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  1. KirbyDome89
    It's been pointed out multiple times in this thread that they're playing at a 75 win pace. How low was your expected win total that you feel the need to scold others for not rejoicing over "how much better than expected," this team is playing? "Hey be happy with what you've got," given how the last few seasons have gone, and how the current season appears to be going, seems weird, but ok...
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    "The Twins didn't put him in a position to succeed, either. Minnesota faced an unusually heavy dose of left-handed starting pitching during the first month of the season, and the club continued running Wallner into the lineup regularly despite his long-standing platoon concerns. His production against right-handed pitching was already underwhelming with a .580 OPS, but things cratered further against lefties, where he posted just a .496 OPS." This is such a terrible argument. A gap of 80ish points of OPS LH vs. RH is normal, the issue is that neither number was remotely close to acceptable. That's not the Twins failing to put Wallner in a position to succeed, they gave him every opportunity (probably too many) to show any sign of life. FWIW he had 2x more PAs against RHP....
  3. KirbyDome89
    C'mon.... Vazquez slashed .189/.271/.274 last year. He was one of the worst hitters in baseball during his Twins career, and he completely crashed out last season. If Jackson provides that type of "value," he should be off the roster as well.
  4. KirbyDome89
    Take the W. Matthews needed an outing like today but yeah probably premature. That Miami lineup was garbage. Rojas needs to stop bleeding baserunners.
  5. KirbyDome89
    de-Falveynization? In 2024 Wallner didn't make it to the end of April before being sent down to AAA. Did we just collectively forget that? Zoll was Falvey's chosen right hand man. Shelton was Falvey's choice for manager. This team, this roster, it doesn't just "bear Falvey's fingerprints." It's HIS. Zoll could've moved on from Wallner at any point in February or March, especially with Larnach around, but now he's being credited as "proactive," for finally exercising an option that was overdue. Ok...
  6. KirbyDome89
    We're talking about 200ish games of him being a pretty poor contributor at this point. Sure, he's missed time, but how large does the sample size need to be before we can start making determinations? If Lewis can't handle a demotion without further falling apart or blaming the organization then there probably isn't much left to salvage.
  7. KirbyDome89
    I mean they've already shown plenty of loyalty, support, and commitment. We're coming up on 2 years since Royce was even decent at the plate, but he's been a fixture (when healthy) despite the lack of production. Sure, don't kick him in the ass on the way to AAA but is anybody really asking for that? At a certain point this org has to be direct with Lewis (maybe they are, Idk) about where he stands, and Lewis needs to accept that his current level of play doesn't belong on a MLB roster.
  8. KirbyDome89
    Nobody has pitchers with proven MLB track records on retainer in AAA. I do agree with the bolded though. People have been crowing about "depth," for a while now, and many of those guys ended up being fringe at best.
  9. KirbyDome89
    As a pretty damn healthy rotation/pen too. Depth is way overblown around here.
  10. KirbyDome89
    I'll start by saying I don't view the swap as an all time bad move, but I didn't like it, and I still don't. I'll also say Polanco wasn't expensive, the guy made $10M in 2024. This allegedly cash strapped organization just found $14M to throw at Victor Caratini and Josh Bell. Idk why the savings in the Polanco deal are being attributed only to the Santana signing. A few weeks after agreeing with Santana the Twins also made a swap for Margot and paid him nearly the same amount. Teams absolutely do sign guys for past performance. That's what FA is. You are by definition paying for previous performance with the hope it continues/improves. Polanco certainly missed a big chunk of 2023 and a decent amount of 2022 due to injury but he was absolutely effective. His average OPS between '21 and '23 was nearly .800. That's pretty damn productive for a 2B. The Twins (for better or worse) were banking on DeSclafani as their 5th starter. Losing him immediately meant Varland stayed in the rotation. Topa was a complete non-factor in '24 and despite an ok '25 he's cannon fodder so far this year. Probably a push as far as any value goes. Yeah, they're still holding onto Gonzalez I guess so we'll see.
  11. KirbyDome89
    That pipeline though...
  12. KirbyDome89
    Buckle up it's only May 6th
  13. KirbyDome89
    This is embarrassingly bad even for this pen.... Start the waiver wire carousel at this point.
  14. KirbyDome89
    Matt Wallner feasts on scrap heap RHPs
  15. KirbyDome89
    Washington is 4-13 at home. Wild.
  16. KirbyDome89
    Maybe not, but you're not obligated to call up anyone from that trio either.
  17. KirbyDome89
    I wouldn't send him down today, but if the team decided he needs a reset I certainly wouldn't see it as some egregious lack of faith or investment. Lewis hasn't even been a decent hitter since the 1st half of 2024, and even that was only 4ish weeks of good play. We're nearly two years removed from Royce Lewis hitting well, yet when healthy he's been a lineup fixture. That seems like pretty heavy investment/support to me.
  18. KirbyDome89
    I don't think I'd give up on that opinion quite yet.
  19. KirbyDome89
    May 6th is too early to pull the plug, but his current output is unplayable.
  20. KirbyDome89
    .225/.280/.375 from the beginning of last year through today. I don't think it's only the last two weeks that has people concerned.
  21. KirbyDome89
    I didn't say HRs don't matter. I said he clustered some homers and people started prognosticating. You left out the part that after his little mini power surge last year he went right back to being the unplayable version we he was prior and/or to start this season. Yeah, again, we're talking about Brooks Lee in the midst of a heater. It's much easier to pump up numbers in late April or early May as opposed to late July or early August. .208/.269/.347 was his triple slash 10 days ago. His OPS has gone up nearly 100 points. I mean.... I didn't say they were the same hitter. I said how he produces matters. Some people were adamant that Gallo was an average offensive performer because he'd occasionally show up and pop a homer. If you watched him play even semi regularly you know that wasn't the case. He was an albatross far more often than he contributed. He hasn't turned in even an ok offensive season in two tries, and he's closing in on 1,000 PAs. It's pretty close to sink or swim for Lee right now. Idk if that's all that encouraging.
  22. KirbyDome89
    If he's earning the demotions I don't understand the whining about short leashes, or in other threads the mental anguish said leashes create.
  23. KirbyDome89
    Wallner got his cup of coffee in April of 2023 and was a permanent fixture by the end of May. Not what I'd call a short leash. He was terrible to start 2024, and it took him nearly 2 months in AAA to turn it around. That Twins squad was trying to win games. How long should they have let him scuffle along at the MLB level? He was the everyday RF (despite being a negative defender) and the bat didn't do enough to carry him. We know what the first month of the season has looked like. How much longer should the leash be?
  24. KirbyDome89
    Lee did this last year too; he clustered a few homers and people starting gushing about the power and prognosticating. 10 days ago he was basically unplayable, now he's suddenly an example of development? Eh. The same point made in the Wallner article the other day applies to Lee as well; the peaks have always been bookended by valleys. A 106 OPS+ is good for Lee, but if he's a black hole 80% of the time at the plate a few homers doesn't make him a league average hitter, i.e. how he gets there matters. That's the Joey Gallo argument all over again. I'm more optimistic about Martin. Idk if his early season results are the result of facing more LH pitching and/or BABIP fueled, but he at least looked like a usable player to end last season. It's May 1st...
  25. KirbyDome89
    Falvey was here for a decade. The Twins missed the postseason 4 of the last 5 years, even with one of, if not the highest, payrolls in the division. That doesn't happen just because ownership is terrible. I mean, who gave Correa that contract and then traded him? A couple weeks of poor playing isn't that upsetting, but awful roster construction is. The FO had a limited budget, no doubt, and yet they (Falvey) chose to spend a significant portion to retain a player who is essentially a left handed DH, then another chunk on a backup C, and finally another DH who can't hang at 1B all while having a roster that already included a RF that was essentially a DH and an oft injured CF & 3B that will need time at DH. Oh, and the defense at 2B, SS, and even C don't come close to league average. The 2026 payroll is ridiculous, but Josh Bell and Victor Caratini have a combined 0 WAR right now.
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