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The pitch clock should have happened years ago. 3 hours 6 minutes is a start, but it would be nicer to see games in the 2-1/2 - 2hour 45 minute range.

It may still happen. Gleeman has been wrong before on predictions.

I don't think he'll be remotely close to a #1. I expect a 4-5 starter at best and more likely a relief pitcher given his medicore fastball and lack of a strong out pitch.

Part of what troubles me about the Arraez Lopez trade is that Lopez is only under team control for 2023 and 2024. I hope they try and extend him at some point this season. I had really hoped they would have made a bigger deal with Arraez plus some higher level prospects and gotten one of Cabrera, Luzardo, or Alcantara. Either way that's water under the bridge now and the FO must make the best of this.

I don't either. Ober just needs a bit more time. I can't imagine the Twins have given up on him as a starter just yet.

He may not end up with anyone depending on how much weight he's gained this offseason. No joke he's gained 60 or 70 pounds of fat in the offseason before.

meh this move doesn't really impress me that much.

I would go that far. Lopez is a #3 starter and if the Twins could do a 1 for 1 swap like Kepler for Lopez I would do it in a heartbeat. But i wouldn't give up Arraez for Lopez straight up, not considering he's got only 2 years left on his deal.

I was about to say the same thing, whatever he is smoking when he wrote this article i want some. This piece is sooooo ridiculously absurd it's hilarious. Honestly, at first I thought this article was an attempt at sarcasm. Rocco is not a very good manager, period. I'm sorry he just isn't. I'm not bashing the guy personally, he's just...... not a good manager. His handling of the bullpen the last few seasons speaks volumes in and of itself, but also his inability to motivate key players season after season to produce in critical situations falls squarely on his shoulders. I don't care how good of friends he is with the players, that's not his job. His job is to help this team prepare and get motivated to play it's absolute best and ACTUALLY WIN in critical situations, which has not happened EVER during his tenure other than 2019 (excluding the playoffs of course and again in 2020 when the got shellacked). The past two seasons they've totally fallen apart in the second halfs, mostly due to key players not producing and then injury bugs as well. Tony La Russa is 10x the manager Rocco will EVER be. It's absolutely laughable that this author takes cheap shots at him. If Rocco is such an awesome manager and is better than La Russa where are the 3 world series rings Nick? mmmm.

yes, and there's also Royce Lewis as trade bait.

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The Met's can certainly afford the deal. Should Baseball have allowed them to do it, absolutely not. They are already at 371 million which is 100 million more than the next team on the list. That's totally absurd. Baseball needs a salary cap END OF STORY. When they striked in 1994 / 1995 they should have held the MLB Players association out and said salary cap or you're never coming back.

Interesting. I've been to some Met's fan sites and most of them are laughing at us. They think this is a horrible deal and that the Twins just hung themselves on a player that will be a huge albatross contract for us in just 2 or 3 years. "Based on the nature of Correa’s leg injury, Dr. Oji said his procedure likely involved both the plate and a method called tightrope fixation. The latter repairs damaged ligaments and holds them in the appropriate position, Oji said. The plate vibrating incident is easily explainable. Since there isn’t much tissue around the ankle, it’s common that patients with surgically inserted plates in the area can experience irritation with direct pressure. “Any time of a contusion, especially sliding into a base or even if you hit the side of a table, that can cause quite a bit of pain,” Oji said. “Because it’s literally just the skin, a little bit of soft tissue, then the plate.” It’s possible, but unlikely that Correa’s chronic back issues are related to the ankle procedure, Oji said. Another potential but improbable issue, Oji said, is that Correa’s surgery altered the position of his ankle and caused instability in the ligaments. The latter hypothetical, though, would lead to significant discomfort. Since Correa hasn’t hit the injured list because of his ankle, Oji’s suspicion level is low for that outcome. Either Correa has an incredible pain tolerance, or his ankle is correctly positioned. The main long-term concern for ankle fractures is arthritis in the joint" This piece is from KNBR. Interesting reading.

I was worried the deal would be 10-12 years guaranteed which would have been very risky considering his injuries history, but 6 years 200 million + incentives and a front loaded deal at that is a win win for the Twins. Bravo Falvey well done.

I'm not totally against the idea but Bauer is not an ace in my eyes.

I'd still really like to see them get a front line starter via trade. Will be very costly, but they have A LOT of young starting prospects as potential trade bait.

Now let's go out and trade for an ace!

He was acquitted by a criminal court. The issue is over.

Apparently, the courts didn't think so and he was acquitted in criminal proceedings. So let's drop the guilty until proven innocent talk about sexual stuff. The court ruled she was a willing participant and even took social media pictures of herself with a smile on her face and bragged about the encounter via texts. The two of them were engaged in rough "kinky" behavior. Bauer has never embraced bigotry that i've ever heard of. Would be interesting to hear these rumors, lol. Interesting how Sano got the benefit of the doubt from fans here when he had allegations leveled against him. Now regarding him (Bauer) being a clubhouse problem that's a different story and i agree on that. That said, i almost think this club could use a guy with fire to get these guys fired up. To me they are still too lackadaisical at times. Sometimes an abrasive player can bring out the best in his teammates, similar to what Michael Jordan did with the Bulls. Jordan was extremely abrasive and even openly hostile to his teammates if he felt they were slacking off or not playing to his abilities. I'm not saying Bauer is that kinda of abrasive, but it is a thought.

Really? That's not what a lot of fans here were saying about him when he was here.

Exactly. IT does appear he really doesn't want to be a Twin and wants to go play in big city NY with all the glamour. Minnesota is not for everyone.

Wouldn't surprise me one bit.

Interesting. Makes me even more leery about what the Twins supposedly offered him. The one thing they do have in their favor is that Correa does not really want to play in Minnesota for the rest of his career. I still think he works something out with the Mets at the end of the day.

I don't know. Depends on what the medicals reveal about his ankle. If it's that serious of an issue for two teams to get cold feet about him, i'd shorten the length of the contract considerably. There is absolutely no sense in offering a 10 year contract that will take this guy into his 40's when his ankle and back are long term issues. And if the Twins get cold feet and reduce the offer I don't blame them one bit.

why not make it 60 million or 100 million for one year with opt outs? "The Twins can afford it," "do whatever it takes" is all we heard for weeks from certain fans here. IF it's an all or nothing approach. Go all in. We all know that he's as good as Joe Mauer maybe even better right? All kidding aside, Correa isn't signing here. He never wanted to stay in Minnesota and both he and Boras played the Twins like a fiddle. Time to move on.