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  1. Rufus
    The Rays sold for $1.7 billion. they have a history of terrible attendance and now don't have a stadium. The Twins should be worth at least that much.
  2. Rufus
    The Twins may not be contenders this season, but I think they have players to build on. Ryan, Buxton, Duran, Jax. Lee, Lewis and others. They would be foolish to trade any of their key pieces. Badar has a metal option for next year at a reasonable price and they should try to keep him, the same with Coulombe. If they can trade some of their fringe players for players that can enhance their core they should do that. But a full blown fire sale is not needed.
  3. Rufus
    Watching Twins games it appears that Paddack is the life of a very lifeless dugout. He will be missed when he leaves
  4. Rufus
    Kirby Puckett was a 1st round third overall pick in 1982. I think he ranks equally or better than Mauer.
  5. Rufus
    Buxton is finally becoming the player everyone always hoped he would be, and now you want to trade him?
  6. Rufus
    I thought Paddack would be gone by the deadline, With the injuries to the rotation, that may be tough now.. Paddack also seems to be the leader in what seems to be a dead uninspired dugout. He seems to be the only one keeping any life going in it.
  7. Rufus
    How long did Mahle last with the Twins? They may not HOFers, bur the Reds got a couple of useful years out of their end and they are still on the team. Deadline deals have gotten trendy and every team that has a winning record at the break is now supposed to do a deal to appease writers and fans. The sellers are robbing them blind. It's a joke.
  8. Rufus
    Maybe a decent left-handed relief pitcher, if the Twins don't need to sell the farm to get him.
  9. Rufus
    Watching the Reds game, both their corner infielders came to them in a deadline trade with the Twins. The Twins got Mahle. The Reds also got some other top prospects. The same year the Twins got Jorge Lopez from the Orioles for Yennier Cano and others. Both trades were complete bust from the Twins perspective. Deadline deals allow the selling team to commit highway robbery. If a team is truly in the race and lacks that one key piece to put them over the top, a deadline deal may work. For a team like the Twins that has multiple holes, Deadline deals only drain them of prospects. So tired of media and writers that keep pushing teams to make stupid deals just to get ratings and sell papers. Of course when the trade blows up like they did for the Twins in '23, these same media and writers are the first to jump on the team for making a bad deal.
  10. Rufus
    The winners in most deadline deals are the sellers. I cringe every year at all the calls for the Twins to make some lopsided trade for some so called help. If a team is truly in the race for a deep play off run and has a glaring need, a deadline deal may be worth it. But just trading away prime prospects to appease the fans and media isn't.
  11. Rufus
    My god, I hate all these stupid stats. Just watch the damn game let that tell you who is performing. No he is not a HOF candidate. But he is the guy I want to see at the plate in clutch situations He has played an adequate 1st base and he costs a million bucks. The problem with Twins Daily is there are so many wanna be writers and analyist and not enough interesting articles to write.
  12. Rufus
    "Young pitcher". the guy is 25 years old.
  13. Rufus
    He needs to go to St. P and get it together. I lost a lot of respect for him last year when he blamed the long season for his fall off last year. The guy played in 90 some games..
  14. Rufus
    if the Twins let Falvey go there would be a rush to hire him. What a huge mistake that would be. The Twins need to hire a defensive and offensive guru to assist him in developing the franchise. To many guys are coming through the system and looking like future stars only to fizzle out once they reach the bigs (Julien, Miranda, Larnach, Lee is showing signs of reverting, Lewis had a terrible second half last year) The Twins need someone that keep these guys on track.
  15. Rufus
    What happened to protecting the plate when you have two strikes on you? If the pitch is close swing and foul it off... at least swing and miss make an impression that you are trying. Don't stand there and look at it. Isn't that a fundamental rule of hitting?
  16. Rufus
    He seems to be picking up lately, now that he is playing more.
  17. Rufus
    This guys sense of humor has always escaped me
  18. Rufus
    Lopez will never have greater value, trade him. The Twins should be able to solve their 1st base and catching woes with the return. Baltimore's rotation is killing them, their top prospect is major league ready and is a C/1B. Paddock should also have some value. That's part of the game, trade from depth to strengthen your weaknesses
  19. Rufus
    Seems logical to dangle Lopez at the trade deadline. Especially if the St Paul prospects keep developing. the Twins should be able to get a MLB ready 1st base type prospect and potentially a catcher too. Lopez will never have more value than he does right now. The Orioles rotation is looking bad, they should be looking hard for help. Their top prospect Samuel Basallo is a C/1B and is projected to debut this year. Their #2prospect Coby Mayo is a 3B/1B with huge power. also projected to debut this year. The Twins should be able to get at least one of those two and a couple more rising prospects.
  20. Rufus
    Falvey has developed what appears to be a growing strong pitching pipeline, firing him would be a mistake. Find someone to focus on developing non pitchers, focus on fundamentals, hitting etc. from the rookie leagues on up. Hire a manager that not only plays computer baseball but remembers and understands the old game too. This seems to me is the organizations big weakness
  21. Rufus
    The Padres and the Royals also gave up on Rooker, it isn't like the Twins alone totally blew that call. Although I remember watching him when they called him up as a rookie and before he broke his arm and thinking "wow".
  22. Rufus
    Oh BS, If a manager or coach has no impact, look at the difference that O'Connell and Finch have had on the Vikings and Wolves. Both teams have changed from struggling with mediocrity to model franchises since they took over. The Pohlads main issues is not that they are cheap, but they are too loyal to their management, The Pohlads spend plenty of money on player development, technologies and facilities they are not cheap and I think they spend their money correctly. The Twins have developed a good pitching pipeline. But they need to develop a system of teaching fundamentals to their other prospects. There seems to be a real void in this area. A new focus is needed in this area, Major league players, should not be throwing to bases where no one is at, should not be going back to the dugout after being called safe, needs to make a complete follow through on his swings, on and on. A coach at any level should not put up with players that make these boneheaded errors.
  23. Rufus
    Huh? this team doesn't understand the fundamentals of the game, plays lousy defense, the pitchers can't throw to first base, they can't run the bases, watch the hitters, they don't follow through on their swings. on and on and this is a well respected manager? By who? The Mets announcers were laughing at the Twins Monday night, that is respect? The whole Twins organization needs to start teaching fundamentals from Fort Meyers on up. Time for a shakeup from the bottom up
  24. Rufus
    After what he did today at second base he probably deserves to get released.
  25. Rufus
    When you have a team that has a starting line up with a starting line up with 7 hitters below the Mendoza line the choice is rather easy
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