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  1. jorgenswest
    Sounds encouraging. I know it is unrealistic to hope it is work at 1B as well as the bat. They should have tried it in the minors if he had the skills necessary. Unlike Larnach there were good reasons he didn’t play 1B coming up. He played CF more in college than RF. His arm works in RF. They weren’t going to take someone they need in the outfield and play him at 1B. Larnach only saw corner outfield in college.
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    Julien is really going to need to hit well enough to be a DH. I don’t think his glove will ever be adequate. He and Outman have fallen tremendously from 2023. In order to stay Julien needs to get back to that 2023 level. He might do it. Outman’s good glove just needs to approach 90 OPS+ to find a job as a back up centerfielder. I think that is more likely than Julien hitting enough to DH but neither is probable.
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    The Rockies would have had an early claim in Ohl so there must have been other interest. Julien was headed for DFA unless he really outhit Clemens. It is hard to imagine both being a fit on the bench. Turning two DFAs into a promising prospect is an unexpected move.
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    The addition of Myers cannot be minimized. He went to the Mets with 5 years of control after having pitched 188 major league innings with a 3.15 ERA. He is far more than a throw in.
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    Recent reporting has the Giants pulling back in trading Eldridge. They were interested in Gore and Abrams of the Nationals but were unwilling to move Eldridge. It suppose it might be different if Skubal were made available.
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    Absolutely true. Now they are stuck trying to finish developing one in AAA. This is a win if Cardenas or one of the others is that capable third catcher the next three or more years. Maybe with the opportunity the advance to number 2. It is a risk also. They could lose Jackson at the end of spring and then get an April injury to a catcher. I am OK with the risk.
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    @Matthew Trueblood Is there any player who has made adjustments that increased bat speed from a similar bat speed and found success? Did it make a difference? I think one player that has been written about adding bat speed is Turang through I don’t know if his swing path was different.
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    Cardenas or Olivar or maybe Winkel could be battling for third catcher. I don’t know if any of them are close to ready to be a number 2 catcher but the AAA innings behind the plate are best used developing them.
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    @bean5302 may need to correct me but I believe he was talking about the strategy that Skubal is using. He is testing a rarely used CBA provision that allows players with more than five years of service time to compare themselves not only to past arbitration-eligible players but to everyone in baseball. Ryan will have 5 years plus 33 days of service time.
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    Rogers has a lot to share. It will be seen and heard differently from a veteran who is out there doing it. The benefit from his experience will be tied to his success as a reliever. His experience isn’t going reap benefits if he is getting shelled every time he takes the mound. He needs to be out there getting guys out.
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    I think you are spot on as to what the Twins will do. I would have Matthews and Abel in the bullpen. They don’t need to stash their 6th starter and 7th starter in AAA. The Phillies had Walker in the 6th starter role. He went from the pen all of June. In July he was needed back in the rotation. He had thrown 33 pitches in his last relief outing. In his first start he threw 63 and the next start 70. Then he was back on track. There are other examples. Brad Lord with the Nationals transitioned twice. He went from 50 pitches his first start to 92 pitches his third start. Hayden Birdsong, Ryan Gusto, Jacob Latz and Eric Lauer moved from the pen to the rotation. Lauer pitched for the World Champion Blue Jays. Even if by some miracle the Twins remain healthy and they spend the entire season in the bullpen that doesn’t lock them into a bullpen role forever. Several of the starting pitchers that pitched in the all star game the last two years had seasons as a reliever. I would take the 12 best arms. I think it is better for the development of all of those pitchers to face major league hitters.
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    Do any of Lopez, Ryan, Woods Richardson, Ober, Bradley, Matthews, Abel, Festa or Prielipp need more time in the minors? I think they are all better off facing major league hitters. The bullpen will be 8 pitchers. The last spot might rotate between Klein and Adams or maybe even Raya. The rest of the spots should go to the 7 best arms. The battle for the bullpen should be wide open and the best late inning options might come from that list of 9 potential starters.
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    I wonder if the order may be more about getting them through. Once spring training opens and teams can move players onto the 60 day IL the roster crunch will be lessened. Perhaps they thought this was a better chance to get Ohl. I suppose we could see Adams come up in a few weeks.
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    The Brewers traded Peralta and Myers. Myers has 5 years of control with a 3.15 ERA in 188 major league innings. It wasn’t just Peralta for two FV50 prospects.
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    Ohl and Pereda
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    I don’t either. Cardenas and Olivar are younger. They should be getting bulk of time in AAA. Pereda might be more ready in April but Cardenas and Olivar have more upside down the road. I think they keep Jackson through spring training to make sure Jeffers and Caratini are healthy for opening day.
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    I think Ohl and Pereda with their options can be helpful on a 40 man roster. I am not going to get into the order in which players are removed because there will be more removals before opening day. The order won’t matter when we get to opening day. I will infer that the Twins must see someone else among their AAA catcher group that they see as the third catcher ready for call up from AAA. It must be Cardenas or Olivar. I am hoping the Ohl clears waivers. I also realize that when the Twins are waiving players that are claimed by other teams that does point to some depth they have built. Right now it is is a revolving door of depth as they are utilizing their early claim position to build that depth of players on the cusp of the major leagues.
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    The deal for Gore is a bad one for the Nationals. Texas has one good prospect and they didn’t get him. The return for Peralta and Myers is similar to the return the Twins received for Berrios with the exception that they didn’t need to give up another good arm but did give up a two months of Berrios. Myers has a 3.15 ERA in 188 major league innings with 5 years of control left. I don’t think the Brewers got near enough for 1 year of Peralta and 5 years of Myers. I wonder if the Giants had offered them Eldridge. That seems like a better offer. Maybe they had contend about the wrist. Teams don’t trade top flight talent any longer.
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    Topa is old but not really a veteran. He has just less than 150 innings. The many I experienced relievers will benefit from a voice from a veteran. Hawkins’ voice will be important also but Rogers will be doing it. That voice will matter more if he pitches effectively.
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    I don’t think it is that simple. His cutter was his 4th most used pitch against left handed batters and third against right handed batters, He gave up two extra base hits with his cutter last year (1 double and 1 home run). Most of the damage was singles. Lefties happened to get those two extra base hits but now we are making decisions on results from 20 at bats. Is that wise?
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    Wagaman was a rookie last year. He was given the playing time of a regular. He played better in the second half. He has options. They need players with options on the 40 in AAA. Seems like he has a better chance to be helpful to the organization than Kade Bragg. Give a chance to win a job in the spring but don’t write him on the roster. I don’t have any issue with this minor trade.
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    They are spending money at catcher because they failed to develop them or acquire them pre arb. Long term that has been addressed with the three teenagers they have acquired. Short term they are spending more at catcher. By 2028 they may have two pre arb catchers on the roster. I have no problems with them spending the dollars on Caratini or spending 15 million dollars on the position. Four and five years ago they were constantly spending to try to fill the back of the rotation with guys like Happ, Shoemaker, Bundy, Archer and others. Now they have younger guys in the back end of the rotation and catcher needs addressing.
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    It was necessary and they did really well adding the three promising ten age catchers. hope that Tait is in the majors sometime at 27. I am also hoping someone from the current AA and AAA group emerges as a back up option.
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    The Twins have a better roster. It was a good move. I would hold onto Jeffers now and risk losing Jackson to DFA. There might be a team willing to overpay in season if they are hit by a significant injury and the best available catcher is Sandy Leon. In the meantime let’s hope at least one of Cardenas, Olivar, Crosetti, Winkel or Baez takes a step forward and is worthy of giving a shot as a back up to Caratini mid season. Otherwise they will have Pereda and maybe Jackson as the floor.
  25. jorgenswest
    Jackson was DFA’d in September 2024 without being claimed so he has been a fringe player for a while. Caratini is not a fringe player. Good upgrade. I am sure Caratini was hoping the Phillies job would be open for him but I am glad he is in Minnesota.
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