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  1. KirbyDome89
    The case being made is that investing a disproportionate amount of your roster space in short side platoon players only works when everything goes right. How often does everything break right? Farmer turns 34 this year, should we be shocked his bat has declined? Margot has been a league average hitter once, maybe twice, in his career. Again, should we be shocked that at 30 a slap hitting OF who has lost a step is struggling? The individual performances of these short side guys is one thing, but there are also injuries, and performance issues with the starters to be considered. If Farmer, Margot, et al were scuffling once or twice a week in the starting lineup it wouldn't be as big of an issue, but when Julien isn't hitting, or Buxton is injured, or Lewis is out, Correa misses time, yada yada and you're plugging in replacement (or below) level guys with little or no defensive value every day that's a problem.
  2. KirbyDome89
    The "someone else," crew might be unappealing, but they're a marked improvement over Vazquez.
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    You've got it backwards. The Twins are selling entertainment. If they're content to run a middling team out year after year, they (you) don't get to blame consumers for opting to spend their $$ on a better/different product. That's the game the Twins are in, and they're doing a **** job of playing it right now. The value of this franchise has increased by over $1B since the Pohlad's purchased it. Obviously they're not running a charity, and there's no chance they're actually operating at a loss annually either.
  4. KirbyDome89
    It's funny how umpires can seemingly cost this team games, but I've never once seen anybody point out an instance of umpires giving the Twins games.
  5. KirbyDome89
    NY has been without one of the best pitchers in baseball all season....
  6. KirbyDome89
    The Sox are clearly worse than last year. I think Detroit finishes with a worse record than 2023 as well. KC isn't going to lose 106 games but I think there's a correction coming their way. Cleveland is the wildcard. I'm more interested to see whether they can maintain average offensive production for the entire season. I know their pitching is erratic at the moment, but I guess I have more faith that'll work itself out. I honestly don't know what to think about the Twins at the moment. They're hot, which is great, but their lineup still has massive question marks, and as has already been pointed out, they need last season's SP luck again. All in, the division is better with KC not being a doormat and Cleveland being a tbd team rather than one struggling to stay at .500. This feels like the ALC we know and love, mediocre at best, but not historically awful.
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    Separating pitching and hitting is where I'd start since this thread is about a pitching pipeline. Where are the arms ready to establish themselves so the Twins aren't scraping the bottom of the barrel for guys like Happ, Bundy, Archer, or Shoemaker to fill out a rotation? Why are they gambling on Tyler Mahle midseason, or making a move for Paddack, who also had know durability issues? Why are they trading for DeSclafani this offseason? The rotation has been healthy (sans the dubious DeSclafani gamble) this year yet they're one injury away from choosing between rushing Varland back for his 3rd shot at sticking or plugging in another washed up vet a la Keuchel last year. None of this touches on the players acquired via FA or trade in just the last few years that weren't disasters but fail to meet your criteria.
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    If you have to use 4 SWR starts this season as evidence of a "pipeline," then I'd argue you don't have one... I've seen a lot of "why does it matter how they acquire pitching," comments throughout the thread. Falvey's pitch upon hire was building a sustainable winner. Consistently having to dip into FA, or trade for SP isn't sustainable for this organization. Also, naming the next X number of guys on the way up is something every other fanbase can do. Just go back a few years, guys like Winder, Balazovic, Thorpe, yada yada were all being talked about the same way. Quality is what's in question.
  9. KirbyDome89
    If the Twins are getting blown out and playing like ****, am I trolling if I finally chime in to point out that random reliever X had a good inning in the 8th? I'd vote no. If you think they're posting comments they themselves don't believe to elicit a reaction from others, ok. I doubt that's the case often, if ever. I think the "fire Rocco," crowd actually wants him fired. Ditto for any other tiresome talking point or in game criticism. TD is a pretty niche spot to troll. I'm not saying it's impossible, but the ROI for devoting your own time to trolling game threads has to be pretty terrible. You can put that drunk in a soundproof box, and make him invisible, whether through site tools or your own filtering. The flick of a middle finger works wonders. I don't find the experience as grating, or oppressive, but different strokes for different folks, there are certainly posters, comments, or articles on this site that annoy me to no end. You're right, game threads aren't regular topic threads, which is why I expect them to be more volatile.
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    And when things aren't going poorly, those posters aren't nearly as prevalent. I think that is the natural flow. I'm not implying in any way this topic isn't worth discussion. Conducive, constructive, ect are just as subjective as positive and negative. No matter your disposition, you'll find a way to be annoyed, or entertained in those threads. I don't view them any differently than the articles/comments on the rest of the site. If you feel that the effort that goes into filtering doesn't provide an acceptable return, fair, I'm not sure I agree though.
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    I can only speak for myself, but I think this is just the nature of the beast with game threads. Baseball is so much about the macro; sometimes it's nice to just live in the moment so to speak. I might ignore 2/3 of what's posted, depending on who posts it, but the overall tone of the thread ebbs and flows with how the game is going, and I'm ok with that.
  12. KirbyDome89
    This is the key. Margot's perceived ceiling, and his role on this team, doesn't justify waiting around and hoping he bounces back. Keirsey could be a total flop, but he at least has options remaining. If the Twins can't rotate through internal candidates, they no doubt could scour the streets for a LF/RF who is average at best with the glove and provides nothing offensively.
  13. KirbyDome89
    Incompetent ownership, failed development, "rebuilding," again probably have a lot more to do with it.
  14. 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.
  15. 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...
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    The gift that keeps on giving...
  17. KirbyDome89
    Don't worry folks, the Sox still have to trot their bullpen back out there....
  18. KirbyDome89
    Sox just bringing in guys off the street at this point.
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. 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.
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    Best quality stream I could find.
  23. 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....
  24. 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.
  25. KirbyDome89
    Generous of you to give them an extra A.
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