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  1. Brandon
    Zach Neto is not a trade target with Culpepper and Houston on the way. But a reliever from the Pads could be.... Mason Miller...or any number of relievers or Gausman. Soriano and Detners are good calls.
  2. Brandon
    I think it is better to go for it with Jeffers. If he is going to hit .850-.900 OPS, we need all of the bats we can get as the offense is the teams greatest strength. It is the main reason we are still in it. (Taj success and the rest of the league in decline help too). a QO is a fine outcome if we add winning to this year too
  3. Brandon
    I don't think Gausman for example will cost too much. And a reliever who is decent shouldn't break the Twins. Or Tiat, another minor league prospect and international spending cap space for Skuball ok that is expensive but we have Catchers to spare. Gausman is more realistic We don't need to trade our good players like Larnarch or Jeffers either. It's ok to let them walk or offer Jeffers a qualifying offer and get stuck with him for one more year. Just make a few reasonable cost moves. It would be a shame to not take advantage of the highest scoring offense in the league and the offense even has internal improvements at the ready
  4. Brandon
    I expect Kreidler will be a backup IF in our future. And he is doing great for our future backup. Also he has 15 XBH in 163 AB so the power is good. He walks enough. His average has gone down but if he has plus defense then he is fine as a placeholder for Culpepper.
  5. Brandon
    Any time you are in the playoffs you can win it all.
  6. Brandon
    If we bring up Culpepper to get some experience, he may not be ready during his first call up so we want to keep both Gray and Kreidler so they can take back over SS if needed.
  7. Brandon
    The biggest holes in the lineup is RF and SS. We have top prospects ready to come up at any time now, Lewis and Keaschall are hitting better now than before. Lee and Clemens are the same. As is Larnarch. The regression you are talking about must be from Gray and Martin. SS and RF. Culpepper and a number of OF prospects are ready to step in.
  8. Brandon
    Yes. A rotation of Ryan, Bradley, (Gausman for example) Ober and either Matthews or Preliepp would get us through the regular season fine. Preliepp to the pen strengthens the pen. And we bring up Culpepper and or Jenkins to strengthen the offense. All problems addressed.
  9. Brandon
    An interesting poll ? For Twinsdaily. Would you rather see the Twins buy or sell at the deadline this year? This should be posted at the top so everyone can see and vote and discuss why or why not in the comments. I think we should bring up Culpepper and Jenkins to finish the year helping our offense and we should trade for a starting pitcher and maybe a reliever. (The starter pushes either Matthews or Preliepp to the pen) And get another reliever. That would be good for the young guys to start off in a pennant race.
  10. Brandon
    You mean the one that leads the American League in scoring?
  11. Brandon
    The Twins have a few bats in AAA. We would need to trade for a starting pitcher. Preliepp to the pen and we are off to the races.
  12. Brandon
    I've got the solution that makes everyone happy. We trade Jeffers at the trade deadline as a plyer to be named later so we can continue playing him until we announce the player to be named later after the season. Every body wins, we keep him until after the season and keep playing him
  13. Brandon
    The Angels get stars and no depth. Their farm is not good either. That is their problem. They always start good, then an injury and they are done. Because they have no depth to cover for the injured player.
  14. Brandon
    The Twins have the best offense in the AL and they have minor leagues ready to step in. Culpepper at SS and a number of OF prospects. Roden is getting his chance now. We could use an upgrade in the rotation and a top reliever. And that makes 85 wins more likely.
  15. Brandon
    I will just say it here. Our pen has been doing pretty good lately. Adams has 8 scoreless innings in a row and counting getting his ERA down to 4.99. Did he turn a corner? What changed besides improved control? Morris and Gomez are probably the co-team MVP for coming out of nowhere to save the pen. Now we have Sands back. This should help. Raya, turned a corner in AAA and did well in his short stint before getting hurt. Anderson, pitched great before the demotion. Nance has given up to many base runners for the results he has but not too bad. Gallagher and Culpepper are the two remaining prospects who are ready in AAA. Even Rogers is on a run of 1 earned run in his last 6.67 innings. We probably still need a reliever at the deadline, but it's not as dire as it was a few weeks ago.
  16. Brandon
    If you're a pessimist you give up. Boston has already won. They won't go on a losing streak or anyone else a winning streak. Boston is only a half game ahead of Cleveland. That doesn't mean anything at this point. Detroit once came back from a 3 game deficit to overtake Toronto in the last 7 games of the season. There are so many teams still in the race right now. But Boston has changed the equation. Going from Sellers to buyers, Boston has a chance to make the races more fun and interesting.
  17. Brandon
    The lesson to be learned is that shiny new prospects don't need to get injured right as they are starting to make a mark. Abel, I'm talking to you. And Festa and while he isn't a prospect Banda went and got hurt right after I joined the Bandawagon. Next lesson. Trading a reliever that throws 99 after trading all your other good relievers. WTF! Last lesson. While it will take a minute to fully be realized, It looks like the Twins are going to win the Duran trade by a lot and Duran is good.. that's the kinda trade we gotta make. And I hope we learn that Gallagher has a lot of value as a middle reliever soon. That would be a fun lesson to learn.
  18. Brandon
    SP Clay Holmes with the Meta is also available so we should check his availability.
  19. Brandon
    I don't get not going for it this year. We bring up Jenkins to play RF and our offense which already leads the league in runs scored is better. Our SP.is average. Our bullpen is improving. A good reliever and a number one or two level starter should put.us in contention to win in the playoffs.
  20. Brandon
    Gomez and Morris were penned to be at the top end of the bullpen this year. They definitely were not a surprise at all. No expectation beating here. Double for Kreidler.
  21. Brandon
    And if we can trade for at least one good reliever, we have an average pen.
  22. Brandon
    I doubt Lewis sits much so Cartini can play. Also while in contention they won't trade Larnarch. Roden will go back down when Buxton is off the DL and Martin will be the backup. He is not hitting well enough to start.
  23. Brandon
    An even bigger anomaly is how Gomez strikes out 5 of the 9 batters he faced in 4 innings of work that week.
  24. Brandon
    I moved from against trading Jeffers to open to trading Jeffers. If he hits with a .900 OPS then keep him. Or if we get a good trade return of a receiver and prospect. Then maybe. ... I do want to point out other teams have closed up the gap with good play as well. Detroit is 3-3.5 games out of a wild card and Boston is on an 8 game winning streak. One thing I like about this team is it feels like we are close enough to being that competitive team capable of winning in the playoffs. Let's be aggressive at the trade deadline and see what happens.
  25. Brandon
    Where does Lackey rank on the top prospects list? Is he higher than Jenkins?
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