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  1. tony&rodney
    No idea if any team would make star players available but I would suggest that anyone in the organization can be traded. The A's need pitching. How fast would they run at a thought of Ryan, France, Julien, Charlee Soto, and Joe Ryan for Nick Kurtz idea? The Twins are almost certain to maintain the status quo. When the architect likes the roster, it is unlikely to change. From a standpoint of looking forward it does make sense to revisit all expiring contracts in late July. If the Twins are not above .500 and there is some interest from other teams there should be a willingness to move Paddack, Coulombe, Vazquez, France, Clemens, Bader, and Castro. My idea is that the Twins should offer up anyone and see what type of return is possible. No harm in discussions.
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    They do indeed. It is supposed to be the strength of the team. Maybe the Twins bats boom tomorrow.
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    Random note as I watch the Twins on TV while switching back and forth from Wichita to a couple of MLB games .... Jose Ramirez has had 7 walk off base hits in 8 walk off win plate appearances (graphic on screen). Meanwhile, the Twins are looking for a split in the series.
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    Good game tonight.
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    Worth repeating again and again ..... ..... same as it ever was.
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    Wow. You put Matt Wallner in a list with Harmon, Tony, Rod, Kent, Kirby, Joe, and Justin. All of those players had years where they had plate appearances at, near, or above Wallner's career. Wallner has not, is not, and will never be in any reasonable conversation as close to any of the players you list. It isn't fair to him or to the excellence of those other players to write them together. Brant Alyea, however, is a good comparison and there are others if you know their names. We all hope Wallner gets some hits this year, but please use Brant Alyea and his 1970 OPS+ of 142 if you want to compare similar players.
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    Thank for doing this. I watch too much minor league baseball and have seen a number of pitchers go 5 innings. Usually there is a pitch count used. My thought is that pitchers can go 90-110 pitches after they are built up. Command and control are still more effective than firing it 98-101 MPH down the middle. Misiorowski throws strikes with multiple pitches on the edges of the zone. Morris is very effective when he keeps the ball out of the middle of the plate too. The lesser pitchers go 3 innings or the prospects get pulled because they are reaching 35 pitches in an inning. I don't believe that baseball has figured out how best to develop pitching. It is a series of trials and errors.
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    BTW or FWIW, a thumb dow is pointless to a comment that has multiple facets. It makes sense to disagree to one or more points but a thumb down on a question doesn't make any sense. It is a real weakness with the site. So, is Skenes a good pitcher?
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    You are almost certainly correct. However, let us just say that the front office really wanted to find a path to putting a winning team together. In that event, isn't it possible that some other team sees great potential in Wallner and is willing to trade a really good prospect for him? Wallner is pretty much all or nothing. His offense can be fun to watch. Realistically though, he will never be ok on the bases or in the field. I'm hoping that Matt Wallner becomes hugely successful as much as anyone on this site. I also wonder how the Twins will ever be a team to win like teams from 2001-2010 again. I don't have an answer but the current roster cannot defend adequately or create runs. In order to win, the Twins need almost everything to click. It did in May and it will again. Is it sustainable over two months? Last November I saw huge value in moving Wallner. Then again, I believed that November of 2023 was a prime time to trade Edouard Julien and Royce Lewis. I was also willing to trade one of our 3 top starting pitchers for the right deal. I'll keep watching though. FWIW, right now I'm watching Milwaukee use contact, speed, and defense versus Pittsburgh and Paul Skenes. The Brewers are fun to watch. They play smart too. They have not run on Oneill Cruz. If you will recall they ran freely on every Twin.
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    We sure hope Wallner stays healthy and begins to hit. Right now he is about the 20th best right fielder in baseball. Baldelli needs to play Wallner every day and find out what he can be as an every day player. Or is he strictly a platoon bat? One thing that may not change is his defense. His reads are worse than they were last year and he has also reverted to a slow exchange from glove to hand. Lately fly balls have been tearing him up but the frequency of those consequential missed outs (due to talent not effort or errors) should diminish. Regular playing time and getting back into a groove should help Big Matt. I like Wallner just fine but should admit that I wanted the Twins to tempt Pittsburgh with an offer of Matt for Bubba Chandler.
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    I get your point and Pablo is very important to the Twins. While Skubel has been healthy though, the Tigers have had the rough equivalent of Ryan, Ober, Paddack, Woods Richardson, Festa, Sands, Stewart, Jeffers, Lee, Castro, Buxton, and Wallner plus minor reserves spend various stints on the IL. The Tigers have only recently become more healthy. The Detroit position players are almost all back but they are still missing 3 RP and 3 SP. It will not be surprising at all for the Tigers to win 100 games this year. It might be surprising if the Twins win 90 games this year even if they get everyone back and do not have any more injuries.
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    Injuries occur with every team. The Twins have been healthier than many teams, including Detroit within our division.
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    I think it is complicated. If in fact the organizations is even remotely open to making any trades, which isn't at all clear if you have heard or read the comments of the team leaders, then every single player should be dangled in hopes of improving the talent on the team. I don't think this is about money. Have an idea of players who may be available. Are these guys talented? What players will cause other teams to engage in serious and mutually beneficial discussions which lead to transactions? I don't have a favorite Twins player. I also am not down on any of the players in the organization. In fact if the status quo is kept, which I expect, bringing Julien back may actually be a thing that helps despite all of his warts. So dispassionately I will identify the position players you want to keep as best fits in the DH position. Because each team is only allowed one DH, ostensibly for the pitcher, a team of Keaschall at 2B, Lewis at 3B, Lee at SS, and Larnach and Wallner as corner outfielders is sheer terror for pitchers. This is, however, acceptable if these guys consistently produce as a top 3 runs scored team in all of baseball. Anything less than that is not an acceptable tradeoff. I don't expect any change at this time.
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    Same as it ever was.
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    Falvey gave an extensive interview just yesterday or recently, whenever it was. He stated that the team needs to figure out how to turn things around but he reiterated a view he has clearly vocalized on numerous previous occasions - the roster was built to compete and he believes in this team. There are a number of people who do not necessarily take Falvey at his word when he speaks. I don't know the guy, but I just take him at his word. This is the roster he wanted. As far as making changes or designing a roster goes, Twins Daily ran those for a couple of Novembers with zero enthusiasm for it last offseason. The reality is that this is Falvey's team, both the style of play and the roster. I'm a baseball fan and a Twins fan (since 1961). Right now, things are going about as expected more or less. The extremes are a little drastic, but I can still see this team finish around 80 wins. The only change in the foreseeable future will need to be driven by Joe Pohlad. I don't know what his interest in baseball or the Twins is at a player/roster level. A decision to reduce the player budget to around $90 million would create change though and I can't see how it would drastically alter the income of the team. However, realistically, I don't see any change coming until the team is sold which could be at least a couple of years away. I have no idea or feel for that process.
  17. tony&rodney
    Not yet. 20th in runs allowed which is the only stat that really counts. Remember the defense is horrid, so it isn't all on the pitchers. Also the offense is allowed to score runs too.
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    Didn't mean to offend anyone by my comment on Provus. It's just a POV, same as people have on the players.
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    Yes, but giving the batter a base hit on a routine ground ball is a little safe, right? Of course the runner advances on the error.
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    I have been stunned by a number of Twins. A week ago I looked up running times on baseballsavant. I suspected the Twins were the slowest team in baseball but it is a wow. Right on cue, France hits a slow roller which could have been an infield hit or made the shortstop hurry his throw, but with a Twins running (not Buxton), he is out but more than 10 feet. The infielders can take their time when most of the batters run like an older catcher.
  21. tony&rodney
    Found it normal that the scorer ruled it a hit because that is the new normal. An error should have been awarded.
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    Hey I actually meant that honestly. People can have different reactions to announcers.
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    I'm glad you like him.
  24. tony&rodney
    Not a fan of Provus. I'm fine if everyone else loves him. Nothing serious, just my opinion, which is meaningless.
  25. tony&rodney
    Long hop for France. Looked like a good throw. I bet the error goes to Correa though.
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