Blyleven2011

Didn't read past the title , I'll go back and read in a bit ... It's a real free agent signing because of the money being paid out , by waiting this long in free agency did the the twins get a worthy player to help the twins in 2025 ( would have preferred grichuk who signed the day before , better hitter and can play all outfield position as well as Bader and got less money ) ... Was the front office savvy and creative enough to save any money for the payroll by waiting this long in free agency and did they get the right player ???? .. seems to me if they would of struck earlier in free agency they could have found a more reliable hitter with good defense and a right handed bat for about the same money , Bader receives a guarantee of 6.5 m with incentives, plus a buyout on a option year ... Bader hasn't played a game for the twins , so it's still a wait and see how productive he will be , seems like we saved some money by replacing Bader for Kepler ( kepler great defense but a streaky bat and said he didn't want to play centerfield ) It's okay to be excited about Bader to some extent , but you got to remember most veterans come to Minnesota to end their careers ( gallo , Margot for example have no reason to be major league players , minor league contract is all their worth ) ... One can only hope he finds his hitting stroke and his defense remains strong in order to take at bats away from larnach and Wallner ... I'll go back and read ...

That's the best way to go through the whole season , expect nothing and get surprised , wins are just as important in April , may , June, July, August and September , the twins don't usually have to many winning streaks , but it seems they have quite a few losing streaks ... I know you were talking about Bader ...

Some people wake up angry at the world ... Not me , I wake up angry at the twins , would have preferred grichuk at 5 ML than Bader at 6.5 ML plus ... Grichuk could have been capable of playing centerfield and his hit tool is alot better with more power too , Maybe the FO tried to sign grichuk and he didn't want to come here even for more money ...

That's because this FO drafts shortstops and then makes them something else , they definitely haven't drafted many sure thing centerfielders , Jenkins and windomur kid could be centerfielders but I'm sure the jury is still out deliberating . ..

It's a surprise signing and the salary raises the payroll unless we trade someone like Vazquez and then a hole opens up at catcher , paddock remains the most obvious choice to trade now because everyone needs pitching , pitching and more pitching , a team with money has got to be bold and creative to add paddack , the money teams are out there but they've already depleted their prospects in trades elsewhere ... Pros ... What we will get from Bader , above average defense and some speed and the righthanded outfield hitter we needed ( i guess ) ... Cons ... A below average hitter that doesn't belong hitting leadoff , sure hope he doesn't pinch hit as bad as Margot , a 250 batting average would be nice ... Go Bader go , baseball is a mental and physical game , get that MOJO mental game processed in your mind and take the bull by the horns and run with it ... I feel bad for the players that have put their time in at the minors and a cup of coffee last year , they'll have to start in AAA once again or be dfa'd off the 40 man , we need 2 roster spots , my guess Is headrick or gasser or 1 of helman or keirsey ...

Wallner and Julien came up the same year ... Julien showed a good bat but Terrible defense , but that defense improved , then his bat failed and his defense floundered in his second year ... Wallner had a decent bat with strikeouts but his defense to start was uninspiring but again he improved with more playing time at the position , he's considered better at right field because of his arm strength , I'm not quite sure , he might end up being a better left fielder when someone better comes along to take rightfield away ... Wallner has power when he connects , Julien needs to go to AAA and regain his focus on hitting and defense and earn his way back ...

The twins are in need of filing holes at a few positions but are only adding pitchers up to this point ... It's called building a pipeline of pitchers , haha ... 3 million on coulombe is a gamble worth taking , Gallo at 11 million was not ...

The writer gives way to much credit for this FO being creative ... Being creative after all the better players are signed and now you begin the dumpster diving in free agency is not creative because the prices have dropped , well if your smart you have to realize the talent has dropped significantlyas well ... Why didn't the FO be bold and creative when they signed santana last off season and give him a base salary with incentives and a club option for a second season with a base salary and incentives , santana was fun to watch at first base , this year our pitchers era's are going up... Because the talent that mostly remains in free agency is the lesser talent , it only makes sense to go with our younger players who are just as capable to play the game as the remaining free agents are ...

I'm glad someone brought up the Browser crashing , mine crashes all the time , mostly when I'm typing a post , I thought it was just me because I'd never heard any complaints before ... TD we have a problem !!!

I always knew there was something not quite right with his defense , I was aware of his throws not being accurate , but wasn't aware of the route to take to make the good throw to nab the runner ... He should get a little better and that little bit I can accept , he won't be a kepler in right field , Kepler was good , no question ...

That I knew , I was responding to another post from DJL44 ... When pitchers and catchers report , you can add players to the 60 day IL ... I'm not sure we have anyone injured that severely , so we will have to trade of DFA someone ...

I wish him continued success and health in a twins uniform ...

Nick , you better shake those feelings .... But if we could swap Duran and hendrique for casta , I'd be okay with that , we seem to have a surplus of relief pitchers on paper at least ...

Does anyone on the 40 man roster have a nagging injury to be on the injured list ??? ... Don't you have to have someone go on the 60 injured list to make room on 40 man without dfa-ing someone ??? ... I think the players are pretty healthy going into spring training ....

My guess would be headrick is first to be dfa'd and would clear waivers at this late date of off season or it could be catcher camargo !!!

I don't know if I should laugh or cry !!!

The x-factor , make or break focus on twins hitting ... Health, stamina and staying off the injured list with disabling injuries I agree with , I didn't read through all the players ... I'm going to add a main ingredient that all twins hitters need to focus on .... ----- HIT TO ALL FIELDS ------ , If our hitters would focus on hitting the ball with the bat to all fields of play , the hitters will see better pitches to hit from the opposing pitchers , because if our hitters have adjusted to this philosophy , their pitcher has nowhere to adjust to the weaknesses of twins hitters ... By seeing better pitches , the occasional homerun ( we are not a homerun hitting team ) will come either by pulling , straight away center or by going opposite field because the twins will be seeing better pitches to hit for a more exciting style of twins baseball ... Get on base by error of the opposing team , walk , bunt for a single ( make the opposing teams defense work ), single , double , triple , put the ball in play , hit and run and advance runners by hitting behind them , speedsters need to steal bases ( santon in the world series stole his first base in more thsn 4 years ) ... Name of the game are wins ( April through September and hopefully in the playoffs ) , by getting wins we need to produce rbis and runs scored , by getting more rbi's and runs scored we have to have better strategy against the better teams to win .... Baseball is supposed to be fun , are the players really having fun when they strikeout and don't produce in key situations , at times they do but most times not ... Re-read again if you are confused at what I say ... WE ARE NOT A HOMERUN HITTING TEAM ...

I too would have added chase petty into the conversation even though he was traded , he was a twins high school draftee for a short time and is progressing up the system nicely with Cincinnati's minor league system ...

Defining roles matter ....

I would flip Jax with the higher projection over Duran , I have my concerns about Duran , he really doesn't seem to fool the batters with his pitch mix , but he once said he wasn't calling the pitches to throw , if it wasn't him or our catcher , gee I wonder who then ???

I appreciate your post , be smart , be wise ... I'm not sure if i should be happy or sad ... 8 years of this current FO and what do they really have to show for it , 3 playoff wins in 2023 .... Thaaaaaats all folks

I'm sorry Cody, the twins may favor and value flexibility to play multiple position , but they do not value defense , I'm tired of the official scorer not calling errors when it is obvious it was an error , these players are being paid to perform at the highest level ...

Yep Julien starts the season at AAA and has to earn it back to to the show ... He was terrible on both sides of the ball , after showing defensive improvements during his rookie season ... Game is physical and mental and Julian mental approach was nor good...

Preilipp and canterino have major league pitches already , there is no reason they should be on the roster at some point in the season , get them some innings at AAA and hope health continues ... There getting older and should be able to handle if healthy at the MLB...

Nit in the least absurd , it's good sensible reasoning ...