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I agree the K-1 pass through makes sense and is a great, and legal, way to share P&L’s across entities. I suspect the Pohlads did this for tax reasons but applied loans only to the Twins—thereby reducing their tax liabilities without burdening their other entities But then how do they untangle this for investors? I am sure they would want their share of profits? Maybe the investors invested just to profit in a future team sale, but then I would expect they would take a substantial hit in equity. Less equity for their $$. And the Pohlads were able to reduce a lot of debt without burdening their someone else’s money—again without affecting their other entities.

Right. Why can’t the Twins Le go of non-performing players?????

REALLY? Do you think there was any scenario where Tom was not directly involved with Falvey leaving? It was so obvious that the value of the Twins has gone backwards over the last few years (running up $500 million in debt!). There was no way on this big Earth that Tom was not going to push out Falvey. He just did it in a professional, respectful way, letting Falvey "resign."

UNTENABLE....Just the perfect word there! There are so many players that can hit better than 0.000! Even worse than untenable, he has hit exactly 0.000 with 10 runners in scoring position. The sad part of letting Outman flail at the plate is that you are damaging his psyche and degrading his skills. He needs a reset. He needs to escape the pressure of MLB. Based on his history, I don't think he is suddenly going to get 5 hits in the next 10 AB. Zoll needs to understand that he has to let go of the bad trade. Its done and you can't fix it. Move on. And, don't worry that he is out of options, NO ONE is going to claim an untenable hitter batting 0.000.

Yeah but 100% of them (except for the C) are batting over 0.000!!! That’s my point. We can’t get any worse than Outman. Keeping a 0.000 batter on the team is just insanity. And it is actually bad for Outman too! Send him down and let him reset. I highly doubt that anyone will claim him.

ANYTHING TO GET RID OF OUTMAN! Talk about statues....isn't that Outman at the plate? Batting 0.000. I think absolutely anyone currently on the Saints team can do better than that. The floor couldn't be any lower, Outman is in the sub-sub-super-basement! I hate to say it (again), but we cannot afford to keep a 0.000 hitter on the team, NO MATTER how good he might be in the field. I'd get Emma some reps in the biggs, or Fedko, or Gonza, Culpepper, Roden, Arcia.....anyone. I know it is damn hard to hit a baseball, but I am sure we can find someone who can hit better than 0.000 and contribute somewhere for the team.

I guess we are all rooting for Flora...because I am sure Joe's daughter would be over the moon! It would not be a bad pick either. He's currently sitting at 6-0, with a 0.63 ERA over 9 games. Flora is currently doing better than Skenes in his last year of college.......Skenes had a 1.69 ERA over 19 games. I have changed my vote...going for Flora!

No, I disagree. We have plenty of fast runners. Swap Out Outman with Emma. You will still have a fast runner, who can field, has a strong arm and HIT! Or Cullpepper or ANYONE that can hit!

If the Pirates can fire Shelton on May 8th last year, then we can surely let go of the 26th man who provides very little value to the team. We have other players who can run fast. Bring up Emma already! He can run, throw, catch and HEY, he can HIT!

The Twins just CAN NOT afford to waste a precious roster spot on a guy batting 0.000! It’s insane. Everyone else is playing with a 26-man team and we have a 25-man team! Really???? There is no scenario where this makes sense. i’d like the Twins to bring up Emma but just about anyone else would do just fine. With a Rookie, you know they are going to immediately slump against MLB pitching but you might as well get that started. It’s an adjustment (that Outman has not made).

A beautiful ant-bat. Way to go, ANTS!

WOAH! I missed that....Bradley tossed 100 pitches?!?!???! In his second outing? Come on, really? Are they intentionally trying to blow out his arm?

Its the old Fedex ad: its absolutely, positively has to be....time to move Wallner. If we look at his start to the year, there is no way that he can continue on this trajectory. He is striking out at a 45% rate. Even Sano was 37%. I know it is a small sampling, but 5 K's in one game? Come on...how long can the Twins put up with this? He is one-dimensional...occasional power. Everything else is [well] below average: running, hitting, fielding, He has a very strong arm, so you can say he has two tools, but if he can't get to the ball or throws it to the wrong base, what good does it do? He Push him to AAA and see if he can start hitting. He needs to take a lot more batting practice and I don't think he can accomplish this on the MLB team (without robbing other's of their practice time). Bringing up Emma might indeed Wally Pipp him. But that's Wallner's fault, not Emma's. Remember, Wally Pipp was not a bad player--just the opposite! He was considered the best NYY hitter before Babe Ruth joined the team. He hit over 100 RBI in 3 out of 4 years before he was replaced. It was never that he was a bad player, he was simply replaced with a far better player. Twins need to learn from history! Wallner will never be an Ortiz. Time to let go.

No not embarrassing, just losing. It’s gonna be a long season. Twins approach seems to be just cycle through every possible “free” RP and hope one catches fire. It’s unlikely to happen. But the problem is that the Twins don’t need one RP to catch fire, they need 4-5 to do so!!!! Meanwhile, good job Taj!!

Yeah I put the twins clearly under 70 wins this season. But, not because the team in the field today underperforms—but rather because they will have to bring up all the kids and trade Ryan + others exactly because the team on the field today is soooo bad! This “competitive” team will likely end up in the bottom. 2-3 teams in September. I understand the optimism but then reality smacks you in the face. I wonder how long it will take for TP to figure out that fans would rather watch Jenkins and Emma struggle and learn than Larnach and Wallner striking out?!?!?