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  1. Brandon
    correct. I thought i did add Miranda too it. How I added Larnach twice is beyond me.
  2. Brandon
    Wells and Baddoo were both MIA the last 2 seasons. I get why they were left off. Between the 2 I would have protected Wells if he was throwing mid 90s before the decision had to be made. but its not like these two players will end up being as good and Shane Mack and Johan Santana. The Twins have a history of doing well in the rule 5 draft. It figures we would get hit sometime.
  3. Brandon
    From the position player side of things, I see the Twins keeping: Jeffers Sano Polanco Donaldson Larnarch Buxton Kepler Killeroff Arraez Garver Miranda Gordon Rooker Garlik Rortvedt Celestino Lewis maybe Astudillo Full disclosure: Just edited this list to remove double add of Larnach and add Miranda. I do think this would be better with pitchers instead of just hitters so we know the number of slots to use. I would stop at either 35 or 36 and leave room for offseason signings.
  4. Brandon
    This makes it harder to close out the season 3-2 over the last 5 games to avoid 90 loses.
  5. Brandon
    The Twins unintentionally tanked (2011-2015) and made the playoffs again(2017, 2019, 2020). The Tigers though are at the point of turning the corner as lots of pitchers got their first exposure and they are on the verge of a .500 season.
  6. Brandon
    with the current system in place a tanking is beneficial in lots of cases. but its not fun to watch and hurts the game IMO. The game was best when more teams were competitive then just the top 8 to 10.
  7. Brandon
    1993 and 2011 tie. Back in 1993 there wasn't much info available about the minors. You had to wait fir baseball weekly to give you a weekly snippit of info. So we didnt really kniw hiw bad our farm system was back then. In 2011 it was in plain sight and we were completely blindsided by our inability to compete. With this season it feels we are just a few players away from competing again.
  8. Brandon
    I agree with mikelink that Cave hasn't done anything to help his case to remain on the team for next season. I do think the Twins will give Rooker more chances to figure out major league pitching. Cruz was 28 when he took off. Ibanez was 29 if you remember him. Max gives up more homers per 9 then Blylevin ever could. I am beginning to think its bullpen or bust for him. But I suspect they will give him starting chances into next year. The thing that is most exciting to me about Ober is his consistency and control. Almost a Radke clone this way. That's who I think of with his results. My concern with Ryan is secondary pitches. He will need them. And Cleveland is close to us in runs scored and we are 6th. So they are more of an average offense Nick. But I am so much more optimistic going into the offseason. I guess part if it is because how well They put together a revamped bullpen on the fly and its been successful. That makes our big holes going into the offseason, 1. Extend or trade Buxton. 2. SS 3. 2 starting pitchers. Maybe a third cause you can never have too much pitching.
  9. Brandon
    I would probably make it based off if number of pitches in a game. Maybe max out at 90 and allow an occasional start go to 100 or so pitches. The 100-110 pitch games are going on good starts. That may go over 7 innings in that start. I think the idea is to limit stress on the arm which is to limit pitches over limiting innings. I think that is what they are doing now keeping his pitch count around 80. Also in starts where he has a lot of pitches thrown in an inning could cause an audible lowering the limit of pitches that day by 10 or so.
  10. Brandon
    We only need to add 2 starters for next season. Pineda is 1 on a 2 year 24 million. And the other can come on a 20-25 AAV contract or trade. That gives us a rotation of 1. FA or trade pitcher, 2. Pineda, 3. Gant, 4. Ober, 5. Ryan with Dobnak as 6 and then Jax, Barnes, Smeltzer.....Around the Allstar break or even before.... Balazovich Winder and Richardson-Woods could be ready. Lots of depth and pitchers who can hold their own. Sign Chris Taylor for SS. Then watch a healthy lineup score 7-8 runs a night and win games 7-5
  11. Brandon
    No one has claimed LF and Sano is a possible FA after next season. Rooker was a 1 round draft pick of this regime. They will keep him and give him chances.
  12. Brandon
    So we just need to go 4-4 to avoid 90 loses.
  13. Brandon
    There were lots of injuries for pitchers this year. So what I would do is let Thorpe walk. He has had other issues outside of injuries and I think its likely time for him to move on. Smeltzer I would take off the 40 man roster but try to sign him to a minor league/ split deal with a major league spring training invite. He seems to have enough to be a long reliever / spot starter. I would give him the chance to reclaim that role. Gant and Dobnak are 5th starter / long reliever Barnes is back in AAA and off the 40 man if we need the space. Jax is a reliever or in AAA as a 6,7,8th starter. Stays on the 40 man. Stashak gets another shot. again this comes down to 40 man roster spots available. I would offer the same thing I offered Smeltzer, a split contract with spring training invite. That is 3 remaining on the 40 man with a potential 4th and 2 for sure off it.
  14. Brandon
    Colone is a 4 million decision after the buyout is accounted for. They will likely bring him back. The question is will they get a closer too? I think there are several good options to bring back next year. Barraclough, Garza Jr, Minaya, Coloumbe, Farrell, Vincent, Stashak, I would bring back as many as we can and offer split contracts to those we remove from the 40 man roster.
  15. Brandon
    Kepler must have read earlier today about our comments on why we should trade him. ?
  16. Brandon
    At 1004 Ks, Sano is only 7 Ks behind team mate Donaldson on the career chart. Donaldson has 2400 more ABs. Also Reggie Jackson is the all time strikeout leader with 2597 with former Twin Jim Thome second with 2548.
  17. Brandon
    I still think we only need 2 starters. Ober and Ryan take 2 spots then 1 of Dobnak or Gant or if he is still around Thorpe to compete for the 5th spot this 5th spot is fluid as Balazovich and Winder will deserve opportunities next year as will Woods-Richardson. Resign Pineda and spend money on a good starter in FA or trade. The risk a are Pineda injury and Ryan takes a step back. Ober is the most consistent pitcher with good control. Like Radke, he will be fine as a 4th starter. For us to be a winning team we can do it with an average rotation, a slightly above average bullpen and an offense in the top 3 in runs scored.
  18. Brandon
    For fun: Carlos Correa. He was almost a Twin anyways. For Real: we could sign Chris Taylor for SS. Also Rosario could be had on a cheap 1 year contract 2 to 3 million 5 million tops I bet. Go fir the super lineup. We can bludgeon our opponents more than they bludgeon us.
  19. Brandon
    If we trade for pitching, I prefer we trade for an established starter. We already have enough projects. We only need to resign Pineda and a good starter for our rotation. Especially if Ryan continues to show he is a major league pitcher.
  20. Brandon
    If Sano can stay healthy and play into his 40s, He has a shot at the elusive 3,000th career strikeout.
  21. Brandon
    Our starting pitchins sux a lot less than you think. Ryan and Ober are solid as is Pineda who I bet we resign. We need one good starter. Maybe Danny Duffy. For the 5th spot let Gaunt and Dobnak battle it out while Winder, Balazovich and Woods - Richardson. Gear up for their opportunities. We only need an average rotation to be a winning club.
  22. Brandon
    I am going to pull a John Bonnes and update my ideals a little. Assumptions, we sign Buxton to an extension. Twins love positional flexibility. So 1 expect players playing multiple positions and 2 I will only post top 2 at each position.....except DH. 1B Sano / Killeroff (50-50 split in time) 2B Polanco / Arreaz SS Chris Taylor (positional flexibility should Lewis prove ready and costs less than Story) 3B Donaldson / Arreaz (65 /20/ 15) LF Killeroff / Larnarch CF Buxton RF Rooker / Arraez DH Sano / Donaldson / Garver C Garver / Jeffers Bench is Arraez, Jeffers, Larnarch in platoon for LF and some DH and RF, Gordon and if possible Astudillo. We could replace Gordon with someone who has more CF experience. Kepler is a Twins type of player on a Twins type of contract. But we have replacement options for a fraction of his cost and we can apply the savings to pitching. Miranda factors into this lineup somehow and some time in RF is a possibility if both Larnarch and Rooker do not meet standards.
  23. Brandon
    .355 obp isn't bad at leadoff. His average and slugging are another story.
  24. Brandon
    I remember the time they got to Aguilera when he was carrying luggage. That was the year he tried to be a starting pitcher for us. Lucky for us cause he went back to being an all star closer for us the next season. But injured by luggage....
  25. Brandon
    If we sign a FA OF this offseason we could probably sign Rosario cheaply. I doubt he is as bad as he was this season.
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