Vanimal46

You must be disappointed if you’re buying the Star Tribune when you do. Any baseball game starting after 12 PM was recorded as late when I saw the paper on Easter Sunday at my Uncle & Aunt’s house. I can confidently say as a 36 year old I’ve never had a daily newspaper delivered to my residence in my adult life.

You provide a unique perspective on a curiosity I have. Is Minnesota more loyal to content creators like Gleeman, Zulgad, Coller, etc. where they can go independent and succeed? Compared to other markets like Milwaukee and Chicago that you’re involved in?

Honestly, it’s pretty fitting that Ober is the one to throw a Maddux. Congrats on a magical night Bailey!

Amazingly, 15 years later that old guard of writers providing terrible coverage in 2010 are still employed at Star Tribune today. No wonder why their subscription totals have swirled down the drain. Lavelle E Neal 3, Jim Souhan, and Patrick Reusse have been recycling the same lazy articles for the last 30 years.

In Minnesota we have seen a lot of writers start independent ventures that appear to be sustainable… Skor North, Wide Left (Arif Hasan), Purple Insider (Matthew Coller), now Gleeman again. They were able to do it because they had 20+ years to build an audience working for a newspaper or radio station. I have the same question in sports media as I do for so many other professions… How does any young person break into the industry/profession anymore? We’re just scratching the surface of AI and companies will need to make the choice to remain human or go with AI. Websites like Sports Illustrated have already decided to go all in on AI slop so I try to avoid that website at all costs now.

It’s frustrating because this is the most talented Wild team in their history. Colorado is just a buzz saw of a team.

IIRC Paddack when went out of his way claiming the facilities, coaching staff, and food with the Tigers was better than the Twins when we traded him there. I think that ship has sailed.

I'd much rather give the late inning opportunities to a 26 year old with a potential future than the three 35+ year old pitchers we're keeping around for whatever reason. The Twins should be claiming guys like Gomez on the waiver wire as much as possible. Let's start building something instead of treading water at best with guys who won't be a part of the 2027 Twins and beyond (looking at you, Garcia, Topa, Banda, and Rogers).

Same here. I'm not sure why the FO thinks a bullpen full of waiver wire/DFA trade acquisitions is going to work in their favor. Out of the 50+ waiver wire acquisitions made in the Falvey era, has anyone besides Brock Stewart worked out for more than a year? You would think one of the benefits of using this strategy on bullpen arms is discarding the ineffective pitchers without thinking twice. Yet we treat these old waiver wire pick ups like gold...

Pretty big news this morning. Good luck to him continuing his dream of writing about the Twins!

That was exactly the type of effort and performance to get back in the series. Great win last night

Well that’s gonna be the Twins for a vast majority of this season. 100 losses is in our grasp.

? That’s news to me. 2024-2025: 50 starts - 245 IP - 4.11 ERA - 4.2 bWAR that’s a pretty damn solid #4 or 5 in MLB.

Yeah I’m giving SWR at least 5 more starts before making any changes. He’s been a solid back end of the rotation pitcher for us. Can’t option him to St Paul. Can’t DFA him because a team will claim a 25 year old with an MLB track record in a heartbeat.

Just make the trade for Andrew Chafin and admit it was dumb to let him walk out of here in spring training.