November 17, 20214 yr I can't really take credit for this forecast, for it's an accumulation of insight of this FO given by fans in debates. So here we go. Season opener Line-up OF CF- Cave, he had a bad ST but of coarse spring training don't count RF- Rooker, you gotta love his bat LF- Larnach, he's not quite ready but he'll have to do INF C- Jeffers 3B- Sano 2B- Arraez, that'll make a lot of people happy 1B- Kiriloff SS- Polanco Pitching Filled out with AAAA and Dumpster Diving FA pitchers. Out of this bunch you'll find a gem or two, because as they say " even a blind squirrel will find an acorn or 2" Transactions Wes Johnson have been leered away to the Angels. As you can see Buxton, Kepler, Garver and Donaldson have been traded for warm bodies. Forget any trade for high end pitching because there's none out there to be had. Many good potential undeveloped prospects were lost on waivers due to the heavy influx of new players. Outcome Polanco's rise stalled and nose-dived, fans cry out to trade him, they do, adding to the 40 man roster crunch Despite of the shortened season caused by CBA. Due to this FO prowess in negotiations, players evaluation and management, set a MLB record for game lost in a single season. Future The team becomes a bottom feeder for over a decade After 3yrs. of injuries and adjusting to MLB, Kiriloff has been traded because the organization discovered they could not afford him due to his agents demand and big drop in fan attendance. So they'd try to recoup. So the player that they wanted to build the team around is gone. The Polhads sell the Twins. Please forgive me that this satire (I dislike satire) isn't funny, it's not meant to be. I drank this FO Kool-Aid for yrs. but debating their minions who defended their stupid policies, my eyes were opened. I have a great admiration for the Polhad family. Carl rescued the Twins from Cal Griffin and kept them in MN. He brought in Andy McPhail and they transformed the Twinkies into World Series champions. Jim gave this FO an A+, how delusional can you be. Quit drinking the Kool-Aid, wake up fire the one(s) who's responsible for this mess, before it's too late. Reach out to Buxton and ask for forgiveness and try to keep him in MN.
November 17, 20214 yr I'm frustrated too, but every other fanbase who sees the stuff we've been posting one season removed from winning the division back-to-back would probably rightfully be telling us to settle down and stop over reacting. I've definitely been part of the overaction the past two days, I'm part of the problem too.
November 18, 20214 yr 8 hours ago, nicksaviking said: telling us to settle down and stop over reacting. I once heard a relationship counselor ask the rhetorical question, "who ever calms down when they're told to calm down?"
November 18, 20214 yr 5 hours ago, ashbury said: I once heard a relationship counselor ask the rhetorical question, "who ever calms down when they're told to calm down?" Obviously not you? ??
November 18, 20214 yr Author On 11/17/2021 at 3:57 PM, nicksaviking said: I'm frustrated too, but every other fanbase who sees the stuff we've been posting one season removed from winning the division back-to-back would probably rightfully be telling us to settle down and stop over reacting. I've definitely been part of the overaction the past two days, I'm part of the problem too. Thank you Nick for your concern. I just felt the need to accumulate all the points of policies that many of this FO supporters use to defend them. 1 or 2 maybe not seem like much but when you put it all together, it's very shocking when looking at the big picture with the consequences of these policies. With hope that might wake up some people. We squeaked out 2 division titles, due to the juiced ball in 2019 which favored our hitters and the shortened season 2020 which favored our pitchers. So we shouldn't rest on our laurels. So the point I want to make is if it comes down to choose between our FO and Buxton, there is doubt were my loyalties lies.
November 20, 20214 yr Author On 11/18/2021 at 12:28 AM, Hosken Bombo Disco said: Rain? LOL, I should have used predictions instead of forecast. But we do need the rain
November 24, 20214 yr Author A lot of things need to happen for this prediction to actually come to be but guaranteeing Cave's contract brings us one step closer.
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