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  1. Sell-offs are a losing game. There’s nothing wrong with making a couple of deals during a lost season, but that’s not what happened here. Selling is for losers. That’s how I pegged these guys the 2018 deadline, and the events at 2025 deadline have finally confirmed it for everyone.
  2. i want to see them put the 16 year old they traded for in the MLB lineup!
  3. That is a question I would like to know the answer to. No, I really do not think the Pohlads micromanage this. but who knows anymore
  4. Nothing about ‘payroll’ either, not even a hint or nod or sideways remark about it. Leads me to think the tragedy of yesterday was the result of one man, acting alone, who caught a bad fever. I also think he believes every word of that letter.
  5. The Twins traded away the team’s top three relief pitchers. All three were under team control, none were ‘rentals’. Each had settled into roles and the bullpen formed a cohesion around them. It can take years to identify and test pitchers who can fill those late inning relief roles over the long term, and find success. If you don’t believe me, go back and look at some of the pitchers who have been brought in over the last several seasons. Duran, Jax, and Varland were the nucleus of a relief corps that got the job done during the 2023 postseason, and could hopefully support a postseason run in the future. All three of them are gone now. No, trading away your top three relief pitchers, combined with all the other moves, is not a rebuild or ‘full re-set’ or whatever you want to call it.
  6. I see nothing funny about what is happening today. It is sad. Fans are owed answers and ticket holders deserve remedies.
  7. I see nothing funny about what is happening today. On its face it looks like subversion, or immaturity, if we are feeling charitable. Fans deserve long-form answers and stakeholders deserve remedies.
  8. I wouldn’t worry about it. It’s not like there are a lot of bang-bang plays at first.
  9. So let say you are the GM of the Twins. Most people agree the Twins fell out of contention for this season. Thus, you are sellers. However, you will want to regroup and compete again in 2026 (fan excitement, ticket sales, ads, etc). Some team has offered you Jhoan Duran, and in return, they are asking for Mick Abel and Eduardo Tait. Would you do that trade to boost your team for next season and the season after?
  10. I think what you said about Duran is the consensus in this thread, with much disappointment (and worse) to go along with it. However, it is not universal. The arguing is about the return from Philly, and doing the deal a day early, and not improving the offense in the near term. Not too much being said about Jax one way or the other. Also some arguing about chess—let me promote our chess thread here 🙂 https://twinsdaily.com/forums/topic/54299-chess-world-championship/#comment-1256384
  11. Heh, they did all right together as a team. I admit I forgot Shelton was currently unemployed.
  12. The Twins can make Tingler the interim manager for the final two months, close on the Correa trade, and then first thing when the season’s done, bring in a solid manager from the outside who can keep these guys sharp and guide them though a full season. That can get you back to 86-88 wins on its own, even with the current roster and pitching staff (provided they keep the big names) and none of it requires Pohlad to be involved. Baldelli will come out somewhere else just fine.
  13. 100% guaranteed he springs back to life Only thing is he may need to agree to move to third base when Peña returns.
  14. A good place to be, or to be aware of anyway. A place this organization probably hasn’t been in since the early 2000s
  15. All the trade/sell stuff is exciting and fun to discuss. For this team to actually make a run, let alone compete or be good again, they 100% need a new manager from the outside, regardless of the players.
  16. Which already happened back in, oh I don’t know, 2022?
  17. It could also be another epic bullpen prank. Remember this?
  18. We will have to wait to find out, because the corporate sponsor talking for a half inning is clearly much more important than the team’s performance the rest of 2025
  19. Tonkin not getting the calls on the corners. huh. (in fairness, a strike is a strike is a strike—or should be)
  20. Well kudos to the kid making his MLB debut. Thats not nothing.
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