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Especially when Alcalá stands out as being awful on a horrendous bullpen performance thus far

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You can question Falvey’s judgement without making any of these statements of Buxton. let Buxton have his peace

2023 was the most innings he’d pitched since 2015, his third highest innings total season, and his single season highest WAR of his career. He didn’t repeat that in 2024. If that’s on Rocco, then Gray should be kissing Rocco’s butt for the salary boost…. I personally don’t think it is on Rocco, I think it’s on Gray

I think Rocco makes a ton of bad decisions. I’m not sure this is one of them. Maybe it was…

100% agreed, we don’t know what was said. We also don’t know if Ober and the training staff had a ramp up plan, or nutrition/weight gain. If Ober were injured in the 7th, every TDer would be raising pitch forks and torches with “he was sick and still ramping up, why the hell did Rocco trot him back out?” We know he was pulled after a velo dip. I have a hard time blaming a manager/training staff protecting player health, if that was the reason. Pablo is on the IL, Paddack looks cooked, Festa and Matthews are both on their way up imminently, if Ober goes down too that rotation gets real thin in a hurry with 150 games to play.

you are absolutely correct Tickets alone, Twins tomorrow night full retail in section 301 19.75 per with fees, 98.75 total Alamo draft house in Woodbury to see Minecraft tomorrow night is 94.95 for 5 tix

The Pohlads are trying to package 425m in debt with the sale, so think of it more like 1.5b to 2.1b. More than 25% delta

Yay!

I’d send Miranda to AAA for a reset, and have Gasper rot on the bench.

Agreed, I also highly doubt that the Twins operating deficits led to racking up $425m in debt, that has to be primarily other business ventures that the Pohlads want to offload as a function of the sale.

DFA Paddack, I bet he clears waivers

The way this team is playing, piggy back all 5 rotation spots with mop up men, there won’t be any leads to hold anyways.

Depends on the structure of the deal. Is the deal for “the business” or “the assets”? “The business” at the advertised $1.7b is a bad deal because it comes packaged with the Pohlad’s debt and becomes a leveraged buy out. The 425m in debt doesn’t have to come with the sale. Pohlad doesn’t have to come with the sale. I wouldn’t buy The Minnesota Twins LLC. The downside risk of buying the Pohlad family business practices and the legacy of uncertainty is a non-starter for me. The last thing I want is a skeleton in the closet no one knew of, but I bought the LLC, so I get the lawsuit, along with the package of $425m in debt with minimal real estate is a bad investment. The profit would never pay down the debt (if Forbes is remotely accurate) ”the assets” as in the brand, the contracts, rights, could be a good deal at the advertised $1.7b if you believe you are buying the dip. Target field is a beautiful park, but isn’t “new”. If you believe you can get a big reno or new park over the investment horizon with significant public funds, or a bigger stake in the real estate… that’s an opportunity for growth. The Twins are currently under the MLB streaming rights deal. If you think you can get a better TV deal, that’s an opportunity for growth. This team crapped the bed last year and currently in process of crapping the bed this year, if you think you can run a team better, that’s a cost out and playoff revenue growth opportunity.

Good start Sim!

Damn right, Rocco! Pitch that fit!

What a frustrating **** show

Willi! That should have been Bader’s…

That’s a league-wide trend https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/bunt-hits-declining-mlb-rcna157571

FTFY France, Bader, and Gasper are symptoms of THE problem, and they are problems in and of themselves as a part of a team. im not sure how the budget got so mismanaged, but THE problem is something to do with 4 players making up half of the payroll, one of them is a backup catcher and two of them are 100 game at most players (amazing as they are for those 100 games). It ultimately falls on the Pohlads and Falvey.

Johnathon Schoop edit to add: What a horrible uniform!

Twins face a guy who sounds like a pirate dressing up as Ace Ventura for Halloween had better be a lefty heavy lineup