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  1. Major League Ready
    I also had Henriquez being taken off and Polanco traded so 12 spots. I have been through the list of who needs to be added and I can't come up with 12 that need to put on the 40 man.
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    IDK that they keep Kepler but they have rather limited OF depth next year and the free agent market is thin. The potential Polanco replacements are Lewis / Lee / Severino / Prato / Farmer / Castro / Gordon and Miranda. Larnach is the only realistic replacement for Kepler. I would move Kepler readily if the depth chart behind him was six deep as it is with Polanco. You could move Wallner to RF and Castro / Gordon become options. Not ideal.
  3. Major League Ready
    They won't lose anyone significant prospects. They have 7 expiring contracts (Gray / Maeda / Mahle / Pagán / Solano / Gallo / MAT). They can also remove De León / Celestino and Henriquez. Polanco is likely traded or option rejected. Farmer and Gordon are also not locks. That's a total of (13) 40-man spots assuming they keep Kepler.
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    Arraez was on fire the first couple months. Since June 1st. Arraez has an OPS of 865 and a wRC+ of 136. Julien has an OPS of 895 and a wRC+ of 152. Seems like he has been at the same level for the last 2 1/2 months. Since 7/1 ABs Arraez has an OPS of 797 and a wRC+ of 118 where Julien has an OPS of 951 and a wRC+ of 167. I guess we will just have to wait and see how they compare for the last couple months of the season. I love the trade because we had enough IF depth to replace Arraez where we would be short on starting pitching without Lopez.
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    Thanks! I really spaced that one. The hope would be Buxton plays 1/2 the time in CF and Royce takes the bulk of the games he is not in CF. If things come together next year they are going to have incredible Flexibility.
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    I have said on more than one occasion that Lewis is the Lynchpin. I know they said he would not play the OF in 23 but we were talking about 2024 and he fits best on this team as an OFer or Super Utility given the depth of INfers and Buxton's propensity for injury. They have Lee / Miranda / Severino and Proto as potential 3B replacements. We are almost as deep at 3B as we are 2B. They only have Castro and Lewis as potential RH or switch hitting OFers, and Lewis offers a more legit start CF option. Lewis could play every day between CF/LF/3B/SS. Just my opinion but It would see to be a lot easier to maximize the personnel we have and match-ups if Lewis is used as an OFer or Super Utility. If there was a pool for when Lee is called up, I would take a June Date.
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    According to Statcast, Arraez is even worse at 2B. Julien is in the 18th percentile for OAA and Arraez in the 2nd percentile. Why would it be better to have Arraez "entrenched" as our 2B? One could argue that we replaced Arraez with an equivalent player and gained a very good starting pitcher.
  8. Major League Ready
    Why limit the choices to current SPs? How about a lefty starter like Jordan Montgomery. Blake Snell is having a great year too. I have not been on the Snell bandwagon, but he has been very good this year.
  9. Major League Ready
    Other than Lewis, I don't see youth filling any more holes this year unless there are a significant number of injuries. The INF will be Kirilloff / Julien / Lewis and Correa. The OF will be Kepler / MAT / Wallner. The September call up for position players will be Prato or Severino. Next year .... Move Lewis to the OF and 3B is a competition between Lee / Miranda /Prato and Severino. The OF is Kepler / Wallner / Lewis and Buxton. Castro is the only certain bench player. Farmer probably stays but there are 2-3 bench roles between Farmer / Gordon / Martin / Prato / Severino and maybe even Hellman.
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    What Mike said. I would add that I have never seen him play 1B nor do I have access to all the coaches providing feedback. Other factors like where they think Lewis and Lee end up also come into play. No doubt, this will be a factor. Lewis to the OF where they need help much more so than the IF would change things substantially. I also don’t develop players for a living. With all of this in mind, it would be naïve for me to believe I have a better understanding of where Julien should play than Twin’s management so all I can do is speculate knowing I don't know enough. An IF of Kirilloff / Julien / Lee and Correa with an OF of Lewis / Wallner / Buxton and Jeffers catching looks pretty good to me.
  11. Major League Ready
    If Julien is healthy, I would take an even money bet that he gets the most innings at 2B of anyone on the team in 2024.
  12. Major League Ready
    He played 180 Innings at 1B in the minors so it's a safe bet they also worked him out at 1B on numerous occasions. Anyone who has seen him play anywhere knows he has stone hands and bad footwork. Yet, somehow people who have not seen him play 1B are astonished the Twins are not playing him there. He is bad at 2B and we have several 2B options and we need 1B depth. It's pretty obvious the organization has tested this option and concluded it will not work, at least not in season. Maybe they have him take throws and work on his footwork at 1B over the winter.
  13. Major League Ready
    Why would you want to "get out from under" Kepler and Pagan right now. especially Kepler? We should put Buxton in to be an automatic out because he is here long-term and get rid of Kepler who is playing great on both sides of the ball?
  14. Major League Ready
    The average paid in free agency is roughly $9M per 1 WAR. That does not reflect worth. It reflects cost. It's the average production per dollar spent which reflects the crapshoot that is free agency. (See Carlos Correa) We expected more. Paying $10M/WAR is a recipe for failure especially for any team with similar revenue to the Twins. Teams don't pay a 6 WAR player $60M/year. They pay them $30M/year. A high percentage of them fail making the average cost much higher than the signing team expected.
  15. Major League Ready
    The better question is how do they convince another team to trade for him the way he is going now.
  16. Major League Ready
    September? Only if it's a product of injuries. He is not taking MAT's spot or 2B from Julien or LF from Wallner. I am also not so sure he is ready right at the moment but I still believe he could contribute significantly at some point. I sure hope so because we could use more dynamic athletes that can get on base and then run the bases. He will be fun to watch.
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    As you well know, any hope of sustained success for this team is developing prospects. The previous core was going nowhere and future success will be a product of how far Jeffers / Kirilloff / Lewis / Julien / Lee / Wallner and those yet to come can take us. Hopefully, a couple more from the group of Martin / Severino / Rodriquez / Prato, etc help starting next year and Jenkins / Winokur, etc can support that core group 3-4 years down the road. Lacking interest or respect for the importance of prospects requires an exceptional lack of awareness of how winning teams are being built. I will continue to watch closely and cheer on players like Martin to reach their potential. I don't see him contributing to 2023 but hopefully he is part of 24.
  18. Major League Ready
    Dobnak seeks like Cole Sands light to me. Sands has the better slider and a couple ticks extra velo on his FB.
  19. Major League Ready
    There you go wrecking a good emotional argument with the facts. 😄
  20. Major League Ready
    The only two I hope to see here are Larnach and Prato.
  21. Major League Ready
    Good catch. He does have an option year remaining. That opens more possibilities.
  22. Major League Ready
    He has definitely been optioned in each of the last 3 years. Larnach Transactions I think he gets traded this off-season if they plan to move Lewis to the OF.
  23. Major League Ready
    This could have been a top 10 list.
  24. Major League Ready
    I saw in the box score that Severino player 1B today. Let's hope that goes really well.
  25. Major League Ready
    All I want for Xmas is a 1B that does not strike out half the time.
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