Updating Narratives Surrounding the 2026 Twins

[stringer bell]

9 minutes ago, DJL44 said:

Paul DeJong plans on opting out of his Yankees contract in a few days.

And he's a good defensive shortstop? He last played SS regularly for the White Sox and was double digits negative run saved.

[DJL44]

21 minutes ago, stringer bell said:

And he's a good defensive shortstop? He last played SS regularly for the White Sox and was double digits negative run saved.

I hadn’t checked in a while. It looks like he is more 3B/2B now.

[Linus]

Ironically the bullpen might be easiest to fix. The hitting and fielding problems can only be fixed by inserting new players in the lineup. We all thought that would be the up and comers in St Paul but none of them are hitting enough to be an improvement offensively. Several would provide immediate defensive help but they won’t get the chance if they can’t hit. With the bullpen you could insert Rojas, Festa when he comes back, and some combination of SWR / Preilipp / Mathews. That would be a marked improvement over the current pen. Of course that assumes the Twins are still in it and trying to win. 

[Greglw3]

3 hours ago, DJL44 said:

Just how bad do you want the defense to be? I think that would be worse than Bell.

E Rodriguez defense in LF over Larnach is a big improvement and Austin Martin in RF over Wallner in RF is a big improvement plus Gray over Lewis at 3rd would represent some def. improvement and Culpepper would likely be an improvement def. over Keaschall at 2B.

Plus the offense would improve markedly with Martin full time over Wallners .180 avg and avalanche of strikeouts, and E-Rod instead of Clemens would be an offensive advantage.

So is all that defensive and offensive benefit outweighed by what Larnach may offer defensively at 1B?

 

 

 

 

lF

1 hour ago, ashbury said:

It's easy.

• Bell: his best position is probably DH. Install him there.
• Wallner: he profiles more as a DH going forward.
• Larnach: I guess you could DH him.

Oh wait. I think I'm beginning to see the problem.

 

[Patzky]

1 hour ago, DJL44 said:

Paul DeJong plans on opting out of his Yankees contract in a few days.

Mets took Wagaman. 

They're selling like hotcakes. Better hurry.

[RpR]

2 hours ago, ashbury said:

It's easy.

• Bell: his best position is probably DH. Install him there.
• Wallner: he profiles more as a DH going forward.
• Larnach: I guess you could DH him.

Oh wait. I think I'm beginning to see the problem.

How does Wallner striking out as Designated Hitter help?