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  1.    mluebker reacted to a post in a topic: When Was the Last Time the Twins Had a Good Defense?
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  7. mluebker
    We’re not going to see another championship team unless there’s an organizational shift from defensive versatility to defensive excellence. Too many young guys on the roster whose best option is going to be DH because they never learned to play a position well enough to own it.
  8.    Hunter4848 reacted to a post in a topic: Luke Keaschall Might Be a Much Better Outfielder Than He Was a Second Baseman
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    It’s the new “Twins way.” No one really gets to learn a position well or play it regularly—that archaic approach never works. Meanwhile, does Kody have any brothers?
  13.    mluebker reacted to a post in a topic: Luke Keaschall Might Be a Much Better Outfielder Than He Was a Second Baseman
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    Yeah, he looks completely comfortable out there. What luck that they pulled RF out of the hat when they decided it was time to move him someplace where his sparkling defensive skills could really be showcased. Heck, maybe this is exactly the move that will destroy his confidence entirely.
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  22. mluebker
    I’m glad to hear everyone in the lineup doesn’t need to be a power hitter. Now, if they just could decide to teach prospects to play one position well, instead of 3-4 adequately, the Twins might start looking like a team that can win, instead of a hodge-podge roster of good intentions and meager results.
  23. mluebker
    Both the article and the comments here underscore just how confusing it is to try to figure out the Twins’ roster moves mean these days. All of us want to believe there’s a plan of some kind, but what it might be remains an open question. Other than trying to assure every position player but Buxton and Jeffries can play at least three positions and never know when or where they’ll be in the lineup, I’m not sure there is a plan.
  24. mluebker
    If Lewis remains with the Twins (which assumes he rediscovers how to hit MLB pitching, otherwise he’s gone at the trade deadline), first base is his destiny.
  25.    Hunter4848 reacted to a post in a topic: It's Time for the Twins to Send Luke Keaschall Back to Triple-A St. Paul
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  27. mluebker
    The biggest surprise to me is reading that Justin Verlander still is pitching and that he’s in AAA on a rehab stint.
  28. mluebker
    Yes and yes. You’d hope someone in the front office would have reached that conclusion by now. And as for defensive versatility, they have that—a roster full of bat-first guys who are mediocre to awful at multiple positions.
  29. mluebker
    Maybe it’s time for someone in the front office to ask whether it’s how the Twins develop young players that actually needs a reset. They’re getting consistent results, but not good ones.
  30. mluebker
    I was thinking the same thing. Who else is evaluating the hitters and calling the pitches? Not everyone out there is a Greg Maddux-level strategist. These days, maybe no one is.
  31. mluebker
    Any GM who’d want Bell in the lineup and on the field ahead of Clemens should be forced to resign. Oh wait, he was.
  32. mluebker
    All out of hope for this guy.
  33. mluebker
    Along with Lewis. It really should be make or break time for both of these guys. Yeah, they seem to be able to tee off on AAA pitching, but how many years of struggling with MLB pitching does that buy them? Unless the goal is making the Saints fun to watch when these guys are across town for “a reset” (and I’d argue that the guys in the prospect pipeline are much more interesting), it’s time to see if any other organization wants to take them on.
  34. mluebker
    For me, you trade him because: the Twins aren’t going to win anything this year. And the one remaining year of control is likely going to be another truncated or lost year because of a lockout, strike, or both, while they wrangle over the CBA. The Pohlads aren’t going to splurge on a winning roster for that. So they’d be wasting a valuable asset—and not doing Ryan any favors—by keeping him on a team he can’t carry by himself, and passing up the opportunity to pick up some prospects who might be ready for a better Twins roster in 2028. (And I agree with the guy above about no more “redundant LH hitting corner players that last regime liked to stock-pile & hoard.”)
  35. mluebker
    Give the guy a chance to pitch for a winner and restock the young talent for 2028 and beyond. I hate the idea, but it makes sense.
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