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  1. mnfireman
    How about putting a defense behind these guys that can make the plays, allowing these guys to pitch without thinking every pitch has to be perfect.
  2. mnfireman
    Lopez haters are 🫏🤡
  3. mnfireman
    SWR had -2.24 WPA, worst on the team.....pick him
  4. mnfireman
    Better not look to closely at Kirby Puckett's personal life, both during and after his career ended...
  5. mnfireman
    Having no other MLB options at the position will do that..
  6. mnfireman
    The 3rd Cy Young award would have cemented his selection, but it's the HOF, Schilling checks every box, but evidently his political views put him in the same boat as (or below) PED users, gamblers, and sex offenders, a crying shame. The rest do not check those same boxes, but most have better bWAR and S-JAWS numbers than many others who are not in. It is the HOF, not the Hall of Very Good, it's just too bad that HOF can not be reversed because, in hindsight some players were not as good as originally thought, they were just likable...
  7. mnfireman
    2016 Twins had 6 current/former SS (Dozier, Escobar, Plouffe, Nunez, Polanco, Santana (7 if you count Sano)) and 3 current/former CF (Buxton, Santana, Kepler (5 if you add Rosario and Shafer) and lost a Twins record 103 games. It's a fine line to be able to play these positions, and to actually be good enough to be a MLB starter at them. Growing up, most MLB players are the best players on their team and played either SS or CF, and probably pitched. Most of these kids that get drafted get moved off these positions not because they aren't athletic enough to play there, but because the game is much faster moving from level to level through college or/and MiLB. Most of the Brewer players you are referencing, other than the starters at these positions, are below average when compared to their MLB peers, but are good enough to be used to fill in for short periods when needed. Not every team can target these types of players and be able to develop them to be successful at different positions (or buy into switching positions for the good of the team), whether it's due to coaching, the player's ego, or the fact that the player is just not that good (or some combo of these), we have seen this with the Twins many times. A team needs bona fide starters at most positions, a team of utility type players will not be successful long term. Getting coaches/managers and players alike to believe/buy into this is the big problem.
  8. mnfireman
    That pick-off looked like the P stepped straight towards HP.....
  9. mnfireman
    Not in today's game...
  10. mnfireman
    Long ball, small ball, MIL does what's needed to try to win.
  11. mnfireman
    Given all the movement involved with some MLB pitchers before the pitch, that was a pretty cheap balk call...
  12. mnfireman
    His fumble in the RZ wasn't so nice (but the team (read defense) did overcome)...
  13. mnfireman
    He wouldn't have had to, TOR OF was pretty weak last year, he more than likely would have been given a better chance to earn regular playing time there than he was given in MN.
  14. mnfireman
    Vlad Jr. is 27 years old, this big of a drop in production is not expected yet... I did see that he recently underwent Lasik surgery. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2026/10/vladimir-guerrero-jr-undergoes-laser-eye-surgery.html
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    No team deserves Aranda at 1B...
  17. mnfireman
    Shortest vertical jump in MLB....still good to take a run from the Evil Empire
  18. mnfireman
    The team let Rosario go after a similar, albeit shortened, season. The next wave, Rooker, Larnach, Kirilloff, and Wallner, were here, or close, and was supposed to replace him. The next wave, Jenkins, Rodriguez, Mendez, and Gonzalez, are here or close, time to let Larnach go.
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    HP umpire is struggling in the ATH-LAD game....
  22. mnfireman
    MLB Pipeline has released their updated, season-ending prospect list and the Twins have 4 top 100 prospects on it: Jenkins #13, Lackey #18, K. Culpepper #31 and Houston #54. Jenkins and Culpepper will graduate prospect status early next season, leaving the team with only 2. Emma, Tait, and Quick (I believe) have fallen out of their post-draft Top 100. I believe Prielipp was listed at some point this season, but graduated prospect status. Has the farm system fallen behind in terms of development, have players regressed, or is it just part of the normal cycle? It will be interesting to see the other publications lists when published.
  23. mnfireman
    Agreed....0+0=0. The only way to get value (or prospect value) for a player with no value is to bundle them with a player that has value, which hurts the team immediately, with no guarantee of future success.
  24. mnfireman
    I think Jenkins final 10 games earned him the right to break camp with the team whenever next season starts. I also think that even if he starts slow he gets at least the first month to show he belongs. Clemens/Lewis or Clemens/Martin could make a good platoon UT role since they can cover basically the same positions. Or Martin and Rodriguez could make a good corner OF platoon since the team cannot send Rodriguez to AAA. Maybe only facing RHP next year could speed his MLB development, though doing that hindered Larnach and Wallner and other LH bats through the years.
  25. mnfireman
    Building towards '29 is a good plan, but Lopez is coming off of TJ surgery, and Ryan had a horrendous second half this season, neither will bring much this off-season. No guarantee Buxton will not want to re-sign after his current contract expires, especially if the team looks to be competitive, but Atlanta (or another contending team) might appeal to him a little more.
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