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  1. Martin is not playing short in the majors. Lewis and Lee are already off him. Put him in left or center or at second. They are not seeing him up for success this way. Put your players in the best possible position for success.
  2. This is fascinating! Also, I bet he's still a Giant in a week. But, good entertainment!
  3. If they can get Adames, they should. He's under control for three more years (or two, not sure. If two, then I don't trade for him). This is a fine set of ideas. I don't like Eovoldi as much as some here do, but I get why some do.
  4. Heaven forbid these guys try to make money. You want information, pay for it.
  5. I feel like this is me on this site every day. I don't love all their moves, but they aren't all fireable offenses and the worst thing to happen to MN sports since (I won't name that for everyone's sake).
  6. Logic is out the window about Gallo. Good luck changing anyone's mind (mine and at least two others have changed, so it isn't a lost cause). I have no idea if he's going to rebound, but he's much better than people on this board are giving him credit for.
  7. That's realistic! I also think they keep Kepler on the roster. The OF D would be great for sure. By June you are looking at either dealing vets, or trading prospects to get even better (if they are healthy and over achieve).
  8. The Twins were decimated by OF injury last year. At the end of the year, they were playing their 6-8th choices all at the same time. This isn't necessarily about trading someone. It might be about depth. It's a gamble on a guy that has been great, even if you don't like how he was great. I've flipped on this completely the more I think about it. Given what was left in free agency, this makes sense for a mid market team.
  9. Jeffers is still younger than Garver was when he first came up...... You think he's s finished product? The game has changed. You don't have to like it, but these players are so much better at the game than previous generations, it isn't close.
  10. Sacrifice bunts are stupid before the seventh inning. The was a playoff team without one until they weeks to go in the year. The best teams don't give away outs
  11. I have changed my mind, and I totally get it. They ran out of players last year. He was great two years ago. I get it. My issue is it's at best a one year fix.
  12. How can AK or Larnach show they belong if they don't get to play? I'm not sure I understand this part of the argument.
  13. That's my concern. They'll trade away a guy(s) with 4-6 years of control for one with two, then lose Gallo (if he's good, if he's bad, they don't want him). At some point, you can't keep trading your prospects because you won't sign big time FAs, because you will run out of prospects.
  14. They also had to fix the hitters....they had zero, zero, starting pitching prospects to work with from before they took over. They have Ober and Varland. They have SWR. They have Jax and Duran. They've traded part of the pipeline for Gray (but I guess turning the 18th pick into two above average years doesn't count). I'll ask again, how many pitchers do you expect them to develop (and not count good trades at all)? This idea that we should only judge their ability to get pitching by the pipeline, and only the pipeline, is off to me. YMMV, of course. But these comments are, at best, veiled criticisms of their ability to build a staff, IMO. And, they ignore the trades (not all of which are good, but TB traded Ryan, do we say that proves they are a bad FO?). Your suggesting the Twins pipeline hasn't been as good as the best team in the league at doing it? Agreed, so far. But, if that's your bar for success, I think it likely you are disappointed. Just as judging them against TB (the only team able to do what they do) will disappoint others.
  15. You miss the guy that drafted these players in the top ten? Kohl Stewart, Jay, Nick Gordon. That's just off the top of my head.... Gordon is fine.... They passed on Turner at the same position.
  16. I think it's about being the move so far as much as anything. Also, we don't know they are trading Kepler.....if they do, it certainly makes more sense than if they don't. I'm not sure they will though. I believe this front office, and I don't disagree, thinks they lost last year to injury. Gallo is healthy. Keeping Kepler gives them more depth. So I'm not sure yet they are trading him. We'll see in the coming weeks.
  17. To be clear..... We are not giving them credit for producing hitters and pitchers, only ripping the pipeline of pitchers, and also not giving them credit for trading for Ryan? They have four guys they acquired that are likely legit MLB starters. They have a great RP and at least one more good one. They also have Arraez and Miranda . And Lewis and Lee. We can still hope on larnach being healthy. And Jeffers. And fixing Gordon who everyone gave up on. I don't love all their moves. But the idea that they've produced no starters is just not true.
  18. The argument seems to be they can't get any pitchers. They got two thru trades. It sucks why they were in a position to make those trades, but they seem likely to be two very good trades. These comments are about ripping the front office for not having enough pitching. They have at least two, if not four, number three types. The previous FO couldn't touch that. Also, let's be real, they had nothing to work with in the minors when they took over. At least as far as starting pitchers.
  19. Almost none of those guys were drafted by this FO. None were considered top prospects outside twins land. How is that on this FO? I guess I don't understand how trading for a guy isn't part of the pipeline? Somehow that's not good?
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