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  1. roger
    I expect not having the Twins on most tv’s has been a bigger factor in interest in the Twins than most realize. Although there is a deal for hockey and bball for the streaming service, still nothing for the Twins, right?
  2. roger
    Yes, it makes a ton of sense to add Lewis to this list as well as Varland and SWR. Lewis just might be the best. Heard on one of the tv broadcasts last summer that Kirk Gibson had a similar surgery as AK. And we sure know how his career ended up being. So let's cross our fingers. Also have total faith that Captain Jax will work his tail off this winter and have a better 2023 than 2022, which was very good.
  3. roger
    To answer your question, Has Luis Arraez peaked? No. Should Arraez be traded, hell no! Like someone mentioned above, I watched most of last year's games. And the highlight of most was waiting for his next at bat. Loved all those 7-8-10 pitch at bats regardless of the result. Trade him and I don't know what I will be looking forward to in next year's games. Probably nothing. And that leads to taking a nap or reading a book, or even joining the wife doing a puzzle. But it doesn't lead to watching more Twins games. Heck, I have even gotten to the point where I could understand their trading Polo or Keps. But trading Arraez, no, no, no.
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    The only player from that 2020 draft that gets my blood pressure pumping is Raya. Agree, he could be a good one, real good. And we won't need to add him for another two years. Heck, I hope he is pitching with the Twins by that time. My biggest question regarding the Rule 5 draft is any information on the 4 guys the Twins took in the AAA version of this year's draft. Was hoping someone at TD would have given us some insight into who they are and what hope they have to contributing, if ever?
  5. roger
    Don’t understand why everyone isn’t happy, hell excited, about the starting rotation the Twins have today. I sure as heck am. Now if he was a dominant reliever, that would be different.
  6. roger
    Count me among those who will be encouraged when Boras announces Correa has signed and it is not with the Twins. I am comfortable with Farmer manning short until Lewis returns, hopefully, sometime in June. Have always believed in Lewis becoming a star and his brief stint last year sure as heck confirmed that belief. Thus, have zero interest in signing Correa to a 10-year deal which will destroy this team in the late 2020's, just when all these young kids need to be signed to extensions to keep the gang together. The needs I see are a better than Jeffers catcher and one good late inning reliever. I believe with a bit of luck health wise the Twins can compete to win the Central and be competitive in the playoffs. As for the starting staff, I will repeat my belief that I don't care about an ACE. Give me three very good #2-#3 starters to make the next three starts and the Twins will win a lot of games. All indications are they have three, if not four, good #2/#3 arms.
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    My question is whether or not there is a big time catcher who could be available at #5. You know, somebody named Johnny Bench? Will you be doing a similar review of potential pitchers? My hope would be that if Bench isn't available, they would find that proverbial ACE with this pick. You know, Chris Sale, Jr.
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    Don't have a clue whether they will acquire them via trade, free agency, the Rule 5 or however. But the Twins need 3 catchers. One is a solid vet who preferably bats left handed and will act as 1a with Jeffers being 1b. The second is a vet, think Leon, who can be signed to a minor league contract. He will begin the year in St. Paul and his experience should help those young pitchers who also should begin their year with the Saints. He will be available to be added to the 40-man if/when catcher 1a or 1b goes on the IL. The third is a solid big league prospect who is at least at AA. It would be shocking if this young man were available in the Rule 5. That means his acquisition will need to be a trade, although maybe their luck from last night will hold and they find this young man in the Rule 5.
  9. roger
    The group A picks are sandwiched between the first and second rounds.
  10. roger
    Fantastic, doubly so at #5 and #34.
  11. roger
    Steve asked the most important question that always is missing in these conversations. To add Cruz they would need to either release someone on the roster or not add one of the four they added. Suspect they would definitely lose that person, say Julien, and it could really come back to bite them.
  12. roger
    Perhaps the most shocking statement you made, Seth, is that the Front Office has a strong relationship with the Boras agency. Wasn’t that long ago that our front office cringed when hearing his name. I am not a huge fan of Jeffers and am hopeful they sign a starter so Jeffers only plays 70 games a year. Hopefully they will leave San Diego with a catcher, even if it is a vet like Leon on a minor league contract as injury insurance and to work with the young pitchers at St Paul. Really want to also see them add a good catching prospect who is at least at AA. Doubt he could be a Rule 5 guy, so may need to be a trade. To answer some of your questions, if they don’t sign Correa I don’t see their payroll anywhere near $150M. I pray they don’t trade either Polo or Keps. I do hope they sign a stud short reliever to shut down games from the 7th inning on. Expect we will lose someone in Thursday’s draft. Fortunately, the guys that would hurt were either added or traded in July.
  13. roger
    Interesting young man, Cody. Not a clue how this will pan out. So many unknowns. Will Winder be healthy and pitching like we saw in much of 2021? Will Alcala be healthy? If so, will he be ready for prime time or need several months at St Paul? Will Moran fine tune his control and be the real deal? Or will he need another stint across the river? Lets hope all these questions are positive and the Twins have a shut down pen. I, however, would love to see them sign another stud late inning arm.
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    What a fantastic return for Cruz. Almost think the Twins should sign an older big bat with a one year contract every winter. Then flip him in July. What a way to restock the system. I expect Ryan to take another step forward this spring. Expect a normal winter will be big for him. Another advantage is he just might be slotted as the Twins #4 starter…Gray, Mahle, Maeda. Ryan and Ober. Could win lots of games against other teams #4 starters. That’s assuming Rocco let’s him pitch 5 innings. But didn’t he let Ryan go deep into games a couple times at the end of the season?
  15. roger
    The biggest problem the Twins have is that they currently list 16 position players on their 40-man roster. Nine of them are outfielders and only one is a catcher. Yes, Gordon is likely a utility guy who can play as much infield as outfield. But there is no way they are going to go into the 2023 season with half of their position players outfielders. Yes, a pitcher or two may be released/traded to open a spot or two for the position players. But they still would be half outfielders. Add that Lewis is injured to start the season and there is no question that one, probably two, of the current outfielders will not be on the roster come April 1. Besides the health of several outfielders, the problems I see with this group is Celestino's baserunning and Wallner's defense. I wouldn't trust either playing at Target Field, assuming the Twins want to win. Both need more time at AAA with someone really good working to remove their warts. Actually, this entire discussion is premature. We won't know how healthy AK, Buxton and Larnach are until spring training. That will be a good time to revisit this discussion.
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    Matt, I think the only people interested in the Twins going out and signing a pitcher, like this guy or an older, expensive ACE, are many of the writers and commenters at TD and elsewhere. I expect that the Twins are very happy with the starters they have going into spring training. Five quality starters, a sixth who should return from the IL late summer, a promising young prospect who mostly pitched out of the pen last year and two young studs who looked awfully good in a handful of games last fall. Thats the best staff I can remember since Brad, Johan and Franky. Depth wise, heck, it may be better. There is no question the front office has some work to do the next couple months. More starters isn’t one of them.
  17. roger
    Is he an ACE? Not by my definition, but there are only a half dozen or so who are. Is he the Twins best pitcher, maybe? Probably? Doesn't mean he is my opening day starter. That job goes to Sonny Gray. Why? I want Gray matched up with the other team's top pitcher. Then have Mahle going in the #2 slot where he should be as good or better than most team's #2. Advantage Twins. Give me the advantage in game 2 and game 3 and they will win a lot of series, even in the playoffs. And they will do that without paying +$20M to some aging name we all recognize. As for an extension. Let's see how he is pitching come spring training. If all it good, you betcha. Count me among those who believe last winter's lockout and shortened spring training had a major effect on the health of many players...Mahle may have been one of them.
  18. roger
    Don't think I said next year, and if I did that was an error. Didn't they experiment with a challenge system in the AFL? Wouldn't surprise me if that is the route they take as opposed to turning it over to technology. Hopefully, they will be smart if they do it and do it soon.
  19. roger
    Always get a smile when reading your pots, Cody. That's because every one will somewhere point out that player X was younger than Y% of the guys he faced or played against. I seriously doubt that when Pitcher Z gives up a go ahead double to Player XX he is thinking, that's ok, the guy is two years older than I. Seriously hope that Wallner plays very little next year, rather spend most of it in St. Paul. Why? Because I want AK, Larnach and Keps playing every day and putting up fantastic numbers. Will agree with the above comments that I also expect both of the pitchers to not pitch enough to be considered. Same with Julien, if Polo is healthy he is going to be in St. Paul. Would love seeing a Twin get the award, just will be shocked if it is any of these.....unless Lewis gets on the field by late May and hits like he did last year.
  20. roger
    Can certainly agree with your last comment. If we had a great defensive catcher and he hits a buck ninety, so be it. I would be happy. And anything better is gravy. If I understand most of your response, you are indicating that his pitch framing offsets being bad or less than average on blocked balls and throwing out runners. LaTroy Hawkins made a comment on one of the broadcasts this summer that I loved, "good pitch framing is really bad umpiring." When changes are made to robo umps or a challenge system, Jeffers plus goes away. And changes are coming to the base size which will likely increase the amount of running teams do,. And I am not proposing they replace him, rather get someone better so that he is only playing about 40% of the games.
  21. roger
    Must take exception to your comment that Jeffers is a strong defender. Yes, he has a reputation for framing, which hopefully goes away in the next year or two with some type of robo ump or challenge system. The catcher I have seen behind the plate is bad at blocking balls and terrible at throwing out anybody. Yes, the pitchers often are as much to blame about steals, but his record last year was bad. To answer your question, catching is the biggest problem the Twins have, HUGE! They need a new starter, who preferably swings from the left side. Someone who will play about 90 games a year with Jeffers at 70, MAX. They also need a third guy. Could be someone like Leon who is at St. Paul on a minor league deal. Ideally, this is an older vet who is fantastic working with the young pitchers who are one step away. And finally, they need a third guy. Some guy at AA who is a solid prospect and could/should be ready by 2024.
  22. roger
    Agree with those who say the most important fact is that he is healthy when he does play. As for number of games, give us 110 in which he is able to play center field. Obviously, being healthy to play every game in the playoffs is a must do.
  23. roger
    Agree that this is creative and expect there is a real chance it would get the job done. But I sure hope that it doesn't get done. Why, I cringe when I think of paying this type of money for 10 years. I believe that Royce Lewis is and should be the Twins shortstop over the next 5-8 years. I don't see the need to break the bank to sign Correa. And this contract would break the bank.
  24. roger
    His results have been puzzling. There was a stretch at Wichita two summers ago when he was as good as anyone could be. Then he wasn't. Won't even attempt to understand everything written above. But I expect the truth is that he needs to fix whatever was wrong, maybe it was health, or he will not be part of the Twins organization come next December. Hope like heck he does, because he could be a good one. At least I always thought he could.
  25. roger
    Carl and Jim Pohlad are both businessmen, who owned a baseball team. Since the day Joe graduated from Boston College he has worked in the business of baseball. First, he worked in NYC in the MLB offices. Don’t know what he did at the league offices, but he was there for four or five years so it was more than an intern. Next he returned to the Twin Cities and has worked at various front office jobs since. Sounds to me that 20 some years ago the Pohlads said, “we own a billion dollar business, it makes sense that someone in the family learns the business to be qualified to run it someday. Joe volunteered and someday is today.
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