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  1. Nshore
    Alcala is the epitome of how difficult it is to judge and retain quality player personnel - 100 mph golden arm - 10 cent production. That makes Falvey's tossing aside quality relievers like empty beer bottles even more egregious.
  2. Nshore
    The Twins need to clear out some of the outfield dead weight in their line-up next year and bring in the youngsters. Jettison Larnach, Wallner, and Rodent. I know many like Wallner, but the guy is supposed to be a bruiser, and he has 20 something RBIs toward the end of August. Killebrew used to have 20 RBIs by the end of the first game of the season. Time for a new start.
  3. Nshore
    Rather than Gasper, I'd prefer that they have no catcher, and let the ball hit the limestone backstop and bounce back to the pitcher.
  4. Nshore
    Winning baseball games brings in the fans and pitching is the name of the game, so I have to go with Ryan. Ryan is one of the top starters in the game and looks like a medieval pirate. It's all good. Keep Lopez and Ryan, and the other 3 starter spots can be the Twins permanent development camp.
  5. Nshore
    Really a mystery as to why some of these players are on the Twins' roster. Why not give some at bats toward the end of the season to a promising young player - or a kid chosen at random out of the stands - rather than to Gasper for example. Must be Falvey's superior baseball mind at work again.
  6. Nshore
    I'm sure you're right. It's just that I root for small ball players - which probably puts me out of step with most fans. He seems to fit the profile. I like Ty Cobb ball (not the racist kind - the smart, skilled kind) rather than wait for the huge Babe Ruth guy to hit a HR. Eeles is a great story and I hope he takes the next step.
  7. Nshore
    Free Payton Eeles!
  8. Nshore
    It's pretty confusing. There was an article here that suggested the Pohlads are (almost) as sick of Twins fans as Twins fans are sick of them. When you have that much money, why persist in a business you loathe and don't need?
  9. Nshore
    Joe should go ride his polo pony, sail his yacht, raise the martini flag, and repair to his mahogany study. He should occasionally get his picture taken in a suite at the ballpark with mustard on his chin, and never make a public statement again.
  10. Nshore
    Eventually everything can be traced back to Shorty Pleis.
  11. Nshore
    I'm trying to give Falvey the benefit of the doubt. How much of this is Falvey and how much is the Pohlads we'll never know.
  12. Nshore
    Put an exciting, young, winning team on the field and the fans will come. Put a team out there that plays disinterested, error infested, AAAA ball and they won't come. Good attendance = revenue = stability.
  13. Nshore
    If the Pohlads grow enough sense to stand aside and let their baseball people run things, the Twins might have a chance. Drew MacPhail, their Director of Player Development, most likely learned a few things from his father who guided the Twins to their 2 World Series wins. Let them work.
  14. Nshore
    Ryan is one of the few rays of light for the fans in the darkness that this franchise has become. That's why he must be traded far, far away. The light MUST be extinguished.
  15. Nshore
    The Twins can't have new owners and become a good team because the New York Yankees need to continue to beat us like a drum. They want us in Yankee Stadium! They need us in Yankee Stadium!
  16. Nshore
    The author made a pitching proposal for the rest of the season, and my opinion is it would be good as a permanent approach. Really not that incomprehensible.
  17. Nshore
    Bring him up! Embrace the Twins development team! Unless they really catch lightening in a bottle, small market teams are in the business of selling hope - as another article said. The enjoyment of the game will come in watching players like Gonzalez develop before they become too expensive. Cleveland hasn't been to a World Series in over 70 years, and they just got done trying to trade off one of their best players, Steve Kwan. The Twins haven't been there in over 30 years, and they just ditched a bunch of good players with plenty of team control. Watching Jenkins, Gonzalez, and Keaschall will be enjoyable, and they'll keep a face of the franchise like Buxton for marketing purposes.
  18. Nshore
    I like the 3 inning max outing scenario as a permanent approach. There won't be as many multi-millionaire stud starters, but the player appeal I think will be in protecting arms and keeping players in the game of baseball longer. With the stuff they're expected to throw now, most starting pitchers can barely make it through 4 innings anyway. There might have to be a ML roster rule adjustment to accommodate it. Plus Rocco will love it because he likes going out there and changing pitchers.
  19. Nshore
    I wonder if at some point ML teams will pretty much eliminate the concept of "starting pitcher". The lines are already being blurred with "bullpen games". Most of these guys are only capable of going 4 or 5 innings effectively at a time anymore anyway. Expand the rosters slightly for more pitching, and have them only go 3 innings max per outing. Maybe guys like Ober and Festa don't get hurt so much, and if you lose a guy like Lopez, you don't lose HOPE.
  20. Nshore
    The bottom line is, in the short term the Twins became even more minor league than usual after this massacre. So in 2026 they should embrace who they are - a development team for larger markets. Bring up the AA ball players. Keaschall and Jenkins in the outfield flanking Buxton, ditch Wallner and Larnach, Culpepper to 2B. Hope Lewis and Lee learn how to hit. As for 1B, they haven't developed a single alternative in the entire organization, so probably Clemens, and noodle armed Jeffers at catcher because they also have no better alternatives there. I would bring back Vazquez because he's good with pitchers - and because they need to bring up every young guy they can to get rocked by ML hitters all year and learn their craft. I forgot DH - Baldelli 's already got this figured out - it's Gasper.
  21. Nshore
    If the Pohlads were hands on baseball people who knew anything about the game, Falvey would have been gone long ago. Instead they've given him more control.
  22. Nshore
    To me WAR is just made up baseball statistical navel gazing. I guess I'm too old for the new fangled stats. I'd just as soon consult a leprechaun in an Irish meadow. Same validity.
  23. Nshore
    All I know is he's 27 years old in the prime of his career and is hitting .214. That being said, I hope he blossoms into Babe Ruth.
  24. Nshore
    I agree with you on Wallner and this front office. Having said that, and realizing he's a local boy, he's struggled to hit his weight this year or even stay above the Mendoza line at times. Maybe he gets forced out by some of the young talent sooner rather than later.
  25. Nshore
    I wonder if Wallner has ever played any 1B. He certainly fits the physical profile better. Probably not or they'd have tried it by now.
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