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  1. Greglw3
    We don’t need a rh outfielder who has racked up .800 + OPS vs lefties often in his career. I’d argue we do need him and there will also be plenty of room for Martin.
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    His OPS vs. lefties has often been above .800 (and I think I’m understating it). That’s the fit. He was injured last year.
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    Absolutely Nothing!
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    I’d sign J.D.Martinez. and look for a role for Martin. I believe in him.
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    For me, on team that was seriously offensively challenged for much of the season, a .220 hitter won’t cut it. AN overabundance of low average hitters was what was killing the Twins before the rookies took over.
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    He needed during the season and had eye surgery. That’s the reason for the drop-off. Even what he did last year is much better than the Trevor Larnach, Jake Cave, Joey Gallo, etc. parade of ineffective hitters in LF since. I was a very dumb move to release a player who hit 32 HR with 109 RBI. When I look at his OPs I see 5 seasons of .792 or above.
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    Mike Clevinger 60-39 career ~ 3.45 career ERA and an ERA close to Pablo Lopez’s last year. Possible #2 starter for playoffs. Reasonable price.
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    In need of eye surgery for a significant portion of that year and then having eye surgery.
  9. Greglw3
    For me, this is an easy pick. Calvin Griffith traded Rod Carew away after he had hit .350, .359, .364, .388 and won an MVP award along with 7 batting titles, 239 hits in 1977, stole in the 40s in bases at least twice. If you thought the Pohlads were cheap! Who, in their right mind, even in their wrong mind would trade a 7 time batting titlest. The return was inconsequential.
  10. Greglw3
    I can’t help myself, I’m a big Eddie Rosario fan and don’t think they should have let him go evidence the hole in LF since. I love his fire and passion also. And he led a team to a World Series title.
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    J.D. Martinez or Adam Duvall and C.J. Cron or Joey Votto who I think will bounce back if healthy, which he appears to be and I think Austin Martin could be ready for CF. There’s also an outfielder who hit 21 HR with 74 RBIs last year who is available and proven effective in the AL Central.
  12. Greglw3
    That would be an ill-advised trade. Julien is worth 5 times one year of Burnes, maybe 10 or 20 times.
  13. Greglw3
    He has speed, yes, but his MLB career avg is .242, about average and he has plenty of time to improve as he;s only 25. Call Rod Carew and work with him on bunting for base hits.
  14. Greglw3
    I think Jenson is actually the top guy in his group with Henriquez second (remembering his strong late season MLB stint 2 years ago). They’ll almost certainly have Harris throwing a high % of splitters and it may work. I’d prefer Varland in the bullpen. If you have an impact reliever, why move him to starter where he’s been unproven - much less effective. I’m not sure about SWR in the pen, I think you have more insight, but I’m still pretty high on him developing into a decent to above average pitcher. Maybe as a starter. A cool scenario would be for SWR to win the 5th starter job and Varland serve around Stewart and Duran as an impenetrable wall when Twins have leads to protect. Fingers crossed on Staumont, could be a big payoff, if healthy. Alcala is the big ?. I wish we could get Arraez back and I’d play him at 1B w Julien full time at 2nd. What a 1-2 they would be. I’m more than willing to move Kepler and Polanco and even Larnach. I think Martin is about ready to play LF or CF with Buxton (backups Castro and Gordon) in CF and Wallner in RF. Improve the team speed.
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    He sang of Twins fans yearning, "I Need to Know"!
  16. Greglw3
    Under no circumstances would I trade Eddy Julien. He’s one of the best Twins prospects I’ve ever seen come through the system and I’ve followed since 1964. My comp is Lyman Bostock. Likewise Wallner is untouchable for me. And I don’t like trading Brooks Lee either. He may not steal a lot of bases but physique-wise he reminds me of George Brett. I’d trade Larnach (who I still think has a chance to be good and I think other teams know it), Kepler, Polanco, maybe Raya or Festa or SWR, even Balazovic. I’d like to sign Rhys Hoskins or even possibly Joey Votto. I’m bullish on a healthy bounce back for Votto. I’ve always thought the the great ones often play into their 40s and effectively for 2-3 years - Molitor, Winfield, Lebron (soon!), Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Pete Rose, Michael Jordan, Nelson Cruz. Kirilloff is a ?. While watching virtually every inning of Julien’s play, I will agree he was shaky at 2nd base initially but he achieved one of the best in-season improvements in defense I’ve seen in a long time due to (as well documented, his very high work ethic on def. improvement). I think he will be a very solid def. 2nd baseman. All-Star games can be in his future.
  17. 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.
  18. Greglw3
    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.
  19. Greglw3
    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.
  20. Greglw3
    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.
  21. Greglw3
    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).
  22. Greglw3
    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.
  23. Greglw3
    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.
  24. Greglw3
    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.
  25. Greglw3
    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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