With September Roster Expansion, Twins Add Three, Option Mick Abel.

[Blyleven2011]

18 hours ago, mikelink45 said:

Could they have chosen three that more disappoint the fans looking for change and hope?

What a crock , this FO just blunders away ...

[Blyleven2011]

14 hours ago, DocBauer said:

Adams, sure. There's some clay to work with there.

But Davis has looked awful so far, without hardly a glimmer of hope.

And they already have Keirsey on the roster. He goes by the name of Outman now.

For the love of the baseball gods, how about ANYONE who offers potential to actually help the team going forward. But Keirsey AND Outman on the same team to close out a losing season? There's just no sense in that.

When has this FO ever shown the fans that they have the sense to construct a winning team ...

I have to agree I just cannot understand their reasoning on baseball decisions , is it always a money thing ...

[RpR]

5 hours ago, DJL44 said:

But they already have two other CF. They don’t have to play Martin in CF. They have 6 OF plus Kody Clemens on the roster now.

He has played his most games at Center this year and only 2 at 2nd where he is pretty good.

[jmlease1]

I assume Davis is only up until they actually recall Pablo? If so...it's fine, I guess. Fairly irrelevent.

I'm fine with bring Adams back, and hopefully they have decided to stop working him as a starter/bulk inning reliever and move into into more of a 1-2 inning role. It's worth seeing whether or not he can thrive there and be a part of a bullpen going forward, working his way up from low leverage to higher leverage situations.

Keirsey...doesn't make that much sense to me, unless the argument is "we have enough guys we actually want to get looks at" that they don't really see much of a role for that 14th bench guy. I can sort of see it, if they still want to be giving Larnach, Julien, Outman, Gasper, Lewis, Keaschall, and Lewis plenty of ABs...it doesn't leave much for anyone else. Personally, I've seen enough of Clemens to know what he is and would rather see if someone else could handle some 1B besides Julien, but I suspect that they view Clemens as enough of a veteran that they don't want to just cut him for Sept. (even thought they probably should)

I just don't think Keirsey can hit at this level, and as a result he has no role other than defense/pinch running, and has no trade value to speak of. If the Twins were really trying to win games down the stretch, that skill set might make some sense to try and grind out a couple of additional wins...but a couple of wins means nothing right now. Does it really matter of they lose 88 games or 90 games?

[Blyleven2011]

21 hours ago, DJL44 said:

Please, no. I don’t want Keirsey taking at-bats away from anyone. He is never going to help this franchise win.

It's a lost season  , all there saying about Keirsey Jr  is he's on the 40 man roster and now back on the 28 team roster , if he's on the roster it doesn't matter who gets the at bats in the lost season,  yes i would have preferred a couple of others called up and have a look see , maybe Keirsey Jr could get on a nice month of hitting if given a consistent chance , I'm sure he won't,  he'll be defense and base runner only ...

[Brett]

Dammit man, at least one more hit of McCrusher!

[DocBauer]

14 hours ago, Blyleven2011 said:

When has this FO ever shown the fans that they have the sense to construct a winning team ...

I have to agree I just cannot understand their reasoning on baseball decisions , is it always a money thing ...

No. These types of decisions aren't about $. These are inexpensive players we are talking about. It's really 2 factors IMO:

1] They are so damned SCARED/WORRIED about depth and missing out by giving up someone too soon, that they hold on to them too good at times. 

2] Combined with point #1, they are just short sighted at times.

I can excuse Davis coming up as he's only filler until Lopez is brought back in a couple of days. He, or someone as bad, will be gone then. And Adams has the potential to convert to a potentially decent pen arm the same way many others have previously. 

But Keirsey AND Outman on the same losing team? Why?! They won't have room for both on the offseason 40 man roster, and perhaps neither!

So instead of bringing up Fedko...a RH OF who can potentially help at 4 spots and who is also a potential 40 man add anyway...to get some ML time/experience in a losing season they have a clones that offer almost the exact same profile.

Why? What good does this do to help set 40 man roster ideas for 2026? None.

IF they actually like Gasper and think they'll keep him, and for SOME reason think he might actually be able to catch at the ML level...(cough)...then let him catch at St Paul the rest of the way and take a look at Perada to see if you even want to bring him back, much less seeing him as a #3 option for 2026. At least he's a true catcher. I'm not sure Gasper ever was, or could be.

And while I think his HIT ability still needs a few more months at AAA, why not Cardenas? He's actually got a good arm, I've always heard he's solid behind the plate and calls a solid game, and he's almost always maintained a good OB% indicating he has some zone control, and isn't just some automatic out. Again, I don't think he's quite ready for the ML level, but how much worse could he be with the bat than Gasper? And he's also a legitimate catcher.

I get Morris just coming back from injury and letting him finish the season at AAA. Same with Lewis who has been better as of late...and might be a perfect bullpen transition arm...but who has struggled most of the season staying at AAA to finish the year. 

I see reasons for keeping Raya down similarly. I never expected him to debut this year. He's on a deliberate slow play for 2026 at some point.

So the pitching cupboard is pretty bare from AAA at this point. But it's borderline stupid to have Ohl down at AAA at this point. I sorta, kinda understand wanting to give Hatch and guys like Cabrera, Kriske, and maybe even Davis a little more time/rope to see if you are at all interested in bringing ANY of them back, Ohl at least has some potential. Right now, these other fliers are only proving you DON'T want them back. So get Ohl back up ASAP.

But NOT bringing up a still only 25yo RH OF with speed and power with helium having a breakout season in Fedko instead of either Keirsey or Outman is beyond short sighted. It's an egregious error in roster management to prepare for the offseason and 2026.

The whole Gasper situation is confounding, to say the least. He just hasn't HIT at all! He's not even a natural catcher based on Boston removing him from those duties, and a seemingly poor arm. And I understand I'm repeating myself, but the FO should already know if they want to bring him back at this point or not. Either way, they should use September to take a good look at other alternatives to even be the #3 option next year.

[Doctor Wu]

Abel has been awful so far since he's pitched for the Twins, but is sending back down to AAA this late in the season an answer or even helpful? Hey, maybe the miracle workers in St. Paul can fix what ails him, but it seems to me like they could just as easily do that with more experience in the majors. 

[Major League Ready]

21 hours ago, Blyleven2011 said:

When has this FO ever shown the fans that they have the sense to construct a winning team ...

I have to agree I just cannot understand their reasoning on baseball decisions , is it always a money thing ...

How were the decisions to option these three players about money?  Who do they have at AAA that has even a 30 day track record that suggests they are ready for MLB?  Rodriguez was on a Milb rehab assignment.  Maybe Fedko but he had 22 games at AAA when the call-ups were made.