Channing1964

one playoff game that we lost with Kiriloff in a different position is not going to make anyone forget Eddie Rosario. This is a gamble what they are doing... I hope i dont have to say I told you so

we all have our favorite players. I am not going to apologize for the fact that Rosario happens to be one of mine. To sit there and say theoney spent on Simmons made Risario unaffordable is a joke right? Without all the payroll numbers in front of me I would be willing to bet the payroll is at least 10 million under the projected 140 million dollar payroll that we are all led to believe. What's done is done. Why are we arguing anout Rosario any more? A lot of you got what you wanted when they non tendered him. He isnt coming back(except for the 19 times a year he torments Wes Johnson

sure, of course you are right. Im really not trying to dwell on 2018...i am glad its over. I just think its not a bad idea to have a voice of reason to realize that Derek Falvey and Thad Levine don't walk on water. Sometimes the way they treat people really bothers me. Whats wrong with publicly saying that a player like Rosario, who has spent his whole career in Minnesota, just isnt in the plan anymore? I know why they did it, I know how they did it, I just wish they could have done it maybe a little "classier" It leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I dont feel like thats what we should be all about. I mean if your team doesn't represent the values and traditions of the community then what does it represent? We could just as well be Marlin fans or Mariner fans. I think our FO is doing a very nice job. I reserve the right to hold them to the same standards i held every Twins management team all my life. If you want winners to play for you, then you have to be a winner in how you treat the players, the fans, the media, and yourself.

Of course...nice take. Some of us loved Rosario more than others, i just think that 8-10 mil to keep him around for one more year wasn't going to ruin the budget. With the tiny sample size ive seen of Rooker and Kiriloff im not convinced either one will make us forget Rosario. IMHO they should have let Cave go and kept Kiriloff and or Rooker on the 25 man in a role like Cave's. If Buxton goes down, and he will, we all know Kepler will be in center anyways. To just jettison Rosario like that was b.s. I hope karma doesnt come back to haunt the dynamic duo on that one.

Actually you are correct. I would not say my views on that subject are farsighted at all. They are absolutely shortsighted for sure. I happpen to have an old friend who was so excited for that 2018 season that he scraped and scrimped to be able to afford a season ticket package at Target Field. Can you imagine his dismay to realize the last 60-65 games of that season were deemed unimportant to the fans by the front office. Sometimes people have other reasons to be upset at their team or their team's front office decisions. I do get your point clearly. If i had the motivation to become the next junior general manager i would look at in a different light. I am only reminiscing about that fiasco of the 2018 season before i declare Derek Falvey the greatest team executive in Twins history

This is truly out of left field as well.....whats wrong with seeing how Polanco does out in left? That would solve a lot of lineup question marks. I never heard of Arraez playing any outfield before they threw him out there in 2019.

I'm excited for him...i just worry that if he slumps or doesn't work out in 2021 that we lose another season of serious contention. The way we just cut Rosario loose for nothing must mean the FO is banking on his major league readiness. I sure hope they are right.

it's kind of weird about why i liked Lynn as a Twin. One thing about hom that i knew before we got him is that, being an ex Cardinal we knew he knew how to win ball games. He signed late and if i remember right maybe only got a week or two os Spring Training. Without looking up the stats i am pretty sure his overall numbers were pretty in line with his career numbers by the trading deadline. I think we got maybe Austin from the Yankees for him. He was pitching Super when we traded him. Guarantee we will see plenty of him now that hes on the Sox. I wasnt mad they traded him. 2018 made me as mad as a hornet all year because of the Sano fiasco, Buxton's fluke injuries, the whole Ervin Santana thing and the fact that we gave up with 70 games to go and if i recall only like 7 back. This was only a year after a torrid August and September got us a wild card. The Falvines traded our closer that year too and some other questionable moves (jaime garcia). It just felt like the front office wanted the team to fail so they could put their "stamp" on a total rebuild. Well there are plenty of guys still around from before their tenure. To sit there and say trading Es obar was smart is a matter of opinion. I haven't seen any of those guys in the bigs yet. Maybe Alcala is one. I am not sure. The Pressly trade was not a genius stroke, nor was Dozier's. Im not crying about any one thing. 2018 was a fiasco on every organizational front. I am not going to say the Falvine mission is a failure at all. All I am saying is that they are doing okay for their first times and they make smart moves usually. I am not buying the fact that they are the best ever like the administration of this website would have us believe.

i don't know but i think Jamey Carroll is! Lol

I can make it brutally simple for everybody. If he beats out Cave, Larnach, Rooker, and Celestino then pencil him in at lf batting 6th and extend his ass until 2027. If not, send him down and tell him what to keep working on.

I was doing fine without revisiting that.

i am referring to the fact that i did not agree with the trade of Escobar, Lynn, or the way they treated Molitor and Santana. To see the look on Molitor's face as he learned of the trade of Escobar made me cry. He had already turned in the lineup card for that nights game at Fenway. Every administration has its good and bad points. I am not attacking the Falvines. I just do not agree unequivocally with every thing they do. Nor do I think they walk on water like the omnipotent one. Hopefully they learned some lessons that year about how we treat our own.

Tough break for a truly amazing young man.

Buxton is the best cf in MLB. I just pray for his health. If he ever plays a full season, nobody would argue the fact.

I would just like to know how effective Polanco could become as a left fielder. If he is healthy the option of putting him in left and playing Arraez at second full time may just be a better deal. That option wasn't really available until we had Simmons, but now.....?

It's a big mess and I had hoped I'd never see another strike in my lifetime. Sadly it is inevitable.

Im not totally on board with all the analytics but in this case I totally agree. The high leverage situations are for real and if, as a manager you can identify them based on the match ups or which opposing hitter is particularly scorching hot at that time then DO IT. I would never have a problem watching Rogers face an opponents 2-4 hitters in even the 6th inning. Actually the bullpen they have built lends us great opportunities for Baldelli to utilize all those guys. Colome and Robles are already accomplished closers and who wouldn't trust Duffey with a late inning lead? I think our bullpen is one of our strongest aspects. Win Twins!!!

It will stay open as long as Pohlad supplies the money and the dynamic duo doesn't make any more bonehead moves like they did in 2018.

none of my opinions about the lineup is a conclusion it is what it is an opinion. Since most if the elite pitchers in the American League are right handed I feel it would be smart to field a lineup with the depth and versatility to field at least 6 left handed or switch hitters on any given day. I dont see that with this group and i feel the offense will struggle because of that. It is just my honest opinion and that is all.

I don't see why they cant bring Odo back on a 2/20 mil deal and let Dobnak, Odorizzi,Happ, and Shoemaker fight it out for the last two rotation spots. From what I know about Shoemaker, his stuff makes him a nasty middle or long reliever. Dobnak can be optioned and there you have it. Another 10 mil in payroll is not over the budget at all. If anybody gets hurt our rotation will struggle.

We are too right handed. That will haunt the offense

I like Shoemaker, but i would have liked Odorizzi more.

I just think they should crown Falvey and Levine as the best baseball executives EVER in the history of Major League Baseball ...yep its true.