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  1. tony&rodney
    Late at night I have been replaying the Tampa Bay games. For a baseball fan the Rays are about as good a team as there is to watch. The Twins have a few more doubles and home runs than TB, but have scored 47 fewer runs than the Rays. The Rays play a ton of younger players and their consistency can be lacking.
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    How healthy is Royce Lewis? Will we see Christian Vazquez inserted as a pinch runner for him late in a game when the other options have been exhausted?
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    This is a test this week. Miami has been hot and Tampa Bay has an argument as the best team in baseball. The Rays have the best record in baseball against teams above .500. Will this benefit the Twins who will enter the series below that mark? Seems like the Lewis addiction will kick in again this coming week. I wish the Twins would use this time from now until after the All Star Game to get his body strengthened. He is very unsteady in the box and in the field. He cannot run yet. Maybe these AAA problems are all just a mirage and his activation will make him a major league player again. I just want him to play at full strength .... maybe run the bases. Hopefully the starting pitchers can snap back to consistency. Paddack did fine today. Ryan, SWR, and Festa are pitching well right now. Keep the team in the game with 4 runs or less per game. The next two weeks should be interesting.
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    The consensus among many is for the sale of the team to be completed asap. It seems unlikely that a new ownership group would spend significantly. I would expect changes but an increased payroll would not be among the changes. As far as change goes, the manner in which the 2nd half of this 2025 season unfolds could ignite conversations within the management and development employees regarding basic ideas related to roster construction and winning baseball. It could happen. However, as the article states, inaction and a continuity of The Plan is a more likely outcome.
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    Miami has been playing well in the last week with a 7 game winning streak. They swept San Francisco and Arizona. Good chance for the Twins to move forward into a new month. So much talk about selling at the deadline or resigning Bader, Castro, or others. The team is for sale, so I highly doubt there will be much going on until something gets decided. That could be taking the team off the market. Either way, there will need to be some cuts given the lack of media revenue and declining attendance. I'm done with thinking about this issue. What I am looking forward to is a resurgence by the starting pitchers, led by Ryan, and some better plate appearances and more runs from the offense.
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    If the front office believes in the team, which has been repeated often by Falvey, why would they make changes?
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    Wail until the player has 1,000 plate appearances. Can I remind folks that Julien was 7th in AL ROY in 2023? Patience.
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    I'll join the chorus in saying thank you for the concise report of your observations. While I did not watch any games yesterday I do watch a ton of minor league baseball via milb.com. This is not the same as attending games though. The way that Miranda and Julien approach/play baseball is more or less who they are at this point. I have had the exact same conclusions about efforts and style with those two guys. It might be that they are working hard but their mannerisms and sense of the game is off. Even at their best I struggle to watch them play and I attempted to defend them as learning last year. The bottom line on those two is that the optics of style magnifies their lack of talent. I doubt either resurfaces in MLB as anything other than 13th roster spot players for brief times here and there. I could see the Twins recalling Julien if France continues to plummet. Maybe he can provide a couple of weeks of play. Long term? No. Sure hope the Twins allow Lewis to fully heal. Until he returns to health the Twins are better off with their current choices.
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    Baseball is hard. The winning teams make the plays. The losing teams do not. Whether it is routine, running, or leaping in combination with good jumps - stuff happens. Last night Brooks Lee made a great play to get out #1 in an inning. Huge. There is another game tomorrow. We get Skubal on national television.
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    Royce Lewis looked better than he did in his last stint with the Saints. He still doesn't have his legs totally under him. I remain hopeful for the Twins to let him heal this time.
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    In the meantime while the rain falls, the Cedar Rapids Kernels just scored 5 runs after 2 were out in the bottom of the 3rd inning. The rally was punctuated by a line drive opposite field grand slam by Danny De Andrade. Good stuff.
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    Let his play for St. Paul make the decision when to end the rehab assignment. Last time, he was about the lowest performing player on the Saints team. He looked crippled and he was totally dominated by the AAA pitchers. In the last few games with the Twins he did look like his swing was improving but he still was losing foot races to Vazquez and struggling with anything not directly hit to him. If Royce is limber, on time, and able to sprint bring him back. I'm not sure why any team wants a player whose ceiling is a ,200 hitter due to injuries. Lewis can do much better if he is healthy. Why not allow him to become whole again?
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    Twins should not be messing with Festa. He should start the game.
  14. tony&rodney
    Easy to agree with that statement. However, a broad look at the organization and gaging interest in any player to fill holes, even while creating another, is still worth examining. Personally, I have zero idea what appetite any team has for trading a player for Joe Ryan. I'm a really huge fan of Joe Ryan as a starting pitcher. Would I trade Ryan plus other minor pieces to the Athletics for Nick Kurtz if they were interested? I don't know but probably yes because the gain is strong on defense and offense. However I can also see the objection. Moot because the Athletics aren't listening in any event.
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    The lack of transactions by the Twins will have less to do with money than it does to how the front office views the organization.
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    I find the comments on Wallner interesting, particularly those that trumpet him as a top 20 or better outfielder. This makes me wonder how valuable another team sees Big Matt. While I have zero idea how front offices view a player like Wallner, I did wonder if Pittsburgh would trade Bubba Chandler in an exchange for Matt. FWIW, I don't believe Falvey will move Wallner, which means those who think highly of Big Matt are in line with the organizational thinking.
  17. tony&rodney
    Problems in society. They are everywhere. Hard to fathom that an agent could not have been persuasive enough to convince a very young man (supposedly under 21 when he met the girl) to be aware of the world. Then again, our country elected a convicted felon guilty of sexual crimes. Best to just enjoy the baseball. Franco is young enough to learn hopefully and move forward in a manner where he avoids poor decisions. He can make a useful life for himself in the DR. From the comments by the tribunal it appears he escaped jail only because there was substantial evidence of entrapment and blackmail. Franco still should have used the head with brains to make better decisions. Ultimately he is responsible for his behavior. Most, but not all, people are.
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    Why do I not trust Philadelphia position player prospects? Duran should return a top prospect if the Twins deal him. Duran seems like the type of pitcher to remain healthy and effective with only occasional bouts of wildness. I'm wondering what the ceiling is on a return for either of Duran or Jax.
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    Dan Hayes has pretty much explained that Correa is very unlikely to be going anywhere until his contract has expired. Correa bought a house, his family likes Minnesota in the summer, and he feels comfortable. Why would Correa want to uproot his family? Maybe he could be enticed to waive his NTC but even then the Twins would not receive anything in return as far as players. They would have a reduction in salary paid out. Lastly, until such time as Kaelen Culpepper is ready, the Twins do not have anyone else to play shortstop. Brooks Lee can make all the plays very capably on balls hit to him, but he has no range and is much slower than Correa. At shortstop those missed ground balls add up and the Twins are already among the worst teams at turning batted balls into out. I'm going to suggest that we all just learn to love Carlos Correa because he will be playing for the Twins for a while. I'm not opposed to Correa playing for a different team, I just don't see it. Rocco? He and Falvey are a package deal.
  20. tony&rodney
    Do you believe any team would take on Correa's contract at all, even without sending a player to the Twins? Also, Bryce Eldridge would cost the Twins Joe Ryan plus.
  21. tony&rodney
    Appreciate actual suggestions. #1. San Fran would want the same return for Eldridge as the Twins would for Walker Jenkins. This one I actually know. Love to have a smooth first baseman though. How about Joe Ryan and Charlee Soto for Nick Kurtz. #2. The Cubs may do this trade and it is pretty fair. I would wonder if Paddack, Castro, and a milb sp from A ball would be enough for Alcantara. Make an attempt to entice Arizona to send Jordan Lawler in return for Jhoan Duran and Bader with the Twins paying for Bader's salary. #3. I like this, but the Cards say no. #4. The Brewers have better pitchers in the minors. Try asking if they will exchange Jeferson Quero for Brooks Lee. Sadly, the Padres are watching their cash drawer more closely these days. Correa is ours until his contract expires. With a couple of more moves, the Twins could be in business. In reality, the Twins front office loves the current roster so things will stay the same unless July is worse than June.
  22. tony&rodney
    Sure hope Lewis is allowed a full ramp up and healing this time around. Let Royce get comfortable catching and throwing the ball, swinging the bat as if he intends to hit, and running the bases at full speed. Last time around he was an automatic out for the Saints, couldn't field his position when he was out there, and jogged so slowly there were immediate questions from the opponent's announcers. If Royce is fully healed and gets a couple of weeks in, he could be ready to play in two weeks or so.
  23. tony&rodney
    To be fair the Twins were a potential division winner in the same fashion that every single team is optimistic in Spring Training. Go Whie Sox. Realism suggested a potential to find a path to a playoff spot. Despite the current tumble, there is still an outside shot the Twins benefit from improved play, luck, and misfortune falling upon various other AL teams which results in a playoff spot for the Twins. Falvey is thinking that anyway. For today, SWR for the win.
  24. tony&rodney
    I'm hopeful for Wallner too. Sometimes my reactions are a grumpy old man when comparisons with HOF players get made, such as a time when a poster compared a player to Willie Mays. The players work very hard, in my opinion, to find success but baseball is a tough game because so many adjustments must be made all the time. The history of any franchise is full of guys who look promising, get injured too often, and fade away. The plethora of statistics used today can be selected to make a number of players seem more productive than they may be in actuality. Wallner has shown some promise, Twins Daily writers have touted him in various ways, Matt has crushed a few balls, there are stats to make Wallner look handsome, and there is the everyday reality of the struggle against major league pitchers. I found myself saying "C'mon Matt, stay back and drive the ball" ...... "Let's go Matt, make the pitcher come to you" ..... and so forth last night. He is doing the best he can. I hope he comes out of his trance today but he is at least 5-7 years away and 3,000 plate appearances shy of comparisons to certain players. BTW, Brant Alyea was really good in several years of limited at bats.
  25. tony&rodney
    I would be in favor of ejecting fans who use profanity or constantly scream ridiculous offensive comments that detract from a person's ability to watch the games. I'm pretty done with rude public behavior. People should keep their offensive ideas within their home allowing for stupidity on a comment board where folks can just gloss over and ignore the content, like this comment.
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