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  1. USAFChief
    I don't think there's been an "evolution" at SS. The ability to handle SS defensively has always been the minimum bar, and there aren't a lot of humans capable. From there, SS's who can hit well were, and are, hard to find. But there's always been a few. Honus Wagner, Joe Cronin, Lou Boudreau, Ernoe Banks, Luke Appling, Arky Vaughn, just to name a few. There's just never been very many, and there still aren't. Gonna have to disagree with this "today's teams are so much better" theory as well. The Big Red Machine would be The Big Red Machine today.
  2. USAFChief
    I don't think anyone from the front office to the manager really wants Camargo on the Twins 26 man roster, but the rules say you gotta have 26, and the 40 man options available were Camargo, Yunior Severino, and Emmanuel Rodriguez. Rodriguez is probably not an option (in AA). So one of Severino or Camargo was going to come up, get MLB meal money, minimum salary, and great seats for a few games. The Twins will effectively play with 12 position players until someone comes off the IL. When major league pitching staffs take 13 roster spots, one of the unfortunate side effects is pitchers are also going to eat up a huge part of your 40 man. Particularly when a working philosophy is to shuttle relievers back and forth from AAA at the drop of a hat. Position player options get limited quickly.
  3. USAFChief
    On the field, fewer and fewer balls in play, fewer baserunners. Fewer hits. The fewer baserunners are in motion less and less. Stand around and wait for a 3 run homer. Too many K's. Off the field: There are fewer and fewer "Minnesota Twins" for fans to follow and become attached to. More and more interchangeable parts who even diehard fans can't name without Baseball-reference.com. And don't get me started on baseball's injury problem. Edit to add: Also, MLB desperately needs a salary cap system. A strong one, similar to the NFL, coupled with a salary minimum.
  4. USAFChief
    Personally, I would have been OK with trading Polanco, IF it made the 2024 Twins a better team. There were, after all, monetary considerations imposed by ownership. But it required no hindsight to see that trade did the opposite. It obviously and unquestionably made the team worse. And then Falvine turned around and spent any monetary savings poorly to compound the error, and call into question the need to shed Polanco's salary in the first place.
  5. USAFChief
    Ignoring the "coaches/managers don't matter" which os lunacy ... The issue to me seems execution of the offensive philoosophy. A new set of coaches, even implementing the same philosophy, may be better at it. Actually...successful.
  6. USAFChief
    Nm
  7. USAFChief
    I'm "right-sizing" my Twins related spending this year.
  8. USAFChief
    This isn't the NBA. "Sign and trade" isn't a thing. Farmer was surprised he was offered arbitration.
  9. USAFChief
    No. Hell no. You have a successful player. Highly successful. And you want to change that? Also "no" to the previous 127 times someone posted this.
  10. USAFChief
    C'mon. Seriously? I bet I can find 50 TD puff pieces touting "The Pitching Pipeline." And 100 touting Falvey's pitcher development in Cleveland.
  11. USAFChief
    Heh. "Best bullpen in baseball." Can't throw that pitch in that location. Simply terrible.
  12. USAFChief
    Injuries have zero effect on Wallner's ABs, and likely zero effect on Santana's. Certainly Lewis's ABs have gone to some combination of Farmer/Castro. But Correa has lost less than a week. I have a hard time blaming injury, particularly when Lewis is yet another soft tissue issue which seems to me to be less than bad luck.
  13. USAFChief
    Sign and trade? Is that even a thing in MLB?
  14. USAFChief
    6th worst?? C'mon Twins, you can do worse than THAT!
  15. USAFChief
    Larnach settling right in.
  16. USAFChief
    We need a "yeesh" emoji.
  17. USAFChief
    I thought it was "Jimmiejack."
  18. USAFChief
    Well it's tough to finish last at any other point in the season.
  19. USAFChief
    Look on the bright side: We need at least 5 from Paddack tonight.
  20. USAFChief
    I don't think they ever actually said anything about the TV revenue. I'm sure that was in ownership's mind, but I don't recall them ever saying it. Joe Pohlad said he was "right sizing" the business. EDIT: The above is incorrect. Pohlad did, indeed, mention the TV contract uncertainty when he said the Twins would be "right sizing."
  21. USAFChief
    "Game over." "Waddaya mean, game over? It's only 3-0. Your comment lacks credibility." "How about now?" "It's only one game."
  22. USAFChief
    But thankfully, not the deputy.
  23. USAFChief
    Hell of a pitchihg plan this offseason, Thad. Well done.
  24. USAFChief
    mlb.tv is wonky tonight. skipping all over the place. I've been back to seeing the bottom of the 1st 3 times now.
  25. USAFChief
    His sarcastic comment lacks credibility??
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