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  1. karcherd
    Nice play by our all star shortstop.
  2. karcherd
    When you label a statement as false, you probably should have facts to back it up. Unless you have access to the Pohlad famiy books, you do not know this as they are privately held. The public statements were that the debt was driven by investments in Target Field, pandemic losses and the loss of the regional tv contract. Those reasons makes sense to me, don't know if it would accounts for all the debt.
  3. karcherd
    She is not ready to ump in the major leagues, really shouldn't be up here yet.
  4. karcherd
    This is going to be a long day, if the plate umpire can't find her strike zone.
  5. karcherd
    He did have control and helped dictate the budget. It's is not a yes and no question. You just want to insist that he was a passive bystander.
  6. karcherd
    He had control of the baseball operations, he was responsible for the hiring and firing of baseball related personnel in the front office and determining the roster. St. Peter had responsibility for the business side of the operations, sales, marketing, finance and other support functions. Falvey had to get the budget approved by the Pohlad family but he had to have input into it. It wasn't the Pohlads who came to him and said in 2023 let's sign Correa. He went to them and said I need a budget of X so that I can sign him. So yes he had input and control on how to spend the dollars allocated to him. But he had to prepare some kind of plan so the family knew what he was spending and if they agreed. Remember he reported to Jim the first five years and he was very hands. How else does the organization run without someone steering the ship. Dave. St. Peter had no official control over the baseball operations, whether he exerted influence, I don't think we will ever know.
  7. karcherd
    You should at least get the facts straight. On October 3rd, 2016 Falvey was hired as Chief Baseball Officer, essentially the head of baseball operations. Thad Levine was hired a month later as GM. Falvey was then given a title boost in 2019 to President of Baseball Operations. He reported to the ownership group. Then in 2025 he took on responsibility for the business side of the Twins as well and took over as President for Dave St. Peter. He was the only one in baseball to have control of both the baseball and business operations. So to say he was just waiting for orders is just plain wrong.
  8. karcherd
    Falvey's job was to lead the baseball operations and present a plan to the owners of the best way to run the operations and produce a winning team. The owners job is to say yea or nay. The Pohlads are not giving day to day direction, they didn't add the many layers of employees to the analytics department, Falvey did when he presented a plan. This is just one example of decisions he needed to make, but he had to know that there were potential dollars to do this. He was essentially the #2 decision maker in running the Twins, he was not a passive bystander waiting for orders from his bosses.
  9. karcherd
    I had another 5 with me, so we were over 13.
  10. karcherd
    Why
  11. karcherd
    You haven't read a word I have posted. You are acting like Falvey just sat at his desk and took his marching orders from Joe P without question. He knew what the budget was, he very likely knew the direction it was going to go in future years. He chose to double down on Correa after 23 rather than utilize the resources more wisely or invest in player development. He was upper management and he had access to information many others didn't and he chose a course of action that he should have known there was risk. You are acting like he acted in a vacuum and had no idea of the consequences of his actions. I have seen plenty of management teams be given the green light for spending on projects but hold off or find other opportunities with less risk. That is not the path Falvey took. As I have said I don't know the level of knowledge Falvey had nor do you. But I consider both Falvey and the Pohlad family responsible for this mess.
  12. karcherd
    The Twins are one of many entities for the Pohlad family that has its own set of books. Falvey as PBO should have had some level of visibility to the Twins books and been able to see if the payroll was sustainable. This isn't voodoo magic, there are accounting standards and tax regulations that they have to follow. At the individual entity level it is not as complex as you want to make it. Now we will never know the level of knowledge Falvey had, but to say he had none is naive.
  13. karcherd
    I think Lawrence blew up worse than Adams.
  14. karcherd
    Yes the home run and double count for nothing. Yes the last two AB's he was back to reaching, but's let see if that continues for a few games before condemning him. Not every at bat is going to be perfect.
  15. karcherd
    Thank you for the comments and I agree mostly. The reason I think Falvey knew more, was he had to have some level of visibility to the financials of the Twins organization in his position. So by 2023 I would think he would have had some knowledge of how sustainable that payroll is. But as you say, none of us know for sure, but I don't think all the blame goes on the Pohlads, Falvey deserves his share as well.
  16. karcherd
    Good job Royce!!!
  17. karcherd
    DFA him before he gets back to the dugout.
  18. karcherd
    The Royce haters on here appear that they don't like success.
  19. karcherd
    We literally have only one starter in AAA. He is here to stay at least until we get people back from the IL.
  20. karcherd
    Who do we have to replace him. Do you want two bullpen games every time thru the rotation.
  21. karcherd
    And sit Lewis?
  22. karcherd
    I have actually been to a game there, not a bad park. It doesn't stand out in my mind, but it was a nice experience.
  23. karcherd
    That is kind of the point, Luke doesn't have near the experience and is still learning. Not everyone comes a polished product.
  24. karcherd
    Are you even watching the game, Larnach is the one who hit into a double play.
  25. karcherd
    I don't totally disagree, I think they have always been slow on bringing up players. In Sabato's case he might be a late bloomer, why not find out. Do you really think Bell is all of a sudden going to be an all star or perform anywhere close to that level.
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