sweetmusicviola16
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I'll concur with others, #34 is not even close to being Top. Compare this to the regular MLB draft, would you call drafting in the 34th spot top? The #34 guy is not even close to the top 5 guys in potential to start out with. And that's not saying that the lower guys won't exceed the top guys. They have and still can.
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That old geezer in the photo has one choppy hairdo. Can't he afford a decent barber?
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I always appreciate your perspectives tony as I know you watch more milb than most here, even the writers.
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Dominguez isn't coming here. He's going to get some serious money I believe. I'd guess 8-10 mil. Phillips coming off of serious injury, how will that help. Yeah he's been good in the past but coming back from injury and being good takes time. LeClerc could be worth a one year prove it deal. But that comes with much uncertainty. Falvey though is likely shopping in the out of date aisle.
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Unless Kreidler is at along the lines of Taylor Walls defensively. Very poor bat but does field. I'm a skeptic on Kreidler being in Wall's territory.
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Clemens is OK, but I suspect he is going to see way too much PT for being just OK.
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Like Gasper.
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I wouldn't Bragg about Wagaman. This article does a bit.
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Only on a bad team does a Wagaman have a chance to break camp. Miami, MN.... Falvey must have a secret fetish for bad men. First Outman and now Wagaman.
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Too bad Terry Ryan and the Pohlad bosses didn't have the balls to sign Jim Thome in December of 2002. I've long contended that the Twins would have had a couple of WS titles in the 2000's had this one transaction been made. I'll continue to stand behind that belief.
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Agree, Morris #1 and Chili Davis #2. Brian Harper #3. Iron Mike Marshall should have been on this top 10 list. Amazing 1978-79 seasons.
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Chili Davis has to be in the next edition along with Jack Morris and Dave Winfield. My guess is Brian Harper is also top 5. The fifth guy is eluding me at the moment. Going on a limb and guessing Mike Marshall. I honestly would have put Berenguer ahead of Molitor and Winfield for the impact on the team. Shannon Stewart ahead of them too with an asterisk, since much of his impact could have been gauged from his first season when he was acquired via trade before he resigned with the Twins.
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What will stop the Twins from returning to relevance is that this is a bad team. Doesn't matter if no powerhouse is in the division. It's a team with horrible roster construction. That is on the FO. With 2027 season having labor questions trade deadline deals for players with one guaranteed year of service time left will be significantly low imo. Fire Falvey. Tough talking Tom talks a good game but does nothing.
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5 Ways to Remember the Twins’ 2025 Farm System
sweetmusicviola16 replied to Cody Christie's topic in Twins Minor League Talk
I have been one of Emrod's biggest fans but I now have far less hope. Just not seeing it anymore. Time will tell. -
I'm fine with waiting to trade Pablo until the end of ST or even into May. As you pointed out other teams will have injury and this allows him to fully establish that he is healthy. If he indeed is..... Ryan should be traded now. Falvey is squandering his value. My honest take is that Ryan would welcome a trade and I see zero chance that he'd want to sign a long term deal here at this point. Unless it was a great overpay.
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Vientos still has some potential and upside and I could see a possible bounce back, defense not so much. I don't know what it would take to acquire him from the Mets. But the Mets have two other guys that I would rather pursue. I don't know what it would take for them either and if the Mets would even move them, I'm sure they would for the right price. Those two would be either Jacob Reimer and or Ryan Clifford. I would love to see the Twins make this deal with the future in mind, a more competitive season than this 2026 one. Either one of these guys may well fit better in that soon future window then Vientos does. If these guys make it they are the type of player that will potentially put an end to the circus of revolution going on at 1B. What would it take for the Twins to acquire Reimer or Clifford? I don't believe it would break the bank.
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I see the chances of this happening as being zero. I would have preferred Walker to Bell, sure. But with Bell already Walker isn't happening. What I would like to see happen is a trade for someone else's 1B prospect who could maybe get a taste of the ML this year and be the guy for next year. Some names I'll throw out there would be Collier from the Reds. Clifford of the Mets. Xavier Isaac of the Rays. We have next to no one close to ML ready in our system. Acquiring one of these guys wouldn't break the farm but it just might get us a 1B beyond the yearly rentals. Granted this isn't a splash move like a Walker but we just might be able to find the guy that could be our 1B for 7-8 years.
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This is a horribly constructed team. Yes we are now behind the CWS. I don't mind being hopeful and positive but reality is still reality. I'm glad MN/TC has a team. That's the best I can say right now.
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With the Orioles acquiring Shane Baz I'd guess they got their Bailey Ober type. I'm not saying they still won't be looking for more upgrades but they won't be looking for guys with diminished velocity would be my guess. Falvey/Pohlad regime is looking at a team with 65-70 wins as being competitive. There are ways to make this team into a very competitive one in 2-3 seasons. Continuing to sign Josh Bell's isn't the way to do it however.
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By the way Tom, in the month that you've been in charge your new way has acquired Orze, Jackson and Bell. And you've announced that you're not moving any of the most valuable pieces that could be used to benefit the teams future the most. Enough said. Firing Falvey a month ago would have generated some trust from me. It's a team that can't spend the real money that is needed to compete and won't use the pieces that it has to compete. Dysfunction at it's highest level. If you're not going to extend Ryan, Lopez and Jeffers you're wasting their value. Dysfunction.
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How do you trust someone that you can't trust?
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I like your ideas tony. I like your GM direction more than the present. With your proposals we'd also have some available money to delve into the dwindling FA market. With the loss of Pablo I'd propose signing a guy like Zach Littel to a FA deal to steady the young rotation. Yes he's a step back from Pablo but he's been productive, and can use up innings. 2/25 And he can be traded at the deadline too. Changing direction does not have to be a dumpster fire.
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Want real change? Fire Falvey.
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hmmmm, I can already see why.
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So we get these new minority owners but the same old routine. Example #1 is yesterdays signing of Bell. Nothing has changed. Next to come will be 4 more FA signings at 3-4mil each. Same old **** different ****ing day. Someone will say "you don't like Bell then what should they have done? He's the best we could get." You don't keep chasing the same rabbit down the same old hole. This is what is continuing to occur. nyctk have a great idea in another thread. You trade for a ML ready prospect. His proposal was Ryan Cliffrord. No this doesn't ooh and ahh but it's a change of direction and since we have zero ML ready 1B in the system you use someone we do have to acquire one, didn't have to be Clifford. But the new regime chose to do it the same old way again and next season guess what? It's what we're likely doing again. Stop.
