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  1. SteveLV
    Lawler is an interesting player. I would consider him only if the Twins FO is not sold on Culpepper staying a SS in the majors.
  2. SteveLV
    Now THIS is a great article with insight. Thank you for putting this together. Now back to the next Trade Twin X for Other Team Y which makes no sense for either team article incoming....
  3. SteveLV
    Quick follow up: If Vientos was a FA, would you even want the Twins to look at him? No. So why would we trade assets for him?
  4. SteveLV
    Wow, this is getting bad, guys. There have been about a half dozen "Front Page" articles posted here in the last couple weeks with nonsensical trade ideas or roster suggestions. I know you need to drive page views, but you water down your good content with stuff like this. Just no.
  5. SteveLV
    Every fan with any sense knows MLB is not fair and balanced. However, given that environment and existing owners who do not want to spend, why on earth do you want to hold on to players you have no intention of signing/extending? It seems illogical and idiotic. Trade off the players you will not/cannot extend, gather young cheap talent and let the chips fall where they may. Then hope and pray that sanity prevails during the next CBA negotiation to save this game we all love.
  6. SteveLV
    But, don't worry Twins faithful, Tom Pohlad is serious about making sure we all know he is serious about rebuilding trust in this team. Yeah, right.
  7. SteveLV
    Tom, you could also sign a potentially good player, too. Like the freakin' White Sox just did, spending a total of $41M on Murukami. But we already knew you were just blowing smoke, so no real loss.
  8. SteveLV
    This might have been a consideration before the Twins signed Bell. That ship has sailed now.
  9. SteveLV
    Extend Jeffers. Extend Ryan. Sign some good players, not "mid tier" players. Then we will believe you. Not too difficult, really.
  10. SteveLV
    Who?
  11. SteveLV
    This is, frankly, a bizarre take. The veteran players that need to either be extended or traded are Jeffers and Ryan. They are proven good players. Wallner, Lewis, and Lee may not even be in the MLB by the end of next season if they don't improve. Why would you extend that type of player??? Jenkins, Rodriguez, possibly Keaschall, sure, those guys deserve consideration if they perform well in 2026. Sands is ok, but nothing they need to prioritize. I would give some thought to extending SWR if he does well this year and can be extended at a reasonable price. If any of the young SP's excels, sure, offer an extension.
  12. SteveLV
    Is anyone else seeing the gol darn Pandora pop up ad that pulls you out of your screen and forces you to refresh? It is incredibly annoying and I would respectfully ask the site owners to ditch it. If anyone has an ad blocker they recommend, I am all ears.
  13. SteveLV
    Twins have a gaping hole at 1B. A good, competitive team sign Alonso or Schwarber or even trades for Eldridge or Long. A mediocre non-competitive team signs Bell. The Twins are who we thought they were.
  14. SteveLV
    They have already signed with good teams.
  15. SteveLV
    Ty France Part II, the Sequel. Seriously, a decent player but does not move the needle much. The Twins roster is like an older car that you really should trade in, but, instead, you spend money on it to keep it running down the road. It gets you to a destination, just not anywhere great. They are obviously just treading water at this point. Expect about 70-75 wins. Whoopee! (This also kills the Eldridge dream, apparently....) Finally, we can always flip him at the trade deadline if we suck and he is doing well.
  16. SteveLV
    The simple answer to the question posed is: No. Because apparently this FO and Ownership define "build around" as spending $10-15M as a short-term bandaid to a failed roster. Either extend Jeffers, Ryan and start signing the young players to long extensions or blow things up. Trying the proverbial "competitive rebuild" will work as well for the Twins as it has for the Vikings so far. Since we know they will not do the former, please do the latter. The middle ground is just mediocrity and apathy-inducing.
  17. SteveLV
    I love that piece of data. If that doesn't show that MLB's financial model is completely broken and unfair, I don't know what does. Sheesh.
  18. SteveLV
    Do you mean Lewis will be the token Twins All Star representative, or that he will earn it? If the latter, there is NOTHING in the last 300 games that suggests he is that caliber of player. We can hope and dream, but this is a remote possibility at this point. Remote is probably putting it kindly. I know we are fans, but we also need to be objective. Over the last 2 seasons he has 728 AB's, a .236 BA, .701 OPS, a 21% K rate, and a declining 7.1% BB rate. He produced 1.3 WAR COMBINED between 2024 and 2025. Defensively, he is a below average MLB 3B with a .958 fielding percentage, league average is .964. He is -3 DRS at 3B. Plus, he has been frequently injured. That is simply not even close to All Star production from the 3B position. Quite frankly, he does not have a job in MLB for good teams. He is in AAA or traded to a bad team. Like the Twins. Could he suddenly transform? Sure, anything is possible, but certainly unlikely. (By the way, I hope I am wrong about Lewis and he becomes a stud. It is just not a likely outcome at this point, but I will cheer him on!)
  19. SteveLV
    Big whoop. So they can apparently go up to about $115M. I am sure the Dodgers are busy scouting the Twins so they can figure out how to beat us in the World Series./s This is such a meaningless exercise. This is not anywhere close to a top, competitive roster. Why are you adding a "mid tier" player? So we can win a couple more meaningless games? Totally disagree with this approach. Either show you really mean it, extend Jeffers, extend Ryan, lock up Jenkins on a long deal, and spend the money to sign someone "top tier", or stop wasting our time. Alternatively, trade all the older players, load up on youngsters, play them, and see who excels and who flops and go from there. Going down the middle just guarantees mediocrity.
  20. SteveLV
    Send him to the Dodgers. They are loaded as heck, he would have an excellent chance to win a few World Series, an excellent capstone to his career. Dodgers have tons of OF prospects to load up on. It would be waiving the white flag for 2026, but so be it.
  21. SteveLV
    Phillies reportedly re-signing Realmuto, so this whole thread is now moot. Real moot. :)
  22. SteveLV
    Apparently he played all year with it and had a clean up procedure after the season. Twins fans' understandable leary of this condition given Kiriloff, but the articles I found and read seemed to downplay the significance of the cleanup and expect him to be 100% almost immediately.
  23. SteveLV
    It would have to be Eldridge plus some more, but a great framework for a trade if they are going to move Ryan.
  24. SteveLV
    People are posting that 3/$30M gets Jeffers to sign an extension. Isn't that the same deal the Twins paid Vasquez 3 years ago? That would surprise me, as Jeffers is clearly the better hitter, less skilled defensively, but salaries have gone up over last 3 years, too. I think it would take more than that unless Jeffers wants to stay here, ala home town discount. Certainly the Twins should float and extension offer, and if that is rejected, dangle him out there and see who is biting, and at what price.
  25. SteveLV
    My goodness: Raleigh in the free market would get WAY more than $25M per season. WAY more. He mashed from the C position. That is beyond rare. And he is young and might get even better! The Yankees and the Dodgers would fall over themselves to get the chance to sign him.
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