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  1. TheLeviathan
    I would just like to push back on the idea that trading Brock Stewart and one of Jax or Duran derails 2026..... The Twins have shown a great capacity for turning guys into effective relievers and doing so fairly quickly. Leveraging that into an addition to help the position player group seems to be the best path to contention in 2026. I'm hanging up the phone on offers for A ball prospects. But 24 year olds in AA or AAA? I'm all ears on one of those guys. We need more talent in the every day lineup or the bullpen is wasted.
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    Agreed, which is why I just want more options.
  3. TheLeviathan
    This will sound terrible....but those four guys can't really be counted on IMO. Buck is great and I hope we see this wave of health and success continue....but I wouldn't bet on it. CC is only going to get worse. Lewis....who knows? Lee? Keaschall? I just need more athletes and darts to throw at the board. And I'm happy to give up relievers to do that.
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    It sounds like my optimal return is a little more flexible. I'm good with dudes who line up with Jenkins and Culpepper. I guess I just don't see how this roster does much without significant reconstruction.
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    Is it that restrictive or are you just not on board for A ball dudes? Like...is someone in AA knocking on the door of AAA off as a possible guy? Or someone who still needs seasoning in AAA and is looking at a 2026 promotion off the table? I'm out on top 100 dudes in A ball. But I'd deal them both if we're getting talented position players in AA or AAA.
  6. TheLeviathan
    What good is a 2015 Royals bullpen when your starting nine isn't good enough to get them leads?
  7. TheLeviathan
    I'm in the same boat - I'm high on Crawford but I don't like Anthony at all. No thanks on a 1B prospect who hits as many bombs as Ben Revere.
  8. TheLeviathan
    The fight he was having with the Raiders about how to treat his foot sounds really, really toxic. I'm not opposed to snagging him, but he won't play this year and there better be a heavy discount until that situation gets resolved.
  9. TheLeviathan
    Weren't they aware that they could have just moved a couch up from the basement and it'd be just like getting a new one?
  10. TheLeviathan
    Yahoo posted an article suggesting Jax for Justin Crawford and Keaton Anthony from the Phillies. How do people feel about that?
  11. TheLeviathan
    For me it's just asset management. I think you get more in return when you deal your assets separately.
  12. TheLeviathan
    I am on board to deal both. But not in the same deal!
  13. TheLeviathan
    Salary allocations trend up. To go backwards is a problem. I'll defer to Hambino's excellent response beyond that.
  14. TheLeviathan
    Great follow-up post to Nick's great post. I think it is clearly 2. The FO was aggressively adding and utilizing payroll in such a way that indicated they had the expectation that their flexibility was going to maintain, if not expand. When it contracted? They had no recourse. It was already too late and their options became extremely limited.
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    Finding fault with a broken process is probably not ever going to be an easy answer. I'd fault ons "thing" and one "who": 1. Ownership - they deflated the entire organization and fanbase by penny pinching. They just fail at marketing and messaging so thoroughly that I can't imagine the same level of exasperation we feel as fans....is somehow not being felt in the organization 2. The process from draft to major league success seems to be yielding fairly steady/ok results on the pitching side. It isn't a pipeline or anything to highlight on the FO's future resume, but it's doing ok. The hitting side? Full on tire fire. We're not getting guys to the big leagues who can run, or field, or have an approach that can translate and flex to the challenges of the majors. Now...every organization has failures and many players struggle. But the consistency and persistence of what we're seeing on the hitting side is the problem. I don't know how to assign blame to that...but development of our position players is just woefully inadequate.
  16. TheLeviathan
    I'm honestly not sure why this was even an argument after what we saw in June. This team doesn't have enough talent in their starting 9.
  17. TheLeviathan
    You know....this thread has been one of the best we've had in Twins Daily in a long time. People are bringing good arguments, with a healthy respect for each other, and some bad ass baseball conversations. Appreciate everyone participating, this has been a great read!
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    I agree with you in general - set a high bar. I think when you've gone in to detail about what that means for you personally, it has run into some problems. This FO is the one that traded for Duran and Ryan. So yeah.....they actually might be good at that.
  20. TheLeviathan
    Same, I would rather extend Ryan. But we can't operate like we don't have penny-pinching misers in the ownership suite. If he's not going to be extended, then 2028 is an apocalypse for our pitching staff. Waiting for it to implode, knowing you won't have the money to alter that outcome, would be foolish. So for all those fans unlike Mike and I (and others)....you're going to have to come to grips with what is on the horizon in 2028 and the realistic odds of retaining any of those five critical pitchers. Some will have to be traded at some point. That doesn't mean it has to be Ryan, but ruling him out probably isn't wise either.
  21. TheLeviathan
    I mean....we traded for Joe Ryan. We dealt a 342 year old dude who was a super cool cat and good at launching bombs.....but we got Joe Ryan for him. And....um....we got Duran for an ok third baseman. So I'm going to disagree with you my friend....you absolutely can acquire this kind of talent. If you're willing to deal talent.
  22. TheLeviathan
    That last sentence is the key. I'd prefer we hand him a nice contract extension. But will we? And if we won't.....well then doesn't this option have to at least be considered?
  23. TheLeviathan
    Comps for Joe Ryan aren't many. Juan Soto is a slightly similar case and the haul he got would be amazing. But seriously, the demand of a top 10 prospect would be incredibly limiting by definition. A simple look at MLB"s top 100 has 4 of the 10 belonging to teams that aren't buying. Two more belong to our division rival in Detroit. You're left with the Phillies, Brewers, Padres, and Red Sox. That's not a wide range of options. I hope our FO isn't artificially limiting those options. Shop players. To everyone. See what you can get and pull the trigger if you can add some more talent (particularly in our regular nine) to this organization. And definitely consider moving bullpen arms when they can fetch highly regarded position player talent.
  24. TheLeviathan
    I think we line up really well to trade with the Cubs. They have quite a bit of AA and AAA talent that fits our next group of players. However, I want another piece in this trade. Alcantara, Horton, someone.
  25. TheLeviathan
    Who does that? The same organization currently not doing that?
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