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  1. jkcarew
    Hatch working his butt off for that ‘26 roster spot, tho
  2. jkcarew
    In other minor league catcher news…happy birthday to Khadim Diaw who turns 22 today. I wonder what the relative projections are defensively for Diaw, Tait, and Jimenez?
  3. jkcarew
    This! And he’s pretty young for A ball, as well. The first deadline acquisition, and immediately went under the radar with the subsequent blow-up and higher-profile acquisitions. The BB/K ratio really is encouraging. Obviously, there’s been a major effort to upgrade the catching depth in the org. We’ll see how it goes.
  4. jkcarew
    You mean to say that they’re NOT going to put any of the money saved in the Pohlad’s Correa salary dump back into the team on the field?? But I thought getting rid of Correa would give them breathing room to do…‘something’…even a modest ‘something’,,,to better the team. Shocked, I tell you. Shocked! If you didn’t see this coming, you’re either not paying attention, or your fandom emotions have you blind.
  5. jkcarew
    No. To make a dent in the lack of respect issue, the extension would have had to been at least through the year 2065.
  6. jkcarew
    These games down the stretch are so nerve racking.
  7. jkcarew
    Huge assist to the umpire
  8. jkcarew
    Walking that dude to pitch to Kurtz😂
  9. jkcarew
    Better the 107 mph rockets land in the stands and terrorize the fans than to lose a player that finds himself in front of one.
  10. jkcarew
    So THAT’s why they call him Outman.
  11. jkcarew
    Any realignment could not possibly land the Twins in anything other than a stronger division. Realignment with the Cubs and Milwaukee (assuming the continuation of an unbalanced schedule) would be very bad. Unless it actually forced the organization to try to compete at that higher level. So, in summary…very very bad.
  12. jkcarew
    Only one? I’d say the odds of that are pretty low.
  13. jkcarew
    Struggling to reach 89 mph on your fastball, when all your other pitches…including changeup…are 83-84 seems like a recipe for disaster.
  14. jkcarew
    Before this year, the most innings Prielipp had pitched in a season since high school is 23 innings. It’s been 6 years since high school. Let that sink in. 21 innings another year, and not another year with even 10. There’s really no track record of excellence there, beyond Wisconsin high school…just very brief flashes. He’s probably the most raw 24 year old (highly-rated) professional pitching prospect we’ve ever seen or heard of. He’s simply still learning…just now learning…how to pitch at these levels. Many acknowledged he was a high-ceiling lottery guy when drafted…he threw a grand total of 27 innings in his college career. He very much remains that, IMO. Can’t see a path to starter right now…certainly not in 2026. My hope is finish 2025 healthy, and focusing him on a bullpen role sometime in 2026.
  15. jkcarew
    Rodriguez has more issues than health. Unless you think he’ll maintain the already extremely high K-rate and the equally extreme BB rate we’ve seen at AAA, in the majors. Very, very high risk approach. Meanwhile, he has 6 HR in 205 AAA PA. Looking more and more like a Boom or Bust guy, IMO. I want to go with Tait…if you could assume he’ll be a legit catcher defensively. Hard to assume, he’s so far away still. I’d probably go with Culpepper at the moment, but I wouldn’t argue with 2-3 others…which is nice. Jenkins clear #1. Not gonna worry about power when he’s 20 and already dealing (quite well) with AA pitching. If the hit tool puts him in the majors at 21 or 22 years old, I wouldn’t be surprised to see the power tool develop over his first 2-3 years in the league. Not that uncommon with high-enders. We’ll see.
  16. jkcarew
    Correa OPS in last month is 804 (ref: Buxton at 709). Correa was brilliant in 2024…that was one year ago. And the salary is only a burden if ownership chooses it to be. Bottom line, I get moving on in the context of rebuilding. But, it was a salary dump. Period. And it doesn’t help in any way making you better on the field…even in the future, unless you really feel that money will be spent on another needle mover or two or in resigning/extending a player that does move the needle like Ryan. And it won’t be.
  17. jkcarew
    Emmy Rodriguez update?
  18. jkcarew
    Comments on Correa are hilarious. He was the best player by a mile in the’23 playoffs. The playoffs that included the only Twins win in about a quarter century. In ‘24 he was brilliant until he went down. This year, he’s almost back to 100 OPS+, (and rising). He’s not suddenly done being good. The worse trade in terms of actually putting a winning team on the field now, or in the future…was getting nothing but dollars for Correa. Unless you think the org is going to use that saved money to better the team. You don’t ACTUALLY think that, do you?
  19. jkcarew
    Objects in your mirror are closer than they appear, Tigers!
  20. jkcarew
    Strike3! Take your base.
  21. jkcarew
    Hey, stuff happens. I won’t judge.
  22. jkcarew
    Didn’t you used to be Michael Tonkin? (copywrite: Chief)
  23. jkcarew
    Who knew GOOGLE AI was going to be even worse than Wikipedia?? (spoiler: everyone)
  24. jkcarew
    Paddack trade may yield 2.0 WAR only a few weeks in.
  25. jkcarew
    At some point, you can’t go three-and-out and continue to rely on goal line stands.
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