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Pfffft. He's not in the best shape of his life??

Was Tom CEO of all Pohlad companies? I thought he was CEO of PAR, and a member of the Board as far as all things Pohlad companies. In any case, I'd say you're exaggerating with "had no idea" and "zero idea of what needed to happen." I'd say it's more likely he and the board were unhappy with the situation and canned Joe. Tom them took a month and a half to assess, and decided Falvey wasn't getting things done. Which is objectively true, BTW. The Twins are a mess, by any measure, and if the POBO doesnt have ultimate responsibility for that, I dont know who does. Ownership certainly hasn't helped, but I doubt they're the ones drafting and developing, trading specific assets, or making the decisions on which free agents to spend on.

The pen is an absolute disaster and there's no path to fix it in 2026. There never was. You can't trade away your entire effective pen in July and expect to recover by April, even WITH money to burn. And, of course, the Twins don't have money to burn. Whether you supported the fire sale or not, Falvey's 2025 trade deadline made contention in 2026 virtually impossible.

Nitpic. When Carl passed, Jim Pohlad took over managing the Twins, not Joe. Joe took control in 2022 from Jim.

Tom Pohlad didn't take over until mid December. If Falvey wanted to trade any or all of Ryan, Lopez, Jeffers or Buxton he had from July until then to do so. I think not doing so was Falvey's plan, not Tom Pohlad's

Nitpic, but the Twins didn't trade David Ortiz. They released him.

I don't give ownership a pass. But that doesn’t mean Falvey was anything but a colossal failure. Look at the state of the roster.

Tom Pohlad certainly has a flawed vision of the Twins chances in 2026. But he's been in the picture for what? A few weeks? At the risk of repeating myself, let's look at the POBO's resume: 9 years into Falvey's tenure, the Twins have - 2 above average position players: Buxton and a part timer in Jeffers. Only one of those came to the Twins during Falvey's time. The other is aging and a constant injury risk. That's it. Question marks or outright failures everywhere else - zero bullpen assets. Zero. 4 or 5 mediocrities or worse, then squadoosh. For what many people here like to refer to as "the easiest thing to build" (those many people are way wrong, of course, but I read that often.) How do you get to a position where not one, single solitary reliever in an 8 man pen is someone you can depend on?? - 2 good starters, neither of which were developed under Falvey - 1, maybe as many as 3, prospects that have a realistic chance at being above average MLBers some day. Whoop-de-doo. That and 5 bucks will get you a coffee. - a team that, if we're honest, has no chance of being competitive in several years No matter who owned the team, Falvey was a failure, by the standards he himself set when hired. They weren't perpetually competitive. Just the opposite. One strong team (2019) that he gets partial credit for, and a couple teams only in contention for the weak ALC. 9 years in, we're objectively terrible. Somehow blaming Tom Pohlad for the state of our favorite baseball team is...well let's just say missing the Forrest for a few trees.

Here's the bottom line: 9 years into Falvey's tenure, the Twins have - 2 above average position players: Buxton and a part timer in Jeffers. Only one of those came to the Twins during Falvey's time. The other is aging and a constant injury risk. That's it. Question marks or outright failures everywhere else - zero bullpen assets. Zero. 4 or 5 mediocrities or worse, then squadoosh. For what many people here like to refer to as "the easiest thing to build" (those many people are way wrong, of course, but I read that often.) How do you get to a position where not one, single solitary reliever in an 8 man pen isn't someone you can depend on?? - 2 good starters, neither of which were developed under Falvey - 1, maybe as many as 3, prospects that have a realistic chance at being above average MLBers some day. Whoop-de-doo. That and 5 bucks will get you a coffee. - a team that, if we're honest, has no chance of being competitive on several years No matter who owned the team, Falvey was a failure, by the standards he himself set when hired. They weren't perpetually competitive. Just the opposite. One strong team (2019) that he gets partial credit for, and a couple teams only in contention for the weak ALC. Adios.

They'll hire a new president of business ops. I never understood the need for both a "President of Baseball Ops" and a "GM" anyway.

And there's not much outflow from that pipeline anyway.

At the least, not a "half measure."

No, I think Falvey was canned. He's not stepping away from that job voluntarily.

Concur. Giving Falvey the business side was always a really weird move. And if they're to be believed, one that coincided with a lot of additional debt. I mean, their claims went up ~$100m just this past summer.

Bell is the regular 1st baseman. Guaranteed.

I just got the under at 74.5 for $100 at Fanduel. To be fair this bet was -106. So I'll only net ~$94

Under.

I'll lay 2 to 1 Ryan Jeffers is the Twins opening day catcher or on the Twins IL. Takers?

I'll put it at 60.5. And take the over.

Maybe we could take Carlos Correa off their hands, if they were to pick up, say, $10M/year of his salary.

As I said, nitpic. Still, details matter.

I don't need to put money in the bank for a rainy day. Just wait to see if I need it. Then it'll magically appear.

"The rest of the Twins’ projected Opening Day bullpen (Justin Topa, Cole Sands, Kody Funderburk, Eric Orze, Pierson Ohl, Travis Adams, John Klein) has 11 years and 83 days in total" Nitpic, but: Pierson Ohl? Did I miss something? As to the article, experience is always a good teacher, and that can include watching others with experience. I know I've sometimes benefitted from it, both ways.

First of all, I would bet Twins starters don't go 6.2 innings even 30 times in 2026. They averaged just over 5 in 2025. You'd still need 2, probably 3 relievers when they do. And you cant be sure your 2 "high leverage" guys are even available for those few games when your starter DID go 6.2. Not to mention the other 140 games when they don't and youre using 4 or 5 relievers night after night. All while missing a couple of relievers off your opening day roster because, well, guys get hurt. A lot. So your bullpen really needs to be about 10 or 11 deep. There is virtually zero chance the Twins bullpen is even anywhere near mediocre in 2026.