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  1. NYCTK
    Royce Lewis is a great example of why complaining about roster flexibility is just complaining for the sake of complaining. He didn't get moved off of 3B because of some sort of organizational adherence to making everyone a utility infielder. He lost his 3B job because he couldn't hit and was demoted, and while he was down in AAA someone else stepped up and won that position. Calling him back up was the right decision, but why would the Twins then shift back to their old (significantly worse) positional alignment for the sake of positional familiarity of the guy who was just demoted? He fully epitomizes how a good player gets position security and a fringe player doesn't, and shouldn't.
  2. NYCTK
    No. It very obviously was not well placed. It was very obviously misplaced from day one. They ended up paying about $5 million for about 3 WAR production, one of the few "victories" of the 2025 season.
  3. NYCTK
    Well, considering the stink that was made about Harrison Bader and Ty France before the 2025 season, which had real expectations going in, I don't agree that that's the case. It's more from this misconceived notion that the Twins could simply refuse to hire any of these lower tier veterans and instead just pool all that money together and get a $100+ million free agent.
  4. NYCTK
    It's less that than it is that people on this website consistently underestimate the value and necessity of mediocre, role playing veterans. I do think the information asymmetry between fans and front offices in the Statcast era is pretty slim.
  5. NYCTK
    I don't think he is out of options next year, unless they option him this year, which they haven't done yet this season to my knowledge. So they are likely keeping that in consideration as well.
  6. NYCTK
    Did this website get bought by the Pohlads? Even the satire is spitting out Pro-Pohlad propaganda? Come on.
  7. NYCTK
    That additional ~50 million in revenue would be nice. But why worry about that when you can just cry poor, cross your fingers, and then get the fans to hype up 8 million in spending?
  8. NYCTK
    The AL at large is just so bad this season. Three good teams and then a bunch of mediocrity. Had the Pohlads strived to put forth a good product the past couple years instead of focusing on selling shares of ownership they probably could have set themselves to be in a great position to contend for the pennant. Alas!
  9. NYCTK
    You're commenting under an article titled "Tom Pohlad Commits to Higher Twins Payroll in 2027", posted shortly after the articles titled "Tom Pohlad Promised He Wasn't a "Half Measures" Guy. This Trade Deadline Proved It." and "The Twins Have Never Before Spent Like This at a Trade Deadline". Yeah. The PR job is easy. We just saw how easy it is, with the independent fan run website is now running PR for him. Baseball relies on optimism so all he has to do is wave at it and the fans will latch on.
  10. NYCTK
    A lot of easy marks in this country, very susceptible to basic marketing from billionaires. Why anyone would ever give Mr Pohlad the benefit of the doubt when this organization has been run into the ground by a series of Mr Pohlads is just unfathomable. It's not even just the payroll. This organization is a joke and has been since 1992 basically. We saw moments of exceptions, but mostly thanks to natural ebbs and flows of major league baseball. But, no, sure, I'm sure if we just give Mr Pohlad a chance he can fix all the mistakes or Mr Pohlad.
  11. NYCTK
    This is true, but also all the more reason a salary cap isn't going to fix this perceived lack of competitiveness in MLB. There will always be "dynasties" that pop up. We just happen to be in the second MLB dynasty in 30 years, being the Yankees and the Astros, and it's perfectly timed for the owner-initiated lockout and owner threatened 2027 season.
  12. NYCTK
    Sure. With it, but I don't see any evidence it's BECAUSE of it. Second most popular league in the country is college football so I don't attribute any of NFLs success to their strict salary cap rules.
  13. NYCTK
    Only in exchange for more money from the wealthier owners. Socialism for the owners, while ironically simultaneously making sure to fund the politicians that tell voters how evil socialism is. But more infuriating, extorting local governments for public funding for their valuable assets.
  14. NYCTK
    Remember the proper framing. The owners are the only ones threatening 2027 baseball. They are holding it hostage, demanding a salary cap, and it's not on the MLBPA to accept it without commensurate benefits. The MLBPA's only responsibility is to negotiate the new CBA in good faith, whereas we've already seen the owner's publicly negotiating in bad faith.
  15. NYCTK
    We'd see an increase in revenue sharing. While the Twins get something like $200 million from the bigger teams this season, it'd likely need to near double in order to allow that sort of spending.
  16. NYCTK
    This is a massive indictment of the organization more than it is something worthy of praise. They had a decent deadline, not over-committing with what many of us still recognize as a very flawed team, but giving their players a chance to go through that finish line. But let's not go crazy in praising the Pohalds guys.
  17. NYCTK
    Fair criticism. As decent as this was, there was no creativity. Selling Jeffers while buying arms or that Neto rumor? That's the action that would be deserving of praise. This merely gets a golf clap from me. Happy to watch the rest of the season but not expecting much.
  18. NYCTK
    This is how I feel too. Everyone, selfishly and understandably, hates the disparity and wish it were rectified. But what everyone refuses to admit is Goliath improves the sport. It gives the casual baseball fans an entry into the sport and gives the hardcore fans someone to collectively root against. Not a chance in the world I would give up baseball for a season so that the cheap owners are able to "level the playing field" (but more importantly improve their net worth).
  19. NYCTK
    Anyone supporting the owners as they lockout the sport is a fool.
  20. NYCTK
    This BOTH SIDES nonsense is no less lazy here than it is when people repeat it in politics. It seems on its surface reasonable and enlightened but almost always reflects the opinions of someone too fed up to actually investigate the issue. You say this in response to the owners running a full court press, utilizing their TV Network and Social Media outlets for fan propagandizing. What have the MLBPA done that is even remotely similar? Can you identify a single advertisement they've placed?
  21. NYCTK
    The cheap owners are all going to be supporting the Dodgers. They want the narrative so they can put in a big push for a cap to help their bottom lines. So much so, I kind of buy into the conspiracy that the Tigers took less to help the Dodgers for this reason.
  22. NYCTK
    Are you willing to support the owners lockout and forfeit a full year of MLB so that the owners can get their salary cap?
  23. NYCTK
    The 2026 Twins show why no one should freak out about the state of the bullpen in March, and why the massive sell-off last trade deadline was the right decision, even if we'd like a mulligan on the Varland trade specifically. Without expending much capital, Hill and change, the Twins have completely overhauled their bullpen. 4 of their top 6 arms added mid-season. Is it great? Nah, but they advanced from crap to adequate. Props to the front office for that.
  24. NYCTK
    This is why people say you don't fret too much about the bullpen in the offseason and start of the season. 4 of the top 6 guys are midseason acquisitions, and not for a whole lot of capital. Pretty well done by the Twins front office.
  25. NYCTK
    I think it's brave and noble of the pohlads to dig into their ~$25 million profit to spend a little bit to somewhat improve the entertainment product they inherited.
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