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  1. beckmt
    I don't want to see any of Rooker, Garlick, Smeltzer, Cave or others of the like here. We need to move forward and find players to fit this team.
  2. beckmt
    Arraez will DH and play 3B. Sano will play 1B and DH. My guess is that Sano and Sanchez will sit against tough rightes on righties. You will need a RH hitting outfielder to play when the opposition starts a leftie (Kepler should not be an option, unless the Lefty does better against righties. Rooker and Laurach should be in St. Paul. To start the season I am expecting 15 pitchers because of the short spring training. Gordon should give you a lot of coverage for a short term. We will be fine.
  3. beckmt
    Winder should be with the Twins in a starting role and Duran in the pen. Don't waste their bullets in St paul.
  4. beckmt
    I tend to agree with this more on pitchers and not so much on position players. Pitchers tend to decline quickly (except for the special few), and the last few years of those contracts can be bad. At the age these players were, do not see an issue. Twins will have a new TV contract in the next few years and the MLB keeps signing great contracts for rights. Those get shared. Also with inflation dollars today are greater than the same dollars tomorrow. For me on position players it depends on the fit and temperament. Twins have a lot of young pitchers coming, lets find out what we have.
  5. beckmt
    I would recommend the surgery and then put he on the 60 day DL. Best outcome and with a 30 day rehab, we may see what we have.
  6. beckmt
    Hate to throw cold water on the parade. The players Duran faced yesterday were minor league depth pieces. After a couple of these sessions, let us see him in the middle innings or as a starter for 3 innings and see how he fares against major league hitters. Just slow things down. I really hope he works out, but this is a very compressed spring training.
  7. beckmt
    Wonderful!!. I look at this as a 1 year deal, buys the time to develop Lewis and Martin. Maybe Correa will like it here, It also depends on whether the QO is still around (that is a players decision, but they will have to agree to an international draft for it to disappear). Probably a factor was there were no pitchers worth buying anymore, so we will have to trust the youngsters (and I feel some of them will work out). Maybe there is one more trade for a pitcher, but the Twins can always get deadline help, which is usually cheaper than now). Great move by the team.
  8. beckmt
    I would not like to send high level prospects to the A's for their starters, too little control.
  9. beckmt
    I also was a believer that Donaldson needed to be moved, not because he was not a very good player, but because he needed to be moved for the next level Twins to appear. Twins seem to be moving toward what the Rays do, many multi-positional players that can cover for injuries, without a big dropoff in performance. That was one of the issues last year and prior years. Sanchez is probably only here for one year or will not be here this year, Urshela fits the Twins model. I have also seen the mlbtraderumors story the Twins have reached out to Story's representatives. That would cause a lot of it to make sense. Either Story or Correra could be signing a one year pillow deal if they do not get what they want, but more likely Correra goes back to the Astros. Better chance is the Twins are using 2022 to see what they have in the upper minor league levels and fill from there, Second thought is the maybe Miranda is being used in a trade for an Oakland or Cinncinatti pitcher. Wait until the chairs stop moving.
  10. beckmt
    Maybe they also have a deal for Sanchez. Miranda had nothing left to prove at St. Paul, does that mean Urshela plays SS. I know he played some there, but don't think he was that good. Maybe we needed Sanchez to get an Oakland pitcher, but this makes little sense to me. Donaldson I can understand if the Twins were rebuilding and he would probably not want to be here.
  11. beckmt
    Read this player being a place holder for a year. Also says Twins do not view Martin or Gordon as shortstops.
  12. beckmt
    Ronny Henriquez is the prospect coming according to the Pioneer Press reporter.
  13. beckmt
    on mlbtraderumors seems twins will get another player also.
  14. beckmt
    This seems to be far more than the Twins would have offered, so it was not in the cards.
  15. beckmt
    According to MLBtraderumors the Twins have checked the medicals of Rodon and Kikuchi. Signing one would be no surprise. But we shall see. I would rather spend money than prospects.
  16. beckmt
    depends on who you give up, but I don't like guessing games. Maybe just maybe you can get a pitcher you can afford, but it does not come cheap. Rather than trade prospects, would rather trade Kepler who seems to have reached his peak. But most of the lower clubs value cost control and younger players, maybe that will change as I understand the new CBA has some penalties for bad records year after year. (Read Pirates, Miami, and others). Should be interesting.
  17. beckmt
    I am one unless you can make a great trade, Twins need to see what they have. Sorry to pour cold water on this, but when you have like 10 -12 prospects to be protected in the next 2 years, you need to find out what you have. Otherwise you may well lose the best ones on a misguess. No thanks.
  18. beckmt
    I had to look, but feel you erred greatly in leaving out Simons-Richardson from this list. He could also move up rapidly if he looks strong out of the gate. As noted above we should have some roster spots available He could really help himself with a strong start in Wichita.
  19. beckmt
    The first two look like the big ones for immediate help. Sabato and Cavaco must start showing something or they are headed for the bust category and a lot of gnashing of teeth about this front office and their draft picks. Varland is still probably a year or two away if he makes it. Will be interesting to watch. Smeltzer is a pitcher who might soak some innings on a bad club whose prospects are a couple of years away. Do not want to see him again here.
  20. beckmt
    Looks like the players have put cold water on things, saying that MLB was only posturing. Deal was never that close. This is according to MLBtraderumors. Looks more like the owners were trying to put pressure on for a quick deal. Do not expect anything to happen.
  21. beckmt
    I remind you neither Kluber of Bieber were supposed to have ace stuff. My point is we just don't know, and you might have us give away the ones that were to step up.
  22. beckmt
    I still stand by my comments in other threads. When you have the number of near major league ready pitchers the Twins now have, you have to find out how many of them will step up and become viable major league pieces. I hope we will be suprised by a few, but out of about a dozen, we should be able to find 4 - 6 major league pieces that are decent. If we are lucky maybe 1 - 2 will become at least #2 type starters.
  23. beckmt
    From what I am reading it will not be Martin. That is too bad, but it will work out. I had high hopes that he and Arraez could be in the line up as 2 top of the lineup pesks , to push opposing pitchers pitch count up, be a pest on the bases,, and in general, somewhat like the Yankees, set the table and force the pitchers to throw quality pitches. Lack of a defensive home for one or both renders this an issue. Good news is these things tend to work themselves out, so we will know more in 2023 and beyond.
  24. beckmt
    I could see the A's taking Arraez as he is cheap. They are looking for major league cheap assets and close to major league prospects. I doubt they would just add Piscotty and Andrus to the deal just to cheapen the return. Andrus could be gotten for not a lot (he has little value) and could be worse than Simmons. Don't know how long his deal runs, but is a thought is you are looking for a one year stopgap. I am more in favor of seeing what we have this year and spending money next year to fill the holes.
  25. beckmt
    Story comment must be a joke. He is probably going to be in the 7 year $200 neighborhood. You must be hoping the price really drops. Someone will pay him close to this figure. I agree with the poster on the starter. Why lock yourself in when you need to sort thru a lot of starters over the next 2 years and this is the best year to find out what some of them have. Rodriquez I could see. Depending on medicals could really help the Twins bullpen, since we have no idea how good some of the prospects will fare at this level. It would still leave 1 - 2 spots for the prospects, who then could start in low leverage situations.
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