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  1. TNtwins85
    Throw DFA/waiver claims and NRI guys at the wall and see what sticks. Maybe you get a few relievers out of the deal.
  2. TNtwins85
    Exactly, a reliever who has just one year of good production provides so much value when you’re only paying them a million dollars at most as a waiver claim. Worth the risk for sure
  3. TNtwins85
    The Twins got 2.9WAR in 77 innings for a couple million dollars total in Stewart. Worth the waiver claim? Absolutely! Reliable? Not so much.
  4. TNtwins85
    Right! Most teams are expected to compete but a couple bad outcomes and you’re done. If Lee is a 1.25WAR player this year that’s great as well. I see him taking a big step forward this year. I think he knows how the league is attacking him now and he’s a very smart player and strives to be better. I hope to see his bat improve a lot. Maybe a poor man’s Ian Kinsler type? Probably never gonna be a 5-6 WAR player at Kinslers peak but the 3-4 WAR player would be amazing and I think he can be that. A 265/325/460 type guy with average D at SS. If Lewis provides 2.5-3.5 WAR? Wallner in the 2-2.5 range. I can see a glimpse then.
  5. TNtwins85
    I say they need all 3! Phillips is your wild card mid season and Dominguez and Leclerc are your veteran depth to start the season. That is if they are truly “competing” which I’m not yet convinced they’re trying to do yet.
  6. TNtwins85
    Agreed. If he went down in May when does he come back? June/July at the earliest?Probably a good flyer to take on a 2yr deal or even a cheap 1yr prove it but they need guys in April and May.
  7. TNtwins85
    That’s what I see as well. It’s becoming plain as day now. To what length do they give this current core a runway? As in do they make another mid range move via trade or FA or do they run this group as is and supplement the back end of the depth? If the latter is the case they’re expecting Buxton to have another monster year. Jeffers to go to another level playing for a big contract. Lewis to be closer to an MVP we’ve seen glimpses of instead of a 1-1 flop. Lee to be a solid 2-2.5WARstarting SS. Wallner to provide pop and not be an automatic K. Lopez, Ryan, Ober to be themselves and SWR to simply be average but still improving. As far as the bullpen… I guess out of the prospects and whoever doesn’t make the rotation you find a couple inconsistent yet electric shutdown guys in Festa/Matthews/Bradley, Adams and Ohl take a step forward and you find a Brock Stewart or 2 with your NRI guys this spring. I see a glimpse of “compete”, but it’s not a slam dunk and a lot of “If’s”.
  8. TNtwins85
    Agreed. The guy could barely throw coming off of TJ which he hadn’t even finished his throwing program when he broke his arm. Judging from his quick call up after not really hitting good at AAA the Twins were desperate to save the season when he was called up and they thought his dynamic play could boost the team. He didn’t get the call cause he forced his way at all. The scouting on him simply thought that he wouldn’t flop in MLB. In reality if the team was going good he doesn’t get called up until September of last year. He got thrown to the wolves and succeeded. With a fully healed arm and legit time at 2B this spring I believe he’ll be fine there. I do expect him to struggle a bit though. I don’t expect him to be a 4.5WAR player which is what you could extrapolate his season to over a full year. But a 2.5-3WAR player and plays a serviceable 2B would be great.
  9. TNtwins85
    Going for 1B depth!
  10. TNtwins85
    Oh they’re going home. First pulling the wool over the common fans eyes and then pulling the rug out come end of July and selling the wool and the rug for top dollar. Then going home.
  11. TNtwins85
    I hate it. I’m more of a no half measure guy. Either trade them all this off-season or contend and see what shakes out next offseason. But unless there’s a miracle this move points to all things make it look like an attempt to contend. I give it the end of January. If there’s no big moves by then that’s the plan.
  12. TNtwins85
    You shouldn’t be confused at all. They’re making it look like they’re attempting to roster build but more and more I see a trade deadline sell off round 2 coming. The FO is leaving breadcrumbs to a rebuild. Unless a big move is made via trade to shake things up this month that’s my assumption now with this move.
  13. TNtwins85
    He will serve as a platoon partner for Clemons and Bell at 1B/DH. This move may signify that they’re not gonna go after another bat. If that’s the case I anticipate a few low wattage RP moves and this is the team they’ll go in with. By August 1st the Twins will have sold everyone worth a decent prospect again and they’ll be in full rebuild mode. I hope I’m wrong but the picture becomes more clear day by day with low wattage moves or no rumors at all on trades or FA’s.
  14. TNtwins85
    Oh ok. So all the complaining is just in my head and I’m not reading anything correctly? I must be looking at the wrong site and can’t find where the VAST majority are posting the rational and realistic comments at I guess. I’ll have to keep looking I suppose. My bad.
  15. TNtwins85
    Really? Where have you been? A lot were awfully excited for the Donaldson and Correa contracts. The Twins got out of those contracts miraculously. A lot around here are constantly crying about how the Twins can’t spend like the Dodgers and Yankees. All the people around here advocating for a salary cap and floor. That all leads to what I said. Doesn’t happen to all players but it’s closer to the norm. Most players signed to those contracts begin declining in their early 30’s. In which case you’re stuck paying a guy $25-35M a year for very sub standard production. The same as paying a below average player as the original comment posted.
  16. TNtwins85
    Yet many here want the Twins to spend money on 28/29 year olds so that we can watch expensive $20-30M a year washed up 30 year olds when they inevitably age poorly 3 years into a 6-7 year contract.
  17. TNtwins85
    Pohlads will never allow this lineup unless Falvey convinces them of it. It’s too young and if it came to that Buxton is gone. LeBron isn’t advanced enough of a college bat to be up that fast. Even if he has a monster half year after being drafted he sure isn’t starting at 3B the following year. Tait is gonna need to go to another world as well. The bat was good for a 18 year old in the middle of that lineup at A+. I watched him quite a bit on MILB last year. He handles him self well behind the plate but needs to get much better to be in MLB defensively as the starting C. From what I’ve heard Houston is MLB average to above average right now. If he can simply show any ability to hit somewhat competently I could see him in this ‘27 lineup. If total system failure 2.0 happens this summer expect some more upper minors talent as well as it seems Falvey would like to turn this around fast.
  18. TNtwins85
    Matt Garza. I agree. Things would have to go disastrously for Houston to be called up. Although plausible I wouldn’t expect it especially if the bat isn’t showing, He’ll be lucky to get to AAA this year
  19. TNtwins85
    Yes, it’s the way the Pohlads have operated the previous 2 downturns. I wouldn’t expect it any other way really. When faced with the choice of completely tearing it down and maximizing prospect value they’ve always turned to the let’s try and stay respectable model which is great for keeping a few butts in the seats but leaves you short at the other end of the rebuild. Which has been the case the last 2 rebuilds. If they don’t make a move for another competent hitter then that’s the path pending a trade deadline sell off this year.
  20. TNtwins85
    That’s pretty off base. He’s at least a decent utility INF. Polanco wasn’t a good SS either and there’s a reason Willi Castro was signed as a 25 year old FA. If he can improve enough to make the plays he should make as a young Castro could and provide even a sliver of what Polanco did with the bat as a SS he’ll be fine. He’s not far off if he improves even moderately. The 16 bombs is a very positive sign and he passed the eye test defensively at the end of the season. You don’t need a prime Correa at SS to win. You do need consistency and competence. He’s not that far off. What worries me is the lack of another reliable hitter. That should be Lewis. Does he take the next step? It’s time for Lewis to take that step or be relegated to bust territory. Lee was never gonna be an AS out of the gate. That expectation was always unrealistic. Even when he hit .330 at AAA. I believe he’ll be just fine at SS. If he hits to even half his potential.
  21. TNtwins85
    Unless they make a big move before spring training then I’m convinced that the first half of the year is the barometer. If everyone produces and they’re in the mix come the trade deadline then they’ll buy themselves in. If not, and that seems to be where they will trend with the current group, then they’ll sell and they should absolutely clear the slate and get what they can for everyone they can get something for. Do they? If the 3rd generation of Pohlads is anything like the 1st or 2nd then they’ll screw that up by keeping whoever they can and simply let them walk. Either way I’m not confident in the Pohlads bringing this team back to contention this decade. If things are truly bad as believed then yes the Twins will be the Pirates or Marlins. This all sits on the lynchpin of one big move and a few smaller moves before spring training. Do they do it? We’ve got 2 months to see what the Twins next move is. It may not be a move and that will say a lot.
  22. TNtwins85
    Well, considering the last couple of 1 year Twins 1st baseman have turned in pretty good years defensively they may have a trick for getting the most out of them. I don’t expect them to be 30th out of 30 as there’s a lot of bad combinations if one simply looks around the other 29 teams and doesn’t pessimistically just look at the Twins. As it stands now a combination of Bell, Clemons and insert random guy will most likely be in that 20-25 range. If Bell can squeeze one more 1-2War season that’s fine. But until they address the 1B spot by acquiring a young 1B. Signing a big 1B FA or commit to developing one like they did Morneau it will continue to be a black hole for big positive production as the 1B spot should be.
  23. TNtwins85
    Another ongoing tree starts with AJ Pierzynski and gets you to Mick Abel and Eduardo Tait. I wonder what that one has added up to? Or what it will add up to and if it will continue more branches.
  24. TNtwins85
    I’d be fine letting the young guys fill the bullpen if they get one more “legit” bat. Preferably someone to anchor the bullpen and a legit bat but if I have to pick one I take the hitter. I hope O’hearn or trade for at least that quality. I’m unimpressed with anyone else not named Tucker or Bichette and that ain’t happening. With the glut of SP’s and LH outfielders something’s gotta give. I don’t think they carry all these guys into camp. At least I hope not anyways.
  25. TNtwins85
    I would be all over the Ober for Lawler trade over Vientos. I’ve seen you mention this before and it’s grown on me. I liked him coming out of HS. Seems a change of scenery might do him good. At worst he’s probably a light hitting super utility and better than Fitzgerald. I think at this point they’ve gotta move on from Ober before he turns into a pumpkin and they get nothing for him. I think when he starts to go it’s gonna be fast and he’s starting to show the signs.
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