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  1. Brandon
    I think the Twins made their big moves for the winter meetings. They signed Moran to a 2 year minor league deal and Rodriguez to a 1 year minor league deal.
  2. Brandon
    The Farmer for Carlson trade has merit. If we get Carson why are we signing Bader? We have Castro and Gordon already as players who can backup OF and play CF. Carlson and Bader is an either or kinda of move. pittsburg is not trading Keller see my post above. Hoskins is a good idea but I think a platoon of Miranda and Killeroff makes more sense and they can be part of DH rotation for more AB. I figure the top 2 holes on the team are #2 starter replacement for Gray which also would fill the depth in rotation as well and CF defense. Buxton may be ready to go and Castro and Gordon could be the fillins which could work. But if not there are 3 CF on the market. Bader, Kiermaier and Taylor. Any of these three will do. If we need additional payroll then trading Vázquez and Polanco make the most sense. I like the idea of getting Devin Williams but if Milwaukee is trading him they are in tear down/ rebuild mode and want prospects only.. Why not just trade Polanco for prospects?
  3. Brandon
    If I am Pittsburg and trading Keller, I want pitching prospects coming back. Teams only trade pitching when they are about to loose pitcher or when they have too much pitching. A Frank Viola type return. Winder, Festa, Lewis and Sands might do the trick. 5/6 years of 2 swing man as the floor and 2 potential starters too.
  4. Brandon
    I think Pagan would be an option for the Twins for at most 5 million per season more likely 4. But good for him to get the score. He has a longer track record of giving up HRs than last year’s stingy mark. Odds are he regresses some. If he figured something out and can keep it up…..Nah…..
  5. Brandon
    If the Twins have to trade Polanco, Vázquez and Farmer to free up the cash to trade for a starter it may make more sense to sign a Keuchel or Odorizzi for depth//5th starter and roll with what we have. Though I suspect they also want to sign a CF too I guess trading Vázquez helps lower payroll and probably more importantly lowers 2025 commitments. A low cost backup with Camargo waiting in AAA and Jeffers starting 100 games +-10 will not be a huge drop off except a downgrade on defense. Savings around 8-9 million per season if they can trade the whole contract. I’m of the opinion Vázquez will hit in the .240-.260 range next season with similar power and an OPS near but below .700. If trading Vázquez allows us to keep others I’m on board. If we have to trade others to creating more holes…. I guess it comes down to which holes would you prefer. A downgraded rotation and CF or downgraded C, IF depth, and…
  6. Brandon

    Seattle wants Polanco

    Brandon commented on Brandon's blog entry in Blog Brandon

    Satire. There is no link to an article or request to do so. so……. But it does make sense that there is a good match no matter how I titled the blog post.
  7. Brandon

    Seattle wants Polanco

    Brandon commented on Brandon's blog entry in Blog Brandon

    When I wrote this, I was saying there is a match. I didn’t mean literally Seattle is targeting Polanco as I am not a reporter just a blogger. But Polanco is one of the best players available at 2B. I think the Orioles have lots of talent to trade as well. But our biggest need is a #2 starter and Seattle needs a good 2B and 3B. So a Lee Polanco package or Farmer and Polanco package could lead to us getting that pitcher. Both teams do have other options. But the matchup is there now. I’m just pointing that out and watching every thing happen as the Twins will move slowly this winter.
  8. Brandon
    I think the big reason the Twins didn’t want to go 2 years with Maeda was the commitments we already have for 2025 season. Maeda on a 2 year deal is fine. We just didn’t have the money in the budget for either as Gray signed a reasonable contract as well. I think the Twins would be a place for Gray as Minnesota did check off a lot of boxes for him and isn’t too far from home. Probably 2-4 on his list. But that darn budget.
  9. Brandon
    Winder and Sands were usable as 7th and 8th members of the bullpen last year and make near league minimum. The others will also make league minimum. Balazovich is the only one I see and I can see the Twins offering a nice enough split contract to be able to keep him if he doesn’t make the team.
  10. Brandon
    Seattle just traded their 3B to AZ for a back up C and pitching prospect. They were looking for a second base upgrade before but this makes it even more important for them to trade a starting Pitcher to Minnesota for a package around Polanco. The pitcher acquired may not replace the starter we acquire but will help give them more depth. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/11/dbacks-trade-seby-zavala-mariners-catcher.html A deal with trader Dipoto in Seattle will get done.
  11. Brandon
    What about 2025 team payroll. You would have to trade that starter if we don’t get to the 7th game of the World Series and we would need to replace the TV revenue too.
  12. Brandon
    Brock mentioned Peralta from Milwaukee. He is on a great team friendly contract for 5.75, 8, 8 with 875k incentives for all three years and one or two of the last years of the contract are team options. I would trade for him. A half step below Gray at a 1/3 the cost or less…. Probably expensive to trade. But we should have what they want in a trade. Julien or Lee and Larnarch or Wallner and maybe Winder with Milwaukee entering a tear down rebuild they may want more prospects at a lower level or a mixture of both low and high level players
  13. Brandon
    https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/11/pirates-sign-gilberto-celestino-to-minor-league-deal.html FYI
  14. Brandon
    The 2025 budget says this is a bad idea.
  15. Brandon
    The last time they tried this the Pohlads were called greedy because people would have to pay for the channel. They can’t catch a break from the fans.
  16. Brandon
    It could be worse we cou Be facing a San Diego size 50 million from payroll cut. And they probably need to do more. Or they will probably need to cut more in the future. I’m curious to see how many other teams cut payroll over this. At least the Pohlads are transparent with what is going on. I do think the cut will be closer to 135-140 million than the 125 low point. Saying 125 makes them look like less of a bad guy when they hit the higher range. We actually have plenty of depth just not the CF per se. but we have Gordon, Vazquez, Farmer (for now) and Castro. We will also have platoons where the players are looking for time at other positions. Polanco/ Julien and Killeroff and likely Miranda if healthy and producing. And we have minor leaguers ready to step in. Martin and Severino to name a few. Like I said signing a back up CF and getting a top of the rotation starting pitcher and maybe dumpster diving for a reliever to compete in spring training is all we need. Other than wanting to resign Gray. Limiting us to a reclamation project or trade is our only options for the rotation otherwise. Let’s see how the offseason plays out before we get all 😡 mad.
  17. Brandon
    Noah says 👋. He is the SS prospect who won the minor league gold glove this year.
  18. Brandon
    And to think the Twins have the 10th or so ranked minor league system. if this is the case and we are developing half of the leagues future 2B (Julien, Polanco, Keashal, Schobel, Martin, Lee, Lewis....) and others as well. There are about to be too many quality major leaguers that may be a way that MLB keeps salary down by shortening a players career or salary due to cost control options.
  19. Brandon
    These are all expected best case scenarios for these prospects. I would recommend a range for the prospects below AA. AA players you can project will be on the MLB team within a season or two. A ball players have farther to go and it’s harder to project when a player will succeed. Case in point a few years ago Enlow was a top prospect. We would have him up by now and we would all be wrong. But he could still make it up as a reliever. Or spot starter or swing man. And it could be next year but when he was a top prospect it was 2018 and 2019with a 2 year expected arrival time when it will take closer to 5 years.
  20. Brandon
    And Lewis
  21. Brandon
    Since we are trying to win in 2024, we should absolutely be trying to have veterans on the bench. Maybe have one rookie they can rotate out for opportunities. But I agree with the author and having more options is good. if a player earns his way up from AAA, The Twins will make a spot for them. Next year at the major league level the goal is to take another step forward in our goal to win the World Series. Developing rookies is a subset of that goal and can take a back seat at the major league level for a year or 3. These guys will still get their opportunities, so let's be patient for the rookies and resign Sonny Gray.
  22. Brandon
    I expect a full analysis of potential picks and scouting report after the selection of our extra pick here at Twinsdaily.
  23. Brandon
    The good news is we have many ways to build a trade package for a starting pitcher. We have players on the MLB team, young players, and good prospects at all levels of the minors. Hopefully we can find an agreeable combo to get a deal done. As for the bench we have a desirable opportunity for back up CF to get lots of playing time on a contender so we should be able to get one. I think we should hang on to Larnarch unless he is part of a package for a starting pitcher. This should be an easy offseason unless the Twins decide to get cute and trade either Polanco or Kepler creating more holes/ less depth….. I’m just sitting back and watching this unfold.
  24. Brandon
    So the question becomes are we trying to win or trying to be ok and start a new playoff losing streak?
  25. Brandon
    So we enter the offseason in a good spot but we don’t have much room to improve as we have ok bench players already and we are looking to raise the floor a little, but we will also subtract Farmer. The big area to improve is a trade for a Gray replacement. This means other teams around us likely have more chances to pass us and put distance on us but we should still be competitive which is what the owners want.
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