Hawkeye Bean Counter

4 more days likely isn't going to be the difference maker. Culpepper likely needed a few more games continuing to knock the rust off Harmon. That callup appears to have been rushed. Overall I am impressed they are willing to call up both Culpepper and Jenkins. Being worried about 4 days seems to be rather fruitless in the big picture. This team success will be on the shoulders of the 26 in the clubhouse. Jenkins will not likely drastically change the direction 1 way or another. If Buxton is coming back and is healthy that is likely the bigger addition to this offense.

Everyone agrees Lackey is one of our top 3 prospects and has immense value. We don't get him without trading Duran, Varland ect. Jax for Bradley - A+ How this can be coded as anything less is bizarre. It appears we have a #1 pitcher for 3+ more years that we gave up a disgruntled reliever with 1+ year of control. Mendez for Bader - A Bader was a rental and we flipped him for a legit MLB bat. Yes there is some defensive questions but you took a minimal asset and currently have a real asset in the minors on the doorstep of the MLB. There is also upside if he can continue to hit more fly balls. Duran for Tait and Abel - A - I will likely be higher on this trade than most and most of the value is coming from Abel. He was showing some real flashes of potentially being a dominant pitcher. The stuff is legit and he has more value than most expected from him. Yes he was injured but for a young pitcher that is par for the course. As to Tait - I am actually trending more optimistic. Tait for June and July has the following slash line .248/.280/.500 12 Home Runs. For a 19 year old catcher that is really really impressive. The power has shown up which is his biggest tool. He needs to become a little more selective decreasing his strikeouts and increasing his Walks but for a player that was really far away with a high variance of probabilities those variances are decreasing significantly. Varland - Rojas and Roden B - Varland has become a stud for Toronto and I am happy for him. However Rojas arm talent for moving forward is likely #3 in the Twins system behind Bradley and Abel and slightly ahead of Priellip. The question is walks. I do think he is more of a starter pitcher as it can take him an inning to develop control which actually is better for the upside of this trade. If Rojas is a starter we likely win this trade. Roden at this point is a 4th outfielder. He has shown he doesn't shy from the biggest moments. His OPS is low but his winning single was 2 feet from being a homerun which would have increased to about .600. In either case his value and ceiling has decreased slightly. Varland in my opinion is the key reason why we got Lackey. Plus as we have seen you can find bullpen arms. Castro for Gallagher and Armstrong A - Gallagher was a pop up arm that is likely one of the next arms in our depth for the MLB level. He has really settled down in AAA. Its not eye popping stuff but it is extremely effective. Again we are getting a likely MLB player for a 2 month rental. The rest of the trades were fluff. Bit pieces for bit pieces and dumping Correa's contract. Overall Trade Deadline grade A+ - I have come from the opinion that Baldelli had lost the clubhouse and this team needed a reset. If cleaning the clubhouse out of some of those personalities and setting up for the next wave was the way they saw out - I am ok with it. As to the players we have received I don't know how anyone can not be impressed. Bradley alone was worth it. We have a #1 pitcher likely for the next 3 years. Abel looks like a legit starter. Rojas has flashed. Gallagher and Mendez both look like legit MLB players and Tait the youngest and further away still has immense potential for the catcher position. The biggest win was getting Lackey. We potentially have a HOF player that was achieved by tanking. We got rid of an entire bullpen other than Sands. The other point is that we have rebuilt a bullpen in less than a year that overall is pretty solid. Now we did give up a decent arm in Dasan Hill but otherwise its primarily been bit pieces. Gomez and Morris have been real finds. I always anticipated we would need to spend money signing free agents and trading for players. That we ended up achieving this with effectively spending zero dollars in free agency and 1 decent prospect is pretty impressive. The next window is going to be largely open due to this trade deadline and doing a lot of heavy lifting on the pitching side.

2026 Neto OPS + 105 Clemens OPS + 108

Neto stats this year are a mere image of Clemens. With stats the most recent stats are meaningful than from several years ago. It that case we never give Clemens a chance because he could never improve. Thats your issue Clemens is improving and Neto is declining. Maybe it’s a 1 off. If that merits your ignore list you have some thin skin. My favorite players Puckett, Santana, Arraez, Herbek, Knoblauch and Dozier

He had a 50 grade in fielding the definition of average. There are statistics showing wide variance in his ability on defense. Considering I talk to an actual fan of the Angels who thinks he is overrated I don’t see where I’m exactly wrong. Don’t you agree his stats are pretty similar to Clemens? He also has a high SO rate that is increasing. Those are facts. Nothing is ludicrous. If you are dismissing Gagne a 28 WAR player I could say the same about you.

Replacing Jenkins with your 13th roster spot and minimal opportunities doesn’t sound ideal. Bringing up the rookies doesn’t mean improved performance. Culpepper has shown the jump is tough.

1 game a year is a lot easier to fill.

I know. I’ll keep quiet.

I made a promise.

Remind me again why jack Anderson is in the minors.

That’s a rough day for Culpepper. The jump from AAA to MLB is real

Alright Culpepper. Nice opportunity here.

Am I Martin or Lewis?

Alex Jackson as a pinch runner up 6 is kind of funny.

Jeffers with a good night. Need to keep those stats up to turn down a QO.

Martin says

I’ll walk away

Defense has never been his question mark.

Should’ve left Kremer in LOL.

That was a rebuttal to saying he should be pitched hit for. Kreidler is likely our best defensive player. Which all leads back to your 1st point where you didn’t think he could get on base.

The same one for the last 4 years just needed to knock off the rust. Don’t worry he’ll have a blowup soon enough.

Continuing to go after him after he got on base and scored reminds me of a saying my kids say. You get what you get and you don’t throw a fit. The Twins decided to stick with him. He got on base and scored a run. Enjoy it.m

Then it probably wasn’t smart then to respond to my post after he got the hit.

You said they should pinch hit. He got on base . . . Are you cheering for the Twins or against players you don’t want to succeed?