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  1. KirbyDome89
    Exciting is subjective, but prospects flaming out at the big league level could easily have more to do with preferred player profile/minor league development than whatever Rocco is or isn't doing in the dugout. If Falvey loves a certain skill set, and/or is hard set on a specific development plan, we could be seeing the cap on those skills + development.
  2. KirbyDome89
    He's at his career high (34) for IP already. Last year he threw 15 innings. 27 the year before that. I'm totally fine with the Twins thinking they're selling high on a soon to be 34 year old relief arm that hasn't been able to stay healthy at any point in his career. He hasn't been that productive, because he hasn't been available, like ever. I wouldn't feel remotely comfortable rolling the dice that Stewart would be both healthy, and sitting north of 25 innings by the deadline next season.
  3. KirbyDome89
    Deals get done late all the time
  4. KirbyDome89
    The guy has already matched his meager career high for IPs. Highly doubt he'll stay healthy in his mid 30s with LA. Good luck but yeah I approve of the sale.
  5. KirbyDome89
    Probably a little more, but even so, that doesn't make him a rental, or too expensive. There wasn't some massive rush to get this deal done today. They had another 24 hours before the deadline wrapped, and they have an entire offseason ahead of them. If you just love this particualr deal, ok. It sounds like they could've held out for an actual overpay and gotten equivalent value this offseason if they were intent of moving Duran.
  6. KirbyDome89
    They're also shedding contracts. $8M gets you Chris Paddack. We know how that worked out. I don't believe for one second there' was no room in the budget for Jhoan Duran.
  7. KirbyDome89
    OMG thank you. Throwing together parts ≠ an impact arm. It's akin to blindly using total WAR to justify swaps. Tait's assigned value, even if we assume it's correct, is still incredibly volatile.
  8. KirbyDome89
    Why would that matter?
  9. KirbyDome89
    How does that make him a rental, or too expensive?
  10. KirbyDome89
    Bingo, I would've guessed 9ish off the top of my head. This team is paying Vazquez $10M to be one of the worst players in baseball but suddenly an elite arm for $8-9M is "too expensive." Hilarious.
  11. KirbyDome89
    What do you think he's actually going to make next season? Honestly....
  12. KirbyDome89
    Do you think an equivalent deal was off the table this offseason? I don't. At that point why not hold out at least another 24 hours if not 4 months?
  13. KirbyDome89
    Huh?
  14. KirbyDome89
    So much for the narrative that Falvey grinds other GMs down by asking for the moon and attempting to squeeze every last bit of value out of deals, particularly when selling. I'm nowhere near the prospect hound that others on this site are, but the general consensus seems to be this return is underwhelming, and it's not like Duran was an expiring... I'd love to hear an actual journalist ask him what the thought process here is, because he must really love this C prospect.
  15. KirbyDome89
    The issue is that they opted to move it at all....
  16. KirbyDome89
    What is a "forced buyer?" There's some real revisionist history going on here. Arraez won a SS and was getting MVP votes, Berrios had one down year but has otherwise been the exact guy Toronto thought they were getting for the other 2.5 seasons, plus he absolutely shoved at Target Field during that WC series. Topa and Anthony DeSclafani were part of the Polanco swap, but the Twins are "way ahead," because a prospect in A/AA has had a good half season after crashing out last year? Paddack and Emilio Pagan? Most of what you've listed is far from a slam dunk, if even a W for the Twins. Duran and Ryan are obvious wins. Nobody should really complain about the Gray swap regardless of Petty's future. This "competitive," team is about to miss the playoffs for the 4th time in 5 seasons. I mean, what are we talking about here. Management is the issue? Who hires management? The organization is chock full of quality hitters but the offense continues to sputter? We're still waiting on the vaunted "pipeline." Someday right? The Twins have serious issues with talent identification and/or development, so yeah, it makes sense that fans wouldn't want the person most responsible for these issues, to be the one pulling the trigger on moves at a pivotal deadline.
  17. KirbyDome89
    Idk if I'd call that deadline a disaster, but it wasn't good. I guess we can breath a sigh of relief that nobody sent out has set the baseball world on fire to date, but those guys all had value, and the Twins didn't capitalize on any of it. What's worse was committing roster spots/playing time to Lopez and Mahle. Eh, that's a pretty rose tinted view of Lopez in 2022. He walked/hit as many guys as he struck out and he averaged at least one hit per appearance. He was bad, particularly for a guy that was supposed to be a shut down arm. Handing innings to a replacement level (at best) arm for multiple seasons is awful.
  18. KirbyDome89
    I don't follow closely either tbh. I like catching Saints games in person and that's about it.
  19. KirbyDome89
    I guess? Don't get me wrong, Idc enough to get worked up over the swap but McCusker seems like a AAAA player at best to me. If they want to get him ABs I'm fine with it, but I'd rather see Larnach moved in order to do so. I think we absolutely know what Trevor is at this point.
  20. KirbyDome89
    Yep, who in AAA replaces him and gives you a better shot at winning games? Also, it's sink or swim at this point, and not just for Wallner.
  21. KirbyDome89
    There's plenty of consternation about Correa too....
  22. KirbyDome89
    You can probably cross Larnach off that list, at least in pencil. He's at best an average bat at a premium offensive position, he plays subpar defense, and he requires a RH handcuff. Wallner (with more power but probably worse defense) is a repeat performance next year away from being in a similar boat. Ideally you're not paying guys arbitration for replacement level production.
  23. KirbyDome89
    Way too many fans will fixate on the check swing because it's easier than acknowledging that following that pitch 4 straight hitters reached base, one of whom (Ruiz) can't hit, and never had to even take a swing. That's called choking. This game wasn't stolen, the Twins gave it away.
  24. KirbyDome89
    For sure. I didn't want to read too much into the 3rd person references but they stood out to me, it's almost like he bought too much stock into the early hype, much the same way fans did.
  25. KirbyDome89
    Wasn't aware of the Royce quotes until reading this. Last year you could chalk it up to a young player experiencing failure for probably the first time in his life. There's probably some of that at play again this season. His quip about the team having a short leash with him is totally off-base though. He's been terrible for roughly a full season now and he's still getting MLB playing time...
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