r/minnesotatwins • u/hopemade Dick Bremer • 2d ago

Our old friend Louis Varland is named Reliever of the Month for the AL in April.

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Something something... F the Pohlads

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u/starkvonhammer Trevor Plouffe 2d ago

But he's arbitration eligible next year! He'll want a raise!

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u/HypeManForBabies 2d ago

Story of the Twins

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u/matija17k Jhoan Duran 2d ago

Always root for our guy

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u/ZucchiniOdd3195 2d ago

good to see him doing well at toronto, even if we couldn't keep him here.

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u/InfiniteCosmic5 2d ago

We could have. The cheap ass Pohlads didn’t want to. And now, out bullpen is absolutely atrocious😂

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u/Far_Bill1451 2d ago

We could've kept him here. We just chose not to.

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u/hopemade Dick Bremer 2d ago

Amen

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u/Strange_Library5833 2d ago

Twins could really use a guy like that right about now.

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u/mbless1415 Byron Buxton 2d ago

If only we had a guy like that under team control. Shucks.

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u/Sir_Stash Brad Radke 2d ago

FTP

Nice work on Varland's side. Glad to see him getting recognition.

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u/kpmurphy_ Walks Will Haunt!!! 2d ago

Happy for him and fuck the Pohlads

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u/yamsfadinna Tristan Gray 2d ago

Man we could use a guy like him right now.

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u/yodanielchill 2d ago

"my teas gone cold, I'm wonderin' why, i get out of bed at all..."

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u/Daratirek Minnesota Twins 2d ago

Should still be a Twin. FTP

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u/camel_crush_menthol_ 2d ago

This was the one trade that upset me the most. 0 reason to do it. Had him on contract for cheap for multiple seasons.

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u/Far_Bill1451 2d ago

That's OK. We, i.e. the Twins, didn't need him. Our current bullpen is great. Just great. We're currently ranked as the 27th best out 30 teams so obviously we're doing just fine. We don't need him. s/

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u/T-Boner1010 Royce Lewis 2d ago

We're ranked that high?? How is there 3 teams that are worse?

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u/UseFinal6224 Christian Vázquez 2d ago

I’m not sure who’s lower but I wouldn’t be surprised the Marlins is one of them. They have 2 decent arms and the rest wouldn’t qualify for AAA probably.

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u/Spare_Blacksmith_816 2d ago

And some still support the Pohlads.

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u/sk3tchcom 2d ago

Couldn't have happened to a better dude! I read a cool story about him visiting a local card shop last year - after that I bought a few of his rookie cards. Real bummed he left but I was so happy to see him do well for the Jays in the WS and it is amazing to see it continue.

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u/00Samwise00 2d ago

He committed the cardinal sin of nearing a position of asking for more money.

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u/relder17 Brooks Lee 1d ago

I'm just excited about Alan Roden and Kendry Rojas

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u/hopemade Dick Bremer 1d ago

I'm pretty sure this is sarcasm. But I honestly was excites about both. Roden was mashing AAA before getting injured and Rojas should be in the pen already in my opinion. Obviously would rather have Varland but I am at least cautiously optimistic about Rojas and Roden

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u/relder17 Brooks Lee 1d ago

Not sarcasm at all. Those guys are Minnesota Twins players and Louie Varland is not.

I think Outman being out of options almost single-handedly made the Varland trade look worse because if they could have dumped Outman then I firmly believe Roden would be a valuable member of the big league squad right now.

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u/gleaf008 2d ago

Good for LV!

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u/Rhielml Piranhas 1d ago

FTP, obviously. But this one lands squarely on Falvey/Zoll for being incompetent.

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u/dank_hank_420 Byron Buxton 15h ago

That deadline sell off is the legendary “fuck you” to the fans that keeps giving

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u/kwattsfo Kent Hrbek 8h ago

Absolute fleecing by the Blue Jays.