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  1. DJL44
    I'm not sure it does beat using Kody Clemens as the first baseman. Clemens is the better fielder. It keeps Julien from getting playing time as the backup but it doesn't really improve the situation at first base at all. Raises the floor but offers no ceiling. At a $7M cost it means one less $3M free agent arm for the bullpen. Moves the win total from 70 to 71. All moving early did was cost them $4M. You can get leftovers as good as Bell at the end of January for less money. Move early on good players, wait out the market on marginal players. It might only be "an extra $3M" but if you do that a few times you're spending $12M extra on bad players that you could have spent on one good player instead.
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    They gave him a raise?! Unbelievable. He made $6M, had a bad season and Boras got him a raise.
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    It just shows what a poor athlete he is. He has the range of a lilac bush.
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    I don't understand moving early to secure a contract with Josh Bell. He's another DH on a team full of DH. His sprint speed was 7th percentile (slower than everyone but Christian Vazquez). His arm strength ranked at the absolute bottom. He's been a below average defender at first for his entire career. It's an improvement on Edouard Julien but not much of one. I really hope this didn't cost more than $4M.
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    I think I'd rather try Yoan Moncada than Josh Bell.
  6. DJL44
    I think Austin Martin is your best bet. He has played a lot of infield.
  7. DJL44
    The Twins will be in the running for the annual wins per dollar spent award again in 2026. I feel bad for Twins Daily. We all know there won't be any significant transactions until January 15 or later but they have to keep cranking out articles.
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    He had options last year. Manny Margot got over 300 PAs because he didn't have options.
  9. DJL44
    They're much more likely to want someone in A-ball than Larnach in return for Mountcastle. Maybe Bohorquez or Olivares.
  10. DJL44
    This does not make me feel good about the Twins bullpen. Ohl was able to fool batters a couple times with that changeup but eventually they would sit on it and crush it.
  11. DJL44
    It doesn't really matter if Julien is named the starter. If he's on the roster, he'll get 400 plate appearances. Replacing Julien and Outman with better players is low hanging fruit for improving their overall win total.
  12. DJL44
    He's roughly 3 WAR better than Eddie Julien.
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    It's pretty clear they need to acquire someone who can field shortstop at an MLB level because none of the players on the 40-man roster are good at it. That's the biggest hole on defense and it will keep this team from reaching the playoffs if it isn't solved. Even if everything else goes right, shortstop defense will kill this team's chances. Austin Martin and Luke Keaschall are weirdly similar LF/2B players. I don't really care which one plays LF and which one plays 2B. With the current roster they need to find a way to get both of them in the lineup. Brooks Lee fits best as a utility player off the bench, just like Kody Clemens. They also need to add a first baseman who is a better player than Eddie Julien. That shouldn't be super difficult.
  14. DJL44
    That would be a great trade for the Twins but the Orioles have outfielders. They will be looking for pitchers.
  15. DJL44
    I think they want those articles on DiamondCentric
  16. DJL44
    TwinsDaily can go on vacation from the winter meetings until TwinsFest. Nothing ever happens in between.
  17. DJL44
    It is a weird strategy to try to win with the players who hit worse in AAA even though they were older instead of the younger, more talented players who hit and fielded better.
  18. DJL44
    I think there is a huge difference between the scouting and strategy in MLB and the focus on individual development in AAA. Pitchers in MLB are constantly attacking a player's well-scouted weaknesses but in AAA they're more likely working on improving secondary pitches or repeating their delivery. It's a more generic approach to pitching in the minors versus a customized plan to attack each batter in MLB.
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    I just want them to be better at the end of the season than they are at the beginning. If they're a 70-win team in the spring I want them to be an 80-win team in the fall.
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    Which makes it important to get players up and exposed to MLB pitching early. I have no idea why they didn't take the opportunity in September to get Emmanuel Rodriguez some at-bats in MLB.
  21. DJL44
    They have several busts on the current 40 man roster
  22. DJL44
    All players have significant bust potential. First round draft picks bust all the time. Anyone picked past the 3rd round is more likely to bust than to contribute in the big leagues.
  23. DJL44
    That was the 2024 number. I'm looking at 2025. League attendance went up, ticket prices went up, and they just got a new TV deal. Maybe it's not $13.5B but it's at least $12.5B for 2025 and $13B for 2026. We're still way above the $200M total revenue you suggested. They get at least that much in shared money before they sell a single ticket. Forbes estimate is $324M revenue for the Twins in 2025. Minnesota Twins on the Forbes MLB Team Valuations List I just choose not to believe that debt number at all. They never provide any evidence for it.
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    They get over $210M in shared revenue from the league without having to sell a single ticket. They had 1.77M fans last season with an average ticket price of $35. That's another $62M and they keep $32M of that. We're above $250M without considering local television, radio, concessions, merchandise or advertising in Target Field. Average MLB revenue per team is $450M. There is no way the Twins are getting less than half of what an average team makes.
  25. DJL44
    The Twins essentially bought Caraballo for $100k. That's a good deal. He got a $150,000 bonus from the Giants to sign last winter. He had an 874 OPS in the Dominican league last summer.
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