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  1. Blyleven2011
    Festa and nothing has been said about canterino in a very long time , I’ve never seen anything that we released him … I could have missed the report , anyone know anything about canterino ???
  2. Blyleven2011
    Changing the subject to free agency … The first signing has been reported , Detroit has inked pagan to a 1 year 11 million 1 year contract , I guess pagan thinks Detroit has a better chance than the reds to make the playoffs , he turned down his 10 million option with the reds …
  3. Blyleven2011
    Jenkins has a chance to be a rookie of the year candidate if he starts the season on opening day , if he wins rookie of the year the twins would receive an extra draft pick … Evaluation of players from the FO personnel has been very skeptic in past seasons releasing better talent and they leave and go on to have results with another team … under falvey and baldelli , I noticed that the AAA talent they would bring up to the major leagues would struggle , is that the players fault or the coaching at the major leagues , taking another step up at the hardest level is difficult , our manager of the past and the future need to realize that they need continue the development at the major league level , the AAA talent is there but it hasn’t transformed into quality MLB Players , you never hear the players all that often say this coach helped me with this adjustment or that adjustment , the coaches , manager and FO need to take the talent from AAA and keep developing them at the MLB level , I just haven’t seen this in the past , hopefully we will see some changes ( listen to other teams players praise their coaching and even their other players on the same team that help in their development at MLB level ) Who’s the better player with upside , Jenkins , rodriquez or roden , when will the twins FO personnel start believing in the their top prospects to play them at the major league level … What a waste of talent if you don’t develop them the right way … I could go on and on because this organization has been a train wreck …
  4. Blyleven2011
    Bauer had a career year , never had a productive season , before this season he batted in the lower 200’s and was mostly a bench player … if Bauer has a smart agent he should be smart to capitalize on his career year for a multi year contract … guess we’ll just have to wait and see what others teams think of his breakout year … Bauer is a NO for me , arozarena has been the most consistent of the QO bunch …
  5. Blyleven2011
    with this years free agent options that have a qualifying offer attached to them , the twins organization would be crazy ( they’ve already proven their insane year after year ) to shell out big bucks and give up compensation to the team that lost the player … the class of 2026 / 27 offseason free agents is not impressive , we need a slugger , is arozarena the answer ?, would you risk years of big money on Bauer who was just a bench player before this past season ? . twins say they are going to raise payroll, spend money and draw the fans back to target field , they said we were contenders in 2026 ( maybe in a weak division ) but the overall picture they were not … not trading and instead they bought at the deadline and that didn’t work to the teams advantage … the twins once again are not in a good position to spend on high dollar contract's and really improve the team with slightly above average players and forfeit a draft pick because of the qualifying offer … get consistent hitters and the only player that I know who has been the most consistent over his career is ARRAEZ , he has improved his defense , yeah know he doesn’t hit homers but he was a great spark plug for the twins … We need consistency from the hitters and and defense , an arm or two in the bullpen , i can live with our starting rotation … IMPROVE THE TEAM , spend wisely and fill holes , don’t spend just for the sake of spending …
  6. Blyleven2011
    The twins I’m sure would have preferred trading Jeffers and Ryan at last years deadline but it would have alienated the fan base even more , so they became pretenders and held on to them and added some average bullpen depth … they tried to show to the fans that they are trying and not giving up , this has been a problem with our organization , during falvey’s tenure he was awful at deciding when to sell or buy , he blundered in buying in 2022 when we had no chance to contend , in 2023 when we were playing good baseball and contending he sat on his hands and didn’t buy , we went to the playoffs and beat Toronto and lost to Houston … the offseason into 2024 and other offseason falvey and ownership spit away our dreams of the window being open … the obvious was to trade the two ( Jeffers and Ryan ) at 2026 deadline
  7. Blyleven2011
    Ironman Mike Marshall late 70’s , he pitched in a lot of games and pitched a lot of innings for a reliever …
  8. Blyleven2011
    They just gave Jeffers an over pay qualifying offer of 23 plus million , then an over pay for a veteran 37 years old should be right in line for a closer … twins are in limbo in my opinion and will hold off on expensive free agents until Jeffers makes up his mind to turn it down or accept it … everyone has been saying we need to get younger …
  9. Blyleven2011
    And don’t forget Ray Corbin who also was relief and spot starter , things have changed and preventing injuries are the main concern … I would also like to have long relief brought back if they use them the right way and don’t over use them like they do in the playoffs and World Series , Varland last year and Ashby this year in World Series had a workload …
  10. Blyleven2011
    We can wish in one hand and crap in the other and see which weighs more … there are some pitchers that can throw a few days in arow , there are some pitchers that can’t , there are some pitchers that can throw multiple innings in relief and there are some that can’t … gotta have an old school mentality to allow multiple innings , Murphy seems to be that manager and Ashby that pitcher , remember this was the playoffs and World Series and all players are pushing it harder , Ashby was outstanding .. was Ashby used like this during the regular season ?
  11. Blyleven2011
    Sonny has pitched well even as he has aged … Sonny has no desire to pitch for teams that are not contenders , Sonny has contemplated retiring but I’m sure he’s trying to capture that World Series ring as his career is winding down … he has said he wants to be playing for a team somewhere close to his family in Tennessee , I would bet Atlanta would be very active in persuading him to pitch for the braves … twins will have a lot of possibilities to choose from free agency , top tier pitchers are going to be difficult to sign for the twins ( they may throw out numbers in an effort for top tier players but the numbers aren’t going to match what the player and agent want ) …
  12. Blyleven2011
    I’m happy for Milwaukee , I was hoping for a more competitive series with a few more games but Milwaukee was the best team and prevailed for their first World Series championship … loved the Milwaukee crowd at Tropicana Field , couldn’t tell who the home team really was , incredible turnout ( hungry Milwaukee fans ) …
  13. Blyleven2011
    Called lack of talent evaluation and stupidity … falvey , the smartest man in the room , he rubbed me the wrong way immediately after the twins hired , an educated baseball fan could see through his long way around the barn philosophy …
  14. Blyleven2011
    World Series is over , now what ??? WITHDRAWLS TILL SPRING , that’s what …
  15. Blyleven2011
    World Series just finished … congratulations to the Milwaukee brewers and their fans , they were the best team that swept the Los Angeles dodgers in the NLCS and almost swept the Devil Rays in the World Series … Milwaukee plays the game the right way , that incredible streak of 8 straight hits with 2 outs in game 3 was remarkable , someday maybe the twins can manage that kind of exciting baseball , someday maybe !!! the attendance of Milwaukee diehard fans in Tropicana field that were hungry for a World Series championship was amazing , couldn’t tell who really was the home team , they really had the place rocking … free agency signings starts in what 5 days ,
  16. Blyleven2011
    Cons , twins are terrible at developing or even evaluating talent to their fullest so I say no to lackey at this time … culpepper and keaschall are probably worth consideration for an extension , Jenkins with injury concerns I’d hold off for now , Bradley needs an extension consideration based on his 2026 season … other teams have done it and had some success , Keith with Detroit and Seattle did it with I think White who haven’t lived up to the hype of the contract , for better or worse you better be smart in a marriage
  17. Blyleven2011
    It’s like Milwaukee never left Wisconsin , what a crowd of hungry brewer fans in Tampa …
  18. Blyleven2011
    8 consecutive 2 out hits is very impressive , almost unbelievable if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes … I favor Milwaukee Brewers but I thought it would be alittle more competitive and go 6 or 7 games … tomorrow’s another game , Tampa needs to suck it up and compete , my thoughts on the world series were 7 competitive games with Milwaukee prevailing in a game thriller seventh game , doesn’t seem likely now …
  19. Blyleven2011
    We need to strengthen the lineup and pitching … yes with little pain a bunch of these players can be traded , non tendered and DFA’d … non tendering arbitration players with higher salaries projected I can see to being realistic if they are injury prone or just didn’t contribute in a meaningful way … will be interesting as it’s Zoll’s call this off season with not much advise from personnel because they have cleaned house in scouting and FO positions …
  20. Blyleven2011
    If he is left unprotected I could see a team add him to the roster as an outfielder and a pinch runner in games …. teams have had players in the past do exactly that ( play a position and pinch runner, the royals come to mind … so if there is a rule 5 draft , a team could utilize him this way for a season and then have him back in the minors honing his hitting skills the following season …
  21. Blyleven2011
    Morris did well through the season until he tired down the stretch so it seems … is endurance in his future along with his season of experience , it was a decent season for a pitcher that came through our system , he delivered and strengthened our bullpen , let’s hope he continues to get better …
  22. Blyleven2011
    Tampa , Cleveland and the brewer have very good managers , some people think managers aren’t responsible for the team outcome , we’ll see better managing in the World Series … congratulations to the brewers , it was a very satisfying 4 game sweep of the dodgers …
  23. Blyleven2011
    I’m not scared reading this , let’s wait for an article like this in August to determine what our pitching will be like in 2028 …
  24. Blyleven2011
    Will canterino ever be healthy
  25. Blyleven2011
    Don’t quit your day job and quit scaring the people like the politicians do … crisis my arse …
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