Jonah Bride DFA’d

[stringer bell]

An overdue move made. The most likely player to take Bride’s spot is Lewis. He gave no indication that he was ready to hit big league pitching. 

[stringer bell]

I have said for a while that Bride has no role on the team where he helps the team, so I’m glad they parted with him. 
 

“Good” Royce Lewis could change things, but it seems a long shot that he can be productive.

Related note. It’s really not that long after  returning from injury, but Austin Martin is raking at St. Paul. He’s not as good a fielder as Keirsey Jr., but he has a lot better chance of getting on base. 

[Riverbrian]

It's about time.

Rocco had no use for him. 

We can now stop wasting that roster spot. 

 

[amjgt]

Dang it! He was one appearance away from gaining RP eligibility in my Yahoo fantasy league.

[mrtwinsfan]

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[mrtwinsfan]

29 minutes ago, mrtwinsfan said:

I just do what they tell me to,” Baldelli said of his TV obligation, which took place after the top of the fourth inning, when the Twins were still without a hit against Tigers lefthander Tarik Skubal. “One of those people is going to get 10 grand, and one of those people is not,” Baldelli added, referring to the $10,000 stipend the network pays players who agree to be miked up.

Correa im sure NEEDS it --  he should give it to BRIDE

[The Great Hambino]

80 PAs as a hitter with an OPS+ of 45

37 batters faced as a pitcher with an ERA+ of 30

I hope there's room on the plaza for another statue

[jorgenswest]

Bride either needs to hit well enough to start or travel around the league as an injury replacement. If he hits like he did in 2024 he will get a chance to stick for a while with the next team. His skill set is too narrow for the bench. He can’t be used to pinch run. His defense is good at 3B but nobody carries a defensive sub at 3B. He isn’t a good short side platoon or pinch hit option because he doesn’t crush lefties. His reverse splits would be good to have in a starting 3B.

Unless you want to go all in on platoon teams are not going to have a regular role for all 13 position players. I would not advocate platooning three players. We saw how that worked last year when Wallner and Larnach weren’t getting at bats left handed pitching. The player in that last spot or two on the bench really need to be able to help with defense, pinch running or pinch hitting.

[DJL44]

Who is going to pitch in blowouts now?

[tony&rodney]

The roster construction has been confusing.

[Schmoeman5]

It's still gotta be hard. Finish a game and be told that you're heading back to Minnesota while the team goes to Miami. Yes, they are paid well. Still. Tell me what does Mr. Lewis add? He better be a lot better than he was when he came off his 1st stint on the IL.

[Parfigliano]

6 hours ago, tony&rodney said:

The roster construction has been confusing.

You confused the word "confusing" with "joke".

[Parfigliano]

So Lewis is being brought back early in a rehab assignment again.

[Parfigliano]

Now DFA Keirsey.

[RpR]

2 hours ago, Parfigliano said:

So Lewis is being brought back early in a rehab assignment again.

My Oh My!🤢

[RpR]

9 hours ago, tony&rodney said:

The roster construction has been confusing.

AI probably constructed.

[Eris]

3 hours ago, Parfigliano said:

So Lewis is being brought back early in a rehab assignment again.

The Twins are desperate for offensive production and they hope Lewis can be productive. Halfway through the season the Twins have 4 players with >1.0 fWAR. Detroit has 7 players. As a team, the Twins have 8.6 fWAR, Detroit has 16.3. 

[stringer bell]

1 hour ago, Eris said:

The Twins are desperate for offensive production and they hope Lewis can be productive. Halfway through the season the Twins have 4 players with >1.0 fWAR. Detroit has 7 players. As a team, the Twins have 8.6 fWAR, Detroit has 16.3. 

The Twins offense improved to 4.6 runs per game in the month of June. If they had sustained that average for the entire season, they would easily be in the top half of runs scored in all of MLB. However the Twins allowed over 6 runs per game in the month ending today. Worst in MLB, the most runs ever allowed by a Twins team in June and their record was 9-18. Run prevention is the most glaring need right now, not offensive production.

As far as the WAR of Twins' position players, outside of Byron Buxton, the team doesn't have many, if any, players who should be considered full-time regulars. Carlos Correa has that resumé and was a great player when healthy as recently as last year. The other guys are either unproven or just not that good--role players or second division regulars. 

[Riverbrian]

16 hours ago, Schmoeman5 said:

It's still gotta be hard. Finish a game and be told that you're heading back to Minnesota while the team goes to Miami. Yes, they are paid well. Still. Tell me what does Mr. Lewis add? He better be a lot better than he was when he came off his 1st stint on the IL.

The human side of these things is often glossed over.

Agreed that Lewis has to snap out of it. His playing time has certainly been more extensive than his numbers suggest he has been worthy of. 

Regardless... Rocco will play Lewis. Rocco already decided that he wasn't going to play Bride. Other than take AB's from left handers. 

[Riverbrian]

11 hours ago, stringer bell said:

 

As far as the WAR of Twins' position players, outside of Byron Buxton, the team doesn't have many, if any, players who should be considered full-time regulars. Carlos Correa has that resumé and was a great player when healthy as recently as last year. The other guys are either unproven or just not that good--role players or second division regulars. 

 

23 hours ago, jorgenswest said:

 

Unless you want to go all in on platoon teams are not going to have a regular role for all 13 position players. I would not advocate platooning three players. We saw how that worked last year when Wallner and Larnach weren’t getting at bats left handed pitching. The player in that last spot or two on the bench really need to be able to help with defense, pinch running or pinch hitting.

26 man roster spots are gold and should be treated as such. 

It would be different if the Twins were the 2023 Braves with 8 players staying healthy enough for over 500 PA's with .741 OPS (Arcia) being the lowest of the group.

It's gets more normal when they become the 2024 Braves with only 3 reaching 500 AB's including a player with a .625 (Arcia) OPS. 

We don't have that kind of lineup. No team really does. Especially the Twins since we only had two players reach 500 PA's (Castro and Santana) last year and one Player (Correa) in 2023. 

I'm not posting these numbers to advocate the need for more 500 plus PA players. I'm posting these numbers to point out that injuries and struggling players make it hard to field a team of 500 plus PA players and if you can't... Spots 12 and 13 on your roster end up being more important than what spots titled #12 and #13 would suggest they are.   

And if you can't field a team of 500 plus PA players with 8 rock stars. The specialists have to be more than simple specialists.  

It's why I struggle with the term bench. 

[chpettit19]

I'm sure Lewis will be the call, but Martin would be mine. Or even Julien. Lewis needs to be Lewis or his 20 day rehab needs to be up before I'd bring him back. Flailing Lewis playing 90% of the time does nobody any good. Bride was doing nobody any good either, but bringing Lewis back immediately just because his name is Royce Lewis doesn't make sense to me.

It's the same as the Ober situation. You expect him to be good so you're running him out there every 5th day to get his brains bashed in instead of ILing him to get him right because you don't want to call up a AAAer who you expect will get their brains bashed in every 5th day. You're already getting your brains bashed in every 5th day!

They're the same situation. Get your guy right and then bring them back. If the results are the same at least use the time to get the better player back on track. The break is 2 weeks away. Let Lewis get his feet under him for the entire 2 weeks if that's what it takes. Come back after the break. Keaschall should be back then, too. I'm not a big believer in Austin Martin anymore, but he's actually earned a shot back in the bigs right now. Call him up tomorrow, not Royce Lewis. Let Lewis and Keaschall be the spark that lights the post-break fire. 

[Linus]

51 minutes ago, chpettit19 said:

I'm sure Lewis will be the call, but Martin would be mine. Or even Julien. Lewis needs to be Lewis or his 20 day rehab needs to be up before I'd bring him back. Flailing Lewis playing 90% of the time does nobody any good. Bride was doing nobody any good either, but bringing Lewis back immediately just because his name is Royce Lewis doesn't make sense to me.

It's the same as the Ober situation. You expect him to be good so you're running him out there every 5th day to get his brains bashed in instead of ILing him to get him right because you don't want to call up a AAAer who you expect will get their brains bashed in every 5th day. You're already getting your brains bashed in every 5th day!

They're the same situation. Get your guy right and then bring them back. If the results are the same at least use the time to get the better player back on track. The break is 2 weeks away. Let Lewis get his feet under him for the entire 2 weeks if that's what it takes. Come back after the break. Keaschall should be back then, too. I'm not a big believer in Austin Martin anymore, but he's actually earned a shot back in the bigs right now. Call him up tomorrow, not Royce Lewis. Let Lewis and Keaschall be the spark that lights the post-break fire. 

Agreed. At this point I would bring up Julien and let him play second and Lee at third. And I’m not really a fan of Julien but that is how strongly I believe Royce needs to get healthy and right in the batters box. 

[Muppet]

On 6/30/2025 at 8:38 AM, The Great Hambino said:

80 PAs as a hitter with an OPS+ of 45

37 batters faced as a pitcher with an ERA+ of 30

I hope there's room on the plaza for another statue

He's the Twins' version of Shohei Ohtani. 

[jctwins]

2 hours ago, chpettit19 said:

I'm sure Lewis will be the call, but Martin would be mine. Or even Julien. Lewis needs to be Lewis or his 20 day rehab needs to be up before I'd bring him back. Flailing Lewis playing 90% of the time does nobody any good. Bride was doing nobody any good either, but bringing Lewis back immediately just because his name is Royce Lewis doesn't make sense to me.

It's the same as the Ober situation. You expect him to be good so you're running him out there every 5th day to get his brains bashed in instead of ILing him to get him right because you don't want to call up a AAAer who you expect will get their brains bashed in every 5th day. You're already getting your brains bashed in every 5th day!

They're the same situation. Get your guy right and then bring them back. If the results are the same at least use the time to get the better player back on track. The break is 2 weeks away. Let Lewis get his feet under him for the entire 2 weeks if that's what it takes. Come back after the break. Keaschall should be back then, too. I'm not a big believer in Austin Martin anymore, but he's actually earned a shot back in the bigs right now. Call him up tomorrow, not Royce Lewis. Let Lewis and Keaschall be the spark that lights the post-break fire. 

It's almost as if you could say this entire organization really appears to have no plan.

[DJL44]

1 hour ago, Linus said:

Agreed. At this point I would bring up Julien and let him play second and Lee at third. And I’m not really a fan of Julien but that is how strongly I believe Royce needs to get healthy and right in the batters box. 

There is no reason to bench Kody Clemens to put Julien in the lineup.

[DJL44]

13 minutes ago, jctwins said:

It's almost as if you could say this entire organization really appears to have no plan.

It's a bet on talent over recent performance. Betting on Lewis is betting that his talent shows up quickly. If they just keep following the plan they created before the 2024 season, eventually it will work. They're not big fans of Sun Tzu.

[RpR]

2 hours ago, Linus said:

Agreed. At this point I would bring up Julien and let him play second and Lee at third. And I’m not really a fan of Julien but that is how strongly I believe Royce needs to get healthy and right in the batters box. 

Black hole at Second, brilliant.

If Gasper were not on the IL, that would be a much better temp. solution, until Lewis can come back and show he should/should not  have stayed in AAA, until next year.