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  1. FlyingFinn
    The good news is the Twins pitching was very good today, giving up 4 hits and 0 walks.
  2. FlyingFinn
    Long relief probably in the majors. That's the position that gets the call up to the majors, waits for a starter to get pulled early (hopefully a long wait) and then throws 100 pitches and takes one for the team. After the game, they get on the train back to St. Paul. The Twins and most teams have used the last bullpen guy in this manner and Headrick would seem to fit in this role now.
  3. FlyingFinn
    Close. I have DeSclafani on the IL but Varland in AAA for at least one start because the Twins don't need five starters for a couple weeks. Then, it depends whether the extra time was enough to get DeSclafani ready.
  4. FlyingFinn
    It said "should" which I take as meaning sometimes he won't. For Canterino, he will need a piggy back early in the season so Dobnak could be that guy. Headrick could very well be that guy and Dobnak is a starter. I just don't see Dobnak as taking that many starts away from the guys who are the real Twins future. Guess I'm not that high on Dobnak.
  5. FlyingFinn
    I'll say no. I've got a 6 man rotation with the Saints - Varland (until needed for his 1st start with the Twins which I think will be the first time they need the 5th pitcher, Desclafani still injured), Canterino, SWR, Festa, Ohl, and Headrick. AA Wichita - plenty here as well - Raya, Lewis, Nowlin, Jones, Adams, and Carr. And that's still leaving Morris, Ethridge, Matthews, Culpepper, Bowen and MacLeod back in Cedar Rapids. Prielipp - anyone hear anything about his health this spring?
  6. FlyingFinn
    That's one of the better ERA's in that league last year as it was very much a hitters league, possibly due to having the robo ump at times.
  7. FlyingFinn
    If the Twins need someone for a short 5 day stretch, Goodrum would make sense because they can DFA him and he probably would clear through and head back to the Saints.
  8. FlyingFinn
    And there will be no call to the left-hander to come in to pitch.
  9. FlyingFinn
    It appears we are never calling the left-hander out of the bullpen with this team.
  10. FlyingFinn
    Hey, I didn't know that. That is great news! I thought he would flame out because he pitched like me, a soft, strike throwing machine (okay, okay - I topped out in the 70's and my pitching days were done by high school).
  11. FlyingFinn
    The Twins certainly agree. With every injury, the choice of not signing some of these guys (I wanted Giolito at the right price), the Twins off season decisions look better.
  12. FlyingFinn
    If I was the opposing manager and Lewis came up with the bases loaded, I might just want to intentionally walk him.
  13. FlyingFinn
    I think you have to look at the entire picture. Put all the pitchers we've traded for on one side and then list all the players we've traded away. Then, where would our pitching staff be if we never made any of these trades, last year and this year? I'm pretty sure there are some teams that have never made any big pitcher trades during this time frame. And without some of these trades, our 40 man roster would have been overflowing and we would have lost players in the Rule 5 draft. Pitchers are valuable and risky.
  14. FlyingFinn
    Nice to see Paddock and Canterino on the mound. Great news is that everyone except Winder is healthy.
  15. FlyingFinn
    What, no mention of your favorite Twins player who did hit the ball - Julien?
  16. FlyingFinn
    Twins put Josh Winder on the 60 day IL to make room for Margot. Winder's career is hanging be a thread at this point.
  17. FlyingFinn
    The clear winner of this trade is De Andrade. The Twins like him enough to move Miller and clear the Cedar Rapids SS spot for him.
  18. FlyingFinn
    Last year, the defense that I was most disappointed in was Kirilloff's. I had thought he was a good 1B defensively. Hope he's improved there. If the Twins no longer consider Miranda a third baseman, he's about out of positions. That's new news to me.
  19. FlyingFinn
    I don't either. If Castro's hurt, do you still want to play Martin every day at AAA. If so, maybe Helman gets his chance. Or with another injury (Twins really sound healthy right now), both Martin and Helman with the Twins? Helman also plays every position that Castro does, which is everything except catcher (Martin is more 2B, LF, CF). My feeling is that he plays better defense than Castro in the OF but worse in the infield, but not by much and I'm just guessing. @DocBauer and I are probably his two biggest fans. Maybe Doc or someone else can shed some light on that.
  20. FlyingFinn
    Rather have them than Homer Bailey.
  21. FlyingFinn
    Disagree. Festa needs to be helping the Twins by 2025. If he's two years away and still in AAA for all of 2025, he's being surpassed by other guys.
  22. FlyingFinn
    I think Helman's short-term avenue to make the big league's isn't straight OF but utility. Therefore, it would take a Castro injury combined with Helman playing great at AAA that would get him the call. The problem, as it was in late 2022, is that he's not on the 40 man roster. He's good enough that they probably can't add him and later DFA him (as all teams love to do with the 39th and 40th guys on the 40 man) or he would get claimed (but teams don't think he's good enough (or he's too "old") to get picked in the Rule 5 draft.
  23. FlyingFinn
    Lots of great points and questions. I can only answer one of them right now - Chris Williams will not be/is not the Twins #4 catcher. If he's called up for that purpose, it's only until the veteran free agents plane hasn't landed yet. It's just not his major league position.
  24. FlyingFinn
    Vazquez at $10 million and Castro at $5 million would certainly be candidates to be moved if their replacements in AAA look good this year, though if Castro plays like last year I wouldn't want to see that happen.
  25. FlyingFinn
    I don't think your projection is what is going to happen. I'm expecting $ to come off the books for Farmer and Jackson to the tune of $7 million. I don't expect all of the arb 1 and 2 players to be on the team (Larnach and some of the relief pitchers). Lots of things will change by the end of the season.
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