tony&rodney
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Impossible to predict if team will be sold and what direction the team goes towards, but I would not bet $1 that the Twins spend more than $95M next season and I'm including money due Houston. Larnach will not be tended a contract if he cannot be traded. One or more of the experienced SP are sure to go in the winter. The Twins are in for a rebuild where they are hoping to find guys to play. I do wonder if they will push Kaelen Culpepper, Walker Jenkins, and others.
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This is the most accurate overall assessment of what happened in the last week. I saw the blurb reported from a guy who was indirectly quoting some Pohlad playing golf and stating how sick they (Pohlad family) were of the Twins and baseball fans. True or not, the disconnect is total. If MLB had an effective leader, that person would have stepped in by now. Bowie Kuhn did.
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I was more stunned by the Varland deal than anything, but equally stunning is that nobody would agree to take either Wallner or Larnach. The Twins cannot keep putting pure DH players in the outfield. I would rather they play anywhere in the infield where it is only a one base oops, couldn't reach that one. I have not seen either Roden or Mendez play but reports are they are best at DH. When a team trades for pitchers it would be nice to consider that someone needs to catch those balls put in play. It will be really interesting to see who wears the road uniforms in Cleveland on Friday night.
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The pitchers may all report injuries with those guys in the corner outfield.
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Lopez, Ober, and Ryan could all easily be gone at the close of the year as well as Jeffers. Expect non tender for Larnach. The Twins will listen on Lewis. Buck may request a trade. Everything is on the table.
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Reports are the Twins pay $33M. Falvey was angry or not running things. Let me be the first to say, with pride, that i never stepped on the neck of the White Sox when they were down and out. The few times I've been to Comiskey/ attach latest name/ Rate the experience has been fun. I hope there is one CWS fan who doesn't relish the pain of the suffering Twins fans. Will the Rockies pass the Twins in the W-L standings?
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Yes he was. That was as much hate as we have seen from a Twin in a long time.
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.... and Paddack a few days ago. I guess Derek is an angry elf.
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Where is Bowie Kuhn? He would have stopped this nonsense.
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I have been watching the Wichita Wind Surge today. K. Culpepper and Jenkins look really good.
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The grapes probably don't taste any good anyway.
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The Red Sox, Yankees, and a number of other clubs were all cheating. The Astros were led by their FO, manager, and coaches. There was a huge pile of blame all around and yet it all seems to have settled on the guy who was in his early 20s. It is long past time to give up the myth that only the Astros cheated and even more so that the blame lies with Carlos Correa. Correa didn't work out for the Twins.
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Curious, but did you think any of these players would stay if they had a different agent. Boras works FOR his clients. The players are not stupid much less slaves. They make their own determinations.
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Very, very unlikely he is still around unless the Pohlads still own the team. Will the team sell by 2026?
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It is true that the Twins will be building from the bottom. Sure hope it goes well.
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True. Yes, it took place over time. Bowie Kuhn even stepped in and forbid a trade to be completed.
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I also extend well wishes to Correa. Carlos tried to bring a winning culture to the Twins. It doesn't appear as if his vision aligned with Falvey & Sons. The contract was always a stretch but I do not accept that it inhibited the Twins in any fashion in the same manner that Joe Mauer's contract did not inhibit the payroll decisions of his era. If people want to know where things went bad, look to the sale to Carl Pohlad in 1984. I'm afraid the sale may take time but a new buyer will be necessary before any light shines on this franchise.
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There must be a precedent for a sell-off this deep, but I cannot think of one.
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Zero chance. None of these players would even grant an interview with the Twins FO.
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The Saints have had a tough time competing in the International League (14th) this year. How are they going to do in the American League in the next two months?
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Are people expecting Ryan to be traded?
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This return seems fine. I instantly wondered if Dombrowski went to bed last night feeling guilty. My offer a week ago was Duran, Bader, Castro, and Coulombe for Painter and Crawford. I don't know nothing. Glad to have 2 bodies returned for Bader. I was worried the Twins wouldn't trade him.
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The lack of speed makes some difference, undeniable. Correa is slow but is still an adequate shortstop. Our corner outfielders (Larnach, Wallner) are pure DH's in the mold of late career Nelson Cruz when it comes to both fielding and base running. Brooks Lee could be a decent third baseman. He will never be avaerage elsewhere. He is slow too and a base clog. Lee can play fundamentally sound baseball when he is focused. Lewis is a concern on the bases at times due to past injuries. He is ok at third base. That leaves the team with one player right now. However, that guy is on the IL. Keirsey Jr. is going to play full time and he can field and run the bases. Julien will be back up. Martin too. I guess all I'm hoping for is that whomever plays, they run out everything at full sppeed and hustle all the time and hit the cutoff man on every single throw.
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Maybe. I was responding to you using BTV math. I put out sane, maybe, and crazy trade ideas some time ago. The crazy one was to send Joe Ryan (70 at time), Bailey Ober (20 at time), and Charlee Soto (10 at time) to Athletics for Nick Kurtz (44 at time) and Mason Miller (36 at time). Of course this was crazy. BTV rejects it on math value. A reset is possible if the guys doing the deals are competent. I just don't have any confidence in that. I don't know. Change needs to happen but if the FO just puts the same type of players in place with less experience ... hmmm. Does that work?
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BTV? They might have Lewis back at 70 if he gets really hot. How about Julien at 30 or something? These guys are all over the place. Nick Kurtz in the 40s? I will trade both Emmanuel Rodriguez and Brooks Lee plus Griffin Jax for Nick Kurtz. That math is as severe an overpay as BTV would ever see and the Athletics never answer the phone. I hope that Tait makes it through the long odds to make it to MLB and I hope Abel manages to make it as a regular in an MLB rotation. It could happen. It might not too. Duran is in the majors now and the Phillies are ecstatic. It has looked for several years like Falvey & Sons are in over their heads. Will the trades made now work? I sure hope so because hope is the only plan.
