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  1. SteveLV
    I think they deal Ryan. They listen on Lopez. Buxton stays unless he has a change of heart. Lewis unlikely to be dealt unless someone overvalues him. Jeffers only if someone blows them away and they have someone to replace him at C. I am pretty sure you need a C to field a team. Larnach needs to go to make room. If they are getting a SS back, they should bundle Lee to add value to the return. His ceiling now appears to be average SS at best. Hope I am wrong. To be honest, it would be more interesting to follow the Twins next season if they did tear it down and play the young players than some half-hearted band-aid patchwork mess like last season. At least we could have some hope for the future. Imagine something like: Jenkins CF Rodriguez RF Martin LF Gonzalez DH Eldridge (San Fran) 1B Keaschall 2B Culpepper SS Lewis 3B Ford (Sea) C Mathews, Woods-Richardson, Preilipp, Abel, Bradley, Rojas, Laweryson, Sands, Festa, Adams, Funderburk, Ohl, and Raya as pitching staff. That would be fun and interesting, no?
  2. SteveLV
    Any and/or all of the above! Anyone in the college coaching ranks on the radar?
  3. SteveLV
    Boy, do you really want to be committed to paying Ryan $30M per year when he is 36? I don't.....
  4. SteveLV
    Trade for Colt Emerson in the Mariners minors or Aidan Miller in the Phillies system. Let Lee transition to utility role. Would cost Ryan probably, but you are then set at SS for a decade, barring injury.
  5. SteveLV
    Nothing against Mr. Suzuki, but this "source" reeks of being a leak by his agent. I don't for one minute believe the Twins have even started interviewing anyone yet for their open position. So this seems to be either pure speculation or leveraging from his agent to drum up interest and get him a job on the West Coast. Finally, I join the chorus that wants someone with actual managerial experience, please. I don't necessarily care if it is MLB, MiLB or College, but someone that has done the job before successfully.
  6. SteveLV
    Likely placeholder until Culpepper or some other young SS ascends to MLB. Then he transitions to a utility IF with good position flexibility and/or injury replacement. He might blossom, but I doubt he will ever improve his fielding significantly.
  7. SteveLV
    This is an interesting article discussing Mr. Eldrdge at the tender age of 20 in the majors: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6655112/2025/09/23/bryce-eldridge-giants-overreaction/ Food for thought....
  8. SteveLV
    Get the huge kid from the Giants for either Lopez or Ryan. Should be fixture for years.
  9. SteveLV
    It is a bit astonishing that the Twins don't have a viable option for 1B in their system. Easiest position to fill. Sabato K's way too much, Miranda appears to have forgotten how to hit/lost his mojo, and Clemons was good for a waiver claim but would be quite the compromise as a starting 1B for a season. Trade one of their two stud starters for Bryce Eldridge (+ others) of the SF Giants. He is 6'7", hits the ball very, very hard and far, and would be such a fun addition to the team.
  10. SteveLV
    Schumaker 4 year deal with Texas. Gonzo.
  11. SteveLV
    Skubal more valuable than Ryan, but I get the concept. Would take Jenkins ++ to get Skubal.
  12. SteveLV
    USAFChief is dead on correct. Nobody wrong side of 25 unless it is Ohtani with all monies paid by LA.
  13. SteveLV
    Some trade targets that intrigue me: Bryce Eldridge, SFGiants. Big bopping LH 1B who had a cup of coffee already; Bradgley Rodriquez, SDPadres: Flame thrower RP who made their post season roster at 21; Jaxon Wiggins, CCubs; RHP in AAA with good stuff; Carlos Lagrange, NYY; gigantic RHP in AA with great stuff; Henry Lalane, NYY; gigantic LHP in A with great stuff; AIdan Miller, PPhillies; stud SS in AAA (may not be available) There are plenty of others, but if you are trading premium players you should get premium young talent back. Anyone else folks are intriqued with? I don't want anyone over 24 since our horizon is a couple years and 2027 is in jeopardy.
  14. SteveLV
    Since they no longer have a scouting department it should be easier to make trades, no? :)
  15. SteveLV
    If the Twins at least explore the trade market for Lopez and/or Ryan, I am thinking the Mets might be someone to talk to. After the collapse this year, I expect there will be extreme pressure to upgrade their team next year. Their owner is willing to spend whatever it takes. Potential trade targets would be McLean (impressive debut already), Jett Williams, Elian Pena (who they spent $5M international money to sign a year ago) and possibly Will Watson. I have a hard time the believing the Twins would be looking for OF prospects given their depth at that position. The Phillies have already been trade partners and have nice pieces, as do the Yankees and Padres. I am assuming it will be a big market team for a trade that would be happy with Lopez's contract and would sign Ryan to an extension. Thoughts? Likely/good trade targets?
  16. SteveLV
    Plouffe was on the radio (and podcast) and mentioned that he thinks a manager has to be bilingual to succeed in today's baseball. I found that in interesting take. Maddon is bilingual.
  17. SteveLV
    I would be curious to know how much salary (and bonuses and other compensation) Joe Pohlad and other family members take out of the Twins budget every year. I suspect it is a pretty healthy number. I would also be quite curious as to where the half billion in debt came from (or money went).
  18. SteveLV
    Regarding "chewing out", it might take that with some players. With others, you just bench them to get their attention. But there have to be consequences, or nothing will change.
  19. SteveLV
    Maddon or Bochy. I want someone with experience. I want someone who has the reputation and fortitude to stand up to the FO when it is warranted. I want someone who KNOWS HOW TO MANAGE AND WIN. Regarding Mauer and Morneau, they are nice guys, but they have ZERO experience. From listening to Morneau, his intellect does not manifest itself, and both of them seem to have way too passive a personality to do this job. Coaches have to coach. That means finding any and all means to communicate and motivate highly paid professional athletes (Ok, on the Twins, fairly well-paid athletes). That means that some players are treated with a soft approach, and others need their cajones busted. We tried the Newbie route with Baldelli. I would greatly prefer someone with experience this time.
  20. SteveLV
    Google fail, tons of errors. Significant omission: Bochy. 4 WS rings. Knows what the heck he is doing, and the players should (and better) respect the heck out of him. 70, but reportedly still wants to manage.
  21. SteveLV
    I am aware that the MLB Commissioner has traditionally been a bit of a lackey to the owners, but I am saying that if they actually had a STRONG Commissioner, he/she would take this kind of action. The reporting is that this was an unprecedented level of debt when it was $400M. Now we hear it was $500M! How do you accumulate half a billion in debt running a baseball team??? This deserves an investigation, IMO. And it will never happen.
  22. SteveLV
    Rocco was a risky hire in the sense that he had zero prior managerial experience. I think he is a thoughtful, calm personality type. I have no idea if he can actually coach, teach or inspire anyone else. I did not see evidence of it on the field, but, of course, have no idea what was happening off the field in practice, spring training, etc. I would hope this next hire would be a different type of manager. I would look for experience, proven teaching/coaching ability, and some frickin' fire when it is needed. Rocco was so dead-pan he made Bud Grant seem like Earl Weaver pissed at an ump's call. The advantage TK had with the WS teams was that he had actually coached and developed a number of the core players in the minors before he was promoted to ML Manager. They obviously respected him, and he must have taught them something because they were a darn good set of young players. If there is someone coaching in the Twins' minor league system who is worthy, I would have no problem with an internal promotion. I just don't have enough knowledge as to whom that might be. This will be an interesting hire....
  23. SteveLV
    Seems like a nice, thoughtful guy. But like it or not, I don't think there is ANY evidence that he elevated the play of his team or any particular players during his tenure. Time to try someone else.
  24. SteveLV
    If MLB actually had a strong, competent Commissioner, the Pohlads would get brought into the League office and told to bring all their books for a full audit and accounting to be undertaken to find out what the heck they are doing with the franchise financially. If the reporting is accurate, this is an unprecedented level of debt they have accumulated, reportedly to leverage losses in other, unrelated business activities. It is BAD for MLB on many levels, and the League should give a damn about it and take action.
  25. SteveLV
    I am neutral on Larnach. We certainly have worse players on our roster. But will the Twins FO pay $5-6M for him? I doubt it. If you could convert him to a bullpen piece or a young prospect, sure. But I have zero problem with Larnach on the team next year if they are willing to pay him. Not excited, but he is competent at least.
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