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  1. mikelink45
    Thank you. Continue to review the league. The competitors actions are as important as the Twins inaction. I have been wanting this kind of article.
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    As I read this I wonder who the next Brent Rooker is. Players get tags that stick with them too long. It is about opportunity.
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    I agree, this essay mixed FA and trades - it would be good to separate them - even do them by decades.
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    Sorry to post so much on this thread, but it inspired me. So I have to say that trading for Dean Chance would add to this list just like Mike Marshall and the bottom two drop off. In 1967 he won 20 games and pitched 283 innings. The hard part of this exercise is that we did not have the wild card and all the ways to get in post season. The Twins won 90 but that was not getting them to the top two spots. Vic Power was one of my favorites sixties acquisitions but he would not be on this list. But they did finish second that year. In 1963 we acquired Jim Perry in a trade that led us to the 1965 WS. In this era we did not have FA. So trades were the only means of acquisition. In 1964 they traded for Tovar - he would begin to pay dividends in 1966. Finally, in 1969 the Twins were in first place and they had acquired John Roseboro and Ron Perranoski (RP) That is my report on the decade of the sixties. Some good names and good players. We would next acquire Luis Tiant for the 1970 season.
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    I agree that Marshall should be there. In 1979 he threw 142 innings and appeared in 90 games - we have a hard time getting our starting pitching that far. He was fifth in innings pitched that year. This year it is more innings that Lopez, Matthews, and Festa, Paddack and Woods RIchardson. He was only 4 behind Ober and Ryan set the standard with 171!
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    I have no arguments with the top five but the quoted statement makes me argue again that Shannon Stewart is number six. While this is a very good list, the fact that Shannon Stewart went back to a nice but not spectacular player does not diminish how he fits with this statement in the essay I know Stewart was a trade, But his year was magical like Morris' one year. I enjoyed this two part series. Thanks.
  7. mikelink45
    With nothing else to write about, I look forward to the next list and then the list of the worst signings and trades. And the best Minnesotans to play in MLB. Keep us interested.
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    True - I only look at the one year - on his baseball reference page you will see that he accumulated more WAR 3.1 counting his time in Toronto, that year than any other during his Minnesota career, but what a year it was. Twinkie town in this posting claimed to be The best in season trade
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    Shannon Stewart should be at the top - what he brought to the Twins was amazing at a time when they really needed him. He carried us to first place!
  10. mikelink45
    Whitey333 nailed it. Wow we have Royce and Lee, don't worry we have Festa and Matthews, Kiriloff is going to be a star. Julien has proven his AAA success is not fluke. Wallner will be driving in lots of runs. Jose Miranda is going to anchor the middle of our lineup... Farm system ranks and major league success are not guarantees. And analytics don't seem to be able to make this prediction successfully. But I will say it is better to have a highly ranked minor league than a bad one.
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    Did I say exciting or are you projecting. I just said we have not had any action and many of the others have.
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    Whether they are big names or not, it is hard to sit back and watch other teams make signings. We have signed the following since the season - correct me if there are more: Josh Bell - Free Agent Miquel Caraballo - a very young minor league catcher in a trade Sam Ryan - Rule V Garret Spain - Rule V Grant Hartwig to minor league contract Yehizon Sanchez to minor league contract Alan Jackson on a trade Eric Orze on a trade Not a lot of recognizable names Meanwhile the Tigers have signed the following: Kyle Finnegan FA Kenley Jansen FA Sean Guenther to a minor league contract. Jack Little to a minor league contract. Cole Waites to a minor league contract. Drew Anderson. - FA Enmanuel De Jesus to a minor league contract. Inohan Paniagua to a minor league contract. Carlos Peña to a minor league contract. Johan Simon. in a trade Luke Taggart in the Rule 5 Draft RJ Petit in the Rule 5 Draft. This through 18 are AAA rule V Jan Caraballo in the Rule 5 Draft John Stankiewicz in the Rule 5 Draft Yendy Gomez in the Rule 5 Draft, Travis Kuhn in the Rule 5 Draft Austin Murr in the Rule 5 Draft Archer Brookman in the Rule 5 Draft Tanner Rainey to a minor league contract Gleyber Torres. FA Dugan Darnell off waivers A few recognizable names and lots of action hoping to hit it lucky Kansas City Matt Strahm in trade Lane Thomas. FA Kevin Newman to a minor league contract. LF Isaac Collins and RHP Nick Mears in a trade Andy Sanchez to a minor league contract. Adrian Rumardo to a minor league contract. Jose Cuas to a minor league contract. Alex Lange. FA Alberto Rodriguez to a minor league contract. Chase Jessee to a minor league contract Mason Black in a trade Connor Kaiser to a minor league contract. Kameron Misner trade A few trades and signings. No big news on this list, but they are trying various options Cleveland Guardians Codi Heuer to a minor league contract Shawn Armstrong. FA Stuart Fairchild to a minor league contract Justin Bruihl in a trade Colin Holderman. FA Jack Carey in the Rule 5 Draft, AAA Phase. Peyton Pallette in the Rule 5 Deiker Rojas to a minor league contract. Connor Brogdon. FA The Guardians join the Twins in the not very exciting category I am always interested in the other division clubs and wish we did more to follow our competitors.
  13. mikelink45
    Rotation depth? Pitching Pipeline? We had 11 pitchers with ERAs from 5 - 10, six with ERAs in the 4s and 5 arms in double figures. We have DFA's some of the bad numbers but not all and we eliminated the 10 with the best eras. See baseball reference. So we have two good starters and we want to trade from our depth. Move on.
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    Just wait - Falvey is a man of good will. After all the free agent signing he will swoop in and gather the unwanted for our roster. Just so they don't feel rejected.
  15. mikelink45
    Minnesota Twins manager Tom Kelly famously derided Stanford-educated prospect David McCarty with the dismissive chant, "Stanford, boola, boola, boola" in 1994. I am not a fan of McCarty and he might not have become a good player, but when the manager starts with this attitude there is a problem.
  16. mikelink45
    The real issue is that the Pohlads are still in charge - Falvey is expected to change and be more productive as they continually cut payroll. We had the team on the rise when we finally won a playoff game and then it was cut - the Pohlads caused this. I do feel Falvey really made a mistake blowing up the BP. Ryan, Lopez and Duran were three stalwarts to build with. Ryan needs an extension and somewhere we need a new Duran. I agree with TJSweens when he talks about the slow footed sluggers we wasted time and draft picks on. It took Falvey too long to recognize speed and fielding and contact as positive qualities. So I am ambivalent, tough talking Tom, ten year Falvey and Zoll (I never here about him). Who is Zoll? What does he do?
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    I can only look at their comments and that is what I share. Personally I think we overrate Kelly, but that really does not matter. The key for the future is making sure we have personnel that can connect with those we draft and don't draft those who will not fit.
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    If you read the article I linked you will see that Hunter had a hard time adjusting. I liked Kelly, but I think he had a basic weakness with young players.
  19. mikelink45
    Interesting - because baseball draft is so difficult to project compared to NFL, NHL, NBA where draft picks make immediate impact. We pick, we wait. Boom or Bust is five years later. It depends so much on how we work with and develop the prospect. As we have seen prospects come up, show promise, regress - hopefully Shelton has a coach that will bridge the gap and help the prospect to improve throughout their first three years. I see David McCarty and I blame Tom Kelly for his lack of success. Kelly was resentful of McCary's academic background and press clippings coming into the Twins. Kelly was great at somethings but was not good at adapting to all players - like Ortiz “I don’t think he really liked me." “I don’t know why. That was his style, not just with me. He was hard on young players. He was the kind of manager who liked veteran players. He never liked me.” And Todd Walker “If a person doesn’t like you as a player, you can’t really say anything about it,” Walker told the Star Tribune. “You have to go with someone who does.” https://twins-time.com/2024/07/was-former-twins-manager-tom-kelly-too-hard-on-young-players/
  20. mikelink45
    You lost me when you started with this. Big News? What a bench mark. Yes, we have been a greenhouse for nurturing relief pitchers for other teams. But at least we have the bottom of the RP order in place and will not spend on anyone else. Impatience? We dropped Thielbar after one bad year and the Cubs are grateful. I have no idea which pitchers are best placed in rotation and bullpen. But I think we all know that BPs are the key to success in this evolving game. This article on MLB.com was in 2017, the beginning of the trend that is in place. https://www.mlb.com/news/bullpen-use-has-changed-greatly-over-time-c216982016 He listed five trends The amount of relief appearances continues to climb Long relievers are an endangered species Multi-inning appearances are a rarity Three is now the preferred number of out Closers in particular have become pigeon-holed check out this article on Bullpen evolution:
  21. mikelink45
    In answer to your headline - TOO MANY
  22. mikelink45
    Not with words. Actions, changes. We have had enough Pohlad doublespeak - now we are all skeptical and it is up to him to prove us wrong.
  23. mikelink45
    It is about time change happened - is this the right change? At least they have now bought some more fan time as we wait and see.
  24. mikelink45
    Let's see - the projections have us with a below average SS, LF,BP and there is nothing about RF. The best projection is for someone who will probably be in St Paul - Culpepper. And they want to believe that Ober will not be the pitcher he was last year - I hope that is true. Overall Zips provided talking points, but otherwise it does not really project hope.
  25. mikelink45
    With prospects nearly ready I still question the acquisition of Bell. Keaschall could end up at 1B. We have too many good OF prospects to put him there.
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