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  1. SteveLV
    Soooo, if the Twins are serious about retaining their core, then RETAIN the core. Extend Jeffers. Extend Ryan. Until that happens, this is just so much hot air. Might be true, may be trade posturing, may be whistling in the dark. As the very old adage says, Actions speak louder than Words.
  2. SteveLV
    This would be, IMO, a huge mistake. They might get to 85 wins if the injury bug stays away, but where are they going then???? If they want to make us believe, then open up the wallet, let the moths fly out, and sign Ryan and Jeffers to extensions. THEN we can believe. Otherwise threading the needle to mediocrity does NOTHING. This team played .333 baseball after the All Star break. Sure, they get Lopez back hopefully healthy, but what else is going to change? Jenkins is Willie Mays and ERod is Roberto Clemente? This would be severely disappointing. I love Buxton, love Lopez, like Ryan, but they have no future on this team if they are not going to give extensions to their best players.
  3. SteveLV
    Bad trade for the Twins, IMO. BBTV seriously undervalues Buxton, and why are the Twins trading Mathews? He is young and fits their time profile. Sorry to criticize, just my honest feedback. Love McLean and Tong, lukewarm on the other 2. Not sure the Twins need yet another 2B.
  4. SteveLV
    He cost $? Ok, not interested. [Twins FO hangs up phone] *curtain drops*
  5. SteveLV
    I have a sneaky feeling the Dodgers might be the team that gets Buxton if he is traded. And they have lots of OFers as prospects, but most of them a couple years away.....
  6. SteveLV
    Alvarez, not Vasquez. Had a catcher brain fart there! :)
  7. SteveLV
    Buxton, Ryan, Lopez and Jeffers for Vasquez, McLean, Tong, Benge and Williams (and a couple flyers). Mets get better now, Twins get younger and better down the road. Pohlad's save $. Twins fans get to root for the Mets! :)
  8. SteveLV
    For Joe Ryan at $5.8M, I bet they would and give us extra, too. Eldridge is blocked on their roster and did not exactly tear up AAA. But I want a big masher at 1B is Wallner can't play the position (allegedly).
  9. SteveLV
    Let's put it this way: Which team would you want to watch on opening day? The team they ran out there the second half of 2025, or: Lopez SP, Alvarez (Mets) C, Lewis 3B, Culpepper/Lee SS, Keaschall 2B, Eldridge (Giants) 1B, Roden, Rodriguez, and Jenkins OF, Wallner DH. Fitz, Martin and Clemens utility. Ober, Mathews, Festa, Abel, SWR, Bradley, Prielipp, Funderburk, Ohl, Klein, Sands, Adams, Morris and Raya rest of staff. I vote the SECOND option by a MILE. Jeffers and Buxton go to Mets for Alvarez and whoever else, and Ryan headlines deal to Giants for Eldridge plus. If you fall out of contention, entertain offers for Lopez at the trade deadline.
  10. SteveLV
    T&R, we are in complete agreement that they cannot simply roll out the same lineup that was so disastrous last half of the year--the stands would be empty. I prefer an aggressive rebuild with basically anyone at or near 30 years old or on a short contract be shipped out and get younger, faster, and much better defensively. A good example is Jeffers. He is a decent C, a pretty good hitter at that position, but is in his last year, is represented by Boras, and is effectively gone. Let's move him for young assets. I suggested a package to the Mets to snag their 24 year old starting C Alvarez as an example of getting younger, and, hopefully, better down the road and GIVE THE FANS HOPE!
  11. SteveLV
    First, next year can't be any worse than the last halves of 2024 and 2025. This team was atrocious! Second, Tony&Rodney, I will be you a Target Field Hot Dog with all the fixin's that MLB loses games in 2027. I think it is inevitable.
  12. SteveLV
    Because: 1) He's old 2) He's in decline and 3) He costs $. And 3 trumps 1 and 2 for this current ownership anyways.
  13. SteveLV
    My hope is that if they dump massive existing salaries via trade that they do their darndest to extend a BUNCH of the young players starting with Jenkins to those 8 year, $80M type contracts to lock them in for a long time. That would give fans hope and direction for the franchise.
  14. SteveLV
    Riverbrian, did you mean Bryce Eldridge from the Giants? I think any trade of either Ryan or Lopez to the Giants has to include Eldridge plus some other talent. He is really the only top flight prospect I see in their system, and he has had a cup of coffee and is still 20. I would have zero problem with Eldridge being the centerpiece of a Giants trade of one of our SP's......
  15. SteveLV
    I don't want Clifford. He only hit :218 at AAA. No thanks to him. I think the Mets would seriously entertain this combination of players. 2 All stars and a top 12 catcher is nothing to sneeze at.... Hot Stoving can be fun, even when your own team is not competitive at this point.
  16. SteveLV
    The Twins are NOT going to extend Ryan, nor probably should they with the CBA negotiation looming, his age, and their self-imposed budget. Given that, the real choice is 2 years of Ryan for about $14M and then a comp pick in 2028 vs. whatever value they can return via trade. That is the actual analysis to make.
  17. SteveLV
    How about something like: Buxton, Jeffers and Ryan to the Mets for Alvarez, McLean, Benge, Tong, Sproat, Pena, Reimer and Santucci. We get to become part-time Mets fans in the process! :)
  18. SteveLV
    1/3 of the contract is deferred money--the new way to further distort the salary situation. Also saves the player a boat-load of taxes as he can move to Florida or Texas and avoid state income taxes by the time he actually receives the income.
  19. SteveLV
    Depends on the deal. He is our best player (not saying that much), but he is frequently injured as is VALUABLE. His contract is modest and he gives another team great value. I mentioned last night that a package of Buxton and Ryan/Lopez to the Mets should garner a huge young talent transfer to the Twins (and save our beloved owners a ton of $). Personally, I love watching him play but if they are going to tear it down, let's do it.
  20. SteveLV
    I wonder whether Buxton would waive his NTC to go to the Mets? They need CF badly. Package Buxton and one of the SP's and we could put together a heck of a package coming back.....
  21. SteveLV
    "Is there any world where Harmon Killebrew is an option at First Base for the 2026 Twins"? /s
  22. SteveLV
    Gives you an idea of what it would cost to extend Joe Ryan. Aint gonna happen here, that is for sure.
  23. SteveLV
    I would add whether or not they trade Jeffers. Or they could stun the world and extend him! /s
  24. SteveLV
    Gray gets to pitch for a contender. Cardinals had to pay $20M of his remaining contract and got a 26 year old RHSP with an ERA north of 5 and a decent looking Lefty prospect in high A ball. Not an overwhelming return for Gray. Have no idea if this takes the Red Sox out on a potential Ryan trade....
  25. SteveLV
    Only thing positive about this move is they moved on from Kiersey. Sorry to be harsh, but he can't hit.
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