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We have heard your concerns about the fact that our team has been incapable of competing in the playoffs for almost 30 years, and we understand your frustrations. However, we have decided that we are going to wait until we are a good team before we spend money on good players. We expect the Twins will be competitive as soon as 2030 when we sell the team. Thank you for your money. Sincerely, Twins Ownership

This is unintentionally the funniest post of the offseason.

I gotta say, the players being a little bit chilly would be pretty low on my list of concerns if we made the world series. And I'm pretty sure any fans going to the game own a jacket

I feel inclined to give Price credit for a good start, after ripping on him for his other starts. Still want nothing to do with him if he opts out this offseason though.

I'd agree that he isn't the same defensive liability that he was a few seasons ago. I feel like offense first defenseman can often be a divisive topic. Some people only focus on their offensive capability, some people only focus on their lower defensive capability, some people are able to look at the whole package. I also think his level of defensive play might be seen as worse than it actually is, because he is playing on a team with Suter, Spurgeon, and Brodin, and of course by comparison he doesn't look as good as those 3 from a pure defensive standpoint. Dumba has the potential to be a big impact player. He has a great shot, he can lay down some big hits, and I think he proved last year when Spurgeon and Suter were injured that he can put up some big minutes and be a solid defender too. He has definitely been improving in his consistency and the big mistakes and turnover are no longer a constant. But I think as long as he continues to make some of his Dumba55 boneheaded plays here and there, there will always be some people who just see him as a liability.

I'm all for us going after some top FAs, but I want absolutely nothing to do with David Price. And the reality is we're never going to actually be in the running for Kershaw. I think Corbin, Keuchel or Ryu are the best/most realistic FA options for us to pursue, but I really don't know how I'd rank them (or who we actually have a realistic chance of being able to get).

If I had to guess, a lot of the hate on Dumba is because when he does screw up, it has a tendency to be dumb turnovers, which is something that is very visible to everyone. Where as if you have a player who is making small positioning mistakes or other low visibility stuff like that, a lot of fans simply aren't going to realize its happening. It's kind of like the inverse of Brodin, who often quietly plays great defensive games but a lot of people don't realize it because he's just consistently playing solid D and generally isn't doing anything flashy that a casual fan would really notice. Also, I think there are probably a lot of people who got fed up with Dumba in seasons past when his stupid mistakes and turn overs were a much more regular occurrence, and they've simply stuck with that opinion of him, and feel validated in that opinion because he does still make some of those stupid mistakes (albeit, a lot less often than he used to).

Second season in a row with that big gap early in the season too. While other teams are getting some nice days off late season when they're banged up and actually need the rest. What the hell is going on with this team too? That OT shift by Parise last night was beyond bad and how are you going to give up 57 shots on goal, even with the garbage game by the refs? Obviously its super early but with how stacked the central is and with some of the central teams improving this offseason, we really can't afford to get off to a slow start.

Never would've guessed with that physique of his. And what a surprise, David Price is sucking it up in the post season some more.

I'm not really sure. He is owed a lot still but he might be hoping he can tack on a few more guaranteed years from someone who is desperate after they lose out on the Kershaw sweepstakes.

David Price is awful in the post season. That's one free agent pitcher that I hope our FO has no interest in, regardless of his regular season numbers. Though I was saying the same thing prior to his clunker of a start* tonight too.

I'm not quite sure why these broadcasters are trying so hard to justify the A's doing a bullpen game. C'mon, anyone who has ever seen Liam Hendriks pitch knew him "starting" the wild card game is a garbage plan.

I cannot imagine any scenario where he plays another game for a different team. I just don't see it happening. A team that has a chance to get him a pennant isn't going to sign him, and why would he want to play 1 more year with a different team that isn't a strong World Series contender?

Incoming 2 months of "should Joe Mauer make the HOF" articles before the trade rumors start heating up. Don't think he could've asked for a better last game. Gets a double, comes out behind the plate, gets a win. Even as someone who thinks it is good that Mauer is retiring, still is an emotional day for Twins fans, as many Twins fans probably don't remember a Twins team without Joe Mauer.

Belisle just wanted to finish his career on a familiar note

Quite frankly, the pitcher is 100% irrelevant in this situation

What a great way to send him off, letting him go behind the plate one last time

What a play by Astudillo

Gorg got into his post game beverages a little early tonight. He's just prepping for the upcoming Wild season and having to keep up with Lapanta

He has a valid point. Also, what sort of outcome was Molitor even hoping for with this challenge? Would've been a close play at first even if Forsythe turned and threw to first smoothly

C'mon, he hasn't even pitched in half the games this year. What good is a reliever if you can't trot them out there for 80+ games

Bert is slowly getting phased out as he plays more and more golf each year, but I think he is going to get to go out on his terms. I don't see Dick getting replaced any time soon. And to be honest, as bad as Dick can be at times, he has a voice that is easy to listen to and the prospect of replacing both of our broadcasters in one go would worry me, because there are a lot of play by play guys who make Dick seem like Vin Scully by comparison. Granted, there are a lot that would be significantly better too but Dick always seemed pretty middle of the road to me in terms of broadcaster quality. I think if our team was halfway decent we'd all be too busy enjoying baseball to have any significant qualms with him, but it is frustrating when we're playing like trash and him and Smalley are trying to make Wilson or someone seem like some fantastic player. Basically, Dick is a guy who is perfectly passable when we're doing ok, but is never going to shake things up or be anything beyond a homer when we're stinking it up.

This kinda just seems like planning for your starter to have a bad start where they can only go 3-4 innings, and then using a long reliever to wrap up the game. It also seems like a bad use for rookies who you intend to be actual starters at some point, because their total innings are going to be crazy low and it'd be unreasonable to expect them to double their innings the next year or whenever you want them to be an actual starter. You also are really screwing with their game prep when you're having them be a starter 1/3 of the time, a 2nd string "starter" that comes in in the 3rd or 4th inning 1/3 of the time, and a long reliever mop up guy 1/3 of the time.

We've been playing Grossman in the outfield for years, so I can't say I'm too concerned about having an outfielder who is a middling defender and a good hitter. Even if he is a slightly below average defender and a slightly above average hitter, that'd be an upgrade.

This completely disregards any other changes to the rosters. And as spycake pointed out, it disregards any improvements or regression from existing players on those rosters. Basically, it proves nothing in any capacity.