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  1. KirbyDome89
    We keep hearing people whine about how it's not Wallner's fault that nobody is on base when he happens to run into a ball (never mind the fact that his own OBP is terrible) then he gets a chance with RISP where a fly ball or even a grounder to the right side scores a run and he strikes out in 4 pitches while wasting a challenge...
  2. KirbyDome89
    That inning is a prime example of why this team struggles to score runs. Caratini doesn't know where the SS is playing and starts back towards 2B on a line drive up the middle. Idk if he would've scored but he had zero chance after misreading that ball. Wallner comes up with runners at the corners and only one out. K Royce flies out. Brutal.
  3. KirbyDome89
    This isn't the NBA or NFL where stupid "ring culture," debates detract from actual production. Mike Trout has played in a whopping 3 postseason games, and he has exactly one career postseason hit. I think his professional legacy is just fine. Also, the guy (Buxton) has a family. Lives exist outside of baseball. I disagree that securing generational wealth and choosing not to uproot your family makes you complacent.
  4. KirbyDome89
    Who doesn't want to feel like they're being set up for success? If you're workplace is dysfunctional, wouldn't you consider a change? Buxton signed the extension coming off a season where he was an AS, posted a 133 OPS+ and he was still playing elite CF defense at 27 years of age. Idk if he was capped at 3 years. Buxton has posted 13 WAR since signing that extension. He's earned $55M in that span, which is roughly half of what teams are paying for that WAR production in FA. It was largely panned as a team friendly deal the day he signed it, and it has certainly lived up to that billing. Hell, guys like Joey Gallo and Christian Vazquez were making almost as much as Buck annually during their Twins tenure. The NTC has been anything but an albatross. The Buxton extension has (at least so far) been a great deal for the Twins.
  5. KirbyDome89
    Ok, but I think that's a pretty small part of the Wallner criticism, and tbh Idk if "emptiness," is the right word but you said it yourself, he was bad in close games and late situations. If we're listing complains I'd love for people (not saying you're doing this) to stop equating the view of Wallner as a flawed player with "hate."
  6. KirbyDome89
    Wallner isn't getting on base either (.256 OBP) and the K% is abysmal. Being mad that teammates aren't filling the bases in front of him feel like deflection given how rough Wallner has looked to start the year.
  7. KirbyDome89
    Wallner has absolutely contributed to the offensive woes to start the season. .192/.256/.444 with a near 50% K rate.
  8. KirbyDome89
    Well, Twins fans are all too familiar with outspending divisional opponents only to yield disappointing results. Ideally a $40M gives you an edge, but if you're throwing that money at players like Lane Thomas I'd argue you're basically lighting that cash on fire. I know he was hurt last year, but he was terrible when he wasn't, and he was terrible during his time with Cleveland post deadline in 2024. KC might stack up better side by side vs. the Twins, but we're talking about a MN club that looks like 90 losses might be median outcome right now. The Royals will stay alive this season because the ALC sucks. Bubic is gone after this year. Ragan's is gone after 2027; this is a club that should be pushing in, and instead they're going to tread water in an awful division. Massey, Isbel, India, Thomas, Loftin, Marte; that's almost half the positional group that should be the 26th man and/or floating on the waiver wire, but instead they'll get serious run.
  9. KirbyDome89
    Also, outside of that of that 5 minute window with the homer barrage, that might've been one of the sloppiest and most boring games of baseball I've ever watched. I feel like I need to take a shower after that....
  10. KirbyDome89
    I know the Twins have a brutal roster but KC isn't too much better. How the actual **** are you letting Lane Thomas hit right there, and what the actual **** were you thinking giving him $5M after the disaster class he put on in Cleveland? Yeesh...
  11. KirbyDome89
    Such an awkward slide
  12. KirbyDome89
    Twins are getting away with a lot of sloppy play so far this game
  13. KirbyDome89
    People were (rightfully so) pushing to upgrade RF when Kepler was there. Not for necessarily the same reasons, but the limited skillset(s) means the margin for productive vs. looking to move on from is thin. Best chance to deliver power on the team not named Buxton is again, an insanely low bar. I'm all for feeding him PAs this year to see if he can maintain that 2023 level of production over the course of an entire season. If 2026 looks a lot like 2025, eh, you've got a 29 year old that isn't suited to play the field and doesn't have a consistent enough bat to hold down the DH spot.
  14. KirbyDome89
    Pointing out that Cal Raleigh, coming off a near MVP season, has been one of the best hitting catchers in baseball for the last 3+ years is most certainly adding context. Pointing out that 2025 for James Wood was a stretch of production that Matt Wallner hasn't rivaled is also adding context. The irony of claiming to be "just the actual numbers," guy while pushing back on the addition of more numbers (yay context) entering the chat seems to be lost. I don't understand the inability by some to separate a view of Wallner as a flawed player vs. "hating," him, but ok....
  15. KirbyDome89
    Yeah, and I added some context, which is of equal importance.
  16. KirbyDome89
    Apples and oranges here... Raleigh doesn't belong in the discussion. Full stop. He's been one of the best hitters at his position for years and he's coming off and MVP type season. If James Wood continues with that horrendous K rate for a few more weeks. Gets sent down to AAA and scuffles there for a while, comes up midseason, replicates his '25 performance, then has a middling 2027 where he adds no value (probably negative value defensively) outside of a very occasional homer we can talk. Wallner had ≈ 500 PAs combined in '23/'24 and ≈ 400 PAs last year.
  17. KirbyDome89
    "Wasn't sexy," is probably an understatement. Wallner feasted on subpar pitching in games that were out of reach. I understand that, to a degree, everybody is going to get fat against lesser competition, but Wallner's splits were extreme. The bar to clear shouldn't be other prospects that have fizzled. A 114 OPS+ from your starting SS who is capable of actually defending the position would be a revelation for this club. A 114 OPS+ from a guy that struggles to play one of the smaller RFs in baseball and adds nothing on the bases is likely someone you're moving on from.
  18. KirbyDome89
    Is it me or does Buxton look like he's cruising a little too much this game?
  19. KirbyDome89
    Curious what's being said. I'm currently sailing the high seas and locked into the Baltimore broadcast
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  21. KirbyDome89
    That ****ing pitching wedge. Dude.....swing the actual ****ing bat.
  22. KirbyDome89
    Taking that extra base is huge
  23. KirbyDome89
    That Brooks Lee "new approach new body," hype is evaporating pretty quickly.
  24. KirbyDome89
    I get that power = fear for pitchers, but I really don't understand PAs like Wallner just had. Kudos to him for laying off a few pitches there, but my god you just watched him swing through 2 pitches in the zone and then you start nibbling and ****ing around. Being scared to throw strikes in favorable counts just seems counterintuitive.
  25. KirbyDome89
    I would've hammered the under the 10.5 runners period
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