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Corey, I have work responsibilities for a company call Agpro in ANZ. I come to Auckland every 6 months or so and do back there in December. We always stay downtown near the harbor, have had good food and beer. Have been to Christchurch and Rotarura a couple times. Outdoor activities with great weather, can’t beat it.

If this lineup is what we have for next year, middle of the pack finish in the division is wishful thinking. Now granted this piece is based on current roster and not trades/free agents etc. but my goodness is this a weak team. Nice write up though

Jackson lives to not catch/play another day. cashing a paycheck like the 3rd string clipboard carrying QB’s of football. Great gig if he can get it. He has to be happy to be a twin as our FO is smarter than 29 other teams when it comes to roster management

Plus now you star eating at your 10-day window which you could already be on day 4 if you pulled trigger Tuesday night, day three Wednesday. He isn’t healthy plains and simple.

They DFA - woo-Suk-go, Optioned Roden to St. Paul

Last I heard he works with Jeffers in off season and then some work with UNC Wilmington baseball team before training camp with Jeffers as well.they get a plan for off season from coaching staff with check-ins on progress. It’s up to the player in the end to be ready come spring training

Controlling Jenkins on HOPE of winning rookie of the year and getting an extra draft pick in 2028 and calling up Jackson when he didn’t need to be called up to replace an outfielder (Martin) shows continued incompetence. So many things that should have could have been done differently is what Front Office continues to do. Until major changes of flushing out front office people who aren’t remotely good at what they do, this type of inaction will continue.

Defensive flexibility means you aren’t good at any position. Case in point by Keaschall don’t blame players for all mistakes, contributors for sure, Front office owns poor roster management.

It’s tiring to hear a reason for a call up is defensive flexibility to sit on the bench. No to Ross as we have 3 guys who fit that bill already. Defensive flexibility means your aren’t really good at any position. No to Ross, spring training he can fight for that one spot. We don’t need 4 guys with that ability. Wallner to show what? Hit some bombs but is awful on defense. You benching Bell? Raya and not sure who are you demoting at moment. Rogers, thank him for his time but he isn’t a leverage guy high or low. gonzalez doesn’t move the needle enough for me. Twins mgmt with a move to Gray would be another punch in the face for the fans, not to mention Jenkins. None of the guys on the team are center fielders with Buxton being injured for 2+ months now. Twins roster is bandaids and lipstick on a pig organization. Jenkins or bust. No service time issue to worry about a hope for rookie of the year next year. Hope is Twins front office mindset. Play him now and it would prep him for next year full time. Don’t want to hear, well there maybe or will be some form of lockout. Maybe there won’t be and you get 140 games vs 162. No one has a crystal ball but deep down players wont like missing paychecks and owners well they won’t like missing write offs

Bell with day off, Jeffers DH and $7MM man catching…glad they called up Jackson to waste a roster spot. He cleared waivers and you could have kept him in St. Paul…roster construction is baffling… guess they will pinch hit caratini at some point and Jackson will get a defensive inning late in game

And next to last in runs allowed in AL. The only team worst then them is the A’s which showed last night. They are 4th worst in all of baseball in runs allowed. Left handed/right handed batters is one of the least of their concerns

Baseball has a funny way of working itself out. We need wins to stay in the playoff race. You play the scheduled laid out for you so we better win these types of games. Culpepper if you look beyond the hits last night for some more baseball can be funny and cruel. His four hits the off the bat mph were all 86 or less including a 67.8 fly ball over 3rd basemen, can’t call that a line drive. Jeffers smokes one 105.3 straight to CF for an out. Hit’em where they ain’t as my dad would say back the day. the dream of playoff baseball continues

Investments in the team need to be done but as others say, building around Buxton to start with is fools gold. He plays out his current deal and then resign him doesn’t mean break the bank. Spend money, but do we trust that they will spend it wisely? Doubt it. Bell for most part okay, Caratini for 2 years not so much. Gallo, don’t need to explain or comment. Salary floor, cap doesn’t mean anything to me as it still comes down to execution of the spend and this organization hasn’t been good at it at all. They can say we will be buyers, invest, etc but comes down to an organization that can execute. Jury is out

Thanks Caratini! Blows both challenges in same inning. *