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  1.    sftwinsfan reacted to a post in a topic: Emmanuel Rodriguez Focused on Strength, Health, and the Next Step
  2.    sftwinsfan reacted to a post in a topic: Emmanuel Rodriguez Focused on Strength, Health, and the Next Step
  3. sftwinsfan
    I hope that along with looking at how they're acquiring these players and what has been going wrong, they also look at the development side of things. So many of these guys, especially the hitters do well in the DSL but then almost all just hit a brick wall when they come state side or by A ball at the latest. Something is clearly wrong with the system for as little as they have to show over this amount of time. Wish we could have gotten a full system reset, but I guess we're stuck with Falvey.
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  12. sftwinsfan
    If this team really is close to a sale, I can't imagine the new owners being ok with this if they have good intentions. If they did, you could look at some of the pitchers and the bullpen locked down for a couple years and think just maybe if I get a new coaching staff in along with a couple bats, we can compete. This seems to be more of a at least we'll make enough the first 5 years to pay off that team debt if we get payroll down to about Pittsburgh level. I will be absolutely shocked if at least one of Lopez, Ryan, and Ober are not moved in the offseason.
  13.    DaveW44 reacted to a post in a topic: Twins 1, Cardinals 5: Erick Fedde and Lars Nootbaar's Terror Reigns Again
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  18. sftwinsfan
    I'm afraid a lot of pitchers are going to have the Twins number this year. How can you take a lineup seriously with Ty France and Mickey Gaspar batting 5-6? Fedde probably thought he was unexpectedly demoted to AAA.
  19.    Karbo reacted to a post in a topic: The Downside of a Lineup Full of J.D. Drews
  20. sftwinsfan
    I think where they need to improve as someone noted is consistency as well as approach. The lineup is filled with guys who can be red-hot for a few games then borderline unplayable for weeks. Approach-wise they've got a bunch of guys swinging from their heals like 30-40 HR hitters that hit about 15 HR. If they just need to get in a guy from 3rd or need a 3-run HR, the approach seems to be the same. They're bad at baserunning, bad at defense, bad at situational baseball. It doesn't cost you extra payroll to do the little things right, but organizationally they don't seem to feel it's important. As a result, they seem to be less than the sum of all their parts.
  21.    RpR reacted to a post in a topic: The Twins Keep Getting Punched in the Mouth, and They Struggle to Punch Back
  22. sftwinsfan
    With essentially using 3 rookies in the rotation, not a surprise they're collapsing. More concerning is the bullpen isn't good outside maybe Jax and Sands. Defense is bad. Baserunning is bad. Even outside Buxton and Correa being injured, the guys that are there have been terrible. Look at 2nd half numbers for Willi Castro, Ryan Jeffers and Jose Miranda. Julien, Martin and Lee do not look like MLB caliber players at this point in their careers. Just not a good team right now.
  23.    wabene reacted to a post in a topic: In the Absence of Byron Buxton, Austin Martin is Reaching His Full Potential for Twins
  24. sftwinsfan
    I think he's got a spot as a utility guy, but not sure he'll be more than the 25th/26th guy on the roster. He's not great defensively but does have some versatility. Very little power, I do think he gets a little too fly ball happy at times and would like to see him try to slash line drives, go to the opposite field more. He also needs to use his speed better. While he's 2nd on the team in sprint speed, he's a little slow from home to 1st and he should have more than 7 SB in 214 PA. Even Margot is faster from home to 1st. Maybe there's some things he could do to get a better first step or something. He is good 1st to home or 2nd to home. Hopefully he can pick things up offensively (has been better recently) and up his stolen base game, then we may have a weapon off the bench or to occasionally start.
  25. sftwinsfan
    Rough game to watch, seems like any team that can do the fundamentals halfway right and run the bases just runs circles around the Twins. They essentially turn any single or walk into a double by easily taking 2nd at will. The org needs to fix this and learn to control the run game. They likely also need to add a pitch/tweak Festa's existing pitches in the off-season otherwise he could be in danger of heading to be a reliever. He just gets eaten alive the 2nd time through a lineup. Luckily, he doesn't have much experience so there is time to hopefully make adjustments.
  26. sftwinsfan
    It was brief, but to me he passed the eye test when he made his appearance. Don't know how he carries that forward as far as control and command, but he seemed interesting. As for Okert, I wouldn't even bother replacing him with a lefty. I'd much rather a competent right-hander take the mound than throw Okert out there. I cringe when he enters the game, Richards and Thielbar too.
  27.    mikelink45 reacted to a post in a topic: Twins Minor League Report (8/10): Tanner Schobel, Jeferson Morales Power Surge Win
  28. sftwinsfan
    Looks like Prielipp had 3 walks, not great, but better than 5. Agree with others, seems to be a stamina issue for him early on in his comeback from injury. Would be great if he could develop as a starter but I'd take a dominant lefty reliever as well if nothing else. Expectations still pretty low for me on him, some pitchers just can't stay healthy, and he's hardly thrown since he was in high school.
  29.    chpettit19 reacted to a post in a topic: Joe Ryan, Bailey Ober the Two Best Reasons for Twins' Deadline Inaction
  30. sftwinsfan
    Obviously, both would get starts, Ryan scares me a little more than Ober. He seems to get away with a lot over the middle, we'll see how that goes against the better lineups in the postseason. He deserves a start though. That said, it wouldn't be a valid reason not to make a trade. If Woods-Richardson and Festa falter down the stretch, and/or the bullpen blows game after game, there likely won't even be a post-season. They still have a shot, but there was ample room for improvement.
  31. sftwinsfan
    That thought entered my mind. Maybe the most upset I've ever been at a draft pick at the time. He had those bloodlines though!
  32. sftwinsfan
    Guess I don't get to be excited about the 1st round pick every year. Not as easy picking outside the top 10. Hopefully he'll pan out to be a solid player. Maybe they think they can change his swing and get more power, but not a very big guy and doesn't seem to have much plus other than a good arm or a definitive defensive home. Doesn't seem to be a ton of upside either, but never know, I guess.
  33. sftwinsfan
    Midco is also cut off from Bally's as of today. Not completely sure of their reach, but at least a chunk of SD, ND and part of MN. Can't believe this can last long as combined with Comcast it has to be a pretty high percentage of their customers cut off from Twins games.
  34. sftwinsfan
    Have to disagree, he was ok. But he was hitting .226 with a .665 OPS. He can have some value with his speed and playing multiple positions but at this point he's a light-hitting utility player with good speed. I do wish he could stay up to have a good pinch runner available. The runs scored were nice, but how much credit goes to luck, of the hitters behind him coming through with hits while he happened to be on base? Up to this point, Miranda has had a more impactful bat and is a more natural replacement for Royce Lewis at 3B while he's on the IL with Farmer struggling. Obviously, Martin will be back, and I think there's a good chance he will replace Willi Castro in 2025 as they have similar skillsets and Castro is starting to become expensive for a utility role.
  35. sftwinsfan
    I don't take the young guys coming up from the minors last year and finding success to necessarily validate he's a good hitting coach, I see it as almost damning those guys he wasn't working with found success and now he's had them awhile they're going downhill. Look at Julien, the guy looks like he's going to pull a muscle he's swinging so hard. I also agree there is an organizational problem both in talent evaluation and strategy. It was pretty easy to see Manuel Margot and Carlos Santana are not very good, yet they went and got them. Santana had a very good career, but he's largely shown he's cooked since 2019 with last year being an outlier. Their all or nothing approach seems to feast on bad pitchers or bottom of the barrel bullpen guys in blowouts when the pressure is off.
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