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  1. KirbyDome89
    Incompetent ownership, failed development, "rebuilding," again probably have a lot more to do with it.
  2. KirbyDome89
    Every team has ****y games. We've seen plenty from this Twins squad over the last few years, but my god how the **** can a team (Chicago) be this consistently awful, in every way.
  3. KirbyDome89
    Defensively it'd make sense to have an actual CF'er. That of course assumes he can be at least passable with the bat. Good thing they went out and got Margot...
  4. KirbyDome89
    The gift that keeps on giving...
  5. KirbyDome89
    Don't worry folks, the Sox still have to trot their bullpen back out there....
  6. KirbyDome89
    Sox just bringing in guys off the street at this point.
  7. KirbyDome89
    I think they're still driving nails in. LaRussa back with org in any sort of role is a joke. Struggling with player development and then promoting the director of that department to GM is hilarious as well. They're a clown show.
  8. KirbyDome89
    So much this. They're so laughably bad that I fully expect to watch their bullpen to implode and toss this game tonight, then their lineup will bottom out against Ober tomorrow.
  9. KirbyDome89
    Just died laughing. The Sox announcers: "The ALC is tough this year, 4 teams with winning records so far. The Sox are 2-16 vs. the Central." Holy ****. No chance Chicago is just historically awful and buoying the W/L records right? The mental gymnastics are actually kinda impressive.
  10. KirbyDome89
    Best quality stream I could find.
  11. KirbyDome89
    Lol at that being scored a triple. Also, the Sox broadcast is bemoaning Castro "tormenting," their team. I can barely watch a few innings of this dumpster fire as a Twins fan. Can't imagine 162 games....
  12. KirbyDome89
    This. The double standard is laughable at times. The end was bad (it's rarely, if ever, good) and Sano didn't meet expectations for most of the fan base, but he was a top 10 prospect in baseball at a time when the Twins were losing 90+ games annually, so good luck delivering on that level of hope.
  13. KirbyDome89
    Generous of you to give them an extra A.
  14. KirbyDome89
    There's a Sox fan who has started betting $100 daily against Chicago. Probably the most interesting thing for that base to follow at the moment. He's up nearly $200 btw... Also, they're trying to get a posse together to vote Maldonado into the ASG. Low key I hope it happens.
  15. KirbyDome89
    I think the better question is how, not when. I mean call me when they get there, but it obviously isn't happening right now. They'll be lucky to finish April with 5 wins. They're playing at a sub replacement level. The Sox are a major league team in name only, so yeah, I'm going to dismiss any sort of meaning others want to attach to these wins, and no, I don't expect you to convince me otherwise. Like I said, luckily for the Twins every W carries the same weight. Neither implication was intended if that's what you took from my response.
  16. KirbyDome89
    The Sox are averaging less than one win per week. Highly unlikely that pace lasts all year, but that's who they are right now, ****ing terrible not just run of the mill bad, and that matters too. May 1st is one week from today, and they've won 3 games. That's enough to diminish any sort of excitement for me personally. Luckily for the Twins, all wins count the same. Ok, now double the number of games against Texas, and Houston, and Seattle. Each of those divisions had at minimum three teams fighting for playoff spots. Every team in the ALC folded by the trade deadline. Hell, Cleveland led the division at the All Star break and couldn't be bothered to even stand pat. You mentioned margin for error earlier, no division last year provided a wider margin than the ALC. The Twins would've been all but buried in either the East of West if they played like they did for the first 2/3 of last season. They weren't catching the easiest schedule in baseball to save their asses post deadline. We do agree on one thing; the Twins need to show up every game.
  17. KirbyDome89
    They're 28th in team ERA. I think they just suck all around...
  18. KirbyDome89
    Sure, small samples, more noise, yada yada. Over an entire season though, this Sox team is easily going to lose 100 games and they may legitimately challenge that 2003 Detroit club for the title of worst team of the modern era. They're that bad. When you dig a hole like the Twins did, you need those weak sisters to fall over, hence my aversion to putting any sort of stock into beating up on a borderline AAAA team. Playing in the ALC is a gift. MN has made a living beating up on the weak sisters for the last 2 decades. The 2024 Sox are an added bonus. They're a life preserver for a club that can't tread water.
  19. KirbyDome89
    Thank you for your service...
  20. KirbyDome89
    Weren't** Yeah, there's zero chance this FO begrudgingly ate $4M for somebody they had no interest in. IMO the Polanco deal wasn't about shedding salary, it was about turning him into spare parts. It looked bad at the time, it looks even worse now. The narrative that DeSclafani was a throw in, or the Twins had to take on his salary just to move Polanco, ect is just cope.
  21. KirbyDome89
    I'm not even locked in on the Twins minor league affiliates, zero chance I can rattle off other prospects, or care enough to start digging. I sincerely doubt that the Twins current situation is the norm amongst contenders, but I reserve the right to be wrong...
  22. KirbyDome89
    So Polanco had value and the Twins were forced to eat DeSclafani's salary in the deal.
  23. KirbyDome89
    Whether Falvey asked or was offered it doesn't really matter, he accepted. We'll just disagree that 28 other teams had such little interest in a 2B with a solidly above average bat on a 1/$10M deal to the point where the Twins where eating nearly half his salary to give him away.
  24. KirbyDome89
    Huh? I guess define your expectations here... If Oakland or the White Sox are the measuring stick then sure, the Twins pitching situation isn't so bad. If you're trying to make it through the regular season and win some postseason games, praying your 1-4 stay 100% healthy, Paddack's struggles are just rust, and Varland or SWR can hold down the 5 spot because the alternative is a Keuchel clone seems like a lot to ask. Are other would be contenders doing that with a fully healthy rotation?
  25. KirbyDome89
    The situation is a failure. The lack of options, i.e. being one SP injury away from deciding between rushing Festa or going with a retread and/or washed vet FA certainly contributes.
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