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  1. umterp23
    What will be his closer entrance is next question that needs to be addressed? My submission would be “Bombs Away” by Bob Weir from the album Heaven Help the Fool
  2. umterp23
    Dumpster diving mgmt at their “best.”
  3. umterp23
    Not only Jeffers when he gets moved, but play poorly as a team and we very well lose Buxton, Ryan and Lopez. There isn’t a clear vision of competing with those four this year and next 2-3 years. yes Buxton has a no trade, but he will want a chance to compete for a championship so he will look to go to a select spot he wants. Lopez and Ryan aren’t signing long term. As much as we want them to be here, same rational with Buxton twins mgmt slammed the door shut after playoff series win a few years back and blew up the roster last summer. Long season ahead
  4. umterp23
    Mgmt “building around the core” on full display with these moves to date. This is another example of why Ryan and Jeffers wouldn’t sign a long term deal with Twins if offered. Championship contending team vision doesn’t exist. Bright side, spring training starts in <30 days.
  5. umterp23
    Phillies now courting Bichette which could create some tension with Realmuto. Good friend who lives in Phillies land said 80% of a fan poll are ready to move on from catcher who thinks he is worth more than Phillies offered. If they snag bichette, then realmuto wont have a home with Phillies being over $304MM luxury tax which would kick in. Phillies land Bichette then Stott at 2nd base would most likely get traded. Stott’s arbritration number was settled yesterday at $5.9MM. Pretty reasonable number for them. If the move Bohm ($10.2MM) then stott could move to 3rd. Phillies will have to move some money and bodies to add Bichette. Could twins make a move with Jeffers, get Stott in return, gain $800K and jettison some deadweight in Julien and/or Clemens? Keaschall can move to 1st? Need a primary catcher still, but some bargain bodies falvey will find to build around his stated 3 core players. Jeffers isn’t going to sign long term with a team in such flux in my opinion. Players want to be fighting for championships and not 70 wins
  6. umterp23
    Only thing this move did now was give falvey a talking point that we are investing around the core. One could argue was this an investment? It was money spent which isn’t necessarily an investment
  7. umterp23
    Definitely agree with that statement. Why would Jeffers sign an extension after the blowup, at deadline, no real competitive window now and most likely more deadline sale this coming season. I’m sure I wouldn’t be signing anything now if I was him regardless of who my agent is. Guys want opportunities to win championships, don’t see that window for twins currently. I’d like for him to stay but last summer selling 10 guys off has to hurt your belief in being competitive
  8. umterp23
    Switch hitting power hitter. Last year vs lefties his avg was .151 with 4 HR’s. Last three years hit 22, 19 and 22 hr total ( vs lefties, 4, 6, 8 over same period -‘25, ‘24, ‘23). Power hitter that avg 19 hrs a year, is that the new metric for power? He is more DH than 1st basemen. But hey, we can say we spent money now in off season via FA. Not great spend though
  9. umterp23
    So we hear words about building around the core, what if the core is actually the youth core? Lewis, keaschall, Lee, Jenkins, etc and not presumed Buxton, Ryan, Lopez and Jeffers? Would we be happy with it? I would as you aren’t going to get any of them to resign, or extend, etc as title contention is at best 2028 and that is if you are lucky. AL EAST will be the dominant playoff teams in the mix and your one central rep won’t be the twins in near future. Bargain bin shopping that Falvey likes to do to say we are building around the core is comical, but not funny
  10. umterp23
    So I didn’t expect any of the twins leadership to say anything negative to date. Are we really expecting to say rebuild, we are making more trades, we are pinching Pennie’s, etc.? Pretty easy answer is No. You say that and you lose tickets sales, sponsorships, and the fan base. Actions speak louder than any words this time of year. He states he has the ability to build around the core veterans and make investments, We saw the same thing last year. Another year of dumpster diving for ‘building the team to be competitive” is whatever his definition of competitive is, which won’t be pretty.
  11. umterp23
    Buxton at this point in career wants championship opportunities and front office showed him that isn’t the plan. He should want to put himself in that position of I want to play with a contender. I have no problem as it is a win for both sides actually. Buxton had a great contract as injury prone as he was, he can thank mgmt for that. Now mgmt can thank him with a trade for capital, my only concern is the twins mgmt good at identifying Buxton capital return in a trade?
  12. umterp23
    Everyone seems to not remember that Jeffers skipped AAA during Covid year in ‘20. Graver took one foul ball to you know what man parts and Jeffers was called up from extended training camp. Finished the year with twins that year. Then he made big league roster in ‘21 coming out of spring camp. Wasn’t playing a bunch and sent down to AAA for month of may. Returned in June of that year to big league club. Rehab assignment in late ‘21 for broken bone in hand. So total of 33 games in AAA. Some promotion scenarios are done out of need, injury, skill, etc. Jenkins and others now have that opportunity in front of them.
  13. umterp23
    Royce doing his best Correa impersonation, not very clutch. Mr happy feet has to guess pitch to succeed
  14. umterp23
    Imagine you are Jeffers, Lee, Lewis, larnach and Wallner and now that the team was gutted, you are left with 2 months of this mess. Has to suck for those guys as well as the fans trying to support them and the rest of the team. They have to be pissed off
  15. umterp23
    The Lee article a couple weeks back hasn’t aged really well that he needed fixed. The kid is a ball player, plain and simple.
  16. umterp23
    500 plate appearances and he needs fixed. I can think of worse twins who need fixing than Lee.
  17. umterp23
    Crucial series and .175 batting 9th. If it wasn’t $10MM price tag he would be DFA’d.
  18. umterp23
    Some comments mention new owners to blow up the mgmt regime to improve, move players in the off season. I have no confidence that the team will be sold at a valuation of $1.7B and another +$400MM in debt. selling team doesn’t seem imminent What I believe may happen is moving players on expiring contracts if you have depth to move up from minors as your return on trades might not give you plug and play swap of players. Don’t trust mgmt team to find that trade solution. I think wallner should be moved and he may give you good return, but I don’t think his value is worth much. So we may have to part ways with a couple prospects or spice a deal. Not a fan of mgmt to select valued prospects to move vazquez, who is taking him in a trade (plus is his salary won’t be much) but we aren’t getting any solid mlb ready catcher in return castro to me would be a good trade if keaschall was healthy but he is weeks away france and Paddack make sense to move, but that is a money move only which isn’t much money we are between a rock and a hard place with no clear path out
  19. umterp23
    If mgmt decided to pull a trigger with a trade, what would really want to give up for a good catcher. Give me catcher stability for a couple of years with a a balance of mid age catcher then over spend on aging catchers. Wallner/Julien and high AAA pitcher? I don’t know but seems wallner is gallo next generation. Gets hot for couple weeks and looks lost for a month. I don’t know farm system enough to throw names around or what targets truly make sense. I know we would have to shed some capital to make a trade, don’t believe our mgmt team knows how to do that
  20. umterp23
    Twins mgmt has put them in a really bad place with depth. Twins made a financial choice to trade Garver in his early 30’s age to not pay him a bunch of money as aging catchers bodies break down. Garver is full time DH and break glass need at catcher spot start. Then turn around and sign Vázquez to way over pay $10MM annual contract for a guy in his 30’s. Rortvedt is not depth we need, dude is in really bad place as a career .186, no power option. He is a cairmago version one but gets big league playing time. Twins are stuck with Vázquez and for all the fans who believe in a great clubhouse guy, get their wish to be the guy for a few days.
  21. umterp23
    Clemens has been a pleasant surprise. Castro and Kiersey in OF is not good for different reasons. Kiersey defense is solid but his bat doesn’t play at this level. Castro is not a master of any position and his bat hasn’t been good all year. Pretty telling that no slump Lewis is on bench with bride getting the nod. Lewis isn’t ready to play, rushed rehab job is hurting team
  22. umterp23
    How is that ruled a hit…clearly center cut in glove. Scorers these days are so generous
  23. umterp23
    Castro showing why he isn’t a left fielder… poor angles running to fielding the ball
  24. umterp23
    So does passed ball stat exist anymore? Everything is scored wild pitch it seems
  25. umterp23
    Need happy feet Lewis to come up clutch
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