laloesch

If he falls into the Twins lap, draft him. Nothing wrong with an elite catching prospect.

This. The pro players and the pro union folks are like the players, the players, the players. You can’t set a floor without setting a cap otherwise nothing is accomplished except bankrupting teams. I know a lot of people will scoff at that notion but the Dodgers had a 400 million dollar payroll last season and routinely gobble up most of the high profile free agents, international signings, and dominate the trade deadlines because they are willing to spend as much as it takes to the extreme. That’s just bad for baseball parity in general. I’m actually very surprised at the offer from MLB to the union which has a very good floor. That will offer a lot more to the players that aren’t stars than just a hard cap with low spending floor which only really benefits the high profile stars. Prolonged Strike incoming I think. MLB is very serious about this.

They are horribly mismanaged too. The Pohlad's rolled over 400 million in their commercial debt holdings onto the team from that motor company they owned which torpedoed that first sale attempt late last season with the new minority owner of the White Sox. They also were supposedly operating at a yearly loss of 25+ million before they dumped payroll last season. So needless to say, they appear to be nearly tapped out around 125-150 million a year. Not good. Now how much of that is self-imposed with the defunct TV deals and streaming issues I'm not sure, but they haven't helped their own cause. It seems like they just have coasted and milked the cow since the new stadium was built.

He won't. I'm fairly certain he would go out west to one of the California teams if he hit free agency and that doesn't help the Twins in negotiating a trade. All the Dodgers have to do is wait it out if they want. They don't need him right away.

This.

I'd like to see them call up Culpepper. The Twins need him in the infield. Lewis is hitting better his last six games in AAA, but he's still free swinging like crazy and for a guy with 1000+ major league at bats he SHOULD BE pummeling AAA pitching, but at the major league level that lack of plate discipline is not gonna fly. Culpepper would give the Twins better options almost immediately even if he starts off slow with his bat.

I like what Shelton has brought to the table as manager. He's EXACTLY what the Twins needed in a manager that Baldelli wasn't. Baldelli was a player's manager, that mostly just let guys play. The trouble is that philosophy is not so good with a very young roster of guys underachieving. Shelton in my opinion is a no-nonsense kinda guy and I like that A LOT. He gives guys a fair shake, but he's not afraid to send people down even if it's uncomfortable like Lewis and Wallner if they are underperforming. Both should have gone down sooner but I'll give him credit for pushing for it. I'd give him a B+ to an A- range.

If anything, hopefully he can raise his trade value high enough and the Twins can unload him and get a decent prospect or two back in return. I'm pretty sure he's not going to excel in his remaining time with the Twins, but I'd love to be proven wrong on that.

I'm not sure I agree with that. He clashed with Correa when talking to reporters and on social media so he's definitely not adverse to sparring with teammates to the media. Any guy can cheer his fellow teammates on from the dugout, that's easy to do, but it doesn't mean conflicts don't exist in the dugout and in the locker-room with fellow players. His comments on social media and to reporters are also sometimes quite abrasive and disturbing. I'm not sure I consider any of that wearing one's heart on their sleeve. To me a lot of what he chirps about signals ego. It's one thing if you are producing and can back it up, but if you aren't and are still complaining that your awesome when you're not, that's more like delusional thinking.

It's a sign he WANTS to be traded. He's not outright demanding it yet (that we know of anyways), but it's still a sign he's not happy. He bristled at some of Correa's comments too when he mentioned the younger players weren't pulling their weight on the team. I agree with one of the earlier posters in this thread. Royce has ego issues. I'm not sure if he's just overinflated about his value or defensive about the fact that he's not performing well and trying to deflect that way, but in the end it doesn't matter. He's still free swinging in St. Paul. yes, he's pummeling AAA pitching but for a major leaguer with 1,000 at-bats + now he should be. He's still not showing plate discipline. If he's called back up I don't really expect much of a difference.

THIS. Ryan needs to be traded if they can't sign him. They probably already know the answer. Jeffers should have been traded at the end of last season, but they hung onto him and now he's down. Buxton has a no full trade clause until 2028 if I remember correctly then it becomes a limited no trade clause. However, after last season's deadline selloff there were grumblings that he would accept a trade for the right situation. The Twins should have jumped on that. Lopez was also receiving attention. Simply put this team needs more talent at all levels. A, AA, AAA, and the major league team. They have holes at 1st base, 2nd, 3rd, and short. Culpepper will fill one, and possibly Keaschall too, but the rest are question marks. Brooks Lee..... MAYBE. Royce Lewis is teetering on the edge of has been. From a macro perspective this team simply has too many holes to let guys as valuable as Ryan, Jeffers, Lopez, etc. walk without trading them.

uhhhhh....i hope you mean the reverse. The Herschel Walker trade was an unmitigated disaster for the Vikings and basically set up the Cowboys for multiple superbowls.

Because the 2027 season is likely lost due to an upcoming strike. I would trade him now if they don't attempt to extend him, while he still has strong value.

I think you are exaggerating what was said above and by the person you replied to before that. One of the first things that was drummed into me in college was "constructive criticism." People generally do not want to hear criticism of their performance because of insecurity. That's instinctive and a defense mechanism. And don't get me wrong there are right ways to do so and wrong ways to do so, but you need to be able to voice it and the recipient needs to hear it, otherwise things stagnate. All that said, I've seen scenarios where it's just insulting and the person saying it is doing so just to be insulting, and that I agree is not necessary. However, constructive criticism and open dialogue should NEVER be off limits even if the participants in the discussion disagree. I see this often here on Twins daily where someone comes in and says "NO YOU CAN'T TALK ABOUT THAT YOUR OVERLY CRITICAL ABOUT XYZ PLAYERS." That's an attempt at hijacking the discussion and shutting it down because someone doesn't like it. I also don't think they (fans here) are constantly criticizing most players AT ALL. Have you ever been to NY Met or NY Yankee forums, you ain't see nothing compared to the discussions they have there, LOL. They hold their players to WAYYYYYYY higher standards than Twins fans do of our players. I'm not saying it's right or wrong, just saying. But what fans on the net say at the end of the day is usually completely meaningless unless it's something really offensive. Twins players don't agonize over anonymous fans chatting on a message forum. Many of them are multi-millionaires and honestly really don't care what fans think. I also think it's a bit egotistical to criticize other posters for bringing up legit concerns about a player's development. To me that screams good ole boy club, circle the wagons, this guy is off limits, this group of fans really likes him so don't you dare criticize him or else. That's covert bullying and kinda what happened here when Miguel Sano was still on the team and starting to fall off the radar similar to what Royce Lewis is doing (hopefully it works out better for him). Both guys were undisciplined free swingers and never developed a solid eye at the plate. They both had streaks of outstanding baseball sandwich by LONGGGGG droughts of awful production. Pointing that out and trying to analyze what is going wrong is not constant criticism, or even picking on them, it's discussing an issue and trying to figure out solutions.

No player should be off limits to legit criticism for bad plays. Sorry. That attitude is PART of the reason this team hasn’t won a World Series in 35 years.