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  1. NYCTK
    Yes. Potentially. And ironically, a successful Roden season would look pretty similar to Lew Ford.
  2. NYCTK
    Well, that was more so how a team should plan, and yes, the Twins shouldn't plan on Austin Martin, who will probably be out of options in 2027, to be on their 40 man roster. Could end up there, but that'd be a bad sign. Man, you're making me out to sound like a brilliant baseball mind. So maybe you should believe me when I say there is 0% chance that a new FO DFA's Roden. At least, not before the next trade deadline. There's always the chance he's given a full season of play, doesn't cut it, and the Twins actually make a run and make some additions and need some space on the 40 man.
  3. NYCTK
    Correct. Zero chance. I don't know that I ever said I would do that, and doubt I did considering he had 2 option years remaining, in fact I seem to recall saying something to the effect that he can stay on the 40 man as long as he has options but is just a bad player due to his inability to play the OF and that he shouldn't be counted on.
  4. NYCTK
    I can guarantee you he WILL be on the 40 man roster next year. A lefty with options? It'd be incredibly foolish for this bullpen to NOT have him on the 40 man roster.
  5. NYCTK
    There is zero chance Roden is DFA'd next year, this FO or a new one. I really don't understand why Twins fans have quit on the guy already.
  6. NYCTK
    Respectable but that then means they're 45-31 against the AL. So, like I said.
  7. NYCTK
    The AL is just really quite bad.
  8. NYCTK
    The idea that the Twins ruined his defense by moving him around is one of those phantom lies that keeps popping up. Maybe the fact that he was a utility player in college should be an indication that he was never really going to be a good defensive player.
  9. NYCTK
    That's the most curious part of his early struggles. He has a really strong sub 15% K rate in AAA.
  10. NYCTK
    Even if the Twins COULD have received him, many here would still be crying about the move because he's so far away from Major League ready.
  11. NYCTK
    They're both awful. Wallner significantly less range that is somewhat recouped by a strong arm. Wallner 1400 innings -7 Runs 2025 Outfield Jump: 129/150 2024 Outfield Jump: 183/186 2023 Outfield Jump: 175/181 Larnach 2100 innings -8 Runs 2025 Outfield Jump: 104/150 2024 Outfield Jump: 149/186 2023 Outfield Jump: 163/150 Point being, planning ahead, neither of these guys should be in the OF. I really, truly cannot begin to give a **** about how strong Wallner's arm is.
  12. NYCTK
    Hang THAT banner.
  13. NYCTK
    I really need people to stop saying this. It's borderline nauseating. He's an atrocious outfielder, I truly don't care how strong his arm is. The Twins should give him a 1B mitt and see if he can take to that and if not, plan on him being a DH. This closed era of Twins baseball was a failure largely because leadership put no emphasis on defense, really hampering the strong pitching they brought up through the system. But you are right, his bat is pretty good and intriguing and I'm not giving up on it, but it will always be streaky and infuriating for long stretches due to his propensity to strikeout.
  14. NYCTK
    I admit, I found last year's collapse hilarious for this reason. Specifically the final two weeks. They just played so poorly it was undeniably funny.
  15. NYCTK
    I actually wore my Twins cap for the first time in a year yesterday because this team is actually making real decisions. Are they good? Obviously not, not at this point, but at least they're done lying to themselves and pretending they were.
  16. NYCTK
    We know exactly who Larnach is, a 105-115 OPS+ guy with bad defense. That's not useful. Wallner, there's still a little bit of hope his bat is good enough to play at DH. But not all that exciting.
  17. NYCTK
    We agree, he can stick around for another year but only because there's literally no one else. He can either be penciled in, or viewed as a backup, not really any difference. He's arbitration eligible, and likely due, what, $2 million next year? Yeah, that can be rostered. But Kody Clemens is a known quantity. There's no upside there. He was never a hot prospect, never performed well for long stretches. He's a fine player. He's not going to suddenly become a hot commodity next season, in his age 30 season. I remind you, we're all thinking Correa is on a downward trend at that age.
  18. NYCTK
    That's no way to talk about the greatest high school baseball player in NY State history.
  19. NYCTK
    TBF that was the ****** dad. But the dad was the only one that was any good at business. Twins are another shining example of why generational wealth usually only lasts 3 generations. The 2nd generation are failsons that just get into their business because it was handed to them on a silver platter and they aren't exceptional in any way. The third generation have never had to do anything their entire lives, going through the motions not understanding (or caring) about anything. Bill, the only good Pohlad.
  20. NYCTK
    He doesn't wanna go. Not to say he's not a competitor, but maybe he's not one of those intense competitors that values WINNING above all else, like a psycho. He's always been a pretty poor clutch performer, and if he were shipped off to the Mets, who asked about him, he'd be hearing boo birds at some points (even Soto has heard them) and maybe he'd just rather be the best player on a bad team than go through that BS. That, and stability, might be way valuable for his well-being.
  21. NYCTK
    ClemEns He's got one more option year, and I don't see the Twins in a real rush to DFA him, so he's gonna be a Minnesota Twin for one more season. What role he'll play...probably a bad one.
  22. NYCTK
    I think it's fine keeping him around for 2026. But fans have to really reset their expectations for the guy. He had a great 3 week stretch, and in the 150+ trips to the plate since returned to being Kody Clemens, which is a sub 700 OPS guy but, like you mention, with pretty good intangibles and baseball IQ. I think his best case scenario is something like .240 / .290 / .430 with 20 HR which is fine, especially if paired with good defense and baserunning, but let's just pump the brakes on throwing him into the Twins longterm plans. Two actually. Both Wallner and Larnach should be removed from the OF. If that means one of them is no longer a Twin next season, so be it.
  23. NYCTK
    Roden has looked real bad, but he needs to be given a real shot. It's extremely atypical to double your strikeout rate from AAA to MLB. The difference in quality isn't that much. He should be playing nearly every day to see if he can figure it out. There's way more chance of him contributing on the 2027 Twins as compared to Larnach or Martin.
  24. NYCTK
    Yeah, can bring him in and always DFA him, I don't care. But the Twins should try to make sure they are also trying to bring in pitchers with options when possible. Alcala is gonna bounce around the league, much like Tonkin did, because of the fact that he doesn't.
  25. NYCTK
    You're making longterm assessments on a player that should be given a real audition, all based on a very small sample during a time when the Twins are able to run players out there and not actually be concerned about the Ws and Ls. Travis Adams could be the next Louis Varland, in fact the Twins are effectively betting on it. Not Adams, specifically, but on the fact that they can take other failed starters and turn them into useful bullpen arms. In fact, at Adams age, Varland had pitched significantly worse. The incredibly ironic thing is if that Varland trade happened on March 31st in stead of July 31st, everyone here would have loved it. It would have been declared the heist of the century.
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