All Things 2025 Minnesota Twins In-Season Thread

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howeda7 said:
We all want the Pohald's to sell and move on. Their move to cut payroll after 2023 was short-sighted and foolish and the decision to announce it was even dumber. But the Twins still had the highest payroll in their division in 2023 and this year. So it's not like poor Derek Falvey just didn't have the tools to compete. He did. He just failed.

We are (hopefully) getting new owners for the first time in 40 years. There is zero reason they should run it back with the President/GM who has already been given 9 years and been mostly a failure. Bring in your own people.
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New owners will almost certainly clean house. I would too, if I were buying the team. As you said, I'd put my own people in place. You would have to do so, really.

But that doesn't change the fact that the Pohlads sealed the team's fate when they publicly and unequivocally waved their big white flag after the '23 season. The very best executives and the best manager and the best coaching staff in the baseball would would have been hard-pressed to compete under those conditions.
 

Over the past two seasons, the Milwaukee Brewers have traded away an ace Cy Young award winner and one of the best closers in the game. They fired their all time winning winningest manager after a 92 win season, all while reducing payroll and dealing with an eerily similar TV situation to the Twins. Won 93 games last year. Currently the best team in baseball 30 games over .500.
 



Breakin' The Plane said:
Over the past two seasons, the Milwaukee Brewers have traded away an ace Cy Young award winner and one of the best closers in the game. They fired their all time winning winningest manager after a 92 win season, all while reducing payroll and dealing with an eerily similar TV situation to the Twins. Won 93 games last year. Currently the best team in baseball 30 games over .500.
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I stand corrected.

"Fire this one, trade that one, cut the other one"... oh, AND cut payroll... are the obvious keys to success.

I feel silly now.
 



RememberMurray said:
I stand corrected.

"Fire this one, trade that one, cut the other one"... oh, AND cut payroll... are the obvious keys to success.

I feel silly now.
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the hi-lited part........where are you getting this.........your team already did that........I don't know what the hell you are talking about
 

From the Parkinglot said:
At this point I wish they would just forfeit it the Yankees and let everyone rest while saving the money on a flight and hotels.
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4 hits through 16 innings in that little toy box of a stadium.

Can we just get to meaningful football games, please.
 





Breakin' The Plane said:
Over the past two seasons, the Milwaukee Brewers have traded away an ace Cy Young award winner and one of the best closers in the game. They fired their all time winning winningest manager after a 92 win season, all while reducing payroll and dealing with an eerily similar TV situation to the Twins. Won 93 games last year. Currently the best team in baseball 30 games over .500.
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They fired Craig Counsell? I thought he left
 

Roland Brooks said:
Could Travis Adams pitch for Dundas? No offense to Dundas…
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Dundas is State Tournament bound. Again.

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Roland Brooks said:
Could Travis Adams pitch for Dundas? No offense to Dundas…
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I did see the Dukes 2 Section victories, 14-13 over Rochester Royals & 11-6 over Elko Express, which qualified them for the State Tournament. They followed that up by getting smoked by the hated Miesville Mudhens 21-6 in their game to determine who got the 1A top seed.

Add it up and despite 2 Ws, they have given up 40 runs so far in the postseason.

Given that fact, I can say Travis Adams would be a big help to the Dundas Dukes State Tournament aspirations.

They have put together perhaps their best lineup I have seen in the wooden bar era.
 


From the Parkinglot said:
Prosecution rests again your honor. PS I have no idea who else can catch but for the love of everything that is holy try someone different and get this deadass off the team.
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But he did allow 13 stolen bases tonight, which was impressive. All part of Rocco's master plan to make us all love Vazquez and cheer his coming 3 year extension.
 


RememberMurray said:
2023. The Twins win their division, make the
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RememberMurray said:
New owners will almost certainly clean house. I would too, if I were buying the team. As you said, I'd put my own people in place. You would have to do so, really.

But that doesn't change the fact that the Pohlads sealed the team's fate when they publicly and unequivocally waved their big white flag after the '23 season. The very best executives and the best manager and the best coaching staff in the baseball would would have been hard-pressed to compete under those conditions.
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Yeah it didn’t help, but putting all the problems on that one thing is not correct.

The failures of Rocco and the staff are on them. They still had resources but made bad choices.
 


gophersfan said:
The Twins just got 1 hit by the Yankees.
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Only thing surprising about this is the timing. I figured this announcement would come out at 5:00pm on a Friday.

I am sure the time folks of Minnesota will take this news well.
 





The Pohlad's have torched all goodwill with the fan base. Attendance and TV revenue will plummet further next year. Then a lockout in 2027. This team will be worth less 3 years from now than it is today.

No matter what their debt situation is, they should have taken what they could get and run. I'm astounded they think this is the right financial move.
 

Interesting exchange on Page 2 & 3 of this thread.

Breakin' The Plane said:
Team was never actually for sale. Sure, they'd have taken a whopping amount over asking price, but this was nothing more than a diversion to draw attention away from them being a bottom spender in free agency. Now everyone fork over 100 bucks to watch a team who has refused to try and improve personnel in 24+ months.
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Nailed it.

howeda7 said:
Lol. Stop. They are still for sale and likely will be sold. But certainly this delays things.
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Still LOL'ing? Oops.

Ope3 said:
I have doubts about "likely". In the recent past, both the Angels & Nationals were put on the market and subsequently yanked.

Labor strife looming. Local TV/Broadcast/Streaming uncertainty. ESPN out.

It doesn't seem unreasonable that the Pohald's follow Moreno & the Learner's lead. They aren't negotiating in a position of strength.

No upper hand. No hand at all.

The Twins did beat the Braves today, 3-1, oh by the way.
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Nailed it.
 

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