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  1. NYCTK
    They won 82 games in the division featuring the worst team in MLB history. Their run differential was -33 against teams that weren't the White Sox. They played like a 77 win team in those games. And they're losing their starting RF and 1B and are still allegedly over budget. They do have some players that could feasibly perform better in 2025 like you said. But they have as many that could perform worse. I'll take the under on Buxton at 100 games. I'll take the under on Wallner 0.389 BABIP but at least his likely additional playing time should make his actual value a wash. Hopefully. I'm just saying, this team is way closer to being a 75 win team than a 90 win team. And if you're not aiming to at least be a 90 win team, you should be more concerned with future seasons than hoping fans buy into a mediocre product.
  2. NYCTK
    I think people are underestimating how mediocre this team is right now and how high the hill is in order to actually make them respectable considering we know the Pohlads are cheapass and don't want to invest any more in their asset. This team IS a 75 win team as constructed right now. And the effort to build them up to a 90 win team in one offseason with zero dollars to spend is a Herculean task. The fans are already lost as we saw at the end of last season, so what's the real risk in a proper rebuild phase? But we know the Twins are always half measure so we should expect them to shoot for 84 wins and be shocked that no fans are excited by the league's most mediocre franchise.
  3. NYCTK
    Kirby played twice as much, at a much more important defensive position with much better defense. In comparison we have people wondering if Royce can even play 3rd or if he should be viewed as a 1B or even a DH going forward. If that's actually the discussion, I'm perfectly fine trading away Royce.
  4. NYCTK
    It's not already. He's 26 in '25. He is who we think he is. Bad to mediocre defense, albeit at many positions. No power. On base skills that do not translate to major league pitching. The only thing I can imagine is him getting a bit more comfortable and the BB rate increasing slightly. But that just bumps him up from unplayable to replacement level. Zero upside with him and happy to just see him bounce up and down until they are able to replace him with anyone that possesses a decent glove.
  5. NYCTK
    The fact of the matter is the Twins farm system isn't deep enough. The prospects they'd be trading are good enough for teams wanting to trade away payroll burdens, not cost controlled talent. And we all know the Twins aren't gonna take on half of a hefty salary.
  6. NYCTK
    Yep. This organization has been bad at both roster construction and utilization. Other than that, the decision makers are doing fantastic...
  7. NYCTK
    Sure. But you're forgetting half the equation. Even though I think people are dramatically overstating Keirseys defense, we know for a fact that Austin is very bad in the OF. Not to mention his baseball IQ seemed to be single digits.
  8. NYCTK
    I mostly agree with this. He was deserving of a chance not because he was exceptional down in the minors, but because the Twins other options were clearly bad and IMO obviously worse.
  9. NYCTK
    I'm just saying that you (and maybe someone else) have brought up the fact he wasn't selected in the rule 5 draft as some sort of exoneration of the twins view of him. I'm just saying that's an extremely weak argument. There were a grand total of two position players selected last year.
  10. NYCTK
    If you only care about finances, shooting for 82 wins is a less risky way to make money. But as the twins have learned, that upsets fans and erodes your fan base and now their finances suck anyways. Hard to feel bad for them! Hopefully the pohlads lose a good $100 million annually on the team. That'd be nice.
  11. NYCTK
    There's no reason to think he'll get a real chance when they gave him 14 PAs in a season Margot led the team in OF appearances.
  12. NYCTK
    Yes and no. We all knew the twins weren't actually near the best in the league last season. There are teams that try to just squeeze into the playoffs and get lucky, and there are teams that actually try to be the best. The Twins have long been the former, never the latter.
  13. NYCTK
    Trust me, I love hating on the pohlads. Nothing I love more basically. The Twins are a loser organization striving to do nothing more than just be good enough. I will not spend a dime on the twins until the sale goes through.
  14. NYCTK
    This isn't some big strike against Keirsey. It's not like Rule 5 picks are even common. Is the argument then that no team has ever misevaluated their own internal talent?
  15. NYCTK
    Or the Twins decision makers are just humans that are no less likely to be stupid or incompetent. No grand conspiracy necessary.
  16. NYCTK
    I guess technically so. But they are a long, long ways from being an actual contender.
  17. NYCTK
    The Twins trading for Margot just showed their front office doesn't even know how to build a roster. Adding an OF that can't hit or play OF and with no options. Great job guys.
  18. NYCTK
    I feel really bad for Keirsey. Last year was his chance and for some reason his bosses gave the opportunities to terrible baseball players Margot and Martin instead. Seriously, those two pure junk players got 600 Plate Appearances while Keirsey got 14? No wonder the team stunk to high heavens. He could get more chances but last season and his age suggests he won't.
  19. NYCTK
    Marco Raya at #5 makes me laugh at this idea that the Twins currently possess a top farm system. He's a good prospect. But he's a dime a dozen if we're being honest. I wouldn't be at all disappointed to see him traded away for major league talent.
  20. NYCTK
    I don't understand some fans desire for far more rigidity in the team. If you can't pitch your best reliever in the 7th inning because he's a head case that pouts about not getting a light show, you should either spend more on sports psychiatry department, or trade his bum ass away. I'm not even saying this is the case with Duran, but this is what many Twins fans believe about him, or at least here.
  21. NYCTK
    Some things I've heard about complained here constantly: 1. Position flexibility - The Dodgers move people around the field constantly. This is what good teams do. Having a lot of players with positional flexibility is not a weakness. 2. Set Bullpen Roles - The Dodger had a good bullpen that was made better because of Roberts ability to use the better relievers in high leverage spots regardless of their innings. Take a look at Phillips and Treinen's usage and it's not limited to the 8th and 9th innings. Criticizing Rocco for managing in a way that made the Dodgers better is foolish. The players failed him more than he failed the players. And most importantly, the Dodgers got rid of Manuel Margot before he played a single game with them. Sadly, the Twins did not follow their lead :-(
  22. NYCTK
    Yankees were clearly the class of the AL, and Dodgers were clearly the class of the NL. Kind of cool that we get to see the best teams from each respective league in the World Series for the first time in a long time. That said the NL was so much stronger than the AL this year and I expect the Dodgers to outclass the Yankees, even with their weak Starting rotation. Dodgers in 5. Side note, I want desperately for the Yankees to lose and for Soto to leave in the offseason.
  23. NYCTK
    Trading for Margot was the moment the season was lost. More specifically, in ST when they realized he couldn't play defense anymore and knew they had no actual 4th OF and didn't make any effort to patch that massive hole. Everything else could be argued to be bad luck. But counting on Margot to be a contributing player for a team was when this team lost.
  24. NYCTK
    They were both terrible and neither should be opening day major leaguers.
  25. NYCTK
    You don't get the luxury of a stable job as a marginal mlb player. That's part of the deal. You play well enough, that's when you get a set position, not before. Austin is just not good enough of a player to leave at one position and hope he becomes playable.
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