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  1. USAFChief
    Neat trick. Pick 2 FAs who fit your narrative and ignore the rest. How about $30m for Seth Lugo and Michael Wacha? You think KC is in the ALDS without that expense? Or Blake Snell for $15 in 2024 and three decent relievers instead of loading up on minor league free agents and waiver claims?
  2. USAFChief
    Rocco hamhandedly coughing up that game in Texas was the turning point of the season. Many other things contributed, of course, but that epic collapse was the pivot point.
  3. USAFChief
    Watching the MFing Yankees get a 2 inch square strike zone is bad enough, but I gotta listen to Yankee homer costas too? This game was an embarrassment to MLB
  4. USAFChief
    The Twins can't afford needed pitching, much less spend anything on a backup centerfielder who likely won't be worth it anyways. The Twins would have been better off this year just skipping the Margot fiasco. Live with as much as you can get from Buxton and use your minor leaguers if he's hurt. That means Buxton plays virtually every day or is IL'd. Use whatever payroll they have to upgrade the front line, rather than the backups.
  5. USAFChief
    I don't think Falvey has an MBA.
  6. USAFChief
    Yet another Twins player who, despite years in the system and several at the big league level, still doesn't have a position. First? Third? Second? None of the above? Questionable way to run a railroad.
  7. USAFChief
    If they don't replace him, that seems like a pretty good indication of who was doing what under the PBO/GM model.
  8. USAFChief
    This reads to me like he got canned, rather than he chose to leave. In any case, this was pretty much announced last weekend when they said "Falvey and Baldelli are returning. ... Thad? Thad who?"
  9. USAFChief
    Yeah, you made a misleading post about money.
  10. USAFChief
    I thought this was your point: "I want to see a 20 million dollar club win it all and then watch everybody forget that it happened when everybody loses their minds over the Twins not spending money next year."
  11. USAFChief
    Adios, Thad. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/10/thad-levine-steps-down-as-twins-gm.html
  12. USAFChief
    This defense of Rocco is as poorly written as Rocco's management. "Vocal minority?" "It became obvious meaningful change was needed .... would Rocco be the scapegoat"? How would needed meaningful change be a scapegoat? His calm demeanor is "exactly what's needed for a long season"...which has ended in utter collapse twice in three seasons? And which has sputtered to a weak postseason when he did manage to get there? Dedend Rocco, sure. Have at it. But this collection of unsupported claims, flat out embellishments and platitudes? LOL worthy.
  13. USAFChief
    Which is completely irrelevant. Would you say the Twins payroll was $70m in September when Buxton, Correa, Kepler and Ryan were on the IL?
  14. USAFChief
    Detroit's 2024 payroll is $98.5M.
  15. USAFChief
    The article also says the Padres are still available via local cable/satellite systems. That seems like the key to me. Get rid of the blackouts, which will mean less money from cable/satellite, but add some revenue back through streaming.
  16. USAFChief
    One thing the Padres didn't do with Merrill is sit him against LH pitching. A little more than 1/4 of his 2024 PAs came against LH pitching. And he only put up a .641 OPS. But lookie here....in the postseason he's not only in the lineup against Max Fried, he's batting 5th. And he ropes a 2 run double to center off Max Fried. Merrill wouldn't have been in that game were he a Twin.
  17. USAFChief
    It struck me as ... ominous for Levine when the Twins announced that Falvey and Baldelli would be returning for 2025, but conspicuously didn't mention Levine. My gut tells me he's gone. What the impact will be, if he is indeed fired, who knows? I have no idea who does what in this FO
  18. USAFChief
    $20/mo is the price for MLB.TV, single team. $22/mo for all teams. It won't be cheaper than that. Of course, that's if the Twins actually allow streaming. You and Majorleagueready should maybe brush up before commenting.
  19. USAFChief
    It's always about salaries. The top 6 team payrolls in 2024 are in the postseason. There's a reason the Yankees miss the playoffs once every few decades and the Dodgers own the NLW. And it ain't their minor league systems. Exceptions prove the rule.
  20. USAFChief
    Well, we don't actually know, since the Twins marketing staff is so inept.
  21. USAFChief
    Nobody has a continual pipeline of top talent. Nobody. However, everyone has a continual pipeline of "prospects" that can, and mostly should be used to acquire proven MLB talent. You'd end up regretting maybe 1 in 10 of those deals, maybe less. Because maybe 1 in 10 of those shiny prospects ever amounts to more than the guy they were traded for. They're initially cheaper, which is the real reason they're hoarded.
  22. USAFChief
    May be time for some "right sizing" of the overhead.
  23. USAFChief
    I wish I'd written that.
  24. USAFChief
    The current format is really, really good. Nothing wrong with a best of 3 for the 3rd-6th best records in each league. Two best records are still in it in both leagues. MLB has done well with it's inevitable playoff expansion format.
  25. USAFChief
    I guessing those in the game threads would have called BS on the marketing staff if they claimed "2nd best record in the AL in July." I'll cut you some slack since you've told us you didn't pay much attention with the cable TV fiasco.
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