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  1. beckmt
    I think if we traded Kepler now we would be selling low. If we are having another difficult year, and he has rebounded, maybe at the trade deadline. The only option I might see is Miami, where they have too many starters and not enough hitters. But would not trade him unless the pitcher I was getting was a sure thing. We have a large number of prospects here.
  2. beckmt
    I think the idea would be for him is a bulk pitcher, about 4 innings 3 times every two weeks. That might limit the stress. You are talking a max of 80 pitches while he builds back his arm strength. Whether he does that in St. Paul or with the Twins is TBD.
  3. beckmt
    He probably has some of the best stuff of the Twins minor league pitchers. Command is an issue and might never be good enough to make it. This has bullpen written all over it. Not what I wanted here, but he has a few years to work things out. Like a previous poster, given the issues, he looks to be rated too high for me.
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    I am hoping he dominates in spring training (if we have one) and starts with the Twins rotation. Time to see what he has. And hope the arm issues were minor.
  5. beckmt
    You need the DH to rotate bats through it. Donaldson probably at this point in his career needs to spend 20 - 33% of the time there. Twins have a glut of bats, maybe need to trade 1 or 2 for a pitcher. That could be hard.
  6. beckmt
    Seems to me to be more of a depth option for minor league innings. No big deal.
  7. beckmt
    I think you all are seeing more hope than actually is. MLB according to MLBtraderumors is ok with cancelling regular season games if no agreement is reached. This may be a ploy, but it is a step back. Seems like some areas are closer, we still have a long way to go.
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    This is what I also feel. These guys need to be given the chance. Like Cleveland I think more will succeed they we believe will. This year will tell. Just don't get down on them if they don't succeed at first. Many of them will need more than one chance before succeeding.
  9. beckmt
    For the few good trades you have mentioned, there are several bad ones. The Pirates got very little for Cole. The Marlins made several bad deals, a lot of them to the Yankees, as payroll dumps. The big market teams being able to take on payroll, have a big edge in these non baseball revenue trades. Until you fix that you will not come close to parity,
  10. beckmt
    Top teams would not like their spending capped as would the top players, that is why football has parity. The floor would end tanking by forcing teams spending $50 - $60 million to raise they spending. Revenue sharing would be great, but not going to happen. Most of the suggestions I have seen would hurt the bottom teams, so hoping we can see movement soon. As I wrote, don't see the owners moving until they are looking at lost revenue. All that is happening now, is that you are hurting the younger teams who need player development time, with their places on the 40 man roster.
  11. beckmt
    Players need to get a salary floor, that is the easy fix. No way are the owners going to give a hard cap. Lower control will only hurt the lower revenue teams. Then you might as well go back to 16 - 20 teams with a $120 million floor and a $250 cap. too many lower teams do not spend anywhere close to $100 million.
  12. beckmt
    To me the only way to get a decent deal at this time is to not sign any deal or make progress until March 1. At that point the owners will be looking at expenses with no revenue. That may be the only way for the players to get a fair deal. Also remove Boris clients from the negotiating committee. They are heavily weighted to the top players and do not have the average player in mind.
  13. beckmt
    I am thinking we are going to rotate a bunch of young arms through this year. Have no faith in Dobnak, other two might work out, though Cotton has the more upside of the two. They are lottery tickets and do not make enough money to force them staying here. So we hope and will not be major disappointed if they fail.
  14. beckmt
    From the owners standpoint, what is the hurry. This is going to put the squeeze very badly on the mid level players, who are free agents into having them take one year bad deals or make good (read cheap contracts). Harking back to my days in the computer industry, you can always find someone younger and cheaper to do the job. If they are not quite as good, for a lot of clubs that may not matter, since most of those players will need jobs (the overseas market has been somewhat tapped out), will have to take bad deals. The superstars will be paid, but the mid level players not under contract will see their earnings reduced.
  15. beckmt
    Thanks Seth, great article. Twins have a very deep farm system, probably without the super top players which bring you the higher rankings in the farm system reports. This I probably why I have felt with the coming 40 man roster decisions, we need to find out which prospects are real and which might flame out. I am just hoping we don't lose Gore in the rule 5 draft. Should be interesting, though I am afraid of how long it will take the new CBA to be worked out.
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    It is always interesting to watch these kids develop, we shall see.
  17. beckmt
    I think the biggest thing for players is the number of club owners who don't care about the major league product, just taking a run for about 2 years out of 10 and making lots of money on it. A salary floor in the 80 - 100 million range would at least force some money to be spent, not the current 40 - 60 million payrolls the bottom feeders have. It would help the mid level players who can be replaced by rookies at half the cost. You are not going to be able to sell a hard salary cap and bigger revenue sharing at this time (this would really help to make the product wonderful). Service time is an issue, but maybe you make the rule that any time over 60 days counts as a full year and any time over 20 days counts as a half year. That at least would end some of the blatant stuff.
  18. beckmt
    I feel the Twins should use this year as a testing grounds for these pitchers. Why waste their bullets in St. Paul when we can see how they fare up here. I would expect at least Winder to join Ryan in the Twins rotation, with some of the rest not far behind. Until the last week of spring training you will not learn much, unless these pitchers start the game against the other major league players (on the road). I have high hopes for most of the top 5, with Woods-Richardson being the one that I would not have in the top 5 yet.
  19. beckmt
    Interesting list, we seem to have more pitching depth than I thought.
  20. beckmt
    Good article. I think a couple of the starters will wind up also in the bullpen, so hopefully the pitching will improve in 2022.
  21. beckmt
    Still have questions, may have preferred Twins protected Gore rather than Vallimont. Think both are good, but Gore may be more projectable. Good chance Vallimont never makes it, but if he does will be a real weapon. Rest are lower level pitchers I know little about, but still a great article.
  22. beckmt
    Problem is at this time the FO unlike the Rays, does not trade the correct pitching prospects. so it is better to keep all of them. And hope 25 - 33% of them work out.
  23. beckmt
    Trade will not happen with Winder until people are sure of his health. I am hoping that he is healthy and he starts either in St. Paul or with the Twins. Twins have a lot of possibilities. So if a number of them make it over the next few years, we should be fine for starters. Like Cleveland it is a numbers game. This is what the FO was brought in to do. Build very good teams with a budget around $130 million. We may do better if more than 2 - 3 hit.
  24. beckmt
    Yes, but this group needs a couple or 3 minor leaguers to make it for this to be a top notch group. My fear is that the FO will add more middle of the road types, and they will pitch in the first half and be no help. Mason, Moran, Cano and a couple of converted starters in the minor could make this a position of strength. We just have to give some of them a chance.
  25. beckmt
    You are assuming the Twins would sign either pitcher to an extension. That might be either very difficult or impossible. That is why I would not do a trade without the extension as a given. Risk vs reward. Pipeline is lined up. Plenty of pitchers play up, plenty of super prospects fail. That is why this FO is here. Give them the chance. If the next two years prove them wrong, then bring the pitchforks.
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