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  1. KirbyDome89
    Wallner got his cup of coffee in April of 2023 and was a permanent fixture by the end of May. Not what I'd call a short leash. He was terrible to start 2024, and it took him nearly 2 months in AAA to turn it around. That Twins squad was trying to win games. How long should they have let him scuffle along at the MLB level? He was the everyday RF (despite being a negative defender) and the bat didn't do enough to carry him. We know what the first month of the season has looked like. How much longer should the leash be?
  2. KirbyDome89
    Lee did this last year too; he clustered a few homers and people starting gushing about the power and prognosticating. 10 days ago he was basically unplayable, now he's suddenly an example of development? Eh. The same point made in the Wallner article the other day applies to Lee as well; the peaks have always been bookended by valleys. A 106 OPS+ is good for Lee, but if he's a black hole 80% of the time at the plate a few homers doesn't make him a league average hitter, i.e. how he gets there matters. That's the Joey Gallo argument all over again. I'm more optimistic about Martin. Idk if his early season results are the result of facing more LH pitching and/or BABIP fueled, but he at least looked like a usable player to end last season. It's May 1st...
  3. KirbyDome89
    Falvey was here for a decade. The Twins missed the postseason 4 of the last 5 years, even with one of, if not the highest, payrolls in the division. That doesn't happen just because ownership is terrible. I mean, who gave Correa that contract and then traded him? A couple weeks of poor playing isn't that upsetting, but awful roster construction is. The FO had a limited budget, no doubt, and yet they (Falvey) chose to spend a significant portion to retain a player who is essentially a left handed DH, then another chunk on a backup C, and finally another DH who can't hang at 1B all while having a roster that already included a RF that was essentially a DH and an oft injured CF & 3B that will need time at DH. Oh, and the defense at 2B, SS, and even C don't come close to league average. The 2026 payroll is ridiculous, but Josh Bell and Victor Caratini have a combined 0 WAR right now.
  4. KirbyDome89
    I'm not arguing that MN is going to spend with NY or LA. Manuel Margot was a 4th OFer in name only. In reality he received a starter's workload. Same thing for Bader the following season. They're doing it right now with Caratini. In NY or LA, he's actually a backup C making $7M. In MN he's getting starts at 1B and DH on top of catching duties.
  5. KirbyDome89
    I don't necessarily disagree that it's make or break, and those guys aren't young. This is around the time Varland made the transition as far as career IPs go, but the Twins need some sort of backup plan for the rotation. Prielipp throwing 100 innings would be an achievement. He's their 5th starter right now, and again, we don't know what's going on with Mick Abel's elbow. I mean, I guess if you're trading Joe Ryan at the deadline anyways you could just go nuclear, move all the aforementioned guys to the pen full time, and start waiver wire fodder 2-3x per week for the 2nd half of the season. There's a developmental argument to be made there for sure.
  6. KirbyDome89
    Not really, the Twins provide the promise of more playing time and likely a longer leash.
  7. KirbyDome89
    Yep, I'm not exactly locked into the day to day happenings in the minors, but just a quick glance tells me there isn't much of anything as far as MLB ready RPs. That offseason argument about bullpens being easy to construct and/or being built on the fly is falling pretty flat right now, and I'll say it again, depth ≠ names to throw against a wall.
  8. KirbyDome89
    Sure, they could very well end up in the pen if/when they flame out as starters. In the meantime the Twins can't really afford to cut bait with SPs in the minors, and Idk if there's a single RP at either AA or AAA that's MLB ready. The notion of depth is massively overblown amongst this fanbase.
  9. KirbyDome89
    Who in AA/AAA is realistically making this bullpen better right now? I keep seeing posts calling for the "reinforcements," and before we start converting any starter with a pulse and assuming the role switch will "unlock," success we don't know what's going on with Abel and it's still April....
  10. KirbyDome89
    It's wild, I went back through an old thread from September of 2024 and it was pretty close to split on Royce's stance. Granted, this was before the "cheap guys," comment following the collapse, or his angst over his playing time/stats & team emphasized adjustments last year affecting his future earnings. Idk, these guys all have to look out for themselves to a certain extent, but I'm not sure how anybody viewed his refusal to play 2B as anything other than a bad look.
  11. KirbyDome89
    Ooof we remember this very differently. The Twins were choking away a playoff berth, not chasing one, and rather than just be "uncomfortable," at 2B, Royce played all of 8 innings there after which he complained about the shift and told Twins media that there were "plenty of good 2B on the roster." Those "good 2B were the corpse of Kyle Farmer and Eduouard Julien. That was in September of 2024. He has been used exclusively at 3B and DH since making it known he didn't want to play 2B. I'll say it again, there's no flexibility because Lewis doesn't want to be flexible.
  12. KirbyDome89
    The team won't ask, because he doesn't prefer it, so there's no flexibility.
  13. KirbyDome89
    Pagan blowing a game at Target Field while pitching in the NL is pure comedy
  14. KirbyDome89
    You can chop a ground ball to 3B and achieve a good result (beating out a throw for a base hit) but would you advocate for consistently weak contact? I mean it yielded a hit right?
  15. KirbyDome89
    I don't think that's really the case. Other than SP usage it's business as usual, and that long leash for starters has more to do with the state of the bullpen IMO.
  16. KirbyDome89
    This. I'll add; enjoy the good stretch of play. It's fun, it's the baseball we all want to watch. Idk how long it'll last, but living and dying on April 15th distracts, at least for me.
  17. KirbyDome89
    He also hasn't been good at the MLB level in years and he has no options. The Twins need to find out whether Roden is a AAAA guy or someone worth rostering. That question has been answered with Outman.
  18. KirbyDome89
    Roden is 26 and he posted a nearly 900 OPS in AAA last year. I don't really care what 2 weeks in AAA looks like when Outman is literally forcing his way off the Major League roster.
  19. KirbyDome89
    This. Late inning defensive replacement/PR is such a massive waste of a roster spot for a team where the other 12 guys are collectively middling at best. Hell, I think it's a wasted roster spot for any team.
  20. KirbyDome89
    "There's nowhere near the hyperbole surrounds Abel's rough start vs. Bradley's strong start," i.e. your level of panic after a couple Abel starts doesn't come close to matching your level of excitement after 3 Bradley starts if we're going to accept these sample sizes i.e. you're quiet (silent) regarding Abel. Semantics though right.... Not liking the trade ≠ "trashing Bradley." Viewing Taj Bradley as a fringe starter or BP candidate to start the year ≠ "trashing Bradley." If I told you Brooks Lee hasn't been a productive MLB player am I "trashing," him? You're misrepresenting where Taj Bradley was at the end of the 2025 season because it makes your silly little victory lap look better. There's no hill buddy, it's just you on a soap with a megaphone while most walk by with ears covered....
  21. KirbyDome89
    Radio silent meaning there's nowhere near the hyperbole surrounding Abel's rough start vs. Bradley's strong start. "I still like him," is certainly a valid position to hold on Abel, but you're framing other similarly valid quotes regarding Bradley as "most people were trashing him," which wasn't true on multiple levels.
  22. KirbyDome89
    I'm cool with swapping Roden for Outman yesterday.
  23. KirbyDome89
    Crain Wreck?
  24. KirbyDome89
    Wtf did I just miss?
  25. KirbyDome89
    It's that part and I'll add the age qualifier. I saw Abel was mentioned, but he doesn't hit FA until age 30, that's not worth it IMO. I'm not dogging the Twins for the Lopez extension at all, but they bought his age 28 through 31 seasons. He was fine in 2024, nothing really special. He missed a huge chunk of last year, he's missing all of this year, and then who knows what 2027 will look like. You don't expect that when you're signing established talent, but we're not even talking about trying to lock up established guys here.
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