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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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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Well then he's already at fault for either forcing a real budget or making one up for his organization, that he runs, as president. I get everyone hates the pohlads and I'm right there with you, but why are people allowing Falvey to abdicate any responsibility?
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Doesn't really. But I guess I'm being hopeful that it'd be a signal. If they sell neither of Ryan or Lopez nor do they upgrade at 1B I'll be laughing and calling for a further boycott of the organization.
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If I was the president of a $300-400 million company with an absent board of directors I'd either resign or, more likely, make decisions without the larger oversight in the best interest of the organization and force their hands. If Falvey wants to blame ownership he's a loser that is fit for the job specifically because he's a lackey of ownership. And he therefore deserves the blame.
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OK. So we agree. The Pohlads suck but Falveys failures to improve the team in the short or long term would be his own fault, not the ownership.
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Why are you under the impression that the President of the Twins has no idea what the budget might be in 2026? Are we just infantizling everyone in the organization out of Pohlad spite? They suck, but the organization sucks because they've also hired a bunch of people that suck. People like Falvey.
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I don't think a front office standing pat would at all be an indictment of the ownership. If Falvey neither makes moves to improve nor sells assets to improve in the future, that's an indictment of him alone.
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If his last name wasn't Clemens I'm not convinced he would have ever made the bigs. Counting on a sub 700 ops at first base is kind of hilarious. This season is going to be rough, but let's all keep in mind they're not even trying to compete this year in the hopes of contending in future years.
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Why should the 630 OPS guy get promoted out of the bottom of the lineup? Because you suspect he's an egotistical headcase that needs to handled like a delicate flower? I'm at the point where I want the Twins to trade him. Not because I think he's going to bring much back in value, but because I'm fully out on him as a fan and I would rather he not be on the team I support. Complaining about being asked to play 2B and then complaining how exhausted he was at the end of the 2024 season buried him in my mind. I just can't pretend as if this is someone I actually care to do well. Him sucking the last season and a half has offered quite a bit of Schadenfreude in fact. If he wants to help my baseball team win baseball games, that'd be great, but I'm not holding out any more hope for the guy and I won't really be cheering for the guy either.
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But if his value is greatly reduced after a season in which the team does not plan on contending, why not trade him early? It makes perfect sense to trade him now which is why I fully expect them to do so.
