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  1. I’m just glad this deal wasn’t made. It would have been a massive mistake
  2. One would think. But my guess is they figure next season is a lost strike season so they are holding back calling them up.
  3. I was all for the Twins acquiring him. Prior to the deadline the biggest glaring weakness on this Twins team was bats, still is. The lineup played wayyyyyy OVER its head in the first half of the season. They should be calling up reinforcements now from AAA otherwise all of the bullpen acquisitions were a complete waste.
  4. It's hard to get excited about Dean Kremer. Is he better than Matthews? Possibly. But he hasn't pitched a whole lot this year. I'm not sure it's gonna matter anyways with Ryan looking gassed coming out of the all-star break. This move reminds me of when the Twins tried to start Matt Shoemaker or J.A. Happ to just put bodies in the rotation.
  5. That's why they haven't been promoted yet. I can understand the Twins perspective on that, but still it's frustrating. And to be completely fair both Culpepper and Jenkins have missed significant time this season. I think the Twins don't start the clock on either one of them this season which stinks because us fans want to see them.
  6. There is truth to this statement. The small and medium market clubs got PUNISHED by the regional tv and streaming deal collapses. That's part of the reason I think there is a push for a cap and floor. This level of spending (right now) is probably the ceiling the Twins are willing to spend unless something changes. Which again is why I'm not certain why they hung onto Ryan Jeffers and Joe Ryan. Neither is going to be resigned. They should have gone for the prospects now and let the chips fall where they may after the 2027 labor strike and whatever deal comes out of that so this team can rebuild. To me this trading for these relievers while noble is just a band aid fix and I honestly don't think it's going to be enough to get this team into the playoffs. The offense is flat, and the Joe Ryan looks totally gassed.
  7. And that in and of itself tells you this team has no intention of signing Joe Ryan or Ryan Jeffers to extensions. They SHOULD have traded both of them this deadline and gotten the prospects now instead of letting them walk (Jeffers first this offseason and Ryan the next). I'm not impressed. They only did these moves to boost ticket sales to give fans a hope for a 1 and done playoff run this fall. I really wish the Pohlads would have sold. Tired of this nonsense.
  8. I agree. Getting nothing for Jeffers was a huge waste. The Twins aren't going to pay him and I doubt he signs an extension for what he's expecting. This team may not even make the playoffs either. Considering the Rays and Red Sox made trades for catchers so close to the deadline and the Yankees didn't really get anything decent either for that position makes me believe the Twins had an astronomical unrealistic price.
  9. They really needed another good starter. Dean Kremer does not do it for me. He fills a short term gap I guess, but not much more than that.
  10. Yep. It really doesn’t matter now. Until MLB corrects this massive imbalance via a cap and floor it’s futile
  11. If the offers weren’t good, makes sense but yeah there gonna lose him this offseason which sucks
  12. The Rays and Red Sox just completed individual trades for catchers. Looks like the Twins are keeping Jeffers. The offers must not have been good enough.
  13. Is this sarcasm? Honest question. I don't see how ANYONE can think "Royce is a good player or great." Sure he was good in 2023 for 58 games, but he's been mediocre to terrible at best since then.
  14. No argument here. I think your spot on. I'd take Greene any day of the week and twice on Sunday over Lewis at this point. Lewis is still not doing all that great. Certainly, better since being called back up but not great. I look at the season as a collective whole not cherry picking stats from hot stretches, which is what the homers are doing. Overall, he's done very poorly AGAIN. Now if he finishes the year strong and raises that BA and OBP back up to a reasonable level I'll amend that, but the slow starts are just brutal. And in 2024 and 2025 he was just awful.
  15. Lee and Lewis have been mediocre at best. Lewis has slumped again since his surge after coming back up which I think nobody is surprised by. The Twins are stalling for time. Culpepper and Houston are coming but I also think they are waiting until mid August for Culpepper. Houston is probably coming up sometime mid next season (if there is one, Skubal trade, strike incoming thanks Dodgers, cough, cough). Lewis and Lee are expendable at this point
  16. Yep this. The Dodgers even stated publicly “they intend to be greedy at the deadline.” Like seriously the commissioner needs to stop this nonsense. And yes MLB needs a cap. Sorry it’s true
  17. Wouldn’t the Twins love to have that draft pick back so the could have taken Hunter Greene instead.
  18. Yes exactly. If it’s true, he’s basically telling them HE GONE! at the end of the season. You HAVE to trade him if a decent offer comes along. This team is going nowhere in the playoffs if they sneak in. GET THE prospects, preferably starting pitching, end of story. This clinging to him till the last second is utter foolishness. A compensation pick is a lottery ticket at best. At least. If they trade for one or two prospects already working there way up in an organization there’s a record of progress.
  19. I can't imagine the Twins would be willing to give up the prospects to pry Alcantara away from the Marlins given he is a free agent in 2028 (though I would still love to have him). Jose Soriano and Reid Detmers are definitely more doable trades with Detmers being my preference of the two.
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