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  1. Linus
    I would rather have a good pitching staff rather than worry too much about the method used to acquire said pitchers. However being good at drafting and developing pitchers is an important piece because you don’t have to give up trade assets to acquire them.
  2. Linus
    I’m not much of a conspiracy theorist but here goes. The Twins found the market for their club tepid at best. Perhaps in order to seal the deal with the minority partners they promised to tank the payroll and suck $50 million out of the Twins in 2026 and whatever they could get in 2027 giving the investors a nice return right out of the gate. Because of how bad the club was they could claim it was a baseball move. It also makes sense that nobody that is serious about competing in the near future blows up their entire pen. Falveys response about Ryan and López seems to indicate they will be gone as well freeing up all kinds of cash for the owners. Might as well trade Jeffers and have mercy on Buxton.
  3. Linus
    Watching Hunter Greene. I’m thinking we missed on that one.
  4. Linus
    Abel is really efficient tonight.
  5. Linus
    Nice turn by Fitzgerald.
  6. Linus
    Good catch by Martin but he didn’t know where the wall was. Lucky he didn’t get hurt.
  7. Linus
    Outman with the bonehead play
  8. Linus
    Abel looks like Festa.
  9. Linus
    I’m excited for 2027-28. we should have a drastically different lineup which will be faster and better in the field. Hopefully some of this pitching pans out as I believe Ryan and López will be traded by then. Next year could be rough if we are just running it back.
  10. Linus
    I’m excited about Hill and intrigued by Priellip. That about covers it for me.
  11. Linus
    I was thinking the same thing. He looked to be a AAAA pitcher before. It seems like he is throwing more and better strikes
  12. Linus
    That’s strange. What was the point in responding to me originally?
  13. Linus
    You do realize that all the pitchers you listed except SWR have not had any sustained success in the big leagues, right?
  14. Linus
    This is a 90+ loss team. I appreciate your optimism but I don’t share it as this lineup is currently constructed. A closer isnt going to create a good bullpen especially since a good closer is going to cost money the Twins won’t spend. But whatever go sign a closer - it just doesn’t matter.
  15. Linus
    Sure it does. It doesn’t disqualify them from making the bigs but if you are a top end talent you are in the bigs at age 25.
  16. Linus
    I love my realism. If you objectively look at the roster, one that is a bottom feeder offensively and poor defensively and think we can run the same group back and have a winning record then um good for you. Theoretically they could shake it up with shrewd trades and a free agent or two but I don’t see that happening.
  17. Linus
    This is more BS from an organization that is laughably inept at public relations. If Falvey actually believes what he said he needs to resign right now because his player evaluation skills aren’t suitable for being a MLB front office executive.
  18. Linus
    It doesn’t really matter unless they really shake up the roster. Why pay for a closer on a 75 win team.
  19. Linus
    A lot of 25 year olds in this list.
  20. Linus
    I like the topic and the specifics you put out there Cory. To me it’s always better to chew on real possibilities rather than speak of things like “trade Joe Ryan for a haul”. For example this thought exercise for me points out that getting mlb ready hitting may not be that easy. I would include any prospect who should be ready by 2027 or 28 as I think thats the Twins next window.
  21. Linus
    Here is my concern: our current lineup is deficient in scoring runs, fielding and team speed. Adding Josh Naylor doesnt fix this mess. The lineup needs better production from every position except catcher and CF (second base if Keaschall is for real). Some of this could come through guys like Lewis playing better but that is what they counted on this year and we can see how that worked out. Realistically this is a 2-3 year fix and that is assuming Jenkins et al pan out. I think the FO knows this and is why they were comfortable blowing up the pen, and why Ryan and López shouldn’t be buying lake homes.
  22. Linus
    Once again TK had it right: you don’t know what you have until they get 1000-1500 at bats. I’m surprised he hasn’t tried to modify his setup / swing. He has so much raw power he could ditch the huge leg kick / lunge and still hit the ball a mile but have far fewer holes in his swing. This year wasnt good enough - a 110 OPS+ is not good enough for a corner outfielder that is a bad fielder. His arm is strong but negated by his lack of throwing accuracy - teams have that figured out too. I don’t blame him for the lack of RBIs because the main reason for this is the whole lineup just doesn’t get on base much. I like Wallner more than Larnach who needs to go mainly for the power upside but Matt can’t have another year like this next year. For me he isn’t a good enough hitter to be an every day DH so it’s RF or bust.
  23. Linus
    Jeffers seemed to be really good using this system last spring training. This will be one more thing that gets measured.
  24. Linus
    I can’t wait for Funderburk to use up all available challenges in his half inning. The guy thinks any of his pitches in the same zip code are strikes.
  25. Linus
    I haven’t been a fan of Martin but good on him for stepping forward when everyone else was stepping back. Is this him going forward? Somewhat skeptical but let’s find out.
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