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Connor Gould last won the day on February 22 2022

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  1.    Connor Gould reacted to a post in a topic: 2026 Minnesota Twins MLB Draft Recap: 21 Thoughts on 21 Draftees
  2.    Connor Gould reacted to a post in a topic: BREAKING: Twins Select Vahn Lackey at Pick #3 in the 2026 MLB Draft
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  8. Connor Gould
    A fireballer who used to wrestle and play football, obviously the track record of health and production isn't there, but I love the fun aspect of it.
  9.    MGX reacted to a post in a topic: Have We Reached the End of the Road for Matt Wallner?
  10.    Connor Gould reacted to a post in a topic: It's Time for the Twins to Promote Alan Roden
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  16. Connor Gould
    I'll be real, I understand that selling of Bell, Larnach, Clemens, and Jeffers (if no extension, I'd extend but that's another discussion) is the smart move to make, they're not long term guys and we could use the lineup slots to look at some guys instead of playing out the season as is. And I'd agree 99% of the time. But at this point, it just felt like morale was all around bad between fans and team from last August and into the offseason, so I think there's actually more value this year in standing pat and playing out the season just to rebuild the culture. Things are delicate, but the vibes are up and that means something, I wouldn't risk it. Also, I'm not sure that those guys are actually valuable on the market outside of Jeffers. Rentals like Larnach and Bell who are mostly bat first guys will probably only bring in a prospect that's around 20-30th in the org. Normally, I'd say better than nothing, but I'm just feeling different this year.
  17. Connor Gould
    If he can develop into an 85 wRC+ 9-hole guy who plays defense like a gold glove contender at the premium position that is SS, it's an awesome pick. I'd love to dream on a prime Andrelton Simmons comp, but that's not realistic.
  18. Connor Gould
    He was so good in 2023 and 2024, 2025 was okay but playable. I get that this year was so unplayably bad that he had to go down, but I definitely think his track record was long enough to get one more chance now that he's been crushing it at AAA. And I'm not worried about him having a 28% AAA K rate while producing, he's a kind of guy that can be good while striking out in the low 30s percent of the time, just can't be 39 like it was this year. I don't know who I'd bump from the lineup, but I'd have him as the next guy up if someone gets injured, if not him then Roden. Gotta have a final eval on these guys so that we know what the plan is with Jenkins and Mendez.
  19.    terrydactyls reacted to a post in a topic: Brooks Lee's Elite Contact Skills Are Fueling the Twins' Offensive Turnaround
  20. Connor Gould
    My main thought on Lee is that he's starting to develop into a slightly above average power based hitter, but he's doing so at a level that would play really well at short but only plays OK at a bat first spot like third. It's like how we had Kepler as a glove first RF who'd put up right around 100 OPS+/wRC+ numbers, and it was fine enough, but left you wanting a bit more from a bat first spot. He played about a season's worth of short with -9 OAA before he got the hook. Those numbers are bad, and his speed indicates there's probably not any more range in the tank, but I would've preferred to at least see the rest of the season's worth of time to confirm it. It's similar to how I feel about Keaschall at 2B, he played 1000 bad innings of 2B, but his bat just doesn't play in cOF and it's organizationally crowded, so he needs to stick at 2B to have a future and unlike Lee he seems to have athleticism.
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  26. Connor Gould
    Prielipp this year has gone from a career high of 23.1 innings to now 65, reaching AAA in the process and putting up 10.8 K/9. Some ups and downs, but if you look at the big picture this is definitely a successful year for him. Hopefully he can finish the year healthy and around 80 innings, would put him on track to try to hit maybe 125 innings in 2026 and hopefully have some of them in the MLB.
  27. Connor Gould
    Does anyone know anything about Mike Paredes and if he could have a future? Because I'm not familiar with him and while he is a 25 year old in AA with a low K rate, his last outing puts him at a 2.54 ERA in 88.2 innings.
  28. Connor Gould
    We signed Correa after deeming Josh Donaldson's contract to be a bad return on investment, and at the end of the day, Correa left the Twins with an OPS 45 points lower than Donaldson's during his tenure for more money. Sure, his SS defense more than made up that difference, but nobody seemed to broken up about Donaldson, so it checks out that they wouldn't be about Correa.
  29. Connor Gould
    Anyone know anything about that pitcher Josh Klein that threw the 5 scoreless AA innings yesterday? I hadn't heard of him, but I checked his stats, and he's got a 3.12 ERA in 80.2 innings with 95/24 K/BB at AA this year. Is he a legit prospect?
  30. Connor Gould
    It feels like we got a fair return of a solid low minors lottery ticket for an expiring #4/5 starter/October reliever, but we get a minor contract dump as a throw-in and people are against it just because of principles. Like there is inherent virtue in spending more money, so because we dumped $2 million it's inherently bad. That seems way too dogmatic, I'd be satisfied with the return without the Dobnak dump, it's in line with Paddack's value, and I really doubt that another $2 million dollars would've made a significant difference in prospect quality.
  31. Connor Gould
    Nice games from Julien and Martin, I would definitely like to see those 2 get another look in the MLB, maybe after some spots clear after the deadline. Julien especially, in his short time in the MLB this year he got his hard hit rates back to being good but a bad launch angle meant he didn't get results. But his AAA numbers make me think that 2023 Julien is still in there.
  32. Connor Gould
    I'm conflicted on Prielipp. Obviously, he's always had stuff and it's fun to dream on, but at this point he's 24 and after throwing 28 college innings he's had 82 career pro innings. I'd love to see an ace, but I really don't know if he'll ever build up to the 150-180 innings range. I wonder if he could be one of those 80-100 innings a year as a bullpen/bulk guy in the future. But still, nice to see him pitching well and healthy this year, hope he gets bumped to AAA soon.
  33. Connor Gould
    I do love the clusterbombing the midrounds for pitching prospects strategy, the more volatile spot could use more rolls of the dice. I hope the 6' 11" guy makes it up, he looks like he'd be fun to watch. I was already enjoying that we took an O-lineman SP in the late 1st.
  34. Connor Gould
    Rookie Julien was too good not to at least give a shot to come back to life. Miranda did last year, so it's possible. I was hoping that he would learn a lot from Carlos Santana as similar styles of hitters last year, but obviously it didn't work out. I think either of Julien or Lee playing well is important with regards to lineup construction. I don't like Wallner leading off when he could be middle of the order, but he has to do it by default since Correa lives in the 2 hole and Buxton/Lewis/Miranda don't have the patience. My ideal lineup looks like Julien Correa Buxton Lewis Wallner Miranda Larnach Jeffers France But Julien or Lee needs to step up or else it all falls apart
  35. Connor Gould
    Looking at his baseball savant page, it appears that during his down year last year, his hard hit and barrel rates stayed in line with his numbers during his good years, but his strikeout rate shot up which killed him. His chase rate got better but his whiff rate got worse. That seems to imply that the talent is still there, but he tried a new approach that didn't really work for him. Hopefully he can bounce back from that.
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