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  1. Blyleven2011
    I wasn't around yet to see them play but I'll take your word for it ...
  2. Blyleven2011
    A good stiff drink from the hrbek bar was 18 dollars plus a 5 buck tip , I laughed everytime I was walking out and everytime I kept coming back ...
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    The twins need a spark in the lineup , if he hits like he did late in the season at AAA , there is no reason not to have his bat in the twins lineup at top of the order with Julien ( if neither is traded ) ... If he can play left field and centerfield his value will finally come to fruition ... The shoulder and Tommy John scare concerns me , let's hope rest and physical therapy has help mend his injury concerns ...
  4. Blyleven2011
    The price of doing business just went up ... As usual the dodgers are saying they have more money then the other teams bidding for ohtani , and even the rest of the league ... Pagans 2 year million per season plus incentives looks like a steal now ... The players just found out that there is money in baseball and now don't need to see the teams profit and loss statements ... Prices just escalated for the remaining free agents , Yamamoto will now be looking for 300 plus million to sign , Soto will now take 500 plus million to extend his Yankees contract ... 70 million dollar average annual salary is insane ... Is this good for the league , some small market owners will now be selling their teams once they stop rolling there eyes ... Who's to blame , Manfred was hired as commissioner to run baseball operations , but really he was hired by the owners to work for them ... A contract like the elite players are getting today is only hurting the fans more in there pocket book ... Ticket prices , parking , beer , hotdogs and concessions , fan apparel , it's all going up , What family is going to afford to take their family to see a game , not an average family ... Baseball used to be a family get together , it is not any longer ... I may be able to go to games but the rest of my family will pass , I'm sure of it ...
  5. Blyleven2011
    Players that really should be at driveline ... I heard Ryan was going back ... Haven't heard of any others ... Some that should go are , larnach to save his Twins career ... Gordon to work on getting back to where hw was in 2022 after an injury wiped out his 2023 ... Anyone else I'm missing , Julien could work on his defense , Driveline could help alot of these players with different instructors having different ideas never hurts ...
  6. Blyleven2011
    We need someone to eat low leverage innings that pagan more or less thrived , durability he did give in 2 seasons , but he mostly gave us heart attacks ... We have winder , Balazovic , sands , headrick and who am I missing , Headrick is the most durable of the mentioned above , but that's what we have right now Going forward , yes I'm sure they will add some BP arms on minor league contracts ... Pagans innings shouldn't be hard to fill ... Like it or not , That's my story and I'm sticking to it ....
  7. Blyleven2011
    If he lays off that high and inside pitch he can't handle , that would be nice ... I expect Correa will be better after recovering from his injury that he played with until the last 2 weeks , he played while not 100 percent , says something about his character ... Polanco has been another player that has played under 100 percent healthy ... I sure hope we have a nice warm spring and the Twins get off to a nice start ...
  8. Blyleven2011
    Going into the 2023 minor league season the FO and scouting department were high on Lewis and he pitched like they thought he would ... The others they were pleasantly surprised with , let's hope it grows into our pipeline of pitchers ... That's a bold prediction on Lewis over Festa , but one never knows ...
  9. Blyleven2011
    Yes , swr has taken a few steps back since his debut start in 2022 , last game of the season I think ... He started looking better in second half last season , let's hope there is still a future for him , still young enough , has been pushed rapidly through the minors and stalling out in AAA , but again he is still young ...
  10. Blyleven2011
    Is this finally the pipeline of pitchers , have the scouting department and FO hit the bullseye in 2022 ... Did They do alright in 2023 too , to early to tell ... If a player is on the 40 man roster ( starting pitcher ) , and is performing good , the FO will pick from there , Festa is close and Lewis is intriguing ... they like ohl alot and he made a breakout in second half of 2023 , improved his velocity and still maintained his control ... Canterino has been a starter and has great stuff , limited due to injuries and Tommy John surgery , my guess they will use him in the bullpen and try to ease him along ... It's nice to know we have some arms that showed great promise after 1 year of proball ... FO usually doesn't move all that fast at promoting , this could be a special group to keep watching their progress ...
  11. Blyleven2011
    So your point is the Twins should spend the big bucks too with our window of opportunity ... This isn't that great of a free agency , pitching has a few quality arms but Twins Won't spend on pitching , trade hopefully is coming for a quality arm for the rotation and we definitely need one if we want to be anything like the pitching was in 2023 ... Would you have paid 8 million for pagan , what did Pagan do , change agents ...
  12. Blyleven2011
    Is Cincinnati a big market team ??? I've never thought them to be anything more than the Twins ... Mid market ...
  13. Blyleven2011
    Tbar is getting older and I think this is his last year of arbitration and free agent to follow , we need someone just as good as tbar , so why can't it be him ...
  14. Blyleven2011
    Reds are spending money ... They over spent on pagan ( way over plus gave him incentives in the contract ) ... now they sign candelario for 15 million per year for 3 years plus , candelario signed with the nationals last year for 5 million and traded to cubs at deadline ( was it an over pay ? ) ... When will teams learn what mediocre players are worth ... When will teams realize money can't buy you a championship ... Twins FO with their patience does get mediocre players at a more reasonable rate , I'll grant them that ... I'm not sure this is the year we trade with miami , if we have to give up the talent that other post have mentioned I'd rather go to the northwest and deal with the mariners for Gilbert if available ... Miami does have pitching and FO could fallback to them ... Better get going before the other teams get the pitching we desire ..
  15. Blyleven2011
    They can only churp the words cheap ...
  16. Blyleven2011
    Sometimes first year managers , the players play really hard to impress and win the division , I've seen it happen many times so Cleveland is a small threat ... Hinch and his Detroit players are going in the right direction but I think they are still at least one more year from challenging for the division , we'll see ... White Sox retooling , Kansas city taking there own sweet time to get it together ... On paper we are good to defend our division title , but as we sit now we have some openings that need addressing ... As most believe it is through a trade we will add these needs , sure hope they're quality , we don't need another experience with someone who might turn there season around ...
  17. Blyleven2011
    Twins let them all walk ... They all got their payday , not sure why Cincinnati offered that kind of money per year plus incentives for pagan, after his 2022 season , he would have been lucky to get a MLB contract ... That's all I have to say about that ...
  18. Blyleven2011
    It could be , I always thought it was the last day of meetings ...
  19. Blyleven2011
    If he does well , the Twins fans will let the FO know about it ... The past 2 healthy seasons he's had decent number's , average and stealing bases ... Yes he's older, but I think because of his early career injuries and loss of 2020 season and injuries again in 2021 , his numbers are finally showing when healthy that he could be capable of improving more as he gets more game experience , he's got talent and I'm sure teams scouts have noticed , will he get selected in rule 5 draft , I think on Thursday we will find out ...
  20. Blyleven2011
    Isaac Paredes sounds like a good option for offense and defense , younger than Solano , just a bit higher in salary ... We need players that put the ball in play ... how much would he cost is anyone's guess with still 4 years of control ... We need a right handed bat , no question , Taylor and Solano are gone ... Please get some offense that can generate offense ... Sorry we don't need a defense only player , we had that last year , lesson learned I hope ...
  21. Blyleven2011
    O'Neil has won 2 gold glove awards as a left fielder ... He has had plenty of injuries and has had only 1 good season in the majors ... If the twins are crunching payroll his cost might be alittle to high for the Twins to be interested this time around , unless some of the 10 million dollar players are traded , he is right handed to fit the position but the injuries are to much of a concern ... Hinch getting an extension , good for him ... Molina , They used to say catchers made the best managers , I don't hear that alot anymore but St Louis is alittle on the old fashioned side ... Yamamoto , open your wallet twins , it's only money and everyone needs pitching , it won't happen for the Twins , the big markets will keep driving up the price over 300 million ... A west coast team more than likely will win out ...
  22. Blyleven2011
    Untouchable players ... You don't trade players that your going to build around and there really are just two at the major league level and that's Lewis and Lopez, maybe 3 with Duran ... Correa and buxton don't count because of no trade clause but anyone else on the major league roster is tradeable ... Since the chase petty trade who was a 1st round draft choice I have to believe the FO would trade any prospects for a position of need ... Pitcher please ...
  23. Blyleven2011
    Everyone is desperate for pitching , and he can play other positions too . Didn't hurt Toronto to take a flyer on him ...
  24. Blyleven2011
    There's lots to talk about but nothing significant has developed to get excited about ... I hope the FO gets something accomplished this week to generate some excitement because as our situation is now , we have taken a step backwards from our post season appearance ... Let's go Twins ... Trader Jerry Dipoto is waiting ...
  25. Blyleven2011
    Pitching proved that a quality pitcher can win in the post season ... We will have to acquire a quality pitcher through trade that has control and comes with a lesser cost than a free agent ... Mediocre pitching can win divisions but fail in post seasons against the better teams ... Winter meetings are here , the FO needs to find this pitcher through trade and it isn't going to be a one for one swap like arraez for Lopez, even though the twins did get 2 other prospects back along with Lopez, but it still feels like a one for one ... Every team is looking for quality pitchers , so the FO needs to be aggressive and get something done before other teams scoop up the tradeable pitchers available ... It would also be nice to get this done to generate some interest for Twins fest , since their payroll announcement has deflated some of the Twins fans interest ... Paddack should be good until he isn't , liked how he pitched in the small sample size at the end of 2023 ... You could see the fire and determination in his eyes, he wants the ball ...
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