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  1. KBJ1
    A five tool OF bat or an Ace pitcher. Just as long as they don't draft yet another SS. They literally draft 10 middle Infielders every year, and yet they have no one who can field the position.
  2. KBJ1
    The Twins literally draft 10 middle infielders every year, ad nauseum. How is it that we never have anyone who can field the positions? We knew the BP was going to suck. Not trading/signing someone is a disgrace to the team & fans!
  3. KBJ1
    Hmm, for all that excellent pitching we traded away, weren't we supposed to get some good, young, potential stars in return? The only player of note we got was the 18 yr. old catcher - and he is still a long shot. The whole rest of the catch is crappies & sunfish - no Walleyes. So now we scrape the bottom of the barrel, yet again.
  4. KBJ1
    Won't be up this year unless everyone gets hurt. Maybe a Sept call-up.
  5. KBJ1
    Should have sold high. Now every game will be turned over to a bad bullpen down 6 runs.
  6. KBJ1
    How is the "new " guy going to beelegible for the rule 5 draft next year if he was drafted.in 2023?
  7. KBJ1
    Are they actually going to get a good outfield or 1B prospect for Larnach/Wallner and a minor league arm? Possibly. Matthews & SWR show promise, best to keep for now and the rest of the "close to ready" monor league arms are.gping to have to make up the bulk of the bullpen. Who is going to be setup and closer is anyones guess. But the Pen went from a solid strength to complete vaccumn. Seeing as top.closwrs ate now signing for 13-20M, we are pretty screwed. We had 3 solid guys for about $5M total last year. Never.going to see that again!
  8. KBJ1
    It's heat to have another weapon in the arsenal. Probably best to throw the kick change when ahead in the count.
  9. KBJ1
    If Houston pays much of his salary, heck yeah!
  10. KBJ1
    We draft a dozen middle infielders every year, yet don't have a passable starting SS. Draft a 5 tool RH outfield bat for once! Aaron Judge was the last pick in the 1st round! Pick OF & stud pitchers with ALL of your picks. This SS are the best athletes crap does not pan out! The ones we have picked aren't even good middle infielders, let alone power OF bats. It's Baseball, not a decathlon, you need specific skillsets.
  11. KBJ1
    Full rebuild? So far the only potentially real prospect we got for all of the previous trades was the 18 yr.old catcher. Even if we get anybody worthwhile for our 3 remaining quality players, what good will that do if A) they are years away & B) there is no money to build a team around them? Do they expect to have a 26 man roster of young All Stars all making league minimum? Absurd! MLB is doomed as a league without full and equal revenue sharing and hard salary caps.
  12. KBJ1
    The Twins won't spend what it takes to compete. What player in his right .ind would sign with them or any of the dozen or so "minor league" franchises in this league? I'll say it again, MLB , as a league, is doomed without complete revenue sharing and hard caps like the NFL. This has to get done. The owners need to wake up and quit pretending. Fans will not support this any longer.
  13. KBJ1
    The Twins traded a top closer, who's contract was less than $3M. Top free agent closers are now going for 17 & 23M $$. That is twice the cost of the entire Twins bullpen! A bullpen that likely will be close to league minimum next year. No amount of "Competitive draft picks" (Colorado has 3 of the top 40 draft picks) will solve this inequality problem for MLB. The league is doomed to fail without complete revenue sharing and hard salary caps - player salaries be dammed, notwithstanding! Owners can lower ticket prices to keep revenue and salary percentages in line. What a concept! There is no way half the teams in the league can compete, why would any top players want to play for them??
  14. KBJ1
    What did we actually get for all the trades we made? A couple of no name outfielders, 3 pitchers, none of whom are likely to be an ace. The only player I like is the young catcher, but he is only 18 and 3 years away at least. If you are trading top flyte players players like Buxton, Lopez, Ryan you have to get 2 bona fide good chance to be a star players in return. Otherwise, why are you doing it? Trading a star for "gee I hope the guy we get might someday be as good" makes zero sense. You trade a star when you already have someone as good or better to replace him, not the other way round.
  15. KBJ1
    Invite him.to spring training on a minor league deal.. If he is a 200 hitter with a high K rate & can't field his position, oh well. If he bats 250 with a decent K to W rate and can field his position - maybe he's the comeback player of the year. Have the Twins had any triple plays since the 3 he started? At this point we have no one. Clemmons is a backup at best and we have no one even pushing him for the job.
  16. KBJ1
    I agree, there are 10 other worse players on the 40 man than larnach. But at 4-5M he probably goes. Just shows the sad state of this team.
  17. KBJ1
    Sure, it would great to have a team of talented youngsters with 5 hrs control each. Owners pipe dream. Reality: this team has very little talent. Walner isn't Juan Soto, Jeffers isn't Raleigh. Keaschall & Lewis, along with Buxton, are the only possible "Star" caliber hitters they have. They have 2 proven SP, 4 or 5 maybes and 1 useful pitcher in the bullpen. Half of there 26 man roster would not be on any contending team. That's really the only metric that matters to the fans.
  18. KBJ1
    Trading a top line starter for a catcher with 2 yrs of control? Who isn't better than Jeffers. That would be insane. Then again , just the kind of stupid thing the Twins would do. I want WalkerJenkins & a catcher for Joe or Pablo.
  19. KBJ1
    I agree wiith those who said we have Buxton, Jenkins and Who cares. One has to assume the title of this article "outfield depth" is a joke. Trading a cheap controllable potential closer in Varland for mediocrity was insane. We 2 OF, no bullpen, no 1B, no SS and a guy who should be playing LF, not 3B. This franchise is a joke and it's MLB's fault. Until MLB implements a complete revenue sharing program, like the NFL, baseball will be 4 or 5 haves and 28 have nots. Outfield depth? Please. Trading Buxton, while perhaps tempting to ownership, would be foolish. Simply for the fact that a replacement with his ability would cost 2 or 3x more. If we had 3 Jenkins waiting in the wings, sure. But they don't even have serviceable replacents, let alone any potentual stars.
  20. KBJ1
    Doubtful. Our last hitting coach took Toronto from 23rd to 3rd & the WS last year. I don't think it's the coach, per se, regarding the Twins. It's lack of talent. Lewis - as much as I hoped he would be "The Guy" for the next 10 yrs, he is looking more like a 1yr. Footnote right now.
  21. KBJ1
    Even Johan Duran was less than $3M last year. Does anyone honestly think they are going to spend $2-3M each on 4 arms this off season? Coulumbe was a $1M pickup. No chance this bullpen tops $10M. It's going to suck.
  22. KBJ1
    Pathetic that this is actually a discussion seeing as the Twins draft 15 SS every year. Lewis, Larnach or Wallner should have been moved to 1B last year. Our main need for years has been a 5 tool, right handed left fielder, yet here we are now with no 1B, LF, SS, nor any bullpen. They might as well just move to an independant minor league.
  23. KBJ1
    So after we trade away ALL of our good, young, controllable & cheap pitching, plus a couple of reasonably priced solid veterans - We are going to sign a bunch of ho hum middle aged retreads for $2-3 Million each?? The entire bullpen was less than $10M last year. No chance they spend that kind of money. What was their interest in Roden?? He is not a 5 tool player, just more mediocrity. They'll pick up some cheap options out of desperation, throw whatever AAA & AA arms they have into the mix at Spring training. It going to be a brutal year, especially if they trade away starting pitching. Even if they decide to spend big money on someone, what player would want to come here to play for this organization? After finally breaking out of the lower tier market with the Donaldson & Correa signings, they are now at the bottom again with Pittsburgh, Miami & Colorado.
  24. KBJ1
    The Twins need, and have needed for years, a RH, athletic, 5 tool letft fielder and a 1B. We draft a dozen SS every year - so trading for one would prove their complete ineptitude at drafting.
  25. KBJ1
    Flotsam on a 40 man roster should consist of no more than 3-5 players. One could argue that 50% of the Twins 40 man is flotsam, including the entire bullpen.
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