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  1. The Great Hambino
    Plus, he should be launching balls onto the B ramp now that he has his Dad strength
  2. The Great Hambino
    Yeah, pegging it to a fixed time period like Rule V eligibility is the most straightforward way I can think of to fix that issue. I don't think I fully agree on the cap, because I think a floor is needed to create competitive balance as much as a cap (I think the Pirates of the world are as responsible for the competitive imbalance in baseball as the Dodgers - okay not as responsible, but definitely don't get the level of blame they deserve), and you don't get a floor without a cap
  3. The Great Hambino
    If they really are working on things that can't be worked on in the majors for some reason, then fine. But I feel like service time manipulation has some role in this decision, and if it does, that sucks. I know it's probably as likely as Rob Manfred and Bryce Harper enjoying a nice family vacation together, but I hope anything that disincentivizes teams from putting their 26 best available players on the active roster gets exterminated in the next CBA. You don't hear about NFL teams keeping guys on the practice squad or NBA teams keeping guys in the G League to squeeze out more control on a technicality. Anticompetitive behaviors like this have to go if players are ever going bend on a salary cap
  4. The Great Hambino
    Buck knockin the rust off
  5. The Great Hambino
    It's good that TBA is giving TBD a rest. Hopefully they can find some turns in the rotation for PTBNL and <redacted> as well
  6. The Great Hambino
    I see that McCusker got optioned back to St Paul without a corresponding move announced. Does that mean Wallner back from paternity or Buxton back from injury? Or door #3?
  7. The Great Hambino
    I think the shelving of Vasquez may have flipped Gasper's hourglass back over. How telling is it that Gasper got the start over Pereda behind the plate when Jeffers DH'd on Sunday? I feel like there are better uses of a 26-man roster spot than someone whose primary role is 3rd catcher. If Pereda isn't worth a look there, then what exactly is he doing up with the big club?
  8. The Great Hambino
    The odds of a Star Wars-themed Luke Keaschall bobblehead giveaway at Target Field occurring at some point during the 2026 season have been taken off the board
  9. The Great Hambino
    I’d like to get a final verdict on some of the s-or-get-off-the-pot position players like Martin, Julien, even Outman. Play them now so they don’t have do to as much guessing next spring. If they, especially Outman, can’t show something the rest of the year, might be time to cut bait and let the next wave get those opportunities Also, since they’re relying pretty heavily on building a bullpen out of the spare parts remaining from their young rotation hopefuls, I’d like to see some of the rotation long shots like Ohl and maybe Adams get a crack at some one inning relief. See if they have something worth building on in that department; see if they have some stuff that could translate to a one-inning role
  10. The Great Hambino
    In an era of the elite teams pretty much cornering the elite free agent market, I'm guessing fans of the New York teams would've expected a combined championships total of greater than zero
  11. The Great Hambino
    You'd be surprised what a Matt Mikulski can get you these days
  12. The Great Hambino
    My understanding is there's plenty of debt service to spend the savings on
  13. The Great Hambino
    It's amazing how removing all expectations can improve the enjoyment of watching this team play I find it now much easier to focus on the good, whereas watching them fade from contention made it easier to focus on the bad
  14. The Great Hambino
    Q: Do they care enough to remove Correa from the promo commercials? A: LOL
  15. The Great Hambino
    My dad used to tell me we're not vertically challenged, we're gravitationally gifted
  16. The Great Hambino
    I wouldn't want them to for a full year. I think they could get by with a piggyback for a spot in the rotation, but probably not much more than that
  17. The Great Hambino
    I don't think they'd have to worry about only having 4 relievers too often because a) I don't think Ober actually gets reduced into a piggyback role b) Pablo will be back eventually and c) they're already riding the DFA merry-go-round. They can always cycle through that if the need an extra fresh arm for a couple days
  18. The Great Hambino
    If that's true, then it seems to me that would mean it's an even nicer time to be a seller in the trade market
  19. The Great Hambino
    The rest of this year is about evaluation of the young pitchers. If nothing else, piggybacking gives you more appearances to use for evaluation. They have an entire offseason to get stretched out to a traditional starting role if they are identified as a 2026 rotation piece - or maybe to focus on refining their two best pitches and ratcheting up the velocity if they get identified as a better fit as a core bullpen piece.
  20. The Great Hambino
    The more I think about it, the more I think the impending lockout is going to make for a really weird market for player transactions this offseason as well as during the 2026 season. How do you plan for a competitive window if there's a real risk you're not even sure there will be much of a season, if any, in 2027? And even if there were, it's feeling like there's going to be substantial changes that will alter how rosters are constructed. I wonder if this might accelerate that window for some teams so they get more aggressive in 2026; it may also push teams to consider a longer-term rebuild if they think they're a couple of years away. Does this influence the direction the Twins take over these next couple of years regardless of ownership? Is it worth it trying to quickly rebuild a core around the Lopez/Ryan timeline if you might lose a big chunk of that 2027 season? What even happens to player contracts in a lost season? If I'm Falvey and ownership is letting me make the call, I might aim for 2028 if I'm otherwise on the fence given all the uncertainty. If more teams to decide to go all in for 2026, Lopez and Ryan become even more valuable in the trade market
  21. The Great Hambino
    I remember when they did this a couple months back. Interestingly, they also asked who they didn't want to play for, and Rocco registered zero votes in that poll as well. More than 20 managers received a vote in that poll (although a few were technically former managers at the time). I guess Rocco gets a big ol' shrug from players. Seems about right
  22. The Great Hambino
    Given the complete lack of leverage the Twins had in moving Correa, I think they did pretty okay for themselves. They didn't blink when Houston wanted half his salary covered plus another major leaguer. Turning that into roughly a third of his salary covered and a player coming back this way - even if it might have been the least valuable player in the entire Houston organization - I think was a case of making some chicken salad out of ... you know
  23. The Great Hambino
    I suppose that's true. I guess I don't have much faith in the owners to a) bargain with the players in good faith, seeing how their commissioner is has been trying to subvert the players under the guise of outreach, and b) be able to come to an agreement on revenue sharing within their own ranks It seems like Manfred has almost embraced a lockout as a negotiating tactic, but a protracted lockout in 2027 doesn't pair very well with shopping all your media contracts for a 2028 renewal. I don't think media companies were super stoked about NHL TV rights coming out of their lost season. Is Roku the new Outdoor Life Network?
  24. The Great Hambino
    In theory, yes. A cap with a high floor benefits the rank and file at the expense of a few elites. But if I'm the players, I'm not trusting that the owners at the bottom end of the spectrum will all of a sudden start investing in their teams if there's a cap in place. I've yet to hear Manfred or anyone associated with the owners mention a salary floor, outside of the obscenely insulting $100MM floor they proposed in the last round of CBA talks. The NFL and NBA have salary floors approaching 90% of the cap. Their proposal was less than 50% If I'm the players, I agree to a cap (most of the league is treating the luxury tax like a cap anyway, might as well make it official). But I tell the owners that it must come with a similarly high floor. With a high floor, higher minimum salaries and a shorter path to free agency are necessary. Revenue sharing would have to be reformed to make that happen, but if I'm the players, I tell the owners to share revenue however they see fit as long as they meet the parameters of the cap and floor. If the owners want the players to give in on a cap, then the Pirates of the world can no longer be allowed to act the way they do.
  25. The Great Hambino
    I could just as easily say that you're not allowing for any further development from a pitcher whose role significantly changed not too long ago while expecting further development from someone who really isn't that much younger, all while not accounting for the fact that Varland is currently providing more value. If both players stagnate and don't develop any further, then Varland has much more value to give because he is already producing that value. Roden is currently producing none. He has to develop more just to catch up to Varland.
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