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  1. Brandon
    If he was still slumping, I would be on the DFA Margot bandwagon but he stepped up and is producing. Let’s ride his hot streak and see where he’s at before we go back to DFA. He is close to career norms now.
  2. Brandon
    We should totally dump the guy for a slump he had back in April. The .899 OPS he had in June and is carrying forward now has no place on the team because of how he hit during the first month or so of the season.
  3. Brandon
    Where does Farmer sit on the list? one thing that helps Castro is his speed. I wonder how many extra hits and doubles he was able to squeak out because of his speed.
  4. Brandon
    I didn’t watch the game so substitute Hader for specialized reliever.
  5. Brandon
    Ted your on a roll like Miranda. That’s like 6 good articles in a row. Have you been taking writing lessons from Nick Nelson? Keep it up. 👍 I agree that if the Twins do make a trade it would be for a reliever. JD Martinez is the only impact bat that wouldn’t cost much dollar wise that would be an upgrade to the lineup. I’m sure there are others. But not many. I’m it sure who the Twins would target in that group but if we got Jansen then Velazquez would have to be included in that trade and maybe Dobnak too. I doubt the Reds sell Cruz they are close to the end of their rebuild. Their rotation is shaping up if they stay healthy and take a step forward next season. Yates is a good option. for Mason Miller I wonder if we could build a package around the OF we got from the Mariners, Funderburk or Sands and Raya or Culpepper and if need be a low a flyer. I would do that trade.
  6. Brandon
    I think the thought process is he will have a better shot at extending his streak against a starting pitcher tomorrow after he gets some rest after the game vs hitting against Hader who we didn’t know was going to implode
  7. Brandon
    Don’t forget Velazquez. He managed to finally get his OPS over .500 tonight.
  8. Brandon
    Once the Twins scored 12 in the 9th to beat Cleveland 13-12. It was in the early 2000s. Josie played a big part of the comeback if I remember correctly.
  9. Brandon
    Yes but with Garcia you kind of have to because he was only here a week and then traded. We ended up in the playoffs so that trade could technically be a buy trade. You still have to consider what we got vs what we gave up. And I forget what we got when we traded Garcia away but we need to include that when considering the trade to get him to begin with
  10. Brandon
    Only 2 of those trade were really significant in terms of cost to us. Lopez and Mahle trades. I cant fault the Mahle trade at all. it was a solid trade with prospects that were redundant in our system. On Jaime Garcia trade we should also include the sell since we only kept him that one start so the return on trading him should also count against what we gave up to get him.
  11. Brandon
    After going a generation since we had Gagne as our last competent SS. It’s nice to have an all star caliber player for the foreseeable future there. I think Correa was the best because he will age out of his contract so much better than the others.
  12. Brandon
    Exactly this 👆
  13. Brandon
    I didn’t like the López trade from the beginning but I had misplaced hope. all I’m saying is Mahle still did better than others traded at the deadline. Montas was worse and probably who we would have traded for if not for Mahle. I didn’t like trading Steer in the deal either. But I see 3 different ways to grade this trade. 1. How good was the deal at the time of the trade. 2. How was this trade compared to other deadline deals? 3. How did the players ultimately perform after being traded? On 1. It’s a B for me. 2. Is a C and 3. Is a D. So I’m going to agree with your stance on the deal. I think if you hated this deal you are inclined to be most likely grading on 3.
  14. Brandon
    I would grade the Mahle trade much better. He wasn’t injured when we got him. He was pitching well when he pitched. He did better than Montas who was traded to the Yankees. In fact most of the deadline deals that year didn’t work out if I remember correctly. I say Montas because I bet he was the other pitcher we were likely trying to get. on Dyson I would rate that trade as a non factor for either team. No one got anything from that trade. The López trade was a loser because of our failure to develop Cano and Povich should be a solid back if rotation pitcher.
  15. Brandon
    The Twins have 5 solid starters right now: 1. Lopez 2. Ryan 3. Ober 4. Paddack 5. Woods-Richardson We even have Festa and Varland as back up starters Why do we need a starter exactly? At best I can see us acquiring a reliever or maybe a backup OF to replace Margot. I doubt the Twins are willing to add much to payroll at the deadline. If anything, I can see them shopping Farmer, Margot or Velazquez to cut payroll back a little.
  16. Brandon
    If we acquired Jansen, we would be on the hook for almost 6 million. I doubt we are picking up salary in season. Maybe if we were on pace to draw 2.75 million fans give or take. So we would have to give up salary or better prospects with Boston sending cash in the deal to make it happen. The question is what do we have to give up to get him? Would Varland straight up get us Jansen and cash to pay down salary? Would we need to add a low level prospect in the deal. from Bostons perspective they may be trying to take advantage of the market with so many teams still potential buyers. for the record my vote is to pass thou I am open to a value deal for us.
  17. Brandon
    Cavaco was released by the Twins and signed with Astros to try pitching. He pitched two games before being released by the Twins. I guess they didn’t see enough to develop him.
  18. Brandon
    Vargas was a Twin once upon a time like Law and Floro
  19. Brandon
    Woods-Richardson is definitely making me feel better about the Berrios trade. I sure wasn't happy when he was traded. still not. He was one of my favorite players. Martin looks like he will be a useful 4th OF. But Woods-Richardson being a low-cost impact starter has lots of value. Looks like the rotation will be pretty stable the next 4 seasons with Lopez, Ryan, Ober, and Woods-Richardson all locked up and Paddack through next season.
  20. Brandon
    I think if we go big we should go after a player like JD Martinez. He is on a 1 year 12 million contract and is a great hitter. I don't think he is a great OF by any means but could play 20-30 games there maybe 10 at 1B and the rest at DH. If we can include Margot in the trade. we offset more of the salary. If we could include both farmer and Margot the salary gain would be so minimal. I wonder what we would have to give the Mets to get him? In the second half of the season he could hit .280/.350/.520 with 15-20 HRs which would be a nice addition to the lineup. (and he is actually hitting around that so far this season)
  21. Brandon
    I’m not opposed to giving Dobnak a spot start here or there.
  22. Brandon
    The Twins will be in on a small tweak addition probably a reliever or if they really need to trim payroll I wonder if they try to trade Velazquez or Margot or Farmer. But I agree that I doubt the Twins do anything significant. Do they really need to?
  23. Brandon

    Delusions of Grandeur

    Brandon commented on Twins GFP's blog entry in Twins GFP

    1. Maeda hasn’t been good this year so clearly the Twins were right to let him walk. 2. They were not going to pay Gray no matter what. But Woods Richardson has been a nice find also Paddack has been successful mostly. He has 2 starts with 16 earned runs in which skew his season. I get critiques and that’s fine. Complain about not getting 1 starter this offseason. They did a good job of shoring up around that.
  24. Brandon

    Delusions of Grandeur

    Brandon commented on Twins GFP's blog entry in Twins GFP

    I think the Fire Dan Gladden meant to say damit injuries. These injuries are keeping our team from being more competitive. With injuries to Buxton and Correa and Lewis and early season slumps from Julien, Farmer, Velazquez, and Varland. We haven’t been as competitive as we should be. I doubt the front office would do much more if they had the budget anyways as there wasn’t many holes to fill on the team last offseason. Bench and bullpen and maybe resign Gray if possible. I’m not sure what else could’ve been done. A higher budget would have us resigning Taylor instead of trading for Margot. Maybe we don’t trade Polanco. Not sure what else was on the table. But early slumps which have ended and injuries sure took a toll on our competitiveness.
  25. Brandon
    Good article Ted
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