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No, I am not concerned as long as Krilloff and Lewis return to health. I've been waiting for our developing players to hit the big leagues for the last five years and many are here with more to come next year and the year after. If we had a big league club loaded with older players that were in line to get big pay raises and were relying on our current farm system to replace them I would be very concerned. But with all the young promising players we control for the next 4 years with players like Canterino, Wallner, Julian, Woods Richardson and Lee a year or two away along with Varland, Rodriquez and Miller behind them we have ample ammunition available. Add that to the fact we gain 36 million after Correa leaves and having one of the youngest teams in the league means we get great players on the cheap and we will have money to fill in any gaps. I follow the box scores of our MLB teams every night. When I do, I don't think a about whether we have the total depth to win the games. I am singularly focused on the players I feel will make it to the league and help our club. Quality over quantity. And let's not forget we have a lot of players we just drafted and the next two drafts.

Let me preference this with, I don't think Sano will be in our long term plan's and I'm fine with that. But Sano is very good when he's hot. Sano has been hot in his rehab assignments and I still believe there is some trade value if he stays hot until the trade deadline. So, I would bring Sano up and alternate him between DH and first bade. while sending Garlic releasing Garlic. They are both right handed and Krakoff can take over Garlic's spot in the outfield. The last move would be to trade Sano at the trade deadline for a relief pitcher or two, bring Larnach back up when healthy and return Krilloff to his his current role.

The question is what to do about it. Alcala, soon, and turn Sands and a few more young starters from AA into emergency relievers for the rest of the year along with a trade ..

A pleasant surprise for now ..

This may seem crazy, but I think Lewis just made Correa expendable come trade deadline. Can you imagine what we could do with that 35 million dollars going forward. It's hard to imagine Lewis will be as good as Correa but the question is: Is there 35 million dollars worth of difference? Maybe 10million difference but not 35 million. And depending on the prospect, prospects we get for Correa we could close that 10 million dollar gap. As others have accurately mentioned, the Twins are stuck for the next two weeks. At that time larnach and Lewis will be on the club and Miranda will go back down.. He needs to go back down because if he stays up here his confidence will be shot. The dilemma is first base. Although not prototypical size Arreaz has done an admirable job at first and we need his bat in the lineup. When Larnach returns we will have plenty of options and it might be time to make Kepler our regular first baseman. And when Lewis comes back up a switch from SS to 3rd base would be a easy peavey. And Lewis could spend a lot of time pitch hitting in place of Sanchez. This will be really interesting to watch the rest of the year. The Astro's series proved this club is not ready for prime time. Are they good enough to make the play offs. Absolutely but a World Series is out of the question. So here is the conversation I see coming at the trade deadline: Twins to Correa. We either have to sign you to a long term contract right now or we need to trade you. We can't risk keeping you after the trade deadline and then have you opt out at the end of the year. We need clarity now. And if we sign Correa long term, then I think Lewis would make a hell of a third basement long term.

I'm not a hitting instructor but here is what I have noticed over the past several years. Miguel has a big swing that creates massive home runs when he connects but, pitchers have found ways to keep him off balance. Particularly sliders on the outside part of the plate. Miguel will commit, recognize and try to pull back his swing but it is too late as his bat passes the plate. So every year after a long a grueling slump Miguel listens to his hitting instructors shortens his swing and tries to drive the ball to right center field. This helps give him more time to recognize the pitch. I would go a step further and have him swing a slightly heavier bat to slow his swing down a tad telling him his one and only goal is to make solid contact. Like a golfer Miguel does not need to swing hard. All he needs to do is make solid contact and the rest will take care of himself. So, when you're watching the games in the future and the announcers start talking about Miguel trying to swing to right field remember you heard it hear first. And that will get him out of his slump. But why Miguel won't listen and implement before he insures a slump I will never know. That is not a physical attribute, that is a mental stubborn attribute and is the reason that when he starts hitting again I would trade is ass ... I don't enjoy watching undisciplined players, but that's just me ..

Jeffers has a minor league history of hitting and hitting for power. Give him time in the majors, that 1,500 at bats they always talk about and I feel certain he will hit in the 250 - 270 range with power I didn't like losing Mitch because I felt that Garver and Jeffers could spit catching like you said and Garver could pinch hit while not catching. BUT .. I'm all in on the trade because I felt the Twins number one objective in the off season should be moving Donaldson. I wanted to both clear 3rd base for Miranda as well as move his salary. If it took trading Garver to accomplish this I'm fine with it. But the real icing on the cake is having the capital to sign Correa even if he only stays for one season.

JUST AN IDEA. WHY DON'T YOU GUYS DO AN ARTICLE ON WHO YOU THINK WILL BE ON THE 26 MAN ROSTER AT YEARS END

He deserves the number one spot due to the skill set he has at such a young age. Probably still a year away from the majors. I think Lewis will get a shot before Martin,

Paying big money to aging players with a history of injury is not my favorite types of moves. Cruz was the team leader and mentor of the young kids. He played well and is older than Donaldson and the topic of him letting us down or the Twins letting Cruz down is something I would never have contemplate.. And I never got the sense the Twins players looked to Donaldson for leadership. He's more of a person that ordains himself in that role. If he wants to be a leader he needs to do it with his bat and stay on the field. Lead by example. As for whether we should trade him or not I'm fine either way. He is not our savor and the demission needs to be make on getting good value in a trade and move a big chunk of his salary.. If not, let's keep him around and hope for the best. but would prefer he move to DH to leave room at third for our young stud at triple A. Plus it would keep him in more games.

So, we picked up Jack Morris for the 1991 season after pithing to an 4.86 and 4.51 era in 1989 and 1990 .. Jack was 36. How did that work out for us .. On the other hand Jack's era dropped off though the 6 plus range at 38 and 39

The twins pattern is to wait for a mid tier pitcher to slip through the early round of free agency and then circle him like a shark trying to sign him to a one year deal. To be honest, anything but a top of the order picture is waited money. I would prefer to go with our three starters and then team up our young starters in the other two starts. It would entail each going no more than 3 or 4 innings and rely on the pen to finish up the last 2 or 3 innings. It actually would be fewer innings than the typical 4 that the relief picture's pitch now but would need to be because you would be filling two relief spots with short starters. It's not as bad as it seems as many weeks (especially) in the early season the 5th starter never pitches. The other advantage is in the case of double hitters you could make one of them a starter and ask him to pitch five innings or more if he is having a good game. I really don't want us to add an average starter or two and eat up all the innings our young guys could be throwing. I only say this because we are stacked with young starting pitchers knocking on the door.

All I can say is: if that is 16-20 we are in fantastic shape! However, I am not a Celestino fan. I feel about him the way I've always felt about Jake Cave. We should use him as trade bait.

So many young arms in our pipeline that have yet to get a chance. I would really love to see Ober/Ryan and Bundy if he can get back to form and then go bullpen games twice a week with our top starting pitcher prospects going 4 innings each with a closer in the 9th.

Sorry, but the people who say don't tender Arraez or Garver are either trolls from other divisional rivals or just plain dimwitted.

What do I think? I think that was one fine article you wrote! Thx

Castillo would be great but let's not give up the farm .. If we could get him for Lewis and say, three prospects ranked between 20 and 40 I'm in but not three top prospects like the trade simulator says.

I was very impressed with Gordon. If he can't make our lineup next year it means we are going to have one hell of a team. I say Gordon sticks around for a few years ..

We have had so many top minor leaguers on the DL this year. I think a good article on this site would be to post all players who will need to be protected on the 40 man roster. Then we can evaluate who needs to make the list and where Colina would have slotted. Only way we can truly evaluate this move. But yes, it was a surprising move worthy of discussing.

129 AB .. 58 SO .. .163 BA .. Average fielder and below average speed on the base paths.. I swear to god, if Sano shortened his swing and tried to hit line drives he would end up hitting 40 balls over the fence by accident and strike out significant less ..

I don't think those would be the guys. More like: Happ, Shoemaker, Colome, Sano, Kepler By the way, not trying to be mean but lose the RED Bars on the front page. They look hideouts. Total distraction JMHO

Waddell should NOT be sent back to the Saints ... He should be outright released!

It's all about service time with Kirilloff. I predict that once we can hold his rights for an extra year he will be up which supposedly is sometime around the end of April. I would think they would wait until he has a couple weeks under his belt at triple A so maybe towards the end of May? I would cut or trade Cave at that point so that he can play full time.

i've got 4 words. Kirilloff, Larnach, Duran, Balazovic Give it until May and if they can't get out of their slump call all 4 up. This team needs new blood and they are the future. Trade Sano, cut Shoemaker and Cave, and demote Dobnak so he can get back on track. Poor kid's mind must have been blown with that new contract .. At least that would get me Excited about watching the play again,