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The problem is he didn't cap it with the no hitter. He basically destroyed his shoulder in the effort to do so, but tried to hang on for another half season. The guy came back after missing a full season of being injured. He had a 2.31 ERA after the no-hitter and would have probably been the front runner for another CY Young at that time. But then lost 5 MPH on his fastball and got shelled in those last ten starts making the rest of his season forgetable. If after the game he'd have been placed on the IR and he never pitched again, ending his career on that no-hitter would have been one of the game's most memorable moments and he'd have gotten the Koufax/Puckett treatment into Cooperstown. Ten games made the difference between a first ballot pass and first ballot exit. -
Welcome! Not to mention that Cleveland waited and signed the very similar Rhys Hoskins to a minor league deal while the Twins had to commit a roster spot and 7M to Bell.
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Of all the youngish starters who could be relievers, Festa is the one that looks the most like Louis Varland and Trevor May. Good stuff that just isn't translating in the rotation. And he's already gotten 23 starts, Varland only got 22. Now with the TOS situation on top of that, the odds that Festa turns into a good rotation piece seem extremely remote. Put him where he still has a chance to be a very good asset. And regardless of what Tom Pohlad says, the Twins need to be less concerned about depth in 2026 than are about finally digging themselves out of this roster hell hole and putting together an all around good squad in 2027 and beyond. Finding the long-term bullpen arms for 2027 starts in February and March of this year, not mid-season and absolutely not after the season. These guys need time to work out the wrinkles and adjust to the change this year.
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They need to commit to the pen with him before the season starts. They can't just peg all of these guys as starters and then just randomly move them to the pen mid season; that never works out. There has to be a commitment to the role. This is going to be your job now, I know it might be hard to accept, but late inning bullpen work is vital and we've got LaTroy Hawkins and Glen Perkins right here in house that would love to tell you how this switch changed their careers for the better.
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Pagan, Colome, Robles, Clippard, Romo, Rodney, Reed, Kintzler. Can we avoid the part where we desperately try to make cast offs that other teams didn't want into the back of our bullpen and just skip ahead to giving the jobs to the internal starters that everyone had largely written off as busts? I don't understand the point of this charade. Rogers, Hendricks, Topa? They ain't long term answers, and this team ain't short term competing. And even if they were, those guys still aren't the answer.
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He was pitching prospect I liked most at last year's deadline. He was already in the high minors and he wasn't a 'post-hype' sleeper type. And ditching the sinker for the four seamer? Yeah, best idea for any pitcher. Don't try to induce groundballs, try to induce strikeouts.
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Horrible Roster Construction, Tell Me I'm Wrong?
nicksaviking replied to DocBauer's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
I don't think anyone was unhappy to see Fitzgerald go. I think everyone was just unhappy with the cast of characters they continued to replace him with. Lateral moves at best. -
I’d guess his arm strength and draft pedigree will give him a nice long shot, even if he bounces around the league as a backup.
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I think McCarthy just comes off as so immature, which I would guess is the root of most of his issues. Like many pro athletes that would be labeled immature, I wouldn't be surprised if after he's gone from the Vikings, we get reports about him not putting in the expected work and ignoring attention to detail. But most people grow out of immaturity, particularly if they get publicly humbled. That's why I think there's a really good chance he turns into a good QB. Just with another team years down the road.
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Extensive Realistic/Unrealistic QB Options for 2026
nicksaviking replied to Vanimal46's topic in Minnesota Vikings Talk
They absolutely should be throwing a line into those waters. But if they're willing to go nuts, Josh Allen's agent is my first (covert and super secret) call. -
Yeah, this is tough. Hitters have adjusted to being able to hit 98 MPH fastballs and 90 MPH sliders. Everyone is going to look like Ted Williams if pitchers start pacing themselves like they did last century. Bigger, stronger, faster has always been the evolution of pro sports. Guys were always going to figure out how to throw harder and harder. These ligaments ain't evolving though. Let them carry nail files and throw spitballs again?
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This is tiring. NOBODY but the posters said anything about Falvey and a pitching pipeline. That's not how Cleveland built their rotation and nobody who was paying attention should have assumed that's how it would be built in Minnesota. Cleveland didn't develop any of their pitchers except Danny Salazar. They traded for them when they were either already at the MLB level or about to be. Just like the Twins did. And who are these Falvey faithful? It was a near consensus here that he needed to be replaced. This all just sounds like being angry at the situation and wanting to lay blame at the feet of the person you most dislike and then calling out imaginary posters for an imaginary defense of this guy you don't like.
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I was going to be a bit dismissive when I saw he was the 10th highest paid coach in the conference since there are only 11 teams in the Big 10. Then I remembered time is slipping away from me and there are nowhere close to only 11 teams in the Big 10 any longer.
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Seems to me last time they did something similar, the $2 beers were only available at like three concessions. So if you wanted a second one, you needed to spend all pregame standing in line.
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At this point, I'm firmly on the side of any party that's opposing NCAA rulings. They've stolen so much money from athletes and tax payers, that the profits they've made through the decades are an absolute crime against humanity.
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Report From The Fort: Intentional From The Start
nicksaviking replied to John Bonnes's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
Ok, now I’m sold on Shelton. Looks like he’s filling in for Carson on The Tonight Show circa 1975. Could fluff up the chest hair a tad more though. -
Derek Carr says he's healthy and would come out of retirement, but only to a team that could win the Super Bowl. But if Derek Carr is your QB, doesn't that mean you have little hope of winning the Super Bowl? That's quite the Catch-22.
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I mean, this is a reunion for us fans, but no players, coaches or top level front office personnel where here when Hendriks was here, so this seems a bit different than the Taylor Rogers move. And I hope that unfamiliarity means the table won't be slanted in his favor in terms of making the team. I wish him well and hope his continued MLB career is productive and fulfilling, but here in 2026 with the bullpen starting from scratch, the Twins need to use this year to identify who their top relievers will be in 2027 and 2028 and 2029 and 2030. That's obviously not Hendriks. He should only be a break glass in case of emergency pitcher.
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He's going to be 32 when he's a free agent. Ryan might be my favorite current player, but that seems about the right age to part ways with a starting pitcher. Especially if you can get a compensatory draft pick for him.
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Probably hard to make meaningful changes unless/until the league adopts a salary cap and floor like the other pro sports. I know many don't think that's possible, but I think it's quietly being set up, and it's why a team like the Dodgers is so blatantly flouting the system right now, trying to win all the championships before the CBA expires.
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Right, after a decade. I've been saying this whole time that I didn't think Falvey and Levine then Falvey and Zoll actually did the same thing. Fans weren't privy to the delegation of tasks, but Favley was clearly hired to be the architect so it would then stand to reason that the GMs were hired to acquire the pieces to build his mansion ice house.
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Very nice John!
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The Pohlads don't strike me as people who would pay two guys to do the same job.
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Zoll was the GM last year, I think he was probably entertaining and executing the trades while Falvey was the guy approving them.
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Except that debt wasn't from their baseball operations, it was from their other businesses that were impacted by COVID then the poor economy, the Twins just got saddled with the debt because the Pohlad's thought they could pawn it off on to new owners. And they did.
