grant would not be of much value as a platoon partner for Larnach. Fun Fact: Bader his as many HR as Grichuk last season.
  5. NYCTK
    LOL. Just fully baseless conjecture. And you constantly ignore the fact that Martin as played many, many innings in the OF. He wasn't just thrown into the OF despite how many times you suggest this is the case.
  6. NYCTK
    Who knew allowing a hitter to hit would turn out with fantastic results? That's all I'm saying. I can assure you the Red Sox didn't coach Big Papi to hit for a higher average. And the Twins shouldn't try to teach Wallner to hit for higher average. There's also the syringe background of it all...
  7. NYCTK
    Trying to turn a big lefty masher into a slappy all-fields hitter isn't exactly doing anyone any favors. Twins screwed the pooch with David Ortiz. Tom Kelly screwed the pooch with David Ortiz.
  8. NYCTK
    I don't believe that's where his line will be with a more complete season under the belt. Nothing wrong with a 235/350/480 line, though his bad defense will limit his value. ZIPS similarly has him at 241/339/455, so I'm more optimistic on him than the premier projection model.
  9. NYCTK
    That'd be further disservice to Wallner. I'm not his biggest supporter, but he has a very clear skillset and he does excel at it. Hitting for average should not try to be coached to him. That type of foolishness is why David Ortiz does not look fondly back at his time with the Minnesota Twins.
  10. NYCTK
    I would never...
  11. NYCTK
    I know it's boring, but you have to pick Ohtani for MVP. You simply must. It's like not picking LeBron at his peak just because you want to pick someone else. Even if Ohtani doesn't win the award, there's like a 50% chance he's, by far, the best player.
  12. NYCTK
    If a batter can't find a groove because they're moved around in the order, that player is a head case and that's not on the manager. If a player is so fragile they must be coddled, that player sucks. I've heard this complaint so much, as well as Rocco moving players around the field, and they're just the worst complaints. As if Matt Wallner can't hit because he showed up to work and he was placed in the 8th spot in the batting order versus the 6th spot? Likewise with someone like Miranda, who played some games at 1B, as if THAT'S the reason he couldn't hit in the last two months of the season? Give me a break.
  13. NYCTK
    Wallner batting leadoff would be a disservice to him, and get him undue heat from fans. Fans don't want to see a .235 batting average to lead off the game, even if that same average did have a .350 OBP paired with it.
  14. NYCTK
    He very much does not. That's why he was DFAd and claimed four separate times last year. Why would a team trade anything of value for a caliber of reliever they know is going to be available throughout the season for a simple waiver claim?
  15. NYCTK
    Well. Now he just earn tons of money with an online grift. Blame cancel culture, or wokeness. Could be on CNN within weeks. This country loves a con man.
  16. NYCTK
    In our post-truth world you should always just lie. You got caught red-handed? No you didn't. Those were individuals were obviously involved in a conspiracy against you. Where's the evidence of the conspiracy? The evidence is the persecution. Timeline doesn't match up? Just keep lying and eventually people will get exhausted and stop asking. Is it good? No, but it's American as apple pie.
  17. NYCTK
    Career bWAR through age 25 season - Gaetti: 7.8 Gagne: 4.6 Viola: 5.4 Martin: -1.0 While it's true that those players struggled a little bit when they first came up, it's not really comparable. They were all 21-22 years old, ages when they ARE still a bit green of thumb and growing as players, and in the cases of Gaetti and Gagne, they only struggled in initial cups of coffee, showing real value as soon as they received significant playing time. Austin Martin was a 25 year old rookie, given significant playing time, and didn't excel at anything. There's no reason to believe he has any real upside. The only reason he's even in the majors is because of his resume as a 1st round draft pick and notable piece in a big trade.
  18. NYCTK
    Good players can pick it up just fine. It's baseball, not a foreign language. Just look at Jackson Merrill. Celestino didn't fail because he sucked in CF. He was pretty meh, but he failed because he couldn't hit. Austin Martin, similarly, isn't some victim of being moved around and unable to settle into a position. He's failed to produce well enough to get very high at any position on the depth chart, so his only chance to play is as a utility guy. He hasn't earned the right to be the starting 2B any more than Julien, Lee, or everybody's favorite Eeles! There's no evidence that Austin Martin will be able to hit significantly better than last season if he just got to stay at 2B, just warrantless desires.
  19. NYCTK
    True, both losing playing time to the far inferior Austin Martin. Fingers crossed this is the case.
  20. NYCTK
    I get giving Keirsey time out of CF. Maybe that's the only reason. Or, maybe Rocco is actually naive enough to actually think Martin can become a competent CF. Eeles! Eeles! Eeles!
  21. NYCTK
    Brock Stewart on the IL? I'm shocked!
  22. NYCTK
    What has Martin done to earn the chance to settle into 2B? Unless I'm misunderstanding and you mean that even in the minors to settle into the position and see if he can become a good defender there. Honestly, his best case scenario seems to be a 250/330/350 hitter with average 2B defense. He has zero upside. He's a significantly worse Luis Guillorme. I want to see Julien, Lee, or Eeles beat him out.
  23. NYCTK
    Plus, plenty of people are able to disguise their real personality or their ugliness under a persona. We were all of us convinced Puckett was a really good dude. And we were all proven to be wrong. Impossible to know, so fruitless to speculate.
  24. NYCTK
    This is the thing that keeps getting me. People here keep repeating this idea that he's still learning the position. As if he's brand new to baseball and never set foot in the outfield in his life. You either are instinctually good at certain things or you aren't. You can't LEARN to get better jumps on balls after a certain point. Another 200 innings in CF isn't gonna cause something to click. Jackson Merrill had never played the OF as a professional before last Spring Training, and because he's a great ballplayer with great instincts and Baseball IQ, he was almost immediately a great defender out there. Austin Martin is not Jackson Merrill. Sad thing, he's probably not even Payton Eeles. Only reason he's on the 40 man roster is because he was a 1st round draft pick and was the return of a higher profile trade.
  25. NYCTK
    Lol. Jfc. If this is a serious opinion and not just a manager talking to reporters, Rocco should be fired immediately. I'll give the benefit of the doubt and say it's just a manager hyping up one of his players. But Austin Martin has amongst the worst instincts in the OF I've ever seen. Is Rocco seriously dumb enough just to be tricked by just athleticism?
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