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  1. KirbyDome89
    Castro's defense is overrated on this site. I think because he moves all over people assume he plays those positions well. He's best suited for 3B (where he's average or maybe a small tick above) and that unfortunately is where he'll likely see the least amount of time. To me, Castro is definitely a utility IF, and that isn't a pejorative term. This club has question marks all over the place; I agree that tendering him is an easy yes.
  2. KirbyDome89
    Opposing teams don't need an army of lefties. One RP in the 5th inning is enough to knock one or both of Wallner and Larnach out of the game given the way the Twins treat those matchups. If Kiersey backs up Buxton, that is a problem. Unless we're blaming Margot being allowed to reach historic levels of ineptitude on Levine, or convinced that Falvey, Rocco, et al are going to radically change their approach, there will certainly be some redundancy in the way Larnach and Wallner are deployed.
  3. KirbyDome89
    Always looking out for ya
  4. KirbyDome89
    Twins fans need to move past the idea that this club is snakebitten.
  5. KirbyDome89
    What was "fluky," about last season? Young position players scuffled at times, guys with lengthy injury histories got hurt and missed time, back end bullpen fodder burned out, and the only major pitching injury the club has dealt with in the last 2 years didn't occur until mid August. In a vacuum none of the struggles should've/would've been surprising enough to be considered a fluke. All but 3-4 teams in the AL were "in position," to make the postseason in late August. I don't find much solace in a bar that low.
  6. KirbyDome89
    The Angels were perpetual losers while rostering one of the best players in baseball history during his prime. The Twins record with Correa on the field last year is pretty meaningless. The guy posted nearly 4 WAR playing only half the year.
  7. KirbyDome89
    Because Lewis and Correa missed massive amounts of time? Julien was getting regular time in the field while he was a viable offensive option, that doesn't mean his defense was adequate.
  8. KirbyDome89
    What's the upside with any fringe 40 man player that will occupy that spot? That's the comp here. Kirilloff is essentially the 2025 version of Jay Jackson except he has an option remaining.
  9. KirbyDome89
    The poor defense was mildly surprising. The rest is pretty much in line with what you'd expect given his production in the minors the last few seasons. If the Twins are serious about winning, they can't hand him the backup role in CF to start the year. Even if he becomes an average OF, Idk if his bat will ever be good enough to justify the amount of innings he'd get given the way this organization shuffles lineups.
  10. KirbyDome89
    Margot found plenty of innings with Castro around. It's another topic, but that's part of the problem with the mix & match philosophy this organization deploys. I mean they let the guy set the all time record for PH futility. Martin might be able to match Castro's defense at 2B. Willi is better than Miranda, but Lewis and Lee have a claim to 3B before him, and Willi likely won't rival the offensive output of at least 2 of those guys. If Julien's 2024 is the bar to clear, ok, but that isn't exactly tough. Being an okay defender isn't enough to overcome the offensive upside of Lewis, Miranda, and Julien. Lee probably has a higher offensive potential as well and clearly he's a better defender. Castro is option 3 at each IF position, and even if his defense in the OF is average (I don't see him as a particularly adept OFer) his bat won't play for any length of time in LF. Maybe Kirilloff is isn't tendered and Miranda slides to 1B. Also to be clear, I'm not against Castro being the utility guy on this club. I'm totally on board for a guy who can occasionally play a corner OF spot (or CF in a pinch) and split some time between 3B and 2B. I don't think he's sticking around at $6M because he's a good defender at any of those positions. He fits exactly what this FO/management group loves to do. In either case, it's sad that $6M for a solid bench player is somehow a "burden," for the Twins, but here are I guess. Castro is no doubt valuable, I just don't see him as the defensive life preserver that others do.
  11. KirbyDome89
    You said this team needs to get better defensively. Castro leading the team in PAs while being a below average defender basically everywhere doesn't do that IMO.
  12. KirbyDome89
    That would be wild.
  13. KirbyDome89
    Lee didn't hit this season. Larnach had a breakout of sorts with the bat, but he's a negative defender, who has been basically an average hitter across 4 seasons with a decent sized injury history to boot. How confident are you that he'll build on, or even replicate his 2024 offensive performance? I'd certainly deal a backup SS with prospect luster and a lower end corner OF for a solid SP with team control.
  14. KirbyDome89
    Castro was a below average defender at every position this season expect 3B, where he was just average. I'm not arguing that Martin looked particularly good defensively (he didn't) but most of Castro's value is his versatility not his actual defensive prowess.
  15. KirbyDome89
    Nobody "whining," about payroll was looking to kick the "right size," can down the road. You're actually strengthening the "cheap Pohlad," position by highlighting the ridiculousness of the constrained spending in your scenario. Now turn that difficulty up; rather than spending the excess $30M on one year rentals, slash your budget by $30M and acquire useful players on one year deals. This team spent the offseason turning Polanco's modest $10M salary into spare parts, acquiring an OF castoff, signing a 38 year old 1B, and filling out the bullpen with journeymen. Then they sat on their hands for the second straight trade deadline. Payroll played no "practical," part in those decisions? I mean.....
  16. KirbyDome89
    This should be a bigger story....
  17. KirbyDome89
    Scapegoats. Recently it was the training staff. This year it's the hitting coach....
  18. KirbyDome89
    If both cases are true, I don't understand why we'd assume those things aren't green lit from above. If Levine and Baldelli refuse to deviate from the path of destruction season after season, yet remain employed, I'd argue Falvey is just as guilty of doing the same thing that fails over and over again.
  19. KirbyDome89
    So Falvey continues to update/improve the system but it's Levine and Baldelli ******* up the implementation year after year, and now Falvey is forced to retain both? That feels like a massive stretch, and some serious cover for Falvey.
  20. KirbyDome89
    That type of unwavering fandom is a unicorn. I don't think it's replicable; you either have it or you don't. The Twins need to win the swing vote so to speak. They need the casual fans to give a **** and show up on beautiful summer nights. I agree with you, winning by itself won't do that.
  21. KirbyDome89
    It's no doubt a feedback loop, but one side has much more sway in ending said loop. Interest won't organically tick upwards, fans won't start wandering back into TF just because. If you're failing (and the Twins are) to meet goals, the most logical direction to look would be inward. Why are the Brewers, in a smaller metro, with competing local professional clubs, and a smaller payroll, able to significantly outdraw the Twins? Are Wisconsinites just better "fans?"
  22. KirbyDome89
    Relative to the league it hasn't. Help me understand how crawling back into bed with Bally and subsequently blacking out essentially all local television coverage is the fault of fans? If a restaurant in your neighborhood operated under a poor service model, provided a mediocre at best experience along with mediocre food/drinks, and showed no interest in attempting to meet the needs/wants of local diners, would you hold yourself personally accountable when the establishment inevitably tanked?
  23. KirbyDome89
    3 scoreless innings after imploding over the previous 5 innings out of the bullpen and he's a high leverage guy. Jfc.... Way too much of this fan base is delusional when it comes to Varland.
  24. KirbyDome89
    Those 2 arb years though....
  25. KirbyDome89
    That kind of unbridled homerism is embarrassing.
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