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  1. TwinsDr2021
    Good to hear the Twins roster is so good that they can have a pitcher in the minors at age 25 that looks like and is pitching like future top of the rotation starter. If he is pitching that well, there sure be no problem jumping any of those guys not pitching that well. So yes there is a chance that those 8 are so good that Prielipp doesn't get a chance, but being honest how many times has something like that happened in Twins history? I also understand they will be limiting his innings this year and that is probably easier to do in the minors, but at what cost to the major league team.
  2. TwinsDr2021
    If he is looking like a #1 (which I hope he is) why would he be pitching in the minors?
  3. TwinsDr2021
    Prielipp is 25, and will start next year at age 26, not sure if at that age you are really a prospect anymore. Doesn't mean he won't be great but not sure how many prospects go into there age 26 season with rookie of the year eligibility. IMO if he isn't pitching in MN at some point this year things haven't went well and isn't likely he would be a top prospect going into next year. But totally agree on the rest.
  4. TwinsDr2021
    2021 95-67 1st (division) lost in the division series 2022 86-76 2nd (division) missed playoffs 2023 92 - 70 1st (division) (division) lost in the NL wild card series 2024 93-69 1st (division) lost in NL Wild card series 2025 97-65 1st(division) NL championship series Maybe the Brewers fans take a breathe and realize their front office might have something figured out that the Twins front office doesn't.
  5. TwinsDr2021
    Maybe more of those card board people they put in the stands in 2020 season? They are going to need to the fill the stands one way or the other and it looks like they don't care about it being with real people buying tickets.
  6. TwinsDr2021
    if replacement level is success, than yes Larnach has been an overwhelming success. My math is Culpepper is 23 during the 26 season, 24 during the 27 season, and 25 for the 28 season. Who cares when he rule 5 if he is already 25. Julien and Miranda didn't really start doing good in the minors until they were 23, So if he isn't up this year, he is on the same path as them. (and Larnach and Wallner). Again I think the hope is Culpepper is a future core starter and not an unknown for years.
  7. TwinsDr2021
    IMO, the hope is he isn't another Miranda, Julien, Larnach, etc.... and if he isn't up this year (age 23 season) it is likely he falls into the mid 20 something young guy they are still trying to figure out when he gets on the wrong side of 25. And with the way the 26 season is looking, I would rather get him and sooner than later and see if he is somebody they can count on in the future and hitting his stride in his prime, not trying to figure it out in his prime. Like pretty much everybody else on the roster.
  8. TwinsDr2021
    No Santana or Blyleven (49.9 career WAR in MN)?
  9. TwinsDr2021
    Haven't looked, but based on this comment I assume Grand Casino and target center are suffering from an attendance drop?
  10. TwinsDr2021
    But, but, but Josh Bell, he could be as good a Ty France</sarcasm>
  11. TwinsDr2021
    If you compare the opening day 26 man roster for the 2025 Twins to the 26 man roster right now, the 2025 one is considerably better and that team won 70 games. With that said I have high hopes guys like Lewis, Wallner, and Lee will be much better this year and a rookie or two will step up. but I have reservations about this team staying healthy enough to compete for a division title because that is something they haven't really done (staying healthy that is).
  12. TwinsDr2021
    so OBP (.399) and SLG (.464) are new? Jenkins has a minor league batting average of .295, 114 RBI in 854 plate appearances (115 walks, 137 K's) with a 16% K ratio and still below 20% if you exclude walks all while still under the age of 21.
  13. TwinsDr2021
    all that and 4 3rd place finishes or worse in 5 years. Which should have been enough to fire this FO.
  14. TwinsDr2021
    As a 20 year old in AA he put a .912 OPS, and .719 in AAA. Would you prefer he was playing in A+ doing better than he did as a 19 year old? (.862) Sometimes guys with his type of skills don't need to dominating before moving on, (Jackson Merrill for Chourio for example both have lower career minor league OPS than Jenkins) Would I like to see his number more like Langord, yes but he also played college ball.
  15. TwinsDr2021
    Lee actually has a negative one WAR. (top 50 prospects for two years) Lewis (age 26) has a career WAR of 4 (over 4 years and has played 258 games, really 3 for 246), after being a top 50 prospect for 4 years. Is this bad? the games played isn't good but overall when he plays he is pretty decent, I just don't think you can call him a average or better everyday major league player yet Wallner (age 28) has a career WAR of 4.6 (which again is pretty good, but only once in his career has he even played half of the games in a season and the one he did (104) was his worst (.6 WAR). As with Lewis it is tough to call him an average or better everyday player when he has never accomplished being a every day player. All three are first round picks and each one by themselves looks pretty good, I mean getting this kind of career WAR from any pick is an accomplishment. You add in Jeffers career WAR (8.3) and you would imagine the last 4 years probably were pretty successful, but when guys like this only play half or less of the games you have a problem.
  16. TwinsDr2021
    Maybe not the best examples, since both stuck around after age 29 but weren't really any good after that (they were good before that) and Ober is already 30.
  17. TwinsDr2021
    I guess I can see the logic in signing these two guys, IKF becomes the back up infielder, and Andujar platoons at 1B with Clemens and/or likely plays LF at times. . Changing my 13 players to Jeffers, Jackson, Lewis, Lee, Keaschall, Clemens, Martin, Buxton, Wallner, Erod, IKF, Bell, Andujar. Do I think this makes the team better, not really, but it does get rid of players that aren't worth being on major league contracts, do I think this will stop or slow down bringing up Culpepper, Erod, or GG, I do, I think they give the spot I give to ERod to Roden.
  18. TwinsDr2021
    Those Free agents made sense, (Mostly Taylor and Farmer because there was no real prospect option) France and Santana while one was decent and the other was good helped the Twins finish in 4th place in the division, so there is that. What was the cost beside money, maybe nothing because Julien and Miranda were so bad
  19. TwinsDr2021
    First I was never on the Keirsey bandwagon, I was one of the most vocal anti-Keirsey guys on this board. Second signing Harrison Bader got the Twins 70 wins and Mendez at how many millions? Was that a good signing? Maybe Third, I agree this year those guys (minus whoever is the back up short stop shouldn't get any at bats this year) Fourth,. As of today my 13 players would be Jeffers, Jackson, Lewis, Lee, Keaschall, Clemens, Martin, Buxton, Wallner, Erod, back up SS, Bell, Roden
  20. TwinsDr2021
    Which free agents are out there that makes sense to sign, that makes the Twins better this year and in the future?
  21. TwinsDr2021
    If not the next wave of prospects, who? you, me, free agents that wouldn't be signed? What the hell are these jokers doing in the front office if prospects aren't the answer?
  22. TwinsDr2021
    Everyone of the guys are bench guy (or more realistically minor league players)s, the players to replace them are the current starters, and they are to be replaced by prospects. There is NO way the Twins should be signing any free agent for the offensive/defensive side of the team (including they shouldn't have signed Bell)
  23. TwinsDr2021
    The Twins top two prospects are Jenkins and Erod and he turns 23 in about a month (and was a top 40 overall prospect going into last year), if he isn't capable of playing 80 games in CF next year, then he really isn't the prospect we hoped he was and baseball people thought he was. Plus Roden. The last thing this team needs is to bring in another outfielder on the wrong side of 30 with no future on this team. Jenkins might not be ready but he is one of the top 10 prospects in baseball and should be capable of filling in and getting some MLB action by mid season. This year isn't like the last few where the back ups to Buxton where all non-prospects type prospects, this FO has to prove that it is capable of developing players. IMO the starting OF for the Twins should be Erod, Buxton, Wallner against right handed pitchers, and Martin, Buxton, Wallner against left handed pitchers. If Martin plays so well, Wallner can't hit lefties or Erod is struggling then bring up GG to platoon with Wallner or Roden, depending on the situation and need, or even Fedko or Rosario. Please for the Love of all things good Twins, get rid of Outing and Larnach and don't bring in a veteren outfielder to block at bats from prospect. Because hopefully Mendez isn't too far off as well.
  24. TwinsDr2021
    Couldn't you have said this for about the last 8 years? Lewis, Gordon, AK, Rooker, Larnach, Jeffers, Sabato, Celestino, Martin, Miranda, Lee, Julien, Wallner. Erod, didn't even include the 13th overall pick in 2019. Results for this FO have not been good, Jeffers has been decent (as a pick pretty great) but still limited in really being a full time catcher, Wallner is 28 and still waiting to see if he is more than a power hitting platoon player, Larnach basically a replacement level player, AK replacement level before retiring, Gordon below replacement level, Martin replacement level singles hitter. Still hope on Lee, Erod, and a few others. When looking at each player individually the results don't look all that bad, but as a whole, it is bad and explains what has happened here in MN the last 4 years. There is hope in Keaschall, Erod, GG, Jenkins, Culpepper, Mendez, Lee/Lewis and possibly Rosario, but don't be fooled into thinking Keirsay, Fedko, Eeles or anybody else on the wrong side of age 26 is turning into the next Rooker, want to know why? Because it took a team that was going to win 50 games to give him a chance as a 28 year old (and that was after a AAA season in which his slash was .289/.395/.649/1.004 with 55 extra base hits)
  25. TwinsDr2021
    How many Brent Rooker type players can you name in the last 5,10,25 years? Then compare that list to the group of baseball players that came up much earlier (say age 23 and before) and yes the young fail (or fail to live up to expectations) at a high rate as well. But when you have 1 of 30 jobs in the world which odds are you going to play? There are two ways to find out if guys like Rooker and/or Fedko's of the world are actually any good, one is to suck so bad you have to give them a chance, and the other is to fill your team with well above average MLB players and fill holes with the older non-prospects and see what they can do, and if they don't do well right away you move onto the next guy.
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