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  1. Vanimal46
    Another example team I thought of is Atlanta. They’re having a more disappointing season than us, but they’re too heavily invested in their core to give up on 2026. They’re struggling big time to find an answer in LF (Verdugo, Kelenic, Eli White all struggling, Profar suspended). They have a young C in Drake Baldwin that’s doing well in his first 71 MLB games, and blocked by Sean Murphy who’s signed through 2028. Maybe we can put a package together where it benefits both teams who want to continue trying to win in 2026?
  2. Vanimal46
    Posted this in another thread. I am curious if Larnach can be used as bait to reel in another current MLB player? My example was Pittsburgh who can’t develop a position player to save their lives. So maybe they will be interested in an established player like Larnach in exchange for Henry Davis since he is floundering as a former 1st overall pick.
  3. Vanimal46
    Had this on my mind this morning… We’ve been talking about acquiring prospects in return for our established players… Trading MLB talent for MLB talent is rare, but it would be interesting to find a team with a surplus of MLB bats in exchange for our surplus of MLB arms. So I’m looking through FanGraphs and see C Drake Baldwin for Atlanta. Who will be blocked by Sean Murphy for the foreseeable future. Is there a package we can put together to acquire him? That way Atlanta can reload for another run in 2026 and same with our Twins. Pittsburgh is one of the worst development teams in the league. Can we find a fix for former 1st overall pick Henry Davis? Perhaps in exchange for Larnach or Wallner? Just wanted to throw some ideas out for thought. Maybe I’m crazy.
  4. Vanimal46
    Nor should they settle for present value. Imagine in 2019 the Twins could have acquired two high octane late inning arms to replace guys like Rhyne Harper and Blake Parker for Brusdal Graterol and one of Kirilloff, Wander Javier (#4 org prospect at the time), or Trevor Larnach. Even without hindsight that would have been a slam dunk yes.
  5. Vanimal46
    This came out of no where. Go get him Kwesi!
  6. Vanimal46
    Exactly. I prefer only trading 1 of them at this time. Trading both of them in the same deal has an extremely high risk of blowing up in our face. Jax and Duran would be the back end of any playoff contender’s bullpen and win them a WS. Hedge the bet!
  7. Vanimal46
    If Falvey accepts any of these trades for both Duran and Jax I’m hacking into their network so he can’t file the paperwork in time.
  8. Vanimal46
    It will be shocking if the Pohlads meddle with any roster moves. As you’ve said over and over, this is the roster Falvey wants. He’s consistently said in media interviews he has confidence in this current roster.
  9. Vanimal46
    Yeah, the expanded playoff format has really nerfed the trade deadline. Gave a lot of teams false hope, which leaves only the bottom feeders like CWS, COL, and the A’s as clear sellers. Slim pickings on those teams… In the next CBA we should talk about moving the trade deadline back to Aug 31. It will diminish expiring contract player’s values greatly, but at least by that time teams know if they’re in or out.
  10. Vanimal46
    Diego Cartaya is a cautionary tale chasing top 100 prospects in the low minors. Pre-2023 he was a top 20 prospect in the game on 3 publications. Then he moved on to AA and it’s been downhill ever since. His time in our organization was comically bad. 40 strikeouts in 69 plate appearances.
  11. Vanimal46
    1A Ownership - This organization has no direction, no vision. Just hoping that someone offers them a golden parachute to get out of their massive debt and escape the public eye forever. 1B Front Office - They’ve had 2 offseasons to pivot after getting the rug pulled from them by the Pohlads. They’ve done the bare minimum in the offseason and trade deadlines ever since. Falvey continues doubling down on this core of players, even though we are the slowest team in baseball, one of the poorest fielding teams in baseball, and prone to long offensive slumps. Oh, and they quietly pick up Rocco’s contract for another year. 2 Manager/Coaches - How can the players take things seriously when the same manager and 80% of the coaches remain the same after an epic collapse? 3 Players - Correa, Wallner, and Lewis have been extremely disappointing with high expectations in preseason. Miranda and Julien crashing and burning. Our depth was vapor thin and were relying too heavily on marginal talent.
  12. Vanimal46
    Yes Absolutely yes. Last year proved the core of this team is not good enough and Rocco should have been fired after an epic collapse in September.
  13. Vanimal46
    Hard to turn down a 5 run victory yesterday /s. We got 1 in LA which is what the spreadsheet told us is an acceptable outcome
  14. Vanimal46
    Nothing wrong with setting a high standard on the trade return. We will see how desperate contending teams get in the next week. If no one meets the asking price, oh well. We get to keep an elite reliever on the team.
  15. Vanimal46
    Pretty easy to see why the Dodgers are calling around for bullpen help. So many uncompetitive pitches thrown last night.
  16. Vanimal46
    Wouldn’t even call that a mistake pitch. That was just silly from the best player in the world
  17. Vanimal46
    No one else besides Ohtani barrels up that pitch. Oh well.
  18. Vanimal46
    Wouldn’t that be something if Duran and Rushing switched jerseys in a week? Don’t recommend it, but at least we know he’s batting 1.000 against him
  19. Vanimal46
    No doubt Vázquez can call a better game
  20. Vanimal46
    Big games for a couple of guys who has been in the crosshairs from the TD crowd. Vázquez and France have a day gentleman
  21. Vanimal46
    Idk who any of these Dodgers relievers are since the 6th inning and they’re all brutal
  22. Vanimal46
    Hell yeah! 7 pitch inning affords him plenty of room to finish the 6 out save
  23. Vanimal46
    2 inning outing for Duran?
  24. Vanimal46
    Yikes. 30 year old never was journeyman. Looks like a Wentz repeat to me. Might as well give Prielipp a try
  25. Vanimal46
    You took the time to spell it out and I know autocorrect would butcher that big time
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