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  1. Major League Ready
    If you are correct, we should be sellers not buyers. I would add the last thing we need is a 1B. We have a fantastic young 1B and Arraez as a back-up.
  2. Major League Ready
    By 2023 when Gray’s contract ends, they will have Ryan, Winder, Ober, Smeltzer, Paddack, and Dobnak. It’s also reasonable to believe a couple of Balazovic / Canterino, SWR, and Varland will be ready for the ML level. Dobnak goes to the BP or gets traded and the others will provide depth at first and eventually take full-time spots. They should also have a couple others knocking on the door between Raya, SGL, Festa, Povich, Hajja, Heterick and Medina. So, it makes absolutely no sense for them to extend him at this moment. I would much rather they take a hard run at Musgrove / Taillon / Rodon next year and have one of them plus Gray and Ryan at the top of the rotation. If they don't sign any of those FAs and none of the prospects pan out, they can resign Gray at the end of 2023. Doing this would also allow them to put Maeda in the BP next year or trade him.
  3. Major League Ready
    I was thinking the same thing. Every pitcher we have has better stats with the exception of Bundy. Much prefer we get a back of the BP guy.
  4. Major League Ready
    I would imagine Fangraphs is not 100% reliable but it's easy to miss. I thought Isola was next year and he is eligible at the end of the year. He is interesting and I would have to think they need to protect him. I also missed Palacios who definitely needs to go on. He has really stepped up since getting a taste of MLB. He is hitting 316 with an OPS of 888 over the past 5 weeks.
  5. Major League Ready
    According to Fan Graphs he is eligible at the end of this year.
  6. Major League Ready
    These 8 prospects are candidates to be added to the 40-man, IMO. Simeon Woods-Richardson Spencer Steer Matt Wallner Louie Varland Sawyer Gibson-Long Blayne Enlow Brent Headrick Edouard Julien The 7 players below are on the 40-man but could be dropped at the end of the season depending on how the rest of the year goes for them. Yennier Cano / Jharel Cotton / Danny Columbe / Ronny Henriguez / Trevor Megill / Jovani Moran / Jose Godoy.
  7. Major League Ready
    I was really excited about all the great performances at the Milb level earlier this year. Not so much lately.
  8. Major League Ready
    The vast majority of teams value position flexibility so they can match-up and also to cover injuries. This is a trend all across baseball. So, it's not the twins. It's all of baseball that you are assuming does not get it.
  9. Major League Ready
    Are you disappointed those two are not getting used much? It's OK by me. I sure would love to see Alcala back!
  10. Major League Ready
    How many of those games were at 3B and how many were at 1B? Most were at 1B because Kirilloff was out, so you are just seeing what you want to see. The past will not reflect the future with Kirilloff and Polanco back. In addition, it is very doubtful that Urshela at 3B vs Miranda makes any difference at all in the Twins making the post season. Yes, Miranda started out slow but his wRC+ in June is 137 vs 106 for Urshela. There is more upside to Miranda. Plus, I seriously doubt Urshela is here next year so yes giving Miranda ABs in place of Urshela is investing in the future. Yes, we could DH him some but those ABs should be taken by Arraez when Polanco is back. Sano might come into play as well.
  11. Major League Ready
    I would be more inclined to agree if we agreed on the merit of "playoff caliber". They are only a playoff team because they are in the weakest division. They would not be a playoff team in any of the other 5 MLB divisions. The Twins ranking with oddsmakers is around 14-15th. We can continue to do the same old thing or we can build a legit playoff team. That can be done to some degree with free agent spending but only in the top revenue teams. It can be done by trading away the future if you want to take a 2 year run at a WS or it can be done by investing in young players. Part of that investment is playing time at the MLB level. Do we want a band aid to get us through a season with a fringe playoff team or do we want a long-term solution. I would much rather have Miranda at 3B next year and an $8M RP acquired with the salary difference or the salary difference contributing to bringing on Willson Contreras or Joe Musgrove.
  12. Major League Ready
    I have been an Urshela supporter from day1. However, I would trade him at the deadline if the return was decent and insert Miranda at 3B for the rest of the season. Steer is waiting in the wings if Miranda can't handle the job.
  13. Major League Ready
    Why would we want Snell? He was mediocre last year and bad this year. His ERA is 5.46.
  14. Major League Ready
    He has to go on the 40 man at the end of the year or be subject to the rule 5 draft.
  15. Major League Ready
    $50M or thereabouts would be enough to land Willson Contreras and Joe Musgrove or Jamison Taillon which would project to produce about 2X the WAR of Correa. Plus, he couldn't convince anyone to give anyone to give him a 10 year contract at age 27 so the idea he would get one at 30 is really farfetched.
  16. Major League Ready
    I can't recall any examples of a good veteran position player being traded for a veteran position player at the deadline in the past 20 years. Can anyone else site an example of such a trade? Isn't the whole idea rather unrealistic? Urshela could definitely be moved to make room for Miranda / Steer but it won't be for a veteran player. Sano will be traded if they can find anyone to take him to keep Kirilloff at 1B and that won't be for a veteran either.
  17. Major League Ready
    40% of revenue is associated with people attending games. The associated revenue is more likely to decrease than increase. TV contracts are 20+ years so the existing contracts are not going up. Inflation is not going to result in higher player contracts. Any increases in revenue would likely be new revenue streams. BTW ... Raising prices because people are not buying your product kind of flies in that old theory about supply and demand.
  18. Major League Ready
    Why would you think that inflation will lead to higher MLB revenue and consequently higher salaries? Luxuries and entertainment spending are the first thing to go when an economy tightens. Contracts are not going to reflect a cost of living increase.
  19. Major League Ready
    I agree with you that this discussion is a little early and there are many variables that won't be known until the deadline. I have made several posts to that position. With this in mind, it's just fine to blindly insist the FO "go for it". That position is repeated over and over here year after year. Every year is a go for it year. However, for the people responsible for the future as well as the present state of the team, ignoring hard facts/evidence and making decisions that defy such information get terminated and deservedly so.
  20. Major League Ready
    I understand your thinking on Rogers, I just don't understand why Miami would sell low on him when they have 4 and a half more years of control. Are there rumors they want to move him? Like I said, I don't disagree he could bounce back but why would they move him without getting a return that assumes he returns to ace status almost immediately?
  21. Major League Ready
    For the same reason mathematically eliminated teams don't forfeit every game. I mean really, your answer is that if a team does not have a reasonable chance of winning the WQS they should not bother playing? By your logic every team should be trading for proven players. There wouldn't be any sellers if that logic made sense and had the Twins followed that logic they would not have acquired Ryan / Duran / Celestino or Alcala.
  22. Major League Ready
    So, we should ignore the odds determined by oddsmakers because they are in 1st place? The Oddsmakers have given 7 teams that are not in first place better odds. Please enlighten us as to knowledge you posses that the people who make their living determining these odds fail to understand.
  23. Major League Ready
    That logic is fine for a fan. It would get any person in a leadership position followed. However, ignoring 400:1 odds because it has happened in the past would assure termination of the authority to make such decisions is terminated. The statement that perpetuated this was " Worrying about losing prospects in a possible trade could be part of what holds the franchise back." The Braves invested virtually nothing so using the Braves as an example is misguided. They went out and got a couple guys who were playing terrible and they played like MVPs. Those calling "go for it" would be very disappointed with level of investment. We would all love to invest nothing in players that perform like superstars, and have the rest of the team play phenomenally better after the deadline.
  24. Major League Ready
    Yes, they are a 1st place team ranked 15th in their of their odds of winning the WS. 14 other teams have better odds so the fact they are in 1st place so let's be realistic about if they have built a team or need to continue to build. Odds of winning the WS
  25. Major League Ready
    My belief about this year's team has no relevance to how playoff teams have been constructed among teams in the bottom half of revenue. The impact of trades for prospects vs trading prospects for established players is a product of historical fact. There is no doubt free agency and trading for established players has a place in the construction of playoff teams. However, if you look at the relative roles of acquisition methods, there is no doubt that trading for prospects has a far larger role in success compared to trading for established players. What logic could possibly support that the twins have "caught lighting in a bottle this year"? How can there be thread after thread insisting we have no chance unless we add a #1 SP, we need at least a couple RPs and another bat if we have caught lightening in a bottle?
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