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  1. mluebker
    It’s tempting to think a spending spree would have made the Twins more attractive to buyers when the Pohlads were trying to sell. But there are just too many other factors in play (detailed in the comments above) that make the Twins’ and Padres’ circumstances too different. That’s not to say I wouldn’t _like_ to see the Twins invest in more on-field talent—I think doing so probably would make the team more attractive to some buyers. But $3.9 billion attractive? Not anytime soon.
  2. mluebker
    We keep hearing about Lewis’s potential upside while he continues to perform only marginally better at the plate than Kody Clemens, with far less defensive flexibility. While I started off a big fan, it looks like he’s never going to overcome his consistency and injury issues. Unless there’s a miraculous turnaround when he comes back from his current trip to the IL, maybe it IS time to start shopping him around.
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    This doesn’t happen by accident, it happens because the recent iterations of the Twins have tried to build a strong offense with little regard for defense. Too much nostalgia for the Bomba Squad, maybe. The result is a roster full of guys who have little idea what to do with a glove, too many of whom have also not lived up to the hype about their hitting skills. So except for Buxton and Jeffers, it’s a roster with too many underachieving hitters who aren’t getting on base or scoring runs who then give away outs and runs when they take the field. The best you can say is they’re consistent (just not at anything that wins games).
  4. mluebker
    It’s getting old and worn out, because both of your statements are true. This is what it means to be a Twins fan in 2026.
  5. mluebker
    Dang, there’s always someone talking sense to me!
  6. mluebker
    Oops, you beat me to it!
  7. mluebker
    Then Brooks Lee can move to third. Culpepper looks like the Twins’ shortstop of the future—no need to try to turn him into another utility player.
  8. mluebker
    Even better yet I'd say managers should take both historical data into account as well as the current game situation, and make decisions appropriately… Or best of all, have a manager who’ll put down the iPad once in a while and actually manage the team based on his accumulated experience and what his gut is telling him. I hear that used to work pretty good.
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    You’re a generous man and I hope you’re right. But it feels like we’ve seen this movie before.
  10. mluebker
    Meet the new boss(es). Same as the old boss(es). Ryan’s only given up one hit and thrown 85 pitches, but he gets the hook so the Baltimore line-up won’t see him a third time? With a stitched-together bullpen where no one even has a fixed role? It’s gonna be a loooooong season.
  11. mluebker
    Not on this roster. Too many “could develop into a reliable hitter” guys who probably shouldn’t even own a glove. Good for Lee for working on his defense.
  12. mluebker
    Well, count me among the old guys who grew up with whiffs = strikeouts, and had never seen it used that way before. Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast | When did “whiff”... WWW.FACEBOOK.COM When did “whiff” stop meaning “strikeout” and start referring to any swinging strike? Has it always been that way? I see stuff like “whiff rate” and it takes me a second to figure out what it’s...
  13. mluebker
    I didn’t see the game, so I’m trying to figure out whether he “recorded no strikeouts” or “three … whiffs … on the day.”
  14. mluebker
    Too much emphasis on what statistics guesstimate could happen and not enough focus on actual performance. Don’t the Twins already have enough guys who could be mediocre ballplayers if they’d just measure up to their statistical potential?
  15. mluebker
    Give it to Kody, Josh at DH, and the others when/if needed. That way there’ll at least be two guys out there regularly doing things they’ve been moderately successful at.
  16. mluebker
    I’d be happy to see them doing both.
  17. mluebker
    One of the most clear-eyed realistic assessments I’ve read in quite a while of this team, its chances to be “competitive” this year, and how to make the best use of the potential assets they already have on hand.
  18. mluebker
    If they’re ever going to be more than a temporary aggregation of ballplayers that might be able to hit somewhat regularly and have only a general idea how to use their gloves, someone in the organization is going to need to start thinking in terms of “team” and continuity instead of “roster” and one-year contracts. Promising to be “competitive” is a long way from actually trying to win.
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    I was thrilled. I didn’t know anything at all about the guy except that he wasn’t Calvin Griffith. And that was enough. Three years later, the Twins win the World Series and it seemed like Pohlad was the answer to a prayer. Four years after that they do it again and I’m ready to nominate him for sainthood. Then all the guys that the Griffith organization had signed, nurtured, and shepherded to the big team were dispersing or retiring. It took 26 years for the Twins to get that first World Championship. It’s now been 34 years since the last one. Do you think maybe I was a little too hard on Calvin?
  20. mluebker
    Or worse, he is.
  21. mluebker
    Or, to quote Groucho, “Outside of the improvement, you’ll never know the difference.”
  22. mluebker
    Judging by how the language of Falvey’s and Tom Pohlad’s quotes in the press release is virtually identical, that’s certainly what we’re supposed to think.
  23. mluebker
    I’d like more team building and less roster construction. Maybe this will lead to that.
  24. mluebker
    The mock trade article over on Sports Illustrated was more fun. https://www.si.com/mlb/padres/onsi/san-diego-padres-news/blockbuster-mock-trade-sends-byron-buxton-joe-ryan-san-diego-01kfs8b088f1
  25. mluebker
    “…the biggest question is whether the Twins should be targeting a groundball pitcher with the state of their infield.” No, they should be targeting infielders who are solid defenders.
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