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  1. DJL44
    I know Correa is playing hurt, but his defense is average at best now. Culpepper might be the SS good enough to move Correa to 3B.
  2. DJL44
    Here's your long reliever prospect
  3. DJL44
    Joe Ryan would be a deserving All-Star. He's tied for 6th in bWAR among all pitchers.
  4. DJL44
    Sell at the deadline, buy in the offseason when the price is lower.
  5. DJL44
    Not what I'm saying. If they decide to blow up the 5-man rotation / 8 reliever paradigm in favor of eight 3-inning pitchers (on a 4 day rotation) and 5 relievers, where are they going to get 8 3-inning pitchers? They've been acquiring their starting pitchers from outside of the organization all along. They're not going to acquire 3-inning pitchers because nobody else is developing them. They're not going to be able to trade 3-inning pitchers to other organizations for other players because those orgs will want starters and relievers instead. Free agents won't want to come to Minnesota to become a 3-inning pitcher. If this is just a different way to develop your reliever prospects in the minors, that's fine. However, they don't seem to be developing the starting pitchers that are the key to any organization's long-term success. Their top SP prospects are pitching 3-4 innings in the minor leagues at AAA. This doesn't prepare them to be starters. It doesn't make sense to create a "relief pitcher pipeline" when relievers are readily available at little cost and starters are the most valuable resource in baseball. It's like focusing your position player development on producing DHs and utility players while ignoring C, SS and CF.
  6. DJL44
    Sonny Gray, Joe Ryan, Chris Paddack, Kenta Maeda, Michael Pineda, Rich Hill, Jake Odorizzi. Most of their starting pitchers have been acquired outside of the organization.
  7. DJL44
    I doubt it. Most fans don't obsess over minor leaguers. If you brought in a bunch of washed up former All-Stars they would probably draw more fans than a team full of unestablished rookies.
  8. DJL44
    They can sign him as a free agent just like any other team. Castro is going to test free agency.
  9. DJL44
    It might be worth converting him to the bullpen to see if an extra couple MPH improves his stuff. I doubt it improves his location, though.
  10. DJL44
    Julien is a platoon DH/PH.
  11. DJL44
    It's going to be especially hard to do things this way because it means you need to develop your whole pitching staff internally. Other teams are not training pitchers to pitch like this, which means you can't acquire a pitcher in trade and expect them to be successful with this strategy.
  12. DJL44
    He's not playing second if Kody Clemens is healthy.
  13. DJL44
    Trust the process. If they grab enough players off the waiver wire, eventually that will lead to a championship, right?
  14. DJL44
    That's the main reason I don't understand the move to extend Baldelli. He has no support whatsoever among the fans and it is affecting attendance. Do they understand that selling more tickets increases the value of the team?
  15. DJL44
    I do not understand this "everyone pitches 3 innings" strategy. What is the end goal? Do they want to have 13 middle relievers on the roster with every game a bullpen game?
  16. DJL44
    They currently have one pitcher (Joe Ryan) who deserves to pitch in a playoff series.
  17. DJL44
    Larnach has probably maxed out his talent, he's about to get more expensive and his team control is declining. He's probably at peak trade value right now. The problem with trading Larnach is I'm pretty certain they will also trade Bader and Castro. Losing 3 outfielders will make them very thin. If Buxton goes down, we could be watching the AAA outfield of Martin, Keirsey and McCusker. It is interesting that Kody Clemens doesn't get a mention here as a lefthanded bat. He and Larnach are basically the same age and have the same OPS+ for the Twins this season. Clemens is a better fielder.
  18. DJL44
    The season is half over on Friday (81 games played). They're guaranteed to be below .500 for the first half.
  19. DJL44
    It says something that you're so excited to extend the manager's contract that you don't want anyone to know about it. "SHH, don't tell anyone we want Rocco to manage the team".
  20. DJL44
    The Twins front office got 2 4th place votes (or a 3rd and 5th) in this survey. That was good for 15th overall but a drop of 7 places from the last time the survey was done. What are the top 10 front offices in MLB in 2025? Here’s how 40 executives voted - The Athletic
  21. DJL44
    He's also cheap and under team control for another 5 seasons. He's exactly the kind of player the Twins should be looking to add. Some people can't handle the aesthetics of HR/K players. They'd much rather see singles and grounders to short.
  22. DJL44
    Player AAA ERA K/BB Funderburk 1.40 3.29 Raya 7.59 2.00 If you think Joey Wentz looks bad, just wait until you see Marco Raya coming out of the bullpen.
  23. DJL44
    That's not what they did with Lee and Keaschall.
  24. DJL44
    I'm quite confident there are managers that would have this team above .500 over the past 162 games.
  25. DJL44
    Other owners want to hire a POBO who picks his manager solely based on having a fall guy for his mistakes? I guess if Falvey can get a job elsewhere, then Rocco will get another job again, because he'll be working for Falvey.
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