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  1. DJL44
    Culpepper can help the 2026 team if he produces more than negative 2 WAR.
  2. DJL44
    I didn't think "no half measures" meant "We won't make a move that could even be called a half-measure. All our transactions will be non-factors that are neutral at best or perhaps make the team worse".
  3. DJL44
    Signing Isaiah Kiner-Falefa and Miguel Andujar is a 3-4 WAR upgrade on Orlando Arcia and Eric Wagaman. That's like adding an All-Star to the roster.
  4. DJL44
    Hate this move because they will think they're done shopping now. Shortstop will be brutal for the Twins in 2026 unless they promote Culpepper to the majors.
  5. DJL44
    Festa isn't good enough to pitch in the rotation and he's 26 years old. That's exactly the guy you convert to a reliever.
  6. DJL44
    For Canterino, retirement is more likely than pitching again in the minors.
  7. DJL44
    Arcia and Lee combined for -2.0 WAR last season. That's not "fine", it's really, really bad. That's an incredibly low "success" bar for Culpepper to get over.
  8. DJL44
    Lee already faltered last season and Arcia was horrible. How long do they need to be terrible before people will believe they're terrible? What more does Culpepper need to do to "earn" a roster spot over the worst infielder in major league baseball in 2025? Give Culpepper the starting SS job and use Lee as the utilty infielder. Keep Arcia in AAA in case someone gets injured and you need a backup for 2 weeks. Arcia can be outrighted off the 40-man roster when the injured player returns because nobody will claim him off waivers. Does this make sense? Seems obvious to me.
  9. DJL44
    I posted a list a few times around here. Just give the job to Culpepper. It’s one thing to block the rookies with competent veterans. It is something else entirely to block them with the worst MLB players from the previous season.
  10. DJL44
    I don't expect any of these batters to approach their xWOBA predicted results. Julien over his last two seasons (509 PAs) hit .208/.299/.324 while providing negative value on defense. He has consistently struck out 32% of the time. His walk rate has dropped from 15% in his rookie season to 11% since then as pitchers found the holes in his approach. Filling the roster with bad players who may have underperformed a prediction metric is a recipe for a 100+ loss season.
  11. DJL44
    There were minor league free agents who were more interesting but they were signed quickly by more competent front offices.
  12. DJL44
    God help them if they go north with Arcia as the backup SS.
  13. DJL44
    https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2026/01/twins-sign-orlando-arcia-to-minor-league-deal.html This really is becoming the island of misfit toys. Arcia was terrible in 2025. I know there is no commitment here but I can't imagine keeping him in AAA with Culpepper in the system.
  14. DJL44
    This. The Twins now have three roster spots tied up in first base - Clemens, Wagaman and Bell. The projected performance range collectively is somewhere between 0 WAR and 2 WAR.
  15. DJL44
    How would he be "fine"? He was awful last season - legitimately one of the worst infielders in baseball.
  16. DJL44
    I agree with you. My point is this is the least talented player they've tried in this role. They tried Garlick and Margot and Ty France and it failed three times but by gosh it's going to work this time with a player who isn't even as good as any of those players.
  17. DJL44
    That's a good point. Keaschall seems to be a smarter baseball player than Martin, which makes it likely he'll be better at 2B in the long run. Second basemen need to react properly in several different situations and interact with other fielders. Left fielders just need to run and catch the ball.
  18. DJL44
    That's Fangraphs.
  19. DJL44
    They filled the hole at 1B by acquiring the 37th and 43rd best first basemen of 2025.
  20. DJL44
    Manny Margot had a much more impressive career than Wagaman has had to date and was coming off a more productive previous season when the Twins acquired him.
  21. DJL44
    To be fair, this isn't a half-measure. It's more like a 1/4 measure.
  22. DJL44
    Plus Julien. They have six 13th men on the roster.
  23. DJL44
    They have $12M tied up in Josh Bell and Trevor Larnach.
  24. DJL44
    Kreidler is the only player on the 40-man roster who can play shortstop. That said, I am 99% sure that giving that 26-man roster spot to Kaelen Culpepper is a better idea.
  25. DJL44
    Clemens is one of the best defenders on the team. I'm not thrilled with this move. I would have preferred Miguel Andujar for this role. He's still available, maybe they can still add him and option Wagaman later. The fail with this move is cutting Fitzgerald and not Eddie Julien. Wagaman eliminates any role for Julien and he's out of options. I don't see how they can co-exist on the same 26-man roster.
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