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  1. Cory Engelhardt
    Agree to disagree. They better be overwhelmed to trade one of them. If a team wants a playoff level starter with multiple years of control they better be ready to pay. I don’t see a scenario where both are traded. But if one is (my guess is Ryan IF one is traded) then they are getting a lot back
  2. Cory Engelhardt
    I get that. I more just meant I have a hard time seeing them trading either Ryan or Lopez and NOT getting back help that will be here for 2026. Doesnt mean I think they will compete for a World Series next year. And who knows what 2027 looks like with a potential/probable stoppage. But let’s say they trade one of them for a middle of the order type bat plus. That would certainly make 2026 more interesting in my opinion
  3. Cory Engelhardt
    Either of them still bring back a LOT more than anyone traded at this last deadline. I know we are all down on them at the moment, but just wiping it away saying you are certain both are traded without accounting for what comes back feels off to me. Or do you really think other teams view Ryan or Lopez as valuable as the cardboard cutouts that were in seats in the 2020 season?
  4. Cory Engelhardt
    Good talk
  5. Cory Engelhardt
    Let's say they are both moved. I don't see that happening, but let's play it out. Both are traded. What are the returns? Do you think they are trading both for players that could be up in 2028? Or do you think they are getting guys for 2026?
  6. Cory Engelhardt
    Wallner, for everything with the batting average, still has a LOT of red in his baseball savant page. But I get what you are saying. I don't know about Emma. Hard to know what you have. Hopefully he can stay on the field. Gonzalez, I've only heard ok things about this defense. From what I can tell he wouldn't be near the top of the pecking order on the defensive spectrum. I guess I view Outman (if things work out ok) more like a Michael A Taylor/4th OF replacement than anything. Roden I view as a Larnach replacement until someone like Jenkins (or someone else) is ready.
  7. Cory Engelhardt
    Especially with Jenkins on the way, I think seeing if Wallner could take a 1B in the next year or so makes a lot of sense.
  8. Cory Engelhardt
    This draft does have a consensus #1 upcoming though, at least as far as I can tell. SS Roch Chowlowsky from UCLA.
  9. Cory Engelhardt
    Always love a dewey, cheatem and howe reference :)
  10. Cory Engelhardt
    Tait not even turning 19 until the end of next week is pretty exciting to see he is at high a to finish the year. He'll be 19 all of next year and very likely could be at AA at some point in 2026.
  11. Cory Engelhardt
    How much more or less valuable do you think he is, league wide, compared to say SWR? Just curious
  12. Cory Engelhardt
    Sears had a lot of value there too. I’d imagine if the twins had included one of their non Lopez/Ryan/Ober starters they would have gotten more back too no? For now I’m plenty happy with the return
  13. Cory Engelhardt
    Same. I’d be curious if national writers truly think of MN at all
  14. Cory Engelhardt
    Correa even views himself more as a 3b now. Playing SS is hard.
  15. Cory Engelhardt
    Even then, Lopez is coming back from injury, and Ober has had a down year (to his standards.) Other than simply trading guys away just to trade them, I haven't seen this front office trade away players coming off down or injured seasons. Have you?
  16. Cory Engelhardt
    And that could be. It just doesn't take into account that the young players who will really start to get a shot in 2026, you are assuming that they will produce worse than our lineup has in 2024 and 2025. That could be the case, or it might not be. That mostly then falls on coaching and development no? If you already have a rotation in place, and you make a couple of moves for the bullpen, AND you have a lineup that stays healthy, that doesn't mean explicitly that it will fail.
  17. Cory Engelhardt
    Maybe. But 2 follow-ups... 1) Why is trading both of them THIS offseason better than trading possibly one this offseason and another next deadline? 2) What exactly are you shooting for in a return? Are you trading them JUST to be bad? Are you trading them to supplement elsewhere for the major league team or to add to some positional group in the minors that needs more (for example, catching in the upper minors?) The only thing I was saying is, I don't see the point in HAVING to trade both of them this offseason. I suppose it all depends on new owners really, but the goal doesn't HAVE to be to bottom out. Too much starting pitching talent in the mlb level and in the upper minors (in my opinion) along with all many guys who are either currently in the majors or on the cusp too. Basically IF you trade both, what are you wanting back specifically?
  18. Cory Engelhardt
    I do see the redundancy for the left handed hitting outfielders they received in this deadline. However, if the long term plan is such that Wallner will be 1B/DH (just throwing out hypothetical) and Larnach isn't on the team next year, then there isn't redundancy with that any longer right? And comparing Tait (who turns 19 in about 3 weeks) to a different prospect who is older is fine, but we don't know that Quero will be a catcher long term any more than we know Tait will or won't. I do like his bat though. All of this to say, we don't know who the owners will be before next year, or if the coaching staff will be in place let alone the front office. But hopefully the moves they made last week help the shorter (2026) and longer term outlook for the team.
  19. Cory Engelhardt
    Only commenting on you saying they lost every trade; If you KNOW they lost every trade, do you also have the powerball numbers for this weekend? I'd love to be able to see into the future :)
  20. Cory Engelhardt
    Roden does have the ability to be an everyday player, that’s true. And Rojas might be a good starter. That’d be fun. I really did think Varland was set to be our closer for the next year or 2. Hard to not cheer for the hometown kid making the team. All of this is to say, I’d much prefer a gm make baseball decisions that could be hard at times, even like this. If they were prioritizing an offer or a trade return just for people from Minnesota, that would very much handicap them longer term.
  21. Cory Engelhardt
    Harry Ford is a super fun prospect. Would love to see him with the twins. He is certainly blocked from a full time role there too with Raleigh around and all
  22. Cory Engelhardt
    Then another team will offer something they like, right? Of course, they could just keep Ryan too.
  23. Cory Engelhardt
    That’s a very good question to be honest. Catcher or middle of the order type bat (and figure out position later) is what I would lean towards
  24. Cory Engelhardt
    I like Jonah Tong a lot actually. But with them getting Abel and Rojas and Bradley last week, along with the other starting pitchers they have and are close, I don't know that I'd prioritize another AA/AAA type starting pitcher for a return like this. I'd want to look at trading a strength to fill an area of need. Especially with the idea that I THINK they have real options in the rotation once that gets sorted out. I also like their centerfield prospect options. Do I like them more than Walker Jenkins or Emmanuel Rodriguez? No. And their options and Jenkins will all debut around the same time, in the next year or so at some point. How about Tampa? They've made lots of trades with them over the years. Tampa has a number of hitters who are already either in the majors or who are close who would very much help the 2026 club. I guess that's what I'm saying. I THINK if Ryan (for example) is traded, it would be to help an area of need for next year and 2027. I wouldn't see the point to adding to an area that they already have volume. AA/AAA starting pitching is a spot in the organization right now that they have quite a bit of depth. I know you can never have enough pitching, but if they are trading Ryan I think the focus could be elsewhere.
  25. Cory Engelhardt
    Then if they are trading Ryan it isn’t to Boston. Seattle and other teams probably would have interest. It’s not like it has to be just to Boston for whatever Boston would decide to trade
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