Pretty sure you're right. Harris went to Montreal in the Garciaparra trade. The Twins got a pitcher names Justin Jones. Don't think he ever got any higher than AA.
Look at the strike box on TV which will very much closely approximate what robot umps will call. Then pick up a rule book and look at where the actual strike zone is. Not even close. End of story.
And yet, Kiriloff only played 88 games last year. I'm not sure he'd play a hundred and thirty games if Ghandi and the Mayo brothers were the team trainers.
Soo.... A team other than the Twins might be looking at some cost control measures in light of certain uncertanties for the upcoming season. I had no idea.
They MIGHT trade one but they won't trade both. Too much chance of Larnach being Larnach, Kiriloff being injured and Julien being Miranda. IF all of those things don't happen maybe both are gone by the deadline but they were expected to be gone by the deadline this past year to and that would have been a mistake.
I always laugh at the questions that are asked of athletes, coaches and front office guys. I usually think "what the hell did you expect the guy to say?" What do you need to do different in the second half? Score more points than the other team. Well we're gonna run some different plays. Here are the plays we're gonna run. Go tell the other team. How do you plan to get hitter A out? He can't hit the curve ball so we're gonna throw him curve balls.
I said a year ago that they should have moved on Gabriel Moreno instead of this guy. That being said, and with no seasoned help on the farm, I only move Vasquez if I can bring back a Moreno type of ready to plug and play guy.
I was pounding the table to take a shot at Senzel at the deadline given the versatility you mentioned as well as the fact that he had an OPS over a thousand against lefties in 2023.
Not even sure that your best (maybe only legitimate) CF prospect should even be considered a dark horse. It's a different world now but when the team brought up a young CF in May of 1984 most Twins fans had never even heard of him. THAT was a dark horse. And played out pretty well.