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  1. USAFChief
    Concur. Although it's a low bar.
  2. USAFChief
    Tell us more.
  3. USAFChief
    The incessant need by some to shield Rocco from any and all blame is as predictable as sunrise. Sunrises aren't nauseating though.
  4. USAFChief
    Baldelli is an objectively bad manager. Nobody blames him for talent deficiencies. But the Twins suck at pretty much everything he's responsible for. Everything. They've been awful at playing the game since shortly after he arrived. That's not a coincidence You can be talent starved and still play the game well. Or you can be talent rich and play the game poorly. Both of those situations fall at the feet of the manager. We should have all seen this coming when he made BP and infield optional when he got here.
  5. USAFChief
    Let me be the 1st to thank you for educating the rest of us on where to assign blame and what that blame might be.
  6. USAFChief
    As for the OP, SWR is a no-brainer. Hed make the opening day rotation ahead of any of the younger options. That's just the way Falvey operates. Established vet = MLB, younger guys in AAA as depth. I wouldn't be surprised to see Clemens and Outman make the 40-man. Not that they should, mind you. But again, it's the Twins. Falvey won’t give up on Outman so soon after trading for him. And what 1st base options are there? It wouldn't shock me to see Julien make it, either. Miranda, no chance of course. He'll find a AAA job somewhere, at least for 2026.
  7. USAFChief
    MLB 40 man rosters are finalized in November each year. Rule 5 draft is December and 40 man must be done prior to that. I can't find it right now, but I remember reading somewhere this year's 40 man date is November 18th. Also remember there is no Injured List in the offseason. Anyone on a 60 day IL doesn't count against the 40 man during the season, but once the season is over, that's not the case.
  8. USAFChief
    Keaschall has a long way to go to be even average defensively. It's certainly possible his extremely weak arm improves with injury recovery, but no sure thing. And that doesn't address his rather stone-like hands. Improving that's gonna take a lot of work, if it happens at all. But I'd say the juice is worth the squeeze, if he continues to hit like he has. Also no sure thing, BTW. Let him have 2nd for at least 2026. What's the downside? It's not like you're risking contention.
  9. USAFChief
    Zoll? Never heard of him.
  10. USAFChief
    An opinion I share, and made more believable by recent play. If they havent moved one to 1st base now, it ain't happening.
  11. USAFChief
    As to the polling: Ownership isn't going anywhere, unfortunately. No point talking about it. Thr FO is objectively below average. How could anyone argue differently? It's been 9 years. Outside of 2019, what have they accomplished? Baldelli is terrible. His teams routinely suck at playing the game of baseball. Not talking talent here...playing the game. And they truly SUCK at it. A team with little talent can still know how to play the game, and do so. That's entirely on the manager. Start the rebuild by getting a better one.
  12. USAFChief
    "Anybody can play anywhere." -R Baldelli
  13. USAFChief
    The falloffs in votes cast later on in the season most likely reflect fewer and fewer fans visiting Twins Daily. Fewer and fewer people care about the Twins enough to invest time or emotional energy.
  14. USAFChief
    Again?
  15. USAFChief
    Wallner watched from the dugout. Larnach watched from RF.
  16. USAFChief
    I get MLB minimum?? Happy ******* birthday to ME!!
  17. USAFChief
    If it's all theoretical and you have no idea what players are gonna do, why the objection to IKF? Gotta see if that light switch flips, no?
  18. USAFChief
    Concur with the 1st four paragraphs. Ty France isnt the issue. The issue is he represented the best option. By a wide margin.
  19. USAFChief
    Correa, sure. Dobnak, I guess. Nothing else even qualifies as a salary dump.
  20. USAFChief
    Outman has been a failure for 2 years now. That's why he's spent much of those years in AAA. Besides which he'll be 29 next year. He's not a prospect. Bradley is pushing 70 MLB starts...and was traded for a reliever...by an organization that depends almost solely on deploying young talent. He's a failed prospect. Expecting better from him is...highly optimistic to say the least. Abel is who they settled for when they couldn't get the real Philly talent. Roden never ever profiled as an above average MLB regular. Nobody should be surprised by this.
  21. USAFChief
    I read this as a "trade me" request. Because the rebuild train, as Van put it, pulled out of the station.
  22. USAFChief
    With due respect, this makes no sense. You've been (rightly) complaining about this lack of development for several years now. Falvey was hired in the fall of 2016. Coming up on 9 years ago. He's the guy that's driven the team to the point we're at now....basically zero hope for the medium range future. The guy who has signed 1 year vets for 9 years now... ...but IKF would be your breaking point? It's hard to take you seriously if you're not willing to ask for them to do what's necessary to enact what you're endlessly asking for. Falvey is suddenly going to change?? Second, somewhat related point: you repeatedly want to talk "theory" and not names. You want to talk about the Twins infield but not about Brooks Lee or Culpepper. Just theoretical, nameless concepts of players. To me, that's a copout. It's always about specifics.
  23. USAFChief
    Adios, Byron
  24. USAFChief
    I'm having trouble paying attention too, but Monday wasn't an off day. The Twins beat the Angels in Anaheim. No, really. It's true!
  25. USAFChief
    And 80 percent of percentages you see on the internet are made up on the spot.
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