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  1. howeda7
    They should sign Ryan to an extension, frustrating as he is. If the new salary floor is really going to be $150-175 they have no reason not to.
  2. howeda7
    Keep Larnach and DH him. OF should be Jenkins, Buxton and E-Rod. No need to worry about over-crowding because one of Buxton or E-Rod will probably always be in the IL They pretty much have to decide between Ober and Kramer. It doesn't make sense to pay them both $7 million and block Preliepp/Abel. At the moment it would lean strongly in favor of Kramer. Mathews and Festa should both move to the bullpen.
  3. howeda7
    Please leave Keashall in the lead-off spot, Derek. Larnach can hit 3rd.
  4. howeda7
    Defensive stats say Keaschall is less terrible at 2B than the OF. He should split time between DH and 2B.
  5. howeda7
    It's senseless to apply this logic to Jenkins but not Culpepper. And no other team is hoarding prospects in AAA over fear of a lockout.
  6. howeda7
    Clemons doesn't need to play every day. He's been mostly terrible for 2 months. Put Keashall back at 2B. Problem solved. Or just IL Buxton again, since he's clearly not right.
  7. howeda7
    You were fortunate enough to have him clear waivers. Why on earth would you call him up and risk having to do it over again? Even if you are stupidly insistent on not calling up Jenkins, at least call up Gonzalez.
  8. howeda7
    Put him back at 2B. His defensive stats are not nearly as bad there as in the OF, and he won't be competing with Jenkins and E-Rod for playing time in 2027 the way he will if you leave him in the OF. For 2027, I would play him ~80 games at 2B and 60 at DH. I envision the DH starts as something like: 70 Larnach 60 Keaschall 15 Lewis 15 Buxton Clemons starts ~70 at 2B and 40 at 1B.
  9. howeda7
    Doing that would have left us with a $50 million payroll and zero fan base the season before a likely lockout. You can't have such prospect blinders on that you completely destroy the business side of the franchise in pursuit of precious precious prospect lottery tickets, 80% of which will bust.
  10. howeda7
    Season over. IL Martin and Buxton. Call up Jenkins and Gabby Gonzalez.
  11. howeda7
    The season ended today. Call up Jenkins. IL Buxton for the rest of the season.
  12. howeda7
    No. I want him to play CF every day until Buxton is back, LF against RH once Buxton is back and CF again when Buxton gets re-injured. Larnach/Bell can platoon the DH spot for however long Buxton is in the line-up.
  13. howeda7
    Jackson is fine, but he's not playing at all. And keeping a career .174 hitting 3rd catcher on your roster for 2 months just because you'd like him to be your back-up NEXT year is very hard to defend if you fancy yourself as trying to make the play-offs. He's easy to replace in the off-season and there's a non-zero chance he'll pass through waivers again given his $2 million + salary.
  14. howeda7
    Buxton and Jenkins for Roden and Jackson.
  15. howeda7
    Jenkins deserves a shot far more than Roden. He got his and his future is clearly as a bench player. The Varland trade continues to be a disaster.
  16. howeda7
    If Ryan is back, I see them choosing between Ober and Kremer and only tendering one of them. They will both make ~$7 million and if you keep them both plus Ryan, Lopez and Bradley there's no spots for Abel, Prelipp etc.
  17. howeda7
    I would still sign him to an extension. Albeit at a slight discount from where I would have been 3 weeks ago. 2027: $18 million (a ~$6 million premium on what he'd make in arbitration) 2028: $20 2029: $22 2030: $24 Total: 4 years/$84 million
  18. howeda7
    Nice win. Would be nice to see them shore up some roster spots. Get Jenkins up here for Jackson. And Rogers is cooked and I've seen enough of Adams. Get Rojas and Raya up instead.
  19. howeda7
    Martin has potential to be a good 4th OF'er but he does too many little things poorly. Can't get a bunt down. Doesn't score despite being waved in on Friday etc. He's out of options next year, and I hope Gabby Gonzalez is ahead of him as the RH bench OF'er.
  20. howeda7
    I think Keashall ends up as a super utility. Something like 40 games at 2B, 30 in RF 30 in CF. He's not good on defense in any of them, he's tolerable as long as he's hitting.
  21. howeda7
    2B is by far Lewis' worst position. There's no reason for him to ever play there. He's equally average at 1B and 3B.
  22. howeda7
    He fouled a ball off it against KC last week. I honestly thought he might have broken his leg at first. He left the game but played the next day. Props to him for being tough, but it's not helping anyone.
  23. howeda7
    Assuming Houston is not an option for Opening Day, the alignment of the current roster should be: 1B: Clemens 2B: Lee 3B: Lewis SS: Culpepper. Per DFRS when I looked about a month ago, Clemens is + 9 at 1B and +4 at 2B. Lee is the least bad at 2B (~-4 vs -9 at 3B) and Lewis is basically league average at both 1B and 3B.
  24. howeda7
    This happens way more than we know. Even the Twins have done it. Joey Gallo wasn't really hurt when they disappeared him in 2024. Besides, Caratini is clearly not right. He's like 0 for his last 20 ever since he hurt his knee and he can't run (even for him). It's not even a conspiracy, he needs to sit for a couple weeks.
  25. howeda7
    I don't get the worry about this. Who cares? Wins in a play-off push are more important that some theoretical future award/possible draft pick. Besides, no Twin has won ROY since 1995 and no Twin is likely to in 2027.
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