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  1. JD-TWINS
    Sounds like Topa and Stewart are both at least throwing a bit again. Getting one or both of these guys back by August 1 would be a real boost! Who gets removed from 26-man (what pitcher) in the next few days to make room for the spot starter???? …..Could Thielbar get DFA’d? ……he certainly isn’t high on the usage list lately
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    Completely agree - very unfortunate for Canterino - but bringing him up as having any kind of future at all, let alone August (??), it seems we are discussing a fictional character. I don’t think he’s put together a month w/o injury or at least that’s how it feels. Am certainly not expecting him to contribute at all this year.
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    Who threw the ball off line to first allowing 3rd run to score last week? (Lewis) …..should have been 3rd out in inning. Who got thrown out at 3B when tagging up at 2B in the 10th inning? (Lewis) Who walked #9 hitter with 2 outs last night? (Alcala) Off top of my head, these 3 of last 4 one run losses that have zero to do with the Manager.
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    Don’t get the criticism for bringing in Alcala? That situation is him doing his job. Bullpen was completely rested going into the game. He walked a guy (#9 hitter) after getting first 2 outs……gave up an ugly run…….not the Manager’s fault. Jeffers has been played less (no DH role) for 3-4 weeks because he was in an absolute free fall. He hit the ball great last night and has shown signs of coming around lately……no reason to re-write how poorly he hit for a month. I think last night was his first, maybe 2nd HR of June? Glad to see Buxton & Jeffers pick up the back end of the line-up!
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    How is the guy leading the Game in hits not able to hit? Julien - Wallner - Kirilloff are the guys that can’t hit.
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    I forgot you are a retired GM
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    We have found out that Lee has a long term back issue and Julien forgot how to conduct himself in the batter’s box………Castro can play LF 70% of the time if he needs a spot w/o disrupting anything. Gonzales is a prospect that may help the Team in 2028…..moving a prospect arm (AA or A) and/or a guy that has experience in the Show to get an offensive threat seems like a logical move. Boushley - Winder - Headrick are all options, that as individuals, don’t sting the organization at all with their absence. How excited would Correa - Miranda - Buxton - Kepler be knowing Arraez was along side them down the stretch? He’s got 104 hits (most AB’s too) …..it’s like adding Volpe of Yankees into the line-up (not the speed nor defense) - Arraez hits 50 points higher ….. his OBP is 20 points higher …..OPS+ is 4 points higher. There’s no terrible downside.
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    DH him - play him at 1B - where’s Eddie this year…..doubtful he’s pushing for a Gold Glove.
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    Seriously? Julien, our starting 2B got sent down while hitting .205 and not hitting a HR for as long as Arraez……right now our Utility guy is stuck at one spot because other options are risky or meager…..could use him in LF and to be able to float as needed. Arraez v. Julien is pretty much a wash on defense at 2B…..he could play 1B as well v. RH pitching to get Santana off the field as needed when hitting from left side. His OBP is .350 and his OPS+ is 112. He can lead off, bat second, or even hit in 5 hole and drive somebody in about 50% of his opportunities.
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    What if the organization flipped the emphasis away from pitching?…….“let’s trade for offense” & make the best of what we have for pitching? Lee to 3B……Miranda at 3B v. LH pitching Lewis to DH ……floats on defense a bit….a little SS - maybe some 3B - maybe get some work at 1B? Castro to the OF to spell Buxton - Kepler - and play fairly regularly in LF The TRADE is for Luis Arraez to play 2B every day. Tatis just went to the IL & Darvish has a sore elbow……..they don’t love “prospects” but a young arm from AA guy and maybe a Winder/Headrick type could get their interest……..maybe a AA pitcher and Julien and Gonzales? He’s probably $13M next year…..his OBP and ability to create traffic up front in the line-up would be huge! Arraez -2B….Castro -LF….Lewis -DH….Kepler -RF….Correa -SS….Lee -3B….Buxton -CF ….Santana -1B….Jeffers -C That is a long line-up for post trade deadline!!!! Miranda - Vazquez - Farmer - Larnach is short-term bench…….Martin or Wallner may scoop Farmer’s spot in August? I mentioned in an earlier post, TWINS are #2 in A.L. since April 21 in Runs Scored behind Yankees. With Arraez Twins rival anyone in baseball with their line-up.
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    Not personal, but I don’t get why ANYONE thinks Texas, who has been paying for & waiting for Sherzer all year, would entertain trading him. They are the defending Champions and they potentially have Tyler Mahle & Jacob deGrom coming in another 4-6 weeks. All they need is pitching with that line-up. Just now coming up to the half way point of the schedule. I just can’t imagine them moving Sherzer.
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    Cannot imagine Wallner up before Lee……the 40-man spot is a key detail. Castro out to the grass & Lee getting reps at 2B works for me. Festa would need a 40-man spot as well. Maybe Thielbar is a surprise DFA in a couple days?? Stewart to 60 day IL would get Festa a spot in short-term…..,somebody earlier said Stewart would be available again around August 12. Not a bad move. However they backfill the roster, should be a good 20 days plus off for Paddack!!
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    SWR is good, IMO - just don’t know if he’ll hold up. With the recent IL decision on Paddack, we probably will get a feel for Festa and a bit more of Varland prior to A-star Break. Should be a window into how desperate they might be.
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    Pivetta pitches for the Red Sox - they are currently a game behind the Twins and are in line for the Playoffs - not happening. Fedde would cost a fair amount because of control in ‘25 and I doubt the Twins want to give the Sox a head-start on a re-build …..,.same situation with Detroit and Flaherty. she is only on a one year deal so they are a possibility - I think some Team in the market will give more than Twins would. I’m still in love with Montgomery from off-season. Could be easier dealing with AZ as they are in the N.L. and they might want to save the $$$ - a third of his $25M????
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    I get wanting to “get better”…..regardless of opponent recently the Team’s won somewhere around 11 of last 15 with 3 straight one run losses mixed in there. Hardly problematic. TWINS have scored 2nd most runs in A.L. since April 21st, trailing only the Yankees. Lewis just started playing 15 games ago. We’re OK. This is people’s reality - it’s not entertainment to them. Saying that you would “prefer to roll the dice” with a couple guys that are talented has some emotional merit - it makes zero sense for organization to get rid of a guy whose OPS is .830 over last 30 games - League average OPS is .706 as of yesterday on MLB network. Kirilloff is hurt….. he was hitting .202. Wallner is still striking out at a 33% rate. Rolling the dice with them just doesn’t add up to me. To me, when guys improve you continue to play them…….you don’t search for a trade partner. They were brought in at a sunk cost to do exactly what they’ve been doing for past 5 plus weeks……I do not see them going anywhere other than being DFA’d after July 31 due to lack of performance. There’s no getting ahead of the curve with these guys to get some future value in a trade.
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    I think Paddack starts this week…. and regardless of that success I then hope for a start from Festa on the 3rd (Detroit) & then a start from Varland on the 8th (White Sox), all while Paddack is on the 15 day IL for some arm issue. He’d get 15 days off and then another 4-5 after the break before he’d start again, at a minimum. Varland stays stretched out through August as SWR & Paddack are both pretty high risk at this point. After August 1, Festa and company are the back-up starters from AAA corp. …….,I eluded to a Jordan Montgomery trade in another post - that would be like hearing the Calvary coming!!! Varland & Stewart for last 6-7 weeks in the Pen would be nice……..Paddack in October as well. Lee is the call-up guy at some point in July. Who gets moved is the Q? I still think Martin would get optioned and Castro would go out on the grass……at least until after the deadline.
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    First, if they pitch nearly up to speed - neither of these clubs is incapable of catching the Mariners - not selling arms, either team! Relying on either of these plus 40 guys in “must perform” situations is good & BAD. Their talent and experience are huge but their propensity to breakdown is way too much in play!! The “move” is for the Twins to take out the D-Backs the next few days, softening their record & them on a potential trade of Montgomery at the Deadline or sooner. Their recent history (last year) getting to the Series with a blah record in regular season makes this a stretch but it could be a nice fit for player & Twins! …….will D-Backs consider selling????
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    I get your point, however, Julien sucked from April 28 on and he got another 6-7 weeks & rightfully so. Kirilloff sucked from April 24 (making up a date) on and he got 8 weeks & rightfully so. Wallner, IMO, wasn’t sent down to not come back by Mid-May, he was poor in St Paul (still K’s at too high a rate) and had a terrible Spring. I thought he may go down for 3-4 weeks to be able to get it together - am assuming that was the hope of the FO as well. HE needs to get better!!!! HE does.
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    There’s nobody (me) saying Manny Margot is “crucial”! Wallner, if he were regarded as a 126 OPS+ guy, would be on the club last week - next week. It comes down to probabilities and history. Wallner’s is volatile. Margot has hit .254 - .274 - .264 the past 3 MLB seasons and he’s trending back to those numbers over the last 30 plus games….81 OPS+ was 40…….830 OPS over last 30 games. That’s what he was signed for and it’s happening. ……He’s not Teoscar Hernandez and that’s why he makes 25% as much money. If Wallner gets his K% to 30% or a bit below …..should be doable and is more than a reasonable goal…..he should get a shot…….until then, I think the organization is going to press him for better results. My preseason hope/expectation for Wallner was .235 BA with a .335 OBP and near 30 HR playing 75% of the time……I could care less about Margot’s career but Team has to win games - not “develop” guys for future seasons while in a playoff race. I hope Wallner is the starting LF in the playoffs but he needs to prove he deserves it over a stretch of time…….2022 & 2023 were great but he was young and not facing guys in the Show until last 2-3 months.
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    In fairness, if Wallner were 29 he might have been released due to little value in the market. Seasons are long and things change - often. Whether a guy is an experienced playoff veteran or is in his 2nd year matters to people managing organizations. Wallner is still striking out at an alarming level, granted, while hitting HR’s. Margot - Farmer - Castro - Santana……all have been very productive over the last 30 plus games. Trading a vet at the deadline has to fill a real need for a team to bring value - it’s still a rental for two months. It’s a fringe player being acquired so, no, there isn’t a great value in trading one of these pieces. It doesn’t mean the player shouldn’t be kept to thrive as the role player he was signed to be.
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    Buxton - not very flashy so far this year, a nice game or two here or there. Hitting at League Average OPS to date (a low # in ‘24) and with around 40plus XBH pace, along with his defense he can be a 3plus WAR guy. Getting that done while hitting in the #7 hole the majority of the time is very nice value & lengthens the line-up. He’s on pace for 120 games which would be a nice total after years of very limited availability. Let’s hope he gets HOT 2-3 times and brings above average value in the 2nd half!
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    Why would a team move pieces that are performing at or above the level of expectation?……..only to bring up players you also “hope” to be able to do the job. They signed these guys to hit LH pitching and to bring a veteran presence……speaking of Farmer-Margot-Santana. I do not get the, let’s hope they keep hitting and elevate their stats so they can be traded for scraps, thinking?? Wallner - Kiersey - Kirilloff - Julien do zero for the team v. LH pitching if they are released from their log jam. They need to hit RH pitching before they go anywhere further from St Paul. Lee at 2B at some point makes sense to me with Castro strengthening LF……I get that……it seems to me he takes Martin’s spot in the short-term and maybe a veteran’s if they fail by late July?
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    He’s the emergency guy, came up as Catcher with Dodgers - I live in Cincinnati so am pretty familiar with him - good guy - needs a HOT streak!
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    Regarding Paddack & rest: Does he have any options? Do not think so. He could get a breather from this week’s start until after the All-star Break. He could go on IL with arm fatigue or some associated ill & Festa could throw at home against the Tigers on the 3rd and Varland could throw the 8th in Chicago………one option. Many ways to get him a break. Assuming a skipped start for SWR wouldn’t hurt either to get him closer to 10 days off through the Break.
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    Can’t imagine he’d get any other opportunities other than a possible minor league deal…..he’d be risking $900K - $1M. I really don’t want to see him in the roster again.
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