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  1. weitz41
    3rd base is a cloudy position for the Twins. In a good way though. I think Miranda will get the spot back this season. Long term 3rd/1st/DH platoon guy or worst-case 1st guy off the bench. Long-term Lee seems like the most likely. Julien, that seems pretty unlikely. Lewis, I'm HOPING he will be the Twins version Mookie Betts. OF/2nd/SS. Correa, hopefully by the back 1/2 of his contract he can be an all-star 2nd baseman, with Lewis taking over for him or someone we haven't signed/drafted yet taking SS. Lee is my choice, but I think it'll be late 2025 before that happens.
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    Maybe this is more about a team's completive model. One example would be the Mets. They are buying time for their farms system to provide them with players. Their previous FO traded away a lot of prospect capital to try and compete. They are also in a much tougher division. So being completive is much more difficult. Another would be the Padres. The majority of their starting pitchers and starting position players the last two season have come to them via trades. Plenty of extensions and a few free agents. They emptied their farm system and doubled their payroll to put this team together. I have a hard time believing this way is sustainable. Then there's teams like the Guardians and Orioles. IF they had say traded or signed..In the Orioles case Luis Castillo and Zach Wheeler..In the Guardians case Freddy Freeman and Hunter Renfro. Who may be the best teams in MLB right now? Our Twins seem to be doing a little bit or all of these things. Meaning trades, FA signings and prospects. Some of these trades are going to be clear wins and losses. Maybe Gallo hits a buck eighty this season. Maybe he hit two forty with 50 homers. Maybe AK becomes the player I thought he was going to be three years ago. Maybe Lewis never becomes a full time MLB player. I like the 3-pronged approach. I don't want a stretched payroll where we can't keep our guys because we can't afford them. I also don't want to wait 5-10 years between windows. Give me a team that is completive and If 1 or 2 players have career years, we have a chance at something special.
  3. weitz41
    E Rod is the one I'm beginning to wonder about. I realize he just got back from an injury so I shouldn't make too much of his numbers so far this season. Last season's plate discipline with his huge power is how he got on these lists. The power is still there. Maybe he just needs a Snickers..
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    There's a lot to like in his stat line. But the Ks are tough to ignore. If I did my math right, he at 36.6% k rate right now. I doubt that will stay that way. He was at 26% for all of last season between A+ and AA. Get that back to that area and keep the .375 OBP and he should be on the Twins 40-man next spring or Rule 5 drafted.
  5. weitz41
    I like to thank the Cubs pitching staff for the 10-point jump in the teams BA. Now we're 27/30 in BA.. Back to reality against the Dodgers?
  6. weitz41
    I'm with you on this. But it's a tough sell for some. Kind of an you can't win the lottery if you don't buy a ticket type of thing. Of course, I'd like to have Steer, CES and Hajjar available to the Twins. But I'd also rather have a heathy Mahle over Bundy, Archer, Hower Baily, J.A. Happ and so on. Unfortunately, the healthy part didn't work out...
  7. weitz41
    Yeah, I got a bit long winded and spit out a bunch of Baseball Refence stuff to justify it. All I really needed to say is Taylor sure has been good. I wonder if the FO would try to keep him around longer then is season.
  8. weitz41
    I doubt I'm in the majority but the guy in the 1st picture may be the most important add of the off season. Pushed into a full time roll 92 OPS+ (per baseball reference) that's with who we expected to play CF hitting OPS+ of 127 per Baseball references. What's between the field and the AB. +120? Seems like the OF defense is worth an investment. My point is Taylor has been good to VERY good and short term and long term (3-4 seasons) that may be a wise investment.
  9. weitz41
    Tough break..How about a Paddack extension for Tyler? Would make sense with the prospect investment the Twins made. Hoping for a full and speedy recovery.
  10. weitz41
    Just too many puzzle pieces missing right now... Anything that may get a few of the player rolling I'd be all for.
  11. weitz41
    3 errors in a close game will cost most teams. When's the last time Gallo and Miranda had a hit in the same game? Varland looked pretty good. I'm not into the whole "if Arraez was still with the team thing"....To me that's like saying if I had just bought that Micrsoft stock when I graduated high school...Whether you want to or not you're going to have to move on. I have.
  12. weitz41
    I'm going to look for a 2-1 win in this series and the next...Only because it would fit the...this is a good team...followed immediately by...these guys look terrible...seesaw this season has been so far...
  13. weitz41
    Good to have solid depth for once. Bad to be two deep into it in the 1st week of May. Would like to have seen the Twins work something out with Gray but his great start may have caused that ship to sail. Mahle...Jeez just can't catch a break. Liked that trade at the time. I guess they can't all work out. I wanted to mention an article on Fan Graphs had imo a pretty glowing take on Luis Varland. Giving him a future Value of 50. The same as Lewis, Julien and Festa. Lopez, Ryan, Ober, Paddack and Varland looks like a better starting 5 then we've had in any recent season, besides this one.
  14. weitz41
    You could argue either way about Kepler. Sure, a young player is cheaper and may have more upside. They could also struggle, underperform and possibly cost the team games. The problem I have is none of our OF prospects have taken a roster spot and ran with it. None have been league average over a period of time. Until one does Kepler should be our starting RFer. Including next season's option. On a team in 1st place I'll take the more consistent Kep over the rollercoaster we've had with a young player.
  15. weitz41
    There was some good luck involved here. The error by Anderson seem to break things open. An extra out in the 12th innings tends to equal a loss. Some of those IBB were on Duran and Lopez.
  16. weitz41
    Honestly none of these scenarios are ideal. Larnach is the most likely Imo. Meaning AK has performed so well in AAA that he earns the spot. One last thing he needs to play every game for the Saints for a couple weeks before that should happen. Castro is probably safe until Farmer is ready to rejoin the team.
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    I get the service time manipulation angle, but to this point I have not seen the FO due that to any other players. So that seem highly unlikely to me. My opinion is that he needs to build up stamina or a track record before they should alter the 26 man to get him back in the bigs. A couple weeks of playing well and every game in AAA would be the hurdle I'd like to see crossed before I'd make a change. That being said if there was an injury to a position player, he would be my 1st player called up.
  18. weitz41
    I'm bias, as a Polanco fan, so take it with a grain of salt. What a difference having him in the lineup makes. No-hitter or 8-6 counts the same when the regular season ends. Kirilloff is hitting the leather off the ball in AAA..I get wanting to call him (Kirilloff) up from a few of the other posters, but I agree with H2o. Let's relax on the WHY and focus on the when. Unfortunately, an injury to a position player will happen...I think that will be the when. Until then he has to keep earning it. When that happens, he has to keep earning it.
  19. weitz41
    Hope Mahle is ok and maybe just needs (at most) to skip a start in the rotation. He's been pretty good so far this season. The rotation lines up nicely for a strong series. Keep the runs coming offense.
  20. weitz41
    I'll go with Twins take 3 out of 4. The Royals are bad, but still an MLB team. Then follow this series with a struggling even worse White Sox and the Guardian get away games at Boston and Yankees. Great time for a win streak.
  21. weitz41
    #5 seems a bit high for any of these. Comp or 2nd round maybe. I'd like to see Max Clark or Langford @5. IDK about Dollander..He nowhere near as dominate so far this season. Skenes I think will be gone by #5 if he continues what he's done so far. Hoping for a catcher or two in the 1st 3 rounds.
  22. weitz41
    I'm beginning to think Balazovic may end up in the same category as Winder and a possible middle reliever as well. His walks/Whip are a bit higher than I'd like to see but if he can stay healthy..Maybe he's an option as well.
  23. weitz41
    Nice to see Polanco getting off to a decent start in his return series. MAYBE..just maybe the offense will pick up as the projected starters return from injury. Pitching was outstanding, as far as I can tell from the box score. 1 game at a time. 1 game up of Cleveland. They get the Rockies next followed by road games against the Red Sox and Yankees. We get the Yankees @ home then @ KC and White Sox. who are struggling. Good time go on a run. Go Twins!
  24. weitz41
    This is something I've been wondering about as well. Sometimes it feels like they are snake oil salesmen...
  25. weitz41
    Polanco and Lewis are the ones I expect to make the biggest impact when they're ready. Kirilloff coming off a career threating injury, seem like setting us up for disappointment, so I'm going to give him a pass on this season. Has a great year, great bonus, spends a long time in AAA, ok that seems possible. Ober will get his chance when one of the starting 5 needs a breather (hopefully not injury related) Lee hopefully gets a Sept call up. Polanco and Lee are the two I think they make room for however they can. The others are going to have to wait on an injury or perform so well that they force their way onto the roster. I might slide Julien to the (injury/ performance) list as well.
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