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  1. Blyleven2011
    A first round draft pick that makes contact and a switch hitter to boot ... A valuable player you hang onto and find some other prospects to trade ... Lee , Jenkins and Soto stay and any of the rest of prospects can be trade bait ... We need bats also to strengthen the lineup with clutch hitting ( see Lewis for clutch hitting ) ... I want exciting baseball with hitters getting on base ... Pitching was outstanding last year and yes we need a quality starter to fill Gray's vacancy ... FO needs to be creative , let's just sit back , relax and see what happens , if it doesn't happen than we can blast them for not having a contending team ...
  2. Blyleven2011
    Let the young men play the game ... We've seen last deadline the FO do nothing , We've seen alot of our free agent players sign elsewhere ... We've always seem to see the front office move slowly ... Please bring us a nice starting pitcher for 2024 ... A nice Christmas would nice ...
  3. Blyleven2011
    Moran and henrique have elected free agency ..
  4. Blyleven2011
    I'd throw the recliner out , it can't smell to good either ...
  5. Blyleven2011
    SAY GOODBYE to my little friend ... GOODBYE , ADIOS , GOOD RIDDANCE ... Hope Cincinnati knows what there doing with a 2 year contract ... Sorry pagan , you just didn't impress me ...
  6. Blyleven2011
    1. Vazquez - 13.9 2. Correa - 5.0 3. Taylor - 4.9 4. Kepler - 2.1 5. Farmer - 1.9 6. Jeffers - 1.4 Vazquez is 8th of 98 MLB catchers .... Even if Vazquez hits the same as 2023 in 2024 , he still is their best defensive catcher ... Sometimes coming to a new team it puts more pressure on the player and they hit like s h i t , I think Vazquez hitting will improve for 2024 ... Look at all these free agents that signed 10 year contracts and were awful the first year of their contract until they settled in with the team ... So get off Vazquez back , he'll be fine with his defense and working with the pitchers and his bat will improve ...
  7. Blyleven2011
    Sonny got his payday , did St Louis over pay ... They don't think so and that's fine , they need pitchers , they haven't got much of the rotation left from the start of 2023 .... I'm sure they want to compete in the division but they have to play the game , Sonny will give them a chance to win alot of games , I did like his demeanor on the mound for the Twins ... Lopez was a trade that worked out for both sides , the front office did good even though arraez was a fan favorite ... Sonny Gray trade worked out really well and probably a better trade by the front office because it cost us just 1 first round prospect , Sonny pitched 2 seasons and because Sonny signs elsewhere we get a draft choice back in compensation round ... So really the trade on the financial side it was a savvy deal for now , chase petty is climbing the ranks ,,, Was the front office wise enough to see that when they made the pick , did they think if gray pitches well we would get a compensation round draft pick or was it more we need pitchers so they traded chase petty for sonny ???
  8. Blyleven2011
    You have seen the light and I sometimes think this way , they run it as a business , they love a profit more than they love the game ... The Pohlads are the second richest family in Minnesota and could add to their legacy and spend some of their inheritance money to bring a world series winner to the fans ... Will the Pohlads ever see the light ...
  9. Blyleven2011
    If we are trading with Seattle it's might take a big bundle of prospects ... They would place high value on their pitching just like Cincinnati did with Castillo, look what Seattle gave up to acquire Castillo with 2 1/2 years of control .... The twins will want to trade for a pitcher with some control , is Kirby , Gilbert , woo , Miller better than Castillo , probably not right now but in a year or two could be ... Also mentioned as a rumor is Yamamoto wants to sign with Seattle , if they sign Yamamoto they will have some good expendable pitchers to trade , they need hitters with OPS , they want major league ready players and we have a few veterans and some excess in infield prospects ... Not everybody will like the players that are traded away for a pitcher ... I didn't like trading away arraez but Lopez proved his value and the trade worked out for both teams ... Let's make a deal for a quality pitcher and have a nice Christmas present and an energetic Twins fest ...
  10. Blyleven2011
    Would be nice if they would give us an early Christmas present ... If Seattle does end up with Yamamoto , the Twins should be negotiating as we speak , ( negotiate like Seattle is going to get Yamamoto and negotiate like they wont once he signs elsewhere ) .... patience may be the virtue on what pitcher the Twins gets , seattle will want to Shed some payroll if they sign Yamamoto and a more polished pitcher like Gilbert might be available over Miller or others ...
  11. Blyleven2011
    I agree he won't get the recognition to get elected his first year , how long it takes I'm not sure , maybe third ballot .... I'll supply the crow and eat it with you , if im wrong , I need a good reason to shoot one , the scavengers are everywhere looking for food here in Northern country ...
  12. Blyleven2011
    You are correct that Joe took over last off season but you can bet he is asking Jim for advice or Jim is telling him , you can't make money all the time but you better make money most of the time ... The pohlads are in it to make money not to win it ... Cutting payroll with an open window is evidence that their love of money is greater than the love of baseball ...
  13. Blyleven2011
    12 mil for depth , isn't that what they were after in 2023 ... One good year of pitching out of 7 years of control ... They better give us fans a nice Christmas present ...
  14. Blyleven2011
    Concur , they haven't got one deadline trade right yet , starting with Dyson ...
  15. Blyleven2011
    Luke Raley was acquired by minnesota in the dozier trade with dodgers , Luke Raley was traded back to dodgers along with graterol in the maeda trade ... How Tampa acquired him , it was either by trade or the dodgers dfad him and Tampa claimed him .... Trading places can work out for each team , in trades , most teams trade for needs , some dump a player because of salary ... Yes it's a challenge to get it right , front office has done well in off season trades but has not done well at deadline trades ...
  16. Blyleven2011
    And Vazquez hitting shouldn't be any worse next year ... I Like the guys defense over Jeffers absolutely ... Never know how the first season effected his first year transitioning to the Twins method , after one season getting acquainted with the Twins way , he should be a little more relaxed and hit better in my opinion ... One never knows . .
  17. Blyleven2011
    California angels need pitching .... In the 2022 draft , they drafted all pitchers , 1 through 20 picks or 21 picks ... No way they are trading a stable pitcher unless they get a Cole or Verlander in trade ... Maeda sounds like he is getting priced out of our comfort zone , gray is also out of the zone too .... We need quality pitching , every team needs quality pitching ... It's difficult for all teams to find quality pitching , even the Yankees haven't had a devastating starting staff for awhile ... The twins had a healthy starting staff in 2023 that was quality and kept us in alot of game's and won playoff games ... Hopefully the FO can do it right and make a decent trade for a quality starter because they need to get it right if we are going to contend ... I'm just going to sit back and relax and hopefully twins Territory will have a nice Christmas present ,,, They have to create interest before twinsfest ....
  18. Blyleven2011
    I'd it's defense we are looking for , re-sign Taylor ... But if we can trade a surplus of fringe minor leaguers as mentioned above , by all means do , but do it right ...
  19. Blyleven2011
    This has been an interesting discussion and does have some logic ... I'd like to keep Polanco at second base if he stays with the Twins , spring training should work everything out ... Hit and defense ...
  20. Blyleven2011
    Nice article nick , I was wrong after I re-read your article ...
  21. Blyleven2011
    If , maybe, perhaps ... I do like the thought of getting a left handed pitcher in the rotation ... I just don't see it happening with the Yankees and Cortez , but the FO could surprise us ... Nothing has leaked out or mentioned from the media or FO of any rumors on who the Twins are pursuing yet ...
  22. Blyleven2011
    Really the only one I would consider in free agency is Montgomery because he is left handed and we could use that in our rotation ... The free agency picture is kinda weak on pitching compared to other years ...
  23. Blyleven2011
    Joe will get into the hall of fame , it's just a question of when !!! He had great years as a catcher and the concussions ended his catching days , yes he should have won a gold glove that 1 season at first base but the voting doesn't always go the way it should ( see politics for an example ) ... Cody wrote Mauer as a hometown hero , I'm not so sure he was a hero but he was a good hometown boy and I liked watching him play ... His lack of personality will hurt his voting some but it shouldn't , he wasn't a rah rah guy in leadership but he led by example , that's Joe Mauer ...
  24. Blyleven2011
    Knowing the FO and how they operate sometimes , I would say no to the 3 pitchers above with only 1 year of control .. They are pitchers that would be offered a qualifying offer and Twins would receive compensation , so there is that to add back a prospect from the deal to think about ... Seattle and Miami have alot of pitching talent that are more team controllable and cheaper , I would focus my attention with them for a trade ... We do need more than just pitching , two positions of concern are 1st base and centerfield and we need the coaching to be better at getting the players to make contact in the clutch especially , coaching emphasizing fundamentals would be nice to , we need to improve in these areas ... The boom or bust theory doesn't quite work for the Twins or for me either ...
  25. Blyleven2011
    The Pohlads are the second-richest family in Minnesota. The Twins aren't their primary source of income. No Pohlad, present or future, would be impacted if they chose to go into the red to invest in this team, and we won't even know if they go into the red because their books aren't public. This family is wealthy beyond our imagination and owns a constantly appreciating asset that happens to be our favorite baseball team. If they want us to believe them that they are good stewards of this multi-billion dollar "community asset," they should show some respect for the community and try to win a World Series- instead of sucking any bit of profit out of the organization that they can .... It's not the right time to reduce payroll with the window open 3/4 of the way towards a world series ... It's a business for the Pohlads , not a love interest , I agree they should spend on the team ... When in business you can't make money all of the time but you better make money most of the time .... brings us a world series Pohlads , spend some of your inherited money carl and Eloise left you ...
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