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  1. Otaknam
    A polished college player from the top five is my first choice and hopefully one of them will be available.
  2. Otaknam
    I’m not sure how people posting here are able to assess any outfielder’s ability to get a jump on the ball. Of course maybe they are professional scouts who scouted in person or are knowledgeable baseball coaches themselves. The rest of us can only go by what we read and maybe have seen a few games on TV. It would not surprise me if the team passed on a consensus top five player to save some money that can be used to sign someone else. Teel might be a fit there. That said, we have to trust that Falvey won’t screw it up and the number five pick will be a strong contributor at the big league level.
  3. Otaknam
    The Twins would never consider trading Lewis or Lee for Goldschmidt as someone suggested. With Goldy’s $22 million contract for this year and next it would be a salary dump for St. Louis. Maybe Larnach would get a deal done, who seems to be a young version of Joey Gallo without the gold glove defense. And the Twins have other lefty power hitting outfielders like Wallner, who I think has a higher ceiling than Larnach. Goldschmidt’s bat would clearly be an big upgrade from Gallo, and Kiriloff could play the outfield to make room. That said, this team has sputtered offensively all year, mostly because Correa and Buxton haven’t produced. Unless those two guys get going this is a .500 team at best and is going nowhere if they make the playoffs. Hopefully the FO understands that and doesn’t continue decimating the minors in hopes of winning a playoff series.
  4. Otaknam
    At number five you have pick the highest ceiling guy, an impact player. My guess is the Twins will take whomever is left from Clark or Jenkins, assuming that Crews, Skenes, and Langford are gone. Lowder might be a possibility here, or Teel if they see him as a strong two way player, High school pitchers are a crapshoot. I would prefer a college pitcher over a high school pitcher like Meyer when picking this high. .
  5. Otaknam
    We haven’t seen the ceiling on this team but have seen the bottom: sputtering offense while getting solid starting pitching. Hopefully the recent Correa surge will continue and the lineup will start producing. If so they could make things interesting. The BP needs another lefty, and Pagan needs to be released in favor of a young promising pitcher or more likely Maeda.
  6. Otaknam
    I believe they will bring him back for 2024 because he has been a clutch player both this year and throughout his career. I don’t think they are ready to anoint Julien as heir apparent at second, and Lee is still playing at Double A. So Polanco is still the best option.
  7. Otaknam
    Pagan can only be trusted in a mop up role with no game on the line and when the team is trying to save the BP. He has shown over and over again that he can’t be trusted in a high leverage situation. Why have a guy like that with no upside? Try a rookie in that spot and at least you are aiding in player development.
  8. Otaknam
    Say what?
  9. Otaknam
    No one is trading for Maeda coming off of TJ surgery. Polanco has shown that he’s a big part of the offense and his bat is needed. Kepler is clearly the most likely to be traded to a team that needs a lefty bat, but he won’t bring much. Rather than trading more prospects for BP help give someone like Blayne Enlow a shot. Unless the offense starts to click this isn’t a team that can make a deep playoff run so don’t keep trading top prospects just to lose in the first round of the playoffs. .
  10. Otaknam
    The offense can’t continue to hit .150 w the bases loaded or w runners in scoring position, so I expect much better production there. Correa will start hitting and if Buxton ever gets healthy the offense should see a jump in production. So I don’t see a trade for another righty bat unless they trade Larnach. The bullpen is where they need an arm or two. Got to dump dumpster fire Pagan.
  11. Otaknam
    A Mahle extension saves face for the FO. They don’t have to admit that the trade was terrible because Mahle would be back sometime in 2024.
  12. Otaknam
    Happy for Enlow getting a promotion to AAA. Someone needs to emerge to replace the incompetent Pagan. Why is Pagan still on the team? How many games has he blown over the past 1 1/2 seasons? At least 9. He is only useful to mop up, not high leverage. Any young arm can do that. When Pagan enters a close game late I stop watching.
  13. Otaknam
    It’s too early to draw comparisons for a guy so low in the minors. But thanks for the information on a prospect.
  14. Otaknam
    I cringe in expectation of injury anytime Buxton slides into a base, tries to stop a swing, sprints from one base to another, or chases a fly ball. We now know he is fragile as glass, and that just standing in the on deck circle he may trip on a bat and be out for the season. This is who he is, in and out of the lineup due to migraines or some bizarre injury.
  15. Otaknam
    Dreadful offense has neutered the team’s chances, despite excellent starting pitching. Hopefully Buxton and Correa will get going. Gallo has replaced Sano as a two to theee strikeout guy per game, albeit with much better defense. Too much swing and miss up an down the lineup, but I don’t know how you fix that.
  16. Otaknam
    According to some learned sources, like Baseball America, there are five players at the top of this draft. So the Twins should get an potential impact player, hopefully a college player who can move quickly. Skenes seems to be the only pitcher who rates real high, so I expect the Twins will continue to select position players early on the draft because they are easier to project. After that load up on high velocity pitchers who have upside and hope you strike gold.
  17. Otaknam
    Corbin Burnes at the right price would be worth considering since he is under contract through 2024. Then they could let Sonny Gray leave as a free agent, since he is older and been injury prone. But the FO has already traded a lot of prospects with mInimal return, and they have to hold onto Brooks Lee. So I don’t know what it would take.
  18. Otaknam
    An absurd idea to acquire Chapman and force Lewis to a a utility role. That’s what got Lewis injured last year, playing out of position. Lewis is ready so let’s see what he can do as a regular at third. Hader in the bullpen would be something to consider, however, if the price is right.
  19. Otaknam
    I cringe any time BUXTON runs hard or slides, expecting that he will be out for six weeks or the whole year. Has any player ever been more fragile? Bubble wrap him!
  20. Otaknam
    The Twins have a good problem with Lee, Lewis, and Julien. But unlike some posting here, I think it would be foolish to use Lewis as a so called super sub, playing infield and outfield just to keep him in the lineup. Once Lewis is called up play him at third and have him spell Correa at short. We already saw the result of playing Lewis out of position in the outfield, so no more of that. Correa is an elite defender and should be able to maintain that for a few years. So that means Lewis at third. When Lee’s bat is ready he can play second, short, or third and DH. No one posting here knows which infield position is better for Lewis and Lee. The coaching staff will sort that out when the time comes. Julian’s bat look legit so I can see him DHing and spelling at third and second base, maybe and even try him at first to keep his bat in the lineup.
  21. Otaknam
    There is no reason the call up Lee unless he hits his way to AAA, and then keeps on hitting there. Lewis is more likely to be called up if he has a solid 20 game rehab stint. And he may be their third baseman of the future, given the defensive struggles Miranda has had a third. Lewis is an elite athlete and should be able to handle third base.
  22. Otaknam
    Baldelli has been reluctant to let Ober pitch five innings, and sometimes he was even pulled after four. Give him the chance to prove he can start every fifth day and let’s see what happens. He might figure things out against left handed hitters, which will make him tough to face. And he might be past his injury problem, given all the professional training and preventative medical care they get.
  23. Otaknam
    Loved the comment on Taylor as “the only Twin allowed to steal a base.” Guess the learning to to be a ML manager is pretty steep for Rocco, today’s Earl Weaver.
  24. Otaknam
    Excellent satire! With the Twins having a chance to sweep the hated Yankees Rocco decides to give Buxton and Polanco a day off. The only surprise is that he didn’t sit Correa too. Baldelli has worked out a schedule in advance to rest players, which makes some sense given the long season. But when you have a chance to sweep the Yankees for once in two decades, it is time to rethink that strategy. Why sit someone who is crushing the ball?
  25. Otaknam
    Using Duran there is puzzling, but Rocco’s handling of his pitching staff has always been a head scratcher.
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