Richie the Rally Goat

1/10 of 1%… but directionally agree with you

I would have dfa’d Jackson again and brought up both Roden and Gonzalez.

It’s true!

Sorry, I’ll show myself out

Holy crap Zeb!

I was mid text when my text blinked out, I never use these buttons, if they make sense to eliminate so the others can be bigger, good. I’d move gif to the bottom and widen the icons on top

Speaking as a moderator, I donate my time for free to the website because I love the Twins and TwinsDaily. i really dislike characterization of anyone as “garbage” or other such derogatory language, it’s specifically against the rules and I moderate out that type of language constantly.

I took that as a shot at Buxton’s haircut/braids but the incredulity still stands. what does hippies and haircut have to do with baseball?

Jenkins callup sooner would have helped, also having another position player on the bench instead of Alex Jackson would have helped too. Clemens and Larnach have been two of the coldest hitters for the last month, while Roden has been one of the hotter. Why the hell was Jackson put back on the roster, instead of Jenkins? it would have been very easy to have Jenkins Roden, Buxton in the OF, put Keaschall at 2nd. Buxton needs a night off, slide Keaschall to RF and play Clemens at 2nd. i just don’t get it

Concur, the Mac’s St Paul location is very inconsistent, has been for a decade. I’ve only been to Minneapolis once, it was good. There’s 5 locations of Red Cow, not including the one at Target Field. I’ve only had a burger there, but consistently good

Fair, I have no idea what 2027 will look like, I didn’t mean to say that 2027 will be the same as 26. agreed, it will likely be more competitive than 2026. 7 of the last 10 WS winners won it with a $150m to $175m payroll. Yeah, roster construction matters more than spend, but mid payroll teams are competitive year in and out. while I’m glad this team added at the 27 deadline, I do very much agree on trading Larnach, this team is loaded with outfielders. It’s the position that they can trade away veterans for prospects and not get worse.

2025 deadline was a firesale and scorched earth rebuild, of which last offseason the team did not address until 2026 trade deadline. They did jack last offseason, and if they had actually tried to field a good team, 2026 was non-competitive for half of the AL. If 2026 had been a better team out of the gate, we wouldn’t be looking at a 64 win team. The bullpen is still a bottom 5 pen in the league and there are only 2 players from opening day still in it. The point for 2027, is make the team better, not worse, because they can compete in the AL again next year just by fielding a mid-range payroll.

Before the Trade deadline 2021 Cruz put up 1.9 WAR April to July. After the trade deadline Donaldson put up 1.2 WAR as the DH August to September. Per game they got more production and got a prospect.