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  1. shimrod
    Making room to move Clemens to full time relief.
  2. shimrod
    Sure. If they are net negative values.
  3. shimrod
    I don't expect we'll like the answer.
  4. shimrod
    I'm guessing cash.
  5. shimrod
    If he has no impact on performance why are we paying him?
  6. shimrod
    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.
  7. shimrod
    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.
  8. shimrod
    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.
  9. shimrod
    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.
  10. shimrod
    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.
  11. shimrod
    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.
  12. shimrod
    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?
  13. shimrod
    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.
  14. shimrod
    Anyone who's followed the team the last few years...which I expect is your point.
  15. shimrod
    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.
  16. shimrod
    " 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.
  17. shimrod
    Correct. Cannot grade the Doncic trade without including the miraculous lottery acquisition of Flagg.
  18. shimrod
    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.
  19. shimrod
    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.
  20. shimrod
    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.
  21. shimrod
    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.
  22. shimrod
    Buck is streaky. Hitting streak is over, futility streak has begun. The latter tend to last much longer than the former.
  23. shimrod
    I disagree. If you think the current FO/Manager/Roster will not improve and Ownership/FO will not change things up unless forced it's sensible to wish for enough losses to prompt corrective action. Short term pain for long term gain. If anyone wants the Twins to lose always and forever I don't know why they would be here.
  24. shimrod
    It doesn't matter if the ASZ is accurate as long as it's consistent pitch to pitch. The players will adapt. The key is eliminating the mistakes, as well as any potential bias, conscious or unconscious. It really aggravates me when the announcers defend a bad call because the pitcher was wild on earlier pitches, or the ball isn't where the catcher set up. Individual umpires have "their" strike zone. It's no different.
  25. shimrod
    That would be as silly as not requiring infield drills before games.
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