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They said during the broadcast that they want to pitch him every four days and they planned the game for 3 innings for Rojas. My guess is that they are hoping that getting him out there more frequently will improve his consistency. He looked really good last night so perhaps it's working.
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Great. I get your point, but you made a specific reference to having a speed guy off the bench. It's kind of pointless if you don't have a solution and I just don't know who that would be within our system.
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That sounds good in theory. Who specifically would you bring up?
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One reason is that he would lose Rookie status for next year. Wait a week and he would maintain Rookie status for next year. It makes no sense to forfeit Rookie status for next year for one week on the roster this year.
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They don't have anyone that is above average at 2B and 3B is Lee's best position so it would seem Culpepper is most likely to end up at 2B. This team really needs Houston and Culpepper to work out. Houston being the Minor League Hitter of the Month is really good news. However, if Lee does not improve offensively, the best alignment might be with Culpepper at 3B, and Keashall at 2B.
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I can get behind this plan. Ryan made $6.2M this year, scheduled for $13M next year. If they spend an extra 20M on that spot, the net change is very viable if all the young guys you mentioned are up. The other net changes would be: +8.9M for Hoffman. -6.7M from Jeffers. -5.75 for Bell. Larnach and Lewis get increases as would Kremer and Ober if they remain on the team. They will also need to replace or resign Minter. The net would be an increase of 30-35M.
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That makes sense. They need to replace Larnach in the field. Did you notice the last few games the plays he could not quite get to that were costly? He could be a DH but they have too many potential upgrades in the system to plug the holes in the OF or at SS with a free agent. They could spend some money on a catcher next year and move Caratini to a BU role but I don't see that happening. Where you would most commonly expect to spend would be on the rotation. They already have Ryan, Lopez, Bradley, Ober, Kremer, Abel, Prielipp, Matthews, Rojas, and perhaps Festa for next year. If they bring in another guy, they are 6 deep in veterans. Abel, Prielipp, Matthews, Rojas, and Festa would be depth. They could trade Ober and Kramer replacing them with one front of the rotation guy. That works and of course pitchers get hurt but stashing this many quality SP prospects at AAA does not seem like a good plan. At the end of next year they will lose 4 of these 6 veterans. Now you are back to a very inexperienced rotation. It actually makes more sense that they would add a SP in 2028 to supplement some combination of Bradley, Abel, Prielipp, Rojas, Matthews, Quick, Ellwanger, and Soto
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There are two MLB teams with below average revenue doing really well this year. Tampa has 10 players on track to produce 1.5 WAR or more. One of them (Martinez) was acquired as a free agent. He is on a 1 year $9M deal with a mutual option for 2027. Milwaukee has 15 players on track to produce 1.5 WAR or more. None of them were acquired as free agents. It sure could not hurt if the Twins spent another $40M but the role of free agency for below average revenue teams has to be filing a hole or two. Any more reliance than that and the likelihood of meaningful success is quite low.
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I am as pro prospect as anyone. However, Jenkins and Culpeper have an OPS 150 points lower than Wallner and Sabato. Why should we believe they are ready to impact a pennant race? Rodriguez makes more sense to me. It's time we get a look at him. I would give him 3 games back with the Saints and bring him up. Now, had the organization recognized they were not a contender, they could make moves like this that are designed to develop and build a contending team.
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Given what Boston gave up, it seems plausible they could have gotten Eyanson straight-up. If they passed on Eyanson, that would be disappointing.
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The mistake was not Duran. That trade would probably be looking just fine right now had Able not gotten injured. The mistake was Varland. There was just no need to trade him on the rise. He would be even more valuable asset today and going forward.
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I was just looking over the return and thought the same thing. You have to believe they could get a really good return for Jeffers. Could they have gotten Eyanson straight up?
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Rutschman is also under team control for 2027 so he is really not a comp for Jeffers. Oops. I responded before seeing others had the same point.
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Taking on the last 5 years of that kind of contract for a past his prime SS would be monumentally stupid.
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Hard to tell based on the past few days because the moves have been measured. However, Tom Pohlad seems to have been in the mode you describe since the day he took over. He has had an exaggerated sense of this team's relative ability to contend and a major emphasis on the right now versus building a legit contender. I just hope they don't do something dumb.
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It's really great to see Keaschall out of his sophomore slump. Hopefully, he can be a big contributor for several years.
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Marek Houston looks like the Minor League Player of the Year to me!
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I would love for them to have 5 SPs better than Zebby. When that happens, they can move Zebby to the BP but I don't see that as likely. This was a smart move by the Orioles to get a high ceiling guy in this type of trade.
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I have been really disappointed in that pick. His OPS for the year is .669. It does not look at this point like he can make enough contact for the power to matter. He still a teenager so there is hope he can make adjustments that yield more consistency.
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So, what you are saying is that before you made an important decision about the deadline, you would take into account if the team lost their best position player and their best Pitcher. When you wrote it, I thought well of course. I can't believe you have to defend this position.
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He is going to anger a given percentage no matter what he does. It seems to me there is a pretty equal number of people that are focused on this year and another fairly equal group of people who are more focused on building a true contender. I fall into the group that wants to manage toward something better than mediocrity and hope for a miracle in the playoffs.
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I would like to see them go for ceiling. Warren's appeal is that he is ready now. It's similar to the Taj Bradley trade but I don't see the same upside. Abel, Prielipp, and Rojas all have dominant stuff. I would like to see the Twins get those guys established and build on them with prospects like LaGrange or Lalane. Add them to Hill, Quick, Soto, and Ellwanger and I like our chances at a dominant rotation.
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It's a need right now but you don't trade Jeffers for the immediate term. Just hang on to him if the only thing you care about is the immediate term. Trade Jeffers if you can get one of their better pitching prospects. Those guys could actually play a role in building a contender. Volpe gets replaced by Culpepper or Houston and plays no role in building a true contender. Do we want to contend or pretend?
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I like this one a lot. Maybe Larnach instead of a prospect.
