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Man, I dont know why the Twins would give up three young, promising players for Luzardo and Arraez. Especially when Luzardo is similar to Ryan in value. While I love Luis, Julien and Gonzalez give me way more comfort as they don't have shattered knees.

What a dud signing he was. I had high hopes, but now the team relies on Jeffers to consistently put it all together. Idk, this position feels like a crapshoot next year

Correa made some great plays in the field, but offensively, he showed up for 1 game. Take away Game 2 vs Houston and in the other 5 games he had 1 RBI, 1 Double, 0 walks, and 0 HR's. The guy earned his contract by hitting homers in the playoffs and there was zero of that this year. I realize I am nitpicking here, but he's getting paid $200M over 6 years, gotta be clutch on defense and offense for the Twins to win

7/30 he had a .258 average/.378 OBP/.911 OPS and on 10/1 it was .251/.373/.877. I don't think you can really say that's dropping. Wallner will be fine and I am excited about him, along with Julien. I think you trade Larnach, Polanco, Gordon, and Miranda. My wish list is finding a number 3 starter, a quality reliever or two, a new hitting coach, and giving Brooks Lee a shot.

I love the Saturday time. Great excuse to start drinking the cold ones without my wife judging me

I will also eat crow on Popkins...same goes for Floro as once again he is awful. While I still think he is most efficient as 7/8 guys, he has been an awful addition. I think Royce Lewis has been a huge spark for the offense as this offense/team seems to rally when a guy is on fire (Nelson Cruz). Hope the bats stay hot to win the division and end the playoff drought.

If Terry can't fix a guy then nobody can. Noah is done.

Ober should have went longer, Kenta should not have. What is frustrating to me is using Duran more than 1 inning repeatedly when he's not very good in those scenarios. The bullpen has been a mess since the All Star Break and with how stubborn the crew is with managing arms, it's frustrating to watch lost opportunities to widen the division lead.

The most frustrating thing for me is how bad his bat is when it matters. His splits are cringeworthy bad in high leverage, with RISP, and when 3 men are on base. I was never big on signing or resigning him as he's always a cheater in my eyes, but he's probably another casualty in regards to the bad hitting coaches on staff.

I agree with you on all fronts. I have hated Kepler for 3 years now, but gotta give credit where credit is due as he's playing really well right now and I hope it lasts. I really like Wallner as the guy can flat out hit. Larnach was a big name coming out of college, but it just doesn't seem like it will ever happen...he has never been good at the AAA level

I like this trade as we don't really have a good fit for Lopez. Lopez's best numbers are when he pitches in the 9th. Floro's stats are best when he's the set up guy and so far this year, that has been pretty good (2.98 ERA in 7th & 8th inning combined). His career stats have always been that way, but the Marlins have used him a lot more in the 9th this year which is why the stats don't look great. Let Duran be the closer and Jax fills in when he cant go. Let Floro be the set up man. The Jorge Lopez trade didnt work, fine, maybe this is them admitting it and moving on. Rental or not, I am optimistic it works out.

With how bad the pitching has been since Wes Johnson left, it wouldn't surprise me if the Twins finished 3rd in the Division. I'm almost to the point where I dont want to trade prospects for pitching right now because there are so many holes in the bullpen and the starting rotation. I trust 2 starters and 3 relievers...that's it. Unless they score 10 runs a game when Joe Ryan or Sonny Gray aren't starting, it could be an ugly second half.

Ok, then what do you think the issue is? Since he left here are some SP stats: 26th in fWAR, 27th in ERA, 27th in FIP, 30th in xFIP, 25th in K/9, and 26th in H/9. Pitching coaches are also important for game day preparation. I think Wes was a guy who really understood how starting pitchers needed to approach their opponent that day. Again, since he left, the starters have been god awful

Trading Correa not only wont work out the way we hope for return of players, but it sets an ugly precedence on FA moving forward. He was a huge get and trading him after not even playing a full season is an ugly look. Plenty of other guys we can trade that would still generate a strong return

Go after anyone and everyone worth a damn. My worry is that we need multiple pitching pieces to win the division and win anything in the playoffs. Pitching has been a complete dumpster fire since Wes Johnson left and a lot of teams will realize this when negotiating with the Twins, so the price might be too much for us. On the other hand, we have roughly 100 infielders in our farm system so moving some youth shouldn't be a problem.