Jump to content
Twins Daily
  • Create Account

Vanimal46

Old-Timey Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    27,069

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    122

 Content Type 

Profiles

News

Minnesota Twins Videos

2026 Minnesota Twins Top Prospects Ranking

2022 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks

Minnesota Twins Free Agent & Trade Rumors, Notes, & Tidbits

Guides & Resources

2023 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks

The Minnesota Twins Players Project

2024 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks

2025 Minnesota Twins Draft Pick Tracker

2026 Minnesota Twins Draft Tracker: Picks & Bonuses

Forums

Blogs

Events

Store

Downloads

Gallery

Everything posted by Vanimal46

  1. Vanimal46
    Sure, there’s not a lot of people pushing back on flipping expiring contracts. Haven’t you and others asked what would Tampa do trading players under contract longer than a year? I kind of like the certainty while our farm system is under audit… Especially the pitching staff.
  2. Vanimal46
    Then what is the point asking what would Tampa do if it’s increasingly unlikely to duplicate it?
  3. Vanimal46
    The team’s name changes year to year to strive for excellence. I am old enough to remember 2 years ago when the question was “What would Houston do?” And 7 years ago when Oakland was insane going all in trading top prospects for Lester, Samardzija, and Jason Hammel. The theme remains the same. The Twins need to be better at player development, and you nailed it. They haven’t shown much on the pitching side. We’re seeing some progress with offensive prospects.
  4. Vanimal46
    Good luck. Negotiating with an uninterested party is pretty tough.
  5. Vanimal46
    If Buxton wasn’t injured half the time he wouldn’t be getting offers of $100 million. We would be talking about 10/$300 million contracts.
  6. Vanimal46
    Not going to pretend I know who any of these players are in the proposed trades. That’s about what I would expect though. Either long shot A ball players or fringe players that need to be added to the 40 man roster, like Smeltzer, Cave, Raley, etc. I’d rather keep Cruz, personally. Unless he requests a trade himself and wants to chase a WS ring.
  7. Vanimal46
    I doubt Pohlad is ready to cut ties with the FO duo, given his past history of patience as long as they’re profitable. It’s entirely fair to start questioning whether they’re delivering what they were hired on for. Which is developing pitching without the need of spending big money in FA or prospect capital. I anticipated seeing lesser known prospects flying through the system this year, and it’s been the exact opposite. I fully understand there was no MiLB last year. That doesn’t mean they sat on the couch and ate chips all year. They still had training regimens and pitching programs to follow. It’s perplexing why they’re being so conservative with promotions.
  8. Vanimal46
    What’s stopping them then? Because 2 waiver wire picks are in AAA vs. any AA arm getting a promotion.
  9. Vanimal46
    There isn’t an arm ready in AA to make the move to AAA?
  10. Vanimal46
    In the last week they’ve picked up Barraclough and Burrows instead of progressing their own draft picks through the system. Normally I don’t care who’s in AAA but it’s a necessity to be there in order to get called up to the show.
  11. Vanimal46
    Yet another waiver claim jumping ahead of Balazovic, Winder, Sands, etc. in line for AAA and possibly MLB reps. Something’s fishy with our player development.
  12. Vanimal46
    If you’re brave enough to scroll through the comments you’ll see how Berrios is viewed from the Mets’ fan base. Shocking I know, every fan values their own prospects like gold.
  13. Vanimal46
    If that’s the case that signals to me we’re keeping Buxton/Berrios/Rogers for 2022 and going for it. I’m not sure that’s realistic if we miss the playoffs this year.
  14. Vanimal46
    Are we sure $130 million is the new baseline to budget for? I’m not so sure after 2020 without fans, and depleted attendance this year because of an underperforming team.
  15. Vanimal46
    It’s nice to have confirmation that there are worse talented and performing teams than the Twins. Texas is one of those teams. With more people getting healthier by the day, I’m looking forward to more Larnach-Buxton-Kepler/Garlick OF lineups. Falvey/Levine/Rocco appear to be on the same page playing the young guys more than the veterans unlikely to contribute next year. I’m happy about that. As we head into July, it’s time to move Sano to a bench fill in role and let Kirilloff take over 1B. Maybe Sano can find his way back into the lineup the rest of the year if/when Cruz is dealt. Cross fingers there’s good news with Cruz’s neck…
  16. Vanimal46
    I’m with you. There won’t be an internal candidate ready and able to meet Berrios’ 3 WAR benchmark. The ones that can will be much more expensive in free agency than Berrios’ final arbitration year. Trading for one will require a lot of prospect capital. He’s been offered extensions the past 2 seasons and declined. In order to lock him in now, we’ll have to go above and beyond. Another year tacked on to the counter offer from Berrios’ representation. Another million or two added on to the AAV. The time to pay up and get a reasonable extension was 2 years ago when the negotiations started. It’s too late.
  17. Vanimal46
  18. Vanimal46
    I can’t imagine a worse time to try and extend Berrios after what could be a 90+ loss season. He’s given every indication he’s testing free agency, so this article is 1.5 years too early to talk about.
  19. Vanimal46
    Could be 28… As @Mike Sixel says, what would Tampa do? They’d probably pull him too. Rocco’s learning from the best ?
  20. Vanimal46
  21. Vanimal46
    It sure is nice watching a pitcher with command of his pitches. Night and day difference between Ober and Alcala, who has no idea where the ball is going once it leaves his hand.
  22. Vanimal46
    The next wave is already here IMO. Larnach and Kirilloff look like keepers. Arraez and Jeffers under pre-arb rates, Polanco and Kepler signed beyond 2023 at reasonable rates, Garver at arb-1 status next year. The offense is pretty young, and who knows, maybe Miranda and Lewis find their way up to MLB as reinforcements. I think this winter they’ll need to decide between Polanco and Arraez to man 2B full time and flip the other. The big challenge obviously is the pitching staff. I have no answer for that unit.
  23. Vanimal46
    Thank you for pointing out the other side of the coin for both scenarios. I think every team in baseball now has an analytics-driven FO. So the tanking route that Houston and Chicago successfully made is more difficult to pull off. There’s a scenario where the Twins trade players like Buxton and Berrios and end up being a perpetual losing team. Baltimore is still a god awful team 4 years later after trading Machado and any veteran that was decent. Pittsburgh is still many years away from contending. The Marlins got lucky in a shortened season to make the playoffs, and other than that, have been bottom feeders since trading Yelich and many others.
  24. Vanimal46
    We’re closer to the KC model than we care to admit. Interesting to look at the comments from less than 4 months ago. The kool aid was strong.
  25. Vanimal46
    It’s disappointing that this is the direction the Twins are heading. It’s going to be a long time until we stumble upon another game changing talent like Buxton. It’s Falvey and Levine’s call whether they want to tear things down. If they do, my interest level in this team will drop significantly. P.S. I never, ever want to hear about an extended contention window again. Should have pushed in every chip we had in 2019.
×
×
  • Create New...