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?

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!

Excellent pitchers are allowed too have a subpar day. The Twins survived and he kept them in the game. I would rather a pitcher going 4 2/3 innings and the team win the game as to a pitcher going more innings and the team losing the game. Winning the game is the ultimate goal of the team. I’m proud that Ryan is a Twin and pitching well. I am proud of the 2022 Twins. I would enjoy watching Correa fulfill the 3 yr. contract and 3 more years. I also enjoy all the Twins players and the rookie comingup and contributing.

Excellent article and philosophy. My life time of observations is they go hand in hand and are kind of like an electrical plug in. A one prong plug in doesn’t work a two prong plug will work but does have some possibilities of dangers but a three prong plug in works best in safety, efficiency and production of a good outcome. There are so many sub headings or traits that also play into the situation such as respect, humbleness, types of leadership conduciveness, timeline order, honor, genuineness, nonjudgmental, adaptability, forgiveness & meeting the needs of the individual & team. I feel this ishappening now in 2022 to the Twins.

Some of these opinions are beyond being comprehensible and defeat the very reason why baseball or team sports are played. A team of human robots isn’t fun to play with or to watch. If you don’t like the Twins and the moves they made since the lockout, then, maybe you should consider becoming a fan of another team.

I was rather shocked when I’m saw Rogers traded, but I think it will be a good trade for the Twins. I consider Paddock a diamond in the ruff. He young (age 26) has and a roller coaster career and that’s ok at age 26. He can now settle in with some consistency and be Twins winner. Pagan will bring value to the bullpen too. At the end of the 2022 season, I feel Paddock will be more valuable to the Twins than Rogers would have been. Rogers was too fragile to handle the 2022 season. That’s why game is played.

not so fast minuses, even though the Twins have a 159 games to play in 2022 yet and saying the Twins will not having successful season.. l liked Rogers too but he was only a part time closer because his skills & stamina dropped considerable. I believe the pluses will prevail and Twins will be successful. The management & ownership seem to have turned the corner in evaluating risk & moving in a timely fashion. GO TWINS! YOU CAN DO IT IN 2022!

My grandpa told me this a long time ago “If you live by the numbers, then, you will die by the numbers.” There a lot of truth in that statement because they also generate a contra set of data of predictability to neutralize the first set of numbers and defeat. I too often feel that Rocco doesn’t develop a contra situation or game plan. This is also called “thinking-a-head.” It easy to be 20-20 after the event has happened. In baseball going 162-0 is impossible to do, and in fact no team has finished a season with a 750 winning percentage. The gold standard in baseball is finishing at or above 600%. I agree a win in the first month of season is worth as much as a win in the last month of the season. There is another unwritten rule in regard to “hitter momentum “ versus “ mandatory regular day off”. Because “momentum “ is so fraudual it’s best not to interrupt with the process of “momentum “. I understand why rest is so important but the “process of momentum is generally a limited duration of its own time”. This unwritten rule seems to have a greater effect on average or below skilled players. That’s why we play the game.

I could see another trade with Orioles for Means or the “A”s for Montas and the Padres who could provide a couple of different trade options. My Oakland trade is wild & expensive for 2022; Twins offer of Arraez, Rooker & Vallimont for Oakland’s Montas, 2 years $5.5 m, Trevino, 1 year $3m, & Piscotty, 1 year $7.5 m & 2023 buy out of $1m. Including Piscotty should help to entice Oakland desire to make the trade.

I am assuming the management feels the Twins prospects are further down the road to the majors than the fans think. Or management didn’t believe that Manaea could carry the Twins far enough in 2022 to win the peanut. Apparently the ‘A’s’ felt more value in Padres #12 & #26 prospects than the Twins #12 & #26 prospects. Sometimes, I too feel management disappoints me by moving too slow, too fast, to irresponsible, make dumb deals, make a good deal and then a surprising excellent deal. Like my grandpa would say “there are more fish in the lake” than Manaea or Montas. There are 28 other teams in mlb besides ‘the A”s, who have some pitchers similar talent at a more reasonable price. Target Field isn’t forgiving as Oakland Col. I would be ok with Montas & even Manaea and several other starting pitchers.

I made a mistake the Twins record should be 90-72 and not 90-62.

Nobody is going to win 90 games this year according to the née sayers. My feelings are: Twins 90-62, Sox 89-63, Detroit 83-81, KC 80-82, Guardians 78-84. It will be a tight race for 1-2 places, 3-4 places and not far behind 5th place. During the off season the Twins got better and younger, Sox stayed pat and got older and peaked in 2021 and slight decline, Tigers got older limited improvement, KC got older & modest improvement, Guardians are status quo and getting older. The Twins will make in season roster adjustments by call ups from prospects and the capability to make a worthwhile trade or trades .

I think the Twins are in a very good position to retain Correa because they have set a definite value of $35.1 m. till 2025. If the market determines Correa’s value is (example) $40 m. , then, the Twins could extend Correa and offer to increase another $5 m per years remaining years of contract and increase the length of years. What’s most important is the relationship building between the Twins and Correa. The market place will remain limited because of economics and philosophy. I congratulate ownership on its motto “we will participate in big dollar contracts are fine but on a shorter term of years”. The “Correa deal” is proof of their ideals. Now on the current situation of pitching to go either trades verses prospects is philosophical and that’s ok. The question is where do we put our trust? The Twins history of prospects making it to the big leagues every year is lacking consistency. But trades don’t always work out either. Another question is do we trust another rookie until Maeda comes back when he ready? Do we wait until the trading dead line to trade? Do the Twins make the trade market or wait until the market comes comes to the Twins? How & what value do you assign to prospects? What is the Twins plan of priorities? A facts we know now is the Twins are lacking in left handed starting pitchers. Manaea (A’s) or Means (O’s) would appear to fill the void adequately and Montas (A’s) would fine. We have to remember the age differential is only 3 years between prospects & trade candidates. The trade candidates salaries are within Twins assigned budget values. Candidates ages are 28 & 29 which are +++. The question is re-sign ability of candidates at market price? Therefore, I prefer a trade route over promoting a prospect.

when to promote a prospect is hard to determine when the prospect is ready. It’s not an exact science. It’s depends on the player’s maturation, skills ability, motivation skills, psychic approach, and communication and observation skills. Past indecaters show only historical values. Baseball is played in the now and not in the past. The past has no energy because energy because energy is developed today.

This is a good trade $$& cents wise. Now sign Story at ss for $150m x 5 years. 30% of Story’s contract is already paid for by Donaldson leaving. The trade with the Reds was great and the Rangers trade will be great with signing of Story. Then a trade with the “a” or d-backs or Padres would make for great off-season.

Al minor league players who are in spring training already are benefiting from this time of adding coaching. We most likely don’t know the effects ml camps being shut down already & indefinite future. However it a appears that many of the “40 man roster players” are participating informally in conditioning and skill practices. It will be interesting to see if injuries in 2022 will stay the same, or increase or decrease. If ba, so, walks, errors & miss-plays ratio’s change from a “normal” year

There are some other variables such the size of the ball park, indoors versus outdoor, the lighting of the park, prevailing winds, humidity, temperature, plus other variables. Thank you for bringing up Warren Spahn because he is the greatest and only 5’8” and his desire to succeed.

Arraez is kinda like a square peg in a round peg. A on base machine but lacks skills & speed to generate much more. I prefer trading him, Larnach & a prospect (s) for a starting pitcher like Montas, Bassitt or Manaea from the “A’s”and Chapman 3b, if not acommplishable then S. Gray from the “Reds. It’s hard to figure out what the Rays,. Padres, will do with their pitchers. There maybe a couple of sleepers in FA such Rodan, Boyd or Pineda for the #5 starter. This would may leave room in the budget to sign FA Story at shortstop to a 5 yr. $23m contract. Sano~ trade valve may improve now as NL goes with a DH.

Sano~ has seemed to have many red flags that may have ignored. But hind sight versus looking forward is unknown .It time to move on from San~. Cincinnati seems to be a good partner to trade Sano~ and a low prospect for Gray..

I have faith in Lewis being an excellent ss . Yes, he hasn’t played any in the past 2 years but his natural abilities are still there but they will come back. I believe he could be back in the Twins line up by the the “all star” game. He was thrown into cf quandary because of all the problems there and Buxton’s health.

Great job and welcome.

I saw him 3 times and I’m not concerned about E. S. as he showed adequate corner fielding skills. The strke outs will come down as he becomes more experience and he seemed like a quick learner.

I agree Correa doesn’t fit with the Twins budget or culture. I do agree with you about T. Story, he can be fitted into budget & culture. He fits in the lineup well with his skills.