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  1. JADBP
    Right....here is what it comes down to: Baseball maxim: You never have too much pitching. There will be injuries. You will need SPs that bounce between the Twin Cities. Preilipp, Matthews, Abel and definitely Bradley belong in the biggs. And all of them have more upside than Ober. We have 7-8 SPs (outside of Ober) that belong or can be used in the rotation. We may have enough. Trading Ryan will hurt, but we could still be OK. Baseball trend: fastballs in the upper 90's. What SP (and even more so, RP's) can survive with a FB that peaks at 88 mph? It just makes no sense and it shows up in his stats. Twins reality: We need RPs, 1B, short term C. Not really to fill out some other positions more than we need to worry about Ober, so combine him with Wallner, Larnach, maybe even Royce to fill some holes. This is how smart small market (budget) team succeed. Puttig Ober into the bullpen makes less sense than non-tendering!
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    Uhhh...you are putting a guy into the BP with an 88 mph fastball? Really? Maybe if he learned a knuckleball.....but otherwise....trade him!
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    Sorry, I mispoke! Boston offered Tolle and Arias for Joe Ryan. That was a fantastic haul. Tolle would have easily replaced Ryan through 2030 at low cost. Just the kind of trade that the Twins need to be making to extend players through a series of trades lasting many seasons. Other teams do this all the time--its how small market teams can compete (look at Milwaukee, Tampa Bay, and other low budget teams). But Falvey chose instead to make insane trades at the deadline instead, like trading away Varland. I full agree...if Ryan is not accepting a deal for the next 3 years (and it will have to be at market rates for years 2-3), then trade him ASAP. It might even be too late alreay, because you are never going to replicate that Tolle/Arias offer! But, Mike, I am just so sick and tired of this boneheaded front office! They have been using "low budget" as an excuse for years when, in reality, they are making insanely bad moves. The result is a f'ed up roster.
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    I know....but there must be a good trade out there. We should have jumped on that BOS trade offer last year, They offered Payton Tolle and Arias for Ryan....an absolute crazy haul! Tolle had a better year than Ryan, in just his first full season. Tolle is a monster and we would have him through 2030! Dammit! Again, either resign Ryan now (this offseason) or trade him. Don't repeat the Jeffers disaster.
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    Really? Sabato is exactly the kind of narrow-minded drafting that Falvey used to bring us winners like Wallner, Keoni Cavaco, Larnach, and Kalai Rosario. His drafts are littered with losers. Guys who had one good tool that allowed Falvey to overlook all other flaws. Most of the time it was a HR tool that enticed him. But, he overlooked fatal flaws like slow, poor-fielding, strikeout prone, and makeup. I almost want to put Lewis in this category but I hesitate because I like him so much....,but he seems lost. Might be poor coaching, poor conditioning, poor attitude, but he was a 5-tool player with 1-1 draft pedigree. We just can't seem to unlock his skills so maybe he needs a change of scenery? I know that Shelton had high hopes. I though for sure the Twins would take Hunter Greene that draft....or at least MacKenzie Gore. Oh well....As I keep saying....it will take some years to clean up the mess that Falvey left behind. And having Zoll in that chair, doing the same thing as Falvey (who taught him) did, we are only delaying the needed corrections .
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    in regards to his hitting....I agree....he needs to take a lot of MLB hacks before the Twins give up on him like they gave up on Big Papi! Keep the faith! And regarding Defense, yes, you are right....there are many balls that no other player would have got to...except Buxton! He is aging, but still the best CFer in a long string of great CFers that we have enjoyed watching....only Puckett was better. Now that's an interesting topic for an article. We have had a lot of great CFers over the years, going all the way back to Cesar Tovar and Jimmy Hall, to Puckett, Gomez, Hunter, Span, Puckett was easily the #1, and Torii Hunter would have been very close at #2 if he stuck around. But #2 will be Buxton. Not sure if he will get to Puckett's numbers, but he should finish ahead of Torii's lifetime numbers.
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    Ouch...in many ways! First, why would someone trade a legit middle-lineup 1Bman for a lousy 1Bman + anyone? Second, I agree with the black hole we have had at 1B for ...forever....no, since Kirby.,..no, since Big Papi! Yeah, we have done very poorly with 1Bman for the last 20 years...Kirilloff had some many injuries he just up and retired! That was weird. Third, I agree....it might be time for a change of scenery with Lewis. I hate to say this, but at some point you have to cut your losses and move on. He's not a contender. He might have more value in a trade than sitting on the bench. I would be sad to see him go. Especially after I got that expensive Lewis Jersey for my birthday a couple of years ago! Fourth, we have other just as intriguing change of scenery candidates to trade...Larnach, Wallner, Sabato, Ross and either Clemmons or Martin. This roster is soooo f'ed up (thank you Falvey/Zoll). And, while there is a monster hole at 1B, there is an even bigger one in RP and maybe even SP.
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    especially what they put out there THIS season!
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    I don't believe we will see the Zoll apple to far very far from the rotten Falvey apple tree.
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    What's an upper role? Sounds to me like Zoll feels he is in over his head and wants others to help him do his job!
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    Jeez, I would hope that we would have figured out that glaring hole at 1B by 2028! I was hopeful that Royce would be a good-to-great 1Bman, but he just keeps messing up. 11 E's, a 0.227 AVG, 0.9 WAR, this 1-1 is not paying off. We could use a sharp 1Bman. Not sure if that is Royce, Keashcall, or a new guy. Maybe Ty France again? Jeffers has played exactly one MiLB game at 1B, and none in MLB. I wouldn't assume he is an auto-transfer to 1B. DH, yeah. 1B, who knows?
  12. JADBP
    I agree that it seems like Joe doesn't want to stay here. So, I recommend testing that theory. Throw out a long term contract to him, maybe $10/20/25 or something? If he bites, then great. Problem solved. If not, then you know, so then plan on trading him. Otherwise, he becomes the next Jeffers, we lose him for nothing in return. Smart teams capitalize on players like this. They know that there will be down years. Even NYY and LAD have down years. So, you trade away assets to build back up. Why can't the Twins do this? There is a lot of dead wood to clear out (especially in the GM's office)!
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    Yeah....NO! This is the same sort of wishful thinking that blew away this year! We could have traded away Ryan Jeffers to Boz last off-season and got an Ace SP in return. We could have traded away Ryan last off-season for a haul. But, no, we decided to be competitive. We were not competitive, its just that the rest of AL, and in particular, the AL Central, was so weak this year. We looked like we were competitive, but really we were a losing team almost all year--only above 0.500 for two quick spurts (and never more than 1 game over .500). Pick a lane, make a plan and go get it. Not wishy washy if we do, if we don't.....
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    I'd trade Joe Ryan for Ryan Sloan....or Jackson Flora, but not sure we would pull that off. Even a Taj Bradley level SP would be a good trade. Not sure I trust Zoll to make a good trade tho....
  15. JADBP
    The problem here is we do NOT need Jeffers in years 3-4-5! By that time, Lackey will be busting down the door (and if he moves fast, maybe even next year, but C is a notoriously long learning cycle!). The only possible need is for 2 years, 3 max. So, there is a part of me that says give him the QO, he takes it and sticks around another year .... and Lackey comes up some time in '28. I'd save those $$ to spend on pitching!!
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    I will put ten bucks on him breaking with the Twins out of ST!
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    LOL...definitely not!
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    I don’t know..making the Ryan and Jeffers trades would have saved a bunch of money.
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    Well this is the only possible way that this decision makes any sense at all, but still looks really bad. Maki was a fine coach. The problem wasn’t his coaching, it was the lousy players he was given (as a result of horrific GM decisions or non-decisions)! Falvey/Zoll (indistinguishable between the two GMs) didn’t trade Ryan to Boston for a kings ransom (Tolle and Arias). Traded away the entire BP and never replaced anyone in the off-season. Started the season with Ryan, Ober, Bradley, SWR and who? There is no way gods gift to pitching coaches could have succeeded with this staff. To me, this really sounds like Zoll/Falvey again blaming the coaching staff for his atrocious GM-ing!!!! Shame on Pohlad for not seeing what is happening to his investment!!!
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    OMG...now the Twins just fired Pete Maki. He was NOT the problem. Despite the Twins badly underperforming in both Starting and Relief pitching, look what he had to work with! This is total nonsense on Zoll's part! Zoll started the season with Ryan, Ober, Woods-Richardson, Taj Bradley and Mick Abel, after losing Lopez for the season. They soon lost Abel. SWR had nothing and was given back to Toronto. Bailey Ober was down weak all season. And Abel started 3 games. Yeah....what was Pete supposed to do with this staff? Nor did Zoll bring the relief staff back up to anything worthwhile in the off-season after the total dump of the relief pitching staff. He then brought in nothing but castaways all season long. He finally swapped a very, very good SP Prospect for RP at the trade deadline, but honestly, the Twins were cooked in the RP department pretty much all season long. And this is Maki's fault? Gimme a break! This is the same thing that Falvey does after a horrible season....fire (blame) some coaches. Maki was a fine coach.
  21. JADBP
    The Twins have a single immense enemy. It keeps them mediocre in every department. This enemy is the GM office, specifically, Falvey/Zoll (they act so nearly identical that I refer to them as a single person). They stunts growth by inane decisions, like trading away all of the BP (even Varland, for absolutely no good reason). They further damage the team by not making trades: for example, not trading Ryan to the Red Sox,for Tolle and Arias (and immense haul) or not trading Jeffers and Larnach. These moves are routinely made by successful small market teams and lead to sustained success. They can't accept past mistakes. They keep Alex Jackson on the team for nearly the entire season, for an occasional at bat. No one else wants him, as proven by passing through waivers three times, but they are still afraid of losing him...or maybe he's backup in case they trade Jeffers (which they don't). They just can't seem to understand their mistakes. Like pitch hitting Manuel Margot. They just keep making the same mistake over and over and over. Hoping some day they get it right. How many pitchers did they run through the BP? 27! WTF? You would think they learn what works and what doesn't at some point. This franchise will continue to lose games, fans and money until they hire a knowledgeable, experienced GM.
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    Where is Marek Houston?? Vaughn Lackey? I would expect to see Marek next fall and I expect Vaughn's immense talent will be fast tracked....but.....this depends on the last sentence below. And, just remember, we could easily have had Varland on this list. He would definitely be part of the next core. He would have easily bumped Abel or Prielipp. Finally, accepting Boston's offer of Payton Tolle and Franklin Arias would have had both of them on this list. Tolle would have been #2 on this list! Ryan will be gone next year, and Tolle would have been here for many years. Sad to say, this next core will go nowhere with Zoll running the organization!!!!
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    You're right...not every human is built to throw a baseball 5 ounce baseball at 957-100 mph. In fact, I would have to say that even those very few that can hit these speeds are unable to do it consistently over a full season. Its why there are so many pitching injuries. Doctors getting rich, LOL!
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    Right up there with all those pitch hitting opportunities for Manuel Margot. Pure stupidity. Thanks Falvey/Zoll!
  25. JADBP
    No, definitely NOT Gary, but I would have certainly rather brought up Jenkins, Erod and Cullpeper much earlier than they did. And I would have take the opportunity to give Mendez, Raya a few games. And I would have even considered bringing up Diaw, Houston and Gabby for a cup of coffee to experience MLB action. There are a TON of far more deserving players that the Twins should have promoted over wasting bench space with a player you never expect to play! That's just childish stupidity embarrassing even to a 4-year old.
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