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  1. mikelink45
    All I can say is - at least we have another BP arm. Not much else to add.
  2. mikelink45
    rankingss are interesting but don't mean anything. Just keep pushing prospects forward! Need and opportunity are more important than ranks
  3. mikelink45
    I keep seeing trade Larnach - for what?
  4. mikelink45
    I THINK YOU CHOSE THE KEY WORD They are vacuuming up hitless, no-field utility players
  5. mikelink45
    i agree he is better than the other two Is that good enough
  6. mikelink45
    How amazing is it that the twins have basically cornered the market in worthless utility players and mediocre catchers. Just keep moving them around like chairs on the deck. Maybe One will fall overboard. No bullpen just playing this little game at the end of the roster. Whoever said this gives us a backup for shortstop is obviously reading different tea leaves than I see. There's nothing in any of these that gives me a real sense that there's somebody who can fill in for Lee. But I do want to thank the twins because I really didn't realize how many of these utility players there were. And of course with her catching pipeline we can use this talent to keep shuffling through
  7. mikelink45
    and field
  8. mikelink45
    that Ober fell below him Festa, Zebby, SWR are in the rotation because no one has risen to push them out.
  9. mikelink45
    The Twins strategy has been to stay afloat. Don't worry about rising too far, just give the fans the lottery hope - the odds are bad, but maybe...
  10. mikelink45
    Next question What does success look like to the Twins owners and FO Does any other team see the Twins as a trade partner after Lopez and Ryan? why would another team want Larnach, Jackson, Outman...
  11. mikelink45
    When I read about all the teams that you list looking for catchers I have to wonder why they didn't sign Caratini?
  12. mikelink45
    My first thought was a JEFFERS trade. We are now loaded with mediocre 1B options, overloaded with C, and a bench full of non-hitting utility players plus a questionable BP What a roster.
  13. mikelink45
    Sure you can add them we always need more than a five anyway
  14. mikelink45
    Nice exercise - now add Pascual, Kaat, Viola, Perry, Morris as our rotation. And Marshall, Worthington, Nathan, Aguilera, Perkins, Duran in the BP.
  15. mikelink45
    All our MLB transactions since the season ended have brought us Bell, Kreideler, Jackson, Orze, Wagaman and Brujan - their total war last year is 1.1. I mean thata is the total for all six players. Now that is really moving the bar! Of course that does not take in our acquisition of Roden -0.6 or Outman -1.0 or Abel -0.2 or Bradley -0.6 for a total of -2.4 WAR in 2025. 10 players -1.3 WAR total. I see some potential, but this is not generating enthusiasm.
  16. mikelink45
    I have no idea and suspect no one else does until they try. Then the question is - does a player get put into high leverage right away or get some experience first.
  17. mikelink45
    The question I always have about coaches and you can add all MLB coaches too - is how do we judge them? Often it is the talent that they are given to work with. This is the right amount of voices or too little/too much? I don't know. I look at all the Twins coaches and wonder what they all do and how well they are doing it. Imagine being an Earl Weaver, Sparky Anderson, Casey Stengel, Walk Alston and having to maneuver all these bodies. I cannot say if any of these decisions are good or not.
  18. mikelink45
    As usual all we can do is wait and see. Since we have now cornered the market in no-hit utility players we can start working on bad pitch RP.
  19. mikelink45
    The Twins inspire again - Let me count the ways Vidal Brujan replaces Mickey Gaspar We claim Eric Wagaman and let go of Ryan Fitzpatrick We get Alex Jackson and release Kiersey We sign Eric Orze We get Ryan Kreidler off wavers Are we just getting different names so we can brag that our bench is different and the FO actually did something. Letting go of Gaspar, McCusker, Keirsey, Eeles will not hurt the club - the question is - will the new names help the club?
  20. mikelink45
    And the ones we added aren't?
  21. mikelink45
    Is his price falling? If so maybe we will sign him.
  22. mikelink45
    Why not? Look at what he contributed in his one year as a Twin and what Bader contributed last year. We need some good OF defense - which also means Wallner at DH, Larnach at 1B and Jenkins and Rodriguez in the OF.
  23. mikelink45
    I would love to see an analysis of the top five rated players in our minor leagues for the last 10 years and where they are now. I know Royce and Lee were top rated players and are in the majors, but only because the Twins do not have players good enough to fill those positions and (acquiring Ryan Kreidler, Eric Wagaman, and Orlando Arcia to provide depth on the margins. - quoted from another essay) is not giving them any competition. Wallner is still a question mark and all the earlier articles wanted us to cut Larnach. Julien in on the MLB club because we have acquired such lousy free agents for the bench, but he had one year and fizzled out. Miranda is gone. Zebby and Festa are looked at as success but Zebby has a MLB career of -0.4 WAR and a 5.92 ERA for his two years. Festa has been hurt, but when he was on the mound he has a two year WAR of 0.8 and a 5.12 ERA. I am not interested in whether we have enough bodies to fill all the minor league rosters. Like other commentators I want to see a steady progression of major league successes.
  24. mikelink45
    Based on this statement, why not, he can't be worth less than this dustbin of no talent and we know him, he was one of US. Of course if we do, it is another indication that there are two qualifications for our bench - they can stand up and they won't cost very much. Isn't there a quality person out there? I am hoping Fitzgerald gets a chance to show the Twins that cutting him for these mediocre vets was a poor decision.
  25. mikelink45
    I don't think I have ever enjoyed the reactions to a post as much as this one.
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