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  1. KirbyDome89
    I don't understand what we're driving at with the ALCS talk in regards to what a dominant second half of the regular season looks like. The Twins have one of the easiest SOS to date, which means their first half wasn't all that difficult either. Twins vs. Cards postseason success isn't the hill to die on.
  2. KirbyDome89
    What a clown show. I'm low key sad that there's actually some pressure mounting. I'd hate to see Hahn go.
  3. KirbyDome89
    Idk what defines a dominant August/September. The Twins have the easiest schedule in baseball, and it's gotten even easier with teams selling and/or collapsing in on themselves. Bankroll the Ws, you need them and they're certainly more enjoyable to watch, but I don't feel any better about this team in October. Does a WC series win feel better than a loss? Is that even a question? Hell, I'll feel better just breaking the damn losing streak. My opinion of the FO isn't going to radically shift if they win 2 of 3 at home though.
  4. KirbyDome89
    "Only once you've opened your third eye will you be able to understand the "fact," that throwing in the towel this season and not extending a relatively affordable player in Josh Naylor is the key to winning 90+ games." - MLR
  5. KirbyDome89
    Yeah anybody who watched that game and thought Keuchel pitched well, or that we can expect similar results is fooling themselves.
  6. KirbyDome89
    Hallelujah! Took a minute but we got there right? You immediately jumped to "here's how many 90 win seasons they have," in defense of cheap ownership selling at .5 games back in the most winnable division in baseball.... You threw out WAR in vs. out with no parameters other than a floor from which you're counting. That doesn't really tell us anything, i.e. you could acquire an army of 1.5 WAR players with 4+ years of team control and and win the WAR battle vs. a shipping out one or two years of a 3+ WAR player, but that doesn't mean your team is better off.
  7. KirbyDome89
    I do. I think even a really flawed team can find a way to go 13-9 or better during a 20ish game stretch. That doesn't mean I think it's at all likely.
  8. KirbyDome89
    Obviously not out cold but he was clearly dazed. You could see it while he was being forced/helped to the dugout. The dude looked like he didn't know where he was.
  9. KirbyDome89
    If Jose Ramirez had a similar history of being a ****head I'd be more inclined to spread the blame evenly.
  10. KirbyDome89
    Tim Anderson stirring up ****? I'm shocked....
  11. KirbyDome89
    I also read it as preaching patience for the current FO as well, maybe it wasn't. I can chop 3 IF singles, go 3-4, score a couple runs, and the team wins. Goal accomplished, we picked up the W. Can I rely on that outcome night after night? Unless you can convince me this FO has a crystal ball that perfectly, and consistently, predicts how to build flawed rosters that can eek out a division title and then go on lengthy playoff runs I'm out. Honestly. I hope they do win the WS. I also can't overlook some of the obvious failures when it comes to building a team. I think the process should consistently yield better results than a barely above .500 club clinging to a small lead in an atrocious division, during a stretch where they're trying to win. Is that goal really a radical departure?
  12. KirbyDome89
    I'm aware of what WAR measures. You introduced team wins as your metric for determining the success of moving established MLB talent for prospects. What I'm asking you is whether or not Cleveland's success is attributable entirely to those moves. You haven't answered that. You spit out a WAR comp between MLB players and their prospect counterparts without any parameters other than a floor and then ranted about how you "know the facts." Are they winning because they move players, or is that merely part of it? I vote the latter. All this supposed data and knowledge yet no FO has scooped you up yet. Their loss right?
  13. KirbyDome89
    "It takes years to see results," after 7 seasons at the helm is most definitely shifting the goalposts. MN entering the postseason is entirely a product of the division in which they play. This is a massively flawed roster, on the back of two consecutive down seasons due in large part to other massively flawed rosters. I'm not saying this regime is devoid of any success, so sure, celebrate those accomplishments. Why, as a fan, would I not want them to win playoff games? SP seems like their best route to doing that but maybe they reverse course and out hit their opponent, but that's not really the point. I'm less enamored with 2023 postseason results when the process once again seems faulty. Idk how, after 7 seasons, that's shifting the goalposts.
  14. KirbyDome89
    A risk worth taking rather than locking yourself into an underwhelming product. Lol, we're 7 years deep and still shifting the goalposts on results?
  15. KirbyDome89
    I don't understand why 2 wins in October should determine their job status if the 162 prior to that have been subpar. If the team continues to play as they have, backing into a division title or even winning a WC series on the back of great SP shouldn't negate how uninspiring the product has been for the last 2+ years.
  16. KirbyDome89
    Yeah, that was the point of my response, they've slow played injuries, so Kirilloff getting a day off and then being reinserted into the lineup doesn't mean the shoulder injury "isn't anything serious." Idk if the Twins have released any news since he had the MRI.
  17. KirbyDome89
    It bothered him for the last week. He sat out last Wednesday, they had Thursday off, and he was placed on the IL Sunday. I don't think that timeline has any bearing on the seriousness of the injury.
  18. KirbyDome89
    Lance Lynn and Noah Syndergaard were both moved. You don't think there was a market for Gray or Maeda? If you don't think you're going anywhere this year sell your expiring contracts. If winning is a priority at least upgrade around the margins (RP, RH OFer) at a nominal cost and increase your chances of securing that oh so important playoff berth. I don't understand why anybody is defending this FO's decision to do nothing with the massively flawed roster they built.
  19. KirbyDome89
    Source?
  20. KirbyDome89
    Neither party may have realized how potentially serious it was. Also, the Twins definitely have a history of being late to IL/DL guys so I wouldn't say I'm shocked.
  21. KirbyDome89
    Are player for prospect swaps directly correlated to MLB wins? Idk why you won't answer the question if you've got such an advantage in this debate. Is Cleveland winning games because they're doing this, or as I said earlier, are there other variables being ignored? Wins measuring team success was never a point I made, hence it's a strawman. Same goes for the "trades for prospects yield 5x the WAR as trades for established players," snippet, and that's assuming you aren't larping on an internet forum.
  22. KirbyDome89
    Strawman. Do you believe that trading MLB talent with years of control, for prospects, correlates directly with team wins or losses?
  23. KirbyDome89
    1. The trade landscape by definition will always change. It's literally the job of a FO to adjust. Idk how this can possibly be an excuse for getting nothing done. 2. Cleveland sold so MN can be content to do nothing? Coasting to a crown in an awful division misses the point. They know they'll have to play somebody other than KC, Detroit, Chicago, or Cleveland in the postseason right? 3. The roster that this FO built isn't worth investing in? If they really feel that way then lets cut bait now...
  24. KirbyDome89
    The fact that the metric you're using isn't close to being a direct correlation?
  25. KirbyDome89
    Was the price for some of those available arms really unreasonable? I'd guess this FO didn't get the green light, which flies in the face of their public comments, but Idk how you look at the current pen, knowing that Stewart has a MRI today, and do nothing.
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