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  1. 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.
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    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?
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    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.
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    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
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    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
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    I would think Lewis will be on the 60 day IL as well
  7. 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.
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    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.
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    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?
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    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.
  11. 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.
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    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.
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    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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    I like this move. It makes a ton of sense. Celestino spending most or all of 2023 in AAA I think will pay dividends in 2024 and beyond. Taylor covers for Buxton and buys a year of development for Celestino. Win/Win IMO. I really like Sisk and am sorry to see him go. I hope he doesn't come back to haunt us.
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    This offseason is starting to look like the FO's best so far. I was really down on them a month ago. Running out of guys who MAY pass through waivers is a sign of a good roster. Huge insurance policy for Buxton and RH OF to boot. As for the trade both BP arms with some upside. They both could come back to haunt the Twins. But I like the move.
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    Can't have too much pitching. Can't have too many short stop prospects when you want to trade for an ACE either.
  17. weitz41
    I'd prefer Luzardo as well but a lot more risk involved. He was a top prospect and then wasn't due to his walk rate was really high the year Oakland traded him. Now I could be wrong but if I remember right Cabrera is a two pitch pitcher and has plenty of reliever risk. Lopez was the safest of the three and after signing Correa I doubt they want to hope the main piece of the trade works out. The prospects are frosting.
  18. weitz41
    This is a great side effect of this trade. Also thinking down those lines. Gallo has played 1b in the past. A .220 hitter with 35 HR profiles as an at least average 1B offensively. Truth!
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    That is a substantial return for Arraez. Did I want him traded? No not really. But the FO got way more then I thought they would. Now get to work on some extensions with these pitchers we picked up in the last 12 month..Extend one or two and all these trades look way better!
  20. weitz41
    Spitballing here. Veterans handle MLB road trips better then AAA players Could it be that by August 1st we had so many veteran players on the IL and AAA players starting that our road record suffered? I am curious about the 2019 teams injuries. If I remember correctly they had very few.
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    I believe one of the dynamic duo said something like this in the last month or two. I expect Garlick to be back on the 40 man when spring training opens. Paddack and Canterino can be put on the 60 day IL. Leaving Garlick as OF option and Farmer as IF option against lefties. Hopefully a BP signing to fill out the 40 man once those two spots open.
  22. weitz41
    Jo Adell is definitely not someone I was thinking of when the offseason started as a righthanded outfielder the Twins should pursue. If the cost is a borderline prospect or a couple of lottery tickets I'd say do it. The upside is huge.
  23. weitz41
    You won't be making to many friends on TD talking about trading Arraez. He is a unicorn in todays game. It's hard to find a home for him on the field and the homeruns you loose have to come from someone else. But he is pure entertainment with a bat in his hands. With that said, If the return is substantial I could see him getting traded before spring training.
  24. weitz41
    I'd say the pitching and catching is improved. Maybe the BP depending on where Maeda ends up. Assuming good health, which after last years I wouldn't want to plan on. Mahle, Maeda and Lopez should be upgrades over Bundy, Archer and Smith. Vázquez is a defensive improvement over Sanchez. Gallo is essentially an outfield version of Sano. This move I can not get behind...Yes I know he plays better defense. He may take at bats away from the other 6? left handed corner outfielders. If the plan is to trade an outfielder or two, Adding another redundant outfielder can not improve their trade value... Plus we still IMO need a right hand power bat and may have been better off keeping Sano around than signing Gallo. So depending on health I think the pitching is improved. Infield (no urshela) probably worse. Outfield better defense worse offense.
  25. weitz41
    Nice upside play for the Twins and Paddack gets some time to iron things out before he hits free agency. Hopefully it works out for him and the Twins.
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