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  1. NYCTK
    The Pohlad family really is a perfect illustration for the phenomenon where generational wealth is squandered in three generations. Just a bunch of rich idiots that somehow think they're geniuses because of their bank account. Tom's no better than Joe. I can't wait to see his terrible team fail to fail to be competitive in the worst division in baseball.
  2. NYCTK
    With everything going on, the entire world is looking at Minneapolis with adoration due to the extreme courage and resilience the city is showing. And I'm again struck by how cruel it is that this metro hasn't been blessed with a championship in 127 seasons between the 4 major leagues. The people of the Twin Cities deserve so much better. I'm not optimistic this is the beginning of that unfortunately. As long as the Pohlads are in charge, there's little hope to be had.
  3. NYCTK
    Now that he's signed...the Twins should trade Joe Ryan.
  4. NYCTK
    Complaining to the media about being asked to play 2B. Complaining to the media about the hitting coaches attempts at coaching. No, I'm the problem. Royce is just fine. You people will keep making excuses for Royce until the cows come home.
  5. NYCTK
    True. It is less eye-roll inducing than when people kept bringing up the fact that Brooks Lee's dad is a baseball coach last season, but equally useless.
  6. NYCTK
    Even the idea of this article is pretty misguided. Brooks Lee is in this "pipeline". Culpepper is in the "pipeline". Anyone playing SS is in the 2B "pipeline". Everyone except for diva #1 overall picks.
  7. NYCTK
    Almost missed this comment! We're dealing with a big ole winter storm like everyone else, and let me tell you I can't stand ice. I ****ing hate ice. I look forward to a day in the future when ice no longer exists in our communities. Twins couldn't have gotten Tong AND Williams. It's pretty clear they view them both as highly coveted. And regardless of it being two years, I don't think they could have gotten Sproat without something else sent back like the Brewers did. It could have been someone like Wenniger and Williams perhaps? Or Tong and Suero?
  8. NYCTK
    Dick was a massive homer, as he should be, but he was an honest observer of the game. Provus is just a propagandist for the organization.
  9. NYCTK
    I'm not saying he doesn't. I love Dick...um...you know what I mean. I just understand the Twins don't actually give a **** about him. They threw him off the air and are now capitilizing on him. The Twins Hall of Fame is not some virtuous thing. It's an event to sell more tickets. And the Pohalds don't deserve anyone's money.
  10. NYCTK
    You also have to remember the Mets got back a good (not great) arm in return. Not too different in profile from Sproat himself. It's more of a Jett Williams for Freddy Peralta trade than people would like to admit.
  11. NYCTK
    Funny comment considering the article is from Thursday. Time: How does it work? Any excuse to complain.
  12. NYCTK
    This organization unceremoniously canned his ass and now wants to bring in fans by celebrating him. Whoopdeedoo
  13. NYCTK
    They were both contributing players on one of the best teams in baseball AFTER Burnes would have been long gone. You could try to make the argument that a compensation pick would be preferable, but it's not like that trade hurt them. Obviously. I think you're right that they should have gotten more for Burnes. They got more for Peralta, but then again, they did have to package him with another pitcher.
  14. NYCTK
    Checking in on this, I was 2 for 2 actually. I'm not just some dummy!
  15. NYCTK
    Well thankfully that has been addressed...
  16. NYCTK
    Ha, I realized this about 5 minutes ago and just edited my comment. My bad!
  17. NYCTK
    Ryan and Lopez are free agents before the next CBA negotiation begins, so it seems like they're just all without any sort of strategy regardless of that agreement. Edit: Or not? I think my timeline is messed up.
  18. NYCTK
    As a Twins AND Mets fan, I was trying to will Jett for Ryan into existence. Jett on the Twins would have been such a shot in the arm to the franchise that is pretty lacking in MLB ready talent. Top tier positional flexibility, probably good enough to the be starting day SS for the Twins and ability to move off of it when pushed. But sure, having Ryan for a 72 win season with what will probably be near a 4.00 ERA thanks to the Twins horseshit defense, that's pretty cool too. I'm sure the fans will really show up for that.
  19. NYCTK
    Looking over at the Brewers and seeing how a well managed team trades away their "ace" in order to bring in talent to the organization. The Brewers adding two top 100 prospects from the Mets, they now arguably have the best farm system in baseball. What a concept! Seriously, this team blows and the fact that they held onto both Ryan and Lopez just tells me this organization has no interest in ever contending. A loser organization, top to bottom.
  20. NYCTK
    Freddy Peralta isn't that incomparable to Joe Ryan, and the Brewers just got 2 top 100 prospects for him. Twins could have been honest about this team, been on the phones and received 3 or more quality prospects into the system. Instead we're looking at another 90 loss team with no real short or long term hope.
  21. NYCTK
    I'll always defend Funderburk because he's the exact type of pitcher that was burned by the Twins terrible defense last year. I remember how Trevor Larnach hilariously turned two flyballs into 6 TB and 4 ER in back to back pitches.
  22. NYCTK
    Fans are often misguided. This was a great trade for the Brewers. Sproat isn't that special, a #3 in the rotation at best. But Jett Williams is the exact type of player that has turned the Brewers into perennial contenders, and the exact type of player that fans love to watch. Compare to the Sonny Gray trade and you see just how well the Brewers did on this trade.
  23. NYCTK
    He can also get sent to a strong contender come the end of July. Not a bad position for him. No he wasn't. He's no star, but is reasonable RP depth with options. No one was DFAing him.
  24. NYCTK
    This is just cope, man. Are you under the impression that prospect evaluators ignore stats, defense, and positional scarcity? People like myself and many others here have been warning people not to get too hyped about people like Culpepper and Gonzalez. Heck, one year ago no one here even liked Gonzalez, and for good reason. A below average defensive corner OF that doesn't project to walk much. His contact skills need to keep trending up, and that power needs to play. You're right that it's a weird, biased process. But, ballpark, they tend to get it right. And Baseball America didn't even rank Gonzalez in the Top 100 for those reasons. I just do not think there's anything special about the Twins farm system, with the exception of Walker Jenkins. Which isn't to say it's bad. It's just fine.
  25. NYCTK
    I think you're reading too much into it. It's more so that the Twins youth just isn't that good (or ready) either. Baseball America released their top 100 today, and Jenkins is the only one in the top 55 prospects, sitting at #5 actually, proving once again he's the guy worth getting excited about. Meanwhile, Rodriguez is just under 60 and then Culpepper is I think 74, having also failed to make the MLB pipeline's top 10 SS prospects this morning. The Twins minor league system is not bursting with MLB ready talent.
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