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  1. Major League Ready
    I think there is a very good chance two of Jenkins / Rodriguez / Gonzalez / Roden will be better than Larnach and Martin. I would bet even money on Culpepper being better than Lee too.
  2. Major League Ready
    Buxton, Keaschall and perhaps Bell / Wallner make the Twins better but the Saints will be better defensively and more exciting on the bases. I will watch the Saints because Jenkins / Culpepper / Rodriguez and Gonzalez are crucial to the Twins becoming a contender or even a serious playoff team. Matthews, Prielipp, Rojas, and Raya could also provide a big boost. Of course, prospect development is always key but we need it more than ever and I don't recall this many legit prospects being on the door-step in a long time.
  3. Major League Ready
    I will be watching a lot more Saint's games until that "emerging core" makes it to Mpls. They will be a lot more exciting to watch.
  4. Major League Ready
    One key difference is that two years ago there was a reasonable chance of contending or at least being a playoff team. This team is screaming for new blood with some athleticism. Also, many of us never believed in Brooks Lee. His numbers never suggested he would be an impact player. That debate resurfaced here often. Same with Martin and Farmer was always a bench player. Jenkins and Rodriguez are much better prospects than Lee and Martin and Gonzalez probably have a much better chance of being well above than Lee or Martin. Would Tampa / Cleveland or Milwaukee have kept Larnach? I really doubt it.
  5. Major League Ready
    When last season ended, it was clear 2026 needed to be about transitions, That seemed to be the direction Falvey was headed until Tom Pohlad showed up. I think his ridiculous insistence that the Twins "need" to contend this year is the core problem. Why on earth do you keep Larnach when you have several players with more upside? They should have started the season with Buxton, Wallner, Martin, and Roden. Six weeks into the season they could start looking at Jenkins / Rodriguez, and Gonzalez to move if Martin or Roden were bad. They could have even added Outman and had 5 OFers for six weeks and switched him out for one of the above with no cost. The Larnach deal made this roster situation untenable.
  6. Major League Ready
    Good points although there was something we could call a change. They decided to spend even on less and then proclaim this team would magically compete.
  7. Major League Ready
    Have you ever seen a team expected to win 72 games sign an elite RP? You don't need a garage for a rusted out AMC Pacer.
  8. Major League Ready
    I would have preferred they had just kept Fitzgerald.
  9. Major League Ready
    If this is their plan, they are bad at being bad. They would have gotten more "youthful talent" and probably been worse had they sold off during the off-season instead of at the deadline. It makes absolutely no sense if that's the goal. However, Tom Pohlad does seem completely inept so you might be right. The tell-tale sign that this is not the case is that Pohlad hung onto Lopez. He could lowered the payroll another $20M had he dealt Lopez. I think he actually thinks this team can contend.
  10. Major League Ready
    When Tom Pohlad took over, he made it quite clear he rejected the idea of rebuilding. He clearly stated that we had to be a contender this year. Never mind that we were rated in the bottom tier of the league and never mind he was unwilling to spend. We just have to. I mean it sounds like a ranting teenager. The Pohlad's were never the solution but making a 180 in the middle of a rebuild demonstrates a considerably higher level of incompetence.
  11. Major League Ready
    Ouch!
  12. Major League Ready
    I think a lot of people view a #3 in the context of a playoff team. A #3 SP looks different when viewed through that lens. The middle of the 3rd band among playoffs teams would be ranked 30th.
  13. Major League Ready
    You're right. I did a poor job of articulating what I meant. I meant that in terms of secondary positions, Backing up CF would be more valuable than playing a corner OF position where we have very good prospects on the horizon. So, I guess I do know what you came to that conclusion. My bad.
  14. Major League Ready
    I am not sure why you would come to that conclusion. He could play every day at 2B and in the event Buxton was out, he could cover CF. We have better back-up options at 2B than we do CF. In theory, this would eliminate the need to roster Outman.
  15. Major League Ready
    The two that are listed at one position play a premium position (SS). Organizations are reluctant to move guys off SS. They give them every opportunity just like the Twins did with Lewis, Martin, and Lee. A very high percentage of guys listed as (SS) end up playing elsewhere. If you look at the scouting reports, McGonigle and LeVries, it's quite possible they get moved to a different position. I would think Keaschall's greatest value would be to back-up CF.
  16. Major League Ready
    According to FanGraphs, Bailey Ober has 1 option remaining. He looks like depth at this point. I would start the season with him but move him to STP for depth if he is ineffective. I would rather see Matthews or Able get innings to further their development.
  17. Major League Ready
    You tell me. He had a wRC+ of 100 at the deadline last year. However, he had a 139 wRC+ for the 2nd half. If he has a 139 wRC+ at the deadline, and therefore a 139 wRC+ for the previous 7 months, will that be a bat a contender wants to add. They could take the money out of the equation and cover all or most of it given it's spent money.
  18. Major League Ready
    The 2nd year is a mutual option. He will be very tradeable at the deadline if he hits like he did the 2nd half of last year. If not, it costs them $1.25M to let him go.
  19. Major League Ready
    That would help short-term but if this team is going to be good at some point, Wallner also needs to be moved out of the OF to DH or traded. The corner OF spots need to be taken over by some combination of Jenkins / Gonzalez / Roden / Martin and perhaps Mendez or even Keaschall. Signing Larnach was a product of Tom Pohlad's insistence / delusion that this terrible team must contend this year and in the process he created what most everyone here recognizes as a dysfunctional roster.
  20. Major League Ready
    For me, the signing makes little sense as a DH. He is just not a good enough hitter to warrant a roster spot as a primary DH. We have plenty of LH hitters to fill that role so his value as a DH is primarily against LHP and that's not a good utilization of a roster spot.
  21. Major League Ready
    If that's what you took from this discussion, I don't know what to tell you. It's not that complicated and history is crystal clear. Success for mid/small market teams has been driven by the acquisition and development of low cost / controllable assets.
  22. Major League Ready
    Drafting and Development is very important to MLB success for any team, even high revenue teams. It's absolutely essential for teams in the bottom half of revenue. If a team is not successful at an essential part of success, the answer sure is hell is not to ignore that essential element of success. They need to improve that element of success, not ignore it. If you want to test this premise, we should examine the teams in the bottom half of revenue that have been successful without developing prospects. The problem is they don't exist. Trading for established MLB players and free agency has supplemented these teams but at least 75-80% of WAR typically comes from players that were drafted or acquired as prospects. There has been exactly 1 mid-market teams in the past 20 years that garnered a significant portion (46%) of their success from FAs and trades for established players if you consider Josh Reddick to have been an established player when acquired. Reddick had 1 2 war season prior to being acquired. They also acquired Bartolo Colon, Yoenis Cespedes, Coco Crisp, Grant Balfour and, Jonny Gomes in free agency. The 5 players collectively cost $19.5M. They signed 3 modest price FAs and 2 cheap FAs and they all performed well. That's the one example in the past 20 years. Is this the strategy we should pursue or should we get better at development? BTW ... The next best example is the 2019 Twins.
  23. Major League Ready
    Let's just follow your logic here. The players turned out to be bad so let's keep them because the next wave of players also might also turn out to be bad.
  24. Major League Ready
    You really don't grasp the difference between failed execution and good or bad strategy. They got an F because they followed a strategy that was highly likely to fail. To now follow an inferior strategy because they failed to execute strategies that have proven to be essential would be gross incompetence. Thus, they got the only F because they illustrated their incompetence. By they, I mean ownership because this is Tom Pohlad's doing. The organization failed to execute but taking this direction and following this strategy is on ownership.
  25. Major League Ready
    This is the 2nd time I have seen Klein this spring and his off-speed stuff looks pretty darn good to me and he has plenty of velocity. Am I being a homer / overly optimistic. He needs to spot the fastball better but does this guy have a decent chance to be part of the rebuilding the BP?
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