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Keuchel isn't going to be a savior, but bring him up for long relief & an occasional spot start. What's the worst that can happen? Demote Sands, you can always dfa Keuchel & bring up someone else. His veteran experience & prescense is of value.

While they have needed a RH outfield bat for years, trading for one would not have been practical. At this point, bring up Severino from AA and give him a shot. Injuries again are killing us. Polanco, Buxton, Lewis, Kiriloff, Theilbar & Stewart all are needed in top form in order to make a playoff run. The one move they should have made was Bullpen help. What is everyone's thoughts on Severino? AA players have made Hugh impacts before (Hrbek for one). Maybe there is lightning in a bottle. Also, bringing up Kuechel, even as long relief or spot starter would have been worth replacing Sands, I feel.

Trading for a RH bat at the deadline, while perhaps helpful, would not be a long term solution. At this point they should just bring up Severino from AA and let him rip! Bullpen help however is a must if they want to make the playoffs. Gallo, Lanarch, Kepler, even Polanco are expendable right now. Solano can play 1st base until Kiriloff returns and Farmer can play 3rd until Lewis gets back. Should be able to get solid bullpen help and maybe a RH rental outfield bat with those. Kuechel could be a left hand option out of the pen, but I wouldn't count on him to replace Gray or Maeda. Maeda has been our best starter since the break.

Still need actual bullpen help. Theilbar & Stewart are still two weeks out and you cannot count on them to be 100% of what they were. Jax is now becoming a second coming of Pagan. Great in Low leverage situations and clobbered in high leverage ones. This team has potential, but still needs a lot. Gallo, Gordon and maybe even Polanco need to be moved. Sands, Ortega & Moran need to be "not on a major league roster".

The window is OPEN because of the starting pitching. Would like to keep one of Maeda or Gray, but what this team needs and has needed is a RH stud in left field and Bullpen help. If only we could undue the Pressley for Alcala trade. Pressley has been worth every penny of the 3 yr. $30M deal he got from Houston. Alcala & Moran and "others" have been complete busts in the pen. Pagan is great in Low leverage situations but continually hangs one in high leverage situations. And now Jax is doing the same. Theilbar & Stewart are sorely missed. Always liked Kepler and if he continues to stay hot, he may be around next year. Lanarch & Wallner have not proven to be better hitters and are a downgrade in defense, but survivable if we sign a big name RH left fielder next year. I like Gordon, but Castro is better and should stay. Castro, Farmer & Solano make up the best trio of utility players anywhere. Does that mean we are contenders with them all in the lineup? NO! But with Lewis, Correa, Julien/Polanco & Kiriloff you have a potential All Star infield with excellent backups. Gallo needs to go - now! Kepler & Polanco and Gordon are the odd men out next year - even though they aren't that expensive. But that could help us sign the abovementioned stud for LF. Can we contend this year? Maybe with bullpen additio s and if the starting nine hitters get hot. But next year by moving Gallo, Gray, Polanco & Kepler and signing a stud RH outfielder with an improved bullpen - Definately. PS> trading for the Cincy CF makes zero sense. Not an upgrade over Taylor.

Trading Gray would have so many negatives. Losing him in FA and getting a compensatory pick would likely be worth as much as any player they were to get in trade. Make the playoffs, fire the batting coach, get players healthy and start Gray in game one and see what happens.

If Buxton was producing like Nelson Cruz at DH, fine. But he is NOT If he can't play, IL him. Get a new hitting coach, bring up all the youngsters (Lanarch, Walner, Kiriloff, Lewis, Julien) lose Kepler, Gallo, Pagan , Sands. This team starts hitting, there's no telling how far they can go!

Please, none of you can be serious? $31M /yr for a player on the downside of his career? What the Twins need Is a new hitting coach (Molitor) who can teach hitters to track the ball and hit line drives around the field. Because we signed Correa instead of simply bringing up Lewis, we were stuck playing him out of position. He lasted two innings and blew out his ACL. Put Lewis and 3B, period. Get a proven RH outfield hitter if you must and either put Buxton in CF or IL him. Enough of this DH crap already. Solano is the only veteran with the right plate approach. Let's hope the Twins don't ruin Lanarch, Walner, Kiriloff and Lewis's approach as well. Pagan, Sands, Kepler & Gallo all need to go! This is the best World Series window this team has seen in 20 years and they are about to blow it unless there is a complete pivot in the batters box approach.

This 2019 mentality of lofting the ball & swinging for the fences has to go! Rocco said as much when he recently lamented that they just can't string hits together. When will the players wake up and start tracking the pitch and barreling up line drives?? The starting pitching is definitely there. The bullpen, when healthy, is solid, but Pagan & Sands have to go. The hitters?? 2022 April & May, Buxton looked other worldly, since then injuries and swinging for the fences have turned him into Joey Gallo. Correa should know better. Polanco needs to get healthy. That pins our hopes on Lewis, Kirrilof, Lanarch, Walner, Kepler doing what Solano is doing. Our 3 utility players group of Solano, Farmer & Castro is one of the best in baseball. But that is what they are supposed to be. It's the starters that Suck!

I would take Snell & Hader in a heartbeat for Polanco & Miranda. We have arguably the best utility player group in the league with Castro, Farmer & Solano. Problem is the starters are always hurt or suck. We have a stud in Lewis, multiple options at 2B and Correa we are stuck with. Lose Kepler & Gallo, bring up Lanarch & Walner and get a good hitting right handed outfielder. If Buxton can't fill that role, he should go on the IR and we trade for a starter there. That will be the best solution we have for offense and a top notch World Series pitching staff!

Hitting coach has to go. Who to replace him with? How about someone who could actually hit for average, contact & power. Molitor is still affiliated and he can teach players how to steal bases as well. IDK if he'd take the job, but he's a no brainer choice!

No. They could have had Hosmer, salary paid for free last year. As good as Goldy is, at 22M, no thanks. The Twins core (Buxton ,Correa, Polanco, Kepler, Gallo) is an unmitigated disaster this season. Frankly, at this point I would dump them ALL! Solano has been our best hitter so far. Go figure. Bring up the youngsters, get some bullpen help and play for the future.

Trading for quality starting pitching is always the way to go, but do to the nature of the game and injuries, also a crapshoot. The Mahle trade is a disaster. Over paying for an unproven Jorge Lopez, also a disaster. I've said it a 100 times, Arreaz is a ONE tool player. Granted if he were here maybe his teammates could have watched and learned and be able to hit 250. But no speed, bad knees, no power and below average fielding made trading him for a potential Ace well worth it. The Twins are actually in the top three for starters going deep into games, so the early hook critique is no longer a valid one. The problem seems to lie with coaching - hitting, pitching, athletic trainers. They miss Wes Johnson. Examples - Miranda - what happened here?? Gallo we k ew would hit about 200, but power and good defense make his prescence tolerable. But Buxton, Kepler, Polanco, Vasquez and yes even Correa flailing at the plate and getting Injured goes to coaching. Alcala, Moran, McGill, Lopez ,even Cano - none have developed their potential and all have regressed as a Twin. Also goes to failed coaching. This team has no synergy. The sum of its parts does not exceed its whole, it doesn't even get close. The no name Phillies got to the series last year! Based on talent, they shouldn't have even made the playoffs. Team chemistry did it. Same with the 1987 Twins (85 -77). Maybe so.e magic happens and thus current batch gets in at 85-77 and catches fire. They have the talent, just not the synergy. You couldn't ask for a better group of utility backups in Farmer, Solano, Taylor & Castro - but they are not supposed to be carrying a team. Yet they are arguably our 4 best players so far this year. And yes Buxton needs to play in the field. Will pick up the whole team. DH only is not working. He can't lead the team from the bench. Start there and see what develops.

It's absolutely ridiculous that this teams best hitter is a 35 yr. Old backup utility player (Solano). An excellent starting rotation is being wasted by an imploding bullpen (yet again) and a lineup that can't hit. If you are only batting 250, you had better be hitting 35 HR. This entire lineup is hitting near the Mendoza line and striking out at a record pace. No excuse.

Agreed that a healthy Polanco is a borderline All Star and asset to the Twins. I also don't see anybody in the system capable of pushing him out. Moving on from players too early can also come back to bite you. Since Rosario, we have filled LF with a whole lot of not much. At least Gallo can field the position, but he is costing us 1M more and has a career batting Ave 70 points lower than Rosario. Gallo's two more HR a year does not justify this discrepancy. With a team batting ave barely over 200 and 10K's a game, No wonder we can't score any runs. Unless we come up with an All Star 2B, keep Polanco.

The Twins have a Star SS, his name is Royce Lewis. Ober, Varland, Stewart have saved the pitching staff from imploding. Offensively, the starters have been a mess. Free agents Solano, Castro & Farmer have also saved the day. Once Kiriloff & Lewis settle in, Correa, Buxton and Polanco better pick it up. Moran, Alcala & Jorge Lopez have been Hugh disappointments. Brook Stewart has singlehandedly saved this bullpen from completely imploding. They need Theilbar back & Jax & Lopez sorted out and contributions from Pagan, Moran or Alcala to be a serious contender. Lots of IF's, but the talent and potential are there if the coaching staff can get the job done.

God help us if the Twins take yet another middle infield prospect. It's all about pitching. A power hitting outfielder with speed who can hit for average (5 tool guy, remember them?) Would be the only other option. Lest we forget that every team in baseball passed on Aaron Judge - Twice!

Pagan is the Ron Davis of the 2020's. The team has no faith in him and with Theilbar out and Jax now struggling, the bullpen is in serious trouble. I don't know if Chapman would be the answer, but they need someone reliable. Poor fielding & an atrocious strikeout rate only make matters worse and need to be fixed or this team is going nowhere.

The injuries are mounting and what's left of the bullpenis starting to implode. Baldelli is letting the starters go 7, but even that is not helping. Time to get bullpen help and mandate nobody swings at high fastballs ever again or this season will be a repeat of last year.

First base is indeed The Key for the Twins. They haven't had someone who could hit for average and power since Morneau. When & if Lewis comes back perchance puts up a full season of the sample we saw last year, it will be Carlos who?? They are indeed the "keys" to this team. Then we are just a solid reliever away from making noise in the playoffs. Unfortunately Alcala & Moran have not stepped up.

Seeing as 3 of the 5 pitchers they have traded for recently had known Injury issues and all 3 went under the knife, NO! The Mahle trade was a desperation move for a flawed team that they should have addressed the previous off season. Getting Lopez this year before the season is the way to do things. The only in season pitching moves that should be made are for surprise bullpen arm that can be had for a reasonable price. A move will will need to make this year as Alcala and Moran have been a huge disappointment.

Long gone are the days of the Rickey Henderson types of leadoff hitters. 5 tool players like him just don't exist anymore. Arraez, granted is a great hitter, but that was all he excelled at. I would hope to see Polanco, Gordon or Lewis win that role. Good batting average with decent speed & power

Absolutely sign him! They have traded for 3 other pitchers with known injuries and that didn't stop them Duran's health is fine and so is he! A similar deal to the one discussed above makes absolute sense!!

More depth and mentoring in the minors is fine. But I agree with the others. God help us if he is up here playing, that means the four or five guys ahead of him are hurt. Also agree with if he is tearing up Triple A, trade him.

First base has been a gaping hole for years, in the traditional sense. Kiriloff finally showed potential to change that, but has been sidelined the last two years. Arraez & Miranda are NOT, were not 1B material. Their inexperience at the position showed often and a high average, low power guy is not what a team needs at 1B. Solano as a backup/platoon was an extremely wise move. He hits 300 against LHP, what's not to love? Leave Miranda at 3rd and Gallo in left. The only other guy I'd like to see developed there right now would be Julien. Seems he doesnt really have another position he excels at to begin with, so he may as well learn 1B.