freshinthehouse

Man that was great.

This is my hope for this season. Sneak into the playoffs and win a game. Anything else is a bonus.

I'd add Polonco to that list too if we can get solid value for him. I have no problem making moves for this year, but only if it doesnt involve any top prospects (maybe pick up a mediocre reliever and a RH OF bat on the cheap) but I want the Twins to be more sellers than buyers. My realistic best case scenario would be for the Twins to get some quality prospects for Gray, Kenta, Gallo, Polonco, etc, while still sneaking into the play-offs and ending this dang playoff losing streak.

If I had my druthers it would be: 1b - Kiriloff 2b - Polanco ss- Correa 3b - Lewis With Julien getting plenty of ABs at 2nd, 1st, and DH. Farmer fills in on SS. I'd like to see the Twins move Polanco this off-season if they can get decent value for him.

Wish Clark would've fallen but oh well. They got the best player available, which is always nice.

I would've loved to see have seen Solano bunt there, but oh well. He's gotta try make some kind of contact there. Give Duran a 2 run lead and let him cook.

Because they plan on making a godfather offer to Shohei Ohtani next off-season, right? Right!?!? (please God let this be the case)

Sign Correa to a 7 year, 215 million dollar deal. Sweeten the deal by front loading it (45 mil in 2023, 40 mill in 24). This lessens his salary at a time when hopefully our young players are looking at extensions. I am fully convinced that the Pohlads are going to demand a lower payroll this year. I'll sweet-talk them into keeping a payroll around $135, with the promise that we will move a lot of the vets unless we are looking really good at mid-season (which frankly I dont think will happen). I'm looking at this as a bridge year. Start letting Duran pitch longer and longer relief outings until we have him stretched to try his hand at starting pitching by mid-season. Move Grey for the best prospects you can. Start the year with a rotation of Winder, Ryan, Mahle, Maeda, and Ober. Hopefully by September we're looking at a rotation of Ryan, Ober, Paddack, Duran, and SWR. Unless we are looking like a sure-fire playoff team, move Mahle, Maeda, Polanco, Urshela, I moved Kepler in the off-season to clear room. Brad Hand and Rogers were signed to fill out the bullpen just in case we're competitive. They can also be moved at the trade deadline. IMO this season is a bridge year to see what we have with our younger guys, and to clear some of the middling flotsam off the roster, hopefully clearing room so we can offer some extensions to our promising young guys, and to also (gasp!) sign a solid free agent pitcher in 2024 and 2025. This will also help replenish what has quickly become a bottom-half farm system. C: Ryan Jeffers ($0.70M) 1B: Luis Arraez ($4.50M) 2B: Jorge Polanco ($7.50M) 3B: Gio Urshela ($9.00M) SS: Carlos Correa ($45.00M) LF: Alex Kirilloff ($0.70M) CF: Byron Buxton ($15.00M) RF: Trevor Larnach ($0.70M) DH: Jose Miranda ($0.70M) 4th OF: Kyle Garlick ($0.70M) Utility: Nick Gordon ($0.70M) Utility: Rando AAAA OF ($1.00M) Backup C: S. Leon ($1.00M) SP1: Josh Winder ($0.70M) SP2: Tyler Mahle ($8.00M) SP3: Kenta Maeda ($9.00M) SP4: Joe Ryan ($0.70M) SP5: Bailey Ober ($0.70M) RP: Jhoan Duran ($0.70M) RP: Jorge Lopez ($3.00M) RP: Griffin Jax ($0.70M) RP: Jorge Alcala ($1.00M) RP: Caleb Thielbar ($2.00M) RP: Taylor Rogers ($5.00M) RP: Brad Hand ($6.00M) RP: Jovani Moran ($0.70M) Payroll is 10.43% under budget

BYTO bound til I'm buried in the ground.

I collected baseball cards from 87-91, and it's funny, while the twins were always my fav team (and Kirby my fav player) there is no one card that sticks out to me. maybe the 87 topps Kirby? I always loved that set. I got back into collecting a bit during covid. bought a few cards of buxton, lewis, kirilloff, larnach, etc. I splurged on a 1/1 Royce Lewis card, so here's hoping he becomes a HOFer and i can buy a decent used car with that card lol.

In the NBA? Absolutely. In the MLB? Eh, not so much. Rarely are there slam-dunk talents in the mlb draft that are worth deep-sixing your season over.

Agreed. Even though 99.99% of my childhood baseball card collection has no value, the warm and tingly nostalgia vibes they provide are nearly priceless.

Inspired by the National Baseball Card Day article, i figured I'd start a sports card thread. Did any of you get back into this during quarantine? Or have some of you never quit? I got back in during the height of covid. Mostly vintage stuff, though i bought a few boxes of newer stuff. about 90% of the stuff i got was vintage basketball, though i did delve into some Twins stuff. I picked up some cool AK rookies, as well as Royce Lewis. I also picked up some Byron Buxton stuff hoping this would be his big year (whoops!).

Yuuup it would be a pretty big collection of blue chip prospects making a move. But man, talk about a statement that you're not messing around when it comes to winning a championship ASAP. I would've included Rogers in place of Theilbar but obv he's off the shelf for the foreseeable future.

I'm voting yes.