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  1. dxpavelka
    No, but I'll be there are other major league teams whose fan bases feel this way.
  2. dxpavelka
    Actually they ARE top 5 in the AL and it's not really close. If you look at teams entire rotations, Texas actually has the best. The Twins, Yankees, Seattle & Boston are pretty closely bunched in the 2 thru 5 spots, granted Minnesota probably slots at 5 but very little difference between them and the other three. Detroit easily has the best # 1 starter in the league but when you consider the entire staff, there is a considerable drop off from Minnesota at 5 to Detroit at 6. Another drop off to Toronto at 7 probably tells the story of why there's a pretty good chance they're going to join the Twins on the golf course by mid week. I know you don't WANT to believe this but the numbers bear it out. Now the numbers I cited include a full season worth of data and the rotation may have been dragged down by the bullpen after the trade deadline. At the end of the day it's usually a lot easier to build a bullpen than it is to build a rotation. We HAVE a rotation. As long as we don't **** it up by trading guys that we'll find ourselves just needing to replace.
  3. dxpavelka
    Typically, the best managers are guys who were role players, sat on the bench quite a bit where they spent time picking the brain(s) of some smart baseball guys along the way. Guys like Torii & Albert Pujols, who were stars, and had everything come easy for them and never had to work to get an edge don't seem to be the best managers. Sure, you will be able to comeback with few exceptions to what I just said, but by and large, I'm right on this one. Cap Anson was probably the most successful player to have managerial success. Maybe we could reach out to him. Quite a reach since he's been dead for a hundred years but (insert typical Twins fan joke about him working cheap here) it's worth a shot. The perfect example would be Billy Martin. Played over a decade, less than a thousand hits, one All-Star team, finished 25th in the MVP voting, once. Basically a role player, sat on a lot of benches, learned a lot from some guy named Stengel. If memory serves me right, seemed to have a bit of an edge to him. Not sure about that. Guess we could ask Dave Boswell, but he's dead too. Gene Mauch played 9 years in the big league and totaled less than 900 plate appearances. Sat on a lot of benches and learned from guys like Leo Durocher, Charlie Grimm & Eddie Stanky. Guys like Torii & Pujols profile more like Ted Williams as managers. Also, hitting & pitching coaches tend to be specialized in their own field and NOT make great managers. Ray Miller was a great pitching coach. His biggest accomplishment as a manager was getting fired and clearing the way for TK. Guys like Punto, Suzuki & Ramon Vasquez profile as potential TK or Billy Martin types. Guys like Torii profile more like Ted Williams guys. You pick.
  4. dxpavelka
    Typically, the best managers are guys who were role players, sat on the bench quite a bit where they spent time picking the brain(s) of some smart baseball guys along the way. Guys like Torii & Albert Pujols, who were stars, and had everything come easy for them and never had to work to get an edge don't seem to be the best managers. Sure, you will be able to comeback with few exceptions to what I just said, but by and large, I'm right on this one. Cap Anson was probably the most successful player to have managerial success. Maybe we could reach out to him. Quite a reach since he's been dead for a hundred years but (insert typical Twins fan joke about him working cheap here) it's worth a shot. The perfect example would be Billy Martin. Played over a decade, less than a thousand hits, one All-Star team, finished 25th in the MVP voting, once. Basically a role player, sat on a lot of benches, learned a lot from some guy named Stengel. If memory serves me right, seemed to have a bit of an edge to him. Not sure about that. Guess we could ask Dave Boswell, but he's dead too. Gene Mauch played 9 years in the big league and totaled less than 900 plate appearances. Sat on a lot of benches and learned from guys like Leo Durocher, Charlie Grimm & Eddie Stanky. Guys like Torii & Pujols profile more like Ted Williams as managers. Also, hitting & pitching coaches tend to be specialized in their own field and NOT make great managers. Ray Miller was a great pitching coach. His biggest accomplishment as a manager was getting fired and clearing the way for TK. Guys like Punto, Suzuki & Ramon Vasquez profile as potential TK or Billy Martin types. Guys like Torii profile more like Ted Williams guys. You pick.
  5. dxpavelka
    Fine. Since you are waiting for THE Smartest Man in the Room to announce something regarding the possibility of Rocco being interviewed, I'll do my part and weigh in. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/10/rocco-baldelli-interested-in-managing-again.html#:~:text=With the Padres now in,View Comments (37)
  6. dxpavelka
    then i guess they should just put the decision in YOUR hands.
  7. dxpavelka
    I like Rowson but it's a tough sell to tell me that HE "launched 307 home runs with the Bomba Squad any more than HE launched 274 for the Yankees this year or 53 for Aaron Judge. The players did all of those things and in the end what happens on the field is because of the players. A manager / hitting coach plays a small part, an important part nonetheless but a small part. Managers like quarterbacks get too much credit when things are good and too much blame when things are bad.
  8. dxpavelka
    You have to go back to Gene Mauch to find a Twins manager with major league managing experience so going the route of NOT hiring someone with big league experience would NOT be a shock nor would it not be on brand. AND, you're really going to hate this one, it goes back to forty years prior to Falvey so you can't just hate it because it's the Falvey way.
  9. dxpavelka
    Can't bury the lead
  10. dxpavelka
    Totally agree. The fact that he's been retired for 11 years and hasn't taken a coaching or minor league managing job just says he wants this handed to him. Sorry. Not interested.
  11. dxpavelka
    Seattle is getting results NOW but only because they signed Polanco to a 1 year deal for $3 million less than last year. And they didn't sign him until February and he hit .183 in May & June so what he is doing now was never a slam dunk. Won't even bring up the fact that he hit .190 in the 2023 post-season. Were we seeing him as an integral part of the future worthy of ten and a half million dollars at that point?
  12. dxpavelka
    Maybe my Punto mention has aged well.
  13. dxpavelka
    Ray Miller was an outside hire. I'm not insisting on big league managerial experience but at least some time on a bench somewhere post playing career. Sounds like they may have read my mention of Nick Punto this morning.........
  14. dxpavelka
    Why are we overlooking OTHER guys with no experience as a coach and / or minor league manager? Kent Hrbek checks the fan favorite box. How about Nick Punto? Sure, Kirby's dead but, hey, why not?
  15. dxpavelka
    Nice to see a strong interest in guys WITH actual coaching / minor league managing experience.
  16. dxpavelka
    yawn
  17. dxpavelka
    Twenty-nine teams are NOT going to win the World Series every year. If you are one of those twenty-nine, you had BETTER be entertaining. We were NOT entertaining the last two months of the season. But ya have to admit, trade deadline day was entertaining as hell. AND, you also have to admit that in coming years it will also be exciting watching guys like Jenkins, Tait, Rojas, Prielipp, Gallagher, Ellwanger & Mendez. Oops, did I leave off Culpepper, Rodriguez, Houston & Hill? Gonzalez & Quick? What about DeBarge? But, hey, If guys like France, Stewart, Coulombe, Paddack, Wentz, Dobnak & Kyle Farmer are your jam, you do you.
  18. dxpavelka
    Gotta love all the folks on here bitching about the FO. Same folks who cheered when they replace T Ryan and co.
  19. dxpavelka
    Feels to me like writing an article about a guy who has never managed or coached at any level being a candidate for the manager job of a big league baseball team is just for clicks.
  20. dxpavelka
    Lee can catch a baseball and throw it to first base consistently. Which puts him ahead of a hell of a lot of other guys who have attempted to play shortstop for this team.
  21. dxpavelka
    Two things. Not sure why we would "expect a number to be released." # 2: It's easy to spend someone else's money. All that being said, I'd hold my cards and make one big acquisition: Pete Alonzo. He's a Boras guy, we have a history with Boras. We haven't had a real bopper at 1B in damn near two decades. If Martin is your LF, Klemens can play four other spots. Sure, we didn't like the way things turned out with Correa but there might be a way to get something done. It might take longer than we want but that's part of the deal. But, of course, there is one thing you can always count on from Twins fans: As much as they hate the team not spending money, in the end, they hate them spending money just as much.
  22. dxpavelka
    It only took four years to see a return on the Berrios trade. So, 2029?
  23. dxpavelka
    Add Jayce Tingler and Derek Shelton to the last and for the love of god take Torii & Cruz off.
  24. dxpavelka
    Hinch & Snitker could both be let go.
  25. dxpavelka
    The last guy before Rocco that they hired from outside the organization was Ray Miller. My guess is they stay in house this time. Think Tingler or Toby. I suppose Derek Shelton would be considered outside the organization although he was here before he got the Pittsburgh job. There will be the obligatory talk of big names like Bochy, Melvin, Mattingly, Hinch, Snitker but the last time they went big name was Gene Mauch and that feels like a long time ago. The only thing I really care about is that they don't let possible fan perceptions impact the decision. Like hiring someone like Torii Hunter or Justin Morneau. Or Joe Mauer.
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