Alex Schieferdecker

Between Festa, Lewis, Ohl, and Raya, the Twins have some intriguing arms coming through the system. To say nothing of Prielipp and Soto, who really haven't been able to show much yet, but were drafted high for a reason.

From a stuff perspective, Paddack and Stewart certainly had it. While his overall line was rough, I liked how CP worked the first, and I like how he bore down to squelch the A's rally in the second. Both guys will be in the playoff bullpen, I'm confident, so it's not the end of the world for them to get some game experience like that.
 
Ober looking good to me as the #4 playoff starter, hopefully his services will be needed in that role.

From a stuff perspective, Paddack and Stewart certainly had it. While his overall line was rough, I liked how CP worked the first, and I like how he bore down to squelch the A's rally in the second. Both guys will be in the playoff bullpen, I'm confident, so it's not the end of the world for them to get some game experience like that.
 
Ober looking good to me as the #4 playoff starter, hopefully his services will be needed in that role.

Exciting end to the season for the Twins minor leaguers.
Brooks Lee looks ready for 2024. Emmanuel Rodriguez has recovered all of his prospect stock after his terrible start. Austin Martin has recovered some of his usefulness stock after a bad professional career and could be a good utility option competing with Castro next year. Luke Keaschall might have been a real find. And I'm noticing Noah Miller's name in these write-ups more often.
Hopefully strong finishes to the year from SWR, David Festa, and Marco Raya also portend good seasons ahead.
Things are looking up!

Exciting end to the season for the Twins minor leaguers.
Brooks Lee looks ready for 2024. Emmanuel Rodriguez has recovered all of his prospect stock after his terrible start. Austin Martin has recovered some of his usefulness stock after a bad professional career and could be a good utility option competing with Castro next year. Luke Keaschall might have been a real find. And I'm noticing Noah Miller's name in these write-ups more often.
Hopefully strong finishes to the year from SWR, David Festa, and Marco Raya also portend good seasons ahead.
Things are looking up!

Exciting end to the season for the Twins minor leaguers.
Brooks Lee looks ready for 2024. Emmanuel Rodriguez has recovered all of his prospect stock after his terrible start. Austin Martin has recovered some of his usefulness stock after a bad professional career and could be a good utility option competing with Castro next year. Luke Keaschall might have been a real find. And I'm noticing Noah Miller's name in these write-ups more often.
Hopefully strong finishes to the year from SWR, David Festa, and Marco Raya also portend good seasons ahead.
Things are looking up!

Gallo won't get a major league contract after this. Unfortunately I doubt the Twins will DFA him, if only because the gains from that move are probably not significant. I expect we'll just see Gallo's playing time decline, and he'll be used more as a defensive sub.

Keuchel got the job done, but nothing about that performance was sustainable. Hopefully Joe gets healthy soon.
Floro has been a good pick-up so far. He hasn't looked unhittable, but he's looked like a dependable mid-inning guy. He's not going to beat himself the way that guys like Jorge and Jovani were doing.

Keuchel got the job done, but nothing about that performance was sustainable. Hopefully Joe gets healthy soon.
Floro has been a good pick-up so far. He hasn't looked unhittable, but he's looked like a dependable mid-inning guy. He's not going to beat himself the way that guys like Jorge and Jovani were doing.

Keuchel got the job done, but nothing about that performance was sustainable. Hopefully Joe gets healthy soon.
Floro has been a good pick-up so far. He hasn't looked unhittable, but he's looked like a dependable mid-inning guy. He's not going to beat himself the way that guys like Jorge and Jovani were doing.

Certainly he deserved it. His overall numbers from AA are good enough, especially for his age, but his recent numbers are even better. This promotion will give him time to acclimate to AAA and prove himself there with an adequate runway towards an early 2024 MLB debut.

For the right price, yes of course the Twins should trade one of their left handed corner bats.

He's got a 90 OPS+, c'mon folks.

He's got a 90 OPS+, c'mon folks.

He's got a 90 OPS+, c'mon folks.

He's got a 90 OPS+, c'mon folks.

If the wheels fall off Maeda again, might Dobnak be the next call-up? I hope so, he deserves it. (Love Louie too though)

Shop both and trade the one who gets the better AA reliever in exchange.

Someone put a pea under Max Kepler's mattress so we can get him to take an IL stint and get Kirilloff up.

Someone put a pea under Max Kepler's mattress so we can get him to take an IL stint and get Kirilloff up.

Target Field has been a top ten MLB ballpark since its opening and the work in the offseason will keep it solidly in that position. The entire experience is great.
Also, no sympathy to people complaining about the development in left field. Target Field is an urban stadium and the feeling of being in the city is part of what makes it unique place to see a game. There are a couple developable sites nearby that I hope will get filled in the future as well.

Twins future tough decisions to make in the infield will be even tougher if Miller keeps hitting well.

Target Field has been a top ten MLB ballpark since its opening and the work in the offseason will keep it solidly in that position. The entire experience is great.
Also, no sympathy to people complaining about the development in left field. Target Field is an urban stadium and the feeling of being in the city is part of what makes it unique place to see a game. There are a couple developable sites nearby that I hope will get filled in the future as well.

The Manfred Runner is an abomination. You shouldn't be able to win the game on two groundouts.
The powers that be at MLB do not enjoy the game of baseball, which is unfortunate given their line of work.

The Manfred Runner is an abomination. You shouldn't be able to win the game on two groundouts.
The powers that be at MLB do not enjoy the game of baseball, which is unfortunate given their line of work.