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  1. KirbyDome89
    Baldelli's confidence aside, with Perez, Odorizzi, and Pineda as the 3-5 starters they may be overworked regardless.
  2. KirbyDome89
    "There was a time when giving some fresh faces looks in relief would have made sense, but that seems like a poor plan to open a season in which you hope to compete." I might entertain some glimmer of hope that they add another arm if this team had acted in way that signaled their intention was to compete this season. Honestly, there was ample time, money, and opportunity to improve the roster, and they passed. We're a couple days away from the start of ST games, at this point I think we have to accept that this is very likely the roster moving forward. Hopefully I'm wrong, but if there's serious interest in Madsen, Warren, or Vincent I'm not sure how a deal isn't done at this point. Not that I'm particularly high on any of that trio, but what's the hold up? They found 4M for a bad back end starter in Perez....
  3. KirbyDome89
    So ditto for Kepler here; buying out arbitration and one FA year with the potential for one more. I'm pretty neutral on this deal, as I'm pretty neutral on Kepler in general. If they had planned to start locking these guys up this winter, the lack of activity in the trade market and FA makes even less sense to me....
  4. KirbyDome89
    Exactly. I'm cool with the deal, in part because I'm a big Jorge fan, but the Twins are only committed to buying out one FA year. If that year, and the two options, are at or near market value it isn't a "team friendly," deal, which again, is fine.
  5. KirbyDome89
    Not all question marks are equal. Do you believe the Perez signing has the same odds of going belly up as signing Soria or Ottavino and slotting Romero into the rotation?
  6. KirbyDome89
    A little bit of both, though I'd add the qualifier this option rather than an option. IMO adding a question mark to a group rife with them doesn't make much sense, at least not if the goal is to improve.
  7. KirbyDome89
    I've wanted to do something like this for a while. I'd probably move the powder blues higher but in total I think you nailed the rankings. I'm still in my 20s so my affinity for the blues is purely "retro," but I loved it when they did the "Turn back the clock," uniforms. I'm also a big fan of the 73'-86' Home jerseys mainly because of the red hat/navy bill combo which I'm a sucker for. To me the pinstriped whites and road uniforms are the Twins I grew up. The creme alternatives were the next best thing after that set was retired. I feel like I'm in the minority here, but I'm not a fan at all of the new home whites. To me they're incredibly blah. As for the new alternates, a friend at work described them to me as looking like "those cheap knock off jerseys you buy at Target." I don't know if I'd go that far but they definitely add to the "meh," feeling I have towards the current uniform grouping.
  8. KirbyDome89
    I'm in total agreement that the pitching depth has serious questions, but isn't that more of an indictment of the Perez signing rather than a justification for it?
  9. KirbyDome89
    I wasn't aware St. Peter was part of the local crew clapping back at fans for having the audacity to criticize an embarrassingly low payroll. We've been "putting up with," ownership that has failed to properly support star players, and zero playoff success over the last 15 seasons. Just sayin' Dave....
  10. KirbyDome89
    Instead of tethering themselves to expensive, inescapable commitments for players on the higher tiers (which, as we've learned time and time again, carry no assurances) the front office is making deals on its own terms. Apart from the Britton deal and potentially Kimbrel's would any of the relief contracts handed out this offseason damage future spending in any significant way? Honestly, there were a ton of short term deals this club could've struck with far superior talent. Also, what assurances do these bargain bin acquisitions provide? These aren't your garden-variety bargain bin signings. There's a deeper methodology in place, and I'm sure I'm only scratching its surface. The silver lining to this resource preservation is that it will give them extreme flexibility leading up to the trade deadline. Flexibility was the spin last offseason, I vote for something new this year... The goalposts keep moving in regards to when we can expect this organization to act as though they're invested in fielding a truly competitive team, and also when we should hold the FO accountable for the product on the field.
  11. KirbyDome89
    Thats totally reasonable, I'm just much less confident that a big move is coming. Admittedly I'm a little more jaded after witnessing what was supposed to be an even better class struggle to take hold. I haven't given up on Buxton, Sano, or Kepler by any means, but there will always be another wave of talent coming. Saying we need to wait for its arrival is just a distraction from a mediocre at best on field product. In a vacuum all three signings are justifiable. In reality this team needs more. It's certainly beaten to death, but there's an effort right now to find any reason other than stinginess to explain the current situation. We can agree that it's tiring, but we also don't need to rationalize the lack of spending as patience or a savvy long term play, not that you're advocating strongly for either.
  12. KirbyDome89
    I'm failing to see how Parker and Perez are better fits than their more talented counterparts the Twins watched sign short term deals elsewhere. If those signings are financially motivated we're looking at a much larger issue within this organization... I really hope they aren't satisfied with how they've been filling gaps on this roster. IMO they've done little to nothing over the last 3 off-seasons to add meaningful talent. I'm sure the Pohlads love that the wallet is full but as was mentioned earlier, that money doesn't roll over. They aren't "saving," $30M this season and spending it on top of the supposed goal of allocating 50% of revenue to payroll next year.
  13. KirbyDome89
    Honestly, I'd rather watch this team burn through the pile of back end pitchers they have and then scour the waiver wire, than witness Perez be given every opportunity to fail. That feels like a copy/paste of a comment from a 2014 thread.... Are we at all confident this FO will move on quickly from one of their own signings, or that they'll give the other arms Perez just jumped a legitimate audition? I'm not.....
  14. KirbyDome89
    This organization loves "value," and short term deals; it's a match made in heaven. Plus when he rejects the offer we can all shrug and say "they tried, what more could they do...."
  15. KirbyDome89
    Ohtani, Tanaka, Maeda, and Darvish..... Those are only current Japanese pitchers in MLB. I think some just want to the Twins to add talent.
  16. KirbyDome89
    Satisfying. Go get some much needed pitching now.
  17. KirbyDome89
    They'd have to make moves that have a direction beyond a single season for them to even have a chance to "box themselves in." So far it's been a lot of treading water.
  18. KirbyDome89
    I don't know if anything about their job is "easy," but we're in year 3 now of essentially "standing pat." That's the "aim low and hope it works out," approach again. Like I said, if the goal is to maybe sneak into the playoffs and have no real chance to advance then sure, cross your fingers that Cleveland slips up and the Twins catch a few breaks. This team has holes all over the place. I wasn't screaming for them to find a legit front end starter, 2-3 elite bullpen arms, a reliable 4th OFer, a true SS (Polanco moves to 2B) and a solid 1B all in the same offseason. That would've been incredible albeit unlikely, but there continues to be nothing stopping them from checking off at least a couple of those boxes. We agree that it's incredibly hard to fill all those holes in one offseason. That's precisely why they should be looking to plug some of them each year. When the cycle repeats next offseason it'll once again be "too hard," to fill every hole. I can't sympathize with a self inflicted problem like that. Maybe your patience level exceeds mine. Maybe over the next few months the FO brings in the pitching help this team desperately needs, but as of right now, "standing pat," is the opposite of smart.
  19. KirbyDome89
    My point was that the bar needs to be higher than "shoot the middle and hope things break right," if they're serious about winning. A 10 game improvement in one season isn't realistic but it's not unreasonable to expect a continued push towards a 90 game win total. Somebody in the Central is going to win 90+ games. They can still "wait," on the current group while adding long term talent and taking advantage of an incredibly bad division. If things break right for them in that scenario maybe we'll get to enjoy more than 1 game in the playoffs.
  20. KirbyDome89
    I'd characterize the information that's come out during the offseason as "letting fans down easy." I get the need to spin the decision and/or lack of moves in a positive light, but I'll give the writers here more credit and say some of the articles & comments are written with teeth clenched. We're in year 3 of this FO. "Wait and see," was year 1. "Dip your toes into FA because we're not entirely sure what we have with the young players," was year 2. Now we're back to "wait and see," for year 3 and that's a smart decision?" Pick a lane. Seriously, it's been 3 years now, and if the FO is unsure of which direction to go at this point why should we believe the light bulb suddenly turns on down the road? Also, the notion that the Twins sink or swim with Buxton & Sano (I agree) but they can't add talent because they don't know what they have in either player is laughable. If both burn out and FA signings were once again a bust who cares? The team would be tacking on another 3+ years of rebuilding at that point anyway. If Buxton and Sano flop and the Twins hit on FA signings then at worst they could move those assets to aid the continued rebuild. If Buxton and Sano bounce back what's this team's ceiling as it's currently constructed? Chasing a 2nd WC spot and getting bounced early? The cost of "standing pat," is greater than some are making it out to be.
  21. KirbyDome89
    How many times have we seen three teams this bad in the AL Central? The Twins have the lowest win total, (87) by a division champ in the last two decades. It's pretty well established that a team is going to need to be in the 90s to win the division. 80-85 wins puts you "in the conversation," for the play in WC game, and even then it's likely short. If the idea is to feign interest in building a competitive team and be just good enough to put fans in the seats then shooting for that 80-85 win mark is a good goal.
  22. KirbyDome89
    They could've gone after Iglesias and improved both MI spots defensively by shifting Polanco to 2B. That would free up Gordon (not that he was off the table without Jorge at 2B) to be moved in a trade for some pitching. That's the most disappointing thing about the Schoop signing for me. They had a chance to make improvement across the infield with one signing.
  23. KirbyDome89
    We agree that the constraints are bogus and that there's anger bubbling beneath the surface but most of what I've seen is restraint until the offseason shakes out. Twins fans have been conditioned to not expect signings like Machado, Harper, or even Corbin, but missing out on Donaldson for 1 year was a bummer. If the FO fails to bring in significant help (i.e. clear upgrades) for the MI & bullpen, and swing some moves to bolster the starting rotation while simultaneously slashing payroll by $30M outrage is more than justified.
  24. KirbyDome89
    They desperately need MI help, but I'd put the need for another starting pitcher right there with it. I'm definitely not comfortable relying on Pineda to carry any sort of load. He's struggled to stay healthy over his career, and even when he was able to take the field he wasn't performing all that well. The fact that he was injured during his rehab assignment late last season is telling.
  25. KirbyDome89
    Boston: traded for or signed Sale, Price, and Porcello Houston: traded for Verlander and Cole New York: Signed Tanaka and just traded for Paxton Cleveland: traded for Carrasco, Kluber, and Bauer That's just in the AL. None of that screams home grown to me. The closest thing are the pitchers Cleveland acquired but those guys were already in AAA or about to make that jump when the Indians traded for them. Nobody is arguing that massive FA pitching contracts are great value; they're not, but Jordan Zimmerman and Zach Greinke aren't on the same talent planet. Skipping the 15' FA class helps that poor WAR return argument as well because you're leaving out Max Scherzer's dominance since his FA signing. As it stands right now I'd take a 2 WAR Arrieta over the question marks in the 4 and 5 spots for the current Twins rotation. Ideally the team would aim higher but it's certainly better than crossing your fingers and hoping for the best.
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