Calling up Jackson to replace Martin?

[HarmonK03]

10 minutes ago, Saxophone Joe said:

Well, that's a head scratcher. Is Caratini headed to the IL? Probably not, but a TD poster pointed out yesterday that he's been slumping bad since he hurt his knee in Cleveland. 

He was slumping long before he got hit on the knee.  His OPS in July was .526.

[HarmonK03]

1 minute ago, Saxophone Joe said:

Here's Shelty's reply to Gleeman's question..."It was like, oh hell, I think..." about sums it up. 

The follow up question should have been, what is Jackson's role.

[Riverbrian]

3 minutes ago, HarmonK03 said:

He didn't pinch hit last time he was up, why would that change.

They had Martin for that role. 

[HarmonK03]

Just now, Riverbrian said:

They had Martin for that role. 

When Martin pinch hit it was also for defensive purposes, he would pinch hit for Larnach when they knew he would be going in for defense.  Totally different situation for Jackson, there were times he could have pinch hit when he was up before and they chose not to.  A totally wasted roster spot.

[Riverbrian]

3 minutes ago, HarmonK03 said:

When Martin pinch hit it was also for defensive purposes, he would pinch hit for Larnach when they knew he would be going in for defense.  Totally different situation for Jackson, there were times he could have pinch hit when he was up before and they chose not to.  A totally wasted roster spot.

I don't like it either

[howeda7]

1 hour ago, chpettit19 said:

I have no desire to ever watch Luke Keaschall play 2B again for the rest of his life. Well, at least not until he retires and joins a beer league softball team. 

Yes, there are ways to get Jenkins or Emma on this team and play them. But I think people are going through a lot of mental gymnastics to find a way to do it. Martin hitting the IL is absolutely not the straightforward move that opens the door for Jenkins or Emma. 

If you're calling Jenkins or Emma up, it's to play every day. Not 4 days a week. Not 5 days a week. Every. Single. Game. Maybe 2 days off the rest of the year. They aren't guys you're calling up to fill Martin's role.

You aren't sitting Larnach, Buxton, Keaschall, or Bell once a week during a wild card race just to get a rookie ABs. No matter how good you think that rookie will be long-term. That's the problem. The Twins are "in" this race because nobody else in the AL will pull away and put them to bed. They're 1.5 games back. They aren't going to spend the whole season talking about "meaningful games" in September and then start sitting 4 of their best hitters regularly in mid-August to play rookies. It isn't happening. They aren't changing their story about being competitive now. 

ILing Buxton is very different than ILing Martin. If they IL Buxton and don't call one of those 2 up, fans should burn Target Field to the ground. But they didn't. They IL'd a guy who pinch runs and hits against lefties. Jenkins and Emma don't fill that role. And they aren't going to change the roles of multiple other players that have been key to their "success" to this point in order to force a lefty hitting OF onto the roster. And they shouldn't. Until they're ready to turn the page on 2026.

Defensive stats say Keaschall is less terrible at 2B than the OF. He should split time between DH and 2B.

[DJL44]

41 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

The manager told Gleeman he does not anticipate Jackson in the OF. So they called up a third catcher?

So Kreidler in LF. Yuck.

[C-Gangster]

2 hours ago, HarmonK03 said:

When you don't call up a potential difference maker of course it won't make a difference.  They made moves at the deadline and then stopped making moves.  That makes them even more inept and they make moves like this and I don't know how much further down the inept scale they can go.

I mean what do people expect it's the Minnesota twins of course we're not gonna make big moves it's apart of our history. I don't like it, none of us do. But we're gonna have to deal with this for quite a bit of time. And what more moves are we gonna make. A DFA pickup? 

[Hawkeye Bean Counter]

1 hour ago, mrmpls said:

Either the Twins  over valued Larnach or  No other team wanted him b4 deadline,  Same with Jeffers ,  this front office is Lost and moves like todays just make it true

They said they were keeping them to try to win and build the relationship with the players and fans that they were investing in the team. The only way Larnach was traded was for an MLB player.

[DJL44]

Caden Kendle is batting .400 in Wichita…..

[HarmonK03]

6 minutes ago, C-Gangster said:

I mean what do people expect it's the Minnesota twins of course we're not gonna make big moves it's apart of our history. I don't like it, none of us do. But we're gonna have to deal with this for quite a bit of time. And what more moves are we gonna make. A DFA pickup? 

Firing Zoll would be a good start.

[HarmonK03]

4 minutes ago, DJL44 said:

Caden Kendle is batting .400 in Wichita…..

Should call up Diaw from Wichita, you want to be prepared in case all three catchers get injured in the same game, you need another one to come in.

[mrmpls]

7 minutes ago, Hawkeye Bean Counter said:

They said they were keeping them to try to win and build the relationship with the players and fans that they were investing in the team. The only way Larnach was traded was for an MLB player.

They said they were keeping them to try to win and build the relationship with the players and fans that they were investing in the team.-   Hows that working out for us ,  !!   They Said  ?  dont believe 90% of  word they say !

[mnfireman]

Most of you people on here must have been real fun to be around when your kids were playing little league and the coach took little Johnnie out to put little Billy in.... (I do understand that this Forum is about an MLB team, but the comments....)

[Mike Sixel]

4 minutes ago, mnfireman said:

Most of you people on here must have been real fun to be around when your kids were playing little league and the coach took little Johnnie out to put little Billy in.... (I do understand that this Forum is about an MLB team, but the comments....)

Not even close to the same thing. Seriously.