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  1. laloesch
    At least it's not TJ. I just hope he doesn't come back and then has to go under the knife again for internal bracing. That would be devastating.
  2. laloesch
    He wants to remain a Twin so understandable. I think the Twins trade him in 2028. By then they will have sustained two maybe three straight seasons of losing and will need the prospects after Ryan, Jeffers, and Lopez are gone. To be honest I think they should start retooling now. Jeffers is gone, Ryan will surely be gone, Lopez is out for the entire year and will be rehabbing in 2027. It makes on sense to cling to Buxton. By the time the Twins have a decent team again he's likely mid 30's.
  3. laloesch
    Luke Keaschall is no "officially" fixed? Just like Royce Lewis is "officially" fixed? Chuckles
  4. laloesch
    It's too Bad Zebby didn't have command of his change. He's probably kicking himself right now for that.
  5. laloesch
    rotator cuff maybe?
  6. laloesch
    Tommy John incoming? Or maybe rotator cuff?
  7. laloesch
    The truth is they are not drafting well nor are they developing prospects well. The talent just isn't there. With so many teams in baseball now talent is diluted too.
  8. laloesch
    Mmmmm i don't know about that. The players union is pretty damn stupid too. This last proposal by the owners for a cap and floor is actually a really good offer especially for the non-star athletes. It will almost assuredly cause a significant rise in wages for the non-star players with a salary floor set at 170 million.
  9. laloesch
    It's not going to last. he's still swinging at everything in and out of the strike zone.
  10. laloesch
    Actually..... NOT safe. Once the side effects data was finally released to the public.
  11. laloesch
    a case of Milwaukee's Best aka the beast. He's not worth much more than that at this point.
  12. laloesch
    Let's keep it real. That's a flash in the pan stat line, 1 GAME. SWR threw like absolute crap the past season and a half and this year he was worse.
  13. laloesch
    Exactly. Royce Lewis’s pitch recognition is atrocious and MLB starters know he can’t lay off the offspeed stuff. He just chases everything that drop out of the zone and he’s still doing it with the Saints. Given what we’ve seen and what he’s said in posts to the media it APPEARS he’s difficult to coach and or incredibly stubborn.
  14. laloesch
    This. Switching to 1st base is a significant shift. I’ve watched a few of his games and yes he’s clubbed some home runs. The question has never been that Royce Lewis does not have power in his bat it’s his discipline at the plate and his eye as well. I see not difference with his approach in AAA. He’s punishing AAA starters which he should as an MLBer against inferior pitching. Once he’s called back up he’ll have a short hot streak and return to mediocrity. I hope I’m wrong, but he was chasing everything out of the strike zone before.
  15. laloesch
    Bingo and the homers are already circling the wagons around him just like they did with Sano when he was hitting so poorly.
  16. laloesch
    He’s not. He’s just hitting home runs. His plate discipline hasn’t really changed he’s just punishing AAA pitching which he should. I see WAY too many fans going ga ga over this but when he comes backs up im not expecting a different Lewis from before
  17. laloesch
    If he falls into the Twins lap, draft him. Nothing wrong with an elite catching prospect.
  18. laloesch
    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.
  19. laloesch
    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.
  20. laloesch
    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.
  21. laloesch
    This.
  22. laloesch
    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.
  23. laloesch
    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.
  24. laloesch
    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.
  25. laloesch
    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.
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