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  1. Greglw3
    I nominate the 1977 Twins for honorable mention. They had a subpar starting staff except for Dave Goltz and possibly Geoff Zahn but for my money, as a Twins fan since the mid 60s, they were the most entertaining team of all because I believe them to be the greatest offensive team in Twins history. Rod Carew at .388 w 38 doubles 16 triples and 14 HR, 239 hits, league MVP and 100 RBIs. How’s Lyman Bostock for second fiddle? .336 36 doubles 12 triples and 14 HRs. Larry Hisle had 82 RBIs at the Allstar break, hit .300 with 119 RBIs. Glenn Adams hit .338 and set the all time single game RBI record with 8 in the historic 19-12 win over the White Sox about June 26, which I listened to on WMAQ Chicago from my parents basement in Toledo, OH and scoring the game. Danny Ford had a 108 OPS+ at 25 yo and Mike Cubbage was a solid hitter as was Butch Wynegar. Plus they were managed by, for me, head and shoulders the best Twins manager ever, Gene Mauch, a brilliant tactician. Closest recent example would be Terry Francona.
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    I would vote No as well. He was all or nothing. His .282 batting average was helpful but if the Twins want to get to the next level, I thought several times down the stretch that he lost his discipline and did some unacceptable chasing of pitches that should easily not have been swung at. Rhys Hoskins instead. Miranda and Kirilloff are big question marks a/la Buxton in recent years.
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    Another baseball person deceived by the almost always wrong defensive analytics. It amazes me that they wouldn't refer to a scouting report or if they really know baseball, watch lots of film on them. Relying on these unproven and counter-intuitive, new and unproven def analytics is both lazy and foolish. Polanco is a fine 2nd baseman, not so much at 3rd.
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    That was a horrible trade, the Brunansky trade - just mind boggling! The Blyleven trade was stupid and awful. The Santana trade was very very bad. I didn’t like the Terry Ryan maneuver of trading two High quality CF in a short time span for what? I especially missed Span. Going way back to the 70s, Griffith traded a very solid year to year hitter name Jim Holt for Pat Bourque who was a total bust for the Twins. For me trading the greatest Twins player of them all for a care package that produced very little when Carew was in his prime was the #1 worst trade.
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    Hw was a different player at the Met and surrounded by great hitters like Tony Oliva, Killebrew, Lyman Bostock, Larry Hisle, Glenn Adams, Steve Braun. He won 7 batting titles and , just my opinion, he would have won 3-4 more had he stayed with the Twins. This is a guy that ran off seasons of .350, .359, .364, .388 all up to 1977. He batted in arguably the best lineup in Twins history in 1977. The whole point is that Rod Carew never should have been traded, period. With the Twins, he was as good as any player in MLB history including ultra high batting averages, myriad bunt singles, stealing home 7 times in one season, winning batting titles by mind boggling margins (to compare to Honus Wagner, Gwynn, Speaker). He won ’77 batting title by 52 points. I wouldn’t measure him by any of the SABR statistics because they would miss his subtle things like bunting for 30 hits a season or 40+ steals 2 seasons. The Angels just weren’t very good when he was with them. In my mind, trading Carew coming off a very recent .388, 38 2B, 16 3B, 14 HR, 100 RBI MVP season on a 4th place team and in his prime was akin to the Angels just up and trading Mike Trout a few years ago when he was in his prime. I don’t think you can compare a trade for Tyler Mahle to a totally unnecessary trade of Carew. The Caliber of players traded is wider than the Grand Canyon! Steer and Strand look to be good but the odds of either one of them being as good as Carew is 1 in 500,000 (est).
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    See my post below but I would contend that the Big Papi snafu was inexcusable and a colossal mistake but even worse was trading Rod Carew, one of the greatest hitters of all time, to the Angels for ultimately nothing, though 1 of the 5 plays, Landreaux had one good year but not close to an average Carew year in the nineteen seventies.
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    The Mahle trade was one of the worst, but in my mind, having already been a Twins fan for 13 years, by far the worst trade in Twins history was the trade that sent Rod Carew for a bunch of mediocre to poor players from California and Ken Landreaux who didn’t work out. The point is, who in their right mind would trade one of the greatest hitters of all time with 7 batting titles by 32, .350, .359, .364 and .388 batting averages in the 70s? Calvin Griffith’s biggest mistake.
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    and signed Michael Wacha 14-4 3.22 ERA. The Royals are having a great offseason while, so far the Twins pitching staff has gone backward. That may change but for me, Falveys approach is frustrating. The big credit I give him is development of young players which saved the Twins season last year.
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    They traded for Will Smith and Nick Anderson (3.06 ERA, 1.1 WHIP). They signed Seth Lugo (3.57 ERA in 146 IP, 1.2 WHIP). They signed Chris Stratton 82 IP 3.92 about 1 K per IP and 1.13 WHIP They signed Garrett Hampson who hit .276 w .349 OBP They acquired Carlos Mateo from Houston, career 36 IP 31 H WHILST Falvey Lost 2nd place Cy Young finisher 2023 Lost 2nd place Cy Young finisher 2020 Lost Pagan who had a strong relief season Has huge question marks in LF, CF, 1B, and at least 1 SP. I’m saying the Royals have been aggressive and Falvey, as usual is sitting on his hands. Maybe he’ll pull it out but usually he ends up signing retreads like Bundy, Archer, Shoemaker, Happ, Gallo, Jake Cave or acquiring Duds like Mahle. Keuchel. They gotta trade Polanco and Kepler and hopefully Vazquez and sign Hoskins, grab Mickey Brantley, Keirmaeir. Then you have 2b Julien LF Brantley 3B Lewis 1B Hoskins RF Wallner SS Correa CF Keirmaeir, Martin DH B. Lee, Martin, Castro C Jeffers (Camargo)
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    What a wild ride of a read. I think you’ve given me a contact high and now I’m thinking Falvey is running circles around the Royals and Tigers this off seasons. In fact, Falvey is showing the Dodge ers a think or too.
  11. Greglw3
    One thing I’m sure of is that Gallo and Sano are highly unlikely to be as good as Summers in their 30s. But who knows? My whole thing with Keirsey was watching a lot of video of him in 2013 and falling in love with his swing, his defense and his speed.
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    And the Royals are quietly being very aggressive as well, so far running circles around Falvey. For one year and one year only, Falvey acted like he wanted to win in the offseason, when he went out and got 90 HR in 3 players in Schoop, C.J. Cron and Nelson Cruz. Now, he cedes the best players to other teams, largely and then shops the bargain bin. His saving grace and biggest accomplishment is developing a farm system that could carry the Twins a long way!
  13. Greglw3
    Totally agree!
  14. Greglw3
    Here's Wikipedia’sdescription of Tettleton’s journey. I was playing Strat-O-Matic at the time and distinctly remember Tettleton emerging in his late 20s to star status. See the 2nd paragraph where it says 1989 was a breakout year for Tettleton (I believe he was 29 when he had his breakout year. Champ Summers was another one that popped up late, establishing himself at 32, then having several very good OPS+ marks in his 30s. I remember him with Detroit as I lived in Toledo. Baseball Reference Champ Summers
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    I would be strongly in favor of acquiring Hoskins as a start to creating a viable offense. Kirilloff and Buxton can’t be counted on due to their recent injury problems which have been persistent.
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    This is not meant to be a retort at all, just a player I remember maturing late, Mickey Tettleton made a sudden jump to star status from run of the mill player at age 28-29, moreso at 30-34. I think Champ Summers of the Tigers did the same thing. I actually tend to think the average arrival time for most MLB players is 25-26. Maybe Keirsey will be like Nick Gordon.
  17. Greglw3
    I won’t argue the point, seeing as how he was not in the All Star OF for the Texas League. I still think he has a special swing and is due to improve from 26 to 27 (on average 27 being the peak for a ML player). I’m glad he wasn’t drafted in Rule 5. I assume he’s still part of the Twins organization.
  18. Greglw3
    I think it was a big mistake. Keirsey is busting with talent and has a really sweet swing. Keirseys 2023 Stats 8 triples, 15 HR, 39 SB .294 BA .366 OBP .455 SLG Start at 1:28 for DaShawn Kiersey hitting highlights
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    Methinks you haven’t seen very many great hitters like Lyman Bostock, who I think Julien has the capability of being a comp. Methinks you may be in error if you think an over .380 OBP with power by a rookie is something that can be overvalued. Methinks also you would be hard pressed to name 5 rookies all time without using the internet who had the command of the strike zone that Julien does. Methinks your post is off by a country mile. Julien has done nothing but hit and carry very high OBP through the minors to the majors, has a very, unusually sweet swing, power to the opposite field and improved vastly as a second baseman in a very short time.
  20. Greglw3
    I agree with this. The first thing I thought is the Twins do have glaring holes at 1B and CF. You can’t count on Buxton or Kirilloff being healthy with their recent devastating injury histories. One thing I’m sure of is they should under no circumstances trade Edouard Julien. He’s one of the most uniquely talented players I’ve seen ascend to the major leagues for the Twins since the 60s.
  21. Greglw3
    This is what I look at with Gordon in his first full MLB season vs. RHP. That’s what I think he could build on andd compared to the production in LF the last 3 years, he would be potentially much better. Don’t forget Jake Cave and Joey Gallo and their sub .200 batting averages. Even Larnach has not been good although I think he still may be but wouldn’t count on him as with Buxton.
  22. Greglw3
    Let's get Gordon healthy again and see if he can build on his .270 + season with some power. I think he’s a tremendous athlete and remember him making 2 Bob Allison like sliding catches in LF in 2022. I think he could steal 30 bases. If LF is open, I could see him being a really fine LF. Not everybody has to have power. I’d try to sign Brantley for LF but if not. Gordon has as much talent as anybody. I’ve liked him for a long time and think that if he pulls it all together, He could be like another Gordon, Alex. LF is far and away his best position, IMO.
  23. Greglw3
    We agree to disagree.
  24. Greglw3
    I was perplexed as to why the article just suddenly quit after three players. I understand the need for the caretaker concept but I’m a 61 year Twins fan who just reached retirement age and took social security and retired 4-5 years early. Except for small royalties from my music and book, I live totally on SS (which is 1/4 of my previous working wage), which means you can’t afford to pay for Twins content. In fact, I gravitated to Twins Daily because the Star Tribune was pillaging my pocketbook and the Pioneer Press was not much better. I can’t subscribe to them and every other newspaper that I would like to read from that makes me pay a subscription fee to read even one article. That said, TD is excellent. That’s my starting point. It’s just disappointing to read the comments of my fellow Twins fans mentioning Julien and Wallner without having read past #3. Perhaps TD could consider an affordable deal for the fans that started following the Twins from 1961 to 196x and have a genuine need. That’s how I got in on the Athletic, a ridiculously low entry point, might have been 99 cents a month.
  25. Greglw3
    I assume you observed Julien’s vast improvement at 2B. I think he improved to a solid MLB 2nd baseman. Those "in the know" said he worked incredibly hard on his defense and it showed. He made a gold glove level play late in the season on a sensational leaping catch of a high line drive headed for a hit to the outfield. For me, he’s the player you build your future around. And, barring injury, Lewis.
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