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    Spin, movement, & location with the occasional “surprise” fastball above the letters or at the knees. It’s like watching Ron Peranoski 55 + years ago. As someone else here noted, just get outs!
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    The benefit in the Bradley - Jax trade is two more years of control with a higher ceiling of performance. 18 1/3 innings v. 4 innings pitched so far this season. If things go right it’s 185 innings v. 75 innings for the season. Varland pitched a bunch for Toronto after the trade but wasn’t terribly effective in the stats line. As I’ve said before, if Louie was from Kenosha, the acquisition (upside) of Rojas with the Roden throw in would be much more well respected. Duran for Tait and Abel is a good get for the Twins if either of the two stick. Abel has been rough to start the year - this afternoon looks promising so far through 6 shutout innings. Time will tell. Stewart pitched 3 1/3 for Dodgers and got hurt and hasn’t competed since. Moving Dobnak can’t bother anyone. Correa being moved was smart at this point in his career - health & production limited & slowing at SS. Saved $25M/yr. France - Castro - Bader - Coulombe - Paddack were all Free Agents at the end of ‘25. I realize that’s 11 guys & seems dramatic. Where is the glaring issue, other than potentially taking exception to the Duran trade?……….they got two talented guys with 11 years of Team control, after Tait gets to the Big Leagues. Good risk with their credentials. We’ll see.
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    TWINS tied for 4th place in the A.L. as of today, after starting 2-4………. Brian Kenney has Jeremy Zoll on MLB Network shortly ……. discussing Twins “highest challenge rate” in the game.
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    Read & re-read the post above regarding my boy, Matt Wallner “(paraphrasing)……..coming to plate v. Valdez an ice cold 0-20……”. Not sure what that referred to at all? Matt had 2 hits Monday and another Tuesday……..BA up over .220!! ………he managed to K two more times and maintain the League lead as well.
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    Lawyerson being “set-up” guy was really just a case of attrition……..not a rise in trust, IMO. Can’t throw 4 PEN guys a night and hide a few from big spots - guys are going to get exposed & hopefully they’ll step-up in general. Funderburk can be an adventure …….. ERA’s across the PEN are respectable to good. Banda had a really rough outing last night after 5 fairly good ones ………. Topa has been in a bunch of games and wasn’t clean in a couple, so his ERA is up a bit. Generally, can’t expect much more from this group.
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    I don’t disagree on the “bet” as I called it - just seems that’s the plan. I don’t think there’s any plan to sign Jeffers, hence the 2 years to Caratini. “You’d do it differently” ……. you have a crystal ball on who “the young catcher” might be, that should be on the roster instead of Caratini? It’s pretty easy to state that they should have signed a “young guy”. Who is it & why would “he” be available? AND how do the Twins attract anyone while spending $105M? They seem to have a couple guys that are functional between Tait & MLB ………….. if they don’t spend on another “Caratini like” guy in ‘27 they’ll be rolling the dice within the organization.
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    Buxton - Martin - Keaschall - Bell - Lewis - Caratini - Lee - Jeffers……….. 8 of 9 from the right side. Don’t think an ESPN voice would call this a left handed heavy line-up. They have 5 RH hitters - 5 LH hitters - 3 switch hitters…………seems pretty level. With 75% of pitchers being RH, they may be up for criticism on being light on LH hitters.
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    TAIT is 2 years away - I think that’s the current “bet” from the organization.🤞
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    His change-up and slider are adequate to get swings and misses & outs. The fastball velocity was never great - now, it’s borderline poor. Fastball location, location, location - IN ….. UP ….. DOWN. Can steal one over the plate every 4th or 5th guy. It’s not going to be easy! Fastball usage has to drop to no more than 25-30% of his pitches to add to the surprise element of using it occasionally, over the plate & in the Zone.
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    Maturity, & the “change of scenery” are both big deals in this case, or so it appears. Just hope he keeps pitching with this type of composure!
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    Brooks Lee ……… he’s so disappointing to watch ……… his results gotta be in HIS head as well. Need to move him to St Paul before his spirit is completely broken, IMO. He hurt his mouth bunting - there’s an article here on poor defense by Team, and he’s the poster boy……..confidence has to be at a real low! OPS+ of 30. Let Gray play v. RH pitching for 6 weeks and bring up some RH option at SS to allow Lee to have a stab at “coming around” at AAA level. If he’s not somewhat fixed by mid/late May hopefully Culpepper has shown enough to call up?
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    Gotta get in my daily swipe at Wallner - seems to be producing results 😉. Chuckled last night when Matt did a nice job of taking a pitch down & away to left center …….. and Morneau said he’s already hit more balls left of 2B this year than he did all of last year! With two more Tuesday, he’s maintaining his league leading stranglehold in the strikeout race.
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    The broadcast said they were hitting .250, at one point last night, with bases loaded. That’s better than their Team average of .211 ………. loading bases isn’t a free pass to runs. In the Twin’s case, if they load the bases they have already used up “the hits for that inning”. Just hope they keep creating the opportunities! The BAD NEWS is Framber Valdez and his .75 ERA is going for Tigers tonight………hopefully, the weather will rattle him!
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    DJL44 - reply here. I couldn’t get your post to come up for some reason?? Lowe would have been my preferred signing - I live in Cincinnati & had no idea the discount was SO low for him! ……. ($1.75M - wow!) point made there! Andujar wasn’t good enough to play defense at all for the Reds after his deadline acquisition last year and they didn’t pursue him after he hit .380 here (nearly all of AB’s v. Lefties)………..his contract is $4M with $2M in incentives with an option for 2nd year in San Diego…….. not sure where the $1.5M comes from? Rhys Hoskins was of interest but his health has really sucked for a big chunk of last 3 years……. he or anyone is worth a shot at $1.5M! In a hindsight world, Lowe & Hoskins for a combined $3.25M would have been a coup, instead of signing Bell! Not sure the 2nd guy would sign after the first guy signed on - maybe? Certainly could have gotten them both for Bell’s $7M! Those two instead of Clemens & Bell would have been much better defense and a high floor offensively. Looks like there were a couple options under $2M.
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    Agreed on the “Ace” comment. His defense (behind him) is no worse than it was last year so that argument, defending his results, is a bit empty. He’s walking more guys than he typically has and that builds “pitch count” & creates more stress for him and run opportunities for opponents.
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    WHO? ……… Trevor Larnach makes $4.5M ……. what viable 1B makes less than $2M? SEVERAL?
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    They signed a Catcher & a 1B/DH. The TEAM is spending $105M in ‘26. …….. $10M to Houston for Correa ………$22M or so for Lopez. That leaves $73M spent on guys in the field for this season……… ZOLL did not create this plan! Not sure what GM wins with those $$ circumstances?
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    So, I get Matt has collected a single AND a double in last couple games along with his Team leading 3rd HR…. that’s great! Hoping he continues to make real strides forward in the coming weeks!! His 47.7% strikeout rate is intolerable though. His 21K’s in 44 PA’s are MOST in MLB. Roden can pinch hit, start in LF as an option v. RH pitching with Larnach at DH & Bell or Clemens at 1B. Late game defense. Wallner is going to need a day off occasionally. I saw a few weeks ago Roden had played just a bit of 1B………… seems he would be a direct replacement for Clemens once another OF is ready ……….. Rodriguez or Gonzalez? Outman - Lee - Clemens ALL have to be on very short time. Martin would have to assume the role of back-up CF until another guy from AAA is touched (i.e. Rodriguez).
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    I don’t expect Abel or whoever takes his spot to continue with a double digit ERA for the next 6 months - Team can’t collectively hit .202 for the next 6 months. Seems to me that if guys just HIT to somewhere close to expectations they can still win 80+……..seems NUTS, but Outman will be exchanged soon (somehow worse than D. Kiersey at the plate) Jeffers - Buxton - Keaschall will all start getting better results…………Lewis may hit .230 but he can be effective in spots. Lee too, will be exchanged if his bat doesn’t come around as there are better defensive options in Minors that can hit .210. Youth will displace Clemens at some point………his “defense at 1B” is what’s keeping him viable - that’s nuts! To me, Jackson as Catcher depth, allowing Caratini to play 1B more is potentially better than Clemens. Caratini seems real & Larnach will hit .265 with 15+ HR’s if he gets 450 AB’s …….. Bell & Gray look OK in a 10 game window. Next two nights against Skubal & Valdez may not bring much of an uplifting feeling though.
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    Martin has started in LF a bunch because of the unusual amount of left handers faced through 9 games ……… Larnach started in LF at least 2-3 of the 7 games he’s played. He’s got an average arm and below average speed but he’s not a clown in LF. He’s struck out once in 16 PA’s and is one of two guys hitting above .250. Not really sure why so many here see a problem with him being on the roster? Martin is hitting .235 with a .235 Slug% …….. I get it’s early but these stats aren’t uncommon for Martin …… doesn’t seem to be the missing piece. Outman should get another start or two, maybe through this week, and if he isn’t doing a whole bunch more he should open a spot for one call-up. ………. can’t help to think Lee has another week’s worth of games to show positive change ………. Wallner, maybe two weeks? If they don’t look sharp v. Tigers I think Friday morning is a good time to start implementing change!
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    When 7 guys are not hitting .200 and 2-3 may not have the capability to get above that level, a .762 OPS is an effective player. Larnach doesn’t have to be the best hitter in the line-up (your .850 OPS level) to help the club or be worthy of a roster spot.
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    He’s pitched 8 innings. Doesn’t seem logical to compare him to guys with high ERA’s all either over 100 innings………….. I would assume Ryan’s current ERA doesn’t stack up very well with others from last season either? …….. not bottom 3 but probably bottom 40%.
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    Your facts are correct & it’s not ALL his fault BUT he’s hitting .194 this year & last year he hit .202……….regardless of who or how many guys are on base. That is not a MLB level player. His two successful seasons (‘23 & ‘24) he spent big chunks of time at AAA working on himself - I know he is theoretically past that stage - practically, I don’t think that he is. I wish him the best but have little to no confidence he can get on track at the MLB level, without a trip to St Paul
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    I look at many comments daily here as many do………. not bitching, just pointing out what I see as obvious, the comments often discuss defense and bullpen & I get it, everything matters to get wins …….. through 9 games both Abel & Ober appear to be on the edge of not being able to be used in the rotation, without significant turnarounds. The OFFENSE is hapless……. that is the ROOT problem. Having picked up a FA reliever of note, for $10M or whatever, does this Club very little good because they cannot score, because as a group, they cannot hit!
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