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Well said. But what does a "Good process" look like? Is it just "winning" games at any cost? Or is it "playing the game the "right way""? Or just being "slightly above average" each year? Is it having "community oriented" players who are good citizens? My definition would be to strive for all of these. Would you sign, say, Trevor Bauer to appear at a number of charity events to benefit single mothers? Would you sign Josh Donaldson or Miguel Sano to teach the art of hustling on every play? Or what about having a Vince Lombardi trophy each year for the Twin who did the most to win games, at all costs? What defines a "good process"?

You may have hit the nail on the head. "Minnesota nice" is a good quality, but it just may be a hinderance to winning baseball games. Look at the jerk Yankees (except Judge and Yogi Berra and Mariano Rivera) and the cheating Astros and the elite Dodgers. It is a mindset.

Revision notice Doc. Correa will opt out of his Twins contract, according to a PR newspaper. Are you suggesting signing him to a 10 year 330 million deal? If so, I agree.

If the season started today, Who is the back-up catcher for the Twins? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOBODY ! Check out the top 30 Twins prospects and see who is in the pipe line to be a future catcher for the Twins. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOBODY. There is no catcher among the Twins top 30 prospects. Well there is always Free Agency. Let's see who the available free agent catchers are: Contreras is ranked in the second ten among all Free Agents, but will probably receive a qualifying offer from the Cubs, which means the team which gets him in Free Agency will take a hit. Gary Sanchez is the 3rd ranked catcher in FA and he is a known quantity. I was pleased with Sanchez's work behind the plate and as a hitter. I suggest the FO make a concerted effort to sign Sanchez to 3 year/ 30 million dollar contract, as soon as the Dodgers strike out the last Astro hitter to win the world series.

Good luck in Baltimore Jake. You have always had my respect for you skills and your attitude, resulting in playing the game like it mattered. You win the Twins Daily "Hustle Award" for 2022. I wish you the very best and you will love living in Baltimore. Try Obryki's Crab House. Delicious.

2012 through 2016 the Twins pitching fWAR ranking averaged 19.6. 2017 through 2022 (excluding the outlier year 2021) the Twins pitching fWAR ranking averages 19.0. Even if we include the year 2021, the Twins pitching fWAR ranking only averaged 16.33. Not much of an improvement. Not even slightly better than average. Now for the worst part...The Twins farm system rankings, beginning in 2017, went as follows: 14, 6, 8, 15, 12,23. Lewis and Kirilloff and Graterol were in the top 5 for several years. The one pitcher who was in the top of the Twins system consistently was traded away (Graterol). Petty was also traded away. I do like Maeda and I do like Gray, but neither are aces and the Twins are not going have an ace come up through the system this way. I do realize that few minor league pitchers become aces, but all aces begin in the minors somewhere. Where did they come from? How predictable are they? How do you get an ace and how do you keep an ace? "Show me the money, Jerry...show me the money."

OUCH !

Correct...plus Twins traded away Petty, Graterol, Gil, Hendricks, etc. Just stop trading those young fire-balling pitchers. Stop it already.

Show me the money Jerry...show me the money.

You are asking the correct questions Doc. The team that makes the quickest correct transition to emphasizing the usage of long relievers, will be ahead of the game. Baseball is a game of keeping traditions (things that work) and ground-breaking changes (new ideas based on analytics combined with psychological methods), and the wisdom to know the difference.

That is the BIG question. If he starts and hurts his arm, this website will roast Falvine alive, and a once in a generation reliever may be lost..

Where did Patrick rate the 2022 Twins? How about the 2021 Twins? I must subscribe to read his article, and I don't want to subscribe.

I like your plan. Submit a copies to Rocco and to Falvine, please. Then hope they will take the necessary steps to implement your plan.

Is the FO reluctant to spend a lot of money on a catcher, due to the higher likelihood of injuries to catchers? SS, CF, Catcher and the big three in fielding. 2B would come next then maybe right field or 1B. Then 3B and last will be LF. 3B will not be as important from now on, since we will not have the shift next year. A good 1B can make the other infielders better by scooping up their errant throws. I'm fine with Polanco at 2B. Arraez, not so much. I like Arraez at 1B. Where would you play Arraez, Polanco, Miranda, Gio, Gordon and Lewis? If Correa signs, where do those 6 play? Will the Twins sign a SS or just wait for Lewis, assuming he can do the job from July forward? Those games in April count just the same as the games in September. I don't think the IF was the problem in 2022, until the month of September. It always has been, and always will be THE PITCHING, which wins or loses games. A fundamentally good fielding catcher, with a strong throwing arm, improves the pitching. Having typed all of this free association thinking, I have come to the conclusion that the Twins need to sign the best catcher that they can sign (it doesn't appear that any minor leaguer in the Twins organization has a chance of ever becoming a major league catcher) and one or two over-priced, young HEALTHY, stud starting pitchers and two or three over-priced stud relievers. As much as I like Correa, I believe the Twins need a catcher more. The pitchers are necessary whether Correa signs or not. If I were a pitcher, I would want Correa at SS and a healthy Buck in CF , plus some speed in RF and LF, not some slow footed slugger. I'm fine with Gordon in LF fulltime. Kep will have a better year next year, because he will continue with his stubborn insistence on pulling the ball to the right side of a soon-to-be shift-less IF, resulting in one or 2 dozen more hits for him. Jeffers will be an adequate back up catcher. The conundrum of allowing starting pitchers to only pitch 5 innings, thus resulting in relievers having to pitch approximately 4 innings per game, must be solved. The answer appears to either require the starters pitch more innings, or convert some starters to long relievers who will go 3-4 innings, every 3 days. Is that doable? How have the successful teams used their pitchers? I end with these questions: Which one free agent position player would you like the Twins to sign? Which catcher? Which 1 free agent starting pitcher would you like the Twins to sign? Which long reliever (able to pitch 3 innings) would you like the Twins to sign?

Oh my. I didn't realize we were almost as bad a team as last year's team.

Very good point. How does a team rid itself of the Yips. 1) Sign Correa 2) sign two Ace pitchers 3) sign a catcher who is a vocal leader 4) sign a manager who will turn over the clubhouse buffet table after a loss. When there is a loss..."No soup for you."

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

I realize you've got to give talent to get talent, I just don't like trading Petty and Brustar when the Twinkies are so desperate for pitching. Always have been, Always will be.

Me too.

Wait til next year... This has become my annual end of season proclamation. Oh the joy of being a die-hard Twins fan.

Go Saints. Beat the White Sox today.

I sure do hope your prediction is correct.

Not me. I'd insist on playing until the fat lady sings.

If I were Judge, I would want to be playing and try to get the batting title. I know it is a long shot, but if Judge goes 4 for 4 and Arraez gets no hits, Judge wins the batting title. The fat lady has not sung yet on the batting title in the AL for 2022. Ted Williams would have played today.

Maybe Rocco is saving Correa for the playoffs.