KirbyDome89

I might've taken the under on 13 runs scored all series by Cleveland. They're an abysmal offensive club and that's what I expect to see from them the rest of the series.

Do you honestly believe Duran flipping off the crowd was going to go unnoticed? Do TD writers/owners/authors "suck," when they're critical of the team or individual players?

That's your takeaway from the interaction? Tough look for the media member?

Yeah, changes have been made, and I wish I could believe that was a new organizational directive, but I think Matt Wallner is still allowed to be a butcher in RF if he's putting up offensive numbers similar to last season. I also very much doubt Royce is playing 1B if he doesn't completely crash out either. Credit where it's due for moving Keaschall though. I'm out on rentals. I feel like the return won't be that big if guys like GG or Rojas are headlining the deal, but I'm not a prospect hound, nor do I really get into the weeds with hypothetical swaps. Idk if 16 more games tell us anything we don't already know about this team.

Does a better relief arm(s) at the 2023 deadline change the postseason outcome? Who and where are they adding in 2024 that's non-periphery? LF I guess? That would've been a platoon role though. SP? Ok, but they had tremendous pitching health/production that season. Did "right sizing," hurt this club? No doubt, it's less cushion to work with, but poor roster construction and "running it back," alongside a "core," group that flopped hard probably has more to do with the woes.

I'm not telling you something you don't already know, but we're talking about a playoff field of 4 vs 12 teams. You can still enjoy the remainder of the season after shrewd moves are made right? The "anything can happen," mentality is what has kept this team locked into mediocrity or worse for the last few years.

It's literally that simple. I don't understand why people are twisting themselves into pretzels to rationalize this team intentionally handicapping themselves.

That's the Twins right? What's the argument for the current usage of the 13th spot?

They won the Rockies series...

Yeah I'm not saying Sizemore isn't a good coach, but the "outfield whisperer," stuff is such a reach. The Twins literally sent the worst defensive OF in baseball to AAA, that's pretty much it. Like you said, Martin looks about the same. Larnach looks about the same. The math doesn't seem to hard here. I don't see the need to stretch it into something it's not.

That's really all that needs to be said. The "outfield whisperer," stuff is silly.

Yeah the return won't be a lottery ticket. Idk where that idea is coming from, seems kinda Strawman-esque. Offering a QO to a 30 year old catcher in general isn't a great decision. Jeffers isn't a particularly good defender, and his offensive production has been good by C standards but it falls dramatically if you're going to plug him in at DH. Teams are regularly starting black holes at the C position, so there will be demand at the deadline, but his (Jeffers) profile isn't one I'm overpaying for on a QO, especially for a team that's pretending to be cash strapped.

You're allowed to want the Twins to hang onto Jeffers, Ryan, et al for purely emotional reasons, but let's at least concede that doing so, i.e. devaluing assets, to chase a .500 record is a high risk/low reward move short term, and an objectively terrible decision in the long term. Again, you don't have to like it, but if you're going to try to argue that pursing the status quo isn't harmful, pointing out the damage it has already done isn't condescension. We don't need to know the exact details of offers, that's the micro. The direction of the franchise (the macro) is what's being discussed.

It isn't just the deadline last season. What did they do after turning their bullpen into the worst group in the league? Did they reinvest? Nope, they scoured the waiver wire and they've spent the entire season running mostly washed up cast offs through a pen that has been pretty much the worst group in the league while ownership claims to be intent on competing. That's definition half measure bull****. This team has missed the playoffs 4 of the last 5 seasons. The call to finish what the deadline tear down started isn't some knee-jerk reaction. Yeah, letting assets crash to chase .500 actually is a bad thing. I'm surprised that needs to be said.