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  1. KirbyDome89
    How can that roster spot be a revolving door if Gallo held onto it all season? A .288 OBP is terrible. We both know that. Moving on from a replacement level player is exactly what teams interested in winning should be doing, hence the term, replacement level. Locking in that type of performance is absolutely a worse roster decision than attempting to improve. I honestly don't know how that's debatable. Joey Gallo was most certainly a contributor to the offensive woes that plagued the Twins for much of the 2023 season. Yeah, we're gonna disagree that burning a roster spot on an unplayable guy because you paid him $11M is good roster management. You supported the Twins keeping Keirsey on the roster, despite his horrible performance, and you argued that was good roster management? That's not the discourse I remember, but ok.
  2. KirbyDome89
    People forget that the Twins were trying to win games in 2023. They were below .500 at the ASB that year. "He has to play because X, Y, Z player is out/needs rest," arguments were sunk cost reasoning. @chpettit19 already said it, but that spot at minimum could've been a revolving door for internal and/or external options. They could've actually addressed the need for another OF at the trade deadline if they felt so inclined. It wasn't simply Jordan Luplow or bust. That's a false choice. "Didn't meet expectations," is an understatement. He was a terrible offensive performer from May onward, and hanging onto him was terrible roster management. I really don't understand the argument for burning a valuable bench spot on a guy that you can't play. You led the charge for removing Kiersy last season for the same reason, why does Gallo get a pass here?
  3. KirbyDome89
    Three weeks ≠ 20% of the season, but more to the point, I didn't say that span of time didn't count, I said it was the only portion of the season that he was playable. He still held a roster spot through the entire year, so that's 5+ months of carrying an offensive black hole that no amount of corner OF defense could compensate for.
  4. KirbyDome89
    Margot was awful from the jump, but Gallo from May 1st through the end of the 2023: .163/.288/.374 with a 45% K rate. The rose tinted view of Gallo's MN tenure is baffling. He was a terrible offensive performer despite the ever declining OPS to which fans clung, yet the Twins refused to actually use his roster spot. I hope Larnach is playable for more than 3 weeks this season.
  5. KirbyDome89
    For sure a frustrating experience watching the US offense no show vs both the DR and Venezuela. I think most (and rightfully so) expected the US lineup to put on a better display. After the offense flopped, the frustration became "they didn't care," as opposed to "it's ST and it's 2 games." Idk what the tourney meant to the US players. Tbh, I don't really care, because while entertaining, I view the WBC as an exhibition. I would happily trade any number of WBC championships for a Twins sale and return to relevancy. The US guys play 162 games, in the most competitive league in the world, in front of fans in their home country. It's just different, and that's ok. I think fans are projecting their feelings (and I'm not unempathetic or even in disagreement) about what's happening outside of baseball onto individual performances and/or single games.
  6. KirbyDome89
    Venezuela earned it by playing better no doubt. The "they wanted it more," narrative feels like cope to me though. The US lost the championship game of a single elimination tourney by one run. That's baseball. At some point this season the Colorado Rockies will beat the Dodgers and nobody will think twice about. No questions about LAs effort or desire to play to game. That DR lineup was absolutely stacked. They scored one run in their loss. Did they just not want it enough? We need some perspective.
  7. KirbyDome89
    Thought the same thing reading that. Off the top of my head: Alex Jackson Ryan Kreidler Tristan Gray James Outman That's 4 position players right there. I believe Orze is on the 40 man and it doesn't sound like he has been all that impressive this spring so there's a 1 for 1 swap if the Twins can't possibly stomach losing any positional "talent." Travis Adams has been mentioned already.
  8. KirbyDome89
    Danny Coulombe, who has been better the last few years, brought back a nothingburger at the deadline.
  9. KirbyDome89
    Eh, disagree, Chafin isn't going to return anything of note in a trade midseason.
  10. KirbyDome89
    Concur, they're going to be terrible either way, you might as well find out whether somebody like Funderburk (or the trio you mentioned) can actually stick.
  11. KirbyDome89
    If you have one or two lefties in your pen, at best they're close to a 50/50 split RH vs. LH faced with the 3 batter minimum. Idk how that type of split is possible with 4 LHPs in the pen. As far as starters go, outside of Ryan there isn't a single SP capable of even semi regularly going deep into games. Either Ober, SWR, Bradley, and Matthews/Abel are left out there to get through an order 3x, or the Twins give up on the idea of these LHP relief arms being matchup dependent. Either way, something has to give.
  12. KirbyDome89
    Well 34 IP last year, still not a huge SS but that's pretty much always the case with RPs. What's more scary is that LHs posted a .740ish OPS against him in '24 and '23. Last year it was a ridiculously low .454 OPS. I guess he posted reverse splits in '24. If I'm betting which trend(s) from the 3 year SS continue, I think that a soon to be 36 year old LHP, who experienced durability issues last season, moving from a low .700s OPS to an .800ish OPS vs RHs is more likely than that same LHP posting reverse splits or absolutely dominating LHs. Happy to be wrong though. I'd rather see Funderburk almost purely because of age and the maybe slim chance he has an actual future with the team beyond this season. I want him to get that shot too. To me Banda/Rogers/Chafin are redundant. The type of usage that keeps them amongst the 8 best arms is an impossibility with 4 LHs in the pen. Even with "only," 3 LHs, shielding them from RHs isn't possible.
  13. KirbyDome89
    He had an 805 OPS against vs. RH hitters last year. Banda and Rogers struggle against RHs and Funderburk isn't great either. You can't have half your bullpen unusable against 75% of the hitters they'll face.
  14. KirbyDome89
    I know you said tepid, so I'll take it as a devil's advocate type argument, but Zach Littell is on his 6th organization since the Twins outrighted him at the end of the 2020 season. SF waived him, he didn't appear in a MLB game for Texas, and Boston waived him before he settled in with TB. Did all those teams "mess with him," too? If Zach Littell is the example of organizational malpractice you're kinda proving my point.
  15. KirbyDome89
    Out of context? "That kind of mentality destroys development and younger players." What context am I missing? So asking for examples to substantiate your massively exaggerated claim is an unfairly narrow criteria. Lol ok.... Do I think Falvey's penchant to lean into veteran mediocrity over unproven youth hindered this team at times? Sure, but if you're going to claim the Twins were destroying young players then I'll say it again, cite your work, It shouldn't be that hard if the environment was/is as toxic as you're making it out to be.
  16. KirbyDome89
    What players has this organization "messed with?" In particular, what SPs have been derailed specifically by the Twins failing to provide opportunity? Off the top of my head I can't think of a single starter who has flourished elsewhere after being pushed aside.
  17. KirbyDome89
    Do you see Kreidler or Gray as significant offensive upgrades? I don't. I guess Kreidler could maybe handle some CF? Idk, it makes no sense to keep Arcia in AAA and roster one of the two above if neither is going to slide into the starting SS role if/when Lee misses time.
  18. KirbyDome89
    If that's the case he's making the team right?
  19. KirbyDome89
    Who is calling for Wallner's outright release? He posted good offensive numbers in 2023 and 2024 for sure, but his combined PAs from those two seasons don't even equate to a full season starting in the OF. He spent 3 months in AAA during 2024 because he struggled out of the gate, and those struggles persisted for a while in the minors. Obviously he turned things around, but saying it took pitchers 2.5 season's to find any sort of weakness just isn't true. Why is 2025 more important? Idk if it actually is, but again we're talking about 500 PAs in '23/'24 vs. 400 PAs in '25. A 110 OPS+ isn't impressive for a guy whose calling card is power, and it's not good enough to hold down a DH role full time. Wallner is an objectively poor defender, and at 28 that isn't likely to change, so the bat needs to carry him. People freak out when Larnach enters the convo, but he was viewed (and I'd say rightfully so) as expendable on the current roster. Part of that is Wallner's presence, but the rest; age, poor defense, questionable bat for DH, being a LH hitter, top OF prospects at AAA, arb eligible, all apply to Wallner after this season.
  20. KirbyDome89
    What is the narrative?
  21. KirbyDome89
    Idk where this idea of Brooks Lee at 1B is coming from. He hasn't shown anything offensively to suggest (defense aside) he could even stick at SS let alone be viable at 1B or 3B.
  22. KirbyDome89
    100%. While some were applauding the depth (a very generous term here) signings or spouting the "no bad minor league signings," mantra to defend the flurry of chaff this FO was adding, others pointed out how rigid and/or devoid of actual talent the roster was becoming.
  23. KirbyDome89
    Damned if ya do, damned if ya don't. Bell doesn't belong anywhere near 1B, Clemons & Wagaman don't belong on a major league roster...
  24. KirbyDome89
    Keeping the run of ineptitude alive I suppose.
  25. KirbyDome89
    Yeah I mean I'm not saying they're incapable of implosion, but we're talking about 1/3 of their schedule being against the bottom half of the AL.
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