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  1. dxpavelka
    I tried that with Pete Alonzo in free agency last year. Didn't work.
  2. dxpavelka
    If they are going to spend why not do it to keep their own players. You know what you have and, let's be honest, spending or not they are not likely to go out and get the biggest names on the market. And I'm ok with that. The biggest names go for the biggest and longest contracts and usually on the back end of those contracts they become albatrosses. Not what this team needs.
  3. dxpavelka
    if the roster was constructed differently there would be less demand for a guy whose value lies mainly in his versatility.
  4. dxpavelka
    At some point I'd love to see this team focus more on actual value than on versatility. Having guys who can play a multitude of places is great but if they are not a plus player with either the bat or the glove at any of them I don't see much actual value. How I miss the days when a manager had 8 guys that he ran out there at the start of 125 games. This year's edition of the local nine had four such guys. The 1991 Twins had 8 guys that started 112 games. The 1987 Twins had six guys start 124 games. Tom Kelly made it a point to tell a Randy Bush to grab a glove and get used to using it more than he previously had. Today's managers play the analytics game too much and spend too much time chasing micro matchups against a starting pitcher that might only pitch 2 and 2/3 innings and then find themselves at a disadvantage after the pitching change, and with only a four man bench a lack of options to change. Now you kids get the hell off my grass.
  5. dxpavelka
    If they intend to spend more money on payroll I have no objection to that money being spent to keep guys here rather than TRYING to bring in guys that are probably not likely to be worth the price. Like it or not it's likelythat we would get twice the value for a FA 1B at $17 million AAV than we have recently from guys like Bell, Santana or Solano at less than half that.
  6. dxpavelka
    Yup. 2027 bridge, 2028 platoon / mentor maybe even DH and 3rd catcher in 28 if two of the kids are ready and a trade chip at the 2028 deadline if two kids are REALLY ready. Ideally the team looking for a wiley veteran for a playoff run in 28 is the Minnesota Twins and we already have him.
  7. dxpavelka
    Any defensive plan that involves Keaschall doing anything other than planting his feet in one spot in the grass or on the dirt and staying there is not a good plan.
  8. dxpavelka
    Why would a big league team not satisfied with their catching talent in the minor leagues move their big league catcher?
  9. dxpavelka
    Two years, I'm in.
  10. dxpavelka
    The best? Sure. Far and away? I get that folks wearing Twins colored glasses might not believe this but he only only projects at 3-4 years at max AAV of $15 million. That doesn't scream far and away the best catcher available.
  11. dxpavelka
    Are there a lot of 29 year old catchers with slightly average at best defensive skills getting four year contracts?
  12. dxpavelka
    he was a teenager for most of those three years. A lot of guys spend those years in college.
  13. dxpavelka
    Four of their top 10 prospects are catchers. A two year deal seems much more reasonable.
  14. dxpavelka
    Five of our top 20 prospects are catchers. All of them are a ways off. And that's ok. I would be just fine with Jeffers coming back as a $23 million bridge for a year. Hopefully, by 2028, one of the five is ready to shoulder part of the load in the big leagues. By 2029 I would fully expect two of these guys to be the mainstays. And by 2029 or 2030 one or more of them is likely to end up moving out from behind the plate. Tait and Tinney would seem to be the most likely, not because of obvious defensive skills that might play elsewhere but because of bat skills that would benefit from shedding the tools of ignorance. Not a bad place to be as an organization.
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  16. dxpavelka
    Making the offer to Jeffers is a no brainer. The worst possible outcome is that he declines and we get a draft pick. If he accepts we pay him. Shouldn't be a big deal. If it IS a big deal than we have problems. Sorry but that's the truth. If we consider Culpepper, Jenkins & Rodriguez to be big league players and no longer prospects, four of our top seven (maybe ten depending on which rating you use) prospects are catchers. However, NONE of them will be ready to contribute at the big league level this year. $23 Million for one of the best catchers around to be a bridge to the young fellas would be a wise investment.
  17. dxpavelka
    I said at the deadline that they should trade Caratini rather than Jeffers and nearly got jeered off this site.
  18. dxpavelka
    Sadly, not only CAN they trust them, but by not calling them all up months earlier in 2026 than they did, they have put themselves in a position where they MUST trust them in 2027. After the bloodletting at the 2025 trade deadline 2026 SHOULD have been about seeing what as many young guys as possible were capable of doing at the big league level. The headline proposes a trick question. The issue is that they will be rookies in 2027. These three guys should have used up their rookie status early in the 2026 season. It is very frustrating that this team so seldom finds itself in the position of having players perform at a high level in the big leagues at an early age. How fun would it be to go out to the ballpark and see a Kevin McGonigle or Konnor Griffin or JJ Wetherholt or Jacob Misiorowski or Parker Messick or Roman Anthony or Nick Kurtz or Drake Baldwin wearing the HOME jersey rather than the other jersey? I don't know what it is about coaches (not just the Twins) in this town, that they are never able to trust a rookie. Every single coach / manager in this town if asked to trust a young player gets that look on his face like he has ten seconds to take a dump and he's twenty seconds from the closest s@!#@!
  19. dxpavelka
    What would they have looked like with him the year they made the playoffs and won a round. Might have made a big difference.
  20. dxpavelka
    "I love that kid."
  21. dxpavelka
    Only if you assume there was no way the Twins wouldn't have been able to extend him. And we all know how to spell ASS u ME
  22. dxpavelka
    Martin looked good on paper when he was traded for because he projected as a high on base middle infielder with decent glove. Now he projects, at best, as an average on base guy with five career home runs who is relegated to corner outfield spots on a team with a ton of such guys with much better power and potential. Been saying for five years that we traded away the best pitcher we have developed internally in a generation for basically nothing. Berrios' recent issues / struggles notwithstanding. And, FYI: Berrios WAR as a Blue Jay: 7.1; Woods Richardson & Martin combined: 3.1
  23. dxpavelka
    Of the guys you named, Roden 100% and without question. And any of Larnach / Martin / Wallner being here instead of Bell would almost certainly be a mistake as well. And it's gonna take a lot to convince me that Kreidler's glove and MI versatility is enough to overcome his ability to put up .218 with the stick. We will spend the next 3-4 months obsessing over who will be the 13 guys bringing sticks north to start the season as if a Roden / Larnach / Martin / Wallner not doing so is a death sentence. Last year we brought 13 guys north in March. 11 more guys got opportunities before the end of the season. Put the BEST players on the roster and let things work themselves out.
  24. dxpavelka
    When is the last time this team DIDN'T have a guy on the roster who profiles like Bell does? And for the most part they have gotten surprising production from said guys. Bell lead the team in RBIs. Yeah, I know he has no defensive value but some very successful teams have had a guy who didn't even own a glove. I know folks get hung up on versatility but we really should be more concerned with value. Is being able to play multiple positions all that valuable if you can't swing a stick? But anyway, back to the list of such guys, Ty France won a Gold Glove. OK, sure he was with Toronto when he did it. Carlos Santana had a nice run here as well. We don't win the division in 2023 without Donovan Solano being the engine.
  25. dxpavelka
    so did Rodriguez
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