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  1. Brandon
    I would like to see Lee at third. Problem is LEwis is also at third and as soon as Miranda’s shoulder heals he also belongs at third. I will just be content when he is up full time getting full time playing time. Some of the doubles he is hitting will turn into HRs as he fills out. I expect to see a .280 ave 20-25 HRs and 25-30 2Bs per season.
  2. Brandon
    The Twins should market for fans in Canada too. Toronto is far from Manitoba.
  3. Brandon
    The Orioles have Lopez back in their fold after Miami put him on waivers and the Orioles made a claim. They will see if they can get him back on track,
  4. Brandon
    While the injury is very serious with how much time he has missed. Lets be patient. He just got back on the field and he just feels pain for all we know. Lets see if there is more to it or just a little rest and pick back up and power through, He could be delayed just a week. Now if we see a 2 or 3 year extension for Taylor then its time to be concerned.
  5. Brandon
    What’s not talked about here is the return of Miranda. I think if his shoulder heals the he could be a good hitter too. He could be a DH or 1B. I think they will keep Polanco next season. He won’t cost too much and neither will Kepler. I can see Lee starting in AAA and several players moving at throughout the year. Lewis at 3B (120 games and SS (15 games) and DH (10-15 games). For example. Solano could be back. I’m sure he likes it here with all the playing time he received. He already has career high in hits, runs and doubles in a season. I wonder if one of the IF will be a super sub and get some time in the OF as well as all around the IF. Farmer has hit at the same level as last year. I wonder if he will be back. He definitely is worthy but is he priced out for a backup player. so we have Killeroff, Solano, Julien, Polanco, Correa, Lewis, and Farmer. With Lee and Miranda on the periphery. It will be fun watching this play out. for a trade idea we could send one of our IF to Miami for Max Meyer and a reliever.
  6. Brandon
    Well Stevenson just got a single and 2 stolen bases then got left at third base. Gallo walked and stole a base too and was left at 2nd base. its middle of 9th inning and the Twins are up 5-1 so they should win the game. but it would be nice for Stevenson sake to score a run.
  7. Brandon
    It’s also a chance to see if he can be the backup / platoon / full time CF next year depending on how healthy Buxton will be by then. The real ? Is do you roster both Stevenson and Martin or just Martin?
  8. Brandon
    So Cody, you are telling us the pitch mix hasn't changed. is there a pitch location map you can find and post to show how the pitches locations have changed month to month for us to compare as well. Maybe his timing is slightly off and he needs to get that back on track. If the pitch mix is the same, Julien will likely figure out how he is getting out and make adjustments. If pitchers have found a way to get him out it is probably harder to make those adjustments to get back on track.
  9. Brandon
    I think season ticket holders won’t like they’re already out of it team, who at least plays .500 ball then goes to a .333 team because management wants to save a few dollars. I would think long and hard about getting season tickets. Or I would want an option for a refund if the team dumps players. Also broader fan apathy. The goal of MLB is to make baseball competitive for all teams. When more teams are in the race you get fan interest. Also interesting is playing the spoiler role. If you can’t win at least beat the Whitesox so they don’t either. When you take out these additional narratives and say naw we gotta build for a future where someone else is tanking and we are on top… where is the fun in that?
  10. Brandon
    I think Forsythe was to help take back cash in the deal and have a place holder at 2nd base for us for the rest of the season. had value just not long term value.
  11. Brandon
    I’ll bite. Minnesota does have money coming off the books and amazingly good rookies are playing their way on to the roster to help keep payroll down so we can afford to make a splash if we wanted to. But as cool as it would be to sign Ohtani, I think we could sign a different big name player though. Maybe a Sony Gray extension at 23 million per season. But really this offseason should be pretty low key. Sign a reliever and another few dumpster diving for relievers by signing 3 or 4 to a minor league deal. Sign a starting pitcher, I guess Gordon and Castro can compete for the platoon CF with Buxton so no need to sign someone for that. Though if they want to resign Taylor I am all for that. He probably wants to start full time…. Next sign a depth starter and additional AAA depth in case of injuries and we should be all set.
  12. Brandon
    I’m just going to beat a dead horse and say the Twins should go for the pitching. The 3 relievers and Clenenger and Giolito too. And one of the rh bats. Renfro or Grichuk. Get something done. I worry we hit our payroll limit for the season and management will decide to do nothing.
  13. Brandon
    on a side note I guess this gives free agents something to consider when signing. will they dump you at the end of August if you are having a subpar season? IT would make it harder to regain lost value if you are not on a team the last month.
  14. Brandon
    now the Whitesox placed Clevenger on waivers and Mets put Carlos Carasco on waivers too.
  15. Brandon
    Bader is a CF not pitcher.
  16. Brandon
    I hope the league institutes a rule to prevent something like this from happening again. This is poor sportsmanship to up and quit like this. It's also unfair for all of the other teams to try to get in the mix and maybe get something for nothing. Baltimore has to be pissed as they worked hard to build through the farm only to have playoff bound teams get reinforcements from this before they can. It's one thing if its one player not performing getting designated but for 6 or 7 players. THats where it gets unfair. I think anyways.
  17. Brandon
    The Angels just put a bunch of players on waivers including Hunter Renfroe and Giolito and others. Do we claim any of them for the playoff run?
  18. Brandon
    He is easily the Twins best offseason free agent signing last offseason. And best value. 1.3 WAR for 2 million and his .376 OBP comes awfully close to what Arreaz gave us last year. put another way if Solano and Gallo switched WAR values this season (Gallo at .4 WAR last I checked) we would be ok with both contracts this year.
  19. Brandon
    And the Twins did it with their top RBI guy at 50.
  20. Brandon
    As far as days off for Correa? I can see limiting him in a series after the second time we play Cleveland and maybe giving him another series to take it easy too. but he needs to be in a rhythm going into the playoffs and not be off right before. too much time off will mess with his hitting. But he should definitely take a few days off. I think something in the neighborhood of playing in 21-25 of the remaining 31 games makes sense or I think there is what 9 games then there is 22 left so playing in 12-16 of the remaining 22 games after the 2nd Cleveland series. I don't know that it is a good idea or how much help a few more days would give him. If he needs a cortisone shot and rest, then he needs to do that right after the Cleveland series so he can be ready to go after that and probably should have a 10-day DL trip for that too.
  21. Brandon
    Solano grounded into a double play here. That must be why the Twins signed him. Also Astudillo pitched 4 games and 4 innings giving up only 1 run for us the year before. Are you sure he shouldn't be pitching in a pen?
  22. Brandon
    With the lack of strikeouts yet still being effective I was reminded of another left-handed pitcher at the end of his career who came to the Twins and pitched 2 seasons with 182 innings and 78 strikeouts. He also had a 4.89 ERA overall and 4.27 ERA out of the pen his second season with the Twins in the steroid era as a back of bullpen arm his production was worthy of 6th starter and 6th man in the pen (bullpens didn't have a 7th or 8th pitcher in them back then. The Twins would carry 11 pitchers back then. Terry Mullholland was in his age 41 and 42 seasons with the Twins and had several successful seasons as a starter for the Phillies. Including a 16-win season and All Star in another. On another note, you can see the before and after steroid effects on Mullholland's numbers. before 94 when the steroid era began, Mullholland gave up between .6 and .7 Home runs per nine innings and it doubled after that. Dallas Keuchel is this generation's version of Terry Mullholland.
  23. Brandon
    The Twins have 31 games remaining. I think I read 9 are against winning teams. Can the Twins go 22-9 to close out the season and win 90 games? That would atleast be a respectable win total for a team going to the playoffs. Not that it matters but a 90 win team makes having the 5-7th best record in the league feel better than being an 85 win team. My money is on an 18-13 record though I hope they prove me wrong and get to 90 wins.
  24. Brandon
    Or maybe a 10 day phantom DL stint for dead arm.
  25. Brandon
    We kept Keuchel instead. He is in the pen now as a piggybacker for Ober.
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