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  1. mnfireman
    Twins didn't lose a player...
  2. mnfireman
    Listening to MLB Network recently, it sounds like Verdugo fell out of favor in Boston, for whatever reason, and was going to be dealt no matter what this off-season. Production-wise they may be a match, but I don't think the Twins take a deal like this for Kepler.
  3. mnfireman
    Untouchable seems to be relative to individual TD members feelings about the most recent results of the players being judged. After a horrible 2019 at A+ and AA some on here felt Lewis should be traded, but Kirilloff, Larnach and Balazovic were untouchable. Up until a bump in the road at AAA last season, many on here felt Lee was untouchable, but now think he should be traded. There are more examples including Arraez, Buxton, Sano, Graterol, Duran, Rosario, Kepler, Polanco, Ryan, Berrios and others that have been on both sides of the untouchable/trade them now discussion. If the right trade offer comes along, the front office takes it, no matter who we think is untouchable.
  4. mnfireman
    Considering there were only 59 pitchers who pitched more than 150 innings last season, and the Twins had 3 of those, and 2 of the 25 who pitched 180+ innings, this is a big ask.
  5. mnfireman
    Alcantara's value has fallen because he had TJ surgery and will miss 2024....
  6. mnfireman
    I never said that, but yes he was.... '21 A, A+, '22 AA, '23 AAA, He also made it to MLB in '23, but all or parts of 3 seasons in the minors. This will be Lee's third minor league season and he will also be starting it in AAA. If he not called up early, it will be because no one got injured, but I imagine by summer he is pushing hard for a roster spot. Lee is also 2 years younger and most likely will have played fewer games in the minors.
  7. mnfireman
    Can't use the lost season argument on here, I have tried and been told by the resident experts on here that player development was not hindered because all college and MiLB players were equally affected.
  8. mnfireman
    I was just going to point this out. Add in the fact that Lee's defense is already MLB ready, though he did have a few yips when first promoted to AAA, and I don't think Lee is the type of player you trade; he's the type of player you build around.
  9. mnfireman
    Maybe, maybe not. Kepler comes off the books after this season, as well as Farmer (if neither are traded beforehand), Polanco, Vazquez, Paddack, Castro, Alcala and the dead weight of Dobnak's contract the season after. This opens up approximately $50 MM, $22 MM of which will go to Lopez. They will be replaced by league minimum and arbitration eligible players who are among the teams best prospects.
  10. mnfireman
    Actually, the Twins could make rarely used C work for this season, if Buxton can play the OF this year. If not, they keep him as long as they can and let him go back if they decide he's not a fit.
  11. mnfireman
    I've watched a lot of video of Brooks Lee, and he is closer to MLB defensively than he is offensively. He may not stay at SS due to his size and projected growth, but his defensive game is MLB ready.
  12. mnfireman
    I don't think his new home park is going to be very friendly to him, but congrats to him on being able to cash in after last season.
  13. mnfireman
    Jeffers was 2-19 (.105) in the play-offs this year, 2-24 (.083) for his over 8 play-off games in his career. Vazquez is 23-92 (.250) over 31 play-off games in his career. Sometimes experience counts for something, but we won't know because Vazquez didn't even sniff an AB in this years play-offs.
  14. mnfireman
    How low have our standards fallen that we are now content to expect 100 innings out of a starter and that $13 MM is a reasonable amount for that production?
  15. mnfireman
    Awful lot of money per year for 100 innings, Paddack should be able to replace those anyway for roughly $10 MM over the same period. If you think he would give this team 200 innings per year, he never has. Only twice has he thrown more than 150.
  16. mnfireman
    Let him find his game elsewhere, the Twins already have enough (too many?) middle infield options.
  17. mnfireman
    Hard to be a Vikings fan in this day and age...despite a decent start, Dobbs is not Cousins
  18. mnfireman
    Top 4 wRC, plus Kirilloff, who was 6th but only played 88 games, or not, none of Lewis (58), Wallner (76), Jeffers (96) and Julien (109) played more games than any of Farmer (120), Solano (134), Castro (124), Taylor (129) and Kepler (130). Only Taylor, 96 wRC, was below 100, so it's not like they didn't perform at or above league average. Doubling Wallner's numbers would have given the league more time to find and expose the holes in game, as the Blue Jays and Astros did in the play-offs (and I am a Wallner fan and understand he made adjustments throughout last season). Lewis, Julien and Jeffers all would have also regressed with more PAs as well. I am all for getting the young guys in the line-up, but without those veterans (Castro is only 26) to fill in during times of injuries and ineffectiveness, and RpR is right, the Twins would have been closer to battling Cleveland for 3rd than running away with the Central last season (the ChiSox and KC were horrible last season).
  19. mnfireman
    Bigger signing imminent??
  20. mnfireman
    Total WAR gained: -8.8 bWAR And if you go to FanGraphs its -2.5 fWAR....
  21. mnfireman
    What changed? His health. After 2 years of battling lower body injuries and 2 early season trips to the IL, both for lower body injuries, he came back healthy. He was able to drive the ball because he had his lower body healthy again. SSS alert; from June 1st until the end of the season, he slashed .283/.353/.514 (.867 OPS) with 18 HR and 52 RBI. If the return is good, trade him. Otherwise he is a better option than what's out there in FA and the trade talks can be revisited in July.
  22. mnfireman
    Cutting one over priced veteran for another is not prudent....
  23. mnfireman
    I believe he would have to be included as part of a package of younger, more controllable players that many fans would be upset to see traded.
  24. mnfireman
    There is a lot more blame to go around than just Wallner in the series loss to Houston. The team slashed .198/.308/.373; and just .150/.189/.290 if you remove Correa and Julien's stats. As I said, lots of blame to go around.
  25. mnfireman
    I'll agree with the first part of that statement, but Wallner was far from overwhelmed. After struggling early in the season at the plate and in the field, he got called up for good on on July 17 and slashed .237/.354/.500 with 13 HR & 37 RBI in 65 games (32/92 over 162 games) and played passable defense in LF. To make the SSS even smaller, he slashed ,284/.411/.514 from September 1 until the end of the season with 4 HR 15 RBI in 26 games (25/93 over 162 games) and the team went 17-9.
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