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  1. P Meyer
    One of the unintended benefits could be the lower payroll commitment helping speed up the sale process.
  2. P Meyer
    The return would be minimal depending on how much of the contract they would have to pay.
  3. P Meyer
    As long as the value is appropriate, I don't see why any of those players would be untouchable. I just don't think any team is going to give up what it would take to get Ryan. The price will deservedly be too high. The saddest part is I think you could make the argument the Twins would be best served trading all of them accept Ryan just to get off Correa's contract. Then use that money to extend Ryan.
  4. P Meyer
    I should have stated young players instead of young team...I do appreciate the response.
  5. P Meyer
    Also, let's not sleep on another failed clutch moment from Correa. Thankfully Brooks Lee who some thought should be sent down was able to pick him up.
  6. P Meyer
    I think any assertion that these players don't want to be successful is wrong. The problem with a young team is that they are having to figure it out on the fly, and if they don't have the right support system around them, they can flounder and lose confidence very quickly.
  7. P Meyer
    Your best hope here is probably the Yankees. Volpe is upgradable and does not carry a large middle of the lineup role. They also are, historically, willing to take on salary when desperate. Bader, Jax(or maybe Duren), and Correa might be enough to salary dump Correa but I don't believe you are getting anything meaningful back. Also, I think, Correa would have to agree to waive a no-trade clause.
  8. P Meyer
    I'm not the most savvy in terms of value of prospects to big leaguers. Would Duren to the Mariners for Ford and Locklear be decent value deal? Both are close to the big league and at positions of limited prospect depth for the Twins.
  9. P Meyer
    The argument is that the Twins seem to get less from their developmental program than expectation. So either all of these picks were bad or the developmental process is flawed somewhere. The question ultimately is what drafted hitters have the Twins developed into major league contributors since Falvey took over? The answer seems to be Ryan Jeffers. I am open to others correcting me if I am wrong. For players like Keaschall and Jenkins it is obviously early, but for other like Brooks Lee and Larnach and Wallner, there has bene plenty of time. And while yes, not every prospect hits, I am not including the vast majority of players who haven't even developed this far.
  10. P Meyer
    If they are young studs they shouldn't have any issues out-performing average to below average MLB players.
  11. P Meyer
    In regards to Wallner, Larnach, and the future young players, I guess I just want to see them compete for spots instead of getting handed spots. Maybe Larnach and Wallner occupy the same space but those two fighting for that spot is what is going to produce the best talent for the Twins. Also, these are guys who can potentially help coach up the younger players since our big league coaches don't seem interested in filling that role.
  12. P Meyer
    1 - I don't think Larnach has a lot of trade value. 2 - He is under team control for the next two seasons. 3 - He isn't a bad player. If I have to operate under the anchor of Correa's contract, I am not getting rid of this type of player until I have to. Especially when you look at our young player's track record of transitioning to the majors.
  13. P Meyer
    Ownership, IMO, is responsible for the payroll shift backwards which has made the Correa contract an anchor. I don't know that they are doing much else. FO...in terms of acquiring players within that financial framework has done ok. I feel like they have done well in signing low cost players and getting some value out of them. In terms of drafting players, not so much. Either the FO is good at drafting and the system is terrible at developing OR they suck at drafting and the system is developing what they can OR it (likely) is a combination of both. Coaching...I get coaches can only coach what they have but IMO, this team does nothing well on the field and that is on the coaching. I choose to believe that every coach can coach fundamentals, and they control who they play based on that. They don't seem to be coaching/teaching, just managing. If you want to say the system isn't preparing them, then that should be getting addressed. It doesn't seem to be.
  14. P Meyer
    It definitely limits what they can do financially.
  15. P Meyer
    I have a couple issues and people can point to whomever, but here they are. 1 - The team doesn't do anything well. They don't hit well. They don't field well. They are not, as a group, consistent. IMO, you have to have some type of core that you can fall back on when times are tough. I don't see that with the Twins. 2-They do not develop prospects OR they don't identify and draft good prospects. I don't know which it is but it is one of the two or maybe both. The Twins have gotten very little MLB production from their farm system and that is an issue for a team with a hard budget.
  16. P Meyer
    A competent organization would try to figure out why Lewis, Lee, Larnach, and Wallner are ALL struggling to adapt to the show and fix it. Not all of these guys are going to stick but at least one of them should.
  17. P Meyer
    Just in speaking for my own opinion. I don't need to bottom out and I don't want to tank. I want to balance both a decent MLB culture while also selling high from positions of strength to add more pieces overall. If I trade Duren this year and keep Jax, I can move Jax into a closing role, and then shift other bullpen pieces up incrementally. I don't want to take a guy from middle relief and tell him he is the closer now. If next year the Twins are similarly struggling, the you can trade Jax and shift players again. It's a similar reason the Twins don't HAVE to trade Ryan. If they get a requisite return for him, you make the trade. If you can't because that return is too high for teams right now, keep him.
  18. P Meyer
    Lots of barriers in trading Correa from my limited knowledge. The benefit would be huge and an almost perfect storm of circumstances would be needed.
  19. P Meyer
    This is where I fall. If you are dealing one of Jax and Duran, deal the one you can get the most for. Probably should not trade both. Ryan only goes if you get equitable value which no team may be willing to offer because it would be so high. I see no reason to hold onto rentals.
  20. P Meyer
    This is becoming tougher to argue against. The biggest debate is where the failings are occurring.
  21. P Meyer
    While I feel this is an extreme statement...have the Twins successfully developed a drafted player into a quality starting position player since Buxton? I also have my concerns about the Twins development of these players because they seem (maybe not backed up by fact) that they get less contributions and growth from their players once they get to the majors than other franchises.
  22. P Meyer
    Basically, if you want to be able to pay to keep the Joe Ryan's, you can't be paying 7.5 mil for Chris Paddack, 10 mil for Christian Vasquez, 6.4 mil for Willi Castro, and 6.25 mil for Harrison Bader. Those are holes that you need to fill with your farm system. (and those higher dollar players HAVE to produce because your depth is limited).
  23. P Meyer
    What becomes tough is the limitations payroll put on a franchise. You wouldn't generally trade Duran, Jax and Ryan if you knew you could financially keep them. The problem is the Twins almost certainly won't be able to keep these three so moving them while their value is at it's peak becomes the most prudent move. The Twins just need to keep churning their current young players and moving competition up through the minors until the cream of the crop makes itself clear. If Royce Lewis, Brooks Lee, Luke Keaschall, Kaelen Culpepper, and Carlos Correa are all producing at the MLB level, that's a great and new problem to have. What is more likely is that you are just able to keep giving the guys on the roster chances, and then you will need to spend on the guys like Ty France and Kody Clemens less often. It's one reason I would use this offseason to get Royce reps at 1B. Seems like it might be easier on his body, and it looks like less people are close to fighting for that spot.
  24. P Meyer
    I think the biggest reason we won't see Ryan dealt is because it would take a haul to get him based on his controllable years and performance. It doesn't seem common for a team to give up a ton of good assets to get a premier player at the deadline.
  25. P Meyer
    The argument is that as long as the Twins are carrying Correa's contract, they aren't competing in 26 or 27 with or without Ryan. And Correa's contract would prohibit the Twins from re-signing him. So, you sell high and be mediocre in 26 and 27 OR you keep him and be mediocre in 26 and 27. With selling high, at least you have something once he is gone. I agree that the best way to compete is to trade Correa, but no team would give you anything for him. It would just be a salary dump if he decided to waive his no trade (which I am pretty sure he has).
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