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  1. Old fox
    Successful coaches have something special. If you want a warm body to be your coach that’s ok for you but not for me. Coaching isn’t everybody’s cup of tea. There are so many skills to successful coaching. There is no good road map to good coaching because the road is the map.
  2. Old fox
    I hate to see Wes leave. He is a heck of a communicator, coach. Money is money but collegiate baseball is a completely different culture from baseball. God’s speed and good luck Wes.
  3. Old fox
    I from time am disappointed in the outcome of Baldillio’s decisions. And I do my share of bellyache-ing too. But then I think he does win 2 out 3 seasons near a 60% win ratio. Not many clubs or managers have accomplished that. Managing in 2022 is vastly different the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s, 10s. Players, management, & fans have changed considerably.. Managers have to be tech savvy, data base analytical, & excellent communicators. There may be some truth in an old adage “if you live by the numbers, then, you may die by the numbers”! In baseball there are 2 sets of numbers “for” & “against or contra numbers or moves. We’ll have wait until the 162 game season is over to determine the amount of success.
  4. Old fox
    The Twins are in the now time to improve the roster because the Twins may have a better in 23 than 22 and not make the playoffs Whereas in 22 they have a reasonable chance to make the playoffs. The 23 roster is in doubt and injuries can change things in a heart beat. The need to make an attempt to trade for good closer, & starting pitcher. So what if the Twins need to move a high prospect such as Martin, Balazovic, from the top ten one or two from the 10-20 and one or two from 21-30 prospects. We know who the early trade candidates are but the other clubs will be inventorying their rosters and a surprise may be available. A top prospect age 24 with no mlb experience for a 28 year old seasoned mlb-er with decent stats may be a very worth while trade.
  5. Old fox
    I for one enjoy having Correa playing for the Twins. He has brought much needed inspiration to the Twins and the fans.. He is a joy to watch. My hope is that the Twins find a way to keep Correa until he retires. Then, I hope to see his #4 retired and placed on the wall.
  6. Old fox
    This should be a good game with the winning by 2.
  7. Old fox
    Miami I feel offers a very strong partner with the Twins to improve the Twins Issues. And the improve the Marlins issues. The Twins get either Lopez or Cabrera sp and Bass for the Bullpen. Marlins get Martin and Wallner & Cavaco.
  8. Old fox
    The Twins aren’t the only team in the mlb that have players on the 60 day, 15 day or 10 day injury lists. There not the only team that has pitchers that have required “TJ” surgery or had to go the 15 day “Il” or had to miss a turn. But one thing I know today is there are 25 other teams in the mlb that would like exchange position with the Twins in the standings. There is room to improve within the matrix of team and external matrix of the Twins within mlb. But I am damm proud of the Twins and what they have accomplished thus far in 2022.
  9. Old fox
    I understand what you are saying. The future and tomorrow never get here. There are always new needs & unforeseen needs, injuries that happen. The Twins aren’t that far away from post season play in 22. Do they need help in 22? Yes in the area of starting pitchers & relief pitchers. Since there may not be the super talent & super pricey pitchers. They are at least one year away from FA which will affect acquiring price. Extension costs of about $80-$120 for a term of between 4-5 years.. This ranges fit the Twins budget. I’m not real confident that Balazovic or Canterino will have skills comparable to trade candidates and the trade candidates aren’t old. Neither your ideology or my ideaology are wrong.
  10. Old fox
    I think the Twins could trade either Balazovic or Canterino but not both and they could trade either Martin or Steer but not both. Wallner, Sabato, Sands, Strotman, to entice a trade. Trading partners consider Oakland, Cincinnati, Miami. Pittsburgh . A trade is with Oakland or Cincinnati for either Montas or Castillo & Twins trade either Balazovic or Canterino. 2nd trade with Miami for Cabrera or Lopez and reliever Bass and Twins trade Martin, & Celestine. 3rd trade with Pittsburgh for Statton or Keller, Bednar closer with good stats, age 27 with 2 yrs control & Twins trade Wallner, Sabato, Sands & Strotman. The price for these trades may seem high but these trades would make the Twins stronger and fill current weaknesses. The current promotion of prospects to the Twins roster and the younger prospects behind these trade able prospects. I believe by adding such quality players helps to keep such quality players such as Correa.
  11. Old fox
    What value does Sano~ bring to the Twins? A big headache!
  12. Old fox
    If the Oakland ball park scares you, then, the Reds ball park is the way to go. Castillo may be as good of a pitcher as Montas and they may cost about the same. May consider trading either Canterino or Balazovic for Montas or Castillo. Why this trade? Time is of importance (bird in hand is worth more than 2 birds in the bush). I like the record of either Castillo or Montas & both are relatively young age 28-29. The prospects don’t appear to be pushing the envelope to hard to get to the majors and they maybe getting onto senior age for aaa or aa ball. The Twins may consider trading Constinio as there seems to be good demand for cf. What to do with either prospects Martin or Steer? Keep both, or trade one and keep the other, or trade both? I may consider trading Martin because I like Kirilloff & Larnach in the outfield & more power. I like Miranda at 1b and Lewis or Steer at 3b. It appears that Lewis will be on the IL for a year. Or is Martin destined to replace Gordon or Arraez? I would consider using Sabato, Waller, Strotman &Legimina trade able assets.
  13. Old fox
    I would hold onto Correa as long as possible unless the Yanks want to trade Cole. Kirilloff, Larnach, Kepler, being left handed hitters, then, trading Kepler could make sense. I enjoy having Kepler on the team. Sano~ trade him or release him. I would be very hesitant to trade Urshela .
  14. Old fox
    When you have a manager who apparently doesn’t believe in the consistency or momentum theories? When a player is hot let him play instead of sitting him for a day of rest. Hitters and players like to know where they are in the batting order every day before they get to the ballpark. It’s called pregame preparation.
  15. Old fox
    I understand where you are coming from but is your position practical or reasonable? The offensive stats well above average and secondly the payroll would be considerably higher than the 2022 salary level. Furthermore is it fair to compare the catching offensive stats to the other 7 positions. I don’t so Defensively the catcher extends a lot more energy, mental intensity & emotional intensity (stress) during the whole game. If you want to make a comparison then do it within the catcher position of the whole AL or MLB., It seems that most stats are down in 2022. Can the Twins afford to bring back Sano~ & his strike out records? I am not comfortable with that move? Who are you & I willing to give up for a starting pitcher & relief pitcher? Who are the #1 starting pitchers available besides Montas, Castillo and other annual rentals which may come to the market place? A #2 pitcher Mahle or a #3 pitcher Blackburn? Montas & Castillio will cost the Twins a prospect from the 1-5 & 10-20 & 21-30 of the Twins top 30 prospects list. My trading of Twins prospects would be # 2Martin, #16 Sands & #14 Sabato for the Reds (Castillo). My trade with the “A” for Montas & Blackburn and I would trade #2 Martin, # 14 Sabato, #16 Sands & #18 Strotman. Are my trade offers of prospects too high or too low? I would make 1 or the other but not both. My second trade would be with the Pirates for Bednar & Stratton for Twins #9 Waller, #27 Legimina. Am I offering too much or not enough?
  16. Old fox
    I to don’t like the 3 suggestions. I would consider both of the following trades. It could be a 3 team trade Marlins-“A”-Twins. Miami gets the “A” centerfielder + player. Oakland get a pitcher + player from Miami. Oakland get Celestino + Martin + Sands + player from the Twins. Twins get Montas & Blackburn. Then, work a trade with the Pirates for relief pitchers Bednar & Stratton to the Twins for #8 Steer, #9 Waller, #14 Sabato, #17 Strotman + player. I agree this would thin out the prospects but with current recent promotions to the big team with limit success and maintaining 8 of 10 top prospects. And a younger set of prospects on the lower end of the prospects for the lack of experience.
  17. Old fox
    The 3 players are good players and Castillo would fulfill a Twins need but at what trade value and at what resigning price? Will #2 prospect Martin, &#16 Sands be adequate and a resigning salary of $125m for 5 years do the job? The relief pitcher market seems to be uncertain and no headliners. The relief pitcher will have to be creative. I would explore a trade with Pittsburgh for Bednar and Stratton for #9 Steer & Strotsman & bottom # prospect. Bednar has good stats, contract control & age & . Stratton is reasonable priced, 5-8 inning relief, ground ball pitcher, age is good. These two trades would improve Twins. The loss of these five prospects can be absolved by the Twins with the way the major league roster is structured with skill and age, and the minors are structured with skill sets.
  18. Old fox

    Nice article. I would consider a trade Bednar & Stratton of the pirates as both ground ball pitchers with good stats, ages 29-27, reasonable priced with controllable years on contracts. A true rental pitcher is Pirates Quintanna, age 33 go stats and reasonable salary of $2m for 1 year.It would probably take something prospects like Martin, Sands, Steer, Strotsman.

    Another trade with the “A”  Blackman & Traveno.

    A trade with Cincinnati for Mahle who more reasonable than Castillo or Montas of the “A” would be fine. The Padres have several rental pitchers that could pitch but you never know what the Padres will do. The “Debacks, Orioles, Rays, Red Sox have potential, Milwaukee seems to make an unexpected trade.

  19. Old fox
    A trade is a trade. No use to cry over spilled cream. It’s time to get over these trades as a lot time has past. fO Management teams have changed out. The $18m paid to Idorizzo has nothing to do with the trade.
  20. Old fox
    RL=restricted list. It would be nice to trade for a more serviceable pitcher but who are you willing to give up in a trade for Montas, Mahle, Costillio, Kelly or Gallan. We have Ryan, Gray & Winderabout ready to come off IL. Correa will return shortly. The Twins don’t need 3 pitchers fighting for the #5 starting pitcher spot. Alcala May soon return from the IL to the bullpen & Cartinio may be called up soon. The Twins maybe should consider making Duran the closer?
  21. Old fox

    I understand your ploy in this article.  The baseball season has many ups and downs. Players have ups and downs in a season. I know at this point in the season there are 4 teams in the alc and 7 more teams in A.L. that wish they had the Twins record. Yes, next week looks tough but not every week of the season is full of Yanks &Rays and those games are at Target Field. Twins will have 1 trip or 4 games in Yankee Stadium and the Rays, Toronto, Boston &Baltimore at Target. That’s encouraging. There are some tough games in the rest of season such as Houston 4 a, Dodgers 2 a,, Padres 4 h-a, SF 4 h-a, Brewers 4 h-a, Angels 7 h-a, that leaves D-Backs, Denver, Seattle, Rangers the ALC.  

    The Twins are getting there top 3 starting pitchers & top relief pitcher back from IL and that is encouraging plus Correa & Celestonia coming back. I feel Canterino is ready to be called up to help the bullpen. 
    There appears to be about 5 serviceable & rental starting pitchers on or coming to the market between now & the trade deadline but at what price? Are the Twins willing to meet the price? Are the Twins willing to part with some of the following Cano~, Sands, Steer, Martin, Kirilloff, Larnach, Arraez, Garlick, Kepler, Gordon, Urshela, Jeffers, or other prospects and players

     

  22. Old fox
    Maybe MLB could suspend both 10 games or more.
  23. Old fox
    It’s great to see the Twins having fun & regaining their confidence in their ability to play and win. They are winning as a team. I congratulate the team on a great job well done!
  24. Old fox
    The Berrios trade was a good trade for both sides. Each team got a lot of potential. As a Twins fan I will have adjust to these types of trades. There are three types of trades (1) future potential, (2) now valve (3) past value. Two top prospects for 1 slightly above average player is a good trade. Now the next question is who is more valuable to the Twins; Martin who can play outfield & maybe an infield position or Arraez who is limited on defense but an offensive table setter hitter. Then getting a pertty darn good pitcher who ranks in the Twins top 10 prospects. With all the prospects coming up and doing well. Arraez maybe extendible for a good relief or starting pitcher with shelf life of 2 years. Let’s play ball and have fun.
  25. Old fox
    It depends what the market place makes available and the asking price and the willingness of the buyer to meet the price. This year and if the Twins remain in the play off race will determine how the Twins will approach the final trade deadline. Injuries and player “down turns” will also play important part of the trade decision. At this time and most of the time the need for starting and relief pitching will be considered. The price will be considerably higher because the Twins will be looking at higher quality players. These trades may require high quality prospects. It’s about a 1 1/2 months away when the market will begin to show who may be available.
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