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  1. 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.
  2. 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?
  3. farmerguychris
    Thanks so much! I'll be heading down to my second spring training next month, but I'm afraid I missed so much my first time down because I didn't know where I should go! I look forward to it!
  4. farmerguychris
    Can we get one of these for the spring training complex?
  5. farmerguychris
    I really don't know if Polanco has the ability to have a good enough year to keep him around beyond 2023. This is not a knock on him, just a reflection of how much potential talent we have waiting to replace him in the near future that will be cheaper when we have needs other places (pitching?) that we might be able to trade him for.
  6. farmerguychris
    Pretty sure the plan without injuries is to put Ober in St. Paul. They know its only a matter of time until we need him due to injuries. He has options so we should use them. They say the pen is not a priority, so I don't expect either of them to go there.
  7. farmerguychris
    Yes, trading him was a mistake. He was a solid major league player and we got potentially nothing in return. Simple as that for me. Our team is better with him on it. Yet we kept Pagan - I actually might prefer Gio pitching over Pagan, let him give it a shot.
  8. farmerguychris
    We have a below average pen. I would vote for any pitcher who may be there this year because they will certainly be given an opportunity to make an impact with as many innings as they likely will need to pitch.
  9. farmerguychris
    I will hope both of them find success again. It won't be easy for either of them. Big bodies playing sports aren't really known for their longevity. Both fit into my 'what could have been' category.
  10. farmerguychris
    I support this F.O. However, if this is truly accurate than I will forecast this will be what ends up costing them their jobs. It is impossible to BOTH prevent your starters from going thru the lineup a 3rd time AND not have a quality BP. Stud starters can make up for a weaker pen or a Stud pen can make up (a little) for weak starters - unfortunately we have a middle of the road set of starters and a pen that 'is not a priority'. I don't see how that will work???!!!😬
  11. farmerguychris
    He played this role in the minors, time to try it in the biggs. If he can't handle it, then come up with plan B - but you gotta rip the bandaid off and try it at some point right?
  12. farmerguychris
    He's fine. I appreciate that for most of his career he was very dependable, injured or not, has some power, plays where he's asked to play. However - a time comes when you need to bring up the next wave of younger guys (when you have them - and we do) who could play this role and trade him while still has positive trade value. I envision that being the direction we go. Unfortunately when someone is underrated, you need to find a trade partner who also thinks the same thing to get a good return.
  13. farmerguychris
    As a person sitting in a Holiday Inn Express as I type this, I find your comments quite accurate. I only hope we can solve that 2 OF with 1 bat comment by trading Kepler for a stud relief pitcher who can go at least 2 innings. I think that type of trade would fit up in the top half of these rankings.
  14. farmerguychris
    If his finger is healthy - are the ANY Twins fans who wouldn't prefer him and his ability to go 2-3 innings in the pen instead of Pagan? Hopefully has a great spring and forces Baldelli to make this happen.
  15. farmerguychris
    Why would you want to have anybody in the 'conventional closer' role like in years past? This would mean you put him in only in the 9th. It is much more advantageous to let the closer role be fluid. Why save Duran's talents for the 9th when you're up 3 runs when you could instead use him in the 7th when we might be only up by 1? A fluid pen which allows us to put in pitchers with the best matchups is the smart way to go IMO.
  16. farmerguychris
    Lets wait until the trade deadline to see where we're at. As it stands - we have 6 #2 and #3 level starters. I think that bodes well going against other team's #4 and #5 starters - on average. Should get us to the playoffs, if we're hot and in contention at the deadline, then consider getting a #1 you feel good about for the playoffs - otherwise keep our prospects for now.
  17. farmerguychris
    I am very intrigued to learn of the health of all our injured guys (not just pitchers) from last year. In addition to Mahle and Maeda - how are Buxton and Lewis progressing. Wish the team would share updates on their injury recoveries other than - "progressing along". Hope to get updates once spring training starts.
  18. farmerguychris
    There are only probably 8 true aces in the league. I would not be interested in moving that kind of future potential for one of those guys who will likely only be around for a year or two. Too much potential with players like Lee, Lewis, Martin, etc.
  19. farmerguychris
    Don't want to be in any rush - Once another team has a significant injury in the outfield, they'll likely be willing to offer more in return than we could get before the season starts.
  20. farmerguychris
    I think by adding Taylor, it really frees up the possibility that we don't need someone for the major league team in trade for Kepler anymore. Our roster is pretty set, and if Kepler is gone - we have players like Larnach who will fill in just fine. I would guess until now, they were holding out Kepler to get a major league ready player in return - but now maybe they can trade for someone with higher upside, who may be a year or two further away.
  21. farmerguychris
    Too much more info is needed to make an educated decision - When was he rocked as a starter? Was it in early innings or did he simply wear down quickly? Will he be more effective if he has a small number of pitch types to choose from? He's in AAA, lets see if last year was a fluke, or the new norm before making this type of move.
  22. farmerguychris
    I feel like this trade is to see what Celistino may look like in 4 years - we just fast forwarded to Celistino's finished product. Its one year and we traded some arms who had trouble issuing too many walks - not too excited and not too disappointed either.
  23. farmerguychris
    I think this feels right - Celistino would benefit from a year at AAA to learn how to hit and with Taylor only having a year left on the contract that seems like a good direction to go. Still would prefer anybody from the minors instead of Pagan - but it appears that unless he implodes during spring training, he is going to have to cost us some games (again) that count before hopefully moving on from him sooner rather than later.
  24. farmerguychris
    I believe that in current age baseball - it puts your team at a disadvantage to have a full time DH (like Cruz) who cannot field a position. Kind of like in football where your long snapper ONLY long snaps, can't they make the normal center learn how to do this? Put in your bench player who has the best matchup be your DH for each game. When you want to keep as many pitchers on the active roster as the Twins like to do - can't have someone taking up a bench spot only to hit-IMO.
  25. farmerguychris
    Good trade - would have been even better if we would have thrown Pagan as well if we really wanted to make our team better.
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