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I would give him any of those contracts. What other options are there? He is the best Catcher available. Nobody else really comes all that close. We're unlikely to be able to trade for someone better. Not many teams, if any, have an extra Catcher that can match Jeffers output. Pay him. Retain one of the better Catchers in the league. Caratini can not be the guy. My preference would be to trade him. I dont even like him as a backup.

He can. I'd much rather deploy him at 2B for the time being. His bat and defense play very well there. However, if we sre unable to attain that slugging 1B to hit Cleanup, Kody could absolutely fill that role. The defense is good. The bat would be a little light for 1B, but he would be much better than Lewis or anyone currently on the team.

No. Definitely not interested. And especially a hard pass when considering he turned down 10m, meaning he probably wants more than that. Just no.

He would be fine on a 1 yr deal as our Closer. I'd prefer David Bednar, but Raisel Iglesias would be a fine backup option

When he's far and away the best Catcher available, its very possible.

From what I've seen, his camp is looking for a longer contract than 2 years. There is no guarantee any of the prospects will ever make it to the majors. A 4 year deal works great. Jeffers can start mostly full time until 1 of the prospects are ready (if that day ever comes) . From there, the team can slowly work in the new guy while Jeffers is still around on case there are any issues. If the new guy struggles, Jeffers is there and we dont miss a beat. If the new guy takes off and is successful quickly, then Jeffers can get DH ABs or we can trade him.

Twins Lose Eric Orze... I wouldn't say the Twins "lost" anything. Good luck in Chicago

Good. It was the correct choice. Don't stop there. Start negotiating a 3 or 4 year deal with him to keep him here.

I agree with trading, but not that return. I agree that Lewis needs to be traded or non tendered. I agree with trading or non tendering Ober. No to Bauers. He was a career negative war player until this season. He may just have been a late bloomer and continue this output, but I dont want to be the guy that pays that much to find out. Perhaps a 1B could be part of a Ryan trade return? Soroka is an awful idea. How many back of the rotation guys do we need? Raise the ceiling here. Go all in on Michael King leading our rotation. If im running the team, my opening day starting rotation is Michael King, Taj Bradley, Connor Prielipp, Dean Kremer, and Pablo Lopez. I put Pablo 5th because he is coming back from the 2nd major elbow surgery of his career. There is no guarantee he'll be effective. Same situation in the BP. We have middle inning guys. We need to raise the ceiling here, too. Sign David Bednar to be our Closer. Jeff Hoffman can get the 8th inning. Possibly sign another arm for the 7th. Then we have plenty of arms to fill out the rest of the pen. Milwaukee just won the WS with dominant pitching. We dont need back end starters and middle relievers. We need what we dont have. An Ace and a Closer. Find a big masher to play 1B and hit Cleanup and we might just have a contender.

I wish them well. Id like to resign Banda to a minor league deal. After his bumpy start, he was lights out until his injury. Sabato just didn't develop the way we hoped. Maybe he'll get a chance somewhere. I really hope they dont plan to resign Gray to any sort of deal. He was awful, even in AAA

Our pitching staff needs new additions to raise the ceiling. Both the Starters and BP underperformed last season. Whether we trade Ryan or not, we need to bring in a front end starter. My choice is Michael King. Teams like the Brewers and Rays make a habit of trading expiring contracts for a haul. Maybe thats the direction we should take with Ryan? He would obviously help this season, but unless an extension is signed, it may be best to move him. Moving Ryan doesnt necessarily mean keeping Ober, either. I'd like to see a rotation led by Michael King, followed by Taj Bradley, and Connor Prielipp. That leaves 2 open spots for a list of folks like Joe Ryan, Bailey Ober, Dean Kremer, and Pablo Lopez. What if Pablo isn't ready? So if you Trade Ryan and it turns out Pablo isnt ready, do we go with Ober and Kremer until Pablo is ready? Then what happens when Pablo is ready? Neither Ober or Kremer have options. Do you really send down Prielipp if hes pitching well? This is still an issue if Pablo is ready to start the season. We dont have enough arms with options remaining. Zebby and possibly Paredes? Its a huge decision to trade 1 of them. However, if Ryan is traded, it almost makes more sense to trade Ober, too. Get some AAA starting depth. I know what I would do, but its probably not what the team will do.

Id like to see Ryan Jeffers back, David Bednar Closing for us, and Michael King leading our rotation. We also need another big bat, but not an outfielder or Jazz.

1. I hope its David Bednar 2. Fingers crossed 🤞 3. Gabriel Gonzalez, Eduardo Tait, Quentin Young to name a few...

All respect to Paul, but no thank you. Borderline HOF. Could possibly be a good mentor if he accepted the role, but we have a giant black hole at 1B. Our roster has too many platoon guys already. Adding another isnt going to solve anything.

I was thinking we'd probably see an outfield group of Byron Buxton Walker Jenkins Luke Keaschal Emmanuel Rodriguez Alan Roden I figured Martin played himself out of a spot on the 26 man roster.

David Bednar as our Closer. Everyone else is a hard no.

Vesia would be fine, although Minter would be great, as well. Both solid lefties. No to the other 2. I dont trust any player from Houston. David Bednar is the other guy we need. A solid lefty and a high end Closer and suddenly our BP looks a whole lot better

Could add Mauer to the list, too. If he hadn't dealt with the issues that eventually moved him to 1B, how much better of a career would he have had then? Same with Kirby Puckett. Had that pitch not hit him in the face, how much longer could he have played? Sure, these guys are HOF already, but injuries really took a lot from them, as well.

Absolutely not. Do you even want to win? What is so many people in heres obsession with mediocrity? Our bullpen has a floor. We need a higher ceiling at many positions if we want a chance to contend. Closer is one of those positions. Im so tired of reading so and so already on the team should have a chance for blank position. No they shouldn't. If the position is open, thats because we dont have the guy in our system right now to fill the role. Closer, Ace, Catcher, and 1B to name a few. We need to raise the ceiling on these positions and get a heck of a lot more out of them.

Lewis wins this award because he was given the most opportunity to perform better. He was healthy. He had nothing to blame but himself for his poor performance. Caratini is an easy choice for 2nd place. How bad would the season have looked without that hot stretch? He was unplayable and was given every opportunity to get into a rhythm at the cost of seeing how well Jackson would perform in a larger sample. SWR gets 3rd because he wasnt here most of the season like Lewis and Caratini were. Essentially the worst player in MLB this season? Wallner get dishonorable mention because of what he was supposed to be to the team. Big bat clean up hitter. He didnt get enough time to win the award, but what a disappointment its been to watch him go from nearly a .900 OPS to off the roster so quickly.

I agree and my hope is they pay up for a legit closer. The teams left in the playoffs all have high end BPs. We wont get far without one.

Bell and Rogers should be gone. We need a C and Jeffers is the best available. Im trying hard to keep him in Mn. We need a good LH Relief pitcher and Minter did well. I'd be open to a reunion to fill the lefty reliever role. Abel and Lopez arent going anywhere. I like Banda, but he wont be available until atleast July. I could go either way with him. Festa has had so many injuries, but showed potential. I'd be very surprised if they let him go, though. Paredes performed well when asked and he can still be shuttles back and forth from st paul. I'd say hes a keeper. Sands should be gone. Acton and Orze can go for sure. Anderson had good results. I'd bring him back as an option to get shuttled back and forth. Raya I dont have an answer for. Maybe he can be included in a trade or keep him in AAA and see if he can turn a corner. Ross has potential to be a back up utility guy. Sabato is probably gone. Wallner is probably gone, although I do like his bat when its working. Problem is our DH spot isnt available, so there isnt a place for him. Larnach and Lewis should both be gone. Please rid us of those headaches. I dont see a spot for Martin, either. We have 5 OFers that are better and expected to fill out the roster. Barring a trade, I'd assume hes gone, too. Just cleared a ton of spots. A lot of these guys only had value because they could be shuttled back and forth as needed. Without that ability, its time to move on.

Yes, resign him. Caratini can not be our starting C heading into next season. Sure we have some nice looking prospects, but they are not guaranteed to develop and be successful. If we whiff on Jeffers, Tyler Stephenson is the only other acceptable option.

Gray should be gone. Not a good player Im keeping Kriedler. His defense is not easy to replace. Hes also the only guy on the roster that can backup SS. Trade Lewis. He has no place on this team. Below average bat. Barely average defense at 1B and below average defense anywhere else. He has no business being a starter and he wont be happy to accept a bench role. Larnach is gone. No room on this team for a guy that cant play defense and would be a platoon batter. Does Ross have options left? Im keeping him in AAA, if so. Unfortunately, I dont think we saw enough of Sabato to warrant keeping him around. I would, however, be open to bringing him back on a minor league contract. Wallner doesn't have a place on the team. Again, Poor defenders dont have a place anymore. I do think his bat still has potential, though. If he doesn't find a major league deal, I'd be open to a minor league deal for him. If he could be more consistent, we've seen in the past how good his bat can be. Acton can go. Fringe guy. Probably find better options released by other teams. Anderson did well while pitching for us. I dont understand why he wasnt given a better chance to show what he has. I'd like to see more, but not on a major league deal. If he can be stashed in AAA, then bring him back. Probably keeping Nance around. I think someone would trade for Ober. He ended up being our 3rd best starter last season. I'd tender him a contract and see who's interested. Orze is gone. I read Banda wont be ready at the beginning of the season. I'd release him and try to bring him back on a minor league deal to see if he recovers and can help later in the year. Paredes did an admirable job filling in. Im up in the air on him. Sands is gone. No need to see more.

The decision to protect him comes down to a lot more than just him. Who else in the organization needs to be considered? Are they better or worse or closer to contributing at Target Field? Did something click in the AFL? He's played quite well so far, iirc. He has intrigue, yes. The team invested a fairly sizable signing bonus in him. Will that factor into a decision? Far too many variables. But in my opinion, i would say no. Its not unheard of, but it would be a reach to pluck him from High A, where he struggled, and ask him to jump all the way to the majors and be able to hold down a roster spot all season.