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  1. terrydactyls
    They can only do better??? They can do far worse and that is what I am predicting if Jeffers signs the QO.
  2. terrydactyls
    I'm sure someone can compile analytics to prove the impact is whatever you want it to be. I was a part of a company that supplied data analysts to the Pentagon. When we had a new contract meeting a client, one of the first questions we would ask is "what do you want the statistics to prove?"
  3. terrydactyls
    If the Twins do not trust these three players, they will be in horrible shape for 2027. Welcome back Tristan Gray and Ryan Kreidler. Brooks Lee goes back to SS and Royce Lewis covers 3B. Is James Outman still available?
  4. terrydactyls
    This is not advocating for or against the QO for Jeffers. This is a clarification of the current salary situation. In 2027, the Twins will pay Lopez $21.7M, pay Buxton $15M, and send $10M to Houston as part of the Correa trade. That is exactly the same amount that the Twins spent in 2026. If Pohlad is really interested in increasing payroll, these expenditures have zero impact on increasing the budget and should not be included in discussions about "increasing" the budget.
  5. terrydactyls
    One reason why the "pipeline" is barren is the inane belief of the front office that the 2026 team was a playoff quality team. If they had actively sought trade partners to move Ryan, Jeffers, Larnach, Bell, etc., there might have been a couple of AA or AAA pitchers worth considering as potential keys to the 2027/2028 roster.
  6. terrydactyls
    What I was pointing out was that what you were writing is unintelligible. What is the good of taking the time to write your opinion if no one can figure out what you mean. This isn't a comment on your intelligence. I gave the same advice to the CEO of Honeywell when I had to edit his written opinions for publication.
  7. terrydactyls
    Take the time to read before sending. For example, if you had read this before sending, you may not have said "so maybe it's better just to stay on the topic at hand rather than being so critical of somebody's pronunciation spelling. I'm one of the best spellers I know. few people can spell as well as I do large words give them to me.
  8. terrydactyls
    How do you know the article does not meet your standards if you didn't "actually" read it? My problem with the article (which I actually did read) is that I think I read the same one during the 2025 offseason.
  9. terrydactyls
    I would start with bad grammar, spelling, and improper use of punctuation.
  10. terrydactyls
    Please explain your math. It doesn't make any sense to me.
  11. terrydactyls
    There is new evidence that it wasn't Bender tipping pitches. Several people have alleged that Carlos Correa was seen banging trash can lids from center field. 😄
  12. terrydactyls
    Exactly. Knowing you should throw strikes and doing it are two entirely different things. I can't picture any pitcher going on to the field thinking that he should probably get behind in the count before throwing a strike.
  13. terrydactyls
    Accusations, but no proof? Sign him to a minimum contract to play with the Mighty Mussels. See what happens.
  14. terrydactyls
    For "decision makers" people listed Zoll, scouts, and other front office types. But no one mentioned the manager. Does Shelton get any say in who he gets to work with?
  15. terrydactyls
    One comment in the article really stood out. "Kalk is now an assistant general manager with the Twins, and his relationship with Reith should help the team get the messages they feel need to be relayed from the front office out to the mound more smoothly than ever." Why is the front office relaying messages to the mound? Is the front office now part of the pitching coach staff????
  16. terrydactyls
    I fail to see how an impending lockout by the owners could impact the qualifying offer. As I understand it (and that is very questionable), the QO must be offered and signed before the current agreement ends. If Jeffers accepts the QO, he then would have a legally binding work agreement for the 2027 season. If the new agreement does NOT include a QO, it would have to come into play after the 2027 season. I don't believe there is any legal way to make the QO situation effective for contracts signed before December 1, 2026. And if the new CBA continues but with significant changes to the QO, those changes can't be used on existing contracts.
  17. terrydactyls
    I give Zoll a D- based solely on his trade deadline decision that the Twins were a competitive team and he chose to be a buyer.
  18. terrydactyls
    Switched metrics to try to "prove" your theory? Good strategy.
  19. terrydactyls
    So I guess it doesn't make any difference who is playing along side you as long as your 1B has an OPS of not less than .800? I continue to believe that is nonsense. Added: Just for laughs, I went to MLB.com and looked up the OPS of all the 1B in the majors with more than 150 ABs. There were 14 out of 41 that were at or above .800. 34%. I guess a lot of teams have a big problem at 1B. And of the four teams still playing, there are 8 1B with at least 150 ABs. Only 1 (Luis Garcia - NYY) has an OPS over .800. Even the talent-deprived Dodgers don't have one.
  20. terrydactyls
    Insisting that a player has to fit a position profile is asinine. Cal Ripken didn't fit the "profile" of a shortstop when he started his career. Now he is considered a prototype (see Bobby Witt, Jr.). If the Twins have players at 3B, SS, and 2B who all can hit 20+ homeruns, why does a 1B have to be a power hitter? It would be nice, but is it mandatory?
  21. terrydactyls
    This article was very informative about the stupidity of the hitting philosophy of the Twins. Why do they want players to focus their swings on the pitches between mid-thigh and the belly button? Any non-pitcher who makes to the major leagues already knows how to handle a meatball pitch. The coaches need to focus their "instructions" on hitting pitches that are not right down the middle. One such area would be to work with Royce Lewis on how to handle pitches that are low and away. He will never be able to hit a pitch like that if he continues to attempt to pull the ball. "Instruct" him to try to hit those pitches to right field.
  22. terrydactyls
    This comment makes getting old more palatable. I won't have to read this statement that randomly appears in almost every article at Twins Daily regardess of the topic. This article was about the apparent inability of Twins' coaches to fully develop the innate talent of young pitchers. Trading Varland has nothing to do with the development of of young pitchers. I get it. The Varland trade still pisses you off. It still pisses off a lot of Twins' fans. But it's a done deal and no amount of random bitching is going to change that fact. Wait for an article about bad trades by the front office and then jump in. I realize that you will probably write back that it's your right to say whatever you want - and you're correct. But my intent with this comment is that I won't have to listen to it for that many more years.
  23. terrydactyls
    With no owners and a significant number of players exterminated, there will no need for a lockout.
  24. terrydactyls
    Leopold brought in Bill Guerin to be the general manager. If he took over the Twins, I would expect his first move would be to hire a Guerin-like baseball person to be the general manager. That would be a major upgrade.
  25. terrydactyls
    I understand. I'm only pointing out that the article itself said preliminary discussions of "details" are useless until after negotiations have begun.
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