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  1. KirbyDome89
    Percent chance they're willing to hire somebody who thinks outside their box? I'd put it at near zero based on the unwavering application of their philosophy across then entire roster + its usage.
  2. KirbyDome89
    Overpaid and inflated in comparison to what? The Twins started this year with a payroll $10M less than last year, it's clear they're not committing significant money to pitching, and they've got a lineup that's almost exclusively young/cheap/on team friendly deals, so what exactly about the Correa signing isn't viable for them? Conversely Arraez, Polanco, and Miranda cost roughly $8M combined and have been worth 6+ WAR and counting. Half of the Twins top WAR producers aren't even arb eligible, 3 of the remaining 5 are on the aforementioned team friendly deals, Sanchez is gone after this year, which leaves only Correa if he inexplicably decides to stay. You see my point about why it's silly to paper a FA dollars to WAR ratio across an entire roster when we know things are more fluid than that right?
  3. KirbyDome89
    I think this is the larger problem. Their approach at the plate with RISP doesn't change. Hitting behind the runner is nonexistent, but what baffles me more is that in the age of launch angle we don't even have guys advancing on productive fly ball outs. The offensive philosophy feels a lot like "pitch to contact," in that they've decided on a direction with little to no deviation.
  4. KirbyDome89
    I think Chief nailed it with the cold reality vs. negativity bit. The TD pendulum seems to have swung further to the extremes in both directions. Absolutely, the low brow bitching in post game write ups and game threads is grating, IMO regardless of how the team is doing. Equally annoying are the over the top homer takes, and recently the goal post shifting, in what's becoming a disappointing season. I still remember that article in May about Jeffers as a top catcher in baseball. Classic. I didn't move over from BYTO, but I've followed content here for 8 years now. I'm sure you also remember when it was a small group of writers putting out quality content, not infrequently, but maybe once a day, or once every other day, and there would be 15+ pages of discussion on some of those articles. Now, it's 3-4 articles daily, most of which offer shallow analysis at best, and at worst are click bait fodder. It's a bummer.
  5. KirbyDome89
    I'll take the run but you'd hope for a little better with 2nd and 3rd + no outs. It looked like Valdez just flipped a switch, said f*** it, and started attacking after that Polanco double. The results? Sac fly, K, K....
  6. KirbyDome89
    Correa was obtained on the FA market so the ratio is relevant. I get a chuckle out of these quick math arguments when we all know teams aren't filling out their active rosters with 26 guys earning market value.
  7. KirbyDome89
    To be clear I'm not writing either of them off completely here, and they're one part of what I see as a larger problem. I think you're downplaying Ober's injury history a little. 108 innings last year (the most he's ever thrown) seems like the exception to the rule, and that's not a viable SP workload even by today's modest standards. We tend to forget it, but he began, and finished last year on the IL too. He's 27, and this year will be his third time in four full professional seasons where he'll finish with 70 something or fewer IP. None of this touches on whether he'll stick from a talent standpoint either. Idk what to do with Winder. His MLB exposure is limited; I don't see much value in picking that apart, but the shoulder thing scares me. 3x in 1 year is a problem that doesn't seem like it's going away without intervention, and anytime we're talking a shoulder or an elbow....yeah.... Maybe these guys hit your ceilings. They'll certainly get every opportunity to fail; that's the corner this FO has painted themselves into.
  8. KirbyDome89
    Ryan isn't a developmental success. He threw a whopping 9 innings at AAA and was immediately called up post trade. Again, great trade, but he was MLB ready when the Twins got their hands on him. God forbid two pitchers are injured? C'mon...that's not even close to what I've said. Bringing up an inconsistent offense is whataboutism. It doesn't have any bearing on pitching development. If the expectation that the Twins would have at least developed one reliable backend guy by this point is unreasonable, then we've moved the goalposts too far.
  9. KirbyDome89
    Remember when the clubhouse atmosphere was supposedly night and day different from last season, Correa was being praised as a leader, and we were scapegoating Josh Donaldson? I do....
  10. KirbyDome89
    You've could've spammed that post for the last 2 months and been right every time... I get that it's MN but at what point does the FO actually get some heat (outside of fan angst) for continuing to gove him the ball? They could literally call up any AAAA arm or sign a washed waiver claim and get this kind of performance. It's a joke...
  11. KirbyDome89
    Can't remember the last time the tone of these reviews was any different. Pretty much the last 3+ months in a nutshell.
  12. KirbyDome89
    Everyone!? How about one? Just one starting pitcher in year 6 who can throw 120+ innings and be at least a back end rotation staple. I mean talk about setting a low bar....
  13. KirbyDome89
    Ryan wasn't a prospect. Great trade, but zero development there. No way we're seriously counting Sands as anything right? He was terrible as a starter so far and the "hope," is he'll be a useful bullpen piece. Winder just went on the IL with his 3rd shoulder issue in a calendar year and it's not like he was a rotation lock prior to that. Ober hasn't been able to stay healthy and handle even a light work load at any level. 30 something innings this year. If they're holding a rotation spot for a perpetually unavailable guy who profiles as a 4-5 at best then we should yell. Duran. Yep, success, failed starter but still an overall success. Jax? Eh, if you want to stretch it to help your case sure. I wouldn't, and even his place in the pen was being questioned recently but whatever. I count zero reliable starters developed and 1, maybe 2 bullpen pieces. This was it, the development year, and its been a disaster. A better analogy would be promising your kids a cookie or two and then handing them a rice cake.
  14. KirbyDome89
    100%. If he's starting every game of a playoff series in CF regular season usage is a non issue. When he's not in CF now, or playing at all I assume it's because he physically can't. I'll take 100+ games at 5-6 WAR over 60 phenomenal games at 5 WAR + a season derailing injury every time.
  15. KirbyDome89
    I'm all for seeing Buxton as often as possible, and if he does come in around the above numbers I think that's overall a W. This might be the best case scenario for him, i.e. he's just never going to be healthy for anywhere close to a full season and this year might be peak as far as availability is concerned. That said, I think it's also fair to acknowledge he's roughly .5 WAR shy of his total last year while playing 50% more games to this point. He's obviously an incredibly valuable player, but his contributions this season haven't come in remotely the same way as last year. That's ok, but I understand some of the criticisms too.
  16. KirbyDome89
    Am I concerned about the farm ranking? No Am I concerned about the continued inability to develop pitching? Absolutely.
  17. KirbyDome89
    Probably a safe assumption but methinks they'd find a way to incorporate him into the blame game.
  18. KirbyDome89
    Imagine the "fire Rocco," crowd with TLR as their manager. Probably more entertaining than the actual games being played
  19. KirbyDome89
    Agreed about enjoying late season games, but if you told me that was gonna happen 4 months ago I would've assumed they were playing well and fighting the Sox for the division, not trying to treading water and eek out a few series wins.
  20. KirbyDome89
    This is where I'm at too. Day to day can just as easily mean "we don't know yet."
  21. KirbyDome89
    Whoosh. Hard to tell around here sometimes. Compared to them the Twins kinda are, but 25 other franchises could probably make the same claim.
  22. KirbyDome89
    They've also made the postseason twice in the 28 years the AL Central has existed, but yeah, exemplary franchise. I mean, c'mon...
  23. KirbyDome89
    If internal options weren't an absolute disaster Bundy would've been in serious jeopardy of losing his job in June. The Twins being forced to roll with him in the rotation isn't credit worthy.
  24. KirbyDome89
    Responded to this exact same post upthread
  25. KirbyDome89
    Congrats to Pagan for holding down a 3 run lead against a truly pathetic Royals team that managed to score in only one inning of a three game series against the Twins. 3 hits, O ER, but no BBs for Pagan so I guess there's that....
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