Athletics (Perkins) vs Twins (Urena): 8/21/25, 12:10pm

[Aggies7]

3 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Play like minor leaguers, travel like em too.

[Danchat]

2 hours ago, USAFChief said:

I don't even think service time is an issue for Bradley, is it?

He came into 2025 with 1.14 yrs of service time. 

He'll be arb eligible in 2027 with a full year in 2026, or a full year in 2026 and all the remainder of 2025 and all of 2026.

And he's out of options in 2026 so he's locked into next year's active roster.

Makes no sense

 

Fangraphs is showing that Bradley will have 1 option left in 2026. But I agree, it makes no sense

[Randy Griffith]

2 hours ago, Parfigliano said:

Watkins was waving him home

What a terrible send!  A's defense says, "Thank you very much, Tommy!"  Pathetic.  This is the Big League, not Little League.

[The Great Hambino]

After some extensive research*, if we assume Bradley is down the rest of this year and up all of next year, then he'll have 2 years and 132 days of service time by my rough count at the end of 2026.  The top 22% of players with between 2 and 3 years service time at the end of the season get granted Super 2 status and get an extra year of arbitration.  Would 2+132 days put him in the top 22%?  I don't know, probably?

Long story short: the Twins probably aren't gaining anything by keeping him down.

 

*-research was not extensive

[Danchat]

8 minutes ago, The Great Hambino said:

After some extensive research*, if we assume Bradley is down the rest of this year and up all of next year, then he'll have 2 years and 132 days of service time by my rough count at the end of 2026.  The top 22% of players with between 2 and 3 years service time at the end of the season get granted Super 2 status and get an extra year of arbitration.  Would 2+132 days put him in the top 22%?  I don't know, probably?

Long story short: the Twins probably aren't gaining anything by keeping him down.

 

*-research was not extensive

Can you confirm if there is something to gain by keeping Abel down? Thanks.

[The Great Hambino]

11 minutes ago, Danchat said:

Can you confirm if there is something to gain by keeping Abel down? Thanks.

From what I can tell, Abel was up in the bigs for essentially a month across two different stints (one for a single day!).  If he were called up now, that would be another, what, 40 days?  Down the road, assuming he sticks with the big club permanently, he would be at 2 years + 72ish days at the end of 2027.  Would that make him a Super 2 in 2028?  I don't know, but I'm guessing no.

I know there's those prospect incentive draft picks out there, but my understanding is he'd be ineligible to earn the Twins one of those picks because he didn't make his MLB debut with them.

So to answer your question: Technically yes, but probably not in practice?  Harder for me to say, a lot can happen between now and then, and someone like him is more likely to be sent down again in the future than someone like Bradley, given option count and MLB experience

[sampleSizeOfOne]

5 hours ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Well, so the Twins lost again...

You can say that again.

[cheeseheadgophfan]

Anybody got video of Outman dogging it???

[Tball]

New Twins Song (same tune)

 

Not gonna win Twins,

They’re not gonna score.

So sad the Pohlads,

Don’t care anymore.

 

Paired with a Baldelli

Who cannot lead the way.

Cheer for the missing,

Traded Twins today.

[C-Gangster]

On 8/21/2025 at 2:24 PM, Blyleven2011 said:

 

These players get paid to play baseball , if they don't play baseball  they should be fined on plays like outman  did ... 

Or he should be back down in AAA working on his game , would he of beat the throw on strike three passed ball i don't know , he didn't make an effort ...

What a crock ...

These players have to go through more then what one could ever possibly go through. Sure they make a lot of money but stop hating on them this is like the bailey ober problem. You can't Just call out a guy for having a bad day at work. What if I made fun of you or hated on you or made a whole big deal if you guys made a mistake. Were all human. So stop judging people. Yes they make a lot of money but they're still human just like me and you. I don't care about the love or hate I get for this comment. All I need is for you guys to make the game and organization that we love better.