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  1.    Fred reacted to a post in a topic: Has Matt Wallner Earned Another Shot with the Twins?
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  4. GopherMike
    Nobody is going to give us anything for Bell. We could potentially DFA him and either pray someone makes a claim...but I doubt it. He's arguably not even worth a roster spot....let alone at $7 mil a year. Or we could just DFA him because he's literally cooked. That's really the big question right now. Because Wallner is basically a DH at this point. So...whose bat is more cooked, Bell or Wallner? I'm willing to give Bell a few more weeks to see
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    Who says he has to play a ton?
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    I think in hindsight this move wasn't as consequential as we thought at the time. The best part of the move was that we didn't sign Berrios to a 7 year $131 million contract. THAT would have been consequential. Regardless---we clearly won this trade. I don't see the point in comparing it against a hypothetical alternative trade we could have made. There's just far too many hypotheticals.
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    Great question. I'm not 100% convinced there isn't a Keaschall to AAA move that happens IF Royce can establish himself (big IF). I think they hold onto Arcia for a while to see what options present themselves.
  15. GopherMike
    We said the same thing about starting pitching this year. Things can change really fast with a few injuries.
  16. GopherMike
    I had the exact same thought about Fedko. Even if the Twins brass doesn't believe in him at the MLB level....at this point he deserves the opportunity to prove them wrong.
  17. GopherMike
    I was at that game right behind the Royals dugout. Great game. Martin will get credit, and rightfully so, but those two tags at the plate by Jackson were both absolutely flawless, especially the first one where the throw was a little off.
  18. GopherMike
    The Twins pitching staff went 11 innings and didn't walk a single batter. Props.
  19. GopherMike
    Because it's going to take an ass-ton of money.
  20. GopherMike
    By the way I really like this article much more than the "what guy in AA that is on a Baseball Prospectus list should be helping us right now?" type. These are the questions we should using the next 30-60 days to figure out, and it's part of what is making this Twins team fun to watch right now.
  21. GopherMike
    I'd rank them as follows: Kody Clemens-- most believable He's not a star, but he doesn't need to be. He has great defense at 1st, has some positional flexibility, left-handed power, and can be controlled through arbitration. He has a role and he sticks Ryan Kreidler-- highest "Willi Castro" upside The defense is elite. He can play SS AND Center credibly. I don't think he'll ever hit like Castro...but I wouldn't be surprised if he sticks. Yoendrys Gomez-- highest upside The article is correct not to overstate the sample size, but his profile is interesting. He needs to keep his walks under control, but he can pitch currently in leverage situations to a degree almost nobody else in the bullpen has proven they can. I'm hoping for him. Alex Jackson-- useful test but not a plan His MLB track record is ugly and he's done nothing this year to prove otherwise. Maybe he sticks as a backup...but I'd rather that not be our plan today. Tristan Gray-- least convincing I like Tristan a lot. I'm glad he's having a moment. But he's also 30, the approach is rough, he hasn't realy forced anything, and the profile is much more thin than Kreidler or Clemens. He's a depth piece that is serving a function now...but I don't think he has any real longterm roster role.
  22.    GopherMike reacted to a post in a topic: Twins 4, Red Sox 2: Bradley, Rojas and the Twins Stay on Fire in Boston
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    Cuts both ways. That's not a reason to do or not do something. You deal with the information you have, when you have it.
  24. GopherMike
    This is, in fact, too early. The roster has stabilized more than expected, the offense is still league-average without Jeffers, the starting pitching is strong. But all that said--I think some names on here are questionable. I'm not selling Martin and I'm not selling Buxton unless he demands it. I'm absolutely selling Taylor Rogers (if I'm selling at all) and Bell for certain But I'm not doing anything until mid-June at the earliest and if we are 3-4 games within the division, I'm holding. You need to give reasons for fans and players to give a damn. There's value in that too.
  25. GopherMike
    This team is hilarious. They look completely dead, lose Jeffers, option Royce, call up half of St. Paul, then win four of five. Baseball
  26.    GopherMike reacted to a post in a topic: Nine Deals, One Clear Win: Revisiting the Twins' 2025 Trade Deadline
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    Stewart pitched two innings and then got injured again. We could have traded him for a bucket of hot dog water and the move would have been fine.
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