tarheeltwinsfan

Got cha. LOL

The Twins had zero, "0", players mentioned in the MLB.com article of the top 40 rookies from 2026. Not exactly a good sign. Also the latest power rankings had the Twins at # 24 out of the 30 teams. I am discouraged.

I would have fun watching that too, especially the part of having no first baseman.

The Twins had zero players named in mlb's top 2026 rookies according to long term value. This does not bode well for the Twinkies future.

Did you all notice that 3 of the 6 finalists for relief pitchers of the year for 2026 were Magill, Varland and Duran? What the hell !

I must disagree with Bauers, who I am not confident will have a "good year" in 2027, or ever again, for that matter.

Oops, 19 batting titles counting Arraez's 3, which we can't. I would love for the Twins to sign Arraez, but where will Arraez play when Houston is ready for the big leagues? First base? DH? His fielding at second base this past year was not just good, it was outstanding. What about putting Arraez at 1B an spend the money necessary to sign him to a multi year deal, thereby solving the Twins' annual 1B problem. He can even fill in at 2B, and do it well. Look at how Chandler Simpson helped the Rays by his bat to ball skills (and yes, his speed which Arraez doesn't have) batting in the middle of the order. It was a breath of fresh air to see Chandler moving he runners along EVERY AT BAT. Sign La Regardera ("The Sprinkler"). Offer him a 4 year contract worth 60 million dollars and be prepared to pay 75 million with a higher back end.

I'd rather have 2-3 years of Jeffers any day rather than 2-3 years of Bauer. See what it would take to sign Jeffers and sign him. He would make a good DH and a good mentor, when Lackey is ready to play in the majors in a year or 2.

Where do you propose Ramirez will play, once Houston arrives?

I beg to differ DJL44. Bell's RBI's were not mentioned in this article, nor in any of the 16 comments to this article which had been posted prior to my post about ignoring Bell's RBI's So YES DJL, I did read the article and the comments to this article...and that was my point. Is having the 13th most RBI's out of 615 major league players in 2026 who batted, which is in the top 2 %, not even worth a mention, and if so why? My question addresses whether RBI's are useless statistics.

I like run producers. Players who consistently hit with runners on base are valuable in my book. Why has there been no mention of Bell's 96 RBI's this year? Are RBI's not important any more? If so, why not? If so, would you advocate revamping the requirements for the Triple Crown? Just asking.

I wish them all well. But such is life in the majors.

San Diego just lost another starter to free agency. The Padres are desperate for starters for 2027. Maybe the Twins could trade Ryan for 19 year old Kruz Schoolcraft, a 6'8" lefthander flame thrower, who is the Padres #2 prospect and #88 overall, plus 24 year old #7 Padre prospect Tucker Musgrove , a 24 year old with a 70 rated fastball who missed time with an arm injury. Musgrave pitched in AA last year and is projected to make the Padres major league team this year. He may become a valuable relief pitcher. for the Twins. Or maybe Ty France could be had to play 1B again for the Twinkies.

Sign Vesia (lefty) and Abreau (righty) to go with Hoffman, Morris, Gomez, Nance, Banda (L), plus either Sands or Funderburk (L) and that's a pretty decent relief staff. I'm sure Ryan, Bradley, Lopez, Mathews, Ober, Prielipp (L) and Kremer would really appreciate it.

I have been a Senators' /Twins' fan since 1953. My most memorable, signature picture of an artist playing baseball for the Twins, or any team for that matter, has been Byron Buxton running out a triple. I have never seen any player duplicate Buxton's graceful speed and his unique ability, when already running faster than I thought humanly possible, to suddenly to kick it into another gear, like a nitro boost button on a racing motorcycle.

It's gonna be a long winter.

As Newman famously said to Elaine and Kramer: " and yet the bicycle can have only one rightful owner. Quite the conundrum." "Alright, let's begin.... Ohh my cocoa is ready".

34 + million dollars before age 40. Not too shabby.

I always thought that Thoreau's quote: "Simplify, simplify", was hypocritical because Thoreau should have used only one "simplify" to make his point.

The Twins need Prielipp and Rojas to be successful. Left handed pitchers are very valuable. I understand trading Dasan Hill, but because he is a 6' 5" lefty and throws 99 mph and has a lot of room to grow stronger as he adds weight, he may become something special in a few years. His FB is rated as a 60. I do like Hoffman, but the Twins may live to regret trading Hill.

I was curious why Reith had not been previously promoted by the Rays to be their major league pitching coach. I discovered that Reith has been blocked by Rays longtime pitching coach, Kyle Snyder. Snyder has been the Rays successful pitching coach since 2018. These two coaches are about the same age. This is a very intriguing hire by the Twins. Welcome to the Twins Brian Reith. I hope the front office acquires some flame throwing lefties for you to coach.

I wonder if Devers were on the Twins and if he were told he would not be playing 3B, would Devers take his glove and go home?

I would not take Devers and his $225 million contract over the next 7 years if he were given to the Twins. That is an average of $32.14 MILLION a year for the next SEVEN years. Whoa Nellie !

Watching the playoffs makes me want more flame throwing lefties for the Twins.

Then I take it that you agree Fangraphs was way off its predictions of 3 of the 4 teams remaining in the playoffs? Please allow me to defend myself. You may be correct that I would make a good GM. I have an economics degree from the University of North Carolina and also a law degree from UNC. As the senior partner of my law firm, I learned to hire good people and to let them do their jobs. I learned a lot by practicing law for 52 years, negotiating with attorneys, learning who I could trust and who I could not trust, creating solid contracts, handling labor problems, fighting insurance companies, avoiding court when it was to my client's benefit and, when court was necessary, I learned go fight like hell, which I learned first by serving with Charlie Company, 3/23rd Infantry, 2nd Infantry Division in and around the Korean DMZ in 1968 & 1969 in the US Army, where I was awarded an Imjin Scout patch after my first 20 missions into the dangerous Korean DMZ. I was a North Carolina Bar Association Citizen Lawyer of the Year and was awarded the Charlotte Observer Hero of Democracy Award for getting the Department of Defense to admit that Agent Orange was sprayed around me and my buddies in 1968 and 1969 and getting the VA to grant coverage to Korean DMZ vets of the late 1960's and early 1970's for Agent Orange exposure. The Department of Defense and the VA had denied that Agent Orange had been sprayed around our positions. Our government lied. I fought our government and I won. My poem, "The Flak Jacket," won the Southern Prize for Literature in 1995. I started a Sunday School class for mentally challenged adults who lived in several group homes and I taught it for 20 years. However, I am 81 and have retired to the beautiful Pinehurst/Southern Pines area of North Carolina, where I just completed my manuscript titled: "Poems From My Foxhole". I appreciate your suggesting that I apply to be a GM or to write for Fangraphs. However I must restfully decline. I am having too much fun being retired. I rest my case.