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  1. DJL44
    I don't know if this makes them more or less likely to trade for Joe Ryan. They filled a spot in the rotation but may want to add even more.
  2. DJL44
    Red Sox are taking on most of the salary and returning a mediocre reliever and minor league pitcher.
  3. DJL44
    Sure, but not for outfielders
  4. DJL44
    If you're looking at a redraft 18 months later, then you would see these grades Culpepper - up DeBarge - down Amick - down Hill - up Diaw - flat Ferrer - down Kendle - down Nick Kurtz might go #1 now instead of #4 and Payton Tolle at #50 looks like a great pick by the Red Sox.
  5. DJL44
    I agree. If you had to do the 2024 draft all over again, there is no way DeBarge goes 33rd overall. His stock is trending down.
  6. DJL44
    "Take the hit" means trade Ryan, Lopez, Ober and Jeffers this winter. They can't compete with what they already have in house.
  7. DJL44
    Larnach, Julien, Clemens and Outman aren't young.
  8. DJL44
    I'd be fine with that, if they can't find a better option.
  9. DJL44
    I think Mountcastle is a decent bet to put up numbers more like his career splits - 724 OPS vs RHP and 813 OPS vs LHP. I also think everyone is expecting that Kody Clemens is unlikely to repeat his best ever offensive performance of 2025. His career splits are 688 OPS vs RHP and 571 OPS vs LHP.
  10. DJL44
    I expect Roden would get plenty of at-bats at Martin's expense due to the platoon advantage. Buxton will get days off (or DH days platooning with Wallner) with Emmanuel Rodriguez shifting to CF which will open up RF on those days. He can easily play 3 days a week even with everyone healthy. I also think there is a >90% chance of an injury in the first six weeks. Martin, Buxton, Castro and Wallner all spent time on the IL before the end of May last season. It's better than even odds that at least two outfielders go on the injured list in the first two months of the season.
  11. DJL44
    First base actually has a lot of free agent options who fit in the budget and would improve the team. SS has two: Ha-Seong Kim and Isaiah Kiner-Falefa. Based on supply and demand, it is harder to find a shortstop.
  12. DJL44
    Roden becomes the 4th OF. Martin LF, Buxton CF, Rodriguez RF, Wallner DH. There's plenty of at-bats for all of them. Players get dinged up all the time.
  13. DJL44
    Minor league free agent SS OPS in AAA last season and age Yordys Valdes 526 23 Luis Verdugo 494 24 Dalvy Rosario 508 24 Eddys Leonard 739 24 Liover Peguero 688 24 Raynel Delgado 741 25 Jonathan Ornelas 574 25 Livan Soto 571 26 Jordan Groshans 660 26 Chad Stevens 855 26 Rodolfo Castro 745 26 Andrew Navigato 649 27 Diego Castillo 737 27 Connor Kaiser 751 28 Will Holland 637 28 Riley Unroe 806 29 Alan Trejo 789 29 Jackson Cluff 771 29 Andrew Velazquez 649 30 Dixon Machado 646 33 Jack Lopez 623 32 I bolded the best candidates and crossed out guys who I know have already signed a contract
  14. DJL44
    I posted a list of minor league free agent SS options in another thread. The Phillies already grabbed one of those guys. The Twins need to grab at least one of them, especially after trading Eeles.
  15. DJL44
    They just need to find new homes for Outman and Larnach, which is something they absolutely need to do anyway. Emmanuel Rodriguez can have RF in that scenario.
  16. DJL44
    Every team needs at least 13 pitchers and at most two shortstops.
  17. DJL44
    I'd rather have a first baseman who makes Clemens the backup at other positions.
  18. DJL44
    People shouldn't really mention Canterino as an option for the MLB bullpen. He hasn't pitched in years. The most likely scenario is he retires from baseball. Next most likely is he struggles in AAA as he works back to pitching at a high level. I think the bullpen is basically the only way the Twins will get any value from Raya. He's running out of options and he's not going to be good enough to start in any reasonable timeline before the Twins run out of control. I think Festa and Prielipp could be the high leverage relievers the Twins desperately need.
  19. DJL44
    The guy who didn’t improve this season repeating AAA?
  20. DJL44
    There are like 30 free agent first basemen looking for work.
  21. DJL44
    I am surprised the Yankees didn’t trade some of the players they have left unprotected.
  22. DJL44
    I really don't understand "we want to compete" with Outman in the majors and Rodriguez in AAA. Are they convinced that Emmanuel Rodriguez will put up a line worse than Outman's .147/.221/.337 slash? If so, they HAVE to trade him now before he is completely worthless in trade. There's even comparable stats between Outman and Rodriguez during the same time period for St. Paul. Rodriguez hit .258/.429/.423 with 45 BB and 67 K in 212 PA and Outman hit .235/.316/.490 with 6BB and 19K in 57 PA. They struck out at roughly the same rate but Rodriguez took twice as many walks. There is absolutely no downside to putting Rodriguez on the roster instead of Outman. The downside is Rodriguez performs as poorly as Outman (lots of strikeouts, occasional HR, decent defense). The upside is he's a contributor. They don't need Outman for "depth" either. If Rodriguez struggles you try Jenkins or Gonzalez or Fedko. Worst case you put Kody Clemens in the outfield, grab an Outman-equivalent player off the waiver wire or pay cash for someone on another team's AAA roster. Giving a spot to Outman instead of Rodriguez hurts the team in the short-term AND in the long-term. It's a lose-lose decision. It's like optioning Brooks Lee and handing the starting SS job to Ryan Fitzgerald because you're "trying to compete".
  23. DJL44
    C Reese McGuire was non-tendered by the Cubs.
  24. DJL44
    Losing Keirsey is addition by subtraction.
  25. DJL44
    I don't think Eeles really has 6 years of control. He has 3 years of control 2027-29 while he still has options and then you cut him to make room for someone else.
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