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  1. KirbyDome89
    Brooks Lee projected for 2.1 WAR....I mean.... We could pick this thing apart all day, but how is anybody taking these projections, and by extension this article, seriously.
  2. KirbyDome89
    Sabato was drafted in 2020; as far as time missed we're talking about 4-6 weeks in A ball at most. He's spent the last 5 full seasons in the minors as a college bat drafted in the 1st round. At what point can we just admit he's a bust?
  3. KirbyDome89
    Eh, it was cost controlled. I don't think that's debatable. Duran and Jax were early in arbitration and Varland was (and still is) making league minimum. Coulombe and Stewart weren't making a dent. That's a rough take on Jax. The guy was elite in 2024. He had bad ERA with the Twins last year (4.50) but he also rocked a 2.03 FIP so I'll let you do the math on that. His 2022 and 2023 seasons might not have been spectacular, but they're solid at the very least. This current bullpen would kill for a pitcher of his caliber. If the Twins signed a Jax clone this board would be overjoyed. Varland returned a top LH pitching prospect? Top of what? Rojas is top 10 within the Twins system but that doesn't mean much. He's eclipsed 80 IP once in 4-5 years. I think Varland was a little overrated because of the MN ties, but he was undeniably good for the Twins last season, and league minimum for multiple years is a big deal. Stewart? Whatever. He was never healthy, and some fans struggled to realize that. That said I'd take an injured Stewart on the IL + an open 40 man spot over Outman being absolutely worthless yet retained because this FO can't/won't admit defeat. I wouldn't call the 2025 pen great but they moved their top 4 arms (5 if you count Stewart when healthy) The Duran gap isn't getting filled, but they've done borderline nothing to address the other holes at the top as well. Sands made the pen look better last year? Huh? I think the whining is justified.
  4. KirbyDome89
    I'd argue that Garlick being the most successful of that bunch makes the others AAAA as well.
  5. KirbyDome89
    I honestly can't tell if it's actually unbridled optimism bordering on delusion, or low key trolling for the sake of being contrarian.
  6. KirbyDome89
    I agree that Kyle Garlick was a AAAA player - late 20s when MN scooped him, multiple organizations over the previous few seasons, little if any actual MLB success in limited playing time. Sounds a lot like Clemens and Wagaman. What's separates Garlick from the other two? A) .225/.277/.438 B) .206/.263/.403 C) .250/.293/.381 Without looking it up, can you tell me which one of those lines is AAAA Kyle Garlick?
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  8. KirbyDome89
    They'll be playing more than 3... 3B, SS, 1B, LF, and DH are all below average bats right now and that's assuming Wallner ticks upwards in RF. No permutation of bench players changes the fact that this club is currently locked into at least half of their lineup being below average on any given day.
  9. KirbyDome89
    The mental gymnastics are impressive. It doesn't matter if you or I think this club has a realistic shot at contending, if they're trying to win games they're trying to contend.
  10. KirbyDome89
    We agree that his age is irrelevant, which is why I didn't mention part of the equation. His (or any of these negative value backup SS) presence on the roster is the issue. You're burning a valuable bench spot and further diminishing already shakey production at SS when whoever wins the job gets playing time.
  11. KirbyDome89
    No, it's not "nothing lost," because as of now at least one of the current quartet is going to be on the opening day roster as the backup SS. That's actually a pretty big deal when you consider the fact that all 4 options are terrible hitters and none of them are plus defenders. Bench spots on the major league team matter, wasting one of those spots to see if you might have AAA "depth," is terrible resource management.
  12. KirbyDome89
    Careful, the prospect hounds are going to get wound up after reading this...
  13. KirbyDome89
    Those posts are one page apart...
  14. KirbyDome89
    The post I quoted claimed that the team wasn't using him correctly. I'm curious how the Twins are supposedly holding him back.
  15. KirbyDome89
    No, how is he being held back?
  16. KirbyDome89
    He didn't even average 5 innings per start last season Are the Twins holding back greatness here or are they protecting SWR and by proximity themselves?
  17. KirbyDome89
    And now that they've sold those top 4-5 arms and done nothing to address the gaping holes they're somehow in a better position? Half of those arms you named are going to be SP depth and/or in the opening day rotation, the other half haven't shown any ability to consistently get outs in either MLB or MiLB depending on the name in question. No team has an excess of starters, especially this club. I'm not going to go back and look at the FV values of previous flameouts because it doesn't matter but I very much doubt that this org is now somehow flush with so much pitching talent that they can start prematurely throwing arms into early bullpen service. Oh now they're trying to win? Last season, or the season before that, or 4 of the last 5 years they weren't trying to win, but this season they're trying to win? The names in question are "depth," and not cannon fodder right? And "finding their roles," isn't bad baseball, it's "development," right?
  18. KirbyDome89
    Idc about closing duties, but leverage innings absolutely matter. Throwing a bunch of **** at the wall and hoping something sticks isn't a situation resolving itself. Nobody is arguing that the slew of bounce back vets and castoffs this team has plugged in at 1B over the last 5 years has provided resolution at that position.
  19. KirbyDome89
    I very much hope this team isn't seriously considering giving Caratini some actual run at DH.
  20. KirbyDome89
    "The Twins can plan on him as an equal partner to Ryan Jeffers, just as they arranged things with Christian Vázquez for much of the last three years, but if they get a strong offer for Jeffers (either in the next two months or come July), they could trade him and feel good about Caratini as a stopgap primary backstop." Caratini hasn't even been splitting defensive duties the last three years, Idk if "good," is how we should feel about him potentially getting a primary-ish workload. Also, what is he a stopgap to? Another short term vet this FO hopes doesn't crater a la Vazquez?
  21. KirbyDome89
    “What I think it says is that we’ve had a run of guys that we’ve identified in the draft, near the top,” Falvey said. “No one is going to bat 1.000 in the draft—we all know that—but we have a number of picks who have found a way to contribute at the big-league level. It speaks a lot to our development process, too.” Salt in the wound for anybody that actually follows this club. I wish more of Twins media gave a **** and actually pressed these clowns.
  22. KirbyDome89
    Ideally they get him some pen time this year and keep the SP door open. He's 25 already, and he doesn't have any sort of history to suggest he can handle a SP workload, even if the "stuff," is there. Maybe there's an Ober-esque injury/availability turnaround in his future, Idk, but he should be on the fast track to the Twins given his age & the obvious need for arms.
  23. KirbyDome89
    The FO has boxed themselves into a corner with this horribly constructed roster. Half the bench (Arcia/Kreidler + Wagaman) is essentially unplayable plus a backup C who can't hit. I have zero faith in Clemens holding down the "strong," side of any platoon. I think Bell has to be locked into the DH spot, which means they're crossing their fingers that he maintains a league average bat (oh look another below average player at his position) while clogging up DH which I agree they could've just filled internally. That $7M definitely wouldn't have helped the bullpen right? Can Kreidler actually play CF? If not, whoever that 4th OFer is has to be able to stick in CF. I'm not exactly an Austin Martin stan, but this team can't possibly carry Outman as the 4th OFer with the aforementioned bench.
  24. KirbyDome89
    Don't worry, he won't be on base enough for any of us to worry about which color the light is...
  25. KirbyDome89
    I'm happy to default to the position that if we're using a metaphorical pipeline to describe the C situation within the organization, functionality is implied. "The (insert terrible farm system for random MLB team here) is a veritable treasure chest. I didn't say there was any actual treasure in the chest..." Eye Roll.
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