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  1. KirbyDome89
    He wasn't really all that far off on No. 2 was he?
  2. KirbyDome89
    No team in this division should be feared.
  3. KirbyDome89
    There's no quick fix for sure. Absolutely, if they're selling in July there's no world in which this FO should be retained but I don't see the Pohlads having the gusto to make that move either. Honestly the fact that this conversation is taking place is a pretty good indicator or what should be done.
  4. KirbyDome89
    If they're selling in July the FO should be gone correct? The worst case scenario would be to stand pat, eek out a hollow division title, and forge ahead status quo. The Twins are in a weird place.
  5. KirbyDome89
    If they're each hitting strong side maybe you eek out some production, Idk, but I only suggested it because I have no faith this FO makes the necessary move and cuts bait. I'm not shedding any tears if Kepler just goes. Yep, some of these early game substitutions are infuriating.
  6. KirbyDome89
    Yeah I get that, my point was just that Taylor swiping a few bags, especially on this team (and with his paltry offensive output) isn't enough of a silver lining to justify running him out there every day. Agreed, the article was about Taylor so I'm really only commenting on him. I'm not a big Castro fan despite his recent tear, so yeah if that's my only option then Taylor ftw. I'd force Kepler into CF, and if he refuses he's DFA'd. He has little to no value in MN and there's no reason to run him out there hoping some contender is willing to give you anything for a late inning defensive replacement. 100% on Kirilloff too, I can't stand watching him be platooned. I don't understand it. Yes to Correa dropping. I'm fine with more Jeffers but that means he's going to see a lot more RHP so adjust expectations accordingly, but it can't be that much worse than Vazquez right now.
  7. KirbyDome89
    Of f****ing course he swipes two tonight... No offense to the big boys but on the whole I think we're reaching to justify Taylor's consistent presence in the starting lineup.
  8. KirbyDome89
    So we're using Taylors awful offensive career as the benchmark and celebrating any marginal projected uptick? What are we doing here? The guy has been the starting CF'er all year, and there's nothing to suggest that's going to change, i.e. he should be judged as such. He's sitting at a .683 OPS with a near career high in K% and career low in BB%, but hey if we feed him enough ABs he'll maybe surpass the ten (ten!) doubles he hit last year during another miserable offensive campaign. Oh and about those SBs, he's tied for 33rd in baseball with noted speed demons JT Realmuto and Freddie Freeman. I mean c'mon.... At what point do articles like this and others currently on the front page just become trolling? Honestly.
  9. KirbyDome89
    He wasn't last year, and it's June 6th, so Idk... The Rays felt Ryan was expendable, and clearly the trade was a mistake, but that doesn't mean MN has unlocked something.
  10. KirbyDome89
    Does throwing 9 innings in AAA really count as being developed here? They've had time, and the results have been less than stellar to this point.
  11. KirbyDome89
    Sure, Dozier's value had cratered by the time he was moved, but he did have actual value that the team opted not to cash in on. Garcia and Kintzler were certainly more valuable in the moment. Ditto for Pressly. Dyson was a bust. Mahle was/is a bust on an even larger scale. Does anybody feel good about Jorge Lopez right now? Yeah, Ryan and Duran are clear W's, no doubt, but they've swung and missed their fare share as well.
  12. KirbyDome89
    Gray wasn't a deadline deal. Zack Littell, Tyler Watson, Jorge Alcala, Devin Smeltzer, and Sam Dyson wave hello in addition to the disaster last year.
  13. KirbyDome89
    This Cleveland series has been a microcosm of the season to date; tough to watch for large parts with ample opportunity squandered. We can look at the standings and try to find solace in the fact that there isn't a single team in the ALC that looks like a real threat to race by the Twins, but man this club makes it so difficult to feel good about them.
  14. KirbyDome89
    All I'm pointing out is that right now he isn't too far off of where he was for the final 4 months of last season, i.e. for a team that has probably underperformed as a whole, I don't think Lopez is one of the biggest disappointments. That doesn't mean he has met expectations, rather, others have come up far shorter.
  15. KirbyDome89
    June - September last year (22 games) he posted a 4.69 ERA with a 4.10 FIP.
  16. KirbyDome89
    That prediction also included Cleveland and Chicago being competitive. They haven't been. At all.
  17. KirbyDome89
    What is that certainty actually providing though, and why can't they pivot back to it if an attempt at improvement implodes? It's odd that a team this starved for offense is so willing to lock themselves into subpar output in RF when a viable option for improvement is playing across the river. So they'd need to find a hopeful playoff team willing to move pitching for a weak hitting LH corner OF'er in a market that's saturated with LH corner OF'ers, or a tanking team that's more interested in 2+ months of Kepler than prospects. Yeesh, good luck.
  18. KirbyDome89
    They kind of are holding Wallner down if they're prioritizing Kepler right now. I'd stop short of saying that penciling in his 700ish OPS next to MAT in CF is the right play at this point. What (positive) change occurs with Kepler in a few months, and if they're not moving him because the LH corner OF market is down, why are the Twins entertaining the idea of selling low on Larnach or Wallner?
  19. KirbyDome89
    The Hicks extension has nothing to do with the swap. Hicks was a player the Twins couldn't use? Zach Granite, Danny Santana, Ryan Lamarre, and Robbie Grossman all got serious run in the OF between 2016 and 2018. I mean.... The Twins got one negative WAR season from Murphy. Hicks put up over 8 WAR pre-extension and that's with a rough 2016. It was an atrocious swap, not just some blip on the radar.
  20. KirbyDome89
    Solano is a negative defender and overall he has been the definition of replacement level. The Twins are relieved he has appeared in 40 games before June? I hope not....
  21. KirbyDome89
    The Twins were right to sign Donaldson, and right to move him when they did. The guy slashed .247/.352/.475 over 135 games 2021. If you want to complain that he was injured in 2020, go for it, but that was a 60 game season. Poor performance absolutely did not taint his time in MN. Whether it's blind faith or a lack of options, the rationale for sticking with some of these guys doesn't really matter to me. They're two versions of the same thing, poor decision making.
  22. KirbyDome89
    Yeah I remember him being pissed about the arbitration process, and I also doubt he's extended, but at the moment Milwaukee is sitting in 1st place in a pretty meh division. I'd be surprised if (at minimum) a WC berth was out of their reach by the trade deadline. The optics of moving your best arm for prospects while in contention, especially after a poor deadline last year, would be horrible.
  23. KirbyDome89
    "Toronto enters play Tuesday in last place in a surging American League East." Yeah, at 26-23 and only 2.5 games back of a WC spot. Why would they even remotely entertain the idea of trading their starting 3B? Also, the Brewers are contemplating moving 1.5 years of Burnes because we're not sure they're WS bound? Like what?
  24. KirbyDome89
    KC is a dumpster fire. Good luck Royals fan(s) you've got a long haul ahead. I honestly don't understand why people continue to count the Sox in. They're more inconsistent than our beloved Twins, and they're absolutely atrocious defensively. They've proven that they can't put it together. I didn't think Cleveland was as good as their record said last year, Idk if they're as bad as their record indicates this year, but somebody needs to explain where their offense is going to come from. Seriously, who in that lineup is even a semi lock to start picking it up? I can't imagine being a Cleveland fan, they're sitting bottom five in payroll in the most winnable division in baseball, and they're 1 or 2 bats away from at minimum pushing for 1st place. If there was ever an argument for a payroll floor/ceiling.... If Detroit totally buys into a youth movement, and those guys hit or exceed expectations, maybe we're talking about a race come late July. What are the odds that happens? They're as bad offensively as Cleveland right now. The author is right, this is the Twins division to win/lose. Who knows whether that'll happen, but this division is straight up terrible, and anything less than an AL Central crown would be catastrophic.
  25. KirbyDome89
    And you're chiding people for their lack of awareness? Yeesh....
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