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  1. Congrats to Brooks Lee. Looking like the Twins IF of the future is almost all there. I'd like to band wagon a little on the other two promoted to AAA. Severino if he keeps it up may have earned a 40-mam spot to protect him from the Rule 5 draft. Also, one of the 1st international signings by this FO to get to the, may be an MLB material point. Keirsey is old for a prospect but if I remember correctly had a substantial hip injury in college that set him back and sat through 2020. My point is his birthdate shouldn't mean anything other the number of candles on his bday cake. I'm thrilled about Lees promotion. But the other two seemed far less likely to get to this point and I am excited to see what they can do as well.
  2. I know I'm in the minority when I say I liked the Mahle trade last season. Never was a fan of the Lopez trade. Just gave up too much for only 2-3 months of success in his whole career. Ended up getting burned on both trades. I would say I prefer Julien and Kirilloff over Steer and CES short and long term. Not doing anything this deadline is disappointing but still makes sense. IDC about the cost as much as how much player A improves the team. No one really stood out as a huge improvement other than a couple of cardinal's players that they weren't going to trade easily. So, every other central team punted. Great, if we can't win it now, there are some realistic changes that need to be made. IMO cleared up the FO for me and there are a lot of players who won't be here next season. Win the central and God forbid a playoff series and we continue this mediocre path. Loose and who knows...
  3. other than dealing a few borderline 40-man players for 2023 Why part with anyone with years of control?. The Twins should be looking at platoon bats and BP help. Any of those shouldn't cost that much unless there's years of control attached. wasted ammo after that..
  4. Just keep scoring runs, the pitching should even back out. The Mariniers do have a very good pitching staff (8th best) The offense performed well against them. Disappointing series loss that could have easily been a series win. KC next followed by St Louis.
  5. Best of luck to Jorge Lopez. I hope things go well for him and his family in Miami. Welcome aboard Dylan Floro. You are probably going to enjoy the defense playing behind you much more than what you had in Miami. I'd say something about the original trade but am expecting a slew of those comments. I am of the opinion that you don't win every trade and a higher percentage of buy trades flame out then sell trades. Time to move on.
  6. On paper that looks like a big overpay. Hope that's not a common theme this deadline.
  7. It's tough to understand the Gallo signing when the same issue existed in November as we have now. Not enough AB's for very similar players...I get the playing for upside with Gallo but when you have Kepler, Larnach and Wallner..why?? All they accomplished was reducing the value of all three and they still don't truly know what they have in Wallner and Larnach. Something has to give, not sure what that is. It will be selling low (IMO) on Wallner and Larnach if either gets traded and unlikely to provide any meaningful additions if its Gallo or Kepler.
  8. LF maybe? But my guess is 3rd with Polanco at 2nd against lefties. Trade deadline may clear it up some as well. My math says they have the full slot bonus pool available. I think the rule is you can go over you pool money at the cost of draft picks and/or international bonus pool money. But I think it's pretty limited at how much. Not certain on that but vaguely remember reading something about that.
  9. It's been an encouraging week. Hopefully not a mirage due to who they played. Getting Thielbar and Steward back and at their previous production would surely add to the BP. Adding a RH OF bat and another BP arm in the next week, plus a couple more series wins would hopefully keep the offense rolling and as they say hitting is contagious. On a side note, Keuchel not opting out has me wondering if the FO is considering parting with a back of the rotation arm..Someone like Varland or Meada...
  10. Carlson is one of the two or three OF that would make sense as a guy who hits lefties really well. It's what we would have to give up that makes me wonder. I'd guess Varland, Larnach and maybe an A or A+ pitcher. I might be a bit off, just guessing. 1st we need to move one or both of Gallo/Kepler. Then sign me up.
  11. Real world. Not a chance. Fantasy land... Soto and Tatis should cover it. Oh, and Padres pay 90% of their salaries. A couple years from now and on track for 100 loss season I could see it (a Ryan trade) happening, just not now.
  12. Umm..No they shouldn't...He's going to get a large contract this off season. Why part with good to great prospects for 2 months or what we already have? Similar to the Goldschmidt fantasies...a small improvement over what already is there. Sure, the name is a YEAH! If you look at the Baseball reference numbers, you should go..IDK that's a lot for not that much of an upgrade...
  13. I think I prefer Carlson. I read somewhere that he was likely their 4th outfielder which may reduce the cost a smidge. The problem is what the Cards want in return. Pitching...Using BTV the easiest match is Varland and Festa. I have a hard time believing Carlson would be that much of an upgrade to part with that much pitching. Also, Edman has spent time in the OF and could be someone they may consider moving. Willi Castro is basically giving us the same output OPS wise as either, with more WAR.
  14. I'm not ready to part ways with Gordon because of 91 total AB's this season. A bad month to month and a half. Relax... It will take some unpopular decisions to make it work but I don't see him going anywhere once healthy. I'd rather have both Castro and Gordon. Plus, the trade deadline is coming up which might change who are our bench players. Bench players 2023 a catcher, Farmer, Castro and Solano 2024 a catcher, Farmer, Castro and Gordon. That seems pretty solid to me.
  15. I don't expect the Twins to resign him unless he accepts the QO, which he won't. Depending on his health and performance the rest of the season. I think he's in line to get something like Bassitt's deal say 3/65. 25/25/team option for 15.
  16. Brooks LeeWalker JenkinsMarco Raya AA at 20, pushes him ahead of E RodEmmanuel Rodriguez Just too many K's for me to put in the top 3.Matt WallnerCharlee SotoBrandon WinokurTanner SchobelDavid FestaCory LewisCJ CulpepperLuke Keaschall RH Julien. Zebby MatthewsBrent Headrick Probably a reliever but not certain yet.Jose RodriguezAndrew CossettiYunior Severino Has played so well I had to get him in my top 20.Simeon Woods Richardson Starter? Reliever?Danny De Andrade Seems to be starting to put it together.Connor Prielipp 2nd elbow surgery causes his spot to drop signifyingly. I feel pretty good about 1-10. After that it seems like there's 15-20 players that either deserve a spot or are always injured and haven't had a real chance to play enough to have a strong opinion of. Likely relievers and older prospects I usually drop 10+ spots.
  17. I'd guess Biebers injury makes it less likely they trade him. They've got just as much of a chance to squeak into the playoffs as the Twins with him on the team. They've got the prospect depth to pick up some line up help without dealing from their starters.
  18. Tough loss. Just keep scoring 6 runs and the rest will work itself out. Sorry Bux I can't even take you off the bench on my fantasy team right now. How about a 10-day breather?
  19. Interesting. A should followed by a shouldn't article. 13 games to play before the trade deadline. Assuming the Twins play around .500 ball and another ALC team doesn't go on a 10-game winning streak. IMO there are too many good reasons to keep Gray on the team and way too many negatives to trade him away.
  20. I live in Wisconsin and saw 1st hand what the Brewers trading Hader did to the casual baseball fans I work with and the team. A Gray trade would more than likely have a similar effect on fans and the team. Count me out on wanting the FO to do that to the Twins. For the 1st time in my memory, we have a pitcher who should turn down a QO and we are talking about trading him? Nonesense... Comp A should be a FV 45-45+ prospect, Comp B should be a FV 35+-40 prospect. That's a pretty good prospect for a team to part with for two months of Gray. Also, a hard draft pick to part with for the Twins. If the Twins are 5 back the last few days of July ok maybe if it's an overpay, otherwise I think you ride it out, QO and try to resign. Overall, I think the negative outweighs the positive on a Gray trade.
  21. I know most of us are down on the team. But 50/49 runs or 50/3 runs, a sweep is a sweep. Be happy about it for god's sake. Oakland actually has won 25 games including a few series against our AL central rivals. They've helped this team so far more then they have hurt it. Thx Oakland see you in the TC. Struggling Seatle next let's keep it that way.
  22. It's an interesting set of circumstances. I'd prefer if they resigned him, and I don't buy he may retire as a serious consideration. With the money that was thrown around last offseason I expect someone will outbid the Twins. No, I'm not saying the Twins are too cheap. More of there are too many young teams that need pitching and have a lot more money to spend. Twins make the playoffs, QO rejected, he signs for 50+ mil elsewhere Comp A pick and Comp B pick for market size.
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