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  1. Brandon
    The key takeaway is your going to bet. We just don’t know who for just not against the Royals. Got it👍
  2. Brandon
    The Good news is we have lots of stability for the foreseeable future. The rotation is similarly set as 2027 should be something like Lopez, Ryan, Ober, Varland and hopefully we develop one more starter. I imagine by 2027 some of these up an coming players may be traded for salary relief. Otherwise I think most of these players will actually be here. Like the class of 1982 Twins in 1987……Oh yeah! I went there!
  3. Brandon
    More subtraction occurred today. Rob Antony will be leaving at the end of the year as his contract expires and was not renewed. He has been here since 1988. And was the acting GM between Terry Ryan and Falvey and Levine. I think he traded for Mejia with the Angels for Nolasco and that injured starting pitching prospect. The one we got from the Nationals for Span. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/12/central-notes-cubs-royals-india-twins.html
  4. Brandon
    And Lewis. He will be taking reps there in spring training.
  5. Brandon
    When looking for Twins pitching targets it makes more sense to look for a pitcher with mainly 1 year of control left so the cost to acquire stays lower. We already have 5 starting pitchers who are locked in for a while. 4 of them through the next 4 seasons. We have multiple prospects on the way up too. so we will have plenty of depth available at AAA after this season. In 2024 I expect Varland, Festa, and SWR to get 4-10 starts each minimum (Varland may get 32) Dobnak is available for a spot start or two. Look at who all should be available at some point next season. Festa, SWR, and then Lewis, Raya, Peirson Oh, CJ Culpepper and more. maybe Preliepp. with budgets and available low cost talent on the way the Twins are well positioned moving forward, I said that to make the point we only need the impact starter for this coming season.
  6. Brandon
    How many moves do you expect the front office to make? I expect a starting pitcher capable of being trusted in the playoffs. A #2 starter. I also expect the Twins will sign a bench player either a CF or 1B and a minor league deal or three for relievers and depth. And a depth starter maybe. That would tell us how the Twins feel about our starters below Varland. If Keuchel wants to come back on a AAA deal and even one with opt outs or handshake agreements to move him for a MLB opportunity, I’m on board with that. Out of all that I only expect 1 major transaction. Though if the pitcher we acquire has a salary over 5 million and we are not trading a salary back in the deal, I would expect the Twins will trade Polanco for prospects and salary relief. Though I suspect it’s Farmer on his way out.
  7. Brandon
    We did add a draft pick this offseason. Too bad we didn’t get a rule 5 pick to give us something to analyze…
  8. Brandon
    We should absolutely corner the Luis Castillo market and acquire all Luis Castillo's out there to play for the Twins at some point in their careers. Luis Castillo Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com In case you forgot we already had Luis Castillo back in 2007 and 2008,
  9. Brandon
    I think she is now Jenny’s roommate. So just call Jenny at 867-5309.
  10. Brandon
    Anyone take notice of the Royals raising their floor to try to be a .500 team next season? They signed 2 starting pitchers Wacha and Lugo and 2 relievers Chris Stratton and Will Smith and a utility player Garret Hampton and a bat in Hunter Renfroe. These moves won’t make them a contender but will raise their floor. They may be a .500 team next year and definitely will be a better opponent when we play them. They are adding around 400-500 innings and a 20-30 HR bat and some speed to their lineup and bench. I think they are about done except maybe a few minor tweaks here and there. But what do you think of the makeover in Kansas City and their pitching staff and team really? Will they be competitive next season?
  11. Brandon
    So the Delmon Young trade is just a branch of the Chuck Knoblauch trade. Buchanan was acquired in the Knoblauch trade. The Author didn’t go back far enough for accuracy.
  12. Brandon
    I am surprised they guaranteed that much money. I would have made it with easy to reach incentives like 100-120 innings then gone up for that last 5. Maybe 12 million guarantee with 1 million bonus at 80 innings and 2 million per 10 innings that second season to reach the 22 million total. Just so you don’t lose all that money when he blows out his shoulder or has bilateral leg weakness or something even weirder.
  13. Brandon
    https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/#google_vignette 22 million with 5 million incentives
  14. Brandon
    You must have missed the article on MLB.com after the dodgers signed Ohtani they have the best 3 hitters in a row… duos are so last week… also note the Twins didn’t make that list either but they also didn’t have a hitter with more than 72 RBIs either so is pitching really scared…. We did have I think 14 players with 40+ RBIs which I think is interesting also that even with such a low RBI leader we were 5 th in the league in runs scored and that is my preference to have the highest scoring offense in the league.
  15. Brandon
    The Yankees are using Judge in CF and probably want to keep Trent as the 4 th OF to have a true CF option. Plus Trent hits .200 we are better off in house.
  16. Brandon
    Lots of players struggled in 2021. That was after the extra-long layoffs from COVID. lots of pitchers got hurt too. Keuchel went downhill and you will find many others who got out of top baseball shape and struggled when coming back in 2021. Kepler was one of them. This does not justify what happened. but Kepler was good in 2020 and struggled in 2021 and in 2022 was off to a solid start 2 months into the season and got hurt and played hurt. 2023 he got off to a bad start (I got nothing here) but rebounded and had good numbers the second half. If I had to guess. we played tougher competition in the first half of the season and our schedule was softer the second half. Kepler was probably better than he was in the first half last year but not as good as he was in the second half either. Thats my explanations.
  17. Brandon
    in 2022 everyone was on the DL that year if I remember the Twins had the 2nd most DL days in all of baseball so having Kepler try to play through it while not a great idea, it was probably needed because everyone else was hurt.
  18. Brandon
    Who was in their top 10?
  19. Brandon
    I typo’d my comment above and fixed it. In 2022 as of May 31 Kepler had an .805 OPS and played through an injury the rest of the season and was shut down in September that year….The May 31 is kinda important in that statement.
  20. Brandon
    I just wanted to point out in 2022 Kepler had an .805 OPS on May 31. and from what I remember he played through with an injury the rest of the season. I think the Twins even shut him down in September. So I think a healthy Kepler will be able to produce an .800 OPS moving forward.
  21. Brandon
    We had a top offense after the all star break last season is why you don't hear anyone talking about the offense. While it can improve. we do have some internal improvements we are pretty confident in happening like Correa bouncing back even if not to previous levels he is likely to bounce back better then last year. Lewis for a full season is a big improvement as well. Buxton is looking more like an OF per reports. and full seasons from Wallner and Julien and more playing time for Jeffers. This all adds up. Vs we lost 2 starting pitchers and a reliever in FA and we need to replace at least one starter who can be trusted to start in the playoffs. Also I keep hearing Devin Williams from Milwaukee. I hate to burst your bubble but it seems Milwaukee is going for it. at least by the moves they have made so far. If they get a hitter you know they are going for it so they wont trade their elite pitchers maybe at the all star break if they fall out of contention. but resigning Miley and extending their phenom who will be a rookie next year points to trying again. I can see them resigning Carlos Santana for 1B and if they can get another hitter like Cron or someone to DH and another 100-110 OPS+ hitter They could have enough offense with their pitching to make a run.
  22. Brandon
    After reading this article it makes me think the Twins should wait until the trade deadLine to get that starter. The moves Milwaukee is making I doubt they sell Burnes and go for it. Now at the trade deadline if they are out of it…. on Paddack, I wonder if 2 or 3 planned 10-15 day DL stints to rest is an allowable DL stint by the league? The Twins should do something like this more than once to help limit his workload and keep him fresh for the playoff run.
  23. Brandon
    The issue with getting Hoskins is the 2025 payroll. There are big raises coming and some of them are already known and built in already.
  24. Brandon
    There are #2 and #3 starters who can have a good season and improve. Gray was not an ace when we got him. But yes I am saying we look for someone who can help in the playoffs but maybe not as the #1 starter. Not a starter in the top 20 but maybe in the 21-60 range. Does that help explain the type of pitcher we should be targeting?
  25. Brandon
    I don’t expect the Twins to trade for a number 1 starter. I am hoping they can find a low #2 or #3 starter who can through a mid 3 ERA and get atleast 150 innings for us. I don’t want the Twins to need to dig too much into our depth as we have many good things in place already.
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