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  1. Blyleven2011
    It has been a miserable off season watching other teams add players to try and help their teams ... The cease trade doesn't make sense to mortgage the future for one season , now if they could get him to sign an extension , that's a different story .. You don't trade for cease unless that is the last piece of the puzzle to be contenders , we need more consistency in hitting , better defense , just plain smarter baseball .. we have to have a consistent harmony throughout the whole team and we haven't that , so yes the season ahead is not looking good but I will watch and listen to all the games but I'm not spending any money on them , I already passed on twins fest ( how did attendance turn out for that , no reports on TD that i have read ) .... Go twins is all I can say , either they tank or either they go win the division , but my gut tells me they finish 3rd or 4th ...
  2. Blyleven2011
    Keisey Jr has made great progress the past 2 or 3 years , keirsey was a 4th round draft choice , when he hit professional ball luck wasn't on his side , injuries derailed his development , since all the injuries he has almost played 3 years of solid baseball moving up levels , he had a good aaa season , time will tell , give the kid the chance and he might just surprise us ...
  3. Blyleven2011
    I'll bet ya , they want to throw him out ....
  4. Blyleven2011
    I dont know whether I should laugh or cry ...
  5. Blyleven2011
    In the movie Money Ball , Beanne was making trades every 5 minutes ....
  6. Blyleven2011
    I watch other teams players hit , you can swing hard and hit the ball , but if you can't take a pitch were it is pitched , then the outcome is not favorable ... Others teams get on base by going to the opposite field , they know how to adapt to pitches because they are disciplined ... We need disciplined hitters that can hit behind runners , hit the ball where it pitched , we are not a homerun hitting team ( Cruz was our last ) ... We need the hitters to put less pressure on themselves by learning a better approach at the plate , especially with runners in scoring position and no outs ( choke choke choke is the game they have played since 2020 ) , the homeruns will come even without trying ... This could lead to a more exciting twins baseball ...
  7. Blyleven2011
    Martin remaining a shortstop in the minors when the consensus was he wasn't going to handle the position ... They kept playing him there and then moved him to the outfield for a brief period before finally reaching the show , his best position as I see it is second base on the dirt , he still has a ways to go on the grass .... Lots of fans questioned his development at shortstop in the minors , but the front office kept him there .... Has it hurt his development , yes because major league baseball is stressful enough and then try to learn a new position at the MLB level just adds to more stress to make him a utility player ... They did not handle Martin on his development and there are others that they've waited to long on in the minors to develop , that hinders our defense at the major league level ... We don't need everyone to be utility players , we shouldn't need to platoon as often as we do , find the strength in the player and groom him for that position ...
  8. Blyleven2011
    He should hang on to the jersey , sasaki will end up a twin when he's a washed up dumpster diving AAAA pitcher ...
  9. Blyleven2011
    I'd like to play for today , but this team is way out in left field , we are not contenders quite yet until we fix some holes and the team starts playing with more consistency , look , we can beat teams that don't play 500 baseball , but we can't beat the elite teams during the season ... Keashall is ranked in the top 100 prospects , he may be a flop or he may be an above average player , we've invested in him so I'd like to see what he is capable of ... If the twins could sign cease to an extension , then by all means , make a trade , but for 1 year of service ,it would be foolish to trade away potential propects .... Potential is the key word , we never know how they are going to turn out , some of our current rookies the past few years hasn't encouraged me yet , I hope the rookies( less than 3 seasons of playing ) play better this season ...
  10. Blyleven2011
    I did not read it entirely yet but when I saw keashall and the others named in the first proposal for cease , my thought was no way do we sacrifice our future for 1 year of cease ... Really we don't need pitching when it's our inconsistent lineup that need the attention ... When the FO has made trades , they've added players with control when trading off prospects , I just don't think the FO should do this trade for 1 year of cease , if we were true contenders then it's a yes ... They first have to find away for the lineup to be consistent and we've seen the past few seasons where they are streaky , streaky , streaky .... You get the whole team working in harmony , then you deal for an ace as the final piece for a push to the world series , not until then ...
  11. Blyleven2011
    Does that include Japan and Korea ???
  12. Blyleven2011
    Keashall has turned out to be a very good draft acquisition , he's a hitter first , but isn't a defensive liability at second , 1st base or in the outfield , sounds like a gem but time will tell , I would love to see him in a twins uniform in 2025 if he has earned it ... We need hitters and if FO trades this prospect , I don't know , I may come unglued ...
  13. Blyleven2011
    Bat speed means nothing to me , put the bat barrel to the ball and hit ... Gibson comes to mind in the 88 world series , injured but pinch hitting he lofts a homerun to win the game off eckersley , it was just a weak swing but squared up the ball and presto , a homerun and lasorda was a happy camper ... I've seen many players hit one handed and get a hit , a players goal is to hit , a single , double , triple and a occasional homerun ...
  14. Blyleven2011
    A weakness at second base is a concern , can't wait for keashall to get healthy and move into the position ... In the mean time you have Julien who was just awful with the bat and glove in 2024 , but you have to give him another chance at second after he had a productive rookie year in 2023 , whether he makes the adjustments is up to him , he looked very lost in 2024 ... Lee or Lewis can play second base , most likely Lee can harness the position in the future but could be shipped to AAA after spring training to get his MOJO back , Lewis is an option but with experience he should be a very capable 3rd basemen , remember when Correa was hit in the wrist and sat out with the injury , Lewis filled in at shortstop and everyone praised his playing before being shipped back to AAA when correa resumed the position , lewis showed potential with the glove at shortstop but with time and experience at the hot corner he should be above average in time once he corrects his throwing errors ... So yes we have a need for a solid second basemen ...
  15. Blyleven2011
    No way Miami is taking on the salary for one year , plus trading starting pitchers for bullpen arms doesn't make sense ... The Padres are shedding payroll , so no to this trade idea ... Trading paddack and castro to Cincinnati has the most sense , but the return should be better than mentioned ... Maybe the giants , Oakland or angels would be interested , The front office seems to want plenty in return , they in my opinion are gun shy of trading , since the 2022 deadline trades , they made a trade last year but got back nothing to help the 2024 team , we need trades to help the major league roster ...
  16. Blyleven2011
    It was an interesting read with humorous responses ...
  17. Blyleven2011
    The front office put themselves in this position , they did sign Vazquez and have played him for 2 seasons with 1 to go , Vazquez is defense, if he hits that's a plus for his position ... If I was going to trade anyone it would be jeffers , he hasn't the stamina to be a everyday catcher , he hits alittle and that's what the fans want but it's streaky and his defense isn't as good as Vazquez no matter what the metrics say ... Trade jeffers and resign Vazquez as a backup catcher for lesser pay in 2026 , everyone wants to trade Vazquez because they think he is over paid ( i think the dodgers over pay all their free agents ) , extend Vazquez for lesser money and everyone will be happy ... For two seasons now , fans have harped on Vazquez because he doesn't hit , he going into his free agent year , I think he'll hit alittle better than last year even if he is getting older , I like watching Vazquez catch , he's in the game with his defense and smarts and pitchers like him ( do the pitchers think he is over paid , No )... The twins need to find a capable catcher for the future and quite sucking hind tit , call Pittsburgh or any team that has a catcher blocked that is ready to play for us ...
  18. Blyleven2011
    I like this idea ... Preillip and canterino are getting older and probably have the best stuff ... Because of injuries the haven't pitched alot of innings in the minors , I'm ready to see these two as bullpen options sometime in 2025 . Like the article said crochet went right to the bullpen for Chicago , so because there getting older , it's worth the risk to see what they can accomplish and develop in a major league bullpen to limit their innings , doesn't have to be pressure situations , their pitches are major league ready , so let them pitch to major league ball players ...
  19. Blyleven2011
    The mariners are not trading for castro , they want hitters that don't strike out , If I remember correctly , castro struck out 150 plus ... The twins need to fill holes , I wait and see on the FO's creative moves ... Better get something exciting Going for the fans at twins fest ...
  20. Blyleven2011
    Cody mentioned that a 6 man rotation hasn't been universally tested .... Doesn't the baseball in Japan have a six man rotation ( ive heard they do ), if so then it is time to study starting pitchers in Japan ... With extra rest from 5 to six , how do they fair with results , fastball faster , better control or the opposite , by pitching every 6th game are they more apt to be stronger and less likely to have any arm injuries ... ?????
  21. Blyleven2011
    I'd take Reese at first base today if he was young enough , he should have followed Billy Martin as that was his best season ... Thanks for the memories ...
  22. Blyleven2011
    Sasaki said to be signing with Dodgers, no surprise ... Trade rumors reported this 30 minutes ago ... Ryan is close to your top 5 , there is decent starters on 4 out of 5 central teams , I know nothing of the white Sox starting staff ... Detroit has a Cy young , the rest of the top 10 are solid pitchers ... Playball ,
  23. Blyleven2011
    My first 2 thoughts were fantasy island and randball stu ....
  24. Blyleven2011
    The only way we will ever win consistently is to have a major league manager that can coach players and manage games .... The hitting roster has shown many years of blowing pressure situations , they choke with runners in scoring position , we have some pitchers that you can see the bulldog in them and they pitch through pressure , pitching is the name of the game , but the hitting also has to follow along ... As far as our hyped up prospects goes , the current rookies are not showing anything of a pedigree as of yet in the major leagues , I sure hope they can improve development one this level ... Every level you have a development stage before you step up to another level , the major leagues are no different .... I continue to emphasize how important it is to take this aaa talent and once in the major leagues the coaches need to help develop the talent and make this talent better to play consistently at this level .... Rocco said he never wants to see another season like 2024 , I hope the plan is to get better , we'll see how spring training games are constructed , this is when you want to experiment because that all it is , training , games don't count ...
  25. Blyleven2011
    First year 2022 , Correa had an OK year mostly producing at the end of the season after a slow start ... 2023 he had an OK season but foot injuries he played through some of it , he tried ... 2024 he was having a very good year and then foot injury to the other foot but he couldn't play through it , season was lost ... My point is one player like Correa cannot solely be the main contributor and expect to win , the other players have to step up their game ...
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