The Scariest Spot on the Twins’ Depth Chart

[jmlease1]

3 minutes ago, Whitey333 said:

Not much changes with the Twins.  People are already penicillin in Culpepper at short as a fixture and star player.  Walker Jenkins as well.  Im learning maybe a little slow at my old age to not get excited at can't miss prospects.  A vast majority do miss.  Twins sell the hype of great farm systems but very few of these prospects ever pan out.  Let's face the fact that this is going to be a very down year.  I like Ryan and Lopez but I think they should be traded this off season and hopefully get a good return.  The "shocking" trade of Correa was long overdue.  He was a luxury the team couldn't afford.  We already have enough underperforming players on the team.  And the financial restraints on Falvey is essentially more recent in the last year or two.  He has consistently had the highest or near highest payroll in the Central division.  He has done a terrible job of allocating the slightly below overall payroll budget he has been given.  Yet he not only isn't held accountable  the Pohlads promoted him.  What a mixed up organization this has become.

So the prospects won't be good enough and the free agents are above our price point. What exactly would your plan be then?

SS is not a strength right now for the Twins, so we're back to where we were before bringing Correa in. Twins have been patching it together at SS for decades.

[RpR]

11 hours ago, sweetmusicviola16 said:

Yep, guys like Lopez, Ryan, Buxton, Jeffers, etc should have never debuted until they were at least 37-38. Wouldn't want to risk running any never-will-be-youths out there. 

So you love Contreras, Blankenhorn, Hamilton, Luplow, etc., well good for  you.😶‍🌫️ NIce Try.

[sweetmusicviola16]

1 hour ago, RpR said:

So you love Contreras, Blankenhorn, Hamilton, Luplow, etc., well good for  you.😶‍🌫️ NIce Try.

No it's a legitimate point and you missed it.

[David Maro]

The game is won up the middle,Lee has limited range and Keaschall has a stone mite. The other problem is bad ownership and FO. Blow the whole thing up,bring on the youth because this team as is will be in last place anyway.

[RpR]

1 hour ago, sweetmusicviola16 said:

No it's a legitimate point and you missed it.

No your analogy was bogus.

[Blyleven2011]

On the fringes of contention  , come on Cody , I wish i could be that positive  , and as far as depth we have Culpepper and the 2025 draft choice highly likely to stick at the shortstop position , SO I'VE HEARD  ...

I don't expect the team to be contenders in 2026 , I would like them to play more exciting games win or lose  ....

We play more of an exciting game in 2026 with better fundamentals , defense and consistent hitting and I would be very comfortable with that in 2026 ....

[Doctor Wu]

On 11/25/2025 at 9:27 AM, DocBauer said:

K-Pepper is ready by mid season.

If  nothing else, I love that nickname!