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  1. Basically, don't sign big time Free Agents? Because every one of them has a flaw?
  2. What do you base this belief on? Donaldson signing here? Pineda? Happ? Shoemaker? Colome? Others? We literally have no idea. I'm not making anyone the bad guy. I endorse players finally getting to choose where, and for whom, they work. Others are making the front office bad guys.....I think this is just big business and how capitalism works.
  3. You know for a fact he didn't say he wanted to test free agency, or even leave? Or, maybe they decided multiple years of what they got was more valuable? That's fairly likely why they did it. This year was lost. So, what is worth more, one year of Berrios next year, or six of the guys they got? As for spending, these last two years they've spent the most they ever have. They signed Donaldson to a huge deal. I'm just not sure we agree on your facts being facts and not opinions.
  4. They aren't making major roster decisions only for opening day, imo.
  5. It's almost like the previous two sessions didn't happen the way some people talk.
  6. All fair. As for Kepler,I think fans greatly underestimate how hard it is to direct a batted ball.....
  7. I doubt he let it slide. I'm just not sure what he could have done to help him be better.
  8. I don't trade Garver unless I'm punting next year, of someone gives me an insane deal. You win by having players be A LOT better than other team's players (position by position)....and Garver is one of the best hitting catchers/1B/DHs in the game. I'm ok with dealing any of the others you mention, because I believe in the next wave of corner fielders. (not counting Buxton, who you didn't really mention).
  9. It is very competitive. It isn't great, but it would have them in the conversation in July to be over .500.
  10. The Padres collapse was about injuries and WTF? Not bad decisions. Also, playing in the hardest division in baseball. But mostly WTF? I'm not arguing the Twins blow things up, but they can't also be afraid to trade some prospects sometimes. Also, pretty sure you think they should sign one FA starting pitcher this year. So, I'm not really sure what you arguing, other than the extremes. Which most fans aren't asking for, imo.
  11. How do you think Baldelli ruined Simmons? What do you think he did that it is his fault? I'm just curious, because I'd guess this is 100% on the player.....I'm not arguing they played poorly on D (though, given Larnach, Rooker, Astudillo, Sano and Simmons, not sure what we'd expect).....I'm asking why you think Simmons' play is on the manager.
  12. Not sure why we only look at BA these days.....he was top 15 in home runs among all catchers. .198 is not good, but the league isn't what it used to be for BA. He was rookie eligible, and was 34th among all catchers in fWAR. NOT GREAT, but not nearly as bad as people make him out to be. He's no Garver, though, and there is no way I trade Garver unless I'm blowing up the team.
  13. People really underestimate Jeffers when compared to other catchers..... especially offensively. Ober is the clear winner. Then Ryan, Jeffers, and the rest. I'm happy for Gordon, and see him as a good utility player, who will hit better next year.
  14. Larnach, Jeffers, Rortvedt, Lewis, Martin, Miranda, kiriloff...... How many top hitting prospects or rookies do people think teams have? That ignores any breakout.
  15. One of those years was cancelled, right? Also, you missed guys they traded for or signed.
  16. Ha, I misunderstood your post 100% completely! My bad.
  17. It was a lost year by May. His job was to get young players experience in lots of situations. Also, name calling?
  18. He can only play the schedule he's handed. They won 93 games and the division. I don't know how that can be considered anything other than really good.
  19. It's amazing how much inside knowledge so many in this thread have! We literally have NO IDEA how he is outside the public eye. None. I agree with someone above, A LOT of the complaints here are more about the players he was given, than what he did with them. If you think manager more than a few games, why aren't they paid more? Players get 6-8 million per WAR.....if a manager is worth 10 wins, what should they be paid? The manager's job is hardly at all about in game moments, I'd guess. Much more about managing a group of employees with massive egos (no one is a pro athlete w/o ego).
  20. That's about the only other team they match up with, imo. I'd want to deal Abrams for pitching at that point....or Lewis. Certainly Arraez is gone.
  21. Certainly seems possible. They are flush in SS prospects, including one that got to AAA this year. IF they deal Buxton, I'd move Lewis to CF, Martin to LF, and Peraza (from NYY) to SS at AAA to start the year. I'd also want one of their top pitching prospects and 2 fliers. I don't want them to deal Buxton, no, I don't. But if they do, NYY are one of the more likely teams involved.
  22. I'm not sure why you didn't use the board, and not minor league leader board, when looking at the hitters? I mean, Lewis and Martin are number 1 and 3 on the list of team prospects......and there are three others in the top 12. That's five of the top 12 prospects as hitters, and Miranda isn't even in that part of the list (yet). Agreed on the pitching depth, this isn't the old Twins at all.
  23. HHH had such promise.....and was just ok at the end, imo. Smart people not being smart is tedious to me. And, while I don't really like horror, it needed more horror.
  24. ? That isn't how most fans here feel about Berrios being traded. As for the clickbait title? No. There is no comparison.
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