There's an Awful Lot Riding on the Shoulders of Kaelen Culpepper

[chpettit19]

17 minutes ago, Riverbrian said:

Yeah you are right on Super Two. I was thinking about that two to three week window to start the season that provides the extra year to keep them under that 172 service time thing. My fingers are typing quicker than my brain.

At this point... I'm all for his getting a taste as soon as possible.

Regardless of being 30 when he reaches free agency and that only happens if he isn't sent back down because there are also 3 options available to the club that can hold him until he is 33. But for a player that really really pans out. Isn't sent down... makes multiple all-star teams. That year of playing golf burning service time would still matter to the club. 

Much like the next CBA can't be predicted. Our needs in 2032 also can't be predicted. 

Anyway... I'm just throwing the thought out there. I'd love to see Culpepper in the bigs along with Jenkins and Erod. I'd like to see Fedko and Sabato at this point. 

 

 

This would be a good time for the Pohlads to be in the know with the owners so they have a feel for what is coming. Obviously, nobody knows what the future holds, but the inner circle owners have a better idea than the outer circle ones. And that lets their team make some tiny tweaks to strategy. 

I'm of the belief that the Twins should extend as many of the young guys they think are real players now and take service time completely off the table. And get their contracts grandfathered in if the MLBPA gets their way and team control is shortened in return for stricter cap situations and you have them all locked up on cost controlled deals that better allows you to manage the rest of the cap details.

A grievance from the MLBPA is also a consideration if you keep a 23-year-old, first round pick in the minors all year despite clearly being ready and your SS being a nobody like Gray and Kreidler. How much of a consideration? I don't know. But there's a million.

[Mike Sixel]

Just now, chpettit19 said:

This would be a good time for the Pohlads to be in the know with the owners so they have a feel for what is coming. Obviously, nobody knows what the future holds, but the inner circle owners have a better idea than the outer circle ones. And that lets their team make some tiny tweaks to strategy. 

I'm of the belief that the Twins should extend as many of the young guys they think are real players now and take service time completely off the table. And get their contracts grandfathered in if the MLBPA gets their way and team control is shortened in return for strict cap situations and you have them all locked up on cost controlled deals that better allows you to manage the rest of the cap details.

A grievance from the MLBPA is also a consideration if you keep a 23-year-old, first round pick in the minors all year despite clearly being ready and your SS being a nobody like Gray and Kreidler. How much of a consideration? I don't know. But there's a million.

I believe you and I should be rooting for the Brewers. They run the way we want the twins to..... Not that I can do that. But they are becoming my second team. 

[chpettit19]

7 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

I believe you and I should be rooting for the Brewers. They run the way we want the twins to..... Not that I can do that. But they are becoming my second team. 

My sister lives in Milwaukee so I get to a couple of their games a year. Usually a pretty fun team. But I have too many Brewer fan friends so I have to root against them in the name of competitive friendship law.

[Linus]

This is from my unreliable memory but didn’t service times get negotiated as part of the last settlement?  In other words it might be hard to plan for because they could agree to something different than what it would have been.