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  1. jkcarew
    “…Mlodzinski would be all but guaranteed a rotation spot with Minnesota for the rest of the 2026 season, potentially playing an integral role in the club’s ability to return to the postseason for the first time since 2023.” Oh, most definitely YES! It makes all the sense in the world for the Twins to be buyers this year! 🙄 Let’s ask them which prospects they want.
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    He isn’t rated in the top 3 because he’s a catcher. He’s there because he’s been raking for 2 years now in the best college conference there is, AND he’s a good defensive prospect at the position, also considered athletic. Never guaranteed with any of these guys that it translates to the majors…but the guys that are showing significant warts at this point in their development…the high ceiling but lowish floor guys…even if they’re catchers, don’t get ranked this high. I’m pulling for one of the college guys. If Lackey, fine.
  3. jkcarew
    Except the Twins are in a situation where it would be nice to not have to wait for a high schooler. With that in mind, I fully expect Emerson to fall to them. If so, don’t discount the chance of the Twins going under slot and taking someone else, and shooting for a very high upside HS arm with their second pick. Because….Twins.
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    This isn’t a thing. It’s just a way to leverage optionable guys…especially guys they feel are maybe only one-time-through-the-lineup guys at this point in development…in a way that acclimates them a bit slower/easier to the majors. And it hopefully shortens the game for the bullpen for that particular game. Not a strategy. Maybe works here and there. Something you’ll do here and there if you have multiple starters injured/out. The juggling required is unsustainable. Prielipp has been throwing 80-90+ pitches since he’s been up…5-6 innings when effective. If…or as soon as, they have similar confidence in Rojas, I expect they’ll ask/expect him to start doing the same. The Twins might favor this in the minors for workload management, roster management, evaluation, whatever…but even they aren’t incompetent enough to pretend this is a viable 26-man major league strategy. Right???
  5. jkcarew
    Slightly below average; slightly below average; bad; really bad; really bad Done.
  6. jkcarew
    I don’t feel sorry for you (or me😉)…it’s the poor laddies born after the eighties that have been brainwashed into believing that possibly stumbling into a 6th seed in the postseason is a righteous goal
  7. jkcarew
    He heard he might be a TD top 10 prospect in the next update.
  8. jkcarew
    Come on…there’s zero chance the Twins make an offer that convinces Ryan to not hit the open market after ‘27. Even a potential hard cap isn’t going to lower the market appreciably for front line starters….look at the premium positions in the NFL. I guess there is one chance…if Ryan has a significant injury in 2026 which significantly impacts his availability or effectiveness. Kinda like Buxton getting close to free agency after a couple of years of basically not playing, and accepting the discounted Twins offer out of FOMO. Not something to hope for.
  9. jkcarew
    If so, Buxton is still on second after the walk to Lee. And if 1st base is open Lee gets walked on purpose. Buxton doesn’t score in that inning regardless. No harm. One of Bell and Clemens had to get a hit either way. And down by 3 in the 8th Keaschall has to 1000% sure.
  10. jkcarew
    NL Central standings don’t really mean anything until they’ve all had a chance to play the Twins, right?
  11. jkcarew
    No clue where the strike zone is. But then again neither do Caratini or our hitters, apparently.
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  13. jkcarew
    “It could be worse” is our rallying cry here.
  14. jkcarew
    BREAKING: Twins Extend Arcia
  15. jkcarew
    I don’t think that’s legal.
  16. jkcarew
    What’s the latest on Olivar’s development at the catcher position? Seems he’s always hit.
  17. jkcarew
    So DFA the 25-year-old, who you’ve really never given a chance in the bullpen?? It’s not like there weren’t several other perfectly acceptable DFA choices if you had to clear a roster spot. SWR is younger than Matthews, Festa, Bradley…a few months older than Prielipp. No idea what his future holds. Still, this feels like a short-sighted choice. Typical of this organization.
  18. jkcarew
    Two ways to look at this one… It’s not good when you have to use guys like Taylor Rogers (at this stage of his career) to close one-run games. It’s not good to go 6 straight innings without scoring one measly run after you’ve taken a one-run lead through 3. If you’d told me the Twins wouldn’t score again after the 3rd, I probably would’ve been happy with a one-run loss.
  19. jkcarew
    Twins one of 4 teams who are at least 10 games under 500 against teams with winning records (500 or better)…Twins, San Francisco, California, Colorado. Winning percentage against winning teams they’re 3rd worse. (Yankees having played only TB and Mil are the worse in an anomaly, Colorado is 2nd worse, then Twins, followed closely by KC)
  20. jkcarew
    Both can be true. Larnach can be the 3rd or 4th currently best performing position player on the team, and still not be very valuable. He’s on a bad team. There’s nothing that he does particularly well for a maybe-average defensive corner outfielder…maybe better OBP (this year anyway), but almost no power. More Larnach’s will bring more mediocrity. Yes, he’s not near one of the clubs current top problems. Still, in the longer term you gotta aim higher.
  21. jkcarew
    Perhaps most encouragingly, he has continued adding more game power… Huh? 2 home runs in 102 AAA PA coming into this year. 2 in 111 PA this year. Where is this added power? I 100% think he CAN develop good power. But the approach he currently employs doesn’t necessarily add up to future plus power.
  22. jkcarew
    They don’t have to trick themselves. The annual objective is to trick the fan base. And that’s pretty easy to do in these parts, apparently.
  23. jkcarew
    “Top” prospects?? The way I read this, the only TOP prospects where there’s a decision in this regard are Culpepper and Jenkins. Jenkins may be moot. (Yes, there’s a chance he’s healthy and ready sometime this year, but with him it’s far from certain.) To me, it’s a reason to bring up guys on the 40-man (at least) sooner rather than later. You need to know what you have. I know we all have our favorites and there’s always a reason to “stick with the veteran” when you’re kinda, sorta, competitive…but more than half the active roster…position-player and relievers…are at or below replacement level.
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  25. jkcarew
    I’ve yet to see someone swing without their hips and shoulders heavily….no violently involved. (I know you’re just the messenger here)
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