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  1. NYCTK
    Too expensive to extend Duran now. Jeffers, could go either way, but the allure of free agency is a strong one. Why sit around on a mediocre team when a team like the Phillies might throw something like 4yr/$60M your way?
  2. NYCTK
    Jeffers is a free agent after 2026. And many, like myself, think 2026 isn't really the next window of opportunity, instead looking towards 2027 at this point. Obviously the Twins have an exclusive window to try to extend him, but that hasn't happened yet, and there's no guarantee that does happen. I keep thinking this with people on this site saying the Twins should extend Bader instead of all this talk of trading him. The players have agency and the Twins aren't necessarily their desired home. And why should it be, given the ownership situation leading to the apathetic fanbase and the, IMO, terrible leadership in the Front Office?
  3. NYCTK
    Torkelson is a great comparison, because I don't think anyone in baseball would say he's established himself as one of the league's best hitters.
  4. NYCTK
    In 27 plate appearances he had a 1.330 OPS. This wasn't like royce down in AAA. Agreed. Someone that had established themselves as one of the best hitters wouldn't have been demoted to AAA just last season
  5. NYCTK
    He's just not very good. He's fine but not good. That's why I've been calling him a non tender candidate all year for that reason. 4-5 million next season? Eh, I guess. But I'd rather see him traded away for any mid tier prospect at this point.
  6. NYCTK
    Yeah. The Twins don't suck because they hired Bader to be their 4th OF. They suck because two of those three presumed starters are terrible defensive outfielders and have combined for a 101 OPS+ and 0.6 WAR. Same with France. He'd be fine as a bench bat or occasional player. But if your team composition asks him to be an everyday player, well, things aren't going to go well.
  7. NYCTK
    ❤️BADER❤️
  8. NYCTK
    Nothing done with the roster is going to have any effect on the sales price. Unless they take on Xander Boegarts contract I guess. That is a healthy additional debt.
  9. NYCTK
    No no no. Every single piece of writen word on the internet should be tailored specifically to me, my ideals, and my interests. And God knows that any single sentence fragment in an article I don't agree with will be reported for breaking this social agreement!
  10. NYCTK
    Nah. Not even close to enough. 2 top 100 plus another legitimate prospect minimum.
  11. NYCTK
    No denying the 2019-2020 seasons were a big success for the Twins. But since then they've gone 361-374. The big success in that time was a 2 out of 3 series victory at home against another mediocre Blue Jays team that ended up selling big in 2024 and is in a much better position in 2025. Sell. Sell. Sell.
  12. NYCTK
    LOL. Fans have to be way better than this. Volpe is arguably a better player than Correa right now. Why would they trade Volpe for Correa unless they're betting heavily on a nebulous "veteran presence" premium? And you're here asking for Volpe AND a legit prospect? If the Yankees were trading for Correa, it'd not be to replace Volpe, it'd be to play 3rd and move Jazz to 2nd. So, if you want Oswald Pereza, I guess that'd be possible. But I repeat, there's not really any value coming back to the Twins in the event they trade Correa. He's a 2-3 WAR player on the wrong side of 30 that's owed $108 Million for the next 3.3 seasons of service.
  13. NYCTK
    Trading away Correa isn't bring back anything much of value. The value of trading away Correa is getting a mediocre player on a bad contract off of your payroll. Mets aren't going to be very interested in adding Correa. Buxton on the other hand, they'd likely trade away 2 of their top 4 prospects, if not 3.
  14. NYCTK
    Not if you don't think it's repeatable. I neither think he's as good a hitter as he was last season, nor as bad a hitter as he's been thus far this season. But I think a .230/.350/.450 hitter is obviously playable, but it really limits the value when he's a DH thrown into the field. I think he's fine. And a nice role player for a legitimate team, but I wouldn't shed a tear if he were traded away.
  15. NYCTK
    Walker Jenkins has less than 100 PAs at AA and hasn't really impressed at that level yet. I am still very high on him, but don't expect him to be a savior in 1 year's time. As for Rodriguez...I just refuse to get hyped over a prospect with a K rate higher than Matt Wallner. In almost 200 PAs now, his K rate is over 35% at AAA. Which to me kind of suggests he's going to need even more time to get acclimated to major league pitching, making him a very frustrating player initially, even if he is a great defensive player which I continue not to be sold on. So, yeah, I don't expect Rodriguez to be much of a contributor next year. Fingers crossed for '27 though.
  16. NYCTK
    Pitchers get injured. I'm betting on a team not having 100% health. Next year it might be Lopez again. Or it might be Duran. Or maybe Ryan again. A pitcher missing 3 months is hardly unexpected.
  17. NYCTK
    And any expectation of them contributing (as a unit) in real ways before 2027 is foley. Keaschall, sure. But no one else. I'm a Rodriguez hater though so maybe he can prove me wrong.
  18. NYCTK
    Asking all those rookies to contribute next year is a big ask. Which is why I'm looking to '27. Happy to give them all a chance, but will take time for them to get settled, let the cream rise to the top. And let the pretenders (Rodriguez) falter at be removed from the plans. All that pitching are Twins now. How is all that pitching doing this season? Are the Twins contenders with that abundance of great pitching? Surely, they must be close if it's enough to build on, as you claim.
  19. NYCTK
    The return on this would be...what, maybe one legitimate prospect, 3 illegitimate AA players and a batch of non-prospect rookie leaguers? This isn't really doing anything. This team is not anywhere close to being a contender. I don't know why anyone thinks that next year is going to be different with this exact same team. I really, truly don't care if the top of the bullpen is great on a 76 win team. How the Twins allowed a player that had two contracts ripped up due to medical concerns to have a NTC is a mystery. Maybe that was a players association rule or something I'm not familiar, otherwise it was terrible addition to an already bad contract. His contract is thankfully not super long, but I would love to see the Twins be able to get out of it. Don't care if they don't receive a single prospect in exchange.
  20. NYCTK
    This team is putrid. No one is untouchable. An attempt at being timid sellers in an effort to be an 85 win team in 2026 is a half measure. Play for 2027. If you don't think a player will be a major contributing player in 2027, try to ship them off. I keep hearing so much about this incredible pitching pipeline. You know what that does? That means Joe Ryan's last year of control (and $12-15M salary) aren't that valuable. Same goes for Ober, Duran, Jax, and Stewart. Any failure to shop them is malpractice. Jeffers is a free agent come '27, which means the Twins should shop him. Larnach would be last year of control and is IMHO already a non tender candidate. Shop him. The Blue Jays and Marlins shipped off 8 guys last trade deadline. That should be the expectation for this team. This core failed, so it's time to change direction. No half measures.
  21. NYCTK
    Probably asked chatgpt again...
  22. NYCTK
    Honestly, my anticipation for how much they sell off is the most excited I've been about this team since last year's trade deadline when their complete inaction led to full blown disinterest. I want to see a Marlins or Blue Jays like sell-off. 8 players shipped off, completely emptying the bullpen. Jax and Duran getting shipped off could 100% revitalize this organization. The returns last year for Tanner Scott and Trevor Rogers were incredible, and are what should be hoped for.
  23. NYCTK
    This is fair, "complain" isn't probably the right word. He expressed terror. Which also doesn't really look great. This idea that moving to 2B for a long time SS is some radical shift is dumb. You ask 100 SS to go out and play 2B in the middle of the season and 95 of them will, no questions asked. He had plenty of opportunities to go out there before BP and work on footwork around the bag. Instead he talked to the media about how he didn't want to play 2B. All I'm saying is Royce Lewis lost me there. I, like most every Twins fan, was a huge fan of Royce leading into the 2024 season. I was so enamored I thought he was actually a future MVP. From appearances he's not a team player, and now sadly looks like he's not even really any good. The only reason the Twins shouldn't sell him off is because he's not worth anything any more.
  24. NYCTK
    Doesn't sound like a team player after all. It's understandable to be annoyed. It's another thing to complain to the media about how you're annoyed and don't want to put in extra work to help the team.
  25. NYCTK
    I don't know how forked tongue with severe malice and meanness is preferable to forked tongue with common decency. I do understand the argument that they're both lying through their teeth and one isn't any better than the other, but this weird pass that so many have given to, if not outright celebration of, the meanness of the current bully is directly correlated with the meanness we see in society.
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