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Rest easy, there is literally a 0% chance, I promise. If I'm wrong I'll donate $100 to your favorite charity and post the receipt along with an apology.

Literal 0% chance Lewis is on the Twins next year. Everyone can move on.

Lee has an MLB career RC+ of 95 as a LHB and 73 as a RHB. Every scouting report in Lee's career says he's better against righties, his college and minor league results are consistent with that, Lee himself has talked about it and was openly surprised by his initial (very small sample) success against LHP, the Twins have openly talked about it. A 73 RC+ is horrible not just a little shortfall either.

I think Lee is probably an everyday 3rd baseman through his prime but his offensive limitations and lack of general athleticism are risks that never go away. And while the Twins do love switch hitters, Lee can't hit lefties. If Houston is the SS of the future then Culpepper presumably would need to play somewhere, and he's a better fit at 3rd than 2nd . . . Obviously if he or Houston (minors) struggle next year that would change the dynamic. So could Lee if he puts up a 120 RC+ or something in 2027. I wouldn't trade him after that!

Big talk about a guy with 2.8 career fwar in 345 games.

Tinney's batted ball data is a mixed bag imo. He'll need to show he can pull velocity, because despite having a lot of raw power it's not clear that his swing generates much oppo power.

Lee looks like trade bait to me, not this off-season but potentially next year. He'll need a solid (around average) offensive year to have much value of course.

Worth keeping in mind Jenkins missed a lot of minor league time with injuries, which undoubtedly slowed his development compared to what it could have been with a bunch more reps. In that context it was good he got some MLB experience to help prepare for next year.

Just briefly and yeah it's definitely an issue. The Twins might have to target someone who is mainly a DH going forward and use other guys at first base. And catcher is rough.

The owners will have been briefed repeatedly on the expected CBA outcome. The Pohlads already know what their plan A is. Most likely, it's a mix of the current system and national media revenue sharing in some form or fashion. Based on Tom Pohlad's statements and the potential of that outcome, it should be reasonable to expect a decent payroll bump to very roughly ~130 million. The free agent market has a good amount of pitching including a ton of relievers. So the most logical move would probably be to clear off dead weight like Larnach, Ober, Lewis, etc, opening up space to sign a few pitchers and trade for a position player contract another team wants out from.

Pure ragebait slop to be honest.

Matthews is never going to be even an average MLB starter, I think the Twins move him to the pen next spring training.

Well tbh the Twins haven't had many highly-ranked prospects. So it really just shows they need better prospects. Some of their "busts" were never highly ranked nationally to begin with.

Uh yeah the rest of the league is aware which is why the Twins won't get offered anything meaningful for Jeffers, so it's pointless to trade him.

Agreed. The yearning on here for mediocre prospects is tiresome. I personally like players who can actually play in the Majors, apparently this is the minority view however.