Richie the Rally Goat
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Calling up Jackson to replace Martin?
Richie the Rally Goat replied to Mike Sixel's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
Why in the world would you add the guy you just outrighted back on the 40 to fill a bench role for an outfielder when you have a top prospect in AAA already on the 40? they really are playing the ROY games, aren’t they? -
It doesn’t hurt to hang on to Keaschall, but he’s way down on my pecking order. He doesn’t hit enough to not field well, and doesn’t hit lefties well enough (or field) to beat out Martin as the platoon mate for Larnach.
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They’re a game and a half behind Baltimore (along with pretty much the entire AL). Don’t waive the white flag yet. that being said, Adams isn’t getting it done and neither is Rogers. I can get behind a roster maneuver that improves the pen. Rojas could also just move to the pen in a traditional 1 inning role in place of Adams or Rogers. they need some help scoring runs, but there isn’t much help ready right now that would be an instant improvement. The best outcome would be Lee, Larnach and Buxton to heat up.
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Why are you shouting?
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Why are you shouting?
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Twins Designate Alex Jackson for Assignment
Richie the Rally Goat replied to Cody Christie's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
Hopefully Jackson passes through waivers and is retained, but this move was quite overdue -
So… do better at everything?
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You aren’t wrong, but are missing the point. yes, quality of spend matters more than quantity, but quantity matters too, to a point. The median payroll in 2025 was $172m, the target of $160m isn’t that the Twins have to magically hit that, it’s that the higher the payroll, the higher winning percentage in the regular season, and mid-range payrolls win the World Series 7 of the last 10 years. There are exceptions, don’t mistake the Rays as the rule. Pittsburgh is the rule. When the Twins slashed payroll from 160m after 2023 the team got significantly worse, when they slashed it again after 2024, they didn’t get significantly worse. The truth is, 99% of prospects fail, good teams have a mix of veterans and youth. To have a mix of good veterans comprising half the team is to have a payroll above 130m, and average has been above 160m for years. How they spend matters more than what, but what they spend matters a lot to the quality of the team relative to the league. https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/payroll/ https://www.thesportsgeek.com/blog/mlb-big-spenders-performance/
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Bourbon is aged 4 years or more? What’s the target period here?
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To the OP, it’s a silly nit-pick, but I’m going to do it anyways. Barrels is a hard hit stat that is right in line with the rest of his hard hit stats. Calling that out separately while also lumping other hard hit stats loses some credibility to an otherwise very good article. the comment about Lewis, like Buxton, aging like fine wine distilled the conversation extremely well. Buxton’s excellent hitting on rate stats have been in place since his age 25 season, it wasn’t until his 30s that health allowed the counting stats to catch up. Lewis has been far more inconsistent. I’m skeptical that Royce will age well. It’s great to see him on a heater, I look forward to him proving me wrong
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2 catchers and 2 outfielders on the bench… no problems with roster construction on this team
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Short people
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The last 15 years
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Is that allowed?
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KC! woot!
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I want to see Culpepper the everyday SS for a while in 2026. The other pieces of the puzzle depend on if it’s a September callup, a DFA (such as going down to 2 catchers) or injury. If I had my druthers Kreidler would be on the bench and Lee play third (in 2026) edit: reading back through the thread. Agreed, Houston isn’t coming up in 2026. Soonest 2half 2027. That would be an awesome problem to have. Step 1, stop carrying 3 catchers. Step 2, Houston if Houston gets to the bigs that fast it’s because he’s THE shortstop. Play him there and give KC run at 3b
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My vote would be Lee
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I see Shelty’s underpants
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Double play would be nice
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Got me there, had to look him up
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We do have the Vanimal
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The pen is better now than it was a week ago, and FAR better than when the season started. I’m much happier now
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The Crane thing is probably bunk, but Dan Hayes is pretty reliable that the trade rumor had some credibility https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7485919/2026/08/01/trevor-larnach-twins-failed-trade-astros/?unlocked_article_code=1.2VA.eiFF.FB6nqgaqNbSA
