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  1. KirbyDome89
    Kody Clemens from June 1st through the end of the season - .203/.267/.402 His April sucked too. Outside of 10 days in May he was borderline unplayable (unless of course you're the the Twins) which is why teams like Philly and Detroit don't regret their decision to cut bait. If we're talking about 1B defense or leadership we've lost the plot. Handing this guy 1B, even as the strong side of a platoon, has disaster written all over it. "If the alternative is going after someone like Ty France in free agency — and, let's be honest, it probably is — why not?" Because Ty France was actually a good Major League hitter at one point before signing with the Twins? At least with that uninspiring signing there was some track record to point to. What's the Kody Clemens selling point? "Hey, if we keep feeding him enough PAs, maybe at age 30 he'll only be a solidly below average offensive 1B instead of waiver wire fodder." What a joke...
  2. KirbyDome89
    Wallner is at 0 WPA for his career, his stats also start to cave as the game situation tightens up. I think it was Ashbury that dug up the numbers, but they matched the eye test. Saying Wallner is neutral on the bases while Larnach is below average is hyperbolic, they're within a single run year or year as far as baserunning runs or run value. Neither steals enough or is aggressive enough on the bases for anything else to matter. They're basically the same player in that category. Wallner's top speed might exceed Larnach's, but it sure isn't helping him in the field. Either his reads are poor and/or he takes too long to reach that speed because his range is awful, even playing one of the smallest RFs in baseball half the time. The arm strength isn't enough to make up for his lack of range either. He's going to give up way more hits failing to get to balls than he'll ever wipe away throwing out runners trying to advance. Daulton Varsho was starting in CF for Toronto during the WS with one of the worst arms (post recovery) in baseball because he could still get to everything. Both guys are negative defenders who do nothing on the bases. Their BB rate is nearly identical. Larnach will hit for a slightly higher average and K less often, Wallner will hit more HRs plus like you said he costs less and has more years of team control.
  3. KirbyDome89
    Idk how basic communication (not outlining an exact offseason plan) with fans would be tipping their hand. If they're moving Ryan and/or Lopez it's for financial reasons. If we know that, other GMs definitely know it, and if Falvey plans to move one or both of those guys I'd rather have a bidding war as opposed to some Lakers/Mavs fiasco. I very much doubt Falvey is in the dark. He's paid to be a mouthpiece for ownership, and that's what he's doing. I do get a little chuckle out of him starting to subtly put some distance between himself and ownership now that the mob has turned more of their attention towards him. I think it's safe to assume that no news is bad news at this point, but rip the band aid off if that's the case. At worst you give yourself a longer runway to maybe soothe some angst before you need a**** in seats. The complete lack of communication a) builds false hope and b) allows fans to fill in the blanks with potentially whatever worst case scenario they can imagine.
  4. KirbyDome89
    Yeah, I don't think anybody is eyeing the WS in 2026, but there's a pretty wide chasm between where the roster currently sits vs. a continued teardown. Sure, Alcala and Celestino flamed out, but they weren't exactly a bag of balls so Idk how easily replaceable Pressly really was. That 2019 bullpen was turnstile beyond Rogers, May, and Duffey.
  5. KirbyDome89
    I don't think anybody is asking for a hard number, or to be in on meetings, they just want a general sense of direction. Provide actual ****ing responses to legitimate questions rather than meaningless word salad. They dealt from a position that was far from a strength/surplus, for 2 prospects, during a time you're trying to contend.
  6. KirbyDome89
    The chart for 2024 revenue vs. 2025 payroll had Miami north of $300M in revenue and south of $100M in payroll. A $17M profit would be shockingly low. Idk how much stock any of us should put in those numbers but yeah, it's borderline impossible for these teams to actually lose money in any given year, let alone rack up $500M in debt over a 3-4 year period.
  7. KirbyDome89
    The Correa and Donaldson contracts were outside of the norm as far as years/dollars go, but the payroll didn't really budge much, they were consistently in the 16-20 range every year. It's not like the Pohlads actually pushed in and decided to go for it. Concur about the limited partners. It's just a quick cash infusion in conjunction with slashing payroll which should allow the billionaire overlords the ability to pay down the debt + interest while still hitting that oh so important profit number. The only real hope is that once they've managed to dig out of whatever the debt is, they sell the ****ing team and disappear.
  8. KirbyDome89
    One step further, it's impossible that Miami is losing money. The notion that these franchises somehow aren't printing $$ is laughable. There was real, reported interest in the Twins at $1.5B, that doesn't happen if the asset is bleeding money...
  9. KirbyDome89
    Yeah, I could do without the headline, but the content is relevant and it has nothing to do with pushing some sort of negative agenda.
  10. KirbyDome89
    The best player (by a long shot) on the team is reportedly considering waiving his no trade clause and that's not news worthy?
  11. KirbyDome89
    "If even Buxton is starting to look elsewhere for hope, then maybe the organization needs to take a hard look at what it has become and who it is pushing away in the process." We're way beyond the point that this org should begin to self reflect. Things don't get this bad via pure incompetence; the apathy from the top down is palpable.
  12. KirbyDome89
    I'm not saying the Twins did him dirty, but if another team (and again, I'll state that I think the odds of this happening are remote) finds a way to turn him into even a semi solid regular, I think that's another black eye for a Twins organization that has obviously struggled to develop players. Rooker is an example in name only and not a particularly strong case for development issues. I'd drop him too. Like I said, I agree that he needs to be elsewhere if he wants to find MLB success.
  13. KirbyDome89
    Yes, and you were fine with that metric as long as it pertained to Seattle. Like I said, as soon as Cleveland, Milwaukee, and TB entered the convo the bar dropped.
  14. KirbyDome89
    Trying to hoard service time is how you end up with players in their mid to late 20s becoming 40 man casualties without actually getting a shot. Are RP prospects a real thing? That's only half rhetorical. Prielipp probably didn't need to be pitching in AAA during the 2nd half. They had Lopez, Ryan, Ober, SWR, Matthews, Abel, and Bradley for all of September.
  15. KirbyDome89
    Concur on the bolded. I very much doubt he becomes anything of value elsewhere, the bat is just too streaky to compensate for the lack of defensive skill, but if he beats the odds and figures it out a la Rooker, I'd say fans should probably freak out a little.
  16. KirbyDome89
    Nothing convenient about it, I quoted and replied to exactly what you said... You chose to use playoff series wins as your metric for postseason success, and you said Seattle was a terrible example of both spending and winning. Playoff success is too nuanced? Now we're sliding further to regular season records...smh pass. Zero tears about an inability to spend for these clubs with revenues exceeding $300M and payrolls barely (if even) cracking $100M. Nobody is disputing the importance of drafting or developing. This entire line of conversation started with a post that claimed payroll doesn't matter. It very much does; spending also correlates with winning.
  17. KirbyDome89
    It is warranted, that's the entire point. You need a foundation from which to work, but if you're not willing to spend the necessary $$ on materials the quality of the home is going to suffer. Jenkins becoming a solidly above average big league player would be a huge step towards relevancy, but if you're going to surround him with stopgap vets on bounce back deals, or a starting rotation full of back end guys, or whatever, that's a failure.
  18. KirbyDome89
    You were just dogging on Seattle for their lack of postseason series wins, now that Cleveland, TB, and Milwaukee enter the chat we're sliding the goalposts to simply making the playoffs? Naw.... Since 2000: Cleveland: 5 series won Milwaukee: 3 series won Tampa Bay: 4 series won, 2 of which were single game WCs. I'm not counting anything from 2020 (sorry Dodgers fans) but we don't use individual stats from that abbreviated season (for good reason) and the same applies to a watered down postseason. For all the flowers Milwaukee is getting, they have exactly one more series win than the Twins (a team synonymous with postseason ineptitude) this century. Spending next to nothing in FA is going to net you next to nothing in FA. It's not a "value," play; by definition you're paying for past performance. Ty France was "good value," if we want to use the meaningless WAR to $$ metric. The idea that you can simply spend your way to competitiveness is asinine. You need to draft and develop well. Denying that payroll doesn't also factor in heavily is just as dumb.
  19. KirbyDome89
    This franchise had a generational talent at C, a future MVP at 1B, and a perennial CYA candidate heading the rotation in the mid 2000s. They were starting Phil Nevin, Jason Tyner, Nick Punto, and Rondell White in postseason games. Payroll didn't budge. It stayed stagnant again after they finally clawed out of all the losing in 2019. When have the Pohlads ever doubled down?
  20. KirbyDome89
    What teams aren't spending money and consistently winning playoff series?
  21. KirbyDome89
    Sounds eerily familiar. Lewis, drafted in 2017, is going to begin the 2026 season with barely over 4 career bWAR. We're talking about Larnach as a non-tender/trade candidate. Cavaco, Sabato, and Petty are gone or washed. Brooks Lee is one more middling (at best) offensive season away from a bench role being his ceiling. We hope Wallner can stick at DH? Even Keaschall, one of the lone bright spots last season, was quietly unimpressive with a 6 something OPS and poor 2B defense for nearly half of his short season. They can hang their hat on Jeffers and that's pretty much it right now for position players. The pitching side, despite the vaunted "pipeline," isn't much better. Brutal.
  22. KirbyDome89
    Concur, the biggest issue with the Shelton hiring is that it keeps the status quo. Another Falvey disciple does nothing to shake up the flawed organizational philosophy the current regime is insistent on shoving down the throats of fans.
  23. KirbyDome89
    I think whomever Shelton would choose would be lock step with not only himself, but also with Falvey & Co. so in that sense I unfortunately don't think it really matters.
  24. KirbyDome89
    Cherry picking individual results is pointless. Using somebody like Skenes is another level of ridiculousness. That said, Pittsburgh is a dysfunctional ****hole of an org. I have a hard time assigning success (or blame) for the W/L record, development (or lack thereof) ect.
  25. KirbyDome89
    Sticking with this transitive property nonsense, the Twins should've backed up the truck for Dave Roberts. Walker Jenkins is one manager away from being the next Ohtani....
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