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  1. tony&rodney
    From what others are saying, Ober is valued at 20 on BBTV, which is higher than Lopez and Jordan Lawler. The Twins need to reach out with interest to other teams and be proactive. Rolling back with the current roster could be a 62 win team, 75 in best case. Something needs to change unless the new coaches and managers are worth 10-15 wins. Maybe that is the ticket.
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    Be more specific. Which RH bat? Also why a RH bat? The Twins have Jeffers, Keaschall, Lewis, and Buxton as regulars. Lee is a switch hitter. The Twins currently do not have a single every day LH bat. They have guys used in platoons: Larnach, Julien, Clemens, and Wallner. Roden may make the team in a platoon or part time role. The Twins could really use an every day regular position player that bats left-handed.
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    I could care less about the Twins trading Rooker and I'm not a fan of DH types generally, as I explained previously. I merely suggested that players often need a firm run of consistent playing time to get their feet beneath them and for an opportunity to see if they are viable regulars. This was in response to another person who was down on certain players. You just jumped in with stuff that wasn't really relevant as a response to whether the Twins are particularly good at evaluation. The Twins should just release McCusker and Julien. They have no intention of letting them play. The rostered Twins position players I care about are Buxton and Keaschall. That's it.
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    Brent Rooker.
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    To my knowledge there are no restrictions on both trading away starting pitching and adding starting pitching. Payroll sits below $100M at this time. 1. Bailey Ober, Kyle DeBarge to ARI for Jordan Lawler 2. Taj Bradley, Justin Topa to MIL for Jeferson Quero. 3. Taj Bradley, Marco Raya, Royce Lewis to SAC for Leodalis De Vries. 4. Matt Wallner, Jose Olivares to PIT for Jared Jones. 5. Matt Wallner, Alan Roden, Marek Houston to MIA for Edward Cabrera. Do #1, #3, #5 and sign Pete Fairbanks plus a LH reliever and the offseason is looking better. Point being, there are options. The only option that seems insane is rolling it back again and declaring, "IF".
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    The variance is pretty high. The comp tickets and standing room only are about $20. I have walked out of games spending way, way too much and have also escaped spending $20, including free parking.
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    Cue my tongue in cheek GM Tool roster named; Pohlad Savings Plan.
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    Ok, funny. I get it. Also did decades of editing. Given this is a baseball specific site, one does not always need to add those extra words when everyone on the site already understands the references. Is that fair? I admit to sloppy writing on this site.
  9. tony&rodney
    Susac/Jackson for 60-70 games? Who covers the other 100? Also, please help me with a name of a significant return in any trade of Ryan Jeffers? i tried but came up empty except for when i accepted players that fit in below the Twins current #20 guys.
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    As far as I know teams must have a catcher. There is always the option to bring back Christian Vazquez or a similar guy for $3-7M. Thing is Jeffers is about that price. If traded, he brings back 40 or 45 prospects at best. The Twins are swimming in those type of players. I'm not opposed to trading Ryan Jeffers at all, but I want his replacement acquired first.
  11. tony&rodney
    We don't need to worry about the budget or how the Twins spend money, especially for the 2027 season. (Here I add my thought that maybe 2 weeks of games, at most, are at peril and but predict January 2027 CBA contract.) There is zero chance of a QO for Jeffers after this year. When people suggest trading him, please remember there isn't anyone else to catch. Alex Jackson will set a new personal best if he catches 325 innings. Thus, the Twins need to find someone for about 125 games if Jackson is a success. Catcher is the most important position player. For those who are thinking Jeffers should be traded, who is going to catch those 125 games? I traded Jeffers in various iterations of a 2026 roster because I overpaid for Harry Ford and Jeferson Quero, two promising but very risky rookie prospects. Those ships have sailed. It is Jeffers .... Jackson, Cardenas. Eduardo Tait could arrive by 2028.
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    I didn't include Kody Clemens on the first half dozen iterations of a 2026 roster. Then I felt like i was missing out on something from all of the positive comments about Clemens, so i added him back.
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    Trying to think of a positive response ... perhaps someone within a new organization has ideas about responsible spending. OTOH, private equity almost always cuts to the bone and takes out money before reselling. Northwest Airlines, etc.
  14. tony&rodney
    When it comes to pitching, greed is a good thing. More, more, more. Among my many lame ideas for this offseason I would take some gambles. No idea how realistic the thoughts are for now. Matt Wallner and a filler like Tanner Schobel for Jared Jones is one. Wallner, Alan Roden, and choice of Marek Houston or Eduardo Beltre for Edward Cabrera is another. I would like to acquire Jordan Lawler and am offering Bailey Ober and Kyle DeBarge for him. My swing for Leodalis De Vries offers West Sacramento some good players: Taj Bradley, Marco Raya, and Royce Lewis. So, just playing around at the edges. More or less agree that there is really only one spot open and that seems like it should go to Taj Bradley. The decision becomes whether the others begin in St. Paul or slide into the bullpen. Zeb Matthews and David Festa could be in the bullpen and I'm not opposed to pushing Connor Prielipp to a reliever for now. He could transition later. Remember his innings would be watched to some extent in any event. Mick Abel was once a Top 100 but well down prospect lists when acquired last July. He had one good start. Let Abel compete for a spot in the rotation. Plenty of things could happen between now and next April. Too much pitching has never been a problem.
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    Trading a free agent is worth a try.
  16. tony&rodney
    The Twins need a catcher to play the games, so until there is another option acquired Jeffers stays. It doesn't seem important (to me) if Ryan Jeffers plays out the year and signs elsewhere as a free agent a year from now. So after looking at many options, my decision is keep Jeffers and hope he has his best season by far. Let him walk. There are other options to improve the team. My target for two seasons has been Jordan Lawler. What could go wrong? Well, he flopped horribly in sporadic tests with Arizona and his value is now a bit suspect. In various comments I have proposed a number of trades to acquire Lawler. Bailey Ober and Kyle DeBarge should be at the very least somewhat enticing to the Diamondbacks. Why Lawler? He can play shortstop and second base. Lawler is a gamble that could pay off. Of course, I have also been after the enigmatic and unpredictable Edward Cabrera for a couple of years. He is another gamble. Offer Miami a package of Matt Wallner, Alan Roden, and choice of Marek Houston or Eduardo Beltre. Trading Ryan Jeffers is not the gamble I'm taking because the catching position is tough to fill and Jeffers is at least steady.
  17. tony&rodney
    The trade doesn't necessarily diminish Ford in my opinion. We shall find out next season if he is ready for MLB. Washington plans to make him their #1 catcher, which is very uncommon for any MLB team, a rookie catcher. Seattle has a pretty complete team, with their bullpen being an area where they wanted a solid player. They weren't likely to accept Royce Lewis for Ford because they feel pretty confident in their infield prospects and would only trade to acquire an All Star like Ketel Marte. This trade was almost surely made because it seems the Mariners had a specific player in mind and went after him. You will remember that Seattle targeted Jorge Polanco for two years and was ecstatic to acquire him at such a low cost, which is what the Mariner GM stated at that time. Now Polanco didn't come back successfully from his knee problems until last summer so that trade wasn't such a big win as Seattle felt it was at the time. It does explain to some extent that Jerry DiPoto has specific thoughts and plans and is proactive. We know the Twins preferred Tait over Miller, but it could be that Seattle wasn't as keen on Duran as we felt they should be. I guess there is more than plenty that I have no idea about. I'm impressed that the Mariners don't sit on their team/roster year after year but are aggressive towards acquiring those players that fit into their plans. I'm still hoping the Twins make some changes.
  18. tony&rodney
    Explain please.
  19. tony&rodney
    Thanks. I put up 3 different GM Tool rosters, the last of which was more "tongue in cheek" due to the $50M payroll. Trading all didn't ever seem realistic but I can see one team coming with a ridiculously high offer, which would be tough to turn down. Additionally there are always options on the fringes to add players via free agency or trades. Status quo cannot be an option. There are two ways I see improvement. One is via propsects such as Jenkins. I think he is ready and I believe the coaches know that. Secondly, I believe in the new people brought aboard in the dugout.
  20. tony&rodney
    Yes, this is a litmus test.
  21. tony&rodney
    Thank you. Didn't know that.
  22. tony&rodney
    Collusion? If the Twins could sign Alonso, Realmuto, and two relievers for a total of $20M, each on 2/$5M per year contracts they might do it. Then again maybe that is too much money for this year. Who would you sign this year or what trades or DFA pickups would you suggest this winter for the Twins?
  23. tony&rodney
    New Ulm is a small town. The Twins Cities are small town in the same way as Seattle. FWIW, the Twins are in the middle as far as population with Tampa Bay, San Diego, Denver, St. Louis, Baltimore, Sacramento, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Kansas City, and Cleveland below the Twins as small towns. Oh and Milwaukee is far and away the smallest market in MLB.
  24. tony&rodney
    Same here. There are a couple of possibilities that may account for the Twins front office struggles. Perhaps the change in baseballs used in MLB played a role. Perhaps the subtle changes in various rules were important. The Twins didn't seem to adjust very well to the changes. Still another factor, which is playing out is that as time has gone by nearly all of the talent from the previous front office has been moved. The young players like Jenkins, Rodriguez, Culpepper, and Gonzalez along with a few current Twins will need to carry the load in 2026. It does seem like the Twins changed their drafting theories recently. The style of baseball played on the field has deteriorated to a slog the last couple of years. The Twins need to add athletes soon. I'm hopeful that the front office is capable of a change in how they view the game of baseball. I'm also hopeful that the front office allows Derek Shelton full and complete decision-making power on how players are used.
  25. tony&rodney
    You bring up a valid point. I only use the laughing point on comments that make me laugh/chuckle as well. It seems like the majority of people using a laughing face are being derogatory, which is sad in and of itself.
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