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  1. TwinsDr2021
    The twins offensive is not consistent because the have too many young guys and not so great guys playing at once. To expect Jeffers, Miranda, Laranch, Celestion, Gordon, Garlick, AK, Lewis, Palacios to be consistent is crazy talk, they aren't ready for that. Add in injuries and you get the 2022 Twins offense. Buxton, Correa, Plolanco and Urshela should be fairly consistent but injuries have hit them as well.
  2. TwinsDr2021
    That is because adaptive cruise control is terrible. If I set the cruise at 60, I want to go 60 not the speed of the car in front of me. Off soap box!
  3. TwinsDr2021
    Nobody on this list is going to cost Miranda, Steer or Laranch. But my guess is that were it kind of starts for Montas. Old relief pitchers or relief pitchers that only have control to the end of the year don't cost that much, they will cost more getting them before the deadline, but that cost comes with having them pitch longer for you.
  4. TwinsDr2021
    The future is never guaranteed, look at the Nationals for example, when you have a chance, you need to do things to help now. Doesn't mean trading your future away for a starting pitchers with control only though next year. We don't need a horses that go 6,7,8 innings in the playoffs, we need shut down relief pitchers to finish the second half of games. Even if the Twins have a work horse like that, they aren't going to use them that way in the playoffs, basically nobody does anymore. Teams will take out a better pitcher and put in an inferior pitcher just so they don't have to face somebody for the 3rd or 4th time.
  5. TwinsDr2021
    IMO, this season would be considered a success if they won even 1 playoff game. Coming into the year the expectation was they might be better than Detroit and KC. So getting to the playoffs and winning a game would be huge. Winning a series would be unbelievable.
  6. TwinsDr2021
    Sadly 3 blow outs and the Twins were only on top of 1 of them.
  7. TwinsDr2021
    Based on the MLB trade simulator, you aren't even close, they are going to hang up pissed with that type of offer. Bednar is really good and has 4 plus years of control. It would probably be closer to Winder and Martin. Or possibly even Ober.
  8. TwinsDr2021
    The guy is 7 for 53 since 5/23. one could argue that is is the opposite of turning the corner. I hate the stat Should be - "ZIPS believes that Jeffers should be slugging .441" He is slugging .329 for the season, end of the story on what has happened. Now I do like using the stats to predict how somebody should be moving forward, and that seems like a good sign for Jeffers, and fingers crossed he figures it out.
  9. TwinsDr2021
    And if next year starts out like 21, then wait until 24? The Twins are in first with the worst case scenario with injuries that any of us could have imagined, and have some holes that everybody can see, this is the year to fill those bullpen holes. (I don't think they should trade for a top tier starting pitcher, because it will be just too expensive in terms of prospects and seemingly goes against what the front office is trying to build). On top of they traded that type of pitcher away last year, and my guess is it will cost more than they got in return for Berrios and I don't believe this FO thinks that high priced long term deals for pitchers are worth it for the reasons @Major League Ready has mentioned about 100 times. The Twins minor leagues are filled with guys that could return them bullpen arms without gutting or really denting the pipeline.
  10. TwinsDr2021
    Way too many lost years from the guys in the minors, with injuries and Covid, maybe time to try something different with these pitchers? IMO it seems there have been an excess of injuries with guys brought though the minors.
  11. TwinsDr2021
    Do you see this division not being one of the worst two in the near future? If your answer is no, does that mean you never will trade? IMO trading a few prospects isn't selling off your future. Now I would agree with you if Miranda was traded for a relief pitcher or a starting pitchers with little to no control and no ability or want to sign that pitcher long term.
  12. TwinsDr2021
    Counsell took over Roenicke in 2015, and had one bad year than 86, 96,89,29 and 95 wins. 4 consecutive playoff appearances. In 2018 in the playoffs they beat Colorado 3 games to 0 and lost to Dodgers in 7 games, (6 playoff wins in one season), 2019 lost a wild card game 4 - 3 with their closer blowing a lead. In 2020 got sweep (2 games) by the Champion Dodgers in two close games (4-2, 3-0). 2021 they lost to the Champion Braves in 4 games. The Twins haven't even lost to the team that has went to the world series let alone won one (or two). I can see why the fans might have a little different perspective on their manager, fair or not. People/fans aren't always rationale, and that should be OK. If you look close real at this thread, the people calling people names aren't the ones that don't like Rocco.
  13. TwinsDr2021
    Just reminding everybody Miranda is a 1 1/2 younger than Steer. EDIT: Correction 1/2 younger!
  14. TwinsDr2021
    At this point I think bullpen is more important and I am not trading Miranda for bullpen help. I can't imagine a pitcher like Montas signs an extension here without some guarantees that he will be allowed to be a traditional type starter and not a guy that gets pulled on pitch count or number of times though the lineup. Would the Twins do that? Should they do that? I wouldn't be afraid to trade some of the seemingly injury prone type pitching pipeline for help.
  15. TwinsDr2021
    You left out the minor detail that Berrios was 22 and Sands will turn 25 next month. You don't have to DFA him, but could use him as part of a deal to get a relief pitcher.
  16. TwinsDr2021
    If Oakland would take Sands, Steer and some non-40 man young prospect and the Twins haven't done that, the FO should be fired. I don't believe the A's would take that deal, I think they would laugh and hang up. The Twins got Martin and SWR for basically the same pitcher, so I would assume the Twins would have to give up something close, do the twins have anything close? Besides those two guys? I don't think so. So IMO the Twins would have to Offer a Winder/Ober/SWR and Martin. So basically to get Montas they Twins will have had to trade Berrios last year and not have any major league play from the guys for the first 60 plus games this year, can't in a 100 years see this front office doing that, and they shouldn't.
  17. TwinsDr2021
    I wouldn't trade AK or Laranch for a relief pitcher, I wouldn't give up a major league player for a relief pitcher either. I would try to win them over with minor league pitchers, starting with Sands.
  18. TwinsDr2021
    Jeffers is slugging less than Celestino is batting. let that sink in.
  19. TwinsDr2021
    101 pitches for Sands does that officially mean the Twins are done with him? "This was his best start ... I thought he threw the ball really well." Rocco, He gave up 5 runs in 4 2/3 and that is his best start, not a good sign, I have enough of the Sands experiment, time to see if another team thinks this 25 year old pitcher is worth anything (he will be 25 in a month) I will add sitting Buxton and Correa at home on a Saturday was unacceptable (it worked Saturday), Me and my son were planning on going but we waited to get tickets until the lineup was announced and then decided not to, Had no plans on going today since Sands was pitching and that was going to be a loss no matter how well Buxton and Correa played, sure I get they were facing a lefty today and Saturday was a day after a night game, blah, blah, blah, but am not paying full price to see that lineup.
  20. TwinsDr2021
    It is good to see the held SWR to 69 pitches, can't have the minor league pitchers getting hurt.
  21. TwinsDr2021
    I would love Alcantara, but I think the cost might be even higher than you suggest. Based on the Trade Simulator Alcantara (82.1), Lewis (33.2) , Miranda (16.5), SWR (5.4), Steer(3.3) That is 82.1 to 58.4 before Lewis's injury, so I think it would take Larnach (46.4) in place of Steer. Alcantara is a unicorn, a great pitcher with a tone of time left, that doesn't come cheap. Imagine what the Twins would want for Ryan.
  22. TwinsDr2021
    I personally hate the strategy and don't want to watch it, but with that said I can't watch them on TV anyway, so if they do it occasionally for a few pitchers I am not against it.
  23. TwinsDr2021
    Seems exactly the type of pitcher the Twins like ?
  24. TwinsDr2021
    I think for sure they ask for the players you mentioned and maybe more. I wouldn't include Ryan in a trade for either, I wouldn't want to include Winder either, but might if the other players are lowered ranked than Duran/Steer/Martin. Would the Twins be willing to part with Ober? of the three major league starters he would be the one I would be most willing to part with, I just don't see him staying healthy. (But other teams may feel the same), Going with the Median - The trade simulator loves Ryan (32.2) and Lewis (33.2) (and Kepler(30.5) for that matter), but ober, Winder and Balazovic are 15.8, 17.6, 15. Based on that it would take two of them plus another top prospect, or one of them and Martin plus another prospect. All seems like overpaying and too much prospect capital.
  25. TwinsDr2021
    Bundy was a success last night, too bad the pen pitched exactly like him
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