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  1. mikelink45
    Nice exercise - now add Pascual, Kaat, Viola, Perry, Morris as our rotation. And Marshall, Worthington, Nathan, Aguilera, Perkins, Duran in the BP.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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?
  7. mikelink45
    And the ones we added aren't?
  8. mikelink45
    Is his price falling? If so maybe we will sign him.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. mikelink45
    I don't think I have ever enjoyed the reactions to a post as much as this one.
  13. mikelink45
    Great Post - I love these discussions with some research being conducted. I will accept your premise. But now I need to see someone besides Jeffers come from our ranks.
  14. mikelink45
    I love it when we bring baseball into the world of literature and language - here is an AI definition from Google for a baseball pipeline: "The concept of a baseball pipeline refers to the structured system and process through which amateur players are identified, developed, and advanced to the professional Major League Baseball (MLB) level. It encompasses all the stages a player goes through from early identification to their MLB debut." But in the long run, our semantical exchange still comes back to the question of whether the Twins have a product at the end of the pipeline or a drip. Since Falvey has been here and ignoring Jeffers and Vasquez we have always had a catcher at every level, but regardless of origin the next Twin up we have had Gaspar and Pareda in 2025, Camargo in 2024, Sanchez, Leon, and Godoy in 2022, Garver and Rortvedt in 21. Avila and Astudillo in 20. We have not called up Winkel or any other minor league catchers. We have continued to reach out. So I am waiting to see a flow from our internal pipes.
  15. mikelink45
    Maybe our sneaky FO can pull off a trade and get the Dodgers to take Kreidler in a trade for Fitzgerald and we can applaud them for doing something. By the way, this is an aside, but I have a hard time spelling Kreidler. I keep hearing my teachers of more than half a century ago saying i before e except after C.
  16. mikelink45
    There goes his HOF plaque!
  17. mikelink45
    True and that what writing is all about.
  18. mikelink45
    That is not a pipeline. We traded and grabbed catchers to fill our rosters. A pipeline means a steady flow from within, not a patchwork from without.
  19. mikelink45
    Sano did not start out as a large guy - he was a SS when we drafted him. I won't argue with your premise but it does not change my apprehension.
  20. mikelink45
    I hope that is the case, but many times players are rated too high. I need a prove it and I am happy to let him try MLB to do that. Just my opinion that he is overrated. I hope I am wrong and he is a star. However he has a little Sano in his profile.
  21. mikelink45
    Success in the international draft is elusive for everyone. Always hopeful, but 17 year olds have a long road and lots of changes - physical growth, mental challenges as they change nations and languages, and baseball challenges as their tools and abilities are torn apart in minute detail that allows the pitchers and teams to prepare for the player in ways that never used to happen. Rodriguez SO rates worry me. I do not have him rated as high as many do. I am looking for Walker to emerge - not that he is international, but he might block Rodriguez.
  22. mikelink45
    This is a tough column - it exposes the Twins big moves. It provides too much reality.
  23. mikelink45
    We are desperate. We scrape the bottom of the barrel and hope for a mushroom to appear for one year. Meanwhile the first place Brewers just did this higher. Wise? I don't know if he crashes like Twins Falvey will be happy to be off the hook for one year.
  24. mikelink45
    The biggest question mark is whether the big league coaches can actually coach the prospects through the changing approaches and challenges that are part of becoming a major league player. Our record at sustained success has not been good.
  25. mikelink45
    I would have Ryan number 1 - his trade value is high, his quality pitching is high, and he has show more durability than our other pitchers. I see Walker's trade value as really high but until he is on the field in MN and producing I cannot see him as number 1. For your overall list I see the biggest argument to be Jeffers. Fangraphs has him #7 in batting and #61 in fielding. Not great, but who is next in line? Jackson, Gaspar, Paredes? His value is going up as the new strike system is being implemented. So for trade value - the offense plays higher and a lot of teams could use his bat at catcher.
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