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  1. NYCTK
    This is why his claim was actually good. He honestly should have started instead of Zebby, and would be interesting to potentially have a bit under market value next season. He's SP depth, not a high leverage reliever. Had the twins been a proper organization we would have traded for him (or someone like him) on July 30th when he would have provided some good value. Oh well.
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    I'll go step further...bringing in AAAA players that may or may not catch fire. We have a very interesting 2B down in AAA that was a complete nobody before May, playing in independent ball. We'd have to waive someone like Blewett or Castillo, but no loss there. The small moves can sometimes have a big impact. And I would have absolutely DFA'd Margot to keep up Keirsey. The fact that Manuel Margot not only lasted through the All Star Break, but ended up playing in over 100 games is asinine. That's on FO and Rocco. Fire them all.
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    Eeeeh, Colt Keith isn't just a rookie call-up. The Tigers have high hopes for him, signing him to a 6 year 28 mil contract before he even made his debut. I would suggest that they DO expect him to be as good (or better) than Carlos Correa in the next couple years.
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    I'll then say, the Mets benched veteran JD Martinez. Man had a 136 OPS+ last year, and a decent first part of the season (853 OPS on July 1st) but been struggling ever since then (599 OPS). He's lost his job and might not even make the playoff roster if the Mets advance to the NLDS.
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    If you'll go back to read my original comment, you'll see I'm not saying he should try to get out using only Jax and Duran. He COULD try to get out using only 3 RP, which wouldn't be unique or unprecedented in MLB. I do recognize that this bullpen is fairly coddled and they've not been asked to work like that this season so I do understand that another reliever is likely necessary. But then we've gotta ask if Irvin facing their heart of the order with tying run at the plate in the 5th is preferable to, say, Varland facing their 7-8-9 hitters later in the game in an unknown situation. If this game was as important as we all know it to be, Rocco should be managing it with more urgency than a game in mid - June.
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    In a playoff push especially, RP are often asked to extend themselves a little bit. Every single one of them had the day off before, and every single one had the day off after. It's not too much to ask them to get 5 or 6 outs instead of 3. Again, see the Mets last night. They used 3 RP to get 15 outs. And ironically the one that didn't work more than 1 inning was the one that usually does. To quote Mets manager Carlos Mendoza "We’ve been protecting him the whole year and now it’s big boy time." “With the off day tomorrow, going in there, I knew I was going to be aggressive. With the top of the lineup (and) their best hitters again, I felt like [he] was the right match up. This time of year, you have to expect it."
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    Why does going to a better pitcher in the 5th FORCE you to use a worse pitcher in late innings? There's nothing to say he couldn't use precisely those 3 pitchers to get 13 outs. And even if not, why is that necessarily bad? For example, let's say he went to Varland against the 7-8-9 hitters in the 7th. Is that a poor utilization of bullpen pitchers?
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    Mediocre hack Joey Gallo had more bWAR than Matt Wallner in his age 25-26 seasons. So...what does that make Wallner? I fear a lot of you are in for a rude awakening with Matt. He's not as bad as he was in the first couple weeks. But his incredible stretch was driven by a 500 babip. He's going to be playable, but he's not going to be a star with his K rate and poor defense. There will be times he can win the game with his bat. And there will be 3 week stretches where you're cursing his name. His career babip is 360. We should not expect that to hold. He's going to hit 235 next year.
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    I've realized this season, Twins fans, largely, are just too nice. This writeup is a great example of that. You're in what is essentially a must win game and it's making excuses for bringing in what is probably the twins 8th best reliever. You say it's reasonable to not want to use your high leverage relievers but offer no explanation as to why. If he wanted to go to the bullpen I can be talked into it, although he could have very easily walked Duran and instantly already been a better move than using Irvin. But there's no reason you can't go to Thielbar. Or Sands. Or Jax. Or, yes, even Duran. I've heard criticism here that Rocco is wrong for not having clear roles but I don't agree with that at all. If you can't use your best reliever at any point, you've failed as a manager. With a day off on Monday, I think going to the bullpen is right, but everyone here calling for Sands displays better instincts than a major league manager.
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    The Mets don't have a great bullpen. But they have a manager that is utilizing them well. Last night, the Mets played as if they were in a must win game and brought in what fans would consider probably their third best reliever in to start the 5th and managed to get two innings. It's fascinating watching a manager with good instincts versus one with none.
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    On that we disagree. Why be content with something we agree is bad, just because you're afraid it can get worse? New ownership often tries to prove themselves, make an impact. Whether that is good or bad, is unknown but all we know about the pohlads 40 year philosophy is that they worship the almighty dollar. They couldn't care less about the Twins baseball product. Never have.
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    "other billionaires suck too" is not an argument against the fact that the pohlads suck and should sell the team.
  13. NYCTK
    Yep. I think it's very reasonable not to sign a 34 year old pitcher to a three year contract. But I doubt we had actual contract discussions at all, and didn't entertain any starter on the market. Because ownership needed to make sure to get a certain ROI.
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    If anyone here is actually going to the game, being out a massive "Sell the Team" banner. We gotta start a movement.
  15. NYCTK
    That's not really relevant. He had a pretty darn good year and 2 yr $50 mil left on his contract, which is pretty low risk, comparing to Correa's 4 yr $133 mil.
  16. NYCTK
    Billionaires are often obsessed with legacy. Send them the drastically different comments sections of Twins fans discussing Carl Pohlad and how Padres fans discuss Seidler.
  17. NYCTK
    Do we think they even draw 25,000 this week? Fans aren't dumb. No one wants to watch a team that's given up already. A final homestand to potentially make the playoffs and I doubt a single game will be anywhere near a sellout.
  18. NYCTK
    Update...that was freaking incredible. Top 10 games I've ever been to.
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    Importantly, the organization. Not the players.
  20. NYCTK
    LFGM! - from Citi Field
  21. NYCTK
    Don't forget the baserunning. But other than that, things are going great!
  22. NYCTK
    A fascinating playoff push, playing such ugly baseball that even the most diehards don't want to see.
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    How's the bottom line?
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    Well, the Pohlads thank you for carrying their water then. The Twins are a mid market team with a small market mindset. I'll say it again, there's no reason they couldn't be the Padres or the Cardinals or comparable to any other mid market team. So many people here are so defensive of the Pohlads loser mentality. They're running the Twins as a business, no different than one of their banks that, yes, foreclosed on small town community members in order to make a profit. Is this unique in MLB? No, of course it isn't. Which might be part of the reason the sport has died so much over the last 40 years. But that doesn't mean I have to be happy about it. I really don't care if me stating the fact that Carl Pohald kicked people out of homes for profit makes you uncomfortable. And I'll stand by push back against this idea that the late Padres owner only increased payroll significantly because he was faced with his own mortality. He was part of the ownership group that doubled payroll from 2013-2015. And while he may have been diagnosed in 2018 we have no evidence he only further pushed up spending in 2020 due to his health issues that came to head in 2023. He wanted a winner more than profit. And baseball would be better off with more Seidlers than Pohlads.
  25. NYCTK
    Just the comps across systems. Snelling is a good prospect, but as you noted his value fell quite a lot from when he was ranked so highly before the season. He's actually probably pretty similar, a year or two behind, Woods Richardson. Which is a pretty valuable thing. But would not be like trading Emmanuel Rodriguez. Sorry, I'm just discussing cause I love this stuff.
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