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  1. Brandon
    Does anyone know how the other prospects that Atlanta had to let go are doing? Are any still prospects?
  2. Brandon
    Didn't Duffy get better in the 2nd half of the season. I imagine 2020 played a part in control issues and getting out of rhythm. I suspect Duffy will be fine this coming season.
  3. Brandon
    I think this guy could be one Twins Top Prospects (mlb.com) Emmanual Rodriguez if the link doesn't work.
  4. Brandon
    The discussion is about Martin so if we traded Martin for Bassit straight up and sign Bassit to a 4 year 64 million contract we end up with 2 starting Pitchers for Berrios. Granted a 2nd transaction with the 4 year contract occurs. And then A's get a CF. We probably see about the A's including a reliever in this trade and we include a flyer prospect as well. I am ambivalent about whether we should trade him or not. I think if trading him gets us closer to winning then we should trade him. Though I can also see us trading Kepler to be the As or Miami's CF the next 2 years along with a prospect or 2 for a starting pitchers with Martin taking over RF or LF.
  5. Brandon
    I am hoping for the best from Ryan and Ober, my minimum expectation is that 2 of Ryan, Ober, Thirpe, Dibnak, or Max can hold down the 4th and 5th spot in the rotation 5 to 10 starts till others start to show they are ready for opportunities like Winder or Balazovich. In this expectation the Twins will need to sign or trade for 2 established staters. Otherwise its management putting all of the pressure on those 2 to succeed.
  6. Brandon
    The Pohlads are tied for being the 7th wealthiest owners in MLB. good for them. We probably have one of the most stable teams in all of baseball.
  7. Brandon
    I don't remember the Twins bullpen being the problem during the second half of last season. If our bullpen is better than average and we have enough to close out close games and hold leads more than average then I will be happy. I hope we do go out and sign a name reliever for the pen, but I also think we are close to good enough with what we have. I am more worried about the rotation at this point. I think we just need a good SS and a bullpen arm and 2 starting pitchers and we should be ok. maybe an 85 win team with potential for more depending on the young guys.
  8. Brandon
    What about the minor league portion of the rule 5 draft. We did get Brian Buscher from the minor league rule 5 draft.
  9. Brandon
    Actually Target Field was to be able to keep ourr homegrown talent. The Twins didn't say they would compete for top free agents. THey have from time to time. but their claim was to be able to keep their own players.
  10. Brandon
    Josh Donaldson says Hi. So does Sano. and Rogers, and Buxton and Simmons, .....
  11. Brandon
    The Twins were bad last season because of a few bad pitchers....Dobnak, Happ, Shoemaker and Charlie Barnes and John Gant and of Course Colome. but the starting pitchers listed above combined to go 10-29 and all of the blown saves from Colome. THe other issue was injuries to a few key players like Buxton and Garver. Simmons slumped badly as well. So i would imagine with better pitching and a healthy core lineup we will be good again. So trade. I hear Odorizzi is available again. That would be a nice 1 or2 year contract to have on the books. What would we need to give up to get him.... Probably Rortvedt would do the trick. I mean a solid defensive back up catcher on a minimum contract on a team needing to keep expenses low where they can.... Bassit is a great pick up if we extend him. We could have a Berrios quality pitcher for the next 4 seasons at a cost of 60-65 million. yes we should do this. We also have some improving players coming up as well So we could go into next season with these 6 potential starters. Bassit Odorizzi Bundy Dobnak Ryan Ober We will need to get another reliever or 2 as well. Do we sign any free agents or go the trade route there as well? Also we need a SS. Vilar or Story or Simmons..... any will do. With these moves we should be an 85 win team with the potential to do more....
  12. Brandon
    I think this is why most of the pitchers we keep talking about getting are on short term deals. Pineda for 2 and a trade for Bassit on 1. Rodon on 1 year prove it again......
  13. Brandon
    Bundy is what Shoemaker was....a lotto ticket / placeholder. Last season the Twins 6, 7, 8, and 9th starters ( Thorpe, Dobnak, Smeltzer and Duran) were all injured forcing the Twins to give Shoemaker 4 or 5 extra starts. If Bundy is successful, he can keep his job. Of he pitches like last year, Winder or Duran or Balazovich..... Will be ready soon
  14. Brandon
    If the Twins do not make another acquisition then i see the rotation starting the season as: 1. Bundy 2. Ober 3. Dobnak 4. Ryan 5. Thorpe/ Jax The Twins will want the young guys Duran and Winder to spend some time in AAA after missing time last year. After 5 or 6 starts we will see if change begin to occur. Though I suspect the Twins will wheel and deal before the season and we will have this for our rotation. 1. Trade (I'm going with Bassit for cost reasons) 2. Pineda 3. Ober 4. Bundy/ Dobnak (i'm not convinced Bundy has the rotation spot 100% locked down and someone else could step in and Dobnak would be first in line) 5. Ryan
  15. Brandon
    With Miranda being from Puerto Rico I can see the Marlins asking for him in a trade.
  16. Brandon
    It seems to me the DH will mostly get split between Sano and Donaldson in 2022 unless the Twins bring Cruz back for one last go around which I doubt. I mean they could make an offer to help drive up his price as a favor and end up getting him back on a low cost 1 year deal.... but regardless at this point I think planning on a Donaldson Sano platoon at DH with Sano getting 100 + games there and Donaldson in the 30-60 game range and another 80-120 games at 3rd. Arraez is one of the Bench players and Gordon is the likely other. I think Miranda is able to come in and fill in a utility role if someone gets hurt and Arreaz gets more time at third or Arreaz gets injured...... If Miranda does come up we want him in the lineup as much as possible so 10-20 games in the OF is a possibility.
  17. Brandon
    I agree. but why did LaRussa always have the pitcher come in for the save? That pitcher was a known to handle the end of the game stress and having the extra cushion was a mental break, even if the media never talked about it this way, I am sure that played a part in LaRussa's decision making. now when others hopped on the band wagon they may not used as much thought. I mean there are probably times where a top reliever could get deployed earlier in some games and in others they could be brought in for the cush save. I mean against a top team a reliever could get brought in earlier to get the critical outs and against the bottom dwellers of the time the closer could get brought in for the cush save. Not having that creativity from the manager is inexcusable.
  18. Brandon
    I think the idea of having your elite closer get a save in those 2+ run situations is to give them a mental break in a game once in a while. It is probably nice to get into a game where everything is not on the line for a change.
  19. Brandon
    I don't think we need a traditional closer per se. Someone who can get outs and not consistently self implode at the end of the game is important. There is an added stress at the end of the game and we want a pitcher who can handle that. What we do need is elite run prevention from a pitcher in the pen that can be deployed at critical points in the game. Sometimes at the end of the game and sometimes in the 7th or 8th innings when the middle of the order comes to bat in a close game. And if we can get it, we could use multiple elite run prevention pitchers out of the pen. Also a deep pen of pitchers who have better than average but less than elite run prevention is also important for the team. It is even more important then having just a good closer. 8 of these types of pitchers is preferable to an elite closer.
  20. Brandon
    I think these guys do some things well. The pitcher development is incomplete due to COVID which is frustrating and since they aren't ready yet it makes their failures on Happ and Shoemaker stand out more. With last offseason rule 5 against us adds to it to. Since we are the one who own the rule 5... See Santana, Brian Buscher in minor league draft, Shane Mack, Ryan Pressly, and Scott Diamond...... Trading Berrios sucked. And Maeda getting hurt does too. But they did go out and sign Donaldson which is nice to see money spent. The trades for Odorrizzi and Maeda were big wins. They do a great job of filling out a bullpen or fixing one on the fly. We have incredible depth on our roster. And we have low liabilities moving forward. Or not too much money on the books. I want to see how these 6 or 7 or 8 starting pitchers develop first before giving the axe.
  21. Brandon
    What I think the Twins need to do the rest of this offseason. sign Pineda 2 year 20-22 million trade for Bassit and Andrus (Andrus gives us the short term SS and also lowers the prospect cost to acquire Bassit) sign Bassit to a 4 year 60-64 million contract. It would be nice to have a good pitcher locked up a few years to anchor the rotation at a reasonable cost. sign a few relievers to a low cost 1 year deal. maybe sign Goodrum to a 1 year 2 million so we have competition for SS position and let the loser of the competition be a back up to continue to apply pressure to be good. Send Falvine's favorite arm chair GM season tickets...... Just sayin if I am gm for a day might as well get a perk out of it....
  22. Brandon
    I think Dobnak has shown to be a perfect #5 starter on a winning team.
  23. Brandon
    Resigning Pineda and trading for a starter completes the rotation. If we trade for a starter like Bassitt then he and Pineda will cost almost as much as Rodon by himself.
  24. Brandon
    Why not sign both Simmons and Goodrum so we can have 2 choices. Simmons at 5 million can be traded or moved to a bench role if someone can out perform him. Goodrum wont cost much either, maybe 2 million. Palacious will be in AA or AAA and waiting so we have options. lots of options.
  25. Brandon
    I hope to see David Banuelos spend some time with the Twins. We acquired him for international spending capacity from Seattle during the Ohtani chase. I will feel like we got something for nothing if he can be a backup catcher or part of a trade for a pitcher.....
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