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  1. tarheeltwinsfan
    The Twins can win this division. I predict they will. They are peaking and playing the Royals. Stomp ,em Twins. Then they need to break even against the Phillies, Braves and Brewers. No easy task, but doable.
  2. tarheeltwinsfan
    That is way too much to trade for Hunter Goodman. Tait, Keaschall and Quick will all be productive big league starters for years. Plus Lackey will be a fast riser at catcher. Possibly 2028. We have Caratini for 2027.
  3. tarheeltwinsfan
    Cory Provus' call of Lewis's triple was a classic. "The Twins win. the Twins win."
  4. tarheeltwinsfan
    I humbly predict that ESPN outsider, Jeff Passan , is wrong about Jeffers being trade to the evil empire. Mr. Passan, send me your address , so I can mail the crow to you.
  5. tarheeltwinsfan
    Yes
  6. tarheeltwinsfan
    Oh gosh. I dread those games.
  7. tarheeltwinsfan
    I agree 100%.
  8. tarheeltwinsfan
    Good question. It does not change my mind about trading Jeffers. Don't trade Jeffers unless there is an offer the Twins can't refuse.The Twins are on the cusp of greatness. I hope those that advocate trading Ryan will think about this and realize this is sorta the situation the Twins will be in next year if Ryan is traded now. I know Lopez will be back, but Lopez may not be as effective next year after his injury.
  9. tarheeltwinsfan
    Ryan Jeffers is going to be a very rich man in 6 months. I am happy for him and his family. I met his future wife in a North Carolina fast food restaurant on my way to a North Carolina beach. I had on my Twins hat and a Twins Ft Myers spring training shirt. An attractive young lady, who was also a customer, came up to me and told me she had noticed my Twins hat and shirt and that her fiancé' had just been drafted by the Twins. She told me his name was Ryan Jeffers, who was from Raleigh and had played at UNC-Wilmington. I told her I knew a lot about her fiancé's baseball skills and was glad the Twins drafted him. I wished them both good luck. He became, and has remained, one of my all time favorite players. He appears to be humble, family oriented, polite and a great catcher. When he is traded, I will be sad.
  10. tarheeltwinsfan
    Great point CH. I am looking for any advantage to win, be it past knowledge while on the opponent's team, sign stealing, inches, mental games, or some teams even have resorted to looking to garbage cans. But I think I will agree with your point about the vast array of information that is already available to all the teams in this information age.
  11. tarheeltwinsfan
    I do not want a realistic scenario. I want to fleece another team or not trade at all. I want the Twins to let all the other 29 organizations know that the Twins organization is a force to be reconned with and is not desperate to trade. Look at the Twins' strong farm system. The farm harvest in the ground will be plentiful.
  12. tarheeltwinsfan
    But if his new employer is rich and under tremendous pressure from its fans and the media to win every year and needs a right handed hitting catcher...then "Show me the money, Jerry"!
  13. tarheeltwinsfan
    I don't think another Caratini would be that easy to find. I have been very please with his skills and his baseball knowledge The man is a baseball player.
  14. tarheeltwinsfan
    Here is a question, Matthew. What if Jeffers is traded to the Yankees or Rays. And what if Jeffers, with his insider's knowledge of the Twins' hitters and pitchers. is the catcher for the Twins' opposition in this year's playoffs. I think that gives the opposition a unique advantage over the Twins. Jeffers must be loyal to his current team, be it the dreaded Yankees or the irascible Rays.
  15. tarheeltwinsfan
    Hell yes.
  16. tarheeltwinsfan
    Baseball is a roller coaster ride. Think what it must do to the emotions of a 19-23 year old player. The mental part of being a professional baseball player is challenging. Mentors are very important in this game. Players must learn to accept that baseball is a game of failures and tweaks and inches and injuries and growing up in a fiercely competitive , transparent and critical world. Good coaches and managers and trainers and mentors are critical for young players successes.
  17. tarheeltwinsfan
    I agree 100%
  18. tarheeltwinsfan
    I understand. Thanks for the further explanation.
  19. tarheeltwinsfan
    I'm really rooting for Tait. He was fun to talk to in spring training this year. So was Ricky Castro. I'm pulling for both of these players because they took time to talk to me and Tait gave me a baseball and Castro actually got in touch with my grandson, who had just torn his labrum pitching in college in North Carolina. Castro and my grandson both shared their strong Christian faith. with each other.
  20. tarheeltwinsfan
    Big whoop! I would not trade either Houston or Culpepper for Volpe. If you agree, then why trade for Volpe?
  21. tarheeltwinsfan
    Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo to both Volpe and Doval.
  22. tarheeltwinsfan
    The Twins have better prospects in AAA and AA for SS than Volpe. Doval is no better than Orze or Raya, and they are both in AAA. The Twins do not need a cast-off Yankee SS. They need a really good reliever.
  23. tarheeltwinsfan
    Jeffers high value is limited to only 1 and a half more months. I guess it just depends on what the return for Jeffers is. And it depends on whether one wants to win today or build for next year or the one after that or the one after that. But there is no getting around the fact that relief pitching is the Twins biggest current need. The Twins already have a glut of young talented outfielders, chomping at the bit to play in Minneapolis., plus Buck and Keaschall and Larnach and Martin. There is no need for more outfielder prospects right now. (Jenkins and Emma and Wallner are ready)... Plus two future big league shortstops, in Houston (currently hitting .333) and Culpepper ( who will play 2B), plus Brooks Lee who has blossomed at 3B and Cody Clemens at utility, Plus I like the way Kreidler plays baseball. Good fielder and a really smart player. That is a really good infield, except for 1st base, which Clemens and Caratini and Lewis can all play. at an average level. , plus several really highly ranked catchers. (Lackey, Tait and Tinney) . and Caratini and Jackson combined are above average at catcher Starting pitchers: Bradley, Ryan, Ober, Lopez,( next year), Prielipp, Mathews, Quick (in the minors), Rojas (maybe relief), The Dependable Relief pitchers are only Gonzales and Morris. Not Rogers, not Nance, not Funderburk, not Anderson, not Raya, maybe Rojas. It is very clear the Twins need relief pitching immediately. and also for next year. This is what the Twins need to get for anyone that they chose to trade at this year's deadline. The Twins are on the cusp of some really successful seasons, no matter whether they trade anyone this year or not. Let's don't mess it up by trading just to be trading.
  24. tarheeltwinsfan
    So because this team is better than many predicted, we should not do what helps this team win more games in 2026? The most important game of the year is the game that is being played each day. Then the next game. The most important series of the year is the series being played now. The most important season is the current season. Carpe Diem !
  25. tarheeltwinsfan
    Because he can help the current Twins win baseball games.
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