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  1. Vanimal46
    That will be pretty darn expensive to acquire 2 top of the order bats. The pitching staff will still be quite good, probably good enough to win a playoff game, even without one or more of Sonny Gray, Kenta Maeda, Caleb Thielbar, or Emilio Pagan.
  2. Vanimal46
    You’ve seen the offense, yeah? That may help you understand why it’s being expressed.
  3. Vanimal46
    My row of peas never took off this year. Little did I know it was because 2 volunteer tomato plants were sprouting in that space instead! I’m going to be loaded with tomatoes now… Looks like it’s going to be a good pepper season in Minnesota as well!
  4. Vanimal46
    I support trading Gray if the value is there. I will also be rooting for the Twins now and long after Sonny Gray’s playing days are over. You are correct, the Twins are in playoff contention. It won’t take much to remain in contention thanks to a dreadful AL Central division. There is no team to fear. No one is saying to trade Gray for anything you can get. They will need a return with more perceived value than a competitive balance pick in the 40s overall. With Gray likely being the top SP trade target, I think they would get a lot more than whoever they draft in the 40s.
  5. Vanimal46
    You expecting a lunch rush? I’m hungry now and brats sound pretty good!
  6. Vanimal46
    Is there any doubt Sonny Gray would be #1 on that list? I’m more interested in Bellinger as a free agent target this winter than a rental trade target.
  7. Vanimal46
    Just for fun, I fired up Out of the Park Baseball and did a live start season on July 4th. Simmed up to 7/25 so Polanco and Thielbar could return from the IL. Trade difficulty set to the most difficult level… Here’s what the game is offering for some of these players: Sonny Gray has 2 compelling offers. The game had Oakland and St Louis offering up trades with higher potential lottery tickets, but that isn’t too realistic of an outcome. Houston offered 24 year old C Korey Lee, who our scout Sean Johnson evaluates as a 40/80 overall with 60/80 potential. As well as 25 year old RHP Forrest Whitley, who our scout evaluates as a 30/80 overall with 40/80 potential. Milwaukee offered 24 year old LHP Robert Gasser who is doing well in AAA and evaluated at 40/80 overall, 55/80 potential and 23 year old RHP Cam Robinson - who is struggling in AA but is evaluated at 40/80 overall 55/80 potential. To no one’s surprise, we didn’t receive any offers for Emilio Pagan… Even when the Twins retain 100% of his salary.
  8. Vanimal46
    Because of the lack of supply I’m willing to see who overpays for Sonny Gray and Maeda.
  9. Vanimal46
    I have zero interest in Cruz playing for the Twins again. However, the second he decides he wants to get into coaching, I am offering him the hitting coach or bench coach role.
  10. Vanimal46
    It was a fun game to see live. Excellent tune up game for Maeda. The Royals only had maybe 4 hard hit balls all game. Buxton sure looked healthy yesterday. Good to see him beat out a slow roller to SS, and get a stolen base.
  11. Vanimal46
    I did end up going to the game! It was a good one and that’s all I can ask for. Buxton, Maeda, and Kepler looked really good!
  12. Vanimal46
    I was considering heading to the game today but the clouds look really dark off to the west. Maybe the storms are arriving earlier than expected.
  13. Vanimal46
    I’m selling… unless the Twins go on an unprecedented winning streak in July. Sonny Gray is our best realistic trade asset and I would sell high on his best season to date. If Maeda has value I would move him as well. If Thielbar and Polanco can recover in time for the deadline I explore trading them as well.
  14. Vanimal46
    Happy 4th of July! Hopefully the game concludes before the thunderstorms start rolling through town.
  15. Vanimal46
    I hope Rocco sees this headline and invites you over to his 4th of July BBQ.
  16. Vanimal46
    I’m pretty shocked by this. The Twins had a lame duck expiring contract for $60 million this season. Once Diamond Sports dumped San Diego earlier this year, I assumed the Twins were not too far behind.
  17. Vanimal46
    A different voice might kickstart things. It’s still going to be the same philosophy/approach set by the FO. If Popkins is fired today, they’re not very likely to hire someone who is unemployed at this time. It will be one of the 2 assistants named as the interim. Or one of the minor league coaches. I just don’t see the move making much, if any, impact the rest of the season. That being said, it’s absolutely a move I make in the offseason.
  18. Vanimal46
    I don’t disagree with the moves, but I’ve got to ask… What do people think is the impact of replacing the hitting coach right now? I highly doubt it’s going to change the direction this team is heading.
  19. Vanimal46
    These stats tell me all I need to know about the Twins and their playoff hopes: The Twins have scored 2 runs or less in 13 out of 26 games in June. The Twins have scored 2 runs or less in 31 out of 82 games. Since May 1, the Twins are performing at a 90 loss per 162 game pace. Aaron Gleeman tweeted something like this recently… Who knew the slow offensive start in April would be the high point of the season?
  20. Vanimal46
    Give the Mahle trade time to cook, and it could end up being an all time bad trade in team history.
  21. Vanimal46
    Pressly will always stick out to me as a bad trade at the time and still a bad trade 5 years later. To be fair, let’s evaluate the trade that was made the day of, and not include his extension years. Astros got 1.5 years of control with Pressly. During that time, Pressly in 76 appearances generated 3 bWAR, an ERA+ well over 200, FIP in the low 2’s. Meanwhile for the Twins, Jorge Alcala has 0.6 bWAR and mostly injured the last two seasons. Gilberto Celestino has 0.1 bWAR, whose development time has been sacrificed because we didn’t have another useful CF on roster.
  22. Vanimal46
    During spring training and early April I was excited to see the new rules implemented. Still think the pitch clock is the best thing MLB has done in a long time. I watched 75% or more of April Twins games. Like @Road tripmy interest started to wane because of the Buxton dilemma. It makes me sad that his body betraying him to the point where he physically can’t play defense is the new reality for him. Interest waned further in May when every veteran in the lineup collectively forgot how to hit a baseball. Now this month my interest has decreased to reading about the team here. I’m more than willing to be roped back in with a run like the 2nd half of 2006. Unfortunately I don’t think that’s happening.
  23. Vanimal46
    Nothing wrong with starting to sift through the upcoming Rule 5 eligible prospects… Lawyerson, Funderburk, Schulfer, etc. I wouldn’t be opposed to adding Enlow back to the 40 and giving him a shot in the pen.
  24. Vanimal46
    Yeah there is not an obvious call up to make I’ll give you that. I put that issue squarely on Falvey. He did not add to the pen over the winter, and the assumption is he thought there was enough talent in the minors to cobble a good bullpen together. As @chpettit19said, let’s start looking at talent not on the 40 man roster. They made a pretty quick decision to add Brock Stewart this year after 7 AAA games when his stats in recent years suggested he’s not worth the look.
  25. Vanimal46
    Perfectly stated. The damage was already done emotionally for fans. Call it the Alex Colomé effect. I also don’t understand what’s so valuable about Pagan in his role. If anything, it’s blocking younger prospects from getting those reps and potentially moving to a higher leverage role. We know what Pagan’s ceiling is.
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