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  1. DJL44
    That is the first I've heard of this. It makes Paddack the 5th starter and Varland the #4.
  2. DJL44
    Cutting $25-30M out of the payroll was pretty certain to lead to a less talented team.
  3. DJL44
    Polanco is pretty expensive for the 80 games you can expect him to play. There isn't much excess value beyond his actual contract. That's why there was only one bidder. There's even less value to a team with Edouard Julien in the majors and Brooks Lee in the minors. They added Gabriel Gonzalez which is a net improvement for the talent in the system and an improvement on your alternate scenario. You can find someone like Staumont for the money they're paying Topa - a reclamation project coming off injuries - but if you want someone who is healthy and was as effective as Topa was in 2023 (155 ERA+) they would need to pay more than $6M a season over multiple seasons. Topa would have been the 2nd best reliever on the Twins in 2023. That's the real value in the Polanco trade - 3 years of Topa and Gabriel Gonzalez.
  4. DJL44
    An ERA below 5 will be okay for a 5th starter.
  5. DJL44
    An expensive heart of the order hitter for a cheap, good reliever and cheap, bad pitching depth. Cutting salary was the top priority in the Polanco trade, not getting better. Cutting payroll was the priority of the whole offseason. The only reason they exercised Polanco's option at all was to trade him. Julien is clearly their choice for 2B. If Topa is actually a cheap, bad reliever then they messed up big time.
  6. DJL44
    DeSclafani only cost $4M. Starting pitchers you would actually want in your rotation get $12M. Keuchel forced Varland out of the rotation, so he actually did.
  7. DJL44
    DeSclafani was pitching depth. All teams need 8 starters to get through a season. They were willing to put the better pitcher in AAA (Varland) in order to stockpile depth at the beginning of the season. They did it the previous season with Ober. I see trading for DeSclafani the same as adding Keuchel down the stretch last season. Nobody expected Keuchel to contribute in the postseason but he ate innings and gave Ober and Ryan each a chance to rest and recover. The Polanco trade was not a short-term move to improve the team in 2024. If Topa is a flash in the pan they're going to lose the trade. He was the 2nd most valuable asset.
  8. DJL44
    The alternative is the Twins front office is stupid.
  9. DJL44
    That's a pretty good season for Joe Ryan
  10. DJL44
    You could have stopped after #1. All of these pitchers have to pass a physical to get traded in the first place. Is Duran an injured pitcher acquired in a trade now that he has had an injury?
  11. DJL44
    Lots of depth but I have no idea what the pecking order is.
  12. DJL44
    Someday Detroit may talk about Willi Castro the same way Twins fans talk about David Ortiz.....
  13. DJL44
    Plus, they might get to add another former CYA for the postseason with Robbie Ray.
  14. DJL44
    I doubt the Twins would put in a bid for Montgomery that is higher than what the Red Sox have already offered.
  15. DJL44
    No team ever has enough pitching. I like the Twins 7th starter better than what I see from Detroit or Kansas City.
  16. DJL44
    Calm down. The Twins are the only team actually trying to win in their division. They also have lots of trade capital to acquire rental players if needed.
  17. DJL44
    I don't see any evidence that Brooks Lee would be better than Willi Castro this April.
  18. DJL44
    Are there any insights into the current pecking order in the bullpen? Is Topa an option for late innings?
  19. DJL44
    Is he hitting lefthanded pitchers?
  20. DJL44
    I think his bat definitely could be that good and he still has room to improve his fielding with more reps.
  21. DJL44
    Tony and Johan on the Spanish language broadcast would be a great pairing
  22. DJL44
    The Twins have Ober for the next 4 seasons, ages 28-31. That's pretty much ideal for a pitcher. Next season is his first arbitration year. That will be a good time to discuss a 3 year deal with an expensive team option for 2028.
  23. DJL44
    A Sonny Gray extension would have been nice
  24. DJL44
    It's weird that until Pablo Lopez the ONLY starting pitcher to get a long-term deal from this front office was Randy Dobnak. Dobnak's best value for the Twins would be to offset a trade for a team paying the luxury tax. Dobnak's contract is off the books for luxury tax purposes so a team like the Mets could save millions if they trade a player with a similar salary back to the Twins.
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