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  1. SteveLV
    If the Twins turn down a bona fide, legitimate great offer for Ryan they are foolish. There is ZERO indication they want to extend him, so you are weighing 2026-7 production and then a Comp Pick (which might help out at some very distant point in the future) vs. the value of a trade offer for Ryan now. For a variety of speculative reasons (Falvey trying to keep his job, Pohlad's trying to sell the team, likely forlorn attempt to actually be relevant in 2026 without actually spending any money, whatever) they want to hang on to him. If he hurts himself or underperforms, or some combination of the two, they are going to rue the day they did not make the move. Again, if they want to open negotiations for an extension that is a whole 'nuther story, but I think we all know that is never happening.
  2. SteveLV
    "Pohlad du Jour". Best shot of the day!
  3. SteveLV
    Yeah, probably made more sense before they made their big signing of Bell. ;) I am pulling for Casas, seems like a very good guy, just got to get healthy. Realistically DH/1B type only. But I would rather give him PA's than 350 to Clemens.......
  4. SteveLV
    Have a buddy who is very wired into the Patriots and also to some extent with the BoSox. Tristan Casas is expected to start in AAA after 2 straight years of knee injuries with no guarantee of a call up, and now the BoSox go out and get Contreras. Buddy is hearing that Casas is looking for a "fresh start" somewhere else. Asking price can't be high given the injury history, poor MLB hitting last 2 years (limited PA's due to injuries) and generally poor fielding before injury. Risk is bad knee on a big man, 6'4" and 250 pounds. Have no idea what it would take, but this seems like a player for our Island of Misfit Toys here in Minny: Cheap, some upside, nothing much to lose and opportunity to play. Thoughts?
  5. 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.
  6. 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....
  7. 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?
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. SteveLV
    This might have been a consideration before the Twins signed Bell. That ship has sailed now.
  13. SteveLV
    Extend Jeffers. Extend Ryan. Sign some good players, not "mid tier" players. Then we will believe you. Not too difficult, really.
  14. SteveLV
    Who?
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. SteveLV
    They have already signed with good teams.
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. 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.
  22. 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!)
  23. 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.
  24. 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.
  25. SteveLV
    Phillies reportedly re-signing Realmuto, so this whole thread is now moot. Real moot. :)
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