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  1. jkcarew
    Next year.? The deadline gave them one reliever for next year. Period. Unless you think Kremer is the answer to anything. Oh, and a compensatory draft pick for not trading Jeffers, who would have returned at least one good major League ready guy.
  2. jkcarew
    I’m mean, he’s likely to help this year and next. Has struggled as a closer, but very good otherwise. Was the price too high? Who knows. Disappointed on not capitalizing on Jeffers, though.
  3. jkcarew
    Meanwhile, I can almost hear the TC PR machine (which includes 100% of mainstream media) scrambling to produce their post 5 PM pieces to rationalize neither buying nor selling. (Not withstanding the attempt on Larnach and the 25-30 innings we’ll get from Minter.)
  4. jkcarew
    But, just to be clear, RiverB…we’re not judging.
  5. jkcarew
    Sure, east to say, if you’re a Twins fan.
  6. jkcarew
    Twins had an 85% lose probability before the hit. You pull the rabbit out of the hat and you’re tied, playing Manfred ball on the road. The choices were pitch to the guy or walk him and (very likely) BEST case, you’re facing Young with the bases juiced. Our guy threw three straight fastballs in the same exact (pretty hittable) location…and their guy beat him.
  7. jkcarew
    Jax has a 3.16 ERA this season across 18 STARTS. Yes, he’s a starting pitcher now, and apparently a good one.
  8. jkcarew
    Not really worth picking apart, IMO. He should never have had any thought to go to second after tagging first. Still, if he makes the play, the game’s only tied. You didn’t win. It’s tied. Play better overall and you can afford a mistake or two. It’s a game, and the Twins, not just Martin, seldom play well enough in all three phases to have much margin for error. This isn’t new and it’s unlikely to suddenly change. The baseball gods just gave you a series, when you were within a couple of outs from being swept by Kansas City at home. By Kansas City. At home. Moral: we generally have more margin for error than KC, but probably not much more (if any) than a team like Seattle. But we all already know this.
  9. jkcarew
    105-57 should get us in…probably could sprinkle a couple more losses in, but you’re right…better safe than sorry.
  10. jkcarew
    I like it with a much lower-level prospect swapped for Culpepper….and only if the half season that Greene will miss is the same half of the season that Buxton plays.
  11. jkcarew
    Just guessing based on trying to identify a pattern… Minter 0.5 bWAR; Kremer -0.5 bWAR; …my guess is someone with -1.5 bWAR.
  12. jkcarew
    Score more than 3 runs. It’s not going to happen every game, but you can’t really expect a win when you don’t.
  13. jkcarew
    Yep. Use your best pitchers less. The argument never gets old,
  14. jkcarew
    We’ll know everything we’ll ever need to know on what the Twins got in less than 3 months.
  15. jkcarew
    Hilarious. This is your favorite organization “buying”. Everyone knows that when you’re trying to bolster your starting pitching, you look to the very bottom of the Orioles rotation. Even at two years…and even assuming there is a 2027, this is just throwing darts. And Reyes ain’t nothing.
  16. jkcarew
    And that’s the frustration with him. Has a massive flaw in his game, and an equally massive talent, that being the power. And by the time he’s making progress on the flaw, he’s out for months. And so, he starts over. Over and over again. It’s two steps forward and two steps back with him. Groundhogs Day. He’s 24 next year.
  17. jkcarew
    For those that believe this…and I’m not trying to argue one way or the other…but if this were a truth, the Twins have already lost the trade. By a mile.
  18. jkcarew
    In short, don't be surprised if Buxton's IL stay extends beyond the minimum 10 days—perhaps significantly so. Surprised if he’s out longer? I’m thinking most of us would be shocked if he’s not.
  19. jkcarew
    A Rental. Exactly what they shouldn’t be doing, IMO. Cheap? It would appear so. So, there’s that.
  20. jkcarew
    Why is it so important that Lewis be given a constant position, but not Clemens? Lewis is firmly in a be-happy-I’m-in-the-lineup status with this team, as is every other guy save Jeffers and Buxton.
  21. jkcarew
    Since the break: 3-2 against the A’s and KC; 3-4 against CLE and Cubs. Sounds about right. Nothing’s changed. And the schedule about to get pretty firm in August.
  22. jkcarew
    KC’s bullpen is really really bad, so this game isn’t over. But I’ve been a sell guy since 2024…tired of mediocrity (when things are going “well”. It matters not to me the state of the league. The league will bounce back.
  23. jkcarew
    He’s been one of my favorites…but yeah…even if he recovers somewhat down the stretch, the return for him isn’t going to ever be better than it is now, albeit lower than it was just a few weeks ago.
  24. jkcarew
    If we traded Ryan for a pitcher whose arm does NOT seem to be in the process of falling off, would that be considered “buying”?
  25. jkcarew
    It’s my understanding that the orgs view is the exact opposite of that.
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