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  1. farmerguychris
    I'm a bigger Kepler fan than most but wouldn't be sad if Wallner plays so great Kepler goes into a reserve role.
  2. farmerguychris
    39 arms used last year - yikes! Wonder what the record for any MLB team is in a season.
  3. farmerguychris
    Glad to see Joey catch a couple! Sorry to see Pagan appears to be the same Pagan we thought he was, even in low leverage this time 🤐
  4. farmerguychris
    I understand your gripe about not wanting to have Lopez pulled after 85, but he's still working up to a full load. I'm not going to complain about that on opening day. I gotta also say however - I don't give 2 turds about how many innings pitchers go if we get wins. Starters go only 2 innings and we win - I'll be happy, Starters go 9 innings I'll be happy. The days of full game shut outs however are basically almost over. However- gotta have a good pen if they're going to be asked to pitch much, something we didn't have last year.
  5. farmerguychris
    Sounds like fate for Jorel Ortega - Welcome to the Twins - go out there and play....and get injured. Good grief! I'm intrigued by Cory Lewis - Don't knuckleball pitchers normally throw a 4-seam that hits about 80mph? Would be pretty cool to see him toss in the mid-90's one pitch and then a floater the moves all over the place on the following pitch.
  6. farmerguychris
    Agreed - but does he have any power in regards to who he has on his team? Rocco is the one oftentimes blamed (fair or not) when he sends Pagan out there. Could Rocco simply tell the F.O. that Pagan isn't making this team out of spring training, or would they laugh at him? To be responsible for a player you don't want on the team isn't fair - not saying Rocco feels that way. Just hope he is only used in blow outs at this point.
  7. farmerguychris
    This is perfectly said. Who cares if his stuff 'shouldn't get hit' - results are all that matters. I can't be confident in the pen if he's on it - period.
  8. farmerguychris
    yes
  9. farmerguychris
    Let the best pitchers make the opening day roster - If that means having a 6 man rotation, so be it. I can't imagine having 6 healthy pitchers for very long, so why not start with 6 and then have 5 before long? 7 relievers is enough.
  10. farmerguychris
    Can't get too critical of the f.o. on the potential talent we have in the OF this year. We know Bux could miss some time - much better plan this year than in the past! Excited to see how good we'll be - shouldn't be too many fly balls landing out there!
  11. farmerguychris
    Agreed - that article got me a lot more optimistic about Gallo after how Popkin worked with C4 last year. If he plays lights out and goes elsewhere next year so be it - I'll take one dynamite year out of him!
  12. farmerguychris
    My guess would be that other than Mahle, they really don't want to have to extend them because their young drafted guys are pitching so well and are ready for larger roles in 2024. That would be great, but I would be ok with also extending Gray if he can stay healthy this year, for at least 2 more years.
  13. farmerguychris
    Great opportunity to see what these coaches can do with young talent - I'm sure he wants to excel and be a great, long term solution at the hot corner. Lets mold him into someone who can consistently make plays like the one in the highlight reel shown in the article. Not all stars start out that way, some are made.
  14. farmerguychris
    Would love to see Dobnak in this role - no matter who it is, we can't have a pen full of 1 inning relievers again this year to prevent someone like Pagan being in a high leverage spot because everyone else is used up.
  15. farmerguychris
    In order to trade him at the end of this season - I believe that means we would have to first pick up his option. If we wanted to ensure ourselves something for him, we would have to trade him by the deadline this year, or be open to keeping him on the team next year if we did pick up that option.
  16. farmerguychris
    Sounds like it might be time to invest some higher draft capital in the backstop position - won't help now, but maybe a stud could be nearly ready by time Vasquez contract ends if we're super lucky. Still hope Jeffers turns it around, but can't bank on it.
  17. farmerguychris
    Don't like the rule, but it doesn't hurt us more than any other team since we're all playing by the same rules - we just need to do a better job of scoring runs in these games as we'll certainly have a bunch of them again.
  18. farmerguychris
    Let him try to continue to be a starter in St. Paul. He can always go to the pen, but he can't always go back to being a starter.
  19. farmerguychris
    I think its pretty simple to me - whoever are the most healthy for us this year will be considered the 'primary' starters when the season is over. Baily will get his chance, if he does well and stays healthy - he will be one of them. If not, then he won't. Last year Bundy was a primary starter for us by logging the most innings - is that something any of us are proud of?
  20. farmerguychris
    I can't see any way Polanco is still a Twin this time next year. He likely won't get that many at bats to vest his option. His $10M salary isn't worth it when we have so many younger, cheaper guys waiting in the wings. I would expect that IF he starts off well, and IF the prospects also do well in the minors, we could have a mid season trade of Polanco to someone who needs a 2nd or SS to bring one of the younger guys up and hopefully get a return for Polanco. If the younger guys are doing well - I would support this kind of move. Can't keep everyone and need a place for the younger guys to play.
  21. farmerguychris
    Gee..... thats too bad that Stanton can't get on base and still owed that kind of money.... Shucks! 😄
  22. farmerguychris
    Are they using robot umps this year to help with this type of face off?
  23. farmerguychris
    Excited to see what Martin can do this spring. Reminds me of what happened with Buxton early in his career when they kept tinkering with his swing - last year it was all about getting more power out of Martin, which didn't happen. In that process however, I'm sure they were messing (and experimenting) with a variety of subtle changes to how he hit all trying to get more power. Hopefully this year - less tinkering, and maybe we'll get more consistent results that lead him to be a top prospect in the first place. Hard to judge someone while they are trying to learn something new.
  24. farmerguychris
    I hope you're right - thats the only spot I see for Pagan on this team who wants to contend. He can be the pitcher when you wish you could send Austidillo in there again. Unfortunately, when you don't let starters go thru the line-up more than 3 times, and you have a pen full of 1-inning guys, there comes a time when a Pagan needs to be in high leverage situations - That is why I don't want him on this roster. I believe it is a mistake to bring him back.
  25. farmerguychris
    IF AK can't go full speed, full time at 1st - could one of the other left handed outfielders waiting in the wings play the 3 spot? Larnach? Walner? Not saying its just a spot you can throw anybody into, but I might consider something like that if any experience there instead of blowing up the existing plan by putting Farmer at 3rd and Miranda at 1st. Just another option - or do we have any 1st at AAA ready to step in?
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