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  1. USAFChief
    Arraez has 20 XBHs and is SLG .485, higher than every Twin not named Matt Wallner.
  2. USAFChief
    Wut?
  3. USAFChief
    Concur, concur, concur. Regardless your position on the "pitching pipeline," it's painful to look at position player development under Falvine. They've not brought a single diference maker to the lineup from the minors outside of 2023 Arraez. Not one. Lewis still has a chance. Maybe Kirilloff, if you squint and cross your fingers. But to date? Nada. Zip. Zilch.
  4. USAFChief
    Again, not the point. But since you asked, Lopez is 3-5. Mid 4s ERA. Team is 8-8 in his starts. Lopez hasn't been any kind of real asset to date, and finding a similar starter last winter that didn't require trading the league batting champ wouldn't have been tough. He has provided innings, at least by 2023 standards, I'll give him that. It's ok to have been in favor of the trade and still recognize that to date, it looks awful. And he better get better, because the team invested a lot of money, and he's not only getting the money but he's going to be in the rotation because of it for a long time. Do you think anyone in Miami regrets this deal?
  5. USAFChief
    You don't have a point. That's the point. Last year's record is irrelevant to whether or not Luis Arraez would help the 2023 team.
  6. USAFChief
    How many games did the Angels win last year? They obviously should have traded Shohei Ohtani.
  7. USAFChief
    That might be one of the most profound and damning statements about the state of the Twins I've read on Twins Daily ever.
  8. USAFChief
    Someone else.
  9. USAFChief
    Holy ****.
  10. USAFChief
    Here's the bad news: I don't think there's any possibility the starting pitching is as good in the 2nd half. Some ideas: 1. At a minimum, they HAVE to change hitting coaches, immediately. And hitting philosophy. This is ridiculous. How can someone be hired for a job, produce such awful results, and keep that job? Would any person reading this keep your job with similar results? I'd fire the manager too, he's not very good at it, but at LEAST the hitting coach(s). 2. Buxton is in CF 6 days a week, or on the IL. "Physically incapable?" Then IL him. But I don't buy that line for a second. 3. Gallo, Kepler, Pagan are gone, by tomorrow. Might not help but it might and at least we'd be losing without wasting time on things that just aren't ever going to be assets. 4. Something needs to change with minor league drafting and/or development. Failure after failure. How do we not have a single lineup centerpiece after this much time? Sheesh. Start with that
  11. USAFChief
    I was talking about body language and energy, Mike. You can scoff at that if you wish. Rocco seems to agree with me, but I'd ask Rocco to start by looking on the mirror. You in charge or not, Rocco? https://sports.yahoo.com/twins-manager-baldelli-closes-clubhouse-210133297.html?src=rss
  12. USAFChief
    You keep on using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
  13. USAFChief
    I don't think not dismissing Varland, and scoffing at the idea this front office has established any kind of "pitching pipeline" are mutually exclusive
  14. USAFChief
    I was at 2 of these 3 games. Never seen worse body language or energy from a team, and I've been to a fair number of big-league games. I do not understand how nobody has lost their job yet.
  15. USAFChief
    People keep pretending there's such a thing as a "low leverage" reliever. There isn't. But even if there was, why would you want any? "Pagan is valuable in his role" misses the point by miles. The "role" this author is trying to assign to Pagan doesn't exist.
  16. USAFChief
    Have they? Are they?
  17. USAFChief
    All Star, gold glove, 30+ HR free agents make 3 times that. Gallo is none of those things. He's had 30 HRs once since 2018. "SABR darling" might be accurate, and yeah, watching him hit is offensive, to me at least.
  18. USAFChief
    I don't think there's much future in playing for the future. Thinking past the current season in big league baseball is wishful thinking. Got a chance? Go for it. Prospects are Prospects. Most won't end up being big losses and there's always more Prospects.
  19. USAFChief
    I'm in.
  20. USAFChief
    Here's the article from his signing, in case anyone wants to review their original take: https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/minnesota-twins-sign-joey-gallo-r13403/page/2/ Not much love then, either.
  21. USAFChief
    Kepler homers off a lefty, Rocco loses self control, Maeda Ks 8 in 5 shutout innings. Baseball just never surprises anymore
  22. USAFChief
    The proverbial cup of coffee. Caribou, no doubt.
  23. USAFChief
    I'm too lazy to look it up, but IIRC Bert also suffered 50-some 1-0 losses over his career.
  24. USAFChief
    For some historical perspective, Bert Blyleven had sixty (60). Sixty shutouts.
  25. USAFChief
    Nice job Mr Ryan, nice job.
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