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  1. Danchat
    I'd rather not bother throwing DFA / AAAA relievers out there, but they're going to play some of those kinds over the likes of the three you mentioned. I wouldn't be shocked if Kowar and Altavilla are in the opening day bullpen, with maybe Festa as a longman and Adams/Klein get chances later on.
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    Injuries aside, his major league numbers last year weren't terrible and are good enough to make our major league bullpen... it does look like he has a serious issue with walks, over 6 BB/9 in his last two years at AAA. Yikes.
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    Except they moved him to the pen after he was at an ERA of 8.00+ and giving up more than 6 BB/9 and averaging 3 innings a starter. He is a long ways from being a possible major league starter, I think he provides more value long-term in the majors in the pen. Bottom line, I don't think they trade for Bradley and Abel if they really believed in the crop of starting pitchers that are nearing the cusp of the majors are going to stay in the rotation long-term. Some of them are going to transition to the bullpen and that's alright. You could have argued the same of Duran when they moved him to the pen after very little time starting at AAA - the theoretical upside of him as a starter was huge but that didn't stop them from putting him in the pen. It was very aggressive to have him pitch at AAA, I would plan on him pitching all of 2026 in AAA and keep him as a starter.
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    Honorable mention - Lamont Wade Jr for Shaun Anderson, we get a nearly DFA-worthy reliever who only lasted 4 games, meanwhile the Giants got a 4 year starter who provided about 5 WAR. Should have moved a struggling Cave and given Wade a shot. Speaking of which, the Cave trade was one of Falvey's first, but I will defend that one. I will take a couple years of a quality 4th OF for a 19 year old lottery ticket any day. They just stuck with Cave too long.
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    I don't recall Sands pitching very well in late 2025. Looking at the splits, he had an ERA of 5.19 in the final two months of 2025 though notably a FIP of 3.25.
  6. Danchat
    I'd prepare Festa and Raya as relievers right out of the gate in Spring Training. Both are likely to wind up there eventually, may as well get them ready now when we need arms.
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    There's an argument for Lopez to be one of the worst, trading for a reliever who has been leagues worse than Cano so the Orioles improved their bullpen immediately upon making the trade. If Povich were pitching better, it might hold serve as the worst trade. Hard to say trading Rooker away was a mistake when multiple other teams didn't get anything out of him. The greater issue with the team has been the failures of top prospects in basically every Falvey draft class, but I don't think that fits the qualifications of a single bad move.
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    Murphy was one of many UDFA prizes that Kwesi found, but all of them have flopped (even Pace) except for Ryan Wright, who is about to be one of the highest paid punters in the league.
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    I had been hoping for this for multiple years now, but given everything that has happened with this franchise since the 2025 season has ended has made it so that I cannot be excited about Falvey's departure. Ownership has obviously thrown a wrench in things and made it harder to put a good team together the past 2 seasons, but I wonder if we are making an incorrect assessment that 2023 wasn't a fluke when it was surrounded by the disappointments that are the 2021, 2022, 2024, and 2025 seasons. The organization has seen a dearth of developing talent in the farm system, especially on the hitting side as the team has been unable to develop hitters and certainly fielders to the level of their opponents. For all the talk of a pitching pipeline, the team has been reliant on trades to fill out the rotation and the bullpen has fluctuated from weakness to strength during their tenure. Very few successful MLB pitchers have originated from this organization... and don't get me started on the complete lack of contributions from our international prospects. So it's hard to be excited about Zoll managing things when I was hoping for more organizational upheaval. Is there much reason to think Zoll/Shelton will be any better than Falvey/Baldelli? I see little to be hopeful about, but all in all moving on from Falvey is absolutely the right move. I just wish this would have happened earlier.
  10. Danchat
    Yeah, not exactly a flowing pipeline that they felt the need to trade two of your biggest trade chips for Bradley and Abel. Not that they shouldn't have targeted any starting pitchers in trades, just that they went out of there way to acquire two starters who are MLB starters (Abel doesn't have anything to prove at AAA). If the pipeline is flowing you'd think they would be able to trade from the depth of it to supplement other positions.
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    Wow, I need time to process all that is happening in the land of Minnesota sports. I really thought Kwesi was safe for at least one more year given his extension. Not sure what "relationship issues" refers to, whether it be with the rest of the front office or a Gersson Rosas situation, but it seems like that accelerated the firing process. Because even with his bad drafts and several blunders over the 2025 offseason, I thought he was safe.
  12. Danchat
    I highly doubt it. They're not going to try and fix 2 QBs at once, and KOC is going to want a steady vet who can run his offense, AR isn't that.
  13. Danchat
    Feels like the Twins have shed all of the fringe players who played well in small sample sizes in September - Julien, Ohl, Laweryson, Pereda, etc.
  14. Danchat
    To add on to your list, there will probably be some minor league deal vets gunning for those last spots in the pen (Dobnak surprised us by cracking the starting pen last year, Daniel Duarte in 2024, etc). We've seen them make the team right out of the gate before.
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    I don't agree, he didn't hit close to as well as some of the others mentioned in the majors.
  16. Danchat
    Good for Julien getting a chance in Colorado. Not so much for Ohl, but he's at least in position to get another chance in the majors. I'd expect he starts at A+ given all last year he pitched at Low A, not sure if you implied that or not. Or they'll keep a spot open for the inevitable minor league deal veteran reliever to get added so whoever it is can be on the 26 man roster. Maybe not with this opening, but it's gonna happen.
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    Just to be clear, I don't give a rip that Varland is from Minnesota and I am aware of their inconsistent play. The point was more that they ended up taking the best offers they had rather than "waiting to be wowed" like they are supposedly doing now. I get selling Jax when they did but Varland has another 5 years of control and they could have waited to trade him. It concerns me that they could do the same with Ryan / Lopez. Obviously they will have higher value than the relievers we traded but I'm talking relative value.
  18. Danchat
    Yeah, last year it was "we have to be wowed to trade Jax or Varland" and they ended up dealing them for Bradley and Roden + Rojas. Not exactly the type of packages I would think of a "we can't refuse this" type of offer.
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    Larnach is a MLB bat, but he doesn't make sense on this roster anymore. As already mentioned, the roster has enough LH OFs and he's a liability defensively anyways. On a one year deal and a FA next year, he's essentially a cheap veteran who is unlikely to be back with the team in 2027 so why not trade him and try out the prospects in his place, Roden early in the year and then Rodriguez/Jenkins later on. I don't see much risk in moving on - like Bader and many other guys on one year deals, if they do have a career year then they're signing elsewhere regardless. This team isn't going to be good so might as well play the prospects where you reasonably can.
  20. Danchat
    It's been a strange year for him as he's been great in pass pro but actually has had a terrible year run blocking, which used to be his biggest strength for us. PFF has him ranked 28th out of 42 centers which is overly harsh given his good pass pro. That did match the eye test for yesterday's game, I didn't see him give up a single pressure but he wasn't moving anybody in the run game.
  21. Danchat
    Harrison Bader gets a 2/$20.5M deal with the Giants.
  22. Danchat
    Don't worry Vanimal, we're getting a 3rd round comp pick for losing Darnold! Then we can spend it on a project player just like how we spent the Kirk Cousins 3rd round comp on WR Tai Felton. Oh wait...
  23. Danchat
    I dunno, I think the plan is to go Jeffers-Caratini 50-50 split catching. Jeffers and Vazquez split 50-50 even with the latter being a horrid hitter, now with 3 catchers on the 40 man I think they opt to go that route and try to get Jackson to AAA.
  24. Danchat
    I think they want 3 catches on the 40 man roster and were always going to DFA Pereda at some point, perhaps they chose now for the timing. That is assuming a Jeffers trade isn't happening.
  25. Danchat
    I didn't know the "Secret Weapon" was a free agent...
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