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  1. NYCTK
    Oh, idk, maybe the 2024 opening day lineup? Or how about the 2023 playoff lineups? Do those count?
  2. NYCTK
    Yeah. Totally. We all love to get mad that the GM won't cut a player before they've played a single inning.
  3. NYCTK
    That's not remotely true. With Austin Martin, for example, he sucked everywhere so they kept moving him trying to find him a home.
  4. NYCTK
    '..that being said I just know in my heart that the Twins will never cut him when he inevitably sucks' Subtext is all there. Based on Manuel Margot, you're assuming that there is no lengths that the Twins won't go to in order to keep a player you believe will suck (without good reason). You've all apparently convinced yourself that Rodriguez is blocked all season due to the presence of a 4th OF that makes more than the league minimum.
  5. NYCTK
    Absolutely ridiculous for anyone to say the second catcher on the depth chart is the #2 catcher. Anyone that thinks that is stupid.
  6. NYCTK
    How dare I suggest the Twins #2 catcher is the Twins #2 catcher. I must be an idiot.
  7. NYCTK
    Martin. Great. Can't wait to see him fail at one final position before he's sent back to the minors for good. I just don't see what Martin excels at. His defense wasn't great at 2B but that was in limited time, so maybe that's his calling and his position. But ultimately, the other 3 guys competing for 2B all seem to be better baseball players than him. The only reason Martin is in the discussion is because he was a first round draft pick. To me, he's third in line for the job. AAA peripherals BB% K% ISO BABIP Eeles 12.7% 14.6% 0.201 0.331 Lee 8.9% 15.6% 0.234 0.275 Martin 16.8% 15.2% 0.120 0.315 Julien 19.4% 28.5% 0.182 0.371
  8. NYCTK
    Clever, if the Mets didn't replace him with a near identical archetype, as the starting CF no less. But not everyone can be as picky and choosey as those high and mighty Twins.
  9. NYCTK
    No, probably not. Everyone here has been throwing out wild and dumb ideas about how to get rid of the salaries of Paddack and Vazquez but the fact is, other teams view those contracts the same as the Twins. Why would THEY want them? Nick Pavetta is still a free agent and you think a team wants to trade for the pleasure of paying Paddack? Jose Quintana pitched two great outings in the NL playoffs and still doesn't have a home. But let's say you even did get a team to take Paddack on and signed, for example, Michael Conforto. Ok. You still need a 4th OF. You still need a 1B, unless you're now throwing Larnach or Wallner into that competition and calling it good. And you're now down an arm, albeit an entirely unreliable one. Is that really a better team?
  10. NYCTK
    Like I said, you're already wanting to cut Bader.
  11. NYCTK
    It's February 12th and Twins "fans" are already trying to DFA a bona fide major leaguer because they don't like how much money he makes. Looking at the depth chart, you'd have to have zero understanding of the game of baseball to think he should be dislodged. Manuel Margot had no bigger hater than myself. But y'all have been so scarred by him that you've become delusional.
  12. NYCTK
    I just don't even know what you or others mean by "floor setting" anymore. Does that just mean short term deal? Because after it's been used to describe every single Twins veteran player they brought in it obviously doesn't mean low risk low reward.
  13. NYCTK
    They both suck, but somehow even Margot was better in the field so I understand it to some degree. But yeah, I agree with you. The fact that they even broke camp with Margot after he showed Rocco he couldn't play CF was a failure. Don't know who's more to blame, Front Office or Rocco, but the teams leadership and decision making clearly sucks. Keirsey could play at a minimum a competent CF and should have gotten more than the 3 games or whatever it is he got last season.
  14. NYCTK
    Complete hogwash. You think the Twins didn't try to give him instruction in his time with the organization? Are you under the impression coaches aren't present in the minors? And completely glosses over the fact that he also sucked in LF. He's not an OF. Nothing wrong with that, but that means he's running out of options. It's 2B or bust for him at this point.
  15. NYCTK
    They really don't. Especially when he's proven pretty inept at every defensive position he's been placed. Maybe 2B will get better and he's no longer a liability defensively at some point. Until then, he is not even a replacement level MLB player. This is certainly possible, but has nothing to do with Martin and everything to do with their organization wide inability to field a 2B. Eventually, SOMEONE must step up. But I'll bet money against it being Martin.
  16. NYCTK
    One down year? Alright, I better not see you with any high hopes for Royce then. And I don't really disagree with you about Miranda having better odds of being a good hitter. But...that's actually chasing the floor which you're so opposed to. Miranda is still going to get plenty of playing time and there's no guarantee Ty France is even on the roster come April. So...who really cares about the Twins doing what you want and chasing a high risk upside. Stranger things have happened?
  17. NYCTK
    Which makes this a fine deal, and makes anyone overreacting look ridiculous...
  18. NYCTK
    Bader in CF cause Buxton is hurt. Or Larnach is hurt. Or Wallner is hurt. Or Mirana is hurt. Or Wallner's K rate blew up to 50% again and they sent him down to AAA to get right again. Etc etc. Seriously, have you guys never watched MLB before? There's never ONE set lineup.
  19. NYCTK
    This is confusing to me. Because this is, to me, not a floor move at all. They're taking a chance on a high upside. We can disagree with them on that but Ty France was, at his best, better than Miranda has ever shown.
  20. NYCTK
    Not necessarily done, but there's no real use for him on a team with Willi Castro. He has no upside with the bat and we know he can't play the OF. So he's at best a slappy 2B/3B/PR. A fine guy to keep on the 40 man roster and move up and down as needed in the bigs but I don't care in the least that he's losing playing time. In fact, it pleases me.
  21. NYCTK
    No real harm in making two bad players compete for a job.
  22. NYCTK
    Martin was given a huge chance last season and he sucked it up.
  23. NYCTK
    Well, Ty France sucks. But it looked like the Twins were breaking camp with either Austin Martin or Micky Gasper on the roster. And they also suck. So now there's more competition for players to be the player that sucks the least?
  24. NYCTK
    Especially when one of the singings was objectively good...
  25. NYCTK
    Margot wasn't a failure because he sucked at the plate. Margot was a failure because he couldn't play defense. This is just a foolish way to look at how rosters are constructed. Is Vazquez rostered to keep Jeffers shackled?
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