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  1. DJL44
    It's going to be especially hard to do things this way because it means you need to develop your whole pitching staff internally. Other teams are not training pitchers to pitch like this, which means you can't acquire a pitcher in trade and expect them to be successful with this strategy.
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    He's not playing second if Kody Clemens is healthy.
  3. DJL44
    Trust the process. If they grab enough players off the waiver wire, eventually that will lead to a championship, right?
  4. DJL44
    That's the main reason I don't understand the move to extend Baldelli. He has no support whatsoever among the fans and it is affecting attendance. Do they understand that selling more tickets increases the value of the team?
  5. DJL44
    I do not understand this "everyone pitches 3 innings" strategy. What is the end goal? Do they want to have 13 middle relievers on the roster with every game a bullpen game?
  6. DJL44
    They currently have one pitcher (Joe Ryan) who deserves to pitch in a playoff series.
  7. DJL44
    Larnach has probably maxed out his talent, he's about to get more expensive and his team control is declining. He's probably at peak trade value right now. The problem with trading Larnach is I'm pretty certain they will also trade Bader and Castro. Losing 3 outfielders will make them very thin. If Buxton goes down, we could be watching the AAA outfield of Martin, Keirsey and McCusker. It is interesting that Kody Clemens doesn't get a mention here as a lefthanded bat. He and Larnach are basically the same age and have the same OPS+ for the Twins this season. Clemens is a better fielder.
  8. DJL44
    The season is half over on Friday (81 games played). They're guaranteed to be below .500 for the first half.
  9. DJL44
    It says something that you're so excited to extend the manager's contract that you don't want anyone to know about it. "SHH, don't tell anyone we want Rocco to manage the team".
  10. DJL44
    The Twins front office got 2 4th place votes (or a 3rd and 5th) in this survey. That was good for 15th overall but a drop of 7 places from the last time the survey was done. What are the top 10 front offices in MLB in 2025? Here’s how 40 executives voted - The Athletic
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    He's also cheap and under team control for another 5 seasons. He's exactly the kind of player the Twins should be looking to add. Some people can't handle the aesthetics of HR/K players. They'd much rather see singles and grounders to short.
  12. DJL44
    Player AAA ERA K/BB Funderburk 1.40 3.29 Raya 7.59 2.00 If you think Joey Wentz looks bad, just wait until you see Marco Raya coming out of the bullpen.
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    That's not what they did with Lee and Keaschall.
  14. DJL44
    I'm quite confident there are managers that would have this team above .500 over the past 162 games.
  15. DJL44
    Other owners want to hire a POBO who picks his manager solely based on having a fall guy for his mistakes? I guess if Falvey can get a job elsewhere, then Rocco will get another job again, because he'll be working for Falvey.
  16. DJL44
    Dealing Correa gives them some room financially, but the rest only save about $15M the rest of the season. Most of that is Vazquez and they'll have to eat his contract if they want to trade him.
  17. DJL44
    I guess, if he wants this to be his last job in baseball. 42 seems to be a bit young for that.
  18. DJL44
    The most disappointing part of this announcement is the statement it makes that they don't want to do better than the team they have on the field right now.
  19. DJL44
    This is very much a country club move. There is no other team that wants Rocco Baldelli as their manager. They could easily let the contract expire and negotiate a return with a pay cut if they really wanted to bring him back.
  20. DJL44
    Austin Martin is more useful than Dashawn Keirsey.
  21. DJL44
    They need to play Ty France to showcase him for a potential trade.
  22. DJL44
    Sabato and Holland are still down in the pecking order. This is who I see getting the playing time if they move players: Bader -> Martin Castro -> Keaschall France -> Gasper Coulombe-> Funderburk Vazquez -> Camargo Paddack -> Matthews That doesn't even figure in a possible return of Julien or Miranda. There's also the players they receive from the trades to consider. I doubt they will prioritize getting A-ball prospects in return.
  23. DJL44
    So, if a starting pitcher gives up a run in the first inning, he's a failure? How about if Coulombe gives up one run but Festa would have given up more than one run in the same situation. Does that mean Coulombe is a failure for performing better than Festa? If a reliever's worst case expectation is he occasionally gives up a single run in an inning, then he's a damned good reliever, not a failure.
  24. DJL44
    Teams that are below .500 at the deadline (and the Twins are 3 games under at the moment) typically sell veterans for prospects. That should be expected. I don't expect them to blow up the whole roster. The "fire everyone, trade all the players" crowd is just angry yargle-bargle. If they said "I'm angry and it's affecting my ability to think" it would be more accurate.
  25. DJL44
    The Yankees are looking for a 3B...
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