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Yeah, we are saying the same thing. I desperately wish that Tom would wake up and realize that it is NOT the players that are the problem. It IS the organization. I kinda like the coaching staff right now...seems to be more attention to detail and aggressive playing. I have not seen that since the Piranhas. But, ultimately, it is up to Zoll to feed the players to the team and it is up to the MiLB to train up these players that are drafted or traded. I have very little confidence in Zoll. I am hoping that after Tom showed Falvey the door, he realizes that Zoll was just Falvey's lackey and is still following the same failed game plan. But, I suspect that Tom is a fair-minded guy and he is generously allowing Zollie a full year to prove himself.

You’re right. The system was great at developing players back with TK. Gardy came in with many great, well-trained rising players. Not sure that Gardy did anything or who/ what happened, but the player development has suffered since. The only thing I can point to is a string of Gardenhire hires. Is that it? Who tore down TK’s system? Or did TK’s system die of old age or irrelevance? Have the training tools, methods, skills changed that much? Because somewhere over the last 20-25 years, we lost it.

I agree…but are you going to leave all of these player decisions to Zoll? I just can’t trust him (and recent polls and his actions seem to agree). After all, it has been Zoll who has been dumpster diving for all these washed up losers he keeps foisting on Shelton. Can’t we hold Zoll accountable? Who does if it isn’t Tom?

Ok. Here’s an on-site report from the desert: 1) the food at the Twins field is far superior to Chase Field. You are lucky, Twins fans! 2) Other than food, they seem to do a better job of taking care of fans here. They have free handouts almost every weekend and often more than one. Yay. Their “Advantage Fan” system is great—I don’t know of anything comparable in Twins country. And they have a swimming pool in the stadium! Pricey but interesting. 3). Jumbotron is not viewable from large parts of the stadium! Sucks! And they don’t add n some localized flat screens to make up for it. 4) The players are not better, they are just playing much better. Last year the players played like they just don’t care. This is a far more aggressive team! I never saw a Rocco team play this hard. The coaching is great. 5) the only coaching bumps that I saw in 2 games was leaving in (or letting in) Lawrence. Sure we were up 16-0 but after 4 walks in a row to start an inning he should have DFA’ed him right then and there from the dugout. I’m hoping he went straight to Zoll and said “I’ll never call his name again, never ever, so you might as well DFA him because he’s a wasted butt warming a bench from here on forever!” Who knows? On the other hand I was worried about Parades today but the coaches stick with him. Overall, I am far more impressed with the coaching now than over the last 10 years. Not quite piranhas but getting there!! 6). I thought Buxton had his best year last year but this could be even better! And Clemons looks like the real deal great Games!!

Why not rotate through the AAA pitchers for a few innings instead!! Give the kids some exposure to the Biggs? Can it possible be as bad as Lawrence? Personally I hate this Falvey/Zoll strategy. It’s embarrassing always dumpster-diving. It just leaves oks so desperate, so tasteless, so clueless.

Ok. But it has rarely ever worked out. There’s Johann that we got because he was left unprotected. But otherwise, there’s this. The inanity of it is this: Zoll does this like a Zombie: he jumps on any RP that is dropped, no matter how good or bad, even paying $$$ to skip to the head of the line. No thought process at all. Lawerence is totally cooked yet he got a ton of chances to drop on 9 runs. Fine on WW pickups, just take the good ones!

Sorry, that was a mean question. Didn’t mean to be so dismissive. But, what is wrong with 4 lefties? Can happen and I’d give it a try. It’s likely temporary.

Whats wrong with that? Could it work better than Lawrence?

Can we just DFA Zoll? How long before Tommy Boy figures this out? He really is embarrassing the team. We all know that he is just mimicking Falvey—because he’s young and probably doesn’t know any better. For Pete’s sake…if Tom said we’re gonna be competitive, then throw him some bucks to get a REAL BP! or, if Wonderboy Zeroes Zoll had a brain, he COULD bring up some of the AAA pitchers and spell them some innings in the BP. They get some MLB experience and it can’t possibly be as bad as “the Lawrence Experiment!”

I agree 200%!! Sill’s experiments are just idiotic. And very very embarrassing! If I were Zoll, I’d be ashamed of myself. But here’s a good question: who is watching over Zoll? Who is there saying “This is just plain stupid!” Does the skipper ever chime up and say “Hey, enough already! Quit bringing me these losers!” Or does the owner ever say “What TF are you doing with this revolving door on waiver wire claims? I don’t see other teams doing this. Are you sure about this strategy because it definitely is NOT WORKING!” Geez, someone please stand up and kick Zoll in the ass so he snaps out of this daze?

At the game. I’ve never seen a ten spot in person. It was amazing!!! And when Buxton came up with bases loaded, I turned to my wife and said “they’re gonna regret this!” Just then…BOOM! Grand Salami!! On the other hand….Watching Lawrence was like getting teeth pulled! Cherry on top of the cake was waking up to see he’s been DFA’ed!!! Yay!!

Just above the swimming pool. 2nd row. Lots of Twons fan in AZ! GEEZ PLEASE DUMP LAWYERSON!!!!!

You know....we really can't choose on trading Larnach or Ryan or Buxton or whoever....until after Draft Day. Do we get the SS of the future (Chowolsky, Emerson) or the backstop of the future (Lackey) or does Zoll take a wild flyer on another player? If we get (yet another) high end SS pick, then maybe we think about trading out Lee or maybe it isn't so hard trading Clemmons? And, if Lackey falls our way, then yeah, it's not gonna hurt so much trading Jeffers. No matter what, it would be a heinous mistake if Zoll didn't trade Ryan. As I said earlier, we won't be able to resign him, so take your lumps along with the fresh prospects. As far as draft day goes, it ought to be really easy, just take the one that falls to #3. Don't get cute. Don't try to outsmart everyone. Worry about your next pick.

You hit the nail on the head here: the Twins cannot offer these high value athletes a competitive salary to stay with the Twins. I am unsure about Jeffers, but based on what Ryan has said over the last year, there is likely no amount of money that the Twins could afford that will keep him in Minnesota. That's too bad because because Falvey was his own worst enemy here with the way he handled the deadline dump of '25. This could have been avoided but not Falvey. So, he ripped apart the team and, as we are seeing, some of those trades have been good and some bad. And, he burnt the bridges to Ryan. So, might as well trade him, because we might not even play games next year (so keeping him makes even less sense). Imagine how Zoll must feel. I wonder if Falvey said it out loud: "Yeah, I totally f'ed up this mess and now it is all yours! Good luck, buddy, I am outta here!" Falvey really screwed him over!

Geez, Nurse, do something about your spell checker! LOL