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  1. tony&rodney
    Uh .... back to topic ..... Scott Boras has a job. He comes to work and is good at his job. As an agent he advises and supports his clients in the manner those players seek. His influence is overstated. The owners are never forced by Boras into a corner or their teams held up because of Scott Boras. The owners all have more power than any agent.
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    Excellent read. I haven't seen him play yet and was only been able to follow him statistically last season. You do an excellent job of showing Olivar's strengths. Enjoyed looking through the data. Thanks.
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    The Twins will not even consider a trade of Julien for Burnes. We don't have to worry about that.
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    Gordon does have some good skills and perhaps he fits as an additional player in a trade.
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    Last offseason, I was continually pushing for the Twins to acquire Edward Cabrera from Miami. The photo reminded me that he is still a possibility. The Marlins may be high on him but they also have a trove of guys to use as starters and Cabrera is out of options. The difficulty is meeting what Bendix wants (c, ss, ?). This could be a surprise trade. Kirilloff plus minor league player? Hard to guess here.
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    Enjoyed watching Nowlin last summer. He looks like he just needs experience and repetitions. Too early to tell if he winds up in the bullpen but the control and sporadic nature of his outings should improve. That is the development curve done in the minors.
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    You are correct - the Mariners are looking good right now with their top five starting pitchers. You have been a strong defender for the Mariners team on Twins Daily. Dipoto (despite his usual positive comments) is likely real uncomfortable going into the season with his current position players. The Cease rumors that were floated on the internet recently seemed pointless but it sure seems like Jerry is looking to shore up his team and several moves may still be ahead for the Seattle squad. Perhaps DeSclafani is moved and Snell added as a precursor to another trade. Much like the Twins, the Mariners could just hold the line. The AL Central is not as tough to win as the AL West however and shooting for a Wild Card position is not a plan in the offseason.
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    The wait continues. The Twns and Falvey seem to be in a good place with this team. The starting five are solid and the lineup deep. Naturally, improvements are still hoped for and there is plenty of time for transactions. While anything can happen, there is a substantial list of players that Falvey does not plan on moving in any trade. Among those on such a list: Jenkins, Lee, E. Rodriguez, Festa, Julien, Lewis, and Wallner. Players such as Polanco may be moved for a helpful MLB guy and perhaps a couple of prospects added if needed to complete a deal, but only for a substantial return. The guesses have flowed all winter. The "no way", "I would do that", and so forth fill time. We could be surprised by a Polanco, Raya, Schobel for Burnes or something similar. I'm quite confident in Louie Varland and feeling pretty good for Chris Paddack at the back end of the rotation. Depth is always a plus in pitching but the strategy of maintaining depth in the lineup is also sound.
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    Relax dude. The entire series is just to get people to think about past Twins teams and any list is merely based on individual thoughts about a particular squad in comparison to the other choices. There is no reward or treat for picking and I don't believe the author intended folks to get pissy about whether anyone had ideas that may not align with his own.
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    Terry Ryan could have walked into any job in baseball. The Phillies hired him the minute he was available. Ryan was a loyal employee and expert at his job. Profound and deep misunderstanding of how baseball works displayed in your comment. To be fair the game has complicated levels totally unknown for most. I will not add my own personal experiences to what Seth has written above, but simply state that there has been no finer man nor better baseball person in the Twins organization.
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    1987 was a fun season for Twins fans. Sitting a row in front of Lou Brock near the dugout along the third base line for Game One and Two of the World Series was a real treat for me. Despite the joy of those games and the first World Series win for the Twins, that '87 squad wasn't among the greatest of Twins teams from my perspective. Naturally, all personal definitions of greatest are personal, welcome and purely subjective. Mine too. Winning cannot be the be all, end all. Winning is the goal, for sure, but so many factors are well beyond any individual or team control and fate does play a roll as well. We should also remember that 1985, 1986, and 1987 were years where MLB owners were found guilty of collusion. Stuff happens and '87 was a glorious run for our Twins. Yet just how the 2006 St. Louis Cardinals or 2014 San Francisco Giants were elated to win the World Series, those victories don't necessarily put those teams among their best in franchise history.
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    I'm hoping Jenkins makes it up to Cedar Rapids by June so I can watch him play. There is a ton of hype for the young man but special players ignore the talk and focus on learning and producing. From my perspective, based only on a trove of other's judgments, Jenkins has Buxton talent. I don't ever remember Lewis receiving the accolades for his skills and talent that Buxton and Jenkins had going into the draft. Lewis received major praise for his personality. I think Mauer was a category of his own as an athlete. Terry Ryan said that Mauer could have been put directly into an MLB lineup after being drafted if played in the field as opposed to being a catcher. There is a sharp learning curve at catcher. Count me as one who is very excited to see how Walker Jenkins takes to his first full year of professional baseball.
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    Bert Blyleven was an absolute stud. Look up his numbers. Over 440 innings in his first two years and he was barely 19 years old when he debuted for the Twins. Bert went on to throw 242 complete games and 60 shutouts. Blyleven was a superstar. In 1973 Bert had 25 CG and 9 shutouts. It doesn't get any better really.
  14. tony&rodney
    It is just possible that Falvey believes that the Twins best chance to win is with all of Polanco, Kepler, Vazquez, and Farmer on the team. He may wait to see if something pops up like the Brewers trading Burnes for Polanco and a pitcher. Who knows?
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    Yes, Miller has a slick glove. He is young still but needs to pick up some strength at the plate because the offense is lacking. Miller has had some stretches of decent at bats that provide hope for improvement.
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    Teams are looking to fill their positions of need/ways to improve the roster. There is time and any angst within Twins Daily folks can rest easy to know that Louie Varland can be a very good starting pitcher if Falvey is unable to swing a trade for a Corbin Burnes or equivalent.
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    Luke will get a chance to show his skills next at Cedar Rapids. He has competition in the middle infield within the system. A name that sometimes gets overlooked is the athletic Ben Ross. Should be a fun summer following the minor league guys.
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    Excellent choices. Fine gentlemen and outstanding baseball people. The Twins have been blessed to have some good humans working for the organization. Terry Ryan is one of them.
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    I believe that you have made your point that the Twins should trade Jorge Polanco asap in a bevy of comments. No problem that people have their thoughts. Too often I have stated that trading any player, which includes Polanco, makes sense if the deal makes the team better or more complete. Thus, there is no wall here that refutes all ideas related to trades including one that may include Polanco. The original post puts out what has clearly been the Twins position to date - MLB for MLB deals to satisfy needs for each team. Thus the conversation pretty much tells us that trades for prospects or using prospects is farfetched at this time. Depth was a big reason the Twins faltered badly in 2022. The team was structurally unsound and the trades made at the deadline were well intentioned but just ineffectual due to the lack of depth.. Last season the Twins received way less than expected from several of their starters but depth brought them into the playoffs. Depth will continue to be an important part of how Falvey builds a team. Yes, the Twins have a nice collection of guys to play second base. Falvey would say this is a good thing. Also you forgot to add two players who may contribute this season anywhere on the field, Anthony Prato and Michael Helman. Falvey is still looking for the trade that makes his team better as is every other team. Patience. The Twins are a far better team right now than they were on Opening Day last season.
  20. tony&rodney
    That would be sweet if Royce Lewis was to blow up into an All Star player and superstar. There can be no doubt that he has worked extremely hard to recover from two excruciating setbacks with the ACL injuries and subsequent surgeries. He did the rehabilitation work needed to get back to MLB and certainly takes nothing for granted due to his journey.
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    That's good, i will take it.
  22. tony&rodney
    Not a fan of talk radio or tv talking heads generally (because most are essentially/eventually forced to become or are shock jock types) but Rocco does a good job of explaining what he does, which is communication. Another thing that seems to come off, that he would likely agree with, is that he is still learning and that is a good thing. The questions about Rocco and the perception of him being a robotic person are sort of dehumanizing. This general thought of a baseball manager going along in games throughout a season staring at analytics and making calls based on strict numerical thoughts is simplistic. I'm not a huge fan of Malcolm Gladwell despite reading his books but even before his summation of "it takes 10,000 hours" to get a handle on a job, I believed that every job has skills that others cannot really understand completely. Rocco has a ton of knowledge that we could never imagine or at least I could not despite coaching and playing for decades. There is still room for growth for Rocco and sometimes it seemed like Francona brought his team several wins just by his presence. Of course this is impossible to categorize. Still good interview by Baldelli and people should watch it if they are interested in how Baldelli manages the Twins. The Twins will make a trade if it benefits their team but I'm not so sure we should expect a challenge type deal like the Lopez-Arraez transaction. My current thinking is that other teams need to meet the Twins needs if they are to reap the value in a deal for a Twins player who is important to their team's goals. I like the Twins position right now.
  23. tony&rodney
    Varland is my pitcher of choice.
  24. tony&rodney
    The Twins aren't exactly deep in outfielders. Kepler is the best outfielder on the club right now. Houston would be crazy to trade Javier. Abreu is a really tough relief pitcher. I don't know how any trade would work with Houston. Never say never.
  25. tony&rodney
    The balanced use of Jeffers and Vazquez may have been a huge part of Jeffer's success last season. Keeping the playing time near 60/40 may work again this year and fans can expect Vazquez to even add a bit more offensively. On another note, the Twins certainly could use a few better catchers in their system, although it may be tough to deal for a solid prospect.
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