howeda7
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If Rogers is the closer, doesn't that sort of take him out of the "lefty" equation? At current I think all four of them make the team.
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85-78 might be. I'm simply advocating that you replace Pablo as best you can and see how the 1st half plays out. You will likely get more for Ryan and Jeffers in July than you will now. If Pablo's arm went out on December 1st, it's a different discussion. A team suddenly doing a 180 and dumping players in February has pretty much never been done.
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I am hopeful that either Rodriguez or Gonzalez wins the LF job, or at least they are quick to call one of them up if Roden flops.
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I agree. Plus no one is being blocked. I reckon we will see all of Festa, Mathews, Bradley, Abel and more at some point during the season even if we sign Giolito.
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Good question. Probably not. But doesn't it seem like it was inevitable and would have just happened a week from now instead?
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His trade value would certainly have been impacted.
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Fans on this site represent the hardcore of the hardcore would rather watch rookies go 60-102 then veterans go 80-82. I get that. This organization is as low as it's been with the public since contraction. But it is not at the bottom. Trading Buxton, Ryan and Jeffers now after what Tom Pohlad has said would absolutely nuke any attendance or TV ratings for 2026. There will then be a long lockout. You're making the smoking PR crater they will have to climb out of even bigger. For what? Another AAAA pitcher or two. There are bigger issues at stake. Plus, you will get a lot more of a return for Ryan and Jeffers in July then you will now. Sure they might get hurt too, but it's not smart to bail now and sell for a 1/3 discount. Simply taking some of the insurance $$ on Pablo's contract and signing a competent replacement isn't exactly "doubling down." It's what's almost every other organization would do in this spot, instead of attempting a complete 180 on the season's plans in the middle of Spring Training.
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Trading Buxton, Ryan and Jeffers now would be stupid. Teams have their rosters set and once you trade one you lose all leverage. The best move would be to sign someone like Giolito and still try to compete, then sell at the deadline (including Giolito) in the likely event that you don't.
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I mean it's clearly related. We've seen it many times before.
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Tom Pohlad has a chance to put his $$ where his mouth is. Go sign Giolito.
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Fair but it's Minnesota Sports, it can always be worse.
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That would be both financial/media suicide and a poor way to maximize return.
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Well, he's one of the highest paid players on the roster...Thanks Derek.
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The time to trade them was 2 months ago, not 10 days before Spring Training.
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The 5 Best and 5 Worst Moves of the Derek Falvey Era
howeda7 replied to Nick Nelson's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
The 2019 trade deadline was the worst and was the moment I was out on Falvey and knew they would never sniff a World Series with him in charge. When you're a GM of a team like the Twins, you have to know when to push all your chips in because it doesn't happen often. The Twins have had two, maybe 3 chances this century. 2006, when Terry Ryan balked, 2004, when Terry Ryan also balked and 2019 when Falvey balked. There are a dozen other bad moves, but that will remain #1. -
I'd have to think they will still add a couple of the RH relievers that are left. I'd go for Koepech and Scott Barlow. Also, if we're really going with Kriedler as utility, I'd rather bring Kyle Farmer back or give Arcia a shot. I'd like to see LF be a true competition and not just given to Roden. I think Gonzalez is far enough along to get a shot.
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Joe Pohlad was completely incompetent and rightfully "moved aside" by the family. Derek was failing at both sides of his job and has rightfully been fired. It doesn't mean the Pohlad's are now good owners or that Jeremy Zoll deserves the GM job, but at least it's a start.
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We know the front office's hand are tied a bit this off-season. But even within that, they had ~$20-$25 million to spend and almost all of it should have been spent on the bullpen. Instead they've spent $14 million on catchers and 1B they didn't really need and $2 million on the bullpen and that's it.
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The Pohlad's certainly approved the Correa trade and may even have requested it. I seriously doubt they ordered Falvey to make the rest of the trades. None of the players traded had large salaries so they were not salary dumps. Falvey did those on his own.
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As far as I know, everything TV/streaming will be unchanged in 2026 from 2025. But I'm not sure why they don't have something promoting signing up for the streaming on their website.
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Below average at the baseball side and in completely over his head on the business side is a bad combination.
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Zoll is likely gone eventually. Someone has to be interim.
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The timing just rolled down from the ownership transition. Tom went and personally met with Buxton, Joe Ryan etc to "audit" what had gone wrong. And clearly Derek was seen as a big part of that.
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Good. The timing sucks but it's clearly because Tom Pohlad has now seen enough to know he wants him gone.
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In a vacuum this would be fine. On this roster in makes no sense. We now have 3 catchers, 4 first baseman but no bullpen or back-up SS. WTF are we doing?
