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  1. Brandon
    I think if Jax wants to move back to the rotation, he’s earned a chance to try. Hard to see that with Minnesota unless Varland goes to the pen and is successful there so Jax can go to the rotation. But Jax is entering his arbitration years and as a top reliever he will have good earning power. Compared to others like Lugo or Montgomery. They were solid middle relievers who could earn 5-8 million a season in the pen. I’m sure if Jax keeps having his results will make 10+ million a year soon.
  2. Brandon
    Sabato is this generation’s version of Dave McCarty.
  3. Brandon
    If Lewis has 15-16 HRs by the All Star break I’m sure he’ll get in. Some one will ask out and he will take their place. I think the sample size of stats for this season is too small. Get him to 120 ABs with a .320+ average and 16+ HRs and tell me how he doesn’t get in?
  4. Brandon
    Even at the 1.1 War he has already produced makes his 5.625 million salary a good deal.
  5. Brandon
    Santana is on track to have a 2.5 WAR season give or take for 5.625 million. That seems like a bargain to me. As far as Miranda is concerned, he definitely has value as a hitter here. It doesn’t seem like he has a ceiling that’s too high but still solid.
  6. Brandon
    I wonder how the shrinking revenue from TV will affect contracts moving forward. Not just for the Twins but industry wide. To me this makes it harder to peg a good contract for him. I have him at 3-4 years at 12-15 million per season contract value. If we can extend him in that 10 million per season range he is worth considering for an extension, for his age 28-31 seasons. I am not sure how much room we have in the budget going forward. I wonder if the Twins will scale payroll back more next year. Attendance is terrible and the TV contract isn’t paying from what I can see. from Castro’s perspective, I bet he is really happy here and would be willing to sign an extension. He was let go by Detroit and has that experience in his mind. Why mess with a good thing if he gets paid?
  7. Brandon
    You talked about Guerrero and mentioned 2 others. I guess I was expecting you to compare them to Santana. Instead of just linking them. I’m sorry.. you did a great job building the case on how Santana deserves a shot based on him vs Guerrero but just links to two others.
  8. Brandon
    What are the other 1B doing? What are the top contenders numbers compared to Santanas? I think on our list of potential all stars is maybe Ryan and Jax with Correa and Jeffers as candidates on the position player side and Santana is on the periphery of the list of those deserving a spot. He is definitely making his contract with the team a bargain.
  9. Brandon
    If the Mets paid the remainder of Alonso’s contract, I can see this trade if we didn’t already have Miranda and Santana playing a solid 1B. But isn’t LF and backup C where our lineup has the most issues right now?
  10. Brandon
    We should totally release Farmer at this point for slumping in April. On April 26th he had a .285 OPS. Since then he is at .796. It is the middle of June so we should absolutely release a player for how they did 2 months ago no consideration whatsoever should be given for his play since the slump ended 2 months ago.
  11. Brandon
    I am confident the Twins are happy with how his contract played out seeing as how they guaranteed him less money with less years, but with options to reach 10 years and still less money. But the way to view this contract is the Twins are paying Correa to produce at or near 4 WAR per season. I imagine as the contract ages it may go to 3.5 WAR or 3 WAR a season, and even less in the option years (this statement is not factoring changing TV revenues). after saying all of this, even with how Correa is performing now, I don't think it would be smart to lock him up for 12-14 years like the Mets and Giants were initially doing. I do think Correa should have negotiated more incentives into his Twins option years of his contract. but otherwise, I think he got a fair deal. And I do agree with Ted that as of today both the Mets and Giants and almost every other team for that matter would love to have Correa on their team.
  12. Brandon
    Lewis is tied for 4th place on the team in HRs with 7 in only 41 ABs. Also he is averaging a HR every 6.833 ABs or you can say he has a .171 HR batting average (HR / AB instead of H/AB for average calculation).
  13. Brandon
    I would like to apply for this position. I will gladly promote the front office for a salary. I’ll even push ticket sales and merchandise and try to set up expensive events at Target Field.
  14. Brandon
    What make taking Lewis an even safer pick was that he agreed to a below slot deal that allowed them to draft a late first round talent in the third round and go over slot to sign him. If Enlow was able to make it to the show and contribute for the Twins, taking Lewis first overall is what made that possible.
  15. Brandon
    on April 26 Farmer was 3 hits in 47 AB with 1 2B and 6 BB and 2HBP for a line of .064 / .200 / .085 for a .285 OPS since he is 17 for 57 with 7 2bs and 4 BB and 3 HBP for a line of .298 / .375 / .421 for an OPS of .796 Seems to me like he is hitting pretty good overall since he ended his slump on April 26th to me.
  16. Brandon
    I doubt it. Farmer has gone from a .044 average to a .192 average. he is back on track and needs more time to get his average back up. If he is released now its because of what happened in April. Being that its June that would be silly.
  17. Brandon
    The Pirates are a half game out of the playoff race. They may still be willing to do a low wattage move for a prospect. I have a feeling they want to try to compete for that last wild card spot if they can. More likely is what can they get from us that doesn't cost anything. Taylor is the only player I could see them moving to the Twins if the Twins were willing to deal for him. Maybe they could swap bullpen arms if there was someone each team would like from the others pen. I just don't see The Twins being very active this trade deadline.
  18. Brandon
    They are only trading Kepler if they are giving up on the season. They will only owe 4-5 million for the rest of the season and they will make that back if they make the playoffs. I’m sure the Twins would love to lower payroll more with the loss of TV revenue so early in the season. But they also don’t want to lower their odds of making the playoffs either. I see them standing pat or maybe a small depth move or two. I don’t see the Twins doing much because of how terrible the other veterans with salaries are doing this year outside of Correa and Buxton (Buxton on defense). I guess Santana has some sort of value and could be salary dumped. If Farmer goes on a tear maybe he could be salary dumped.
  19. Brandon
    So do we the fans, care about the almighty dollar, or we would pay the extra whatever to just move on and watch the Twins.
  20. Brandon
    This team is worthy of a deep playoff run. especially if we trade for top stars.
  21. Brandon
    JD Martinez is the better target. his salary is less, and he will cost less prospects and we could probably get the Mets to throw in some cast to balance out the cash difference. I imagine the Twins are not adding payroll if they are not getting money for the television games.
  22. Brandon
    So far this season, Alonso isn’t a big enough upgrade for the cost to acquire. I’m sure there will be better buys by the trade deadline.
  23. Brandon
    I also want to point out the Twins have only used 6 starting pitchers this season so far. Very few minor injuries on the pitching staff other than the injured pitcher we acquired hurt.
  24. Brandon
    If Oakland is trading a rookie reliever for prospects I would go so far as to trade the OF we got from Seattle, Raya, and maybe Cole Sands for Miller tops.
  25. Brandon
    For a short IL stint the Twins could bring up Festa or Dobnak with the idea of going to the bullpen after a few innings and practically making the missed start a bullpen game. If the IL stint is timed right he would only miss a start.
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