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  1. Major League Ready
    Great post Mike. I refuse to let any of this crap negate my enjoyment of the game. I am looking forward to seeing a new group of players because the old ones were not cutting it. Keaschall is the first of several. Rodriguez, Jenkins, Culpepper, and Gonzalez will be the next wave and I find myself rooting for Fedko so I hope to see him. Of course, there are a bunch of pitching prospects. Some will fail but at least the days of slow position players that strike out a lot and can't defend are coming to an end.
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    I remember seeing similar assessments here about Brent Rooker at the end of 2021 and the 2022 off-season.
  3. Major League Ready
    Fair enough but would you disagree that of the 8 positions 1st base is the easiest to fill. Does anyone go from 1B to 3B or the OF because they can't "stay" at 1B or do they go to 1B when they can't play 3B. If the latter is true, there will be a greater supply of 3B than 1B and I think we can all agree that the up the middle positions are more difficult to play.
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    I should have started that your value explanation was right on. As a fan, I hope they are more focused on constructing a real contender as opposed to 'cash value". You have been a proponent of building a team with a legit shot at a WS as opposed to the teams we have had recently that have a decent chance of getting in the playoffs but not much of a chance to go deep. I am with you in that desire.
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    There is another possibility in terms of how these new investors see Ryan. They could be looking at his value in terms of making a playoff run. If that's the case, they would evaluate their odds of making a playoff run in 2026 or 2027 if we have a 2027 season. Then, they would determine if they have a better chance making a playoff run or two by trading Ryan for assets that would contribute after 2027 for the next 5-7 years. Obviously, you never know with prospects even ones as good as Keaschall / Jenkins / Gonzalez / Rodriguez / Culpepper / Abel / Rojas and you could say Matthews and Festa still are not proven. Of course, we need to add whatever they received in trading Ryan / Lopez and perhaps Ober. On the flip side, what are the chances with mostly the same group of players that are failed this year minus 4 very good RPs. IMO, 2026 is an extreme longshot. So, should those investors bet on 2027 (which might not happen) or the 5-7 years following 2027?
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    Name a position that's easier to fill?
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    Rebuilds do generally takes several years. However, most of the time, rebuilds happen after a window of contention where the team has not had high draft picks and they have traded away prospects for missing pieces like the nationals for example who are in year 6. Those teams generally do not have many good prospects that are near major league ready. That is far from the case here. The Twins already have three young SPs in SWR / Matthews / Festa and Abel that are just starting to establish themselves in the majors. They have several others in the system. Some will certainly fail but some others will be ready in the next year or so. Where position players are concerned. Buck has 3 more years and Keaschall looks like a game changer. Wallner needs to go to a part-time defensive player but the bat is somewhere between above average and great. Both corner OF spots need to be replaced but they have both quantity and quality for these positions. We don't have many options that are near at SS but the one we have looks great. That leaves 1st base as the big hole and that's not a hard position to fill. This just does not look like a 5+ year rebuild. They have a lot to work through in 2026 but they should have a very talented young team in 2027.
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    Does KC win the WS if they had not traded Greinke for Cane & Escobar? The other part of this equation is the player going out generally would have provided 1-1.5 years of production vs 6-7 years of production for the players coming back. This formula is how Cleveland, Tampa, and the current Brewers team have outperformed other teams outside the top dozen in revenue. If you look at the players on Milwaukee's roster on pace to produce greater than 1.5 WAR, 47% of the production has been produced by players acquired as prospects or unproven major leaguers.
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    I would expect that Forbes is including draft bonuses / International bonuses / Benefits, and MLB Payroll in "player Expenses".
  10. Major League Ready
    Fedko is the new guy at the top of my watch list. His OPS is now 1201. He only has 49 AAA PAs but he is screaming for a shot in September. KEEP IT UP Kyler!
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    It's a lost season and Roden has nothing left to prove in the minors. He was very good at every Milb level. They should give him an opportunity now and to start 2026 because they have a lot of options that should be ready by the midway point in 2027. They could actually play Fedko at 1B just to get him as many ABs as possible. There is a better possibility he can stay with the team long term at 1B vs the outfield given Wallner / Jenkins / Rodriguez and Gonzalez have greater upside. I realize it's weird with a guy that can play all 3 OF positions but we can always adapt his role later if he can hit at the ML level.
  12. Major League Ready
    Adams hit 97 a couple times last night. He might be capable of ramping it up in a RP role like Jax was able to do.
  13. Major League Ready
    Bohorquez had a stinker in late May. Since then his ERA is 2.23 over his last dozen starts (48.1 IP) You would have to believe they send him to AA to start 2026. He won't be 21 until March. It would be nice if he were to elevate himself to be considered in the same category as Soto, Hill, and Quick.
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    A case could be made that Fedko is the break-out player of the year. How could make the OF shuffle really interesting next year. I hope to see him here in September. That might just happen if he keeps on hitting anything like he has since being promoted.
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    You missed the point by a country mile. Their actions are quite clear. They are going to rebuild in 2026. You are approaching this as if they will keep Lopez/Ryan and Ober while tweaking the roster to contend in 2026. Is that the message you got at the deadline? I think it's far more likely 2 of Lopez/Ryan/Ober are traded. I also think it's far more likely that the two corner OFers that end 2026 will be different than the ones that started the season unless Roden blossoms. Same is true for SS.
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    They were out of the 2026 race when they traded Duran/Jax/Varland/Steward and Correa. The lack of production from Larnach / Lee and Lewis also contributed. Getting a couple prospects that are not ready for MBL 7 or 8 starts is going to have very little impact on them being in our out of the race in 2026.
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    This assumption does not seem likely given what happened at the deadline. To trade away Duran/Jax/Varland /Stewart and then try to replace 4 very good RPs by converting SPs would be unprecedented malpractice.
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    My recollection is a large majority of people cheered when they signed Correa. Many were even for signing him when the deal was 12 years. It was more split on Donaldson but the majority liked the signing. There were even people who preferred they keep him when he got traded away. I might be wrong but it seemed like the majority applauded the Vazquez signing. All of this is tangential. The organization committed to a rebuild. We gutted our BP and traded away Correa. Larnach and Lee simply are not a solution and our best solution at 1B is Clemmens. Yet, the approach is be ready to contend on day 1. It's OK to wish they had not decided to rebuild but to change direction now would be truly incompetent, especially with 2027 in question.
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    That's exciting. It's also probably part of the reason they decided to rebuild or you might call it a retool given the expected timeframe. Something similar is likely to happen on the pitching side as well.
  20. Major League Ready
    100% agree. These two guys have the potential to be top of the rotation starters. It makes zero sense to move them to a BP role until they have proven they are not mid-rotation or better starters. Good example is Jax. I remember you being on that one as it unfolded.
  21. Major League Ready
    My guess is the rotation starts with Lopez / Matthews / Bradley / Festa / SWR. They will keep Pablo around as a mentor and fan favorite. They will keep Abel in AAA to work on control because it makes no sense to rush him in a rebuilding year, especially if it means a year of control. Do you want rush a not quite ready Mick Abel in a lost year or do you prefer to have him an extra year when he should be at his peak. That's the tradeoff for him starting the year at the big league level. Culpepper won't be here for the same reason. They will give him 6-8 weeks to prove himself at AAA and he will be called up if he looks read to graduate AAA . I won't even guess about the BP and I think trading Ryan/Ober and Larnach will yield a player or 2 that is major league ready.
  22. Major League Ready
    Next year they will be auditioning OFers all year. Larnach is gone next year unless he goes absolutely wild the rest of the year. Buxton is the only guy that is a certainty for the OF. Walner is highly probable but he is going to be a 4th or 5th OFer that plays the DH role most of the time. LF and RF and the 4th OFer is up for grabs next year. Culpepper very likely takes over SS. The need a new 1B and back-up catcher as well as a long-term solution for the primary catcher. We will have to agree to disagree on what is happening and how to manage it.
  23. Major League Ready
    Apparently trading 40% of the 26 man roster did not make it clear for you that they were rebuilding. Playing mediocre veterans in a rebuild phase is counterproductive and nonsensical.
  24. Major League Ready
    I would assume they want to work on some tweaks with Bradley and it's more productive to do that at AAA. Same thing with Abel except it also makes absolutely no sense to burn service time with a guy that is not quite ready. They also have SWR/Festa and Lopez due back soon. Bradley and Abel both just switched organizations and coaches. It would seem beneficial to avoid bringing them up for 2-3 weeks to work with yet another set of coaches and then send them right back down.
  25. Major League Ready
    Getting buck back won't hurt either.
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