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  1. NYCTK
    Absolutely not. Not this year. Not unless they trade away Pablo or Correa or Buxton.
  2. NYCTK
    I'm just saying...things are probably going to get worse before they get better.
  3. NYCTK
    I'm not even concerning myself with those teams. I'm just looking at the twins organization. They don't have much help in the high minors. There's no one that we're thinking "I hope they get invited to Spring Training!". Emmanuel Rodriguez might be ready to be a major leaguer next year but he'll be 22 and no one should really expect him to be a true contributor yet. The payroll is ballooning with a bunch of players hitting arbitration and Pablo getting a big raise, so we may have to expect some exodus. And we can't really expect any outside help to fill any holes like 1B or CF. Other than that, I'm pretty optimistic.
  4. NYCTK
    I do fear next year is going to be a disaster.
  5. NYCTK
    To this degree is incredible, but their collapse wasn't all that much of a surprise. We all knew the starting pitching was going to fall off a cliff due to the lack of depth and reliance on rookie pitchers that were rushed to the majors, forced to stretch themselves more than they ever have in their career. Which made bullpen management extremely important, which is very evidently one of Roccos great weaknesses. Which then greatly exposed the lack of bullpen depth. The offensive woes are seemingly just a clubhouse that lost all hope when their oft hurt stars were hurt once more, and just gave up at the first sign of trouble. Mediocre team with no depth and poor leadership.
  6. NYCTK
    Just incredible that this is The Guy for this franchise the last decade. Someone that's never had 70 R or 55 RBI. A speedster that's never stolen 30. I feel bad for his health ailments. But he's never been Him.
  7. NYCTK
    LOL
  8. NYCTK
    That's a great question as to why Milwaukee has been so successful. It's a worst market and a decent but not great winning club. But so many fans. Would love to learn more.
  9. NYCTK
    I'm more interested in if people actually WANT to see the Twins in the playoffs. I am solidly in the No camp.
  10. NYCTK
    Besides Opening Year (39K) and the Bomba Squad which year were fans supposed to come out and heartily support the team? They're wrapping up their 15th year in Target Field, and 7 of those have they scored as many runs they've given up. 2010 - Fans showed up 2017 - mediocre team that was below 500 2/3 through the season 2019 - if I'm not mistaken, they were basically selling out every weekend game by June 2020 - feel like something happened this year. it'll probably come to me 2022 - lol collapse 2023 - 2024 - lol collapse So, after 8 years of entirely mediocre baseball, fans showed up in 2019, and then after the pandemic, the Twins become entirely mediocre agin. 2023 they were pretty decent and the only year in which I would say fan turnout lagged behind on-field performance. But that's why you need to build a culture of winning, something the "right-sizing" Twins have no ability to do. I don't blame a single person for being completely disinterested in the team, and I wouldn't encourage anyone searching for a team to support to choose the Twins.
  11. NYCTK
    Seriously. This team should DFA'd Margot months ago, and the only reason Julien is on the team is because he's already on the 40 man. Did he deserve a call up with his 35% K rate in his second AAA stint? Not to rag on the guy too much, but he was called up again on August 15th. The season turnaround happened on August 17th? He's the polar opposite of Jose Iglesias with the New York Mets. Giving Payton a chance might have been a catalyst. You never know. He wasn't undeserving of the chance. He had more BBs than Ks in AAA, and enough pop in the bat to be playable. No idea how his defense looks, but I wager it can't be worse than Julien.
  12. NYCTK
    I don't know why we're on here defending extreme levels of racism, but I guess a late season collapse does lead to wild events.
  13. NYCTK
    I said it a few days ago, the Al Central is truly the worst division in baseball. Only the Al West is even in the argument. And...this just kinda proves it.
  14. NYCTK
    Could also argue that none of these three teams deserve it, only being in the hunt because of inflated season results playing the worst team in history. I could very easily argue the Mariners and Red Sox, and perhaps the Rays, are better than all three of these teams.
  15. NYCTK
    Come on man. We both know that's not the reason. If we were looking only at attendance in April, you may have an argument there. It's culture. I put it on paper before, but the Padres shifted their culture on a dime, and fans responded. Now, I do grant that, because of San Diego's loss of the Chargers, it does offer a more unique situation to much more swiftly capture the attention of, and build upon, their market. But I see no reason the Twins couldn't do the same thing eventually. Downtown San Diego is much nicer than Downtown Minneapolis, but the population that lives within walking distance (2.5 km) is not hugely different - 72K to 62K. Granted, Minneapolis is not walkable. (Thanks terrible urban developers.) But Downtown Minneapolis employs a lot more people than San Diego. Idk, this is just me researching on the fly.
  16. NYCTK
    Obviously speculative, but I could absolutely see the Twins projecting a boost of attendance thanks to the playoffs. Not to the level of the 2019 Twins, but maybe to 27,000 per game. That sort of boost is common around the league. That'd be a $17.5 mil shortage. Obviously, there are expenses tied to increased attendance, but this shows you how actually building a winning culture is hugely and providing a product worth consuming is hugely profitable. I kind of love the San Diego Padres now. Imagine we had 35K average gate? $60 mil!
  17. NYCTK
    I could very much see a Desclafani type trade with Paddack. Where we send our middle tier payroll burden for some other teams albatross in an effort to save 4 million dollars. Woo hoo!
  18. NYCTK
    It really will be. I don't like the position this organization is in, from a front office standpoint. Mediocre team with huge needs and massive restraints. And very few of the farm system are likely to actually be ready to improve the team within 2 seasons. Emmanuel Rodriguez and...
  19. NYCTK
    Pablo López $21,750,000 Joe Ryan $3,500,000 Bailey Ober $3,500,000 Simeon Woods Richardson $790,000 Chris Paddack $7,500,000 Jhoan Duran $3,500,000 Griffin Jax $2,500,000 Brock Stewart $2,000,000 Jorge Alcala $1,500,000 Justin Topa $2,000,000 Cole Sands $790,000 Josh Winder $790,000 Louie Varland $790,000 Ryan Jeffers $5,000,000 Christian Vazquez $10,000,000 Edouard Julien $790,000 Carlos Correa $37,333,333 Royce Lewis $3,000,000 Brooks Lee $790,000 Trevor Larnach $2,000,000 Byron Buxton $15,142,857 Matt Wallner $790,000 Keirsey $790,000 Austin Martin $790,000 Willi Castro $5,000,000 José Miranda $790,000
  20. NYCTK
    Well, you're kind of right. We, the community, gave the billionaires about $350 million for their new little home. But in true capitalist fashion, only the Pohlad family gets to see the benefits of that donation out of our pockets. Eat The Rich.
  21. NYCTK
    Outside of the fantastic season opening the stadium, the Twins largely haven't provided a product worth consuming. They followed up that season with 6 years of pretty lousy baseball, and in general to be honest averaging a 77 win squad after 2010. And that's including the 101 win fluke, which people showed up to watch! Scolding folks for not lapping up slop isn't a great way to grow your brand.
  22. NYCTK
    At approximately $75 per head, if we think the bozos budgeted an increase in attendance since they went to the playoffs last year, as would be normally expected with a competent organization, I think the Twins are probably about $20 million short in game day revenue from what they likely expected. Looks like we'll have to trade Pablo.
  23. NYCTK
    Racists are generally pretty stupid and can justify showing to respect to someone they view as "one of the good ones". And people often find it hard to believe people in their life, that have treated them with respect, could be so racist towards others. So, I will take Calvin at his word.
  24. NYCTK
    Jax and Duran have thrown a combined 28 pitches in the last 5 days. That's just hilarious. Blowouts happen with a lack of urgency from the manager. And, well, here we are.
  25. NYCTK
    Holy ****, I was completely unaware of what he said. So the Minnesota Twins have been a trash organization their entire existence in Minnesota? That tracks I guess.
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