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  1. mluebker
    The Twins had a $23 million catcher before, back when $23 million was real money. But as things stand, Jeffers is a reliable right-handed bat who also is a plus behind the plate. If you’re afraid he’ll leave, pretend he’s a rental to see how deep the Twins might go int the playoffs. They’re unlikely to find a better one who’d be as good a fit. And if you’re afraid he’ll stay, well, I can think of worse things than a solid, right-handed-hitting catcher who sure looks like a team leader to me.
  2. mluebker
    A leader for sure. Not so sure about THE leader.
  3. mluebker
    Too bad there’s no one in St. Paul with some experience in center and a little pop in his bat.
  4. mluebker
    Sounds good to me.
  5. mluebker
    If they didn’t already have him on the roster, they’d be thrilled to trade for him as a short-term rental right-handed-hitting middle-of-the-order bat for a playoff run. So maybe just keep him and pretend that’s what he is.
  6. mluebker
    I think that’s good. They’ll probably will need him against the Dodgers.
  7. mluebker
    Amid all the talk about Kody Clemens’ modest statistics, low expectations, or whether a guy with his numbers even should be in the lineup regularly, he’s gone out there every day and done the best he can to help this team win. He’s made this season a whole lot more interesting than any of us had a right to hope or expect.
  8. mluebker
    I won’t argue with it. They have a shortstop performing well in AAA, which can’t be said about the big club. Are we figuring he won’t play as well there as the rotating cast of characters who have been filling in there since Lee moved to 3rd? I wonder how they could find out?
  9. mluebker
    …like a second baseman who’s never had to field a ricochet off a wall.
  10. mluebker
    I figure every call-up is a gamble, but they keep calling up the same guys and getting the same results. Culpepper and/or Jenkins at least would be something they haven’t tried. And who knows, maybe the vote of confidence is just the catalyst those guys need. Heck, even if they turn out to be streaky and have confidence issues like Royce Lewis, at least that’s an interesting team on the field.
  11. mluebker
    If that is what the front office believes, then they should be trading everyone for prospects that haven't started their service time clock. At some point they have to stop planning for a perfect hypothetical future and start trying to win games now. The CBA almost certainly will change things, but that’s a problem for the future. Right now the problem is “Who can play centerfield (or shortstop) and might make a positive difference for this team, now?” There’s a third of a season yet to be played.
  12. mluebker
    I’m thinking it’s the positive present implications that a lot of folks are thinking about. Winning some games in 2028 will certainly be advantageous. Winning some (more) now also would be good.
  13. mluebker
    Even if this weren’t 100% correct, you’d think someone in the front office would have noticed that doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results STILL isn’t working.
  14. mluebker
    Josh Bell could be fun. Does he actually own a fielder’s glove?
  15. mluebker
    I get that point of view as well. But when you look at a guy like Buxton who’s got more good road behind him than ahead of him, why not roll the dice? Will he still be playing in 2028 when it would be time to cash in those trade chips? Is it worth trying now for just one guy and a slew of over-optimistic fans? Why not? As Yogi Berra once said, “When you come to a fork in the road, take it.”
  16. mluebker
    We still owe them for 1965. This is one for the baseball gods to decide.
  17. mluebker
    I dunno, check his initials—GM.
  18. mluebker
    No one is arguing that they’re going to win it all, just that you can’t if you don’t make the playoffs. And while I’d love to see another World Championship, I’d also love to see the Twins playing some meaningful post-season baseball. I’d prefer either to the alternatives.
  19. mluebker
    True enough, but with the CBA threatening to delay or disrupt the 2027 season and the chance to see the Twins in post-season play this year, this is a good time for TP to show everyone that he wasn’t just blowing smoke. I don’t think he and I would agree on what constitutes a contending team. Managing to earn a wildcard slot isn’t quite the same as having a shot at a world championship, but extending the season for a game or more by making the team better at the deadline instead of tearing it down again would be a clear and welcome statement. We may not see much meaningful baseball until 2028, otherwise
  20. mluebker
    I see it rankled some people, but the original poster is right—most of us here are more interested in how the front office might add or subtract from the roster to improve the team, than we are what happens on the field. While the latter is kind of the required reading to formulate informed opinions about the former, playing GM has become pretty much the default among fans. With so many more ways to analyze players and games, the business of baseball seems to have become more interesting than the games themselves. I’m not saying that’s a bad thing, it’s just different. What actually provides the entertainment seems to be second-guessing the front office and owners, not so much listening to the games, maybe second-guessing the manager, and hoping against hope that they win. At least if you go by what gets talked about here every day.
  21. mluebker
    How about keep him and build around him, instead of rebooting the rotation and roster every year? Build on strengths, or has that idea gone out of style?
  22. mluebker
    Don’t trade Jeffers, don’t trade Ryan. Keep the current guys together. Maybe tinker around the edges to fill what holes they can, bring up the most deserving from St. Paul, and make us believe they really want to field a competitive team, and actually make the playoffs. 2027 looks like it’s going to be a lost season anyway, while the owners and players association fight their way to a new CBA. So let’s have some fun while we can. Let’s see what these current guys can do. Heck, maybe some of them still could be around in 2028 when that “young core” we keep hearing about are ready to go.
  23. mluebker
    The Twins seem to have a lot of prospects who end up on the roster as one dimensional players as the team tries to fill gaps. They struggle, then we all end up talking about how the Twins should try to trade them for other prospects. YMMV, but that’s what I’m seeing.
  24. mluebker
    It would be nice if the Twins would let a guy develop a little longer and then be able stay when he finally gets here, instead of rushing him onto the roster, expect him to rescue a team perpetually struggling with mediocrity, then bouncing him back to St. Paul when he doesn’t immediately live up to expectations.
  25. mluebker
    I love the optimism and the public reminder to Tom Pohlad of what he promised. But I have no confidence that it's going to happen.
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