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  1. old nurse
    An addition of a top of the rotation starter would add far more. Signalling that you want to do more than just make the playoffs is far more beneficial. Shoring up the bullpen so closing out the 7/8/9 innings is not as much vale when the starters are giving up 3-5 runs and the team is behind
  2. old nurse
    If the Twins make a trade for a player there will need to be someone off the 40 man so it would be a favor to the player to include them in a trade. One should remember that most of the minor league players were scouted by other teams They may still have an interest. Any team needs to figure out long before any other team does whether or not there is a major league future or not.
  3. old nurse
    You seem to have missed the point of the article was about the fringe players of the 40 man roster . You have definitely missed that there are multiple teams that are far more frugal than the Twins. Perhaps you need to reconsider ever labeling posting as nonsensical given your own post
  4. old nurse
    Civale fetched a ranked prospect when he was traded to Tampa Bay.. that 15-20 prospect for Anderson would mean you have a real deep farm system.
  5. old nurse
    With so many of the numbers the same in the tease there is one number missing. Launch angle.
  6. old nurse
    Duran’s value would be at a high point. Once he gets more expensive his value would go down. Look no further tan the Hader trade. The Brewers got 2 flops and a throw in who debuted vert well then blew out an elbow
  7. old nurse
    Jorge at 2b was an All Star when healthy up to this year
  8. old nurse
    The history of Oakland trades seems to be a haul of high risk, high reward prospects from the low minors. All that the trades of Bassit, Olson, Chapman and Gray netted them was the catcher Langliers. Montas netted them Sears, a back of the rotation pitcher. Why would they trade Sears? Their opinion of what they get in return is better than what they will get out of Sears
  9. old nurse
    Flarety will be available as a rental. Detroit will want a better return than St Louis got.. I would imagine that any team looking to trade for him will look to see how well he did in Baltimore. Given that 10 game performance it is risky to give up a top 10 prospect out of your system.
  10. old nurse
    Of all of the players n the Twins 40 man roster and ranked somewhere prospects Correa would have the least trade value. A no trade clause would be a Broras renegotiated contract where he has leverage. A trade f Correa would likely include one of those ranked somewhere prospects for a return of suspects
  11. old nurse
    Julian and one of the upper tier pitching prospects that the fans would later gnash their teeth over being traded would get it done for a younger starting pitcher on a rebuilding team. I don’t think that player exists, but the start of the article was about trading for starting pitching
  12. old nurse
    He said that Keashall showed off his 5 tool skillset,, not that he had them
  13. old nurse
    Launch angles, exit velocity, and the outcome of the pairing of the two has been around long enough and with enough games to have some validity. I don’t know if speed of the base runner is factored in. The notion of regression for Cleveland is a reasonable one. The question is how much to expect. If their run differential decreases by 10% they are still a top team in the AL. The difference in the standings would be unmanageable if the Twins don’t win the remaining series with Cleveland . One does have to hope that Texas and Houston stay in the races for the wild card as well as the NL central as it appears that Cleveland does have a lot of games with those teams
  14. old nurse
    ESPN’s report on this stated he had an MRI done in late May on his back. It is an indication that that the back has been bothering him for a while,
  15. old nurse
    But it was on the internet that he hid his injury and repeated. It just has to be true. In all seriousness one would think the training staff would have to write reports. They were probably hoping to send him down so they did not have to pay mlb wages for yet another trip to the injured list.
  16. old nurse
    2024 26 MIN AL 20 59 47 4 10 3 0 3 8 0 0 5 27 .213 .356 .468 .824 132 22 0 6 0 1 0 7/9HD If every hitter hit like that the Twins woul be on top of the division. Look at the numbers
  17. old nurse
    Heston was then traded for Reardon, a bigger trade tree
  18. old nurse
    John Butcher did indeed help win the 1987 series. They traded him for Reardon
  19. old nurse
    What is the goal for the team? A realistic one. Is it to just make the playoffs? If that is the case maybe upgrading the fourth starter is the answer. Win the wild card round? The fourth starter won’t help there so maybe the OP is correct.. Challenge for the division to avoid the wild card round? Maybe a 2 is in over A better chance to actually do something in the playoffs.
  20. old nurse
    Ahh, but the why do something like that is the Cubs got a top 50 prospect out of the trade who is doing well
  21. old nurse
    College baseball is limited to 11.7 full scholarships. It is more likely that a player has to pay to play than not. NIL money is not that great in college. LSU was reported to have the best fund at 10 million. I don’t think the money is there for any player to pass up the 7 figure bonus. If the HS player is a fast riser through the minors it is free agency sooner. The sooner you hit free agency the money you will make will pale anything a college has. The Twins have not had a high school prospect rise up fast in recent history, but they can still try that selling point
  22. old nurse
    Cade Horton is looking like a legitimize pick for his slot. Jackson Harris remains to be seen. Perhaps it is more a case the Cubs were a little smarter this time.
  23. old nurse
    Not every player makes the majors but the low minors weeds out the chaff pretty quickly. He didn’t make it as a command and control starter but they still just have seen something there. His FB topped out at 92. Assuredly the Twins have upped that, as he still has a job.
  24. old nurse
    They optioned him back to Wichita on Tuesday AAA coffee
  25. old nurse
    Topa and Stewart being effective would eliminate the need to trade for a right handed reliever.. They really can’t make a trade to replace Lewis. Kirilloff may be replaced by Wallner as a LHB. That leaves Martin. As they trade for a RHB for the outfield. Since the FO got Margot, I don’t see them making a trade, unless any of these players are trade bait in a trade for a frontline starter or LH reliever
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