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  1. Blyleven2011
    I'm in agreement with mikelink45 that its all about making him happy ... Even though its worth a try in spring training at least , I'm concerned that if he fails as a starter once again , he might never be the same bullpen arm he once was ... He's durable , has the mentality and has worked very hard to be a great bullpen arm , and I'm sure he'll work hard to be a starting pitcher ... But I have stated my concerns above , plus I'd have to include injury risks and running out of gas due to the amount of innings , I've never viewed Jax as a 2 inning pitcher , he's been more effective as a 1 inning pitcher of 15 to 20 pitches and more effective not pitching consecutive days ...
  2. Blyleven2011
    No mention of kirby puckett in the top 20 prospects ... What a crock , not even an honorable mention ... You have rose colored glasses when evaluating talent ....
  3. Blyleven2011
    I've been advocating for a lefthander in the rotation for quite sometime ... If he pitches this year at all I agree it most likely will be in bullpen at an inning or maybe 3 innings at a time ... He definitely isn't a dumpster diving player so there is some upside on signing him like we did Pineda , he wouldn't take a roster spot right away as he would be added to the 60 day IL list , but I think we'd have to wait until spring training to do that , if we signed him now he would have to sign a minor league contract off the 40 man roster , if now or before spring training or the season started if signed he would be added to the 40 man ... You catch my drift doc ???
  4. Blyleven2011
    I'm on board with just allowing Jenkins to hit , hit to all fields and doubles into the gaps , Jenkins needs to develop into a hitter not a Homerun hitter , the homeruns will come without even trying ... Players that are productive is what we need , n̈ot strikeout kings ... Don't fix what isn't broken and let Jenkins play his game ...
  5. Blyleven2011
    If the twins are going to trade paddack , WHAT the heck is taking them so long ... Free up salary and get to work filling some position holes , the longer they wait , the good talent will be playing for someone else ... falvey said he is going to be creative , let's see some action , can't get anything done sitting on your hands ... Everyone is looking for pitching so make a trade , I wouldn't be surprised that they are also listening to trade offers for SWR ... Ìm fine with our young pitchers to fill out the rotation and im sure they will find some depth in pitching with minor league signings with sn invite to spring training..
  6. Blyleven2011
    I'm surprised nether of you picked Holliday for rookie of the year ... He was projected to be the front runner for rookie of the year in 2024 ...
  7. Blyleven2011
    You asked the question , should any honorable mentioned players be on the top ten .... My answer is YES , Michael cuddyer over Mccarthy ... Cuddyer was a solid player and seemed to get better as the years went on , not a superstar but very talented , solid player ... Mccarthy I'm not even sure he should be an honorable mention as he contributed very little to the twins ... He has sadly passed away at 54 this year ...
  8. Blyleven2011
    Spoken like a true disgusted twins fan 🙂🙂🙂 ...
  9. Blyleven2011
    It was Eddie's best pitched game in his short playing career ... Big crowd for the debut of Bane against Clyde ... fourth of July 1973 ...
  10. Blyleven2011
    The key words are " should they " ... The way they have operated in the past off seasons and deadlines tells me there going to rely on what we have and add minor league contracts with invites to spring training ... We can only hope for a difference maker ...
  11. Blyleven2011
    With the roster at 37 , and all players tendered contracts ii don't think there will be much trading , alot of minor league signings and invites to spring training for players to fill out the roster ... The FO currently likes this team going forward and seems to be going the cheap route once again , will the holes be filled ? ... Castro to me is tradeable with his contract to high for the twins , could return a left handed reliever or righted bat or even a first basemen ... Like i said earlier , they like and have confidence in the current team , WHY , because the 2023 deadline , no trades , 2023-24 they didn't fill all the holes on the roster and 2024 deadline they made no trades , that there tells me it's not going to be an active offseason ... What will they do this off season ? , not much they can do with the budget restraints but roll with the same players for 2025 with no key acquisitions ... Please prove me wrong ...
  12. Blyleven2011
    So Google is not smarter than a fifth grader ... Thanks for clearing this up and I enjoyed watching his improvement this past season ....
  13. Blyleven2011
    One can only hope for a guy that has promise , still along way to go in development ... I liked the high risk pick when drafted ...
  14. Blyleven2011
    Castro should be tendered and then most likely traded for a return of something ... Stewart because of injuries I'm on the fence of not tendering ... Tonkin most likely is non tendered ... topa will be tendered because he was involved with the Polanco trade that hasn't rewarded the twins yet , FO wants aleast another year to redeem themselves on that trade ... The rest will be tendered , who do we have to replace them at a lower price , there could be some trades from the tendered players ... Then again , they could tender all of them and roll the same as 2024 , who knows what the FO is thinking , We'll be right here again tomorrow on the decisions ...
  15. Blyleven2011
    I googled it a it said he did ...
  16. Blyleven2011
    Larnach went to driveline last off season and showed significant better results , he should be back there again this off season and hone his skill even more , 2024 could have been his last season in a twins uniform if he didn't show production , he did and he stays another year ... Wallner had a horrid start to the season and was sent to AAA to find himself , he needs to go to driveline this off season to hone his batting eye ... As far as defense they are both adequate at the corners , if they work hard they can be better , the FO and Rocco should also try both of them at first base in spring training to give them versatility , see in spring training if it is possible one of them could be a decent first basemen ... The only thing redundant on the roster is the injuries ...
  17. Blyleven2011
    You nailed this except , if we were fortunate to land Sasaki I would much rather have the experience of Vazquez and trade jeffers , if jeffers defense was better with his bat , I'd keep him , but after 3 or 4 seasons jeffers is who is is , nothing personal but jeffers is just around average on defense with a streaky bat ... If we are out on Sasaki , I like the idea of buying a catcher from the Dodgers system that can hit and play above average defense with the international money , the reports are that the Dodgers have 3 catchers close to MLB ready .... Catching used to be the most important position on the field and if they hit it was a plus ... Let's give a toast to a successful offseason , if the front office doesn't get creative , I will continue to NOT cut them any slack ...
  18. Blyleven2011
    He was a good selection in the draft out of high school , 2022 and 2023 we had a great draft , 2023 might have been better... Winokur is young , developing his talent properly is the most important thing ... Find him a position to play and make him comfortable ....
  19. Blyleven2011
    I personally think Vasquez has earned his contract in 2024 , 2023 his defense was good , but hitting wasn't,, I'll take Vazquez defense and leadership over jeffers any day , hitting is a plus for a catcher and there are not that many good hitting catchers , both have been streaky in hitting with jeffers being alittle better .... Me ,personally I would trade jeffers with our AAA catcher as backup ĥ
  20. Blyleven2011
    Prospects ::: the front office likes to keep prospects , never trading them away and always losing them for nothing if they don't make the MLB team ... 1 . yes they have some room on the 40 man roster for the better players , our fringe players they need to make trades for younger players that dont need to be protected and they wouldn't have this problem every year ... 2 . They have to learn to evaluate our talent that is not going to be part of the future and package them in a trade for a player that's somewhat established in MLB and can play on the 26 man roster ... falvey is using the word creative more freely lately , it's time for him to act on his words ... keep the good ones like Raya ...
  21. Blyleven2011
    I think we have 7.5 million in international money , I saw it posted last week when a member posted that amount for a trade with the Dodgers ... the trade was , give some of the Dodgers the international money to boost dodgers chances better at getting Sasaki and we get back a good minor league catcher without giving up prospects ... I do like that idea , but I think the twins should put all there chips in acquiring sasaki first ...
  22. Blyleven2011
    We need to do something to strengthen our lineups offense , every player should be considered tradeable , find a decent player with good defense and can hit , but they better get it right on a choice in a trade , they haven't been all that good in getting players back from a trade ... I would talk to the orioles and rays , westburg and mead , rafaela has a contract already and I would be surprised I'd they would consider it , Yankees player I know nothing about ... It's hard to trade away prospect pitching but if we have a surplus ( which we haven't for many years ) , to better the team you have to be creative as falvey would say ..
  23. Blyleven2011
    Kitty had an amazing career and is a wonderful human being , very approachable just like Harmon , Rod and Tony too ... Today's game and players are alot different ... I remember when Calvin released him , I was maybe 10 , I cried but followed his whole career with joy ... Thanks kitty for the memories ... I definitely will watch the documentary , but have to go back to work now ...
  24. Blyleven2011
    I'd hate to trade him as well , but I could see the twins listening to offers ... Duran had a tremendous first year , the next year the league adjusted to him and started to surrender homeruns , he still had a decent second year , this past season he started the year on injured list and started his year with less velocity , he still averaged 100 mph but never could get the 104 or 105 velocity back , if the twins evaluators think he might be in for a major injury than I can see a reason for trading him , otherwise you keep him until the trade deadline and if we are not contending you trade him ... In my opinion his arm does bothers me a bit with last years injury and the loss of velocity , but what also bothers me is Rocco not using him strictly as the closer , his stats and my eye test shows he's better as a closer than a set up man ....
  25. Blyleven2011
    Finally a reasonable trade to examine ... Castro's salary already has opened the door to a trade , good player and very versatile , many teams should be interested in him and the return might be better than you think if alot of teams covet Castro ... I'd definitely trade him and I wouldn't miss him , we should have internal options to replace him , maybe not as much versatility but a replacement none the less ( let the prospects have a chance , they keep getting older the longer there in the minors )... Trade a player that has high value and doesn't fit into our long term future ...
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