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  1. Funny looking at the Twins roster on CBSsports. We have: 5 RP 3 SP 2 C 3 IF 2 OF 2 DH
  2. I expect none of that $53M to be applied to the roster. Zero. I'm still in favor of the sell off. This team was going nowhere under current management. Time to rip it down to the studs and let a new ownership group build in accordance with their vision.
  3. Cost of moving the remainder of France's salary. Twins scrounging every dime.
  4. Are you purposefully being obtuse? Twins needed contract protection to ensure reversion of the broadcast rights if the purchaser was unable to monetize them. Failure to protect their rights was an unforced error.
  5. Nonsense. They should have included contract terms that protected them in case of a fee dispute. There is a long history of cable providers blacking out channels during negotiations. Selling broadcast rights with no contingency was financial malpractice.
  6. I had no issue with the Correa signing at the time. The mismanagement of the broadcast situation has put the team on a financial trajectory that makes a $35M/yr player a liability. Even if Correa was playing to his historical numbers the Twins wouldn't be contenders. The team needs to rebuild.
  7. Shedding player assets in lieu of money is likely ownerships preference. I think the Twins would need to send more than Larnach to get the 'stros to eat that entire contract.
  8. The damage to player and fan relations is already done. The payroll cut to a playoff team and failure to broadcast locally were killers. Moving Correa will have minimal impact on fans. As for players, Twins were already shopping on the FA reject pile. We're not outbidding anyone for FA difference makers with this management group. Correa would be a luxury on this team even if he was playing to his salary. Moving him is necessary to beginning the rebuild this team desperately needs.
  9. Yes, Johan is controllable, but at an escalating price. The salary dump continues. Any Twin making more than the minimum needs to be packing. We'll see to what lengths the FO will go to move Correa.
  10. Hard to see how. As a spectator, I'll take enthusiastic youth over disinterested, complacent talent any time. Question is, will they have the guts to replace Rocco before he can ruin another group of prospects?
  11. Unless Joe is the sweetener to get the Astros to take Correas entire contract. Knocking $35M off the payroll might be the piece the owners find most valuable.
  12. Anyone who's followed the team the last few years...which I expect is your point.
  13. The article at the link says the Twins are taking this approach with most, if not all, of their minor league pitchers. It's not just Ohl. It's the new Twins way. Perhaps the article is incorrect, I hope so.
  14. " The Twins have made a conscious pitching development plan with players like Ohl to get them more consistent work in shorter outings. " The highest value pitchers are ace starters. The next most valuable are shutdown closers. The Twins are focused on optimizing development of middle relievers. Incredible.
  15. Correct. Cannot grade the Doncic trade without including the miraculous lottery acquisition of Flagg.
  16. Top OPS in todays lineup is a waiver wire pickup, followed by a former minor league FA and this years bargain bin FA. Highest Twins draftee is at dead MLB average for his position. The complete dearth of good internally developed position players is a scandal.
  17. At this point the Twins will need to eat a lot of that money to move him. In my opinion they should. If they can save $10M/yr while dumping Correa's declining years do it.
  18. Even untalented players can play hard and smart. Rocco's group too frequently does neither. They aren't always lazy. They don't always play dumb. They may very well spank the Nats today with a sharp, professional outing. The off days, however, occur too often for anyone to consider this team a contender. It's well past time to see if a different manager can get these guys to play to their potential. As Rocco appears locked in place the next best approach is selling off as many of the players as possible. If we can't have a new voice in the locker room we'll have to settle for a bunch of new ears. Most likely they'll do nothing and the team will continue its slide through mediocrity into irrelevance.
  19. On the bright side, I read recently the Twins have a favorable second half schedule. We'll get these tough series behind us and make a run at the playoffs.
  20. Buck is streaky. Hitting streak is over, futility streak has begun. The latter tend to last much longer than the former.
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