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  1. Blyleven2011
    From this article Polanco was traded at the right time and received something in return , i dont necessarily agree trading Polanco his bat should able to be replaced , but will his clutch hitting be replaced ... what I don't get if this was the right time to trade Polanco and got a return like the rays do , then why is Kepler still here for his Final year of his contract and we will get nothing if he walks away at the end of the season ... The only way way we recoup anything for Kepler is if we trade him at this year's deadline , there is a possibility of the Twins offering him a qualifying offer for 2025 if he can maintain his second half performance ...
  2. Blyleven2011
    You are correct Stewart had a fastball in the upper 90's when drafted ... What happened I don't know , petty drafted out of HS is going well for Cincinnati farm and I hope the same for Soto ... Bring him along slowly as he still fills out , don't wreck the arm ,
  3. Blyleven2011
    The twins had a terrific draft in 2023 , I was impressed with his athletic abilities when I read his stats on draft day ... Young kid out of high school going into proball is a big step , but in his small sample at fcl league he managed to impress even further ... He's got a long ways to go and maybe he can and maybe he won't make it to the show ... He's in the minors for one reason and that is to be groomed to be a professional baseball player for the show ... Nobody is questioning his talent , work hard and play the game the right way ... I wish Winokur nothing but success ...
  4. Blyleven2011
    Now is the time to get that post season pitcher , they will cost more at the deadline and our front office hasn't been to fortunate at trading at the deadline , in all there deadline trades we have been fleeced ....
  5. Blyleven2011
    Yes I see the numbers , thanks ... I did know there was others who were performing well , but things were not quite clicking , I stated Polanco and Lewis came off their injuries and it seemed like it ignited the team to playing better baseball for 2 1/2 plus months ... Polanco , I'm sure we can replace Polanco's bat , I just hope we can replace his clutch hitting ...
  6. Blyleven2011
    What's next ??? The Front office still needs to add something substantial to the starting staff of pitchers , the Polanco trade did not make the team better for 2024 ... It added a arm for the bullpen ( topa ) and a #5 starter for depth ( DeSclafani ) ... Topa so far is a late bloomer with 1 good season ( reminds me of lopez ) ... DeSclafani has battled injuries , last good season was 2021 ( reminds me of Bundy as an inning eater ) ... Quality starting pitching kept us in a lot of games during the season and was the reason we won some playoff games ... Our hitting sucked until Polanco and Lewis came back from injuries and ignited our offense in the second half , Polanco's hitting can be replaced but can his clutch hitting be replaced ... Has our FO failed to see the big picture and not learned anything from their mistakes of 2021 especially and 2022 alittle better ... Before the trade of Polanco we had decent starting pitching to win the division but not enough starting pitching to win playoff series , nothing has changed with this trade for DeSclafani ... We also now need a good righthanded batter more than ever ( preferably an outfielder ) , Polanco was a switch hitter , a very valued commodity ...
  7. Blyleven2011
    When i first read the trade results , my thought to was Topa was the real value for now at least , desclafini was dumped on us for some salary relief for the mariners ... I havent confirmed it yet but i heard mariners have sent 6 million to help pay down on desclafini salary ... A top 100 outfield prospect and a wild card pitcher , we'll have to see how that plays out ... I sure hope desclafini is alot better than Bundy , Bundy worked his tail off and I liked him for that , but his results weren't good ...
  8. Blyleven2011
    From what I heard ,,, Twins got 6 million cash plus 4 players in Polanco trade ... Topa had a strong year with Seattle in 2023 , bullpen arm , desclafini will be the fifth starter and the two prospects must prosper in the minor leagues to make the show some day ... Going to miss Polanco and I wish him well in Seattle ...
  9. Blyleven2011
    Lewis has shown he is a game changer when healthy ... If he continues playing at a high level , he's worth locking up for the Twins ... They gave Buxton 7 years and 100 million plus incentives and he was well known for injures and has played over a 100 games only once ... Give Lewis a 7 year contract at 100 million plus incentives , I think he will surpass playing over 100 games each year even with some injuries , unless he blows the knee out again ... Play him at 3rd base and watch him be an allstar for years ...
  10. Blyleven2011
    I have alot of respect for Terry Ryan , he put together some good teams that won divisions ... He also put together some awful teams , but he wasn't allotted the kind of spending the current front office has been approved to spend ... Ryan is a good baseball man ... Congratulations ...
  11. Blyleven2011
    I would like to believe the Twins will cruise to the division title but it never seems they can cruise .... Playing game to game with no killer instincts ( tomorrow's another day) , your just a 500 team ... Ten game winning streaks and we will capitalize on cruising to the division , otherwise it will be as usual , fans will be asking themselves , can the Twins maintain their 3 of 4 game lead in the month of September to win the division ... I sure hope we find some quality pitching , ( starters and relief ) , our starters are our big winners in 2023 , if it wasn't for them keeping us in the games , Detroit would have won the division with a losing record ... Until the Twins bats woke up after that Atlanta series , it definitely was looking like someone was going to win the Central in 2023 with a losing record ... I'm all for the winning streaks as that separates teams from the other in the standings , I prefer 10 game winning streaks , but you can't always get what you want ...
  12. Blyleven2011
    Just like Jeffers small sample size in his rookie 2020 , fans got all excited that Jeffers was the answer , he hit but wasn't good defensively and then injured ... 21 and 2022 wasn't better, he was a good framer but blocking wild pitched and passed balls and throwing out runners wasn't his specialty , I can't really say his hitting regressed from 2020 , because it was a small sample size , hecwas struck withinjuries again in 2021 and 2022 ... 2023 was a better season for Jeffers as he was better defensively at throwing out runners and blocking pitches , his hitting was a plus from a catchers position ... I need 1 more healthy year from Jeffers to evaluate if he will be an above average catcher to actually say he has broken out , he has improved but consistency is what we are looking for ... It's a demanding and a very important position as the leader on the field ... Vazquez should improve his hitting some , shouldn't be worse , his acclamation to the team could have contributed to his lack of offense ... Someone At Twins fest should ask Rocco or the FO personal , why was Vazquez not used in the playoffs , I'm out of town ...
  13. Blyleven2011
    Two k-kings get minor league contracts ... Sano with angels .... Gallo With nationals ... Gallo coming to the end of his career most likely , but who knows he just might rejuvenate his career in the national league ... Sano , who knows what adjustments He has made since last playing in the MLB , its low cost to find out ... Good luck to both ... It could happen ...
  14. Blyleven2011
    Joe's already came and went ... It's let's go voters ... It's a good possibility he gets elected , I will be surprised if he gets in on first ballot because I didn't think it would Happen , because it's the minnesota twins ... It appears he had alot of respect nation wide from media and fans from the votes that are tabulated already ...
  15. Blyleven2011
    Calvin firing the manager after that spectacular season ... I was a youngster but the adults were furious that Calvin fired Martin , it was a fun year and they gelled with Martin's winning personality ... Never have I witness fans being so upset about a manager getting fired ... Well 3 grear seasons to go , isn't hard to figure out the next 3 , I just won't give nothing away at this moment ...
  16. Blyleven2011
    19 years in the big leagues , he had a good career , players and media around the league liked him ... I hope he goes the distance and remains on the ballot for 10 years , I doubt he will ever get the necessary 75 percent to get elected ... But at least for the 10 years we can say he was a minnesota twin ... Tori played a good game ...
  17. Blyleven2011
    Joe Ryan went to driveline during the off season before the 2023 season , he had a very good start to the season before the injury bug got him ... Did Ryan go back to driveline this off season ??? I heard mention that he did but not sure it was confirmed ...
  18. Blyleven2011
    Amen
  19. Blyleven2011
    I was going to state that also but I've stated it so many times we need an owner that loves and wants to win games ... This ownership should sell because they can't keep up with the Joneses They could get nearly 2 billion for a team they paidsaround 45 million ... The Timberwolves wolves sold for what 1.6 billion and they were only valued at 1.2 billion , I feel the Twins are worth more than the Timberwolves sold for ...
  20. Blyleven2011
    There is currently 38 players on the 40 man roster , yes there is still room but when the addition come is anyones guess ??? FO should have started working on trades way back in general managers meeting and at the winter meetings ... I'm sure they did , but waiting for other teams to decide and figure out what they need from the Twins ... Hate that the owners of all the effected teams are crying about the lost revenue ... I was in business , I lived by this quote ... You Can't Make Money All of the Time But You Better Make Money Most Of The Time .... Now is the time to lose money during the regular season and make it back in a deep run off the playoffs and world series appearance ...
  21. Blyleven2011
    I pay to see altuve Play ,,, Arreaz was a player I paid to watch ... Lewis I am going to pay to watch , cross the fingers he stays healthy ...
  22. Blyleven2011
    Makes sense , now that they are over the first threshold , they might as well get alittle more help in pitching and go for another title , I thought maybe their window was starting to close last year , they still have a great lineup but age is creeping up on some ...
  23. Blyleven2011
    Or they trade Pressly , houston just went over the tax threshold and the word is they were trying to stay under , but when graveman went down they went for the big gun Hader ...
  24. Blyleven2011
    Someone please tell Louie varland to be less rude an kinder to the seniors citizens at spring training ... Last year I notice some senior citizens talking to players and Louie came over and yelled at them and I quote ( we dont come to your place of work and interrupt you , do we ) , little immature , yes he's got a job to get ready for but he also has an obligation to treat the fans with respect , all the seniors were doing was congratulating some younger players and wishing them well ... I'm sure others saw and heard it to , I was 5 rows back of the field and I heard it ... I talked to the seniors and they said they were done coming to spring training if some players were going to be rude to them , i remember eddie Rosario was rude to the fans back in 2017 or 18 ... I like Varland and his hard work he has put in to his craft , I hope he isn't belligerent to the young fans and he can clean up his act and be kind to all fans ...
  25. Blyleven2011
    How I look at it , the starting pitching trade market has stalled for all the other 29 teams ... Our front office hasn't even started to replace our strengths from last years lost starters ( this should be their priority ) ... subtract, subtract and subtract to save a buck ... Starting pitchers won the season last year for us with the lineup helping in the last half of the season ... Everyone needs pitching and teams are signing alot of depth arms to minor league contracts , but no significant trades have been made recently ...
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