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  1. HerbieFan
    Now, if we could just get a National League team scrambling to fill its DH role and also need a veteran 3B to deal for Donaldson we can get on to the inevitable rebuild for 2023. I'm all for it.
  2. HerbieFan
    Rortvedt's OPS in St.Paul was .750...I think that'd be best case for both him and Jeffers. What do you think? 500 ABs for Jeffers could get him to 20+ HR and 65ish RBI. With his defense, that might be good enough.
  3. HerbieFan
    Also...mlb.com has already slotted Henriquez as the Twins #20 prospect, one spot behind Cole Sands. That's certainly not nothing.
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  5. HerbieFan
    Halle-friggin-luyah!!! Did the owners win??....Don't care. Did the players win??...Don't care. Opening day is 28 days away...that's all I care about!
  6. HerbieFan
    I love this!!!!
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    IMO there is no question Jax starts the season in the bullpen...either at AAA or in the big leagues. Like the mention of him working on how to use his fastball differently...similar to Odorizzi - up in the zone, to make it more effective.
  8. HerbieFan
    2022? Healthy, reduced walks and continued K rate. Moving forward?...how about a 2023 mlb debut. The future?...how about a spot as a #3 starter for about 8 years.
  9. HerbieFan
    Let's be clear here. The owners don't care about you or me. They don't really care about the "integrity" of the game, the fans or any of the other mumbo-jumbo their highly paid puppet spews at a press conference. They care about money. Period. Manfred is nothing more than their mouthpiece.
  10. HerbieFan
    I may be in the minority, but I feel like 2022 would be better seen as a "Let's see what we've got" year. Guys like Duran, Winder, Sands, Balezovic, etc don't need to be in the rotation for the entire season for the club to see what it has in them. Innings can still be managed if necessary, but I'd like to see guys like that make at least 10-12 starts each, health allowing of course. Maybe Canterino shows enough over the first 3 months to warrant a look at the mlb level. At some point, let's actually see Royce Lewis play SS. Get Jose Miranda at least 300 AB...I don't care where he plays in the field, 3B or 1B. Give Austin Martin a cup of coffee. Continue to give Celestino some run...along with Larnach and Kiriloff of course.
  11. HerbieFan
    No matter what happens, billionaire owners will continue to be billionaire owners. Multi-millionaire players will continue to be multi-millionaires. All the while, the "average Joe" fan will still not be able to afford to take a family of four to a baseball game without selling a kidney. This whole thing is just disheartening for a pure baseball fan who counts down the days until we read "Pitchers and Catchers report"....
  12. HerbieFan
    Doesn't it seem like just about every top Twins' pitching prospect could have been listed here?? Hmmmmm
  13. HerbieFan
    I HAAAAAATE the opener!!!!! But I digress. The reality is this is the only way they're ever getting anything out of Jax...opener every 5th day, available in relief once or twice in between.
  14. HerbieFan
    Normally an optimist. But I'm bracing myself for no baseball in 2022.
  15. HerbieFan
    What Falvine has done is build prospect pitching depth. Next step for at least some will be key to organization's success down the road. I think Jax may stick as a reliever...his numbers were terrific first time through a lineup, not so terrific after that. I don't need to ever see Lewis Thorpe in a Twins uniform again. I'll give Charlie Barnes the benefit of the doubt in that he likely wouldn't have been the choice for spot starts if guys like Duran, Winder, etc. were healthy, and his numbers at AAA were strong. Maybe he can make some adjustments now and be serviceable as a AAA/MLB swing man.
  16. HerbieFan
    One of the great injustices in baseball is that this guy never won a Gold Glove....a handful of them.
  17. HerbieFan
    Heck, I'd be happy with 2 trips and 130 games?
  18. HerbieFan
    Now....about the chances of there actually being baseball in 2022....
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    Seems like a fair deal for all involved. The avg salary shouldn't keep the FO from pursuing FAs. Now let's hope he reaches some of those bonuses.
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    If we're trying to predict what will happen, I'd like to sum it up. Falvey...Cleveland...Francisco Lindor.
  21. HerbieFan
    All I know is I'll rest a lot easier knowing after losing Baddoo that we won't lose Cave...?
  22. HerbieFan
    "Chairman Jim Pohlad, according to major-league sources, is reluctant to move Buxton, knowing such a decision potentially would upset a fan base tired of seeing the team part with homegrown stars," per The Athletic. And therein lies the problem. You have ownership who understands it's fan base would be upset. That it's a fanbase that connects to players. You have an analytics-driven FO that looks at players as game pieces. The Rays trade away top players consistently. Cleveland has done the same both when Falvey was there and since he came here. I'm afraid, Twins fans, that the Rays model most closely reflects the direction Falvey will take the organization. The days of watching a player come up through the minors, develop and then spend a large chunk of his career in Minnesota may be over. I've been wondering for a couple years what direction it would go. The trade of Berrios and the seemingly inevitable trade of Buxton should be clear indicators of what we are in for, for better or worse.
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    Why are we surprised Falvey doesn't see signing Buxton as priority #1 like the fan base seems to. We simply cannot look at back at anything that happened with the Twins in the past to try and predict what might happen with Buxton. A better indicator may be to look at what Cleveland has done. If Falvey is trying to re-create what he saw in Cleveland, Buxton is as good as gone....see Lindor, Francisco. Kluber, Corey. Clevinger, Mike. Santana, Carlose. The Indians/Guardians have show a trend of trading away top players before they have to pay top dollar. Brace yourselves, Twins fans....
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    If they can get pitching help for him, this is a no-brainer IMO
  25. HerbieFan
    We've seen what Miguel Sano is. If they can trade him for pitching help, sign me up. This team will not compete for a playoff spot in 2022, so I'd like to see Kiriloff and Miranda essentially play all of the 1B innings.
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