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I think Lewis just needs a minor league reset. His ego needs a little massaging also. He seems to be a little on the paranoid side and needs a confidence rebuild.

His confidence is waning. The offensive results have been terrible. But, I don't think it's time to totally give up on him. He has big talent and his defensive play has been very good IMO. I think that maybe a reset at maybe AA would be good for him. Go down, work it out and come back. If he can't get it worked out there, it would be a shame, but he would not have a place in MLB. Sounds drastic, but it may be the best for both him and the team.

fair enough

Larnach has not traditionally done well against lefties.

Lefty pitcher. Caratini is a switch hitter.

the throw wasn't that bad

I wouldn't head for the bank just yet.

hopefully a long time

At least he hustles on "EVERY PLAY"!!!

Wow, and I've been a baseball fan for many many years. And I've always thought that the runner got a free back to their base on a foul ball, even if it was caught in the air. Learn something every day.

Why wasn't Martin awarded free back to first on the the caught foul ball?

Funderburk is our most reliable reliever. Lol. We are in deep doo doo!!!!! eidt: and now our most reliable reliever has been demoted. Lol, you can't make this stuff up.

My problem with trades, is that I don't believe the front office knows what the heck they are doing. We went from one of the best bullpens in basball to one of the worst at last years trade deadline. And that bullpen is now our weakest point by far. It may be very difficult to build back to a good pen, but I don't see us building a good bullpen by trading Ryan. I believe that building our bullpen is going to have to come from our minor leagues. Trading Ryan before you lose him for nothing, because I don't think they will be able to extend him, is probably a good idea, but we are still not going to be legitimate contenders with this bullpen. I'd love to get a good package for Ryan but I have no idea what that may consist of. This team at this time with the financial comittment that is being shown seems like it will be a long time before we are actual contenders.

what a clown show. Last years front office that traded away our top 5 relievers should be prosecuted. Total circus. But at least they're predictable.

I did not want to see this challenge system put in place initially. "BUT", I now believe that the umpires calls have been so much better this year than in previous years. Due, I'm guessing to them being checked and challenged. Last year was horrible in my opinion. So now I am very much liking the system. The umps are better, and when they are not the call gets changed to the correct call. What could be wrong with that. I believe that technology is so much more accurate than the human eye at live speed, that there is no reason to tinker with it. It doesn't matter what you change, there will always be complaining and whining. You want changes in baseball? You got'em. You now have a clock in a baseball game - stupid. You have the Manfred man in extra innings - UTTERLY RIDICULOUS. At least this challenge system improves the "correctness" of the human factor. Now if we could teach the players to not blow challenges at silly times. Like two outs in the first inning, nobody on base. Have they not dicussed the strategy? You get two incorrect calls. Don't risk them at times when they mean so little. Ok, rant over. Continue the whining.

It has been often stated that the Twins have too many left handed batters in the outfield, which Outman is one of. If you have to replace Outman with another LH bat to platoon against RH pitchers, give Jenkins, Roden, or Rodriquez a shot. If you don't care which side of the plate he bats at, you can add Gonzalez and Fedko as options. Whoever is most deserving of a chance.

This problem is to be put on the front office in drafting poor defensive players, the development team for not bring them up to par, and the coaching staff. The big leagues should be manned by good defensive players. All teams will have a couple poor defensive players but collectively an average team will be able to compete. A team well below average defensively has a very poor chance to compete.

Nice optimistic article, but I'm still pessimistic. Wallner, Larnach, Lewis, Lee, all highly touted 1st rounders. None have performed up to expectations. Continual signings of over the hill free agents and the pitching pipeline that seems to have a leak in it do not encourage hurraah. The future does look brighter, but only if our new batch of highly touted prospects develop to expectations. Jenkins, Rodriguez. Culpepper, Gonzalez, Prilippe, Abel, Tait along with the emergence of Keaschall will keep me watching. But hey, I kept watching during the late 70's and early 80's, so there's that.

I agree. The time is now. Ryan should bring top prospect talent. Jeffers should bring next tier talent. And if Buxton agrees to waive his trade clause, he should bring top prospect talent also, especially with his team friendly contract. It's pretty obvious that we are going nowhere in '26. Time to start over with our own prospects and an influx of top prospects. We could be a contender in '28. Either way, they will probably not be drawing much for crowds at the park. Let's be realistic and take advantage of our trade value, as these players most likely will be gone before we become contenders again anyway. There is no present, so let's work on the future.

Chill out everyone!!!! Remember, it doesn't matter who wins or loses. Jus as long as the players are having fun.

I have some thoughts on the sense or maybe non-sense of how we got here: 1. ANY TIME you are paying someone to play for another team, there has been a big boner leading up to it. And 10M per year for the next 3 years? Somebody needed to pay for that blunder! 2. The draft is always a crap shoot. But leading up to the last several drafts I don't think anyone thought the picks we made were huge mistakes. Lewis and Lee were highly ranked prospects that haven't performed up to expectations as of yet, but it's too early to give up on them. Other first rounders have also been ranked pretty high and still have high hopes of success. So, I don't blame Falvey for the drafts. But developing the picks may be a problem from Falveys' regime. 3. The combination of Falvey and Baldelli had a sour smell to it all along IMHO. Finally getting rid of Rocco was a day that I rejoiced and now Falvey gives me hope for the future. Now if only the Polahds could get the team sold, well, that will be the turning point. The 2024 season was the biggest disappointment for me because it looked for the longest time that we were playoff bound even though the payroll had been cut. Then they stepped on a landmine and totally blew the stretch run. 4. I still have high hopes for the future because I believe in our prospects. Jenkins, ERod, Gonzales, Culpepper, Houston and a plethora of good looking young pitchers. I just don't think I'll be around long enough to see how good they can be. 5. The trade deadline sell off is still a head scratcher for me. We went from having a very strong bullpen to selling off all of our best relievers, several with multi year control left. Unless you are looking to do a total rebuild, this just doesn't make any sense to me. 6. I think the Twins are trying to keep the payroll as low as possible while still trying to show a bad attempt to compete in the bad, but getting better AL central, until after the new CBA. With possibly a very different set of rules, they are holding back on guarenteeing any larger contracts until they have an idea of what they are dealing with. Along those lines, I'm betting that Lopez's big contract will be traded by the deadline. All things considered, I am happy to see both Falvey and Rocco gone.

I get the feeling that Twins fans may be against this deal. Huh! Expect it to happen now.

I think "Big Talking Tom" has gone home.

Enjoyed the article. Bring him home! Nothing to lose on a minor league contract. Is at an age where the pitcher in him could certainly develop under the right tutelage and in the right atmosphere. Love a good homer feel good story. Bring him home.

What's the old saying? You can't have too much pitching! And there is no projectable future HOF'ers on this squad. There are always injuries. There are always down years. I would not trade any of them as it is possible that they may all get some needed time in the rotation or some quality innings out of the pen, especially the youngsters. We've built some depth at a position and I don't see them bringing back anything worth while. Continue development. At least until the trade deadline, then re-evaluate.