Blyleven2011

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 ...

Lorenzo was a starting pitcher , but what about puk for relief , puk a lefthanded reliever and with some control ,, The front office hasn't made the right decision at a deadline yet ... 2022 they had no reason to believe the twins were contenders but made trades that didn't work out , and alot of us fans knew it ... now they begin being gun shy , 2023 we are a much better team and we don't make the push to be better and sit and do nothing , 2024 we are 17 games over approximately at the deadline and again we do nothing and we know how the season turned and finished out ... When are we going to have some qualified intelligent people working in our system , I will not cut this FO any slack , nor the manager , they are not qualified to contruct a winning team , they are qualified to construct a limited payroll team ... This current FO has been given an opportunity with a larger payroll than Ryan , I still have respect for Ryan ... Have a nice day ... Go twins , and all we can hope for is finishing 3rd or 4th in the division ...

On a Polanco note .... Polanco is re-signing with Seattle , glad he's back , decent money , 7.5 m plus incentives .... Brasier has been dfa'd , what do you think , time to make a trade and get braiser and that catcher from the dodgers , it's going to take castro to do it thou plus we would have to take the 4.5 m salary of Brasier ... I know you like castro , but I think we could live without him if we could get a catcher for the future ...

Remember Miranda's first rookie season , didn't he lead the twins in rbis with 70 something and it wasn't a full season , Lewis was on a tear and would have led the team had he started the team out of spring training and then injured in September before the 2023 playoffs , he was something to watch and I hope he gets his complete MOJO back ( stamina, discipline and his health ) ...

I wish those stats would come , that means the player was productive one way or the other , clutch hitting and staying healthy is a must and speed stealing bases or just a hit and run , you responded on another thread of mine , ) if the players would hit to all fields they would get better pitches to hit ) ...

Along with keashall and Jenkins , those 3 look very appealing to me ...

As most post are going to be , they will all concur a change of something is necessary for a balanced roster for all teams to be competitive ...

Get over the age thing , my point is , he was injured for many years but since he has played mostly injured free baseball he has developed at the levels and he keeps tapping into his talent , even if he turns out just a couple of average years or even increase his trade value it would be a plus for the twins ...

When I first seen that Cody mentioned he needs to hit for power , first thought was Mauer , he had one season of power in 2009 ( 29 homers ) , he never hit more than 16 Homer's in another season ... Everyone loved Mauer and yes his inability to smack the homers irritated some , let Jenkins do what Jenkins does and that is hit to all fields and find the gaps , his power to hit homers will come if he chooses it to , kirby puckett was a singles hitter and then found power and had a great shortened career ... Again I will reiterate , this team is not a homerun hitting team , this team doesn't even have a 100 rbi player or 100 run scorer , when are people going to get past this ... Rbi's and runs matter , get on base matters , clutch hitters matter , and yes a 3 run homer is possibly a game changer ... Get on base by walk , error by other team , double and triples matter and so do clutch homers , but we don't have those clutch homers , we have solo homerun guys , rbis tell you that ... The metrics aren't all that there cracked up to be ...