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  1. gunnarthor
    I'm not sure what they mean by a "high bar" and I know this is posturing but I hope our FO is being realistic in what we can get back for them.
  2. gunnarthor
    This, exactly. This little winning streak has been great and probably enough to lock down the division. But we're not a good team and we're not a player or two away. Feel free to make some small additions but not at the expense of the future.
  3. gunnarthor
    Very nice to see. I love Lee and Jenkins and very excited to read that about Rodriguez.
  4. gunnarthor
    I don't think he'd get a 3 year offer but stranger things have happened. I think Bassitt is a decent comp so 2/45 or so? Who knows. I think he'll end up taking our QO. One legit worry is regression. Gray had a great April but since then, his era each month has been 3.90 or higher and in all 13 starts since April he's had a 4.35 era. The AL average is 4.26.
  5. gunnarthor
    Looks like Maeda is doing well. Wish I could watch it. 😥
  6. gunnarthor
    We don't need to rehash here but my opinion on Gray is that if we offer the QO, he'll accept it. I don't think a lot of teams are going to want to sign him and lose a pick and his agent will probably know that. On Duran, yeah, he's good. But he's not that good and it wasn't that long ago we were worried about his health. So see what we can get. Not sure relievers can get the hauls of past years but why not find out? We gave up 5 prospects for Fulmer and Lopez last year.
  7. gunnarthor
    I think we should be modest sellers. We can still win the central if we traded, say, Gray and Gallo. Your premise is right, we should be getting controllable players back although the only major trade asset we might have would be Duran. (I'd be ok trading him if we got a haul).
  8. gunnarthor
    They traded for Taylor and they signed Buxton to big money. It's a hard pill to swallow for the FO to not have one of them in CF.
  9. gunnarthor
    So I haven't been able to watch many games this year - only three. But the last two I watched it seemed pretty clear that his knees were bothering him and were affecting his at-bats. He's slow on fastballs and his mechanics look completely wrong, probably because he's hurt. They should put him on the IL and get him healthy - even if that means missing the rest of the year.
  10. gunnarthor
    I'm glad for Cabbage. I liked the pick at the time. Didn't work out for us but good for him for staying in the game and getting to the majors.
  11. gunnarthor
    Home Run!
  12. gunnarthor
    Seriously, am I missing something about him? Why aren't the Twins giving him at-bats?
  13. gunnarthor
    Seriously, we load the bases, I go away for a few minutes and we're down 7-3?
  14. gunnarthor
    Sorry I'm late. So, this article didn't age well?
  15. gunnarthor
    I don't like the idea of this Twins team trading for a rental player. I think we should be modest sellers. I don't think Bellinger would move this team forward in any sizeable way. I also think he's more a corner OFer than CFer at this point although he's ok in CF this year. Sign him in the offseason to be our LFer. But I think trading Emmanual Rodriguez would probably be enough - a top 100 prospect but far away but with enough to entice the Cubs. Not sure I'd do that in a vacuum but if we were making more additions to fix this team, maybe? I dunno. Like I said, I'd rather be modest sellers.
  16. gunnarthor
    Well, good luck to him. Seems like the type of guy you take a flyer on and see what he can do with a few tweeks. And he got 150k from us to pursue his dream a few more years.
  17. gunnarthor
    Well, credit where credit is due. They should sweep Oakland and they did. They are back in first. Good work.
  18. gunnarthor
    This was a really bad article for so many reasons. But to suggest that Gray is no Viola regarding innings, misses the mark. He's 42nd in baseball this year. And I have no idea who thinks Kenta Maeda's 66 innings in 2020 make him the second greatest season ever but they are wrong. Just simply wrong.
  19. gunnarthor
    Checks standings - sub-.500. Second place. Sounds like the right time for TD writers to talk about a dominating post-season rotation.
  20. gunnarthor
    I think the thing about being "fun" was a warning, maybe, to the Twins. But that's as far as I'd possibly go and even that seems iffy. He's not going to turn down millions of dollars at 34.
  21. gunnarthor
    The headline makes it sound worse than it is. He'll be playing next year, somewhere.
  22. gunnarthor
    shrug. This team is currently sub-.500. Might be a bit to hope that they make noise in the playoffs with or without Gray. I like Lopez and Ryan. I like Ober - although he's not going to continue a 166 ERA+. They have too many problems right now.
  23. gunnarthor
    He's had a 3.90 or higher ERA every month since April. He is what he is - a solid #3 pitcher on a playoff team. That has some real value. But 20m usually goes to better pitchers than him. And, you're right. He could come back to the Twins on a QO, although I don't think that is money well spent. I don't think a team is going to sign him and lose a pick. So, in my opinion - and I understand that it is reasonable to disagree - the Twins can trade him now for something or pay him 20m to be on the team next year. I don't like the second option at all.
  24. gunnarthor
    That's a lot of kool-aid, man.
  25. gunnarthor
    I know the game has changed but QO is going to be around 20m next year. I'm not sure how many teams are going to want to lose the draft pick and spend that much money on a pitcher who will be 34 next year and probably throws only 130 or so innings. Gray is not a 150 ERA+ pitcher. He's been coming back to earth since April and his season stats will, likely, end up reflecting that. His trade value won't be higher than it is today. The Twins claim to have pitching depth and if they can move him and get a something that helps them in the long run, they should. I think they can win the central without Gray.
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