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  1. DJL44
    If you don’t like Lee at SS, you’ll hate Payton Eeles at SS. Eeles is a 2B or bust. They have Keaschall at 2B right now.
  2. DJL44
    Can we give some credit to the minor league development staff?
  3. DJL44
    Consensus seems to be the Twins got a little more for Bader than he was worth and a little less for Duran than what he was worth. Does it even out if you think of the trade as Bader and Duran for Tait, Abel, Mendez and Villoria?
  4. DJL44
    I am not fond of this plan, mainly because it's more than twice as hard to find 9 multiple-inning pitchers than it is to find 5. I would still make the top pitcher the starter and the lesser pitcher the reliever. My top 4 of the young guys are Woods-Richardson, Matthews, Bradley and Abel. That would make Festa, Adams, Ohl and Ober the 3-inning pitchers. I'm pretty sure Ober and Festa would be mad about that. Ohl is probably a 2-inning pitcher at this time, not 3. I also have a suspicion that the Twins plan is trade Joe Ryan at peak value this off season and for Pablo Lopez to stay and mentor the young guys. I expect them to trade Ober at next season's trade deadline if he's having an improved season.
  5. DJL44
    If that path leads to 1B, they need that as well.
  6. DJL44
    Outman also whiffed at 5 sliders down and in. Wasn’t even close. There is a reason he had a K rate around 40% in the majors.
  7. DJL44
    Castro had $2M left as well. Plus, eating the contract means you can sell them to teams who are paying the luxury tax. It opens up the market.
  8. DJL44
    The Twins could have received much better prospects if they were willing to eat more money. They saved at least $13M on the expiring contracts. If they send cash to all of those teams, they'll get better players in return. If they had eaten all $115M remaining on Correa's contract they probably could have had 4 of Houston's top 10 prospects. We all know that this team doesn't have money to buy prospects like that.
  9. DJL44
    Bailey Ober might be the one to move to the bullpen. His velocity is down and his effectiveness has gone down with it. Put him in the bullpen, recover the 2 MPH he lost on his fastball, and he might thrive.
  10. DJL44
    Be careful what you ask for. Now he plays for a sub-.500 team in a minor league stadium in Florida.
  11. DJL44
    He wouldn't provide more value if they used him in the closer role versus the fireman role he had. It might even reduce his overall value to the team.
  12. DJL44
    Varland would have to go back to starting to provide more value than he's provided this season in the bullpen. There is little upside for Varland as a reliever.
  13. DJL44
    Ryan Jeffers is an overlooked option.
  14. DJL44
    I would have no problem if they invested that payroll in extensions for Ryan Jeffers and possibly Keaschall. They should fill in the gaps with some veteran free agents at positions that don't block young players (1B, C, RP) with the possibility of flipping them at the deadline.
  15. DJL44
    Not trading him would have been malpractice. He's a free agent this winter.
  16. DJL44
    I strongly disagree that the Varland trade was a D grade. That trade brought back more talent than any trade except the Duran deal. I would give it a solid B. I think the trade order matters. They didn't have Roden when they traded for Outman. Still, I would give the Stewart trade an F. They traded a useful, though often injured, reliever for a 28-year-old outfielder who probably doesn't deserve a 40-man roster spot. It doesn't help them in the short or long term. That's a horrible trade. I think they may have overplayed their hand with Coulombe. Other lefty rental relievers went for a better return earlier. By holding out for more they settled for less. Some of the money saved in the Paddack/Dobnak deal was paid to send Correa to Houston. That deal might not happen without the other trades to free up the cash.
  17. DJL44
    He won’t be ready for the bullpen or the rotation in the next 2 seasons. Hill probably won’t either. Maybe 2028.
  18. DJL44
    I don't think Sabato would get drafted. I don't care if MacLeod gets drafted. Cardenas should get a cup of coffee in September if they're going to add him anyway. Add Rojas, Prielipp, Gonzalez, Schobel, Morris, Mendez, CJ Culpepper (that's 7)
  19. DJL44
    Raya, Prielipp, CJ Culpepper, Hidalgo, Macleod, Gallagher Hill, Soto and Rojas stay in the rotation
  20. DJL44
    I like that Winokur can play on the dirt and in the OF but I think that means he's a corner utility: 1B/3B/LF/RF.
  21. DJL44
    He's pretty far down on the depth chart at 2B. Keaschall is going to get those reps for the rest of the year.
  22. DJL44
    Replace the 9 ERA guy with the 7 ERA guy and eventually with the 5 ERA guy. You rarely find really good pitchers on waivers but some aren’t half bad.
  23. DJL44
    Jorge Alcala is out on waivers if anyone wants a second chance
  24. DJL44
    I'm mostly not interested in them at all. None of them are tearing up AAA. I posted elsewhere that most of those players are not on the roster because they didn't hit as well as Gasper, Julien, Martin or Roden. I have no idea why they acquired Outman, but I expect he'll be up after they gain his age 33 season. Cardenas is the one player on your list I actually am interested in seeing but they couldn't dump Vazquez, so they'll keep him in AAA for the rest of the season. Roster spots are a consideration for keeping Culpepper and Jenkins in the minors. Gonzalez might come up in September. You keep Clemens on the roster because he's one of the few guys who seems to know how to play baseball. Also, if I had any intention of trading more pitching this offseason, I'd try to make the defense as good as possible for the last two months of the season. It looks like Keaschall is going to get regular playing time. That's one more on the development list.
  25. DJL44
    I'm more bothered by the people they have taking up the other 10. The position players with upside they're really developing right now are Wallner, Roden, Lee and Lewis. Larnach, Jeffers, Vazquez, Buxton and Clemens are established veterans. Julien and Martin have bench player upside. They're playing service time games with Outman (and Bradley and Abel). Nobody else in the minors is ready. Emmanuel Rodriguez has missed a lot of opportunities due to his inability to stay on the field.
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