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  1. NYCTK
    Alonso. And he's not signing with the Twins.
  2. NYCTK
    More depth? Where? OF they lost Kepler and Margot (no loss there) but added...Emmanuel Rodriguez in the mid summer potentially? IF they lost Santana, Kiriloff, and Farmer and added...Mickey Gasper? Starting rotation is pretty deep, but was last year too. This team was mediocre, if not outright bad, last year and have made no effort to improve other than cross their fingers.
  3. NYCTK
    I'd say this is the reason. There's no real public interest so there's not much in terms of reporters inquiring.
  4. NYCTK
    I get what you're saying but this specific wording makes me laugh. I think the multi billionaires will be OK without any of our money.
  5. NYCTK
    There's no economic reason. There's no incentive. This fear is 100% unwarranted.
  6. NYCTK
    I can appreciate the desire to have the conversation. I just think it is entirely a waste of time. You get rid of him, ok, and then you have to pay his replacement. I know backup catchers are cheaper than other positions, but they're not nothing. And who's to say they'd be as good/dependable as the 31st best catcher in baseball last season? How many games did he play in the 2023 playoffs?
  7. NYCTK
    A row? Such restraint. Well done!
  8. NYCTK
    Are you paying the Pohald's 10 million for his salary? If we're being completely honest the only reason you have an issue with our backup catcher is because the Pohlads are cheap and you're desperately trying to cut payroll on their behalf. As it is, it's not actually easy to both move him and his salary and then replace his decent production (for a backup catcher).
  9. NYCTK
    Of course not, but I also try to remain honest about them. Even if I'm the most down on Wallner on the entire website, I don't mind the guy. Same with Royce, although his clubhouse issues are concerning to me going forward. And he is. He's a perfectly fine backup catcher, of which he is one. The ironic thing is I'm not even a fan of his.
  10. NYCTK
    Sounds like your issue should be with Baldelli and/or Jeffers, not the backup catcher Vazquez. And you're saying he's even better than I am, the 22nd best catcher. Pretty good for someone that "isn't an MLB catcher" if we're being honest.
  11. NYCTK
    Especially a backup catcher. Most fans can't even name their team's backup catcher. And even so, Vazquez was 31st in the league last year in fWAR amongst the 60 catchers with at least 100 PAs. It's not his fault the Twins gave him an over market contract and their owner's are such cheap losers that the fans are fretting over $10 million in expenses in an $11 B industry.
  12. NYCTK
    Well, as we know the Twins aren't particularly interested in that. So we're good.
  13. NYCTK
    This comes as a huge shock to Vazquez who has caught nearly 7000 innings in MLB.
  14. NYCTK
    I think everyone should ignore Gasper as C as you did Farmer as C.
  15. NYCTK
    Twins league rank in fWAR and wRC+ SS: 6th 4th CF: 6th 3rd 3B: 16th 10th
  16. NYCTK
    If we increase that threshold to just 105, he didn't. The guy can't stay on the field, there's nothing controversial to that statement. And thats true for the 2nd "most valuable" player on the team as well.
  17. NYCTK
    Royce is right there with him. Oooh. Good comparison. I obviously understand why Royce is viewed higher. But man on man, I just can't get excited for a guy that got seriously hurt rounding second base.
  18. NYCTK
    I said yesterday that it'd probably be best to trade Wallner because his value will never be higher. Well, I kind of feel that way about Lewis now as well. How valuable is a 3 WAR player that you need to roster a full time backup for due to their porcelain body? Not to mention his incredibly poor media management last season that made himself look like a clubhouse cancer.
  19. NYCTK
    Alternative theory: both the Twins and Blue Jays recognized he had little value if he didn't develop either some power or the ability to play premium defense. Neither has happened.
  20. NYCTK
    "Questions remain about [Martin's] ability to add power" Do they? I think everyone is on the same page that this will not happen.
  21. NYCTK
    No. There's absolutely no evidence the Mets (and Giants) agreed to a 12+ year deal with Correa hoping his physical came back poorly so they could use it as a negotiating tactic. That's the claim. Not the idea that Correa's bad health nullified the agreement already in place and that they tried to still work something out.
  22. NYCTK
    No, no, no. There is zero evidence of that. If that were the case, the Giants or Mets would have been satisfied with his eventual contract signing. Giants: 13 year agreement Mets: 12 year agreement Twins: settles for 6 years
  23. NYCTK
    Wallner isn't a 23 year old that just moved off 3B where this sort of thinking has some merit. He's a 27 year old career corner outfielder. I'm just saying fans should stop hoping on miracles that aren't happening and instead accept that Matt Wallner is a poor defender whose arm makes up a bit of the slack. And I'd say it's as likely he reproduces his output in his last 100 PAs where he was about a 1.2 WAR player as it is for him to produce a 4 WAR season. If I were in charge I would be shopping him, but that's because I've completely punted on the 2025 team looking forward to 2026 instead. And I think Wallner's value is at it's very apex right now.
  24. NYCTK
    I keep hearing fans thinking that Wallner and Martin will improve in the OF this year based on...idk. Wallner has spent thousands of innings in the OF in his life. He's not going to suddenly become better there. He is who we think he is. He's going to hit about 230 with great power and poor defense while striking out in a third of his plate appearances. He will be a fine player, anywhere in the 1.5 to 3.5 WAR territory depending on how (un)lucky he is with the balls he does put in play. Maybe even a 4 WAR player with a 250 average if his BABIP numbers stay in that lofty territory he's seen. Truth be told, he could easily be replacement level, looking like someone like Nolan Gorman with around a 220/300/420 line at the end of the year. Even though he had a 373 BABIP in his last 102 PAs, he still only hit 242/324/396 and his K rate remained very high.
  25. NYCTK
    How could they ever replace the guy that was DFAd 3 times last year alone?
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