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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Very impressive, except
The descriptive label should go on top, and
I'm not sure you even needed a label. It's a game thread, gotta believe most of us would figure out what it is.