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  1. strumdatjag
    I’d like German Marquez to make a comeback, as well as Max Kepler. Just think of the upcoming momentous occasion when German pitches to a German. It’s probably happened already.
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    Whoever wrote that script had no idea about how the vast majority of us would say it. It’s “PLAY CATCH”!!!!!! and by the way - It’s POP (in Minnesota not “Soda”). Don’t let them easternize us!
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    Morris is the cat likely to be the closer of the future. Hopefully, Shelton starts to give him more big-time 9th inning appearances.
  4. strumdatjag
    Anthony Banda will be healthy in 2027, but is only on a one year deal for this year. He was looking good before his injury. Cole Sands would be back in 2027.
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    For you Debbie Downers. Remember what you expected from this team at the start of this season. Today, they took on the best pitcher in baseball pitching for the team with the best record in baseball, in THEIR ballpark. The Brewers needed two ridiculous plays by their right fielder Lara in order to win this game. Put Clemon’s throw a few feet more to Kody’s right and that last play is an out. Meanwhile, the other Kody (Funderburk) is turning into a very good reliever I am having a lot of fun watching this team this year. And it’s not just because I started with low expectations. Go Twins.
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    I need to dust off my old Vikings Jersey with Daunte’s last name on the back.
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    Jenkins can be added when rosters expand in a few weeks.
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    Actually, it’s better to have two good players in the line-up for over a season than to have them in the line-up for just 7 weeks.
  9. strumdatjag
    Someone asked me whether this is true about service time. I have just seen this idea posted here and presumed it’s true. I have not looked at the rules myself (that would be a real snoozer!).
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    Culpepper and Jenkins would then accumulate service time throughout all the lost part of the 2027 season (list time due to labor strife in negotiations of the new CBA). Bad idea.
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    The Twins overdid the firesale last year and suffered a massive drop in attendance and fan interest. They were worried that would increase even if they only sold Jeffers this year. or it is possible that they did not receive an adequate offer for him. Don’t underestimate the possibility that the fan revolt motivated the failure to properly move Jeffers. That is the only big mistake of this deadline (unless there was no offer for Jeffers that approached that offered by Boston for Adley R - who knows?) I don’t buy into the Pohlad-Falvey philosophical feud posited here. That presumes too much
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    With this .500 team in a year when the Dodgers have broken the bank to win its 3rd title in a row, I like the idea of making fewer buys at the deadline. Actually. I was hoping Jeffers could be dealt for something but I think the ownership is worried about further angering of the fan base (screaming “Cheap Pohlads”). That’s probably correct financially but wrong from a standpoint of fielding a better team till 2030.
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    Rutschman has had repeated injury issues and was just about to start a rehab assignment for the O’s. Jeffers’ hamate bone injury is not the chronic type which can return. There are arguments to be made that Jeffers was the better catcher even with the expiring contract. I’m disappointed that Jeffers did not ignite a bidding war from which the Twins could take advantage. Cleveland got better by adding an All-Star starter to its rotation.
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    I’m presuming the offers for Jeffers were not good enough. I’m worried that the front office was worried about criticism, however. I would have liked to have seen the Twins win a bidding war for Jeffers. But alas …
  15. strumdatjag
    In the Jeff Hoffman trade, the Twins got some cash to cover his salary and gave up some international pool money (they got some in a previous trade).
  16. strumdatjag
    Dasan Hill, John Klein and Dameury Pena. The biggest name is Dasan Hill, a lefty starter currently putting up BAD numbers at Cedar Rapids. But he is a rated prospect for the Twins. I’ll take this trade.
  17. strumdatjag
    Caratini is signed for 2027, Jeffers is not. Trade Jeffers for more.
  18. strumdatjag
    Rutschman has had injury problems. He isn’t even available immediately (about to start a rehab assignment). He becomes a free agent after 2027. One would think that Jeffers would not bring in a bigger haul because of the extra year of control. But Jeffers has fewer injury issues. Twins should expect a big haul in return.
  19. strumdatjag
    Orioles Catcher Adley Rutschman to the Red Sox for their #2 prospect, right-handed pitcher Anthony Eyanson. MLB ranked #49 prospect.
  20. strumdatjag
    Agreed. In addition to great minor league depth at catcher, Twins also have Caratini (NOT pronounced “CaraNtini”) and Jackson playing adequately, All this makes it easier to trade Jeffers and one of those catching prospects for value to help the current team and to beef up areas of organizational weakness (right-handed hitting and pitching).
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    I’m setting the DVR and watching both. But fast-forward can be a great feature.
  22. strumdatjag
    I hope the Dodgers roll over every team they face from now through the World Series. Let’s see the most boring end to a National League regular season and the most boring post-season in the history of the game. Fans ditch MLB to watch professional pickleball. Then maybe teams will grow … and hold out for a salary cap next year.
  23. strumdatjag
    I hope the Dodgers go undefeated in the most boring post-season in the history of MLB. I hope the TV ratings are abysmal. . Then maybe just maybe MLB will bring in a salary cap and MLB can become competitive.
  24. strumdatjag
    The Twins won without Jeffers. They need to trade him (3 team trade with a contender and a seller) for a pitcher for now and a prospect for later. Let a contending team overpay in the likely bidding war. Trade Larnach (or whatever) for a right-handed bat. The net result is a team that is a little worse on the hitting side but better on the pitching side - and more.
  25. strumdatjag
    Minter is not the big test for Pohlad. I’m looking for a blockbuster 3 team trade that would send “cheap” free-agent-to-be Ryan Jeffers to a contender, that contender sending prospects to a SELLER and the Twins receiving an “expensive” expiring contract of a legitimate good starter (Kevin Gausman, or Robbie Ray or …), and a prospect. With the addition of another starter, Matthews or Prielipp could then boost the bullpen, along with Rojas. The Twins would take on more salary by essentially trading the cheaper Jeffers for a more expensive and less valuable starter (thereby justifying an additional prospect being thrown into the trade).
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