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  1. TwinsDr2021
    Brooks Lee turns 24 on Valentines day, he is either a major league player or not. If he goes to the minors he is just the next in line of mid 20 year old players that nobody has any idea of if they are worthy of a starting spot.
  2. TwinsDr2021
    It consistently takes closing the browser multiple times just to post. Hit Submit Reply the browser locks, I copy and paste my message close the browser and paste it back in. I have to do this for every post. After a few times, I just leave the site because it is such a bad experience. @Brock Beauchamp
  3. TwinsDr2021
    Sure sign him, since it does seem the Twins are lacking in the DH department, still leaves a bench of Vazquez, Castro, Martin and 1 of (Julien/Helman/Keirsey/Gasper) Does this move make the team better, IMO maybe slightly but not forcing a Gasper or Julien DH. and on a side note does this site constantly cause your browser to crash?
  4. TwinsDr2021
    Not sure what ownership has to do with this, are there a bunch of players, let alone starting pitchers getting contract extensions or buying out the last year or two of players the teams already controls beyond age 30?
  5. TwinsDr2021
    There isn't much need need to extend pitchers on the wrong side of 30, IMO
  6. TwinsDr2021
    I would add there should be no way they allow the big three to just leave after 3 years, I am against extending them, so they might be slowly trading each one of them?
  7. TwinsDr2021
    So yes excuse the the FO for picking up salaries they didn't need to, because of what the Yanks, Dodgers, Mets and Guardians did, that doesn't even make sense. They could have signed Santana without picking them up and still had spent 10 million less, and maybe or maybe not they Twins could have had a chance with him, I think it is just as likely to say without Margot, Farmer and the money spent on the Polanco trade they could have been in a better position. My point in my first post was that because this FO hasn't developed enough viable starters (Or given them a chance to be viable) they are being forced to fill those needs with FA money instead of using the money saved from viable Pre Arb players on starter quality players. That was understandable (kind of) their first few years here because of what they inherited from the previous FO but they have been here long enough that it should be required drafted players or players traded for (Ryan and Duran for example) are filling more needs. If this FO was working for the Mets, Yanks, Dodgers it probably would be enough because of their resources to fill needs, but they don't they work for the Twins!
  8. TwinsDr2021
    Maybe it is the FO fault, because the haven't been very good at developing starting players? I am not defending the owners in any way but it might be easier to spend money if the cheap guys (drafted/traded) where better? (There have been a few, Duran, Jax, Ryan, Jeffers? and Ober) but everybody is still kind of waiting on what is Lewis, Larnach, Wallner, Martin, Julien, Miranda, Lee, Festa, Matthews, and on and on. Last year the Twins could have cut/saved over 16 million simply by not picking up Polanco and Farmer. Told Larnach or Wallner (I would have preferred Larnach) to get a first basemen glove and that they were going to platoon with Miranda until one proved better. Started the season with the starters being Wallner/Buxton/Kepler/Lewis/CC/Julien/Jeffers/Wallner/AK(DH) Bench - Martin/Castro/Vazquez/Miranda, Used some of the 16 million to improve the offense before the season or the money at the trade deadline. Instead they spent the money on Santana, Topa, Margot, and DeSclafani. Lets praise this FO for being creative shall we.
  9. TwinsDr2021
    Um, NO!
  10. TwinsDr2021
    A chance to do what? be the 5th outfielder, I think he will might get that chance, the Roster with no injuries will come down to a bench of Castro, Catcher, Martin and Helman or Keirsay, IMO. If the infield is healthy when Buxton goes down they give the job to Castro. If Castro is needed as an infield replacement I think Martin starts against lefties and Keirsay against righties. Unless of course it is a few months in and EROD has been doing well, then he likely gets the righties. This roster construction really doesn't give Helman or Keirsay much of a chance to be anything more than the last two guys on the bench, unless something horribly has gone wrong, like CC and Buxton are out an extended period of time and Larnach or Wallner is terrible, and Lee and Julien the same. Keirsay is fighting the 28 year old player that was never really a prospects problem. Not even the teams not trying are going to give a starting job to him without major things going wrong, because there is very little upside to it, even if he does well, he has limited trade value (age) and he will be out of his prime very shortly. The best he can hope for is to play great defensive and when given a chance against right handed pitchers do a decent job, if he does those two things he could spent the next few years helping a major league club, if he doesn't do those things he might as well join Stevenson playing abroad.
  11. TwinsDr2021
    I am going to go out on a limb and say if Helman (391 PA), Carmargo (358 PA), Martin (395 PA) and Keirsey(495 PA) = 1639 which would be over 25% of the team Plate appearances last year. On top of Festa, SWR, and Matthews getting 358 innings which again is 25% of the teams innings something has gone horribly wrong with the 2025 season.
  12. TwinsDr2021
    Got to say I am confused by this article, it seems to be some sort of combo prospect top players list? the top players that will play next season are guys under on the MLB roster (Lee and SWR) and guys you think will play on the roster next season(Morris, ERod, and an outside chance Jenkins). Which eliminates Soto, Culpepper, and maybe Matthews since he turns 25 a month into the season.
  13. TwinsDr2021
    Remember they didn't have to pick up Polanco's option and they would never had to get rid of his 10 million dollar salary. They could have used that money to sign Santana and ????. So it was a bad pickup and even a worse trade. Put lipstick on it all you want but that and picking up Farmer were absolute terrible, terrible FO decisions. You add that with the Margot trade and the Gallo pick up the year before and anybody in the FO is lucky to still have their job.
  14. TwinsDr2021
    My guess would be similar, if Buxton needs a day off and it is a right handed pitcher Keirsey starts, if it is a left hand pitcher Martin starts. If/when Buxton gets hurt the job would be give to Castro and Martin and Keirsey roles stay the same. If Castro gets hurt I would expected Erod to be given the job and Martin and Keirsey role stay the same.
  15. TwinsDr2021
    Jackson Merril never had played CF in the minors only had 5 games in the OF, and played 178 at SS in the minors, and this 21 year old went on to play 155 games in center field, led the league in assists and double plays with a positive WAR as a defender. Good players don't need years and years of practicing a position just to be average defensively. The excuses made for Twins players is getting old, they are good (worthy of a starting job) or not (utility at best) To answer the question can Martin be trusted center field option, it is absolutely without a doubt NO! The only question that can be asked, where the answer is yes is: Can Martin be trusted to be one of the last two men on the active roster? It is the same for Keirsey and Hellman and the reason is because NO team thinks they are good enough or they would have taken them when everybody had a chance.
  16. TwinsDr2021
    yes, yes we are, I mean that is the thought on Keirsey, Hellman, Gasper(remember Nick Gordon), and all the others players older than 25 that have figured out a position yet.
  17. TwinsDr2021
    That answer is better than, the best way to avoid a collapse is jut to play mediocre all year. This has kind of been the calling card of this FO the whole time, just a tad bit slow to react to really anything. The best teams, managers, players have the ability to change/react/pivot pretty quickly
  18. TwinsDr2021
    Are you saying Vazquez's 93 games, 315 plate appearances and -.2 WAR gives the Twins a better chance to compete in the playoffs, then Cease's 33 starts, 189.33 innings, 3.47 ERA, 224 K's (People love K's) and 4.2 War? You are making up trade scenario's up and saying they aren't worth it to push your opinion.
  19. TwinsDr2021
    It is the mindset that gets people to have hot takes, like the Twins can have Hellman, Keirsey, Gasper, Eeles, Castro and Vazquer on the roster at the same time and compete for a division title. (Not yours the one you are replying to)
  20. TwinsDr2021
    Honest question, isn't that what they have been doing for the last X amount of years.? Next year (2026 season) Correa will be 31, Buxton 32, Lopez 30, Ober 30/31, Ryan 29/30 and all three pitchers will be UFA after 27. My guess is if SWR isn't as good this year as last, and Festa/Matthews/Miller don't make the jump to Ryan/Ober, and some prospects fall off, next year will be the same excuse, 2027 is the year to do something because the Twins aren't really good enough to win the WS. IMO the only reason people don't think the Twins are good enough to compete this year is because there are so many wild card players that haven't been given the opportunity or have been hurt. (Miranda, Lewis, Wallner, Larnach, etc...) what makes any of us think the Twins are going to reverse course on that this year? If the Twins can get Cease without giving up any of the players that I mentioned in my previous post. they should do it, if things go well that will have 4 starting pitchers you can feel pretty comfortable pitching against anybody, if things don't go great you can spin Cease at the deadline and/or another pitcher or two and get back to the lowly Twins building for a future.
  21. TwinsDr2021
    It feels like people on here don't want the Twins to really win or at least try to really win. They embrace we are the money poor twins and really next year is our year (I have read that on this site for the last 4 years) How many articles on this site have been written about Aces/#1 pitchers? if this rumor is close to being true the Twins have a chance to get one (albeit for 1 year) and people don't want to take a chance, why because that would leave the Twins with no back up catcher? WTF! Because it increases the payroll slightly? Because Festa may become the next Jax? Because Matthews becomes Varland? Do I want to have to give up Festa, Matthews, SWR? No but a realist understands that salary dump of Vazquez and Paddack isn't returning a darn thing (even if you throw in non prospects that other teams could have had for free) In reality they are not including Ober and Ryan(unless the SD is adding to the trade) and there is no way they are trading Jenkins, Erod and Keaschall. Anybody in the organization should be available, Obviously there are some prospects that if SD wants it forces them to take Paddack back, if SD requires any of these guys listed above you walk away.
  22. TwinsDr2021
    I guess I don't understand what a good start has to do with selling the team. Owners are not idiots and going to spend a couple of billion dollars based on 20, 30, 40 games. Now it is probably super important for the FO since this will be their 9th year and have 1 playoff series win, new owners might want some fresh blood and in all reality would they be leaving a team in a better position then they inherited? It is probably important to be good to fill the stands in the summer, because IMO if the Wild and Wolves make runs in the playoffs and the Twins are below .500 and playing boring baseball, well it might be hard to get people to target field.
  23. TwinsDr2021
    I don't think there is "take care of his body", he has to go all out or he isn't good enough to be in the majors. So it really is only a matter of time before he most likely gets injured again.
  24. TwinsDr2021
    The only real questions are, is this the best bullpen of the decade, this century or ever?
  25. TwinsDr2021
    It does seem like they are shooting themselves in the foot trying to get $10 per household a month, when like you said with little information, know how or minimum research you can get it for free. Taking a product that has been "free" (included in most cable services) forever, then removing that and finally charging people for it doesn't seem like a smart business move. I ran this by everybody in couple of my fantasy football and baseball leagues, and 1 out of 34 said they would be willing to pay, small sample and anecdotal for sure but not a good outlook.
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