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  1. laloesch
    I agree. Yes, this is not the year to go all in, but the Twins should be playing the ready prospects now to get their feet wet for next season (if there is one). Both Walker Jenkins and Emmanuel Rodriguez should both have been called up by now. Luke Keaschall's bat is valuable in the lineup as a DH hitter. Let him continue to work on outfield fundamentals with the coaching staff, but keep his bat in the lineup. This musical chair outfield of Keaschall, Clemens, Roden, Kreidler, and Larnach in the outfield is atrocious.
  2. laloesch
    Unfortunately, their stubborn behavior will cost them potential good prospects. Jeffers and Ryan should have both been traded at the deadline for prospects to load up the farm system. Stubbornly clinging to them both like they did, claiming they were going to go for it and try and make the playoffs was utter foolishness considering how many holes this team has on offense and the bullpen, not to mention being down Lopez in the rotation. Now they will get nothing for Jeffers besides a compensation pick (if they even make him a qualifying offer). Ryan's value also diminishes because they held onto him. He will be a free agent at the end of next season (if there is one) and instead of bringing back a haul of prospects for him they might get a compensation pick for him. Ryan is not resigning with the Twins and neither is Jeffers. Just utter stupidity.
  3. laloesch
    Just call up Jenkins now and try and save this playoff push.
  4. laloesch
    For a team that SUPPOSEDLY WANTS to make the playoffs their lineups sure aren't evidence of that. Why is Roden still on the team, why? Call up ERod now and see what he can do. It's not like Roden is providing any offense.
  5. laloesch
    This. Ryan should have been traded already. Big lost opportunity similar to what happened with Johan Santana. Sighs. Oh well. Jeffers. Another lost opportunity. He's gone at the end of the season via free agency. He's going to turn down a qualifying offer. Mayb the BoSox, Rays, and Yankees had sorry offers not worthy of him, but he is a rental at this point.
  6. laloesch
    I’m just glad this deal wasn’t made. It would have been a massive mistake
  7. laloesch
    I agree and thanks for the down vote. 😒
  8. laloesch
    Won't happen until at least August 15th, unfortunately.
  9. laloesch
    Yep.
  10. laloesch
    One would think. But my guess is they figure next season is a lost strike season so they are holding back calling them up.
  11. laloesch
    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.
  12. laloesch
    definitely happy talk.
  13. laloesch
    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.
  14. laloesch
    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.
  15. laloesch
    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.
  16. laloesch
    THIS.
  17. laloesch
    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.
  18. laloesch
    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.
  19. laloesch
    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.
  20. laloesch
    Yep. It really doesn’t matter now. Until MLB corrects this massive imbalance via a cap and floor it’s futile
  21. laloesch
    And you wouldn’t have gotten Taj, Abel, Rojas.
  22. laloesch
    If the offers weren’t good, makes sense but yeah there gonna lose him this offseason which sucks
  23. laloesch
    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.
  24. laloesch
    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.
  25. laloesch
    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.
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