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  1. NYCTK
    I don't think that's accurate. He can request it, and make that well known as a part of the waiving of the clause, but he can't get that contract extension before he gets traded. And no team is forced to renegotiate an existing 3 year contract.
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    All it does is remind you that computer projections are flawed and only a conversation starter. No computer should ever make a decision, for no computer can ever understand reality, much less know the future. BTW it's a good thing that our entire economy is based on AI now. What could go wrong?!
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    Well, you made a declarative statement that is wrong, and I'm pointing out why it's wrong. That's all that's going here. No one would trade McLean for Ryan, ergo Ryan is not "way more valuable" than McLean.
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    It's a bit weird though. I feel like I wouldn't want my team to trade for Buxton outside of the trade deadline. He's just such a constant massive health question that no one can ever believe he's ready to play. As talented as he is, he's not helped the Twins win that much in his tenure because he's impossible to rely on. Through no fault of his own. As a Mets fan I don't think I'd trade Benge for Buxton straight up.
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    He's not though. Literally no one would trade McLean for Ryan.
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    Again, no offense. But you seem like someone completely out of touch with the real economy. You sound like you took Reagan era business classes and haven't looked at any data since. Sure. The average age of a first home buyer is 40...and that's terrible! And that's only the people actually buying. It should be about a decade earlier than that. 80% of home buyers are repeat buyers, be that upgrading assets or commodifying homes, leeches on society buying up homes to flip them for profit, exploiting their community. No one is buying homes because the middle class has been murdered by capitalism thanks, in part, to the destruction of labor unions. And it's just a fact that IF the Tigers don't pay Skubal it's because the Tigers billionaire owner has decided he doesn't care to pay him. Nothing else. I don't care, and you shouldn't care, if the Tigers billionaire loses 2% of his net worth. His life wouldn't change at all. Let's stop pretending he's not a selfish, worthless leech on society. Much more so than any average person on food stamps or unemployment. Anyone calling for a salary cap should forfeit their salary to their employer out of solidarity. I truly can't understand the mentality of anyone siding with billionaires over normal dudes. Just because your baseball team sucks and you misguidedly think reducing wages will help them win a few games? Come on.
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    Anyone that is anti-union is anti-labor. We've seen the degradation of the middle class with the elimination of unions. The average age of a home buyer is now 59 years old because business owners are incentivized to exploit their employees and now they aren't paid a livable wage. If you can't pay a livable wage as an employer, your business sucks and it shouldn't exist. If your employee, after 5 years of full-time employment, can't purchase a house, you are exploiting that employee. The fault in this exodus of jobs is not on the unions. It's squarely on the greedy executives and the politicians that incentivized this sort of activity, a rare occurrence where both sides are at fault, if not in equal measures. Blaming the people asking for better working conditions is beyond ridiculous. Just because their job is more lucrative, doesn't mean their union is any less worth fighting for. Anyone asking for a salary cap is Anti-Worker. Period.
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    They're probably about on par with Jett having a slight advantage. Jett seems to have better athleticism/flexibility which may mean he could still improve or degrade slower? He's played mostly SS to good, not great, reviews, similar to Culpepper himself. The only reason he's not been viewed by the Mets as a SS prospect is because of Lindor. My best guess is they're both -5 to 0 run defensive shortstops. Whereas Lee seems like a -10 (or worse) run guy...woof. I do think Jett would be a great addition to the Twins (or any team). He could play any up the middle position competently, if not well, and, like you said, become a big fan favorite. Short king with wheels named Jett? That's gold for the marketing department. He's someone that would fit in perfectly on the Brewers. But, with Stearns having led that front office and essentially set that organizational philosophy we could see him refusing to trade him away (which would be foolish for the Mets). I know you mentioned you wouldn't be satisfied with him as the primary return for Ryan, and I can understand that, and because I've been watching him since he was in Brooklyn, I am clearly biased towards him. But I wouldn't hate it! Maybe him and Zach Thornton (who I just now learned is from Minnesota) for Buxton? That might be a more fair trade?
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    Exactly. There's no one that would trade McLean (55 FV) for Ryan. Benge (#21 MLB) miiiiight be available but I highly doubt it. Very insulting to my boy Jett :-( Jett is a step ahead of Culpepper. But, yeah, not exactly someone you look to build a franchise around. I am very excited to see him in the majors, but I do think he's traded somewhere this offseason so it likely won't be with the Mets.
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    No offense, but this sounds like the same BS that rich people use to explain why we can't raise their taxes or wages. There's no evidence that a salary cap would help the Twins compete. There's no evidence that a salary cap helps increase parity at all. There's theory, but then we look at the NFL and see that the theory is only theory. If owners in lesser markets want to increase parity it's all about revenue sharing and nothing to do with decreasing earning power of players.
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    You are right, there are few 50+ FV prospects. Only 23 by Fangraphs ratings, not even including Walker Jenkins who FG has downgraded to a 50 FV prospect. This tells you just how exclusive (and valuable) those prospects are, and Joe Ryan likely just isn't good enough to get one in return, one for one. Would have to be a very aggressive GM like San Diego (who don't currently have a 50+ FV) or Philadelphia. Maybe the Dodgers. But, for example, the Mets have one such prospect and I can say, definitively, that there is no chance the GM would make that trade.
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    For this to be true, you would have to argue that the 51-56 Twins were a team filled with hope, on the field and in the hearts of fans. That team was awful, and had no hope regardless in how hard you squinted. The only "hope" they had was their existence in the worst division in baseball and the "hope" that the other four teams might suck just a little bit more than the Twins.
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    Maybe! It's way too early. But he's going to be a 23 year old in AA/AAA with great results in A+ and AA. As for Roden, I still think he's got a decent chance at a respectable 5 WAR career, like a Lew Ford type. I obviously wish he would have shown something in his 100 at bats, but it's 100 at bats and the AAA results show some translatable skills. I'm still higher on Roden than I am Martin, but that's not saying a lot. As a starter, yes. But Jax was better in 2024 than Varland ever will be. I don't know why so many refused to recognize how good Jax was as a reliever or overrate the effectiveness of Varland. But, we also know people here hated Duran anytime he showed a single sign of mortality, so it's just the nature of being a passionate fan. But this is also why I'm so confused about the outrage over Varland, a good but not great reliever being traded for prospects. He's on the same level as a Phil Maton, someone that just signed a decent contract, but that contract was 2 years for $15 Million. There are a dozen Varlands available every offseason, and another dozen at the trade deadline.
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    It's ironic since I'm one that heavily advocated for Jax to get another attempt in the rotation, but I just don't think Varland is good enough to be a SP. He's inferior to Jax in every way, both as a prospect and a reliever. And Jax actually took big steps forward after going to Driveline. Varland hasn't really improved, just able to better utilize his skills in short stints. I agree, a reliever you can reliably beat up on is valuable. But I'd rather have the potential SP ace, especially in the middle of a rebuild, fully aware that prospect might fizzle out completely and offer negative value.
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    Yet again this site refuses to give my boy Harrison Bader proper credit. SMDH I must not understand what you're saying. The upside of Louis Varland is essentially what Varland was last year, just in higher leverage. So, I'm guessing you mean that Rojas's upside is Joe Ryan? I think the low end he's still a potential full on bust. But I still think that's a pretty fair trade for a 3rd tier reliever. In two years we might look back with annoyance, but trading away a reliever, ie a failed starter, is never really going to kill a team down the road.
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    I really can't pretend to care to implement more socialist safety nets for the blood sucking billionaires until we have socialized healthcare at a bare minimum. I am and will always be pro union so I want to see MLBPA get whatever they want.
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    If this is the end of his Twins career, he went out on top...if you are looking at a list of worst hitters in franchise history. DaShawn is the only non-pitcher with over 100 PAs and a sub 0 wRC+. But he still made the show and can be proud of that for the rest of his life.
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    Even if you know what position you're drafting it'd be absolutely malpractice to make moves this offseason before your desired target is even in the organization, much less ready for the major leagues.
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    Nah, I can't imagine the Twins letting the draft change their decision making this offseason. That'd be incredibly poor management. And, as we know, a player drafted as a SS may soon be a CF or a 3B, so letting a position of a drafted player affect your decision making at the major league level is especially poor.
  21. NYCTK
    Mets will be all in on Skubal. They will be very interested in Ryan, but nowhere near all in. Jett Williams and Brandon Sproat, maybe Ryan Clifford or Mark Vientos for offensive punch, but these talks will happen after Skubal is either extended or traded (or Tigers announce nothing is happening).
  22. NYCTK
    Gotta wait for the dust to settle with Skubal before anything happens with either of Lopez or Ryan. Teams aren't going to offer up 3 top 5 prospects to the Twins if those assets could be used to secure a legitimate ace.
  23. NYCTK
    Why would I care to see Torii Hunter in the Hall of Fame? The Twins already have a CF in the HOF that most other fans suggest wasn't really worthy in Kirby Puckett. Do Twins fans really want two? And however you feel about Kirby Puckett's Hall of Fame credentials - myself thinking he needs a lot of extra credit for his playoff heroics in order to justify his inclusion - Hunter's own resume is nowhere near Kirbys. I'll instead be hoping Jones and Beltran get voted in.
  24. NYCTK
    I just wanna remind people, you can follow a second team. The only people that would care are weirdos. Find an NL team you like or respect. You can just buy a baseball cap for, like, the Philadelphia Phillies for example, and no one will ask for your fan identification card or anything. Boom, now the failings of the Minnesota Twins are more comical than they are heart breaking, a sideshow of pure incompetence that offers a view of the sport you love, but a view that reminds you that even the professionals in charge of mlb franchises can be incredibly stupid people. Not that we need a reminder that leaders in this day and age may not be very smart or competent. Being a fan of two different teams is actually very freeing. I don't have to lie and convince myself that maybe the Twins might surprise people, and more willing to accept the team is terrible and need to complete a legitimate rebuild.
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    Wallner would LOVE to replicate Joey Gallo's career. Twins fans need to have object permanence. Just because a player was bad for the Twins doesn't mean that player was bad forever. 10 Seasons, 200 HR and 15 WAR, that's a very good baseball player and I don't anticipate Wallner to come close to those numbers.
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