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  1. 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.
  2. KirbyDome89
    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?
  3. KirbyDome89
    That's your takeaway from the interaction? Tough look for the media member?
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  5. KirbyDome89
    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.
  6. KirbyDome89
    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.
  7. KirbyDome89
    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.
  8. KirbyDome89
    It's literally that simple. I don't understand why people are twisting themselves into pretzels to rationalize this team intentionally handicapping themselves.
  9. KirbyDome89
    That's the Twins right? What's the argument for the current usage of the 13th spot?
  10. KirbyDome89
    They won the Rockies series...
  11. KirbyDome89
    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.
  12. KirbyDome89
    That's really all that needs to be said. The "outfield whisperer," stuff is silly.
  13. KirbyDome89
    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.
  14. KirbyDome89
    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.
  15. KirbyDome89
    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.
  16. KirbyDome89
    C'mon... Have half measures or indecisiveness not hurt this team the last few years? I mean the AL is incredibly watered down and we're talking about clawing back to .500 by the ASB....
  17. KirbyDome89
    Eh, I don't think Shelton has much of anything to do with maybe marginal defensive improvement. Removing Wallner in RF almost instantly raises your defensive floor. Lee and Gray have been combined to be markedly worse at SS this year. Bader was better than anybody who has started in a corner OF spot this year. Keaschall has looked pretty rough at 2B. The C position might've been worse even before the Jeffers injury. If Wallner was plodding along, even at last season's uninspiring pace, he'd probably still be starting in RF. If Culpepper hadn't played well at AAA, or Lewis hadn't crashed out earlier in the year, Idk if Brooks Lee is moved off SS. I agree that the defense overall isn't getting better until a new group of players starts taking over, but that seems more circumstantial than anything.
  18. KirbyDome89
    Oof, yes, the Twins are searching for answers offensively...
  19. KirbyDome89
    C'mon.... We had the "too much depth," argument this spring. They just threw a bullpen game because they have 4 starters. It's mid June. Other than Ryan there isn't a single arm listed that you're writing in pen, and he's a coin flip to be here after the ASB. Pablo is coming off TJ, who knows what he'll look like next year, and if he's average or better he's probably getting flipped too. Ober is a reinforcement at this point? I don't think Festa, Parades, or Rojas are SPs for different reasons. Zebby and Taj have major consistency issues. Prelipp and Abel are both health and performance question marks. "Depth," at least as it's defined by this fan base, is the new "pitch to contact." It's a weird obsession, or something that fans have co-opted. If "depth," is simply names to cycle through, the 2026 Twins might have one of the deepest bullpens of all time....
  20. KirbyDome89
    This. It wasn't that long ago that Julien was the 2B of the future, Lewis was entrenched at 3B, and people were worried about how this team was going to find Brooks Lee ABs....
  21. KirbyDome89
    Ahh not really if we're claiming Bell has been producing for the last month.
  22. KirbyDome89
    Josh Bell has an 84 OPS+ and he's been a negative WAR player to date. His 30 game SS is being carried by his last week+ where he has 3 HRs. The rest of the 30 game stretch is just as underwhelming as his season totals. .244/.286/.385 from mid May through the first week of June.
  23. KirbyDome89
    MLB needs to ban these embarrassing 8th/9th inning position player pitching appearances. Seriously. Idk exactly how you legislate that with the Ohtani situation in LA, but non pitchers throwing non-competitive pitches is gross; it needs to stop.
  24. KirbyDome89
    Utility players rarely excel at every position they play. Most teams (probably all of them) aren't starting 8 regulars who excel defensively. Good defenders can move around and remain good defenders. Playing multiple positions doesn't degrade your defensive prowess. The Twins' struggles defensively aren't because guys haven't gotten enough reps, it's because the organization hasn't prioritized defense. When were Trevor Larnach or Matt Wallner ever a good defender? Julien? Miranda? Brooks Lee might be above average now that he's at 3B. Keaschall hasn't ever been a plus guy with the glove. Jeffers isn't a particularly good defensive catcher. Lewis had issues throwing and picking the ball up in the minors. Is Austin Martin an average OF now that he's not playing CF? Maybe? I mean Josh Bell was their big "get," this past offseason.
  25. KirbyDome89
    Nobody wanted him at the deadline last year. Why is a team suddenly giving up anything for an older/worse version this season? Textbook sunk cost fallacy.
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