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  1. KBJ1
    $23M for Jeffers?? The market is insane! Bednar would be nice, but move Preilep, Matthews or one of the others to the bullpen. Arrozarena is proven, but had a down year. We've drafted a dozen middle infielders a year for years, signing one is an insult. 1B & a RH bat, 5 tool outfielder has been our biggest need for years. Where to find them? Who knows.
  2. KBJ1
    Logic, I like it! One has to wonder how the old timers threw complete games and 300 innings a year. We are all chasing velocity & spon now. Maybe foundational strength, mechanics and location are a simpler, better plan.
  3. KBJ1
    Sounds like a great hire?
  4. KBJ1
    The Many relievers we have traded away or cut who immediately found great success elsewhere is not "hit or miss". It's a disgrace! While dumping the Bullpen last year for prospects had some merit, trading an emerging controllable star like Varland for mediocre prospects was ridiculous. We ended up picking up a bunch of higher priced options at the trade deadline who arguably arent as good as the ones we traded AND cost more. The front office deserved to be fired.
  5. KBJ1
    I'm all for bringing Jenkins up. Hopefully he is too young and enthusiastic for the coaching staff to screw him up. Larnach, like Wallner, was never a complete all a round player or hitter. Jenkins may be.
  6. KBJ1
    For sure E rod gets a Sept call up. If he is playing well @ AAA, he comes up sooner and replaces Roden. If Keaschall's arm is a problem at 2nd, how is he better suited for CF? Outman was handed the job (why?) Wallner also, multiple times, so why not E rod?
  7. KBJ1
    Yeah, ok, I get it. BUT, if they trade a couple guys ahead of him timeline wise - Walner, Roden, Emma, etc AND get bullpen help, bring up Culpepper AND are in contention - bring him up now! This kid is ready!
  8. KBJ1
    This is a tough one to figure out. The guy literally saved the rotation in 23 & 24. It has to a combination of something physical and mental going on. Is this team cursed? Lewis goes to AAA & has multiple homes games, comes up & can't hit at all. How do we continuously have guys go from hitting 6 grand slams in their first 100 games (Lewis) to DFA'd?? Makes no sense?
  9. 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.
  10. 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!
  11. 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.
  12. KBJ1
    Won't be up this year unless everyone gets hurt. Maybe a Sept call-up.
  13. KBJ1
    Should have sold high. Now every game will be turned over to a bad bullpen down 6 runs.
  14. KBJ1
    How is the "new " guy going to beelegible for the rule 5 draft next year if he was drafted.in 2023?
  15. 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!
  16. KBJ1
    It's heat to have another weapon in the arsenal. Probably best to throw the kick change when ahead in the count.
  17. KBJ1
    If Houston pays much of his salary, heck yeah!
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. 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??
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. 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.
  25. 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.
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