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  1. gunnarthor
    The reality is that the new FO came in at great time, a great young nucleus, money, and the number one pick. Their job was to mimic the Twins 2000 success: supplement that nucleus and keep the window of opportunity open longer. They failed on both fronts. Their pitching pipeline doesn't exist, they've drafted poorly, and they've misjudged talent they had. If we miss the playoffs again, they should be gone.
  2. gunnarthor
    This is such a dishonest piece that it just hurts to read. I assume the next article from Ted will be about how Falvey swam 15 KM down the Mississippi river 1 hour and 5 minutes.
  3. gunnarthor
    I loved this pick and think he's easily our best prospect since Buxton. He'll end up #1 overall next year.
  4. gunnarthor
    This, exactly. He's a solid ML back of the rotation pitcher. I think he could pitch a little longer but what we have now (at age 26) is probably enough to know. Over a full healthy season, we can expect 30 or so starts, 160-170ip, with an ERA+ around close to 100. That's close enough to be a 2 WAR player. The Twins have had a ton of solid, back of the rotation pitchers over the years. I also wouldn't be surprised if he goes the Swarzak/Duensing route and becomes a long reliever in the next few years. But this is what he is and is pretty much in line with the realistic scouting reports. He's not going to be Jose Berrios but he can be useful.
  5. gunnarthor
    The Astros have managed 80 quality starts in 137 games - meaning the pitcher went at least 6 innings, less than 3 runs. The Twins have 28. The Twins have 25 blown saves, third worst in baseball. Astros starting pitchers have thrown 150+ more innings than us - that's more than 17 full games worth of innings by their starters. Twins starters have thrown 80 or more pitches in a game only 53 times, by far the lowest number in baseball. Can you imagine how much better the Astros would be if they didn't let their starters pitch so much?
  6. gunnarthor
    Yeah, I enjoyed the first game. I figure this team could finish the season in the top 20 but they aren't good enough to be a top 10 team.
  7. gunnarthor
    Meh, games should be fun to watch. Watching a ****** pitching staff sucks. Watching a boring, ****** pitching staff is worse. If the Twins philosophy is only twice through the lineup, does that mean we've given up trying to teach our minor league pitchers to develop their third and fourth pitch? Do all of our cruddy pitchers through the same meat? Is that the goal? Find a bunch of 4 inning pitchers and claim a pipeline? I have no idea why you think we should welcome shorter starts. Sure, it's happening but it was a lot more fun watching pitchers figure out teams through the game.
  8. gunnarthor
    Missed most of this turkey. Not a lot of reason for optimism.
  9. gunnarthor
    Yeah, my bad, I thought he was out for the year. Much better that he's not.
  10. gunnarthor
    All three are solid additions but I don't think any were THE best, but it's just semantics. Mahle won't help the Twins this year, the other two look good. They were good moves, maybe enough to win the central, not enough to matter in the playoffs, but one step at a time.
  11. gunnarthor
    That was a nice win. Nice to see a win streak again.
  12. gunnarthor
    I've always been a big fan of Bundy and was really glad the Twins grabbed him this year. My guess is that they give him the 1m buyout and try to resign him for more than 4m but less then 11. Other teams might be interested in him, too. I was ok with the trade that brought Pagen here even though the results haven't been great so far. I can't see this team letting Pagen go at this point though. He's cheap enough where they can't really let him go and I'm sure they think that he's really close to turning the corner.
  13. gunnarthor
    I actually like the Twins minor league bats, it's a good mix of high end potential and solid floors. Brooks Lee was an excellent draft pick (mlbpipeline ranked him #33 overall!), Wallner is close and might let us move on from Kepler, Royce Lewis looked like the real deal before his injury, and Rodriguez and Urbina are a long way away but could be absolute studs. I'm still a big fan of Martin, an on-base machine, which I think is what teams are realizing they need to get back to, and Julien and Noah Miller are also good at getting on base. I'm not quite as good with farm systems as I was a few years ago, but I feel that the team has some really good upside with the bats. But the pitching, ugh. We just keep hoping but there doesn't feel like there is much upside. Bunch of AAAA/long reliever/4-5 inning starter stuff in the system.
  14. gunnarthor
    I agree with everything you said but until there is a significant change in philosophy, it won't happen.
  15. gunnarthor
    I doubt his career is over, he'll pitch somewhere in the majors again. But for a 5th round pick, he's had a nice career. He's made over 7m (I also believe he signed a neat contract with under armor where he got a bunch of money v. his future value. Could be wrong on that though). And he lasted a long time. Good on him to work and good on the Twins to hit on a 5th rounder.
  16. gunnarthor
    It's a fair trade with the potential to really blow up in our faces in a few years. CES is a tough pill, I really liked him. But Mahle is instantly our best starter and we really needed help. I still think our pitching isn't good enough but they did upgrade it quite a bit today.
  17. gunnarthor
    I agree with Mike, the trade makes sense for both sides. We gave up quantity with some upside but we have several years of control and fits an obvious need.
  18. gunnarthor
    Any of these teams could win the central. The Twins pitching is bad but our lineup is pretty impressive and we've taken 6 of the 10 against Chicago, which is a good way to keep them behind us. Fangraphs slightly favors the Sox over us. Health and pitching will probably be the defining matters for these last few months.
  19. gunnarthor
    I didn't look into draft stuff so much this year as in other years but I think the first two picks make this my favorite draft since 2016. We'll see how it plays out but I'm happy with this draft.
  20. gunnarthor
    Twins nailing the draft. Well done.
  21. gunnarthor
    Yeah, it's pretty rough.
  22. gunnarthor
    Yeah, this isn't a fun team to watch anymore. Very disappointing. But they're a playoff team and, after last year, that's probably what the FO needs. So I don't expect anything to change unless Chicago or Cleveland get hot and start pressing us.
  23. gunnarthor
    It's amazing how many new accounts sprung up on TD just to push anti-vax views. Russian troll bots are going after baseball forums!!!
  24. gunnarthor
    Yeah, good point. Wally Pipp someone.
  25. gunnarthor
    Who told you we want to see you?
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