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  1. weitz41
    I'm looking forward to catching the Cedar Rapids games when the come to the area this year. E rod, Salas, Raya, Miller , maybe our 1st pick of more from the 2023 draft. CR should be a really good team this year. Before and after promotions. I hope it is just the beginning for E Rod. Only 47 games last year makes it a bit of a leap of faith, but there are stats from the season before that make me want to believe as well.
  2. weitz41
    OK I'll man up and start the thumbs down.. Just sign Sano once Paddack and Lewis go on the 60-day IL. If Kirilloff's wrist proves to be healthy you can cut him before the season. If you keep him around, which I think would make the most sense, you can always trade him at the deadline. No, I don't want Sano and Gallo in the lineup every day. But shuffling 2-3 positions seems even worse. The other free agent options have their own warts. If they didn't, they wouldn't be unemployed right now.
  3. weitz41
    I agree he is one of the keys to the offense. I'm rooting for him to get this wrist injury behind him. I hate to see his career fizzle because of it.. Seems like the one position with less-than-ideal options if his wrist isn't right. The other's mentioned get most of their team value from playing their primary position. No one in the minors stands out to me as an option except Julien but he hasn't played a game in AAA yet.
  4. weitz41
    I think my comments are more about the make-or-break season. The salary comment I believe was directed at a few others in the comments section. The prospects, I can see Lee and Lewis making it a possibility. But I think they affect Gordon, Celestino and Larnach more. Martin and Julien I feel less confident in effecting Polanco's future with the team. Martin's slug says utility player and Julien's defense says 1st base. If Kirlloff's wrist is kaput. Julien at 1st would make a lot of sense.
  5. weitz41
    This looks to by far the best Twins team we've seen in awhile. IMO lots of quality depth everywhere except the BP. That could be addressed before the season starts. Just keep the injuries to a minimum and it should be the end to some ugly streaks in Twins and baseball history. (I hope)
  6. weitz41
    SWR is one of the tougher prospects to figure out for me. Most on the national publications are of the he's ok to Meh variety. Maybe it's just me but it seems like these national publications are high on Twins hitting prospects but negative on Twins pitching prospects. If he had those numbers and was a Dodger prospect I think he's be a top 100 most if not all their lists. Anyway the Meh reminds me of what they had to say about Varland the season before last. I've got high hopes for him for this season and beyond.
  7. weitz41
    I'm going to have to disagree on this being a make-or-break season for Polanco. 1st off I'm high on all the prospects named but to expect to go 4 for 4 on them being impact big leaguers is to way to optimistic even for me. Polanco has/is/will be an impact big leaguer at least for a few more seasons. No his salary isn't and shouldn't be a driving force to trade him. By WAR he brings excess value even in an injury filled season like 2022. With some of the contracts we saw this offseason he's a bargain 3-5 WAR player.
  8. weitz41
    and he's a year younger then both Miranda and Polanco at that level
  9. weitz41
    Jose Salas 2022 19 A-A+ MIA 109 474 412 69 103 20 4 9 41 33 1 43 95 .250 .339 .384 .723 158 8 14 2 3 Jose Miranda 2018 20 MIN-min A,A+ 131 552 503 61 133 27 1 16 82 0 3 31 62 .264 .319 .417 .736 210 19 12 0 6 0 Jorge Polanco 2014 20 MIN-min A+,AA 131 589 524 74 151 23 6 7 61 17 11 55 88 .288 .353 .395 .748 207 8 1 3 6 1 Seems like he compares well to a couple of current Twins. I can see projection putting him in the top 10.
  10. weitz41
    I've been a Sano supporter for a long time so I'm biased. Id like to see the Twins sign him to a minor league deal. I don't want to rely on Kirilloff's wrist to finally be right.
  11. weitz41
    In two full seasons he's gone from 15th round pick to maybe a #3-#5 starter. Hopefully we're talking about maybe a #1-#3 starter by this time next year. Easy guy to root for.
  12. weitz41
    Interesting, Doesn't look all that bad with the numbers attached. After a quick search there's only 4 left handed starters on all the other central division teams. 2 on Detroit and 2 on KC. Neither are expected to offensive juggernauts so maybe splits are even less important.
  13. weitz41
    1 though 10 I'd take the Twins. 1 through 5 Cleveland. If I remember right Cleveland had very few injuries last season. At one point last season I counted 18 Twins on the IL and Cleveland had 2 or 3. I highly doubt either team will repeat their luck good or bad this coming season. Also, Triston McKenzie may be an ace, but one good season isn't enough for me to call him one yet. The season before he had a 4.95 era and 4.5 walks per nine.
  14. weitz41
    Sands seems like the best fit for moving to the BP fulltime. Ober I think will remain a starter. Winder and Henriquez I think get another season to figure it out. Like others mentioned with as many as 3 starter spots open in 2024, I'd expect most of the starter prospects will get a longer look. When is the last time the Twins had this many starter prospects close to or ready to contribute in the bigs?
  15. weitz41
    Yeah, I knew it had something to with injuries and Wichita. But wanted to point out that he played well. If he makes it back to the Saints this season, he might earn his way into the top 30.
  16. weitz41
    I just hope the offensive side is middle of the pack or better. Then I'd say they're the best outfield in the bigs
  17. weitz41
    I just want to point out Dalton Shuffield had quite a debut season. 10th round pick in 2022 and playing is St Paul by the end of the season. Probably to small of a sample to get to excited about but I wanted to throw his name out there. https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=shuffi000dal
  18. weitz41
    I would think Lewis will be on the 60 day IL as well
  19. weitz41
    I was not and still am not a fan of this signing. BA, OBP, SLUG, K rate. I'm not going to tie my opinion to them. Another Left handed corner outfielder seems like a waste of a roster spot. One gets traded, ok I'm a little more on board. If he ends up playing a lot of 1b, because Kirilloff can't swing a bat, I'm a little more on board. and so on... He is on the team so of course I'll be rooting for him to have a great year.
  20. weitz41
    As a whole I like the way they're building the team. Do I like every move. Nope, but overall to me most feel like a move in the right direction. Trading for players with an injury history is worrisome. Then I look at the Rangers paying $17 mil for Eovaldi for 2023 season..Same or worse injury history.. Lopez and Mahle will cost $12.9 mil A contract extension or two for the guys they've traded for would make me like their approach much more and I need at least one of their draft picks to develop into an all star. I'm not 100% on board with this FO and the way they're building the team.
  21. weitz41
    the FO signed a LH corner OF who plays good to great defense, spent $200 mil on a good to great defensive SS, spent $30 mil on a good defensive catcher and traded for a good to great defensive CFer. Other then Correa none of these players are good to great offensively. Which of these says they're in a hurry to trade a good to great defensive RFer?
  22. weitz41
    This is kind of what I was thinking as well. Martin comps like a RH Arraez. Julien strike me as a LF Polanco as a pro with more walks and strike outs. But that's maybe just me.
  23. weitz41
    I'll take the over on the Mahle, Maeda and Gray (2021 innings pitched 180,106 and 135) But agree on the under (180) on Lopez. My guess is that if they're spending $50+ mil on two players for the next 6 years 3rd place finishes are no acceptable if they want to be here at the end of those contracts. Throw in a slew of young position players ready to contribute and few pitchers who could = Lopez and something has to give. Could it be injury insurance? Sure. I think Correa + Buxton and the pitching pipeline has more to do with it.
  24. weitz41
    I agree that one of the guys with more control would have been ideal but as you said that's water under the bridge. We've found out this offseason the FO will do long term contracts on position players. Now we have to hope they are also into extending pitchers they have.
  25. weitz41
    Trading for 2-3 pitcher every season is not sustainable. But trading for 2-3 pitchers with more then a year of control should be sustainable with our own prospects getting into the mix. These trades also buy time for prospects to develop. Id like to point out that 9/11 BP arms are home grown or waiver pick ups Also 4 of the 10 projected starters are this FO's picks 9 of the 14 projected position players were Twins prospects Plus we have almost an entire IF and OF of prospects that could see Target Field this season. That's after all these trades. They must be doing something right with the picks and trades. No no young Nolan Ryan
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