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  1. twinkiesfan11
    Agreed! Don’t understand all the positive reviews this trade is getting in favor of the Indians. It’s not a bad haul but doesn’t overwhelmingly make them a better team.
  2. twinkiesfan11
    Sounds like Falvey just needs to wait it out. New sellers will emerge and prices will probably come down in the final hours and minutes leading up to the deadline. A focus on relievers sounds reasonable if prices are more favorable. I’d be just as happy with two more established relievers as one starter if the investment is roughly equal.
  3. twinkiesfan11
    My vote would be to get the best pitcher available whether it be a starter or reliever that DOES NOT cost anyone on the 25 man roster, (other than Schoop maybe) or any of Lewis, Kirilloff, Graterol, Balazovic and Duran. I could be talked into a starter or reliever or combination of the two so long as it’s a talent upgrade. Those prospects named I feel are part of the core of this competitive window that has just opened and therefore should not be traded unless a true #1 SP is made available.
  4. twinkiesfan11
    Love the trade. Yet another savvy move by the Twins FO. Romo’s reputation as a crafty veteran and great teammate with high leverage experience seems like an excellent fit for the playoff run. Don’t care about low velo, he has a track record of getting outs! Hopefully this is just the first of multiple moves. Diaz is a fun prospect but would have either been lost for nothing this winter or consumed a valuable 40 man spot at the expense of someone else likely from a position of greater need. I could have been talked into Diaz for Romo straight up due to the 40 man issue or Diaz for Vallimont for sure. Both plus the PTBNL is wizardry
  5. twinkiesfan11
    Houston clearly won the Verlander and Cole trades both at the time of the trades and in hindsight by capitalizing on Detroit’s commitment to rebuild and a down year by Gerrit Cole. Other than Daz Cameron they never gave up one of their top 5 ranked prospects in any of these deals. This is exactly how the Twins should approach the deadline and in a vacuum demonstrates that they should be able to make meaningful upgrades without giving up the highest valued assets in the system.
  6. twinkiesfan11
    I think some are reading way too much into this. Who knows how Falvey defines a “core player”. His actions and words so far could easily be interpreted that they value relievers to a degree but not enough to exhaust significant financial and/or prospect resources which would seem to indicate that adding even one of the best available relievers would not be considered a “core addition”. I want to see them go for it too but agree with the sentiment that giving up prized prospects for rentals would be short sighted and a mistake. Especially since It seems like this front office is very adept at talent evaluation and development.
  7. twinkiesfan11
    I’d 100% include Graterol in a Syndergaard deal if the opportunity presented itself, every day of the week without hesitation. Would really hesitate to in a Stroman deal but in a package including Giles (if he’s healthy) would probably have to think long and hard about it. Absolutely not in a rental or a reliever only deal. Can’t believe I’m jumping on this bandwagon but I’d actually rather trade Graterol at this point over Balazovic.
  8. twinkiesfan11
    My vote would be the Mets trade.
  9. twinkiesfan11
    What in the hell is that god awful cowbell at the coliseum?!?
  10. twinkiesfan11
    Yes please
  11. twinkiesfan11
    Francisco Liriano anyone?
  12. twinkiesfan11
    100% Agree. You don’t trade away a bat like Kirilloff’s just because he’s a capable corner outfielder and you don’t want to “waste” that at 1B. I seem to remember draft scouting reports noting that he played a lot of 1B in high school and was regarded as a potential asset there as opposed to projecting as merely a solid corner OF. Falvine and Baldelli seem to really value positional flexibility and giving players regular rest. They have already mentioned intent to break Kirilloff in at 1B in 2019. It would seem to make a lot of sense to have him splitting time between 1B and the outfield similar to the way the Dodgers have deployed Cody Bellinger. The more ways to get his bat in the lineup the better.
  13. twinkiesfan11
    Quality players that want to play for your team at a reasonable price that fit your internal analytical model of performance over the duration of the contract probably isn’t as abundantly available as you assume. Falvey and Levine have both made statements regarding free agency and the desire to pay for expected future performance rather than past performance. I think that’s an interesting peak under the hood as to their thought process and some of the free agents they’ve chosen not to pursue.
  14. twinkiesfan11
    Agreed, was just curious to see if any of the ranked players remained unsigned as it seems $750k would definitely fetch a player toward the mid to lower end of the top 50 most years.
  15. twinkiesfan11
    BA still has the top 50 2018 International Prospect signing tracker up. Looks like out of that list only two prospects remain unsigned. 34. Fernando Villalobos C Mexico 45. Jose Bonilla “SS” Dominican Republic Could always be a player or players that didn’t crack the top 50 list that have developed since last year that they have their eyes on.
  16. twinkiesfan11
    Great signing. I wonder if this sets the stage for a much more fluid situation regarding defensive positioning and lineups. I keep picturing something along the lines of what the Dodgers have done the past couple of seasons. Idea being to carry a group of versatile position players rather than fixed positions to allow for matchup based lineups. Kind of a depth chart approach. C - Castro/Garver/Astudillo 1B - Gonzalez/Sano/Kepler 2B - Schoop/Gonzalez/Polanco 3B - Sano/Astudillo/Gonzalez SS - Polanco/Gonzalez/Schoop RF - Kepler/Cave/Gonzalez CF - Buxton/Kepler/Cave LF - Rosario/Cave/Gonzalez DH - Cruz/Sano/All This leaves room for 13 pitchers. The “bench” is fluid, literally changes daily based on matchups and rest. Also leaves no room for Cron.
  17. twinkiesfan11
    A coach who knows how to use the most effective tools available AND makes the player/coach relationship fun...this could be a game changer. Another example of the not splashy but very smart moves by Falvey and Levine this off-season.
  18. twinkiesfan11
    love this. Romero struggled toward the end of his MLB stint as a starter and was underwhelming as a starter in AAA the rest of the year. Despite those results he is undeniably talented and he seems like a guy that needs to be on the big league staff in some capacity. If his future is as a weapon in the bullpen that is still a very valuable role. There is nothing stopping him from growing into a starter role again. There is precident within the organization (mostly different FO though) in Santana and Liriano. Adam Wainright, Carlos Martinez, Chris Sale, David Price off the top of my head started their big league careers out in the pen with excellent results. Get him on the big league roster, put him in a position to thrive and let him and the teams needs dictate where things go from there.
  19. twinkiesfan11
    C - Jeffers/Rortvedt 1B - Kirilloff 2B - Polanco 3B - Javier SS - Lewis RF - Kepler CF - Buxton LF - Rosario DH - Sano
  20. twinkiesfan11
    How about one full, healthy, productive season out of either one of them. Neither has accomplished that yet.
  21. twinkiesfan11
    They have 4 veteran pitchers, each potentially with some upside left and a slew of young starters worthy of a shot. Corbin wasn’t coming here and no other starters were worth the investment and/or blocking a younger, cheaper option in an evaluation year. Expensive Free Agent Relievers are a bad investment, unless you are a bonafide contender. I for one would rather see them sit back and wait for a Brad Brach type to fall to them on a good deal. I don’t get the obsession with an arbitrary payroll figure. Would you like to see them spend money just to spend it? Again, they need to see what they have. Why waste roster spots on mediocre veterans when you have young players that need to be evaluated? I don’t mean to be argumentative but there seems to be this strange outrage this week out of Twins fans and bloggers over payroll and the timing seems to relate to Ottavino and Allen signing elsewhere. Neither of those two is going to move the needle this year.
  22. twinkiesfan11
    Sano and Buxton are the keys and both have suffered from injuries and regression since 2017. It would be unwise to assume a return to All-Star level performance for either. 2018 was too much of a disaster. I for one am going to cross my fingers that they do, but it doesn’t make any sense to invest heavily in multi year contracts until the core prove themselves.
  23. twinkiesfan11
    What is so hard to understand? The core sucked ass in 2018 and if they don’t rebound this team is trash and will need to rebuild yet again. 2019 is about determining if this core can rebound and lead the team to contention. Falvine has supplemented the core with bounce back candidates and an established veteran bat on short term contracts. If the core and the new acquisitions all perform as hoped this team will win the central and will likely be supplemented at the deadline as needed. In that case 2019-20 would be the off-season to make a big free agent splash. If they all repeat 2018 Falvine has a built-in eject button with short term contracts and trade assets. Given the circumstances this is the ideal plan. They need to give this core another chance, but if it doesn’t work out a full on fire sale and tankathon will be called for. Why give aging free agent relievers multi-year contracts if you’re not a clear contender right now?
  24. twinkiesfan11
    Not a perfect comp but the player I always think of with Arraez is former Twins minor leaguer Yangervis Solarte. Another very solid bat with very little speed or defensive value who seems to hit everywhere he goes. I’d love to see the Twins emphasize positional flexibility with Arreaz in the upper minors to see if he can eventually be deployed similar to the way Solarte has.
  25. twinkiesfan11
    I'm excited about these hires and am anxious to see how Falvey, Levine and Rocco fill out the rest of the staff. It's refreshing to see the Twins making an effort to be innovative for a change after years of lagging behind most of the rest of the league. Johnson and Hefner sound like sharp minds, good communicators and both come with unique experience that could provide a real advantage to the Twins pitching staff. Maybe I'm wrong but to me it seems like there's a lot of potential upside in these hires and not a lot of downside. No matter who the coach is and what approach they take they aren't the ones who have to go out and execute.
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