3 Roster Moves the Twins Need to Make Right Now

[Mike Sixel]

17 minutes ago, darin617 said:

So what would .270 in the minors equal to in the majors? .200 or so. 

I would like to see them hitting at least .300 and playing every day.

.300? Wow.

[Mike Sixel]

11 minutes ago, Dave Lemke said:

Maybe he comes up and struggles and they send him back down. Maybe he gets hurt. Lots of things can happen. Biggest thing is he was already on 40 man. Jenkins and Culpepper are not.

 

 

But none of those are the plan. But yes, he's on the forty man, and I can only acknowledge that 100 times before it seems unnecessary to keep doing it. 

[Dave Lemke]

Lets talk about that 40 mam roster.  Currently its full. Are there some easdrops? Sure. Depending on your thoughts of players. I would say Rashi, Go and Gray would be the easiest. Unless a shortstop gets hurt, then he is the only shortstop on 40 man. Possibilities, depending on how much you like them would be Acton, Adams, Orze, Fedko. You could also drop Anderson, Roden or Wallner but my opinion is they wouldnt make it through waivers so you would lose them for nothing. So lets say they drop everyone but the last 3 off roster. That opens 7 spots and gives you 33 on 40 man. Now people want to add Jenkins and Culpepper. Gives you 35. Lets just speculate they either make playoffs and get eliminated in first round or even miss playoffs if that is your preference! 7 days after world series they need to add players on 60 day DL back to roster. That would be Lopez, Festa, Banda, Abel and Sands for sure. Paredes I could go either way on. That gets you back to 40. Jeffers and Minter would be free agents to get you back to 38. Now I would guess there are some prospects that need to be added to keep them out of Rule 5 draft. Also possibly some free agents to sign and you have 2 spots to do both of those thing with. Now if you would like to argue, go ahead! But at least detail who you cut from 40 man now and through the offseason to stay 40 man compliant. Jenkins and Culpepper won't need to be added until end of spring training 2027 if they make roster next spring. Go ahead and tell me the moves you would make. Include names, its not as easy as it looks to add them now!

 

[Mike Sixel]

2 minutes ago, Dave Lemke said:

Lets talk about that 40 mam roster.  Currently its full. Are there some easdrops? Sure. Depending on your thoughts of players. I would say Rashi, Go and Gray would be the easiest. Unless a shortstop gets hurt, then he is the only shortstop on 40 man. Possibilities, depending on how much you like them would be Acton, Adams, Orze, Fedko. You could also drop Anderson, Roden or Wallner but my opinion is they wouldnt make it through waivers so you would lose them for nothing. So lets say they drop everyone but the last 3 off roster. That opens 7 spots and gives you 33 on 40 man. Now people want to add Jenkins and Culpepper. Gives you 35. Lets just speculate they either make playoffs and get eliminated in first round or even miss playoffs if that is your preference! 7 days after world series they need to add players on 60 day DL back to roster. That would be Lopez, Festa, Banda, Abel and Sands for sure. Paredes I could go either way on. That gets you back to 40. Jeffers and Minter would be free agents to get you back to 38. Now I would guess there are some prospects that need to be added to keep them out of Rule 5 draft. Also possibly some free agents to sign and you have 2 spots to do both of those thing with. Now if you would like to argue, go ahead! But at least detail who you cut from 40 man now and through the offseason to stay 40 man compliant. Jenkins and Culpepper won't need to be added until end of spring training 2027 if they make roster next spring. Go ahead and tell me the moves you would make. Include names, its not as easy as it looks to add them now!

 

You expect people, in every post they make, to lay out their plan for the off-season? 

[Danchat]

15 minutes ago, Dave Lemke said:

Lets talk about that 40 mam roster.  Currently its full.

Y'know, I happened to be looking through the Twins Fangraphs Depth Chart earlier today wondering which prospects would need to be protected for the Rule 5 draft... I couldn't find a single one that I'd call a lock, which for most years is rare. The only ones I can see a real argument for is Yasser Mercedes and Sam Armstrong. Mercedes is only going to be 22 next year and hasn't crushed A+, I could see Armstrong being the only new addition to the 40 man.

16 minutes ago, Dave Lemke said:

Possibilities, depending on how much you like them would be Acton, Adams, Orze, Fedko.

Fedko, Acton, and Orze are easy DFA's. Fedko might not play next year if he did have an ACL tear, Orze will be out of options and there's no need to keep him around, Acton is just a guy. I'd hang onto Adams as he's shown some upside.

Conclusion, they have plenty of room to add to the 40 man roster.

[dxpavelka]

11 hours ago, strumdatjag said:

Culpepper and Jenkins would then accumulate service time throughout all the lost part of the 2027 season (list time due to labor strife in negotiations of the new CBA).   Bad idea.   

Good point.  Never a good idea to have good players in the lineup.

[mnfireman]

Everybody else called up their shiny, new toys (CLE, NYY, DET)....let's just do it

[mnfireman]

DFA Gray, 60 day IL Fedko. Add Culpepper and Jenkins and the Twins win the WS. Mark it down - 8/5/26, 2249 hrs