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55th percentile xSLG, 60th percentile hard hit, .488 SLG in minors this year. Martin career high is 7 HRs at any minor league level. Not a good comp

I want to see Roden playing 120 games next year. He had an .850 ops against lefties and an 1.147 ops in 19 PAs this year. Sit him against lefties with mean sliders and sweepers but play him against everyone else. Keaschall and Roden at the top of a lineup working long PAs followed by 20 HR power in Buxton, Clemens, Jenkins, Rodriguez, Lee sounds really fun. Roden has hit at every level, never had an OBP under .400, had a freaking NASA grant in college…dude is insanely smart. They can get Jenkins, Buxton, Rodriguez, Roden and Keaschall ABs next year. Buxton plays 4 of 5, 2 in DH, 2 in CF-130 starts Roden half in OF, half at 1B- 130 starts Jenkins- 120 OF, 20 DH- 140 starts Rodriguez- 100 OF, 20 DH (sits vs most lefties)- 120 starts Keaschall- 80 OF, 55 DH- 135 starts Assumes health, but leaves 30 OF starts open for other guys like Clemens

Here’s my issues and why I’m skeptical about what “meaningful investment means” - Last year they cut the scouting dept by 4 people. Teams like the Twins can’t afford to run a lean scouting dept. Milwaukee and Tampa sure don’t run lean scouting departments. Scouting is somewhere I want to see a meaningful investment. - There have been other instances as well where they’ve released executives and not rehired because Tom wants to “learn on the job”. Ownership being this involved in a professional team is a giant red flag for consistency. Let the pros do their job. - being so short sighted that he bought at the deadline instead of doing the smart thing and recognizing this team was not playoff material. This is more minor for me, but it shows that Tom is way too involved. - The FA market isn’t strong but there are options where the Twins need help- Catching and Pitching. What do the Twins do with Joe Ryan? They can’t let another top talent walk at free agency, can they? What do they do with their excess of OF talent? I’d like to see some meaningful trades to bring in talent and payroll. - There are routes they could take to meaningfully improve the team next year and the future. Factoring inflation into the equation, there’s no world where anything less than 140m-two years from now will cut it, but my fear is that if Tom continues to be super involved it’ll result in a few years of maybe being a wild card team and then we’ll really have to start worrying about the farm system being unable to keep up.

Factoring inflation into the equation, this was the team‘s lowest payroll since 2014. If there are not plans for $140-$150 million payroll the next couple years, factoring in the same inflation then he’s a liar

Twins leaders in xwOBA

Statistically Roden is a top 3 hitter on the team. keep playing Bell, Lewis and Martin though

His platoon bs isn’t even based on real stats and analytics. He’s just a boomer that thinks every righty crushes lefties

Roden has an .850 ops vs lefties in AAA this year and an 1.147 ops against them in the majors this year Shelton is a moron. I never want to see him wearing twins gear again.

He’s got an xwOBA higher than almost everyone on the squad

This is almost a 90 loss team, I don’t give a rats ass about the score why isn’t Roden playing? The club seriously hates him, there no other explanation here

I was more saying he’s wishing to get traded from this squad

Why even play Royce at this point? I can imagine Roden is begging to be traded next year

6 days left, twins are all the way in San Fran, why now? Even though he wasn’t claimed twice, they held Jackson tightly even when Jeffers was starting at catcher a week straight. So many infuriating decisions this year

No I think that was elite Twins closer Jon Rauch

Twins are morons. Roden should have been playing every day. .850 ops in AAA against lefties