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  1. roger
    Read my comment carefully, old nurse. Dayton is an hour away. As is Lexington. Columbus is only an hour and a half. The first two are similar to driving from Hudson or Owatonna. Certainly an easy drive for a 7pm game. Granted Columbus, the biggest market, is further. But that is also less than 2 hours. But my response was mostly about correcting his argument that Minneapolis was 10x larger than Cincinnati.
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    Suggest you do some fact checking, TopGunn. The Minneapolis/St. Paul population you quote is for the MSP Metropolitan area. Minneapolis, like Cincinnati has a population of 300,000 something. To compare apples to apples, the greater Cincinnati area has a population of a bit over 2,000,000. So yes, the Minneapolis metro population is larger than Cincy. But Cincinnati has several other large cities within an easy drive, whereas Minneapolis does not. Dayton (500,000+ metro population) and Columbus, which is also over 2,000,000, are both within an hour and a half drive. Add Lexington, Ky (700,000 metro area population) which is an hour away and you have a significantly larger population who can easily go to Reds games than Minneapolis. Agree 100% with your comments that the baseball revenue model ain't working and needs to be fixed. As for the odds of that happening, expect that is unlikely. EDIT: Just did a stat check. Within 125 miles, Minneapolis has a population of 5.2M, Cincinnati has over 12.0M. More than double the Twins Cities.
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    Thanks, Cody, I can now resume breathing! Was fearful you had recent information that his healing process wasn't going as planned.
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    Great seeing the Twins sign four pitchers. They must do better with their International signings if they are to continue to be contenders in the future. Question. Is that kid on the left Sano's younger brother? Maybe shouldn't have said kid as he looks like a 20-something year old man. Do you have more information on how much each signed for and how much of the $6.25M budget the Twins spent?
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    Love him, but it ain't gonna happen. Question, Cody. What is your source regarding AK's shoulder?
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    The Twins have Lewis at third with Farmer and Castro as excellent back ups. That leaves first and DH as the only options for Miranda. Defensively, he should be serviceable at first and should improve if allowed to focus only on first base. The fact he hits right handed makes him an excellent mate to platoon with AK. Also leaves the option of having AK play a corner outfield spot on days Miranda is at first. Will Miranda be the hitter he was is 2022? That's the question that only time will tell. Considering he should be 100% healthy come spring training there is an good chance he will be. And if he is, the Twins just became much more potent offensively. As for the title of your post, Ted. Yes, Jose could be the Twins sleeping giant of 2024. Question is, will he?
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    I have believed that Kep's biggest problem the last few years were the shift, and what it did to his thought process as he stepped into the batters box. Yes, the shift was gone all season. But after several years of looking out to right field and seeing defenders seemingly everywhere, it took awhile for his brain to understand the change. I truly believe as he grew comfortable with the current defensive alignment, he became a different hitter.
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    The good news, Matt, is that we don't have to make any decision on Larnach. Doubt he will be traded as his trade value has to be low. So I expect he will show up in Fort Myers in mid-February and the Twins and us fans will see if Mr. Larnach has turned a corner to become the player we all think he can be. He is so far down the depth chart it doesn't make a lot of sense to spend time thinking about him.
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    I keep reading what you said, Fatbat. That is that Vasquez, Polo and Kep are easily replaceable. I then ask, who is going to replace Kepler? No one in the organization is going to equal or even come close to his defense, well at least until Jenkins may be ready. And once his brain understood what the lack of the shift was, his bat was very good. Sure, Larnach may be good in 2024, but can you count on him? I doubt so. Agree with your comment regarding the otehr two, although Polo has been one of my favorite Twins for a long time.
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    Thanks Nick. Really enjoyed reviewing your posts this past week. And love today's summation. What struck me when I looked at the list, is the lack of International signings. Only three of twenty, and two of those were a long time ago. Granted, a couple were traded (Arraez and Graterol) which would have made it 5 of 20. Considering the Twins spend nearly as much signing International Players as they do the draft every year, they aren't getting a good return on their dollars. I ask, why not? As for Jenkins, I continue to read what others write about him and ask, is this kid really the next Mickey Mantle?
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    Wasn't able to watch Twins on tv two years ago and saw most of his starts at Wichita on MiLB tv. Man, he was so good. Would be exciting to see this young, well not that young anymore, man become a vital part of the Twins pen. As you said, it doesn't have to be a late inning guy. Could be valuable as a guy who comes in mid-game and throws 2 or 3 solid innings. Do that every three or four days and he will be earning his $770k by helping the Twins win.
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    It was Plouffe when I read it.
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    Enjoyed this series, Nick. Thanks. Can understand those comments about why Jenkins shouldn't be #1. But I also understand your defense of him as your top pick. Only question I have is when will we see him at Target Field? Could it be late 2024? All of us can quibble with your ranking. Only changes I would make are: 1) Would include Buxton, even if at the late teens; and 2) Would have AK higher than 17th. Expect he will be the player in 2024 we have expected since joining the Twins back whenever.
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    Good article and great topic. Let's cross our fingers that the Twins staff can continue to find and develop solid players in the later rounds. Must take exception with one of your comments, however. Including Trevor Plouffe as a first round miss along with Sabato and Cavaco isn't fair to Trevor or a truthful statement. Plouffe had a solid big league career both with the Twins and elsewhere. Certainly wasn't a bust as it appears the recent duo will be.
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    Very interesting group, Nick. The only change I would make is not have ERod this high. Just too many questions, at least in my mind. If he does have this value to others, I could see him headlining a trade as we move towards spring training. What I found most interesting was that your #7 and #8 most valuable players were both relatively low draft picks. For a mid-market team like the Twins, it is a must to get this type of value out of your mid-to-low draft picks. Makes me wonder if there a more guys like this on the way? And who might they be?
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    Agree with the above comments about X number of his strikeouts were in fact balls. And many would have been ball 4. Is there any way it can be determined how many of his strikeouts were on pitches out of the zone? Is it a handful, a dozen or so, or more? Also agree with the above comment that baseball needs to do something about this problem.
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    The biggest arm the Twins currently have from IFA is Duran. Yes, he was acquired in a trade, but he is the type of arm I would like to see them get. Does anyone know how big his bonus was when Arizona signed him?
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    Add me to the list of those who believe Duran should be higher. I guess watching Twins closers try to close out games for so many years makes the closer role more important to me. Wasn't a fan of Wallner when he came up. Thought he struggled in the outfield in many of his first games. To his credit, he must have worked on it because his deficiencies weren't as obvious later in the year. Have loved Raya since he was picked in that short draft during the pandemic. Gotta believe Varland will be higher on your list next year. My hope is that he begins the season starting in St. Paul to be available to come over and start X number of games when needed. Then flip him to the pen come August and have him pitch late in games during the Twins pennant run.
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    Always interesting when you do this, Nick. I continue to believe that some late in spring training the Twins will add a couple years to Max's contract. Also am hopeful that Paddack pitches so well that the Twins extend him a couple years later this summer. As it appears Lewis has put his injury concerns behind him, hopefully, AK will do the same this summer and put up a season like we all know he could. Surprised to see Festa on this list. But then, I don't know a lot about him. Can he be more than a #5 starter who is up and down between the Twins and Saints? Do you see it as likely that he will be starting games for the Twins this year?
  20. roger
    Understand he is a solid bat and sure helped their depth last year. But there appears to be zero place for him to play except DH and pinch hitting. I want to see AK and Miranda getting 162 games at first base and Julien/Lee/Farmer, etc. getting all the innings at second. Note, I am assuming Polo is dealt prior to spring training as part of a package for a young #2 or #3 starter. Considering the 40-man isn't full, signing him as a DH or pinch hitter may make sense. But it is gonna have to be for small dollars.
  21. roger
    Will say what I said when they drafted him. Why can't he be our modern day version of Mickey Mantle? If memory serves, he was an above average outfielder with speed, power, defense and he hit for average.
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    I will be disappointed if his numbers don’t exceed those listed above. Expect he would also be disappointed.
  23. roger
    Jax and Larnach or Wallner? Sure am glad you aren’t in the Twins front office.
  24. roger
    My wife has prime, so would be AOK for me. At end of season I cancelled Direct TV and went back to Hulu. So if they end up with Bally only, would have to jump through some hoops to find games in 2024. Bah Humbug as far as the Twins go, but Merry Christmas to everyone else.
  25. roger
    And Merry Christmas to all. Well, not all but this group certainly has a pleasant surprise under their trees this year. As for the Twins, they wouldn't have been in the playoffs without this group. Considering there were 101 young guys earning these bonuses and there are 30 teams, the average team should have about 3.33 players earning the bonus. Seeing the Twins with six confirms they have a very good young group which should bode well for them going forward. When I read this in this morning's Strib, told Bonnie. Her comment was that the group making the minimum were paid ONLY $720,000. Add me to those who wish the top players made a bit less and all these exciting young guys got a lot more. But who says life is fair? You answered many of my questions, such as where this money came from and how much each team paid into it. Thanks, Seth, and Merry Christmas.
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