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  1. big dog
    The principle is fine here but: - the people responsible for the fiasco they just blew up are still in charge; - the returns in some of the trades look well below what should have been expected; and - rebuilding the team is going to require adding more talent, not just more bodies. Will any of it be major league talent? Are we looking at another Willie Underwood/Hosken Powell/Bombo Rivera era? Will any good free agent want to participate in this?
  2. big dog
    Honestly, I don't disagree with part of this. However, it seems to me that the people who brought this team together and managed it to this spot have zero justification for keeping their jobs. If you're going to do it, do it right.
  3. big dog
    Wait, you forgot that we get someone named Mikulski who is already in High A ball! Plus the Pohlads save a ton of money.
  4. big dog
    Thanks. Yesterday must have been tough- the manager is told to put his players out there and display them for the scouts, I suppose, then he didn't want to hurt Jax value, maybe. Agreed on the bad manager part.
  5. big dog
    What's the reference here- is it just walking Ohtani, or is there more to it?
  6. big dog
    You can send your thoughts to fanfeedback@twins.mlb.com if you would like them to get a sense of how you feel about the last 48 hours. Or hell, the last two years.
  7. big dog
    Let's just bring this to the logical conclusion by burning down Target Field. This is just a huge clown show right now.
  8. big dog
    Why in the name of god do you trade Varland??? Are they trading all the guys who didn't like Rocco or something? Is this some kind of Godfather-style vengeance??
  9. big dog
    I really don't think the Twins would have beaten the Blue Jays in the playoffs without him. If I thought they'd be in the playoffs any time in the near future, I'd be really ticked off. But I'm not.
  10. big dog
    I really don't think the Twins would have beaten the Blue Jays in the playoffs without him. If I thought they'd be in the playoffs any time in the near future, I'd be really ticked off. But I'm not.
  11. big dog
    Going to see the Saints is going to cost a lot more now, but you will get nicer seats.
  12. big dog
    Not necessarily. A somewhat-better A-ball prospect helps the team's value by how much? I know how much a million dollars helps the team's value.
  13. big dog
    All the cash saved this year does is marginally increase the value of the team to whomever buys it. That's money in the Pohlad pocketbook.
  14. big dog
    Agreed. Why on earth would you include Dobnak, other than to save salary??? It must have worked like this- Detroit said we'd love to get Paddack and we'll give you this minorleaguer for him. The Twins say ok, but you also have to take Dobnak. In that case. Something like that, anyway. If you are expecting the other team to absorb more cost, shouldn't you have to expect to get a somewhat lesser prospect in addition? Did Detroit really think Dobnak had value? Did they start with "We'd like Paddack and Dobnak, what will it take?" I can't really believe that.
  15. big dog
    Adams is fine for what role? He's given up 17 hits in 12.1 innings, along with 3 BB and 2 HBP. That's a WHIP of 1.93. BA against is .354. And 3 of the 4 games came against those vaunted juggernauts of PIT, COL, and WAS. If the role is Designated Punching Bag, sure, he's a hero. As a reliever, he's actually making me wish we had Alcala back, and I thought I was long done with Alcala. He's doing quite well with the Red Sox, of course.
  16. big dog
    Ok, this is a symptom rather than the main problem, but I’d really like to not see Adams on the mound for at least the rest of the year. Good lord.
  17. big dog
    "Multiple team sources say the cash was freed up after an unnamed Pohlad family member fired a manservant for insolence." This part made me laugh out loud. Trying to guess which Pohlad, not sure which way to go.
  18. big dog
    Joey Wentz update: 7/25 in Texas 4.1 IP, 6 Ks but 4 H, 1 BB, and 4 runs (3 earned)
  19. big dog
    Hmmm, I'll bite. The Twins got Dyson. -0.3 WAR in 12 games, he got injured and eventually suspended for domestic violence. They gave up: Jaylin Davis. -0.7 WAR in 38 games for SF and BOS. Still bouncing around between AA and independent league teams at age 31. Kai-Wei Teng. -.0.3 WAR in 4 games for SF in 2024 (ERA of 9.82). Still a prospect, if you believe in 26-yr-old AAA relievers. Perlander Berroa. The jewel of the group, 0.6 WAR in 19 games, mainly last year with the White Sox. Out this year and at least half of next year with elbow surgery, 25 yrs old, might have a chance. Better example: the Twins bought low AND sold low when they traded Danny Walton to get Bobby Randall! Wait, that's not the point. Never mind.
  20. big dog
    Per The Athletic: "Max Scherzer is the only MLB pitcher to make more starts (329) than Gibson (328) since 2013, and Gibson also logged the seventh-most innings among all pitchers during that time." Congratulations, Kyle! 112-111 lifetime record, pitching mostly for weak Twins teams, $70 million in earnings.
  21. big dog
    His first game with Atlanta- 3 IP, 0 H, 1 BB, 6 K I'll take the over on WHIP for the rest of his season, if anyone wants to bet.
  22. big dog
    MVP might be tough, but let's hope he gets another $6-7 million plus $2 million for plate appearances!
  23. big dog
    Drafting is hard, every team has more misses than hits, but I don't think that excuses the team from using a very high pick to choose a reliever and try to make him a starter. That's a great strategy for, say, a fourth-round pick. Given how hard drafting is, wouldn't someone with a real track record have been a better choice for a top-10 pick? Just explaining every mistake as "well, drafting is hard" ignores the possibility that even ignoring hindsight there were hundreds of players to choose from with that pick. What was special about Jay? A couple of very good seasons as a reliever, just like the career of an enormous number of failed starters.
  24. big dog
    "At the time of the draft, there were reasons to be excited." You take a Big 10 reliever that early, you are going to excite people for all the wrong reasons. I was definitely excited, but in a very negative way.
  25. big dog
    Personally, I hope the Twins get a hit tonight. National TV and all.
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