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  1. High heat
    What is DeBarge out look? Minor league gold glove at 2B, played some SS and CF last season. Is that the plan moving forward or are they better off having him work on an everyday position. 60SB last season and some developing power, could you have a Brian Dozier like accent? Ps I know Dozier never had that kind of speed.
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    Jeffers will not hold up and be productive at this pace. Even if he is healthy or productive he will get traded at deadline so caratini signing is for coverage and 2027. Our entire current roster doesn’t fit 2026.
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    Doncon looked good in his ST appearances. Would like to see Diaw or Tait start hot and push themselves into catching at AA. Hill might be a fast mover to AA. If his control is better he might make light work of high A.
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    You can but you have to dump Larnach!!! Platoon of Outman and Martin in left to start the season. Caratini and Clemens at 1B. You get an Ok Brooks Lee at SS and you Ok defensively.
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    The hope for a competitive team in the first half I think is pretty well gone. The hope for a 63 win team is starting to dwindle. This bullpen is going to be so bad early in the season they will likely be picking off the waiver wire all season. They might find 1 Hoffman but there going to go thru so many others that completely bust.
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    I don’t mind any of these move individually but what other options are there? Are we trying to win less the 60 games this season?
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    I think both can be in the bullpen, Funderburk has been used a lot against righties. I know it’s not ideal to have 4 lefties but there isn’t a 5th righty who’s better at getting righties out than Funderburk. This bullpen is going to be horrible and will put us in line for 100 loss season. Bullpen building has been terrible and we haven’t even had any injuries to it yet. Yikes!!! Going to see a lot of AAA pitching in the majors.
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    Yes they should be on the phone with ATL right now!!! I would be fine if they got a bag of balls for Larnach at this point. He doesn’t fit on this team and is clogging up the outfield/DH. An actual trade might be for Dave McCabe, 25yr old 3B/1B switch hitter who hit .275 last yr at AAA with some power.
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    If Outman put up the same # as a right handed hitter he could fit perfectly on this team. back up CF and supplement the COF against left handed pitch and defensive replacement. The problem is he is the worst of the LH hitting outfielder. With 2 capable LH hitting CF prospects in AAA. The guy flat out doesn’t fit on this team, Falvey must have been blind to see that when he made this trade. I would had more respect trading for a bag of balls with how this outfield is currently constructed.
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    I think this team outlook looks significantly different with a healthy Kiriloff. He was such a different hitter when he had bat to ball skills and power projection with a much better athletic profile. if this team had a Carlos Santana style 2017 player at first base we wouldn’t look at the offense or infield defense as so bad. The moral of the story is you can’t just not hit on first round and supplemental picks for 3 years while cutting payroll and expect to be anything other then bottom feeders. Twins had a lot of misses in this prospect class and the few hits where just singles the other way not much for home runs!!
  11. High heat
    First time seeing Kendry Roja, his secondary stuff ( Change up and Slider) was moving all over and the fastball was sitting 97. He faced a lot of the big league hitter for the Braves and looked really good.
  12. High heat
    Upper minors and majors looks very rough. Wish we would have rule 5 drafted someone like Noah Miller who can atleast player good major league defense at SS.
  13. High heat
    I like the read but I have a tough time believing you know what your talking about when you have Dasan Hill list as RHP and then in the article you refer to him as a big tall righty….. Dasan Hill pitches with his left hand…
  14. High heat
    Festa more then any other current starter needs to move to the bullpen and should start there early in ST. Shoulder durability is a major concern. Festa looks like if he added a couple MPH to the slider and fastball putting him in the upper 90s could be a better version of Varland because of the secondary stuff. not to mention the Slim Reaper is a sick nickname coming out of the pen. Festa, Bradley to the bullpen with Abel and Mathew’s battling for the 5th spot. Prielipp and Raya in the bullpen either in the majors or at St Paul. I do believe a trade of someone in the current projected rotation is coming before ST.
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    Correct, New Pohlad comes in and has different expectations now (probably unreasonable) and regrets the deals made. For 2026 this team can’t be competitive with this Bullpen. Working in 4 or 5 converted starters might work out by July. We might only have 30 wins by then and the season is a complete disaster.
  16. High heat
    This team could get high output performances from multiple hitters and Starters AND still be a 70 win team with the current bullpen and how many W they turn into Ls. I can see this team by seasons end having the worst record in the league. I think this is a big reason why Falvey left. There are no options left to make this bullpen serviceable.
  17. High heat
    It would be fine if your had one of these guys on the roster and the others could be options to AAA. You can only have 1 of Clemens or Julien on the roster for 1B unless Keachell is hurt during ST. Outman only makes this team as a CF backup if he can prove he can play solid CF again AND Larnach is traded or an injury. realistically all 3 of them could be gone with a 1B signing and a healthy spring.
  18. High heat
    I would assume that a minor league deal is in place for Fitzgerald. The Twins will get to in theory claim Wegeman and keep Fitzgerald. is a right handed hitting Julien. some outside numbers say he could be a productive hitter. This is a move that terrible teams make to bring in players to atleast fill out a roster with fringe major leaguers. Right now if Bell or Clemens got hurt they wouldn’t have anyone to even fill in at 1B so it’s a move that makes sense around the margins and maybe a lotto ticket hits.
  19. High heat
    Boy I hope Kaelen Culpepper is on this list to start 2027. If not something went terrible in 2026, either Culpepper completely fails or Lee/Keaschell completely failed.
  20. High heat
    A lot of positions players who have no business being on a 40 man roster all offseason. Perada, Gasper, Fitzgerald, Clemens, Kreidler, Julien, Outman. I am hoping there is some deck chairs that can be shuffled. Like a solid fielder RH hitting middle infielder who can fill in against lefties and can cover for Lee. Maybe an everyday 1B.
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    It should tell you all you need to know about Fedko when he wasn’t called up last season. This organization has zero faith in you. Rosario has a bit of Brent Rooker in him. Light tower power without much else for tools but slight adjustment to make enough contact can make him a very good big leaguer. More likely he is a Kyle Garlick tho but could carve out a big leaguer career if he mashes lefties like Garlick did. Olivar I think his only hope is if he can develop as a catcher where his bat looks pretty good if he can get to average MLB defensive catcher. Thats a long way out as it sounds but he does have the athletic tools and defensive development as a catcher isn’t linear. Gabriel Gonzalez is probably the only real RH option. If he keep enough power and plate discipline he could be a very good big leaguer. He is the only guy on this list that will for sure get a solid run in the big leagues. I could see the other 3 never making it to the big leagues.
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    Jorge Mateo was non tendered by Baltimore. Grades out well defensively at SS, has Buxton type speed and hits RH. He is atleast a .220 career hitter. Might be a much better 26th man. Could even start at SS against LHP moving Lee to second and Keaschell to 1B with Bell as DH.
  23. High heat
    With the budget and free agent basket we were shopping in I think Bell is very good get. I hope he plays more DH than 1B and maybe there is another position player addition coming to. (Mayo addition with a Larnach subtraction, probably not in the same deal tho) An addition of a RH hitting SS good defensive SS would when facing lefties could slide Keaschell to 1B and Lee to 2B. Keeping Bell at DH would fit nicely as well.
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    I think him and Travis Adam’s will have an opportunity to prepare this offseason and could make a nice transition to solid MLB reliever in ‘26. The problem is there is only two of them and no going to be 100% success. Even if you let Raya and Phrielipp start the season in the bullpen (highly unlikely) they will go through some lumps as well. Maybe 2 of the 4 by seasons end become successful relievers and now you have 2 of the 5 spots you traded away filled. You are going to have to do this with about 5 more starters to maybe have some resemblances of successful bullpen in ‘27. On the positive side I did like Ohl and Adam’s later in September when I could stomach watching the Twins.
  25. High heat
    Have you seen Mountcastle play? He is significantly better than France! If you could get Mountcastle for reasonable trade I would t mind him. Mayo is going to cost much more in prospect/talent. I would ask if Mayo for SWR package is something Orioles would be interested in.
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