The Twins Need to Cash in on Kody Clemens Right Now

[Richie the Rally Goat]

3 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

Why is sending Keaschall back to St Paul the topic of the day on this website? 

I’m not caught up yet

[Vanimal46]

6 minutes ago, Richie the Rally Goat said:

I’m not caught up yet

Slash line last 30 games: 

.280/.382/.333 it would be cool if he found more power… but he’s doing just fine making contact. Was 2/2 last night? Bizarre timing. 

[Richie the Rally Goat]

3 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

Slash line last 30 games: 

.280/.382/.333 it would be cool if he found more power… but he’s doing just fine making contact. Was 2/2 last night? Bizarre timing. 

He was 2 for 3 with a bb. It looked for a while in June like he turned back into a pumpkin, but a good weekend

he hasn’t had an extra base hit in 38 PAs and his fielding has somehow gotten worse from last year. He has no lateral range and my 9 year old who plays soccer throws harder than Keaschall does.

Agreed, I don’t think he “needs a reset” anymore. I did… but he also isn’t a good player. He could be, so I wouldn’t want to give up on him, but also with top prospects getting their first callups, the bench needs to be more of a traditional bench instead of play every day in different places guys.

If Keaschall has a future with the team, he needs to play every day but not take PAs from Culpepper, Lee or Gonzalez and he can’t throw hard enough to play outfield, can’t hit well enough for DH 1B, what do you do with him?

[Vanimal46]

3 minutes ago, Richie the Rally Goat said:

He was 2 for 3 with a bb. It looked for a while in June like he turned back into a pumpkin, but a good weekend

he hasn’t had an extra base hit in 38 PAs and his fielding has somehow gotten worse from last year. He has no lateral range and my 9 year old who plays soccer throws harder than Keaschall does.

Agreed, I don’t think he “needs a reset” anymore. I did… but he also isn’t a good player. He could be, so I wouldn’t want to give up on him, but also with top prospects getting their first callups, the bench needs to be more of a traditional bench instead of play every day in different places guys.

If Keaschall has a future with the team, he needs to play every day but not take PAs from Culpepper, Lee or Gonzalez and he can’t throw hard enough to play outfield, can’t hit well enough for DH 1B, what do you do with him?

Keep him at 2B and let him develop this year… As @Linussaid the Twins haven’t cared about 2B defense since Todd Walker took over for Knoblauch in the late 90s. 

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

On 6/8/2026 at 8:53 PM, Patzky said:

Cash considerations. We just struck gold again tonight. 🤧

We will finally know without a doubt that the Pohlads are pulling the transaction strings, when a player is traded for ‘Gold Considerations’!

[Mike Sixel]

On 6/10/2026 at 5:07 PM, Vanimal46 said:

Why is sending Keaschall back to St Paul the topic of the day on this website? 

In fairness, I was out of country for the last 30 days and only sort of paying attn......so, sure, keep him up. I have no idea what position he should be playing? Swap him and lewis? I don't think Keaschell will be at 2nd for long....

[howeda7]

On 6/10/2026 at 6:22 PM, Hunter4848 said:

3 of the 4 you just mentioned aren't getting any sort of haul either.

If the Twins want to ever be good they need to strip it down to the studs and start playing prospects and embrace the rebuild instead of playing old mediocre veterans. 

All of them will only net lottery tickets. The difference is that Clemons is under team control through 2029. He can be part of contending Twins teams in 2027, 2028 and 2029. The rest of them will not be on the team next year, so take whatever you can get. 

[RpR]

18 hours ago, Mike Sixel said:

In fairness, I was out of country for the last 30 days and only sort of paying attn......so, sure, keep him up. I have no idea what position he should be playing? Swap him and lewis? I don't think Keaschell will be at 2nd for long....

Keaschall was replaced in the 9th inning last night for defense assurance.  That says a lot.

[Twins33]

I have no attachment to him, but I can’t imagine the return would be much of anything. He’s not blocking anyone, keep him. 

[mnfireman]

If the team decides its a lost season and wants to start making trades to open up spots for the youngsters at AA, two contending teams in the NL recently lost COFs to long-term injuries, the Phillies and the Padres. One of Larnach and Clemens, and Martin could conceivably be traded to either, and if the team wants to make Bell available (and the other team wants him), two trades could happen. The Phillies are left-hand heavy in their line-up, but Clemens has had success against LHP this season, so Maybe Clemens and Martin to Philadelphia (I know Philly traded us Clemens), and Larnach and Bell to San Diego, as they also need a DH.

The return won't be big, the trades probably won't happen, and promoting 4 players at once is a big gamble, but it seems like something that could be done.