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  1. GopherMike
    Because it's going to take an ass-ton of money.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. GopherMike
    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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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
  7. GopherMike
    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.
  8. GopherMike
    The AL Central is refusing to let the Twins die
  9. GopherMike
    First in-person game of the year and boy did it suck. Twins are losing in the most inefficient way possible. An 11-11 team with a +12 run differential and excellent starting pitching.
  10. GopherMike
    I think we believe "the next young superster is close to arriving" I'm not sure that's actually true.
  11. GopherMike
    As much as we'd all like to rely on Kreidler-bombs to bail this team out, we'll probably need to develop a second offensive weapon for the long stretch.
  12. GopherMike
    You watch that filthy mouth when you talk about Orze. Twins are 6-1 when he pitches. Extend that out and we'll be, like, 139-23 if he pitches every day. That's just math.
  13. GopherMike
    Pardon my language, but gosh darn this is a lot of fun
  14. GopherMike
    Eric Orze once again leads the Twins to victory. 6-0 when he pitches.
  15. GopherMike
    I don't think baseball has settled on the actual value of a manager. But I like Derek Shelton.
  16. GopherMike
    He can play CF and nobody else on this roster really can (Martin can pretend in a pinch) That said---yeah....I think he's the most vulnerable hitter on the 40-man. There's an argument that Roden deserves a chance soon, if not now. I can't see anyone claiming Outman if we sent him down at this point. And I'm not sure I'd care if they did.
  17. GopherMike
    Kendry Rojas was the key part of the Varland trade--not Roden. I didn't care for the trade--but that's an important distinction.
  18. GopherMike
    1) It was a bad trade and I wish they could have gotten literally anything of value and/or not held so much salary 2) That doesn't necessarily mean we should have kept him....or that we'd be a better team with him than without him. It's impossible to know. But yeah...it was a salary dump. That's well understood by everyone.
  19. GopherMike
    Plate discipline has been great so far this year. 8th in OBP coming into the game despite being 19th in average. For a team that doesn't have a lot of fantastic hitters, it's causing the offensive sum of its parts to be much more. Love to see it.
  20. GopherMike
    Ryan seemed genuinely confused at the sight of someone playing defense
  21. GopherMike
    *shrug* I don't think carrying a roster-spot for someone to hit .730 OPS just against lefties and just to play 3B (poorly) makes sense. Kreidler can’t hit, obviously. Nobody is arguing otherwise. The point is that he actually solves a real roster problem right now. Wagaman doesn’t. “Maybe he can fake a platoon at third because he’s been less bad vs lefties” is not much of a role.
  22. GopherMike
    I agree that this is more interesting than it appears on the surface. Do the Twins use this as an opportunity to give Brooks more play at 3B? Do they give Kreidler a chance to show he's anything better than Outman? My guess is Royce is probably out through April, which is about 20 games. That's a not-insignificant window.
  23. GopherMike
    If you’re a bench bat, you need to either really hit or have some carrying tool that makes the roster fit. Wagaman is a pretty awful third baseman defensively, he can't run, and he has a career wRC+ OF 85. Kreidler may be ugly on a bench with Outman, but at least he gives you real defensive utility at positions where the Twins actually need coverage right now. I’m not calling him good. I’m saying he has a clearer functional use than Wagaman does. I really don't know what we are keeping Wagaman for, other than we have basically awful 1B options all around.
  24. GopherMike
    Wagaman is nothing. The Reds DFA'd Christian Encarnacion and I'm hoping the Twins will snag him. Wagaman has no real functional upside and is a super marginal 40-man guy. Kreidler at least offers defensive versatility
  25. GopherMike
    It's also his second forearm strain. He had one last year too.
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