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  1. HerbieFan
    Falvey's parting gift. Thanks Derek.
  2. HerbieFan
    I saw that Milwaukee game. I think he's done a great job of attacking ground balls since. He seems to be a quick learner. Hopefully the chase rate improves with experience.
  3. HerbieFan
    I don't know how the club could have Festa in their 2027 plans at all. I think anything they get from him should be considered a bonus. I also don't know how they can count on Ober given the continued decline in velocity. Lopez, Ryan, Taj are a great start to a rotation. Kremer has the track record to claim one of the last two spots. I'm hoping Abel looks good enough to take the other. I'd like to see Zebby given a chance in ST to compete for the #4 or #5 spot in the rotation. If Abel takes a spot then Zebby gets transitioned to the bullpen. To me they need to just put Royce at 1B and leave him there. For the rest of 2026 and 2027. Keaschall looks like a LF to me. Get the kid some work in the offseason and ST. He's athletic enough to be an asset.
  4. HerbieFan
    All acceptable reasons to not call him up. I think it comes down to this: He's only 21 He's not on the 40-man so he could play in the minors next season when there's a lockout Waiting to next year (if/when there is mlb baseball) delays the start of his service time
  5. HerbieFan
    If I had to bet...Rodriguez and a pitcher of some kind will be here in September.
  6. HerbieFan
    I'd try and trade Larnach for a reliever. Someone like, oh I don't know, Bryan Abreau. :) If Ober's decline in velo had levelled off I'd feel better. But it seems to be continuing. I just don't know how you bring him back b/c of that.
  7. HerbieFan
    I've heard conversations of who would be the 3rd game starter if this club can somehow overachieve even more and get in the playoffs. This is why I say it cannot be Bailey Ober. Ober of the past with a 91-92 mph heater, but not this version.
  8. HerbieFan
    Agree 100%. Just because a player CAN play a position, doesn't mean he SHOULD.
  9. HerbieFan
    "Closer" and "Fireman" are two different roles. And we know the save is an overrated statistic. Gomez isn't getting the most high-leverage situations (see Morris in the 6th against Baltimore). I'm not panicking but Shelty at least has options now in his bullpen.
  10. HerbieFan
    Eh. I think they plan on Kremer being a #4/#5 guy. Which is still a good get.
  11. HerbieFan
    A year from now Bell will be gone and Larnach becomes a DH/part-time LF
  12. HerbieFan
    Since the club is still in the WC race, the only reason NOT to bring Culpepper and Jenkins up would be fear they can't produce at the level of the guys they'd be replacing in the lineup. As noted, the production of Kreidler and Roden would be hard NOT to improve on. The callups would be as much about making the 26-man better as it would giving them an opportunity. I can go either way on Wallner....the 20 HR are fun....but he's two shy of club record held by McCusker, so there's a big grain of salt there. Plus, he can't play defense and Bell is locked in as the DH. Jackson, at the very least, gives you some protection for Jeffers/Caratini injury.
  13. HerbieFan
    Trevor Megill anyone? Brent Headrick??
  14. HerbieFan
    Love me some Kevin Gausman!
  15. HerbieFan
    In a word....YES
  16. HerbieFan
    I don't know exactly what he does, but I do know this team battles. I feel like the at bats are much better...I have heard him talk of "avoiding strikeouts", shocking that things are better offensively when a team isn't striking out 12-14 times every game.
  17. HerbieFan
    100%
  18. HerbieFan
    Could be. Hadn't thought of that.
  19. HerbieFan
    I keep racking my brain to try and find a reason why the best move is to keep him through this season. This is not a serious playoff team. It was never going to be a serious playoff team. They might make the playoffs, but. It's been a fun team to watch....they battle offensively and I'm shocked it's team within one game of .500. I just hate losing good players, but he's leaving anyway. I guess it would depend on the return....hopefully with Langeliers out of the picture it creates a mini bidding war for Jeffers.
  20. HerbieFan
    Paredes isn't going to pitch again this year with that injury
  21. HerbieFan
    I think he's a middling mlb player at best. However, he has clearly been their best SS. Until Culpepper is ready to take that role, they should just run him out there everyday....hit him in the 8/9 hole and take what you can get offensively.
  22. HerbieFan
    If they don't lose Paredes....and have to use Rojas for four innings yesterday I'm not sure Sands even gets activated. Guys like Jack Anderson and Eric Orze might give them a better chance right now, so could Sands be sent back to St.Paul to basically continue his rehab???
  23. HerbieFan
    Derek Falvey outthunk himself on that one.
  24. HerbieFan
    Signing made some sense at the time....mlb veteran, utility depth, etc.. AAA at bats can go to younger guys the rest of the year. Could Marek Houston possibly be promoted to St. Paul if Culpepper comes over to Target Field? With Kreidler and Lee at the mlb level and Culpepper back playing at St.Paul the Twins should be fine.
  25. HerbieFan
    I don't feel like his issue is stuff. It's more about location. 98 center cut gets killed in mlb. He'll make pitches that make you go wow...and then make a pitch that makes you go wow, what the heck was that? But, at some point he is who he is. I do think he'd make an excellent reliever whenever that time comes...
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