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  1. Rod Carews Birthday
    This might be the most shocking development of the Twins' season so far. I assumed that they would regress a little from their previous ways, plus they got rid of a couple of real whiffers in Taylor and Gallo, but I just didn't see this happening. Good job!
  2. Rod Carews Birthday
    Correa has been a very good pickup for the Twins. I think he offers the best combination of offensive production, defensive prowess, and leadership for our team. He’s certainly expensive (I believe Dior was the store, yes?), but I really think that the “fit” is there. A year ago, I was very worried that he might be in trouble physically and the contract would be an albatross, but this year has enabled me to chalk that up to his injury issues and trying to play through them. The added good news is that he is only guaranteed six years and not ten or more like the other shortstops on this list, but if he keeps performing, we can continue to tack on years by exercising the team options at the end. There were lots of rumors that we were in the running for Trevor Story — sure glad that didn’t work out!
  3. Rod Carews Birthday
    There are plenty of months that the Twins don’t have anybody with offensive numbers like any of these four guys. What a great offensive month! Keep it going!
  4. Rod Carews Birthday
    At the moment, I’m not really seeing the need for another bat. Sure, the Twins’ players are streaky (boy are they streaky), but the overall production has been quite good. Offensively, the only holes are backup catcher (Vasquez) and backup infielder (Farmer). We’re not going to eat $15M so catcher is a no go. With all of our current positional flexibility (thank you Willi Castro!), we can replace Farmer any time we want with Lee and/or Julien, or even Wallner. We’ve got some slumping players at the moment, but that has always been and will always be the case. Taken as a whole, the lineup is pretty solid. If we are indeed going to make a substantial trade, I would save my ammo for an impact starting pitcher. I don’t really think this will happen as there are way more buyers than sellers. I think it is more likely that we deal for lefty bullpen arm, but that shouldn’t really cost major prospects or big bucks. To those saying that it’s not worth upgrading the team because it’s not good enough to win playoff series games, I would remind you that BOTH of last year’s WS teams were wild card teams that had to play on the road. If this (or really any) team gets really hot, they can go a long ways in the playoffs. The Twins are playing at a 90 win pace while having several starting pitchers scuffling. Any or all of those guys could figure it back out and that would only improve the team - probably as much as an acquisition at the deadline.
  5. Rod Carews Birthday
    What does Joe Ryan need to do to get a little love around here? He was at least as good as Bailey Ober and probably as good as everyone else except Jax, who has been lights out. I get some bullpen love, but “doing better than we thought they would” doesn’t equal pitcher of the month. Jax as a relief option for the All-Star game would be great, Joe Ryan has also likely earned a spot on the team. Whether either will be selected is anyone’s guess.
  6. Rod Carews Birthday
    The defense is insanely good and also very valuable, but he has not done well when he is relied upon to be the main component of the offense. Right now, hitting about #7 or so, the pressure is off a little and he seems to be responding. He’s a really good lower part of the batting order hitter, he’s not my choice for the top third of the order. Is he worth the contract? Healthy, yes. $15M doesn’t buy a ton in the free agent market. We’ve just got to keep him out there and playing. Plus, as with all long-term deals, he is being paid a little for what he did in the past in addition to what the future holds.
  7. Rod Carews Birthday
    If only they could have pitched.
  8. Rod Carews Birthday
    Agreed. Unfortunately Byron Buxton has been branded with the shoulda, woulda, coulda of ridiculous expectations, so nothing he does will likely live up to the hype. In a vacuum, it's a pretty good career, but everyone will always wonder what might have been if he had stayed completely healthy.
  9. Rod Carews Birthday
    As much as I would like to see Raya piling up the innings pitched and getting stronger, there is likely a reason that the Twins are handling him the way that they are. I'm pretty certain they know quite a bit more about his pitching, his physical condition, and his potential than I do. It is arguably working, so I'm willing to be patient and see what happens. Unfortunately, patience can be a little lacking around here.
  10. Rod Carews Birthday
    You have no idea how jealous I am right now! He was indeed a great one, and we have the same October 1 birthday. Have you read One Tough Out? It’s excellent.
  11. Rod Carews Birthday
    Great article! Twelve year old me was absolutely thrilled that day. I remember listening to it on the radio and being really, really excited about it!
  12. Rod Carews Birthday
    This is exciting to see. He seems ready for this and I think it's pretty easy to overlook a blowup day. I'm not expecting anything ridiculous and would be happy with #4/5 starter kind of numbers for a rookie debut. If we get better, it's a Festi(a)val!
  13. Rod Carews Birthday
    Yes. On the bright side, it may keep us from making a bad trade — or not.
  14. Rod Carews Birthday
    Since you didn’t mention Sano, I’m guessing that you realize that the high expectations game often leads to disappointment. Buxton et al have proven that.
  15. Rod Carews Birthday
    If you had gone with Mauer & Moreau, or Hrbek & Puckett, I could give you some points for optimism and said that I hope you’re right. However, you didn’t even stop at Killebrew & Carew. You went straight for the inner circle of inner circle hall of famers in Ruth & Gehrig, AND declared they will make them look like T-ball players. Yikes! Be prepared for the disappointment that your statements have guaranteed. Not even Brooks Lee’s mom thinks that.
  16. Rod Carews Birthday
    Are you Brooks Lee’s mom? He might be good eventually, but “once in a lifetime talent”? As much as I would like you to be right, saying it doesn’t make it so.
  17. Rod Carews Birthday
    I think you are absolutely allowed to be critical of the organization, and yes, there are certainly teams that "do right" by their fans with greater frequency than do the Twins. However, it's not all (or always) that bad. I share (some of) your frustration, but for me, it never gets to the extreme lows that you are experiencing. It kind of sucks the joy right out of it. For me, but YMMV, I choose to root for the team and the players without regard for the guys holding the purse strings, because nothing I do or say will change that part of the equation. The Twins have some good players. Some are playing well, some are not -- that's pretty much normal. They are on pace to win about as many games as they were projected to win before the season, maybe even a little bit ahead of pace. The team is enjoyable to watch and will be in contention for a playoff spot. From there, who knows? And that's the beauty of it. It certainly beats the early 1980's (with Calvin Griffith!) and late 1990's, and I remember living through that.
  18. Rod Carews Birthday
    The two expiring contracts would be OK if they can be had cheap. We can certainly use another solid SP arm, but I think the price may be higher than I would like for a rental. On the other hand if Sean Menaea at a $13.5M pricetag for next year could be had that might prove more interesting. Would they want Paddack back for their bullpen this year (and maybe next year as well, or he could start) and one of our mystery bats like Wallner or Larnach (I'd add Kiriloff but I don't think anyone will touch him right now)? Happy to throw in Farmer if they want a utility guy. Could be a win/win trade, not that I care about the Metropolitans.
  19. Rod Carews Birthday
    The odds of increased revenue leading to LESS spending would seem remote. Having Lewis featured on a national stage leads to greater recognition for the Twins. Back in the day Killebrew and Oliva did that.
  20. Rod Carews Birthday
    So if someone looks at a spreadsheet, i.e. an organized record on paper/screen, that makes their calls foolish? So if he just “shot from the hip” that would certainly be better? Do you really think that Gardenhire and Kelly didn’t base their decisions on what their perceived experiences were? They didn’t call it analytics because no one used those words. If something has a 60% chance of success I’m taking that every time over something with a 40% chance of success. YMMV.
  21. Rod Carews Birthday
    You do realize (and I'm making an assumption here) that you have not ever been, nor likely will ever be a major league baseball manager, right? Why do you suppose that is? I'm also assuming that you know that the other teams are also trying to win too, right? Everybody uses the dreaded "analytics", as people who do no analysis tend to lose about 80% of the time. Everything in baseball is a case of the numbers working in your favor or not working in your favor. Over the past 8 years, there have been playoff appearances and actual playoff victories. It's not a finished perfect product, but I would consider that progress. Please ask people in Oakland (and many other teams) if that is a "nothing".
  22. Rod Carews Birthday
    "To be taken seriously, the Twins must make multiple moves at the deadline" No. They don't. It doesn't mean they can't, but if anyone is expecting some grand trading spree, they are very likely not to get it. Perhaps a couple of small moves will help them, but the team we have is the team we are going to get for the most part. The Twins don't need to "be taken seriously" by anyone in the chattering class, they just need to play well and win.
  23. Rod Carews Birthday
    If the Twins want Lee to play 2nd base, then he needs to do that BEFORE he comes up to the majors. Yes, he's a good athlete, but this isn't townball. He needs some time to get more familiar with the position. Everything happens just a little bit faster in the majors. Unless they want to bring him up as a mostly DH, I don't think it's likely to happen in the next couple of weeks. For this reason, IF Julien can get his bat straightened out, I think that we are going to see Julien up for another shot before we see Lee. I know that's not popular because Lee's bat is very hot right now, but if he's for real, that won't be an unusual occurrence.
  24. Rod Carews Birthday
    As has been suggested by others, I think finding a way to get him a short stint on the IL for "tired arm" or "left arm tightness" followed by a rehab stint in St. Paul would be in order. That gives him some time to work things out (if they can be worked out) without negatively affecting the Twins' game results. He has been a terrific relief pitcher over the past few years, but alas, father time may be catching up to him.
  25. Rod Carews Birthday
    The right trade package for Kikuchi would be a fine thing, given that he's a lefty starter and we don't currently have one of those. The others are either much too expensive, either in prospect cost or in salary, or not that much of an upgrade from who we have -- or even a combination of those two things. With many of them, I just don't want to pay for what they may have done in the past. I do think that all of this trade deadline talk is a little premature, since we haven't even hit July 1 yet.
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